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
    $35,571,428
  2. Mike Trout
    LAA, CF
    $34,083,333
  3. Zack Greinke
    ARI, SP
    $34,000,000
  4. Albert Pujols
    LAA, DH
    $30,000,000
  5. Jake Arrieta
    PHI, SP
    $30,000,000

Total Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. Mike Trout
    LAA, CF
    $33,250,000
  2. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    $33,000,000
  3. Albert Pujols
    LAA, DH
    $30,000,000
  4. Jake Arrieta
    PHI, SP
    $30,000,000
  5. David Price
    BOS, SP
    $30,000,000

Base Salary

FULL RANKS
  1. Mike Trout
    LAA, CF
    $33,250,000
  2. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    $33,000,000
  3. Zack Greinke
    ARI, SP
    $31,000,000
  4. Jake Arrieta
    PHI, SP
    $30,000,000
  5. David Price
    BOS, SP
    $30,000,000

Contract Length

FULL RANKS
  1. Giancarlo Stanton
    NYY, DH
    13
  2. Robinson Canó
    SEA, 2B
    10
  3. Albert Pujols
    LAA, DH
    10
  4. Joey Votto
    CIN, 1B
    10
  5. Troy Tulowitzki
    TOR, SS
    10

Contract Value

FULL RANKS
  1. Giancarlo Stanton
    NYY, DH
    $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. Jake Arrieta
    PHI, SP
    $55,000,000
  4. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    $52,000,000
  5. Yoenis Céspedes
    NYM, CF
    $51,500,000

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. David Price
    BOS, SP
    $31,000,000
  3. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    $30,714,286
  4. Max Scherzer
    WSH, SP
    $30,000,000
  5. Miguel Cabrera
    DET, 1B
    $29,200,000

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