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	Zack Greinke Starting Pitcher	$31,500,000
3	Clayton Kershaw Starting Pitcher	$31,000,000
	David Price Starting Pitcher	$31,000,000
5	Max Scherzer Starting Pitcher	$30,262,705
6	Miguel Cabrera 1st Base	$30,000,000
7	Yoenis Cespedes Center Field	$29,000,000
8	Justin Verlander Starting Pitcher	$28,000,000
	Albert Pujols 1st Base	$28,000,000
10	Felix Hernandez Starting Pitcher	$27,000,000
11	Nolan Arenado 3rd Base	$26,000,000
	Giancarlo Stanton Designated Hitter	$26,000,000
13	Jake Arrieta Starting Pitcher	$25,000,000
	Jordan Zimmermann Starting Pitcher	$25,000,000
	Joey Votto 1st Base	$25,000,000
16	Robinson Cano 2nd Base	$24,000,000
17	J.D. Martinez Designated Hitter	$23,750,000
18	Josh Donaldson 3rd Base	$23,000,000
19	Jon Lester Starting Pitcher	$22,500,000
20	Masahiro Tanaka Starting Pitcher	$22,000,000
21	Buster Posey Catcher	$21,400,000
22	Dallas Keuchel Starting Pitcher	$21,210,000
23	Jacoby Ellsbury Center Field	$21,142,857
24	Johnny Cueto Starting Pitcher	$21,000,000
	Shin-Soo Choo Designated Hitter	$21,000,000
	Freddie Freeman 1st Base	$21,000,000
	Charlie Blackmon Right Field	$21,000,000
	Rick Porcello Starting Pitcher	$21,000,000
29	Jason Heyward Right Field	$20,000,000
	Yu Darvish Starting Pitcher	$20,000,000
	Cole Hamels Starting Pitcher	$20,000,000
	Wei-Yin Chen Relief Pitcher	$20,000,000
	Alex Gordon Left Field	$20,000,000
	Edwin Encarnacion Designated Hitter	$20,000,000
	Yadier Molina Catcher	$20,000,000
	Eric Hosmer 1st Base	$20,000,000
	Russell Martin Catcher	$20,000,000
	Mookie Betts Right Field	$20,000,000
39	Kyle Seager 3rd Base	$19,000,000
40	Anthony Rendon 3rd Base	$18,800,000
41	Jeff Samardzija Starting Pitcher	$18,000,000
	Wade Davis Relief Pitcher	$18,000,000
	Ryan Braun Left Field	$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
49	Hyun-Jin Ryu Starting Pitcher	$17,900,000
50	Carlos Santana Designated Hitter	$17,000,000
	Corey Kluber Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
	J.A. Happ Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
	Chris Davis 1st Base	$17,000,000
	Nathan Eovaldi Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
55	Ian Kennedy Relief Pitcher	$16,500,000
	Khris Davis Designated Hitter	$16,500,000
57	Brandon Belt 1st Base	$16,000,000
	Mike Leake Starting Pitcher	$16,000,000
	Jose Abreu Designated Hitter	$16,000,000
	Yasmani Grandal Catcher	$16,000,000
	Mike Trout Center Field	$16,000,000
62	Yasmany Tomas Left Field	$15,500,000
63	Danny Duffy Starting Pitcher	$15,250,000
64	Charlie Morton Starting Pitcher	$15,000,000
	Michael Brantley Left Field	$15,000,000
	Brandon Crawford Shortstop	$15,000,000
	Martin Prado 1st Base	$15,000,000
	Elvis Andrus Shortstop	$15,000,000
	Ian Desmond Center Field	$15,000,000
	Aroldis Chapman Relief Pitcher	$15,000,000
	Lorenzo Cain Center Field	$15,000,000
	Dustin Pedroia 2nd Base	$15,000,000
	Chris Sale Starting Pitcher	$15,000,000
74	Evan Longoria 3rd Base	$14,500,000
	Jason Kipnis 2nd Base	$14,500,000
	Dexter Fowler Center Field	$14,500,000
	Paul Goldschmidt 1st Base	$14,500,000
	Matt Carpenter 1st Base	$14,500,000
79	Jean Segura Shortstop	$14,250,000
80	Mark Melancon Relief Pitcher	$14,000,000
	Alex Cobb Starting Pitcher	$14,000,000
	Nelson Cruz Designated Hitter	$14,000,000
83	Gerrit Cole Starting Pitcher	$13,500,000
	Mark Trumbo Designated Hitter	$13,500,000
85	Josh Reddick Right Field	$13,000,000
	Jay Bruce Right Field	$13,000,000
	Trevor Bauer Starting Pitcher	$13,000,000
	Dee Gordon 2nd Base	$13,000,000
	Zack Britton Relief Pitcher	$13,000,000
	Andrelton Simmons Shortstop	$13,000,000
	Jedd Gyorko 3rd Base	$13,000,000
92	Kris Bryant 3rd Base	$12,900,000
93	Zack Cozart 3rd Base	$12,666,666
94	Tyler Chatwood Relief Pitcher	$12,500,000
	Patrick Corbin Starting Pitcher	$12,500,000
96	Marcell Ozuna Left Field	$12,250,000
97	George Springer Center Field	$12,000,000
	Madison Bumgarner Starting Pitcher	$12,000,000
	Ben Zobrist 2nd Base	$12,000,000
	D.J. LeMahieu 2nd Base	$12,000,000