MLB Salary Rankings

Listing the top salaries, cap hits, cash, earnings, contracts, and bonuses, for all active MLB players.

2020 Average Rankings

	Player	average
1	Gerrit Cole Starting Pitcher	$36,000,000
2	Mike Trout Center Field	$35,541,667
3	Anthony Rendon 3rd Base	$35,000,000
	Stephen Strasburg Starting Pitcher	$35,000,000
5	Zack Greinke Starting Pitcher	$34,416,667
6	Justin Verlander Starting Pitcher	$33,000,000
7	Nolan Arenado 3rd Base	$32,500,000
8	David Price Starting Pitcher	$31,000,000
	Clayton Kershaw Starting Pitcher	$31,000,000
	Miguel Cabrera Designated Hitter	$31,000,000
11	Manny Machado 3rd Base	$30,000,000
	Max Scherzer Starting Pitcher	$30,000,000
13	Chris Sale Starting Pitcher	$29,000,000
14	Yoenis Cespedes Center Field	$27,500,000
	Jacob deGrom Starting Pitcher	$27,500,000
16	Mookie Betts Right Field	$27,000,000
17	Christian Yelich Left Field	$26,928,571
18	Luis Robert Outfielders	$26,000,000
	Paul Goldschmidt 1st Base	$26,000,000
20	Jon Lester Starting Pitcher	$25,833,333
21	Bryce Harper Right Field	$25,384,615
22	Giancarlo Stanton Designated Hitter	$25,000,000
	Jake Arrieta Starting Pitcher	$25,000,000
24	Albert Pujols 1st Base	$24,000,000
	Robinson Cano 2nd Base	$24,000,000
26	Zack Wheeler Starting Pitcher	$23,600,000
27	Jose Altuve 2nd Base	$23,357,143
28	Patrick Corbin Starting Pitcher	$23,333,333
29	Jason Heyward Right Field	$23,000,000
	Josh Donaldson 3rd Base	$23,000,000
	Chris Davis 1st Base	$23,000,000
32	Joey Votto 1st Base	$22,500,000
33	Masahiro Tanaka Starting Pitcher	$22,142,857
34	J.D. Martinez Designated Hitter	$22,000,000
	Jordan Zimmermann Starting Pitcher	$22,000,000
36	Johnny Cueto Starting Pitcher	$21,666,667
37	Justin Upton Left Field	$21,200,000
38	Yu Darvish Starting Pitcher	$21,000,000
	Ryan Braun 1st Base	$21,000,000
	George Springer Center Field	$21,000,000
41	Carlos Santana 1st Base	$20,000,000
	Xander Bogaerts Shortstop	$20,000,000
	Hyun-Jin Ryu Starting Pitcher	$20,000,000
	Alex Bregman 3rd Base	$20,000,000
	Yadier Molina Catcher	$20,000,000
46	Buster Posey Catcher	$19,875,000
47	Matt Carpenter 3rd Base	$19,500,000
48	Kris Bryant 3rd Base	$18,600,000
49	Shin-Soo Choo Designated Hitter	$18,571,429
50	Dallas Keuchel Starting Pitcher	$18,500,000
51	Yasmani Grandal Catcher	$18,250,000
52	Eric Hosmer 1st Base	$18,000,000
	Charlie Blackmon Right Field	$18,000,000
	Jeff Samardzija Starting Pitcher	$18,000,000
	Cole Hamels Starting Pitcher	$18,000,000
	Marcell Ozuna Left Field	$18,000,000
57	Jake Odorizzi Starting Pitcher	$17,800,000
58	Francisco Lindor Shortstop	$17,500,000
	Trevor Bauer Starting Pitcher	$17,500,000
60	Wade Davis Relief Pitcher	$17,333,333
61	Nathan Eovaldi Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
	J.A. Happ Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
	Madison Bumgarner Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
	Miles Mikolas Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
65	Freddie Freeman 1st Base	$16,875,000
66	Khris Davis Designated Hitter	$16,750,000
67	Evan Longoria 3rd Base	$16,666,667
	Jose Abreu 1st Base	$16,666,667
	Andrew McCutchen Left Field	$16,666,667
70	Dexter Fowler Right Field	$16,500,000
71	Justin Turner 3rd Base	$16,000,000
	Kenley Jansen Relief Pitcher	$16,000,000
	Aroldis Chapman Relief Pitcher	$16,000,000
	Mike Leake Starting Pitcher	$16,000,000
	Lorenzo Cain Center Field	$16,000,000
	Michael Brantley Left Field	$16,000,000
	Nick Castellanos Right Field	$16,000,000
	Mike Moustakas 3rd Base	$16,000,000
79	Mark Melancon Relief Pitcher	$15,500,000
80	Charlie Morton Starting Pitcher	$15,000,000
	Elvis Andrus Shortstop	$15,000,000
82	Brandon Belt 1st Base	$14,560,000
83	Craig Kimbrel Relief Pitcher	$14,333,333
	Yusei Kikuchi Starting Pitcher	$14,333,333
85	Nelson Cruz Designated Hitter	$14,300,000
86	Kyle Seager 3rd Base	$14,285,714
87	Alex Cobb Starting Pitcher	$14,250,000
88	Ian Desmond Center Field	$14,000,000
	Yoan Moncada 3rd Base	$14,000,000
	Jean Segura 2nd Base	$14,000,000
	Didi Gregorius Shortstop	$14,000,000
	Ian Kennedy Relief Pitcher	$14,000,000
93	Kyle Hendricks Starting Pitcher	$13,875,000
94	Wil Myers Left Field	$13,833,333
95	Dustin Pedroia 2nd Base	$13,750,000
	Trevor Story Shortstop	$13,750,000
97	Will Smith Relief Pitcher	$13,333,333
98	Zack Britton Relief Pitcher	$13,000,000
	Marcus Semien Shortstop	$13,000,000
	Josh Reddick Right Field	$13,000,000