MLB Salary Rankings

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

2019 Base Rankings

	Player	base
1	Stephen Strasburg Starting Pitcher	$35,000,000
2	Mike Trout Center Field	$33,250,000
3	Zack Greinke Starting Pitcher	$31,500,000
4	Clayton Kershaw Starting Pitcher	$31,000,000
	David Price Starting Pitcher	$31,000,000
6	Max Scherzer Starting Pitcher	$30,262,705
7	Miguel Cabrera 1st Base	$30,000,000
8	Yoenis Cespedes Center Field	$29,000,000
9	Justin Verlander Starting Pitcher	$28,000,000
	Albert Pujols Designated Hitter	$28,000,000
11	Felix Hernandez Starting Pitcher	$27,000,000
12	Giancarlo Stanton Designated Hitter	$26,000,000
13	Joey Votto 1st Base	$25,000,000
	Jake Arrieta Starting Pitcher	$25,000,000
	Jordan Zimmermann Starting Pitcher	$25,000,000
16	Robinson Cano 2nd Base	$24,000,000
17	J.D. Martinez Designated Hitter	$23,750,000
18	Homer Bailey Starting Pitcher	$23,000,000
	Josh Donaldson 3rd Base	$23,000,000
20	Jon Lester Starting Pitcher	$22,500,000
21	Masahiro Tanaka Starting Pitcher	$22,000,000
22	Matt Kemp Right Field	$21,500,000
23	Buster Posey Catcher	$21,400,000
24	Jacoby Ellsbury Center Field	$21,142,857
25	Shin-Soo Choo Designated Hitter	$21,000,000
	Johnny Cueto Starting Pitcher	$21,000,000
	Freddie Freeman 1st Base	$21,000,000
	Charlie Blackmon Center Field	$21,000,000
	Rick Porcello Starting Pitcher	$21,000,000
30	Jason Heyward Right Field	$20,000,000
	Yu Darvish Starting Pitcher	$20,000,000
	Cole Hamels Starting Pitcher	$20,000,000
	Eric Hosmer 1st Base	$20,000,000
	Alex Gordon Left Field	$20,000,000
	Russell Martin Catcher	$20,000,000
	Edwin Encarnacion Designated Hitter	$20,000,000
	Yadier Molina Catcher	$20,000,000
	Wei-Yin Chen Starting Pitcher	$20,000,000
39	Kyle Seager 3rd Base	$19,000,000
40	Ryan Braun Left Field	$18,000,000
	Jeff Samardzija Starting Pitcher	$18,000,000
	Justin Upton Left Field	$18,000,000
	Ryan Zimmerman 1st Base	$18,000,000
	Kenley Jansen Relief Pitcher	$18,000,000
	Justin Turner 3rd Base	$18,000,000
	Rich Hill Starting Pitcher	$18,000,000
	Wade Davis Relief Pitcher	$18,000,000
48	Hyun-Jin Ryu Starting Pitcher	$17,900,000
49	J.A. Happ Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
	Carlos Santana 1st Base	$17,000,000
	Corey Kluber Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
	Chris Davis 1st Base	$17,000,000
	Nathan Eovaldi Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
54	Ian Kennedy Starting Pitcher	$16,500,000
55	Brandon Belt 1st Base	$16,000,000
	Mike Leake Starting Pitcher	$16,000,000
57	Yasmany Tomas Left Field	$15,500,000
58	Danny Duffy Starting Pitcher	$15,250,000
59	Lorenzo Cain Center Field	$15,000,000
	Elvis Andrus Shortstop	$15,000,000
	David Wright 3rd Base	$15,000,000
	Brandon Crawford Shortstop	$15,000,000
	Aroldis Chapman Relief Pitcher	$15,000,000
	Ian Desmond Left Field	$15,000,000
	Martin Prado 3rd Base	$15,000,000
	Dustin Pedroia 2nd Base	$15,000,000
	Chris Sale Starting Pitcher	$15,000,000
68	Evan Longoria 3rd Base	$14,500,000
	Jason Kipnis 2nd Base	$14,500,000
	Dexter Fowler Center Field	$14,500,000
	Matt Carpenter 1st Base	$14,500,000
	Paul Goldschmidt 1st Base	$14,500,000
73	Jean Segura Shortstop	$14,250,000
74	Mark Melancon Relief Pitcher	$14,000,000
	Alex Cobb Starting Pitcher	$14,000,000
76	Mark Trumbo Designated Hitter	$13,500,000
77	Josh Reddick Right Field	$13,000,000
	Andrelton Simmons Shortstop	$13,000,000
	Jay Bruce Right Field	$13,000,000
	Dee Gordon 2nd Base	$13,000,000
	Jedd Gyorko 3rd Base	$13,000,000
82	Zack Cozart Shortstop	$12,666,666
83	Tyler Chatwood Starting Pitcher	$12,500,000
	Patrick Corbin Starting Pitcher	$12,500,000
85	Ben Zobrist 2nd Base	$12,000,000
	George Springer Center Field	$12,000,000
	Kendrys Morales Designated Hitter	$12,000,000
	Madison Bumgarner Starting Pitcher	$12,000,000
89	Francisco Cervelli Catcher	$11,500,000
	Carlos Martinez Starting Pitcher	$11,500,000
91	Anthony Rizzo 1st Base	$11,000,000
	Julio Teheran Starting Pitcher	$11,000,000
	Starlin Castro 2nd Base	$11,000,000
94	Jose Quintana Starting Pitcher	$10,500,000
	Kole Calhoun Right Field	$10,500,000
96	Starling Marte Center Field	$10,000,000
	Yulieski Gurriel 1st Base	$10,000,000
	Salvador Perez Catcher	$10,000,000
	Andrew McCutchen Right Field	$10,000,000
100	Christian Yelich Left Field	$9,750,000