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	Mike Trout Center Field	$35,541,667
2	Zack Greinke Starting Pitcher	$34,416,667
3	Justin Verlander Starting Pitcher	$33,000,000
4	Nolan Arenado 3rd Base	$32,500,000
5	Clayton Kershaw Starting Pitcher	$31,000,000
	Miguel Cabrera 1st Base	$31,000,000
	David Price Starting Pitcher	$31,000,000
8	Manny Machado 3rd Base	$30,000,000
	Max Scherzer Starting Pitcher	$30,000,000
10	Chris Sale Starting Pitcher	$29,000,000
11	Mookie Betts Right Field	$27,700,000
12	Yoenis Cespedes Center Field	$27,500,000
	Jacob deGrom Starting Pitcher	$27,500,000
14	Paul Goldschmidt 1st Base	$26,000,000
15	Jon Lester Starting Pitcher	$25,833,333
16	Bryce Harper Right Field	$25,384,615
17	Jake Arrieta Starting Pitcher	$25,000,000
	Giancarlo Stanton Designated Hitter	$25,000,000
19	Robinson Cano 2nd Base	$24,000,000
	Albert Pujols 1st Base	$24,000,000
21	Jose Altuve 2nd Base	$23,357,143
22	Patrick Corbin Starting Pitcher	$23,333,333
23	Chris Davis 1st Base	$23,000,000
	Jason Heyward Right Field	$23,000,000
25	Joey Votto 1st Base	$22,500,000
26	Masahiro Tanaka Starting Pitcher	$22,142,857
27	Jordan Zimmermann Starting Pitcher	$22,000,000
	J.D. Martinez Designated Hitter	$22,000,000
29	Jacoby Ellsbury Center Field	$21,857,143
30	Johnny Cueto Starting Pitcher	$21,666,667
31	George Springer Center Field	$21,400,000
32	Justin Upton Left Field	$21,200,000
33	Ryan Braun Left Field	$21,000,000
	Yu Darvish Starting Pitcher	$21,000,000
35	Carlos Santana Designated Hitter	$20,000,000
	Yadier Molina Catcher	$20,000,000
	Alex Bregman 3rd Base	$20,000,000
	Xander Bogaerts Shortstop	$20,000,000
39	Buster Posey Catcher	$19,875,000
40	Matt Carpenter 1st Base	$19,500,000
41	Trevor Bauer Starting Pitcher	$18,600,000
42	Shin-Soo Choo Designated Hitter	$18,571,429
43	Kris Bryant 3rd Base	$18,500,000
44	Eric Hosmer 1st Base	$18,000,000
	Jeff Samardzija Starting Pitcher	$18,000,000
	Charlie Blackmon Right Field	$18,000,000
47	Wade Davis Relief Pitcher	$17,333,333
48	Miles Mikolas Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
	Nathan Eovaldi Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
	J.A. Happ Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
51	Freddie Freeman 1st Base	$16,875,000
52	Khris Davis Designated Hitter	$16,750,000
53	Francisco Lindor Shortstop	$16,700,000
54	Andrew McCutchen Right Field	$16,666,667
	Evan Longoria 3rd Base	$16,666,667
56	Dexter Fowler Center Field	$16,500,000
57	Justin Turner 3rd Base	$16,000,000
	Kenley Jansen Relief Pitcher	$16,000,000
	Wei-Yin Chen 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
	Aroldis Chapman Relief Pitcher	$16,000,000
64	Mark Melancon Relief Pitcher	$15,500,000
65	Charlie Morton Starting Pitcher	$15,000,000
	Elvis Andrus Shortstop	$15,000,000
67	Brandon Belt 1st Base	$14,560,000
68	Yusei Kikuchi Starting Pitcher	$14,333,333
	Craig Kimbrel Relief Pitcher	$14,333,333
70	Nelson Cruz Designated Hitter	$14,300,000
71	Kyle Seager 3rd Base	$14,285,714
72	Alex Cobb Starting Pitcher	$14,250,000
73	Jean Segura Shortstop	$14,000,000
	Ian Desmond Center Field	$14,000,000
	Ian Kennedy Relief Pitcher	$14,000,000
76	Kyle Hendricks Starting Pitcher	$13,875,000
77	Wil Myers Left Field	$13,833,333
78	Dustin Pedroia 2nd Base	$13,750,000
79	Marcus Semien Shortstop	$13,500,000
80	Jay Bruce Right Field	$13,000,000
	Josh Reddick Right Field	$13,000,000
	Danny Duffy Starting Pitcher	$13,000,000
	Zack Britton Relief Pitcher	$13,000,000
84	James Paxton Starting Pitcher	$12,900,000
85	Tyler Chatwood Relief Pitcher	$12,666,667
	Zack Cozart 3rd Base	$12,666,667
87	Brandon Crawford Shortstop	$12,500,000
	Andrew Miller Relief Pitcher	$12,500,000
	Ronald Acuna Left Field	$12,500,000
90	A.J. Pollock Center Field	$12,000,000
	Daniel Murphy 1st Base	$12,000,000
	D.J. LeMahieu 2nd Base	$12,000,000
93	Cesar Hernandez 2nd Base	$11,800,000
	Marcus Stroman Starting Pitcher	$11,800,000
95	Carlos Carrasco Relief Pitcher	$11,750,000
96	Cody Bellinger Right Field	$11,600,000
97	David Robertson Relief Pitcher	$11,500,000
	Trevor Story Shortstop	$11,500,000
99	Yasmany Tomas Left Field	$11,416,667
100	Aaron Nola Starting Pitcher	$11,250,000