MLB Salary Rankings

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

2018 Signing Bonus Rankings

	Player	signing bonus
1	Max Scherzer Starting Pitcher	$50,000,000
2	Jon Lester Starting Pitcher	$30,000,000
3	Jose Altuve 2nd Base	$21,000,000
4	Jason Heyward Right Field	$20,000,000
	Mark Melancon Relief Pitcher	$20,000,000
6	Zack Greinke Starting Pitcher	$18,000,000
	Clayton Kershaw Starting Pitcher	$18,000,000
8	Wil Myers Left Field	$15,000,000
9	Yasmany Tomas Left Field	$14,000,000
10	Wei-Yin Chen Starting Pitcher	$13,000,000
11	Yasiel Puig Right Field	$12,000,000
12	Aroldis Chapman Relief Pitcher	$11,000,000
13	Stephen Strasburg Starting Pitcher	$10,000,000
	Ryan Braun Left Field	$10,000,000
	Carlos Santana 1st Base	$10,000,000
	Dexter Fowler Center Field	$10,000,000
17	Jeff Samardzija Starting Pitcher	$9,000,000
18	Buster Posey Catcher	$7,000,000
19	Cole Hamels Starting Pitcher	$6,000,000
	Starlin Castro 2nd Base	$6,000,000
	Felix Hernandez Starting Pitcher	$6,000,000
	Denard Span Left Field	$6,000,000
	Salvador Perez Catcher	$6,000,000
	Jorge Soler Left Field	$6,000,000
	Brandon McCarthy Starting Pitcher	$6,000,000
26	Mike Trout Center Field	$5,000,000
	Edwin Encarnacion Designated Hitter	$5,000,000
	Hyun-Jin Ryu Starting Pitcher	$5,000,000
	Johnny Cueto Starting Pitcher	$5,000,000
	Raisel Iglesias Relief Pitcher	$5,000,000
31	Pat Neshek Relief Pitcher	$4,000,000
	Justin Turner 3rd Base	$4,000,000
	Kenley Jansen Relief Pitcher	$4,000,000
34	Kyle Seager 3rd Base	$3,500,000
	Michael Brantley Left Field	$3,500,000
	Ender Inciarte Center Field	$3,500,000
37	Jean Segura Shortstop	$3,000,000
	Andrew Cashner Starting Pitcher	$3,000,000
	Jay Bruce Right Field	$3,000,000
	Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 2nd Base	$3,000,000
	Gregory Polanco Right Field	$3,000,000
42	Freddie Freeman 1st Base	$2,875,000
43	Logan Forsythe 2nd Base	$2,500,000
44	Ben Zobrist 2nd Base	$2,000,000
	Anthony Rizzo 1st Base	$2,000,000
	Stephen Piscotty Right Field	$2,000,000
	Adam Jones Center Field	$2,000,000
	Jose Ramirez 3rd Base	$2,000,000
	Elvis Andrus Shortstop	$2,000,000
	Rougned Odor 2nd Base	$2,000,000
	Yulieski Gurriel 1st Base	$2,000,000
	Matt Kemp Right Field	$2,000,000
	Rich Hill Starting Pitcher	$2,000,000
	Charlie Blackmon Center Field	$2,000,000
	Brett Gardner Left Field	$2,000,000
	Nick Markakis Right Field	$2,000,000
	Eugenio Suarez 3rd Base	$2,000,000
	Ivan Nova Starting Pitcher	$2,000,000
	Starling Marte Center Field	$2,000,000
	Felipe Vazquez Relief Pitcher	$2,000,000
61	Brad Hand Relief Pitcher	$1,750,000
	Odubel Herrera Center Field	$1,750,000
	Tucker Barnhart Catcher	$1,750,000
64	Dee Gordon 2nd Base	$1,500,000
	Jhoulys Chacin Starting Pitcher	$1,500,000
	Matt Carpenter 1st Base	$1,500,000
	Scott Kingery Shortstop	$1,500,000
68	Andrew McCutchen Right Field	$1,250,000
69	Brandon Crawford Shortstop	$1,200,000
70	Nelson Cruz Designated Hitter	$1,000,000
	Andrelton Simmons Shortstop	$1,000,000
	Jim Johnson Relief Pitcher	$1,000,000
	Jason Kipnis 2nd Base	$1,000,000
	Corey Kluber Starting Pitcher	$1,000,000
	Anthony Swarzak Relief Pitcher	$1,000,000
	Mike Minor Starting Pitcher	$1,000,000
	Martin Perez Starting Pitcher	$1,000,000
	Chase Anderson Starting Pitcher	$1,000,000
	Carlos Martinez Starting Pitcher	$1,000,000
	Brett Cecil Relief Pitcher	$1,000,000
	Kenta Maeda Starting Pitcher	$1,000,000
	Paul DeJong Shortstop	$1,000,000
	Dustin Pedroia 2nd Base	$1,000,000
	Craig Kimbrel Relief Pitcher	$1,000,000
	Evan Longoria 3rd Base	$1,000,000
	Madison Bumgarner Starting Pitcher	$1,000,000
	Julio Teheran Starting Pitcher	$1,000,000
	Josh Harrison 2nd Base	$1,000,000
	Chris Archer Starting Pitcher	$1,000,000
	Kevin Kiermaier Center Field	$1,000,000
91	Gio Gonzalez Starting Pitcher	$500,000
	Yan Gomes Catcher	$500,000
	Devin Mesoraco Catcher	$500,000
	Roberto Perez Catcher	$500,000
	Matt Moore Relief Pitcher	$500,000
	Paul Goldschmidt 1st Base	$500,000
	Jarrod Dyson Right Field	$500,000
	Ryan Madson Relief Pitcher	$500,000
	Rick Porcello Starting Pitcher	$500,000
100	Chris Iannetta Catcher	$300,000