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
    $34,571,428
  2. Zack Greinke
    ARI, SP
    $34,000,000
  3. David Price
    BOS, SP
    $30,000,000
  4. Miguel Cabrera
    DET, 1B
    $28,050,000
  5. Justin Verlander
    DET, SP
    $28,000,000

Total Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    $32,000,000
  2. David Price
    BOS, SP
    $30,000,000
  3. Miguel Cabrera
    DET, 1B
    $28,050,000
  4. Justin Verlander
    DET, SP
    $28,000,000
  5. Yoenis Céspedes
    NYM, CF
    $27,500,000

Base Salary

FULL RANKS
  1. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    $32,000,000
  2. Zack Greinke
    ARI, SP
    $31,000,000
  3. David Price
    BOS, SP
    $30,000,000
  4. Justin Verlander
    DET, SP
    $28,000,000
  5. Miguel Cabrera
    DET, 1B
    $28,000,000

Contract Length

FULL RANKS
  1. Tony Sanchez
    SF, C
    507,500
  2. Giancarlo Stanton
    MIA, RF
    13
  3. Joey Votto
    CIN, 1B
    10
  4. Robinson Canó
    SEA, 2B
    10
  5. Albert Pujols
    LAA, DH
    10

Contract Value

FULL RANKS
  1. Giancarlo Stanton
    MIA, RF
    $325,000,000
  2. Miguel Cabrera
    DET, 1B
    $248,000,000
  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. Zack Greinke
    ARI, SP
    $34,416,667
  2. David Price
    BOS, SP
    $31,000,000
  3. Miguel Cabrera
    DET, 1B
    $31,000,000
  4. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    $30,714,286
  5. Max Scherzer
    WSH, SP
    $30,000,000

AAV% of CBT

FULL RANKS
  1. Zack Greinke
    ARI, SP
    18.21%
  2. David Price
    BOS, SP
    16.40%
  3. Miguel Cabrera
    DET, 1B
    16.40%
  4. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    16.25%
  5. Max Scherzer
    WSH, SP
    15.87%

2-Year Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. David Price
    BOS, SP
    $60,000,000
  2. Miguel Cabrera
    DET, 1B
    $56,050,000
  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. David Price
    BOS, SP
    $90,000,000
  2. Miguel Cabrera
    DET, 1B
    $86,050,000
  3. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    $84,000,000
  4. Robinson Canó
    SEA, 2B
    $72,100,000
  5. Zack Greinke
    ARI, SP
    $72,000,000

Luxury Tax

FULL RANKS
  1. Zack Greinke
    ARI, SP
    $34,416,667
  2. Miguel Cabrera
    DET, 1B
    $31,000,000
  3. David Price
    BOS, SP
    $31,000,000
  4. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    $30,714,286
  5. Max Scherzer
    WSH, SP
    $30,000,000

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