MLB Career Earnings

MLB Player Earnings

Listing the top earnings for all active MLB players.

	Player	Total Earnings	Seasons	Earnings Total
1	Justin Verlander Starting Pitcher 2004: R1, #2	$249,588,222	16	$249,588,222
2	Zack Greinke Starting Pitcher 2002: R1, #6	$228,174,948	18	$228,174,948
3	Clayton Kershaw Starting Pitcher 2006: R1, #7	$227,843,077	14	$227,843,077
4	Mike Trout Center Field 2009: R1, #27	$125,790,125	11	$125,790,125
5	Max Scherzer Starting Pitcher 2006: R1, #11	$124,475,000	15	$124,475,000
6	Aroldis Chapman Relief Pitcher 0: Undrafted	$116,227,782	11	$116,227,782
7	Yu Darvish Starting Pitcher 0: Undrafted	$112,355,991	9	$112,355,991
8	Jason Heyward Right Field 2007: R1, #14	$105,889,278	12	$105,889,278
9	Stephen Strasburg Starting Pitcher 2009: R1, #1	$105,805,158	12	$105,805,158
10	Freddie Freeman 1st Base 2007: R2, #78	$101,689,279	12	$101,689,279
11	Giancarlo Stanton Designated Hitter 2007: R2, #76	$99,345,578	12	$99,345,578
12	Bryce Harper 1st Base 2010: R1, #1	$91,879,629	10	$91,879,629
13	Andrew McCutchen Designated Hitter 2005: R1, #11	$84,965,170	13	$84,965,170
14	Jose Abreu 1st Base 0: Undrafted	$83,044,074	7	$83,044,074
15	Carlos Santana 1st Base 0: Undrafted	$81,526,371	12	$81,526,371
16	Manny Machado Designated Hitter 2010: R1, #3	$80,560,896	10	$80,560,896
17	Nolan Arenado 3rd Base 2009: R2, #59	$75,113,340	9	$75,113,340
18	David Robertson Relief Pitcher 2006: R17, #524	$73,681,182	14	$73,681,182
19	Kenley Jansen Relief Pitcher 0: Undrafted	$72,615,505	11	$72,615,505
20	Craig Kimbrel Relief Pitcher 2008: R3, #96	$72,275,188	12	$72,275,188
21	Charlie Blackmon Designated Hitter 2008: R2, #72	$69,545,937	11	$69,545,937
22	Chris Sale Starting Pitcher 2010: R1, #13	$69,195,275	11	$69,195,275
23	Charlie Morton Starting Pitcher 2002: R3, #95	$65,653,564	14	$65,653,564
24	Rich Hill Starting Pitcher 2002: R4, #112	$63,843,688	16	$63,843,688
25	Anthony Rendon 3rd Base 2011: R1, #6	$63,744,444	10	$63,744,444
26	Justin Turner 3rd Base 2006: R7, #204	$62,295,153	13	$62,295,153
27	Hyun-Jin Ryu Starting Pitcher 0: Undrafted	$61,382,407	8	$61,382,407
28	Brandon Belt 1st Base 2009: R5, #147	$60,927,998	11	$60,927,998
29	Mookie Betts Shortstop 2011: R5, #172	$60,634,598	8	$60,634,598
30	Paul Goldschmidt 1st Base 2009: R8, #246	$58,858,606	11	$58,858,606
31	Matt Carpenter 3rd Base 2009: R13, #399	$57,923,996	11	$57,923,996
32	Jose Altuve 2nd Base 0: Undrafted	$56,945,289	11	$56,945,289
33	Brandon Crawford Shortstop 2008: R4, #117	$55,889,183	11	$55,889,183
34	Lance Lynn Starting Pitcher 2008: R1, #39	$53,440,917	11	$53,440,917
35	Gerrit Cole Starting Pitcher 2011: R1, #1	$48,222,046	9	$48,222,046
36	Yasmani Grandal Catcher 2010: R1, #12	$47,468,259	11	$47,468,259
37	Anthony Rizzo 1st Base 2007: R6, #204	$46,065,422	11	$46,065,422
38	Jose Quintana Starting Pitcher 0: Undrafted	$41,158,111	10	$41,158,111
39	Kenta Maeda Starting Pitcher 0: Undrafted	$40,915,204	5	$40,915,204
40	George Springer Right Field 2011: R1, #11	$39,688,897	8	$39,688,897
41	Kris Bryant 1st Base 2013: R1, #2	$39,520,737	7	$39,520,737
42	Salvador Perez Catcher 0: Undrafted	$38,742,929	11	$38,742,929
43	Patrick Corbin Starting Pitcher 2009: R2, #80	$38,270,452	10	$38,270,452
44	Nathan Eovaldi Starting Pitcher 2008: R11, #337	$38,065,197	11	$38,065,197
45	Carlos Carrasco Starting Pitcher 0: Undrafted	$36,953,465	13	$36,953,465
46	Alex Cobb Starting Pitcher 2006: R4, #109	$36,095,287	11	$36,095,287
47	D.J. LeMahieu 2nd Base 2009: R2, #79	$35,237,660	11	$35,237,660
48	Yoan Moncada 3rd Base 0: Undrafted	$34,300,012	6	$34,300,012
49	Jacob deGrom Starting Pitcher 2010: R9, #272	$34,159,998	8	$34,159,998
50	Marcell Ozuna Designated Hitter 0: Undrafted	$33,191,158	9	$33,191,158
51	Xander Bogaerts 2nd Base 0: Undrafted	$33,190,366	9	$33,190,366
52	Starling Marte Right Field 0: Undrafted	$31,842,076	10	$31,842,076
53	Wade Miley Starting Pitcher 2008: R1, #43	$31,453,762	11	$31,453,762
54	Matt Moore Relief Pitcher 2007: R8, #245	$31,279,000	10	$31,279,000
55	Nick Castellanos Designated Hitter 2010: R1, #44	$30,017,753	9	$30,017,753
56	Alex Bregman 3rd Base 2015: R1, #2	$28,873,010	6	$28,873,010
57	Christian Yelich Left Field 2010: R1, #23	$28,835,613	9	$28,835,613
58	Jorge Soler Designated Hitter 0: Undrafted	$28,703,704	9	$28,703,704
59	Drew Smyly Relief Pitcher 2010: R2, #68	$27,545,155	10	$27,545,155
60	Miles Mikolas Starting Pitcher 2009: R7, #204	$27,007,656	7	$27,007,656
61	Luis Robert Jr. Center Field 0: Undrafted	$26,555,556	4	$26,555,556
62	Raisel Iglesias Relief Pitcher 0: Undrafted	$26,333,333	7	$26,333,333
63	Sonny Gray Starting Pitcher 2011: R1, #18	$25,880,796	9	$25,880,796
64	Adam Ottavino Relief Pitcher 2006: R1, #30	$25,273,958	11	$25,273,958
65	Yan Gomes Catcher 2009: R10, #310	$25,242,053	10	$25,242,053
66	Martin Perez Starting Pitcher 0: Undrafted	$25,166,681	10	$25,166,681
67	Kyle Gibson Starting Pitcher 2009: R1, #22	$23,432,074	9	$23,432,074
68	Kevin Gausman Starting Pitcher 2012: R1, #4	$23,194,346	8	$23,194,346
69	Kevin Kiermaier Center Field 2010: R31, #941	$22,662,095	8	$22,662,095
70	Alex Wood Starting Pitcher 2012: R2, #85	$22,514,397	9	$22,514,397
71	James Paxton Starting Pitcher 2010: R4, #132	$22,511,146	9	$22,511,146
72	Randal Grichuk Outfielders 2009: R1, #24	$22,222,658	8	$22,222,658
73	Francisco Lindor Shortstop 2011: R1, #8	$21,990,428	7	$21,990,428
74	Zack Wheeler Starting Pitcher 2009: R1, #6	$21,805,242	9	$21,805,242
75	Jesse Chavez Relief Pitcher 2002: R42, #1252	$21,623,575	11	$21,623,575
76	Marcus Stroman Starting Pitcher 2012: R1, #22	$21,563,544	8	$21,563,544
77	Shelby Miller Relief Pitcher 2009: R1, #19	$21,221,370	10	$21,221,370
78	Avisaíl García Designated Hitter 0: Undrafted	$21,065,538	10	$21,065,538
79	Aaron Hicks Center Field 2008: R1, #14	$19,446,435	9	$19,446,435
80	Michael Wacha Starting Pitcher 2012: R1, #19	$19,392,249	9	$19,392,249
81	Yusei Kikuchi Starting Pitcher 0: Undrafted	$19,185,185	2	$19,185,185
82	Chase Anderson Relief Pitcher 2009: R9, #276	$18,965,848	8	$18,965,848
83	Jordan Lyles Relief Pitcher 2008: R1, #38	$18,444,136	11	$18,444,136
84	Kyle Hendricks Starting Pitcher 2011: R8, #264	$18,149,468	8	$18,149,468
85	Will Smith Relief Pitcher 2008: R7, #229	$17,322,101	10	$17,322,101
86	Justin Wilson Relief Pitcher 2008: R5, #144	$17,271,655	10	$17,271,655
87	Joe Kelly Relief Pitcher 2009: R3, #98	$16,325,055	10	$16,325,055
88	Carlos Rodon Starting Pitcher 2014: R1, #3	$16,311,276	7	$16,311,276
89	Marcus Semien 2nd Base 2011: R6, #201	$15,863,653	9	$15,863,653
90	Eugenio Suarez 3rd Base 0: Undrafted	$15,621,225	7	$15,621,225
91	Taijuan Walker Starting Pitcher 2010: R1, #43	$15,520,097	9	$15,520,097
92	Robbie Ray Starting Pitcher 2010: R12, #356	$15,458,723	8	$15,458,723
93	Carlos Correa Shortstop 2012: R1, #1	$15,144,676	7	$15,144,676
94	J.T. Realmuto Catcher 2010: R3, #104	$14,776,864	8	$14,776,864
95	Will Harris Relief Pitcher 2006: R9, #258	$14,143,927	10	$14,143,927
96	Aaron Nola Starting Pitcher 2014: R1, #7	$14,106,353	7	$14,106,353
97	Blake Treinen Relief Pitcher 2011: R7, #226	$14,034,759	8	$14,034,759
98	Javier Baez Shortstop 2011: R1, #9	$13,557,493	8	$13,557,493
99	Wilmer Flores 1st Base 0: Undrafted	$13,225,803	9	$13,225,803
100	José Ramírez 3rd Base 0: Undrafted	$13,093,362	9	$13,093,362