MLB Career Earnings

MLB Player Earnings Earnings w/ Oakland Athletics

Listing the top earnings for all active MLB players.

Player Earnings
Athletics
Total
Earnings
Seasons Earnings
Athletics
Earnings
Total
1

Eric Chávez

3rd Base
1996: R1, #10
$78,207,600 $88,007,600 14 $78,207,600 $88,007,600
2

Coco Crisp

Center Field
1999: R7, #222
$52,500,000 $73,734,300 7 $52,500,000 $73,734,300
3

Khris Davis

Designated Hitter
2009: R7, #226
$38,728,204 $41,279,173 5 $38,728,204 $41,279,173
4

Jermaine Dye

Right Field
1993: R17, #488
$36,930,107 $80,823,999 5 $36,930,107 $80,823,999
5

Jason Kendall

Catcher
1992: R1, #23
$36,000,000 $85,129,998 3 $36,000,000 $85,129,998
6

Mark McGwire

1st Base
1984: R1, #10
$30,437,500 $75,294,348 11 $30,437,500 $75,294,348
7

Billy Butler

Designated Hitter
2004: R1, #14
$30,000,000 $62,789,914 3 $30,000,000 $62,789,914
8

Mark Ellis

2nd Base
0: Undrafted
$28,281,000 $42,282,000 9 $28,281,000 $42,282,000
9

Jed Lowrie

2nd Base
2005: R1, #45
$27,650,000 $53,571,333 5 $27,650,000 $53,571,333
10

Yoenis CĂ©spedes

Left Field
0: Undrafted
$22,707,378 $130,143,503 3 $22,707,378 $130,143,503
11

Barry Zito

Starting Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$21,598,823 $147,598,823 7 $21,598,823 $147,598,823
12

Scott Kazmir

Starting Pitcher
2002: R1, #15
$19,601,913 $107,847,000 2 $19,601,913 $107,847,000
13

Brett Anderson

Starting Pitcher
2006: R2, #55
$18,168,817 $60,418,051 8 $18,168,817 $60,418,051
14

Marcus Semien

2nd Base
2011: R6, #201
$15,407,315 $15,863,653 6 $15,407,315 $15,863,653
15

Fernando Rodney

Relief Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$14,750,000 $62,308,788 2 $14,750,000 $62,308,788
16

Jason Giambi

Designated Hitter
1992: R2, #0
$14,049,000 $139,549,000 8 $14,049,000 $139,549,000
17

Matt Holliday

Outfielders
1998: R7, #210
$13,500,000 $151,147,770 1 $13,500,000 $151,147,770
18

Relief Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$12,843,000 $0 7 $12,843,000 $0
19

Ryan Madson

Relief Pitcher
1998: R9, #254
$12,553,248 $52,250,000 2 $12,553,248 $52,250,000
20

Relief Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$12,300,000 $0 3 $12,300,000 $0
21

Josh Reddick

Right Field
2006: R17, #523
$12,106,476 $59,142,315 5 $12,106,476 $59,142,315
22

Frank Thomas

Designated Hitter
1989: R1, #7
$11,490,000 $108,605,000 3 $11,490,000 $108,605,000
23

Brandon Moss

Designated Hitter
2002: R8, #238
$11,230,000 $35,420,500 5 $11,230,000 $35,420,500
24

Kurt Suzuki

Catcher
2004: R2, #67
$11,068,169 $44,809,790 9 $11,068,169 $44,809,790
25

Yusmeiro Petit

Relief Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$11,037,037 $22,190,528 3 $11,037,037 $22,190,528
26

Matt Joyce

Left Field
2005: R12, #360
$10,945,356 $26,236,312 2 $10,945,356 $26,236,312
27

Michael Fiers

Starting Pitcher
2009: R22, #676
$10,806,448 $21,569,124 3 $10,806,448 $21,569,124
28

Josh Willingham

Left Field
0: Undrafted
$10,600,000 $35,977,999 2 $10,600,000 $35,977,999
29

Stephen Piscotty

Right Field
2009: R45, #1357
$10,592,592 $15,746,257 3 $10,592,592 $15,746,257
30

Chris Young

Right Field
2001: R16, #493
$10,200,000 $53,109,770 2 $10,200,000 $53,109,770
31

John Axford

Relief Pitcher
2005: R42, #1259
$10,000,000 $24,967,500 2 $10,000,000 $24,967,500
32

Jim Johnson

Relief Pitcher
2001: R5, #143
$10,000,000 $26,072,485 1 $10,000,000 $26,072,485
33

Ben Sheets

Starting Pitcher
1999: R1, #10
$10,000,000 $50,699,557 1 $10,000,000 $50,699,557
34

Brian Fuentes

Relief Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$10,000,000 $38,998,000 2 $10,000,000 $38,998,000
35

Joakim Soria

Relief Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$9,648,148 $64,704,647 2 $9,648,148 $64,704,647
36

Sean Manaea

Starting Pitcher
2013: R2, #34
$9,611,750 $9,611,750 6 $9,611,750 $9,611,750
37

Tim Hudson

Starting Pitcher
1997: R6, #185
$9,200,000 $120,725,000 6 $9,200,000 $120,725,000
38

Justin Duchscherer

Starting Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$9,014,000 $9,714,000 7 $9,014,000 $9,714,000
39

Blake Treinen

Relief Pitcher
2011: R7, #226
$8,842,740 $14,034,759 4 $8,842,740 $14,034,759
40

Rich Harden

Starting Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$8,740,427 $24,306,000 6 $8,740,427 $24,306,000
41

Mike Piazza

Catcher
1988: Undrafted
$8,500,000 $121,890,170 1 $8,500,000 $121,890,170
42

Liam Hendriks

Relief Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$7,636,363 $8,819,843 5 $7,636,363 $8,819,843
43

Rajai Davis

Center Field
2001: R38, #1134
$6,873,807 $35,053,468 4 $6,873,807 $35,053,468
44

Hiroyuki Nakajima

Shortstop
0: Undrafted
$6,500,000 $6,500,000 3 $6,500,000 $6,500,000
45

Jonathan Lucroy

Catcher
2007: R3, #101
$6,500,000 $29,280,196 1 $6,500,000 $29,280,196
46

Mike Wuertz

Relief Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$6,350,000 $8,602,000 4 $6,350,000 $8,602,000
47

Alberto Callaspo

3rd Base
0: Undrafted
$6,263,709 $19,425,500 2 $6,263,709 $19,425,500
48

Seth Smith

Right Field
2004: R2, #50
$6,090,000 $32,659,000 2 $6,090,000 $32,659,000
49

David DeJesus

Left Field
2000: R4, #104
$6,000,000 $38,864,999 1 $6,000,000 $38,864,999
50

Jack Cust

Designated Hitter
0: Undrafted
$5,860,000 $8,813,000 3 $5,860,000 $8,813,000
51

Sonny Gray

Starting Pitcher
2011: R1, #18
$5,850,065 $25,880,796 6 $5,850,065 $25,880,796
52

Mark Canha

Left Field
2010: R7, #227
$5,592,250 $5,892,250 6 $5,592,250 $5,892,250
53

Matt Stairs

Right Field
0: Undrafted
$5,538,100 $19,029,248 5 $5,538,100 $19,029,248
54

Sean Doolittle

Relief Pitcher
2007: R1, #41
$5,506,776 $20,372,407 6 $5,506,776 $20,372,407
55

Nick Punto

Shortstop
1998: R21, #614
$5,500,000 $23,572,500 2 $5,500,000 $23,572,500
56

Yonder Alonso

1st Base
2008: R1, #7
$5,404,094 $30,950,000 2 $5,404,094 $30,950,000
57

Austin Beck

Outfielders
2017: R1, #6
$5,303,000 $5,303,000 1 $5,303,000 $5,303,000
58

Joe Kennedy

Starting Pitcher
1998: R8, #252
$5,275,268 $8,444,998 3 $5,275,268 $8,444,998
59

Brandon McCarthy

Starting Pitcher
2002: R17, #510
$5,275,000 $73,713,828 2 $5,275,000 $73,713,828
60

Eric O'Flaherty

Relief Pitcher
2003: R6, #176
$5,166,667 $19,943,607 2 $5,166,667 $19,943,607
61

Tyler Clippard

Relief Pitcher
2003: R9, #274
$5,125,136 $40,182,518 1 $5,125,136 $40,182,518
62

Luke Gregerson

Relief Pitcher
2006: R28, #856
$5,065,000 $40,629,300 1 $5,065,000 $40,629,300
63

Bartolo Colon

Starting Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$5,000,000 $116,982,148 2 $5,000,000 $116,982,148
64

Robert Puason

Shortstop
0: Undrafted
$5,000,000 $5,000,000 1 $5,000,000 $5,000,000
65

A.J. Puk

Starting Pitcher
2016: R1, #6
$4,832,904 $4,832,904 3 $4,832,904 $4,832,904
66

Kevin Kouzmanoff

3rd Base
0: Undrafted
$4,750,000 $9,617,800 1 $4,750,000 $9,617,800
67

Octavio Dotel

Relief Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$4,750,000 $40,803,496 1 $4,750,000 $40,803,496
68

Joe Blanton

Relief Pitcher
2002: R1, #24
$4,723,500 $58,598,500 4 $4,723,500 $58,598,500
69

Ben Zobrist

2nd Base
2004: R6, #184
$4,672,132 $78,346,122 1 $4,672,132 $78,346,122
70

Jason Isringhausen

Relief Pitcher
1991: R44, #1157
$4,251,075 $54,123,999 3 $4,251,075 $54,123,999
71

Michael Ynoa

Relief Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$4,250,000 $5,297,500 1 $4,250,000 $5,297,500
72

Henderson Alvarez

Starting Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$4,250,000 $9,957,176 1 $4,250,000 $9,957,176
73

Trevor Plouffe

3rd Base
2004: Undrafted
$4,180,277 $23,146,430 1 $4,180,277 $23,146,430
74

John Jaso

Right Field
2003: R12, #338
$4,100,000 $17,014,400 2 $4,100,000 $17,014,400
75

Sam Fuld

Center Field
2004: R10, #306
$4,024,727 $7,324,200 3 $4,024,727 $7,324,200
76

Marco Estrada

Starting Pitcher
2005: R6, #174
$4,000,000 $53,406,808 1 $4,000,000 $53,406,808
77

Rich Hill

Starting Pitcher
2002: R4, #112
$3,934,426 $63,843,688 1 $3,934,426 $63,843,688
78

Kendall Graveman

Relief Pitcher
2013: R8, #235
$3,852,896 $5,556,758 4 $3,852,896 $5,556,758
79

Relief Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$3,841,530 $0 1 $3,841,530 $0
80

Ike Davis

1st Base
2008: R1, #18
$3,800,000 $13,338,690 1 $3,800,000 $13,338,690
81

Arthur Rhodes

Relief Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$3,800,000 $33,100,000 3 $3,800,000 $33,100,000
82

Kiko Calero

Relief Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$3,780,000 $4,585,000 4 $3,780,000 $4,585,000
83

Danny Valencia

3rd Base
2006: R19, #576
$3,717,486 $13,291,147 2 $3,717,486 $13,291,147
84

Matt Chapman

3rd Base
2014: R1, #25
$3,643,426 $3,643,426 5 $3,643,426 $3,643,426
85

Nick Swisher

Outfielders
2002: R1, #16
$3,631,500 $94,431,500 4 $3,631,500 $94,431,500
86

Jurickson Profar

Left Field
0: Undrafted
$3,600,000 $11,382,448 1 $3,600,000 $11,382,448
87

Jarrod Parker

Starting Pitcher
2007: R1, #9
$3,589,000 $5,689,000 6 $3,589,000 $5,689,000
88

Trevor Cahill

Starting Pitcher
2006: R2, #66
$3,570,000 $49,202,256 5 $3,570,000 $49,202,256
89

Cliff Pennington

Shortstop
2005: R1, #21
$3,555,000 $15,813,885 6 $3,555,000 $15,813,885
90

Josh Phegley

Catcher
2009: R1, #38
$3,547,500 $5,179,934 5 $3,547,500 $5,179,934
91

Robbie Grossman

Right Field
2008: R6, #174
$3,379,630 $8,170,037 2 $3,379,630 $8,170,037
92

Jesse Chavez

Relief Pitcher
2002: R42, #1252
$3,331,994 $21,623,575 3 $3,331,994 $21,623,575
93

Tyler Soderstrom

Catcher
2020: R1, #26
$3,300,000 $3,300,000 1 $3,300,000 $3,300,000
94

Chad Pinder

Left Field
2013: R2, #71
$3,239,318 $3,239,318 6 $3,239,318 $3,239,318
95

Stephen Drew

2nd Base
2004: R1, #15
$3,213,387 $63,843,443 2 $3,213,387 $63,843,443
96

Jerry Blevins

Relief Pitcher
2004: R17, #156
$3,210,000 $26,285,000 6 $3,210,000 $26,285,000
97

Jeurys Familia

Relief Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$3,067,776 $30,452,564 1 $3,067,776 $30,452,564
98

Dan Haren

Starting Pitcher
2001: R2, #72
$3,023,500 $86,303,500 3 $3,023,500 $86,303,500
99

Cory Lidle

Starting Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$3,010,000 $17,624,998 2 $3,010,000 $17,624,998
100

Lazaro Armenteros

Outfielders
0: Undrafted
$3,000,000 $3,000,000 1 $3,000,000 $3,000,000