MLB Salary Rankings

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

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Payroll

FULL RANKS
  1. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    $32,571,428
  2. Justin Verlander
    DET, SP
    $28,000,000
  3. Zack Greinke
    LAD, SP
    $25,000,000
  4. Cliff Lee
    PHI, SP
    $25,000,000
  5. Ryan Howard
    PHI, 1B
    $25,000,000

Total Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    $30,000,000
  2. Jon Lester
    CHC, SP
    $30,000,000
  3. Hector Olivera
    ATL, LF
    $28,732,240
  4. Justin Verlander
    DET, SP
    $28,000,000
  5. Cliff Lee
    PHI, SP
    $25,000,000

Base Salary

FULL RANKS
  1. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    $30,000,000
  2. Justin Verlander
    DET, SP
    $28,000,000
  3. Cliff Lee
    PHI, SP
    $25,000,000
  4. Ryan Howard
    PHI, 1B
    $25,000,000
  5. Robinson Canó
    SEA, 2B
    $24,000,000

Contract Length

FULL RANKS
  1. Giancarlo Stanton
    MIA, RF
    13
  2. Robinson Canó
    SEA, 2B
    10
  3. Joey Votto
    CIN, 1B
    10
  4. Albert Pujols
    LAA, DH
    10
  5. Álex Rodríguez
    NYY, DH
    10

Contract Value

FULL RANKS
  1. Giancarlo Stanton
    MIA, RF
    $325,000,000
  2. Álex Rodríguez
    NYY, DH
    $275,000,000
  3. Albert Pujols
    LAA, DH
    $240,000,000
  4. Robinson Canó
    SEA, 2B
    $240,000,000
  5. Joey Votto
    CIN, 1B
    $225,000,000

Contract AAV

FULL RANKS
  1. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    $30,714,286
  2. Max Scherzer
    WSH, SP
    $30,000,000
  3. Álex Rodríguez
    NYY, DH
    $27,500,000
  4. Jon Lester
    CHC, SP
    $25,833,333
  5. Justin Verlander
    DET, SP
    $25,714,286

AAV% of CBT

FULL RANKS
  1. Álex Rodríguez
    NYY, DH
    17.74%
  2. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    16.25%
  3. Max Scherzer
    WSH, SP
    15.87%
  4. Justin Verlander
    DET, SP
    14.45%
  5. Ryan Howard
    PHI, 1B
    14.04%

2-Year Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. Álex Rodríguez
    NYY, DH
    $62,000,000
  2. Zack Greinke
    LAD, SP
    $53,000,000
  3. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    $52,000,000
  4. Jon Lester
    CHC, SP
    $50,000,000
  5. Robinson Canó
    SEA, 2B
    $48,050,000

3-Year Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. Álex Rodríguez
    NYY, DH
    $95,000,000
  2. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    $84,000,000
  3. Zack Greinke
    LAD, SP
    $76,000,000
  4. Robinson Canó
    SEA, 2B
    $72,100,000
  5. Prince Fielder
    TEX, DH
    $70,200,000

Luxury Tax

FULL RANKS
  1. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    $30,714,286
  2. Max Scherzer
    WSH, SP
    $30,000,000
  3. Álex Rodríguez
    NYY, DH
    $27,500,000
  4. Jon Lester
    CHC, SP
    $25,833,333
  5. Justin Verlander
    DET, SP
    $25,714,286

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