MLB Salary Rankings

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

2020 Base Rankings

	Player	base
1	Mike Trout Center Field	$36,000,000
	Gerrit Cole Starting Pitcher	$36,000,000
3	Nolan Arenado 3rd Base	$35,000,000
	Stephen Strasburg Starting Pitcher	$35,000,000
5	Justin Verlander Starting Pitcher	$33,000,000
6	David Price Starting Pitcher	$32,000,000
	Zack Greinke Starting Pitcher	$32,000,000
8	Chris Sale Starting Pitcher	$30,000,000
	Manny Machado 3rd Base	$30,000,000
	Miguel Cabrera Designated Hitter	$30,000,000
11	Yoenis Cespedes Center Field	$29,500,000
12	Albert Pujols 1st Base	$29,000,000
13	Max Scherzer Starting Pitcher	$28,777,759
14	Mookie Betts Right Field	$27,000,000
15	Giancarlo Stanton Designated Hitter	$26,000,000
	Jose Altuve 2nd Base	$26,000,000
	Bryce Harper Right Field	$26,000,000
18	Anthony Rendon 3rd Base	$25,500,000
19	Jordan Zimmermann Starting Pitcher	$25,000,000
	Joey Votto 1st Base	$25,000,000
21	Robinson Cano 2nd Base	$24,000,000
22	J.D. Martinez Designated Hitter	$23,750,000
23	Clayton Kershaw Starting Pitcher	$23,333,334
24	Jacob deGrom Starting Pitcher	$23,000,000
	Masahiro Tanaka Starting Pitcher	$23,000,000
26	Yu Darvish Starting Pitcher	$22,000,000
	Freddie Freeman 1st Base	$22,000,000
	Paul Goldschmidt 1st Base	$22,000,000
29	Zack Wheeler Starting Pitcher	$21,500,000
30	Buster Posey Catcher	$21,400,000
31	Justin Upton Left Field	$21,000,000
	Shin-Soo Choo Designated Hitter	$21,000,000
	Charlie Blackmon Right Field	$21,000,000
	Jason Heyward Right Field	$21,000,000
	Johnny Cueto Starting Pitcher	$21,000,000
	George Springer Center Field	$21,000,000
	Josh Donaldson 3rd Base	$21,000,000
38	Xander Bogaerts Shortstop	$20,000,000
	Wil Myers Left Field	$20,000,000
	Eric Hosmer 1st Base	$20,000,000
	Hyun-Jin Ryu Starting Pitcher	$20,000,000
	Jake Arrieta Starting Pitcher	$20,000,000
	Yadier Molina Catcher	$20,000,000
44	Justin Turner 3rd Base	$19,000,000
	Kyle Seager 3rd Base	$19,000,000
	Patrick Corbin Starting Pitcher	$19,000,000
47	Kris Bryant 3rd Base	$18,600,000
48	Matt Carpenter 3rd Base	$18,500,000
49	Yasmani Grandal Catcher	$18,250,000
50	Kenley Jansen Relief Pitcher	$18,000,000
	Jeff Samardzija Starting Pitcher	$18,000,000
	Dallas Keuchel Starting Pitcher	$18,000,000
	Cole Hamels Starting Pitcher	$18,000,000
	Marcell Ozuna Left Field	$18,000,000
55	Jake Odorizzi Starting Pitcher	$17,800,000
56	Carlos Santana 1st Base	$17,500,000
	Francisco Lindor Shortstop	$17,500,000
	Corey Kluber Starting Pitcher	$17,500,000
	Trevor Bauer Starting Pitcher	$17,500,000
60	Nathan Eovaldi Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
	Wade Davis Relief Pitcher	$17,000,000
	J.A. Happ Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
	Yasmany Tomas Left Field	$17,000,000
	Andrew McCutchen Left Field	$17,000,000
	Chris Davis 1st Base	$17,000,000
66	Khris Davis Designated Hitter	$16,750,000
67	Anthony Rizzo 1st Base	$16,500,000
	Ian Kennedy Relief Pitcher	$16,500,000
69	Craig Kimbrel Relief Pitcher	$16,000,000
	Brandon Belt 1st Base	$16,000,000
	Ryan Braun 1st Base	$16,000,000
	Lorenzo Cain Center Field	$16,000,000
	Nick Castellanos Right Field	$16,000,000
74	Miles Mikolas Starting Pitcher	$15,750,000
75	Danny Duffy Starting Pitcher	$15,250,000
76	Charlie Morton Starting Pitcher	$15,000,000
	Andrelton Simmons Shortstop	$15,000,000
	Elvis Andrus Shortstop	$15,000,000
	Ian Desmond Center Field	$15,000,000
	Aroldis Chapman Relief Pitcher	$15,000,000
	Jon Lester Starting Pitcher	$15,000,000
	Brandon Crawford Shortstop	$15,000,000
	Evan Longoria 3rd Base	$15,000,000
	Mike Leake Starting Pitcher	$15,000,000
	Michael Brantley Left Field	$15,000,000
86	Dexter Fowler Right Field	$14,500,000
87	Jean Segura 2nd Base	$14,250,000
88	Yusei Kikuchi Starting Pitcher	$14,000,000
	Mark Melancon Relief Pitcher	$14,000,000
	Didi Gregorius Shortstop	$14,000,000
	Alex Cobb Starting Pitcher	$14,000,000
92	Rusney Castillo Left Field	$13,500,000
	Dee Gordon 2nd Base	$13,500,000
94	Dustin Pedroia 2nd Base	$13,000,000
	Zack Britton Relief Pitcher	$13,000,000
	Tyler Chatwood Starting Pitcher	$13,000,000
	Marcus Semien Shortstop	$13,000,000
	Josh Reddick Right Field	$13,000,000
	Will Smith Relief Pitcher	$13,000,000
	Jay Bruce Right Field	$13,000,000