MLB Career Earnings

MLB Player Earnings

Listing the top earnings for all active MLB players.

	Player	Total Earnings	Seasons	Earnings Total
1	Alex Rodriguez Shortstop 1993: R1, #1	$455,159,552	27	$455,159,552
2	Miguel Cabrera Designated Hitter 0: Undrafted	$353,188,684	21	$353,188,684
3	Albert Pujols Designated Hitter 1999: R13, #402	$341,810,741	23	$341,810,741
4	Justin Verlander Starting Pitcher 2004: R1, #2	$307,588,222	18	$307,588,222
5	Zack Greinke Starting Pitcher 2002: R1, #6	$277,674,948	20	$277,674,948
6	Clayton Kershaw Starting Pitcher 2006: R1, #7	$271,176,411	16	$271,176,411
7	Derek Jeter Shortstop 1992: R1, #6	$266,315,981	21	$266,315,981
8	C.C. Sabathia Starting Pitcher 1998: R1, #20	$264,785,714	18	$264,785,714
9	Carlos Beltran Designated Hitter 1995: R2, #49	$248,874,995	21	$248,874,995
10	David Price Starting Pitcher 2007: R1, #1	$248,042,498	15	$248,042,498
11	Manny Ramirez Left Field 1991: R1, #13	$236,203,556	31	$236,203,556
12	Robinson Cano Designated Hitter 0: Undrafted	$228,057,791	18	$228,057,791
13	Joe Mauer Catcher 2001: R1, #1	$223,275,000	15	$223,275,000
14	Felix Hernandez Starting Pitcher 0: Undrafted	$221,334,994	15	$221,334,994
15	Adrian Beltre 3rd Base 0: Undrafted	$220,080,500	22	$220,080,500
16	Mark Teixeira 1st Base 2001: R1, #5	$217,650,000	15	$217,650,000
17	Joey Votto 1st Base 2002: R2, #44	$217,542,838	17	$217,542,838
18	Prince Fielder Designated Hitter 2002: R1, #7	$215,754,779	17	$215,754,779
19	Cole Hamels Starting Pitcher 2002: R1, #17	$204,443,666	17	$204,443,666
20	Max Scherzer Starting Pitcher 2006: R1, #11	$197,908,333	17	$197,908,333
21	Mike Trout Center Field 2009: R1, #27	$196,840,125	13	$196,840,125
22	David Wright 3rd Base 2001: R1, #38	$194,106,500	17	$194,106,500
23	Barry Bonds Left Field 1985: R1, #6	$192,945,000	23	$192,945,000
24	Jon Lester Starting Pitcher 2002: R2, #57	$192,457,959	17	$192,457,959
25	Ryan Howard 1st Base 2001: R5, #140	$190,771,780	14	$190,771,780
26	Johan Santana Starting Pitcher 0: Undrafted	$182,560,000	12	$182,560,000
27	Justin Upton Left Field 2005: R1, #1	$180,670,465	16	$180,670,465
28	Adrian Gonzalez 1st Base 2000: R1, #1	$179,780,643	16	$179,780,643
29	Carl Crawford Left Field 1999: R2, #52	$179,182,419	17	$179,182,419
30	Matt Kemp Left Field 2003: R6, #181	$176,356,370	15	$176,356,370
31	Jacoby Ellsbury Center Field 2005: R1, #23	$175,681,999	16	$175,681,999
32	Randy Johnson Starting Pitcher 1985: R2, #36	$175,295,019	22	$175,295,019
33	Adam Wainwright Starting Pitcher 2000: R1, #29	$174,496,592	19	$174,496,592
34	Stephen Strasburg Starting Pitcher 2009: R1, #1	$172,948,014	14	$172,948,014
35	Torii Hunter Right Field 0: Undrafted	$172,250,000	14	$172,250,000
36	Mariano Rivera Relief Pitcher 0: Undrafted	$169,614,125	20	$169,614,125
37	Ichiro Suzuki Left Field 0: Undrafted	$168,958,064	19	$168,958,064
38	Troy Tulowitzki Shortstop 2005: R1, #7	$168,311,984	17	$168,311,984
39	Gary Sheffield Designated Hitter 1986: R1, #6	$168,067,000	22	$168,067,000
40	Alfonso Soriano Designated Hitter 0: Undrafted	$166,950,000	17	$166,950,000
41	Ken Griffey Jr. Right Field 1987: R1, #1	$165,225,500	35	$165,225,500
42	Matt Holliday Outfielders 1998: R7, #210	$163,647,770	18	$163,647,770
43	Yadier Molina Catcher 2000: R4, #113	$163,373,380	19	$163,373,380
44	Roger Clemens Starting Pitcher 1983: R1, #19	$160,524,294	32	$160,524,294
45	David Ortiz Designated Hitter 0: Undrafted	$160,201,000	17	$160,201,000
46	Hanley Ramirez 1st Base 0: Undrafted	$159,411,648	15	$159,411,648
47	Yu Darvish Starting Pitcher 0: Undrafted	$158,355,991	11	$158,355,991
48	Johnny Cueto Starting Pitcher 0: Undrafted	$157,497,229	16	$157,497,229
49	Roy Halladay Starting Pitcher 1995: R1, #17	$156,770,000	16	$156,770,000
50	John Lackey Starting Pitcher 1999: R2, #68	$153,992,500	16	$153,992,500
51	Buster Posey Catcher 2008: R1, #5	$153,910,967	13	$153,910,967
52	Greg Maddux Starting Pitcher 1984: R2, #31	$151,812,256	24	$151,812,256
53	Aroldis Chapman Relief Pitcher 0: Undrafted	$149,066,491	13	$149,066,491
54	Jason Heyward Right Field 2007: R1, #14	$148,889,278	14	$148,889,278
55	Barry Zito Starting Pitcher 0: Undrafted	$147,598,823	15	$147,598,823
56	Pedro Martinez Starting Pitcher 0: Undrafted	$147,266,085	18	$147,266,085
57	Mike Mussina Starting Pitcher 1994: R1, #20	$147,017,167	18	$147,017,167
58	Josh Hamilton Left Field 1999: R1, #1	$146,925,552	12	$146,925,552
59	Aramis Ramirez 3rd Base 0: Undrafted	$146,700,000	16	$146,700,000
60	A.J. Burnett Starting Pitcher 1995: R8, #217	$146,117,500	14	$146,117,500
61	Matt Cain Starting Pitcher 2002: R1, #25	$146,052,998	14	$146,052,998
62	Andy Pettitte Starting Pitcher 1990: R22, #577	$145,984,000	19	$145,984,000
63	Bryce Harper Right Field 2010: R1, #1	$144,529,629	12	$144,529,629
64	Vernon Wells Left Field 1997: R1, #5	$144,521,000	15	$144,521,000
65	Ryan Braun 1st Base 2005: R1, #5	$144,473,055	17	$144,473,055
66	Cliff Lee Starting Pitcher 2000: R4, #105	$143,974,100	16	$143,974,100
67	Freddie Freeman 1st Base 2007: R2, #78	$143,739,279	14	$143,739,279
68	Carlos Delgado 1st Base 0: Undrafted	$142,933,410	17	$142,933,410
69	Victor Martinez Designated Hitter 0: Undrafted	$141,764,500	15	$141,764,500
70	Jayson Werth Left Field 1997: R1, #22	$141,595,000	18	$141,595,000
71	Ryan Zimmerman 1st Base 2005: R1, #4	$140,892,000	16	$140,892,000
72	Evan Longoria 3rd Base 2006: R1, #3	$140,852,890	16	$140,852,890
73	Manny Machado 3rd Base 2010: R1, #3	$140,560,896	12	$140,560,896
74	Masahiro Tanaka Starting Pitcher 0: Undrafted	$140,518,519	7	$140,518,519
75	Jim Thome Designated Hitter 1989: R13, #331	$139,869,998	22	$139,869,998
76	Shin-Soo Choo Designated Hitter 0: Undrafted	$139,582,678	15	$139,582,678
77	Jason Giambi Designated Hitter 1992: R2, #0	$139,549,000	20	$139,549,000
78	Jose Reyes Shortstop 0: Undrafted	$137,866,423	17	$137,866,423
79	Giancarlo Stanton Right Field 2007: R2, #76	$137,345,578	14	$137,345,578
80	Mike Hampton Starting Pitcher 1990: R6, #161	$137,218,000	26	$137,218,000
81	Mark Buehrle Starting Pitcher 1998: R38, #1139	$136,795,000	17	$136,795,000
82	Jeff Bagwell 1st Base 1989: R4, #109	$135,865,000	17	$135,865,000
83	John Smoltz Starting Pitcher 1985: R22, #574	$135,560,677	22	$135,560,677
84	Nelson Cruz Designated Hitter 0: Undrafted	$133,257,784	19	$133,257,784
85	Josh Donaldson 3rd Base 2007: R1, #48	$131,667,798	13	$131,667,798
86	Chase Utley 2nd Base 2000: R1, #15	$131,658,257	17	$131,658,257
87	Paul Konerko 1st Base 1994: R1, #13	$131,620,000	19	$131,620,000
88	Jake Peavy Relief Pitcher 1999: R15, #472	$131,605,000	18	$131,605,000
89	Tom Glavine Starting Pitcher 1984: R2, #47	$131,347,153	24	$131,347,153
90	Kevin Brown Starting Pitcher 1986: R1, #4	$130,859,500	17	$130,859,500
91	Carlos Lee 1st Base 0: Undrafted	$130,575,000	13	$130,575,000
92	Yoenis Cespedes Left Field 0: Undrafted	$130,143,503	9	$130,143,503
93	Eric Hosmer 1st Base 2008: R1, #3	$129,752,156	13	$129,752,156
94	Brian McCann Catcher 2002: R2, #64	$129,699,500	16	$129,699,500
95	Hunter Pence Right Field 2004: R2, #64	$128,954,104	15	$128,954,104
96	Elvis Andrus Shortstop 0: Undrafted	$127,810,764	15	$127,810,764
97	Jordan Zimmermann Starting Pitcher 2007: R2, #67	$127,684,771	14	$127,684,771
98	Anthony Rendon 3rd Base 2011: R1, #6	$127,244,444	12	$127,244,444
99	Sammy Sosa Outfielders 0: Undrafted	$127,163,500	18	$127,163,500
100	Andruw Jones Left Field 0: Undrafted	$126,653,500	19	$126,653,500