Highest Career Total and Single-Season Salaries

Please note that we only have complete salary data back to 1985, so some career totals may be incomplete.

Career

Career Table
RankPlayerCareer Salary
1.Justin Verlander $427,041,013
2.Miguel Cabrera $400,410,623
3.Alex Rodriguez $399,285,104
4.Max Scherzer $369,550,658
5.Mike Trout $356,367,833
6.Stephen Strasburg $355,450,000
7.Albert Pujols $346,540,436
8.Zack Greinke $338,503,000
9.Clayton Kershaw $307,201,142
10.Giancarlo Stanton $297,933,000
11.Nolan Arenado $295,512,500
12.Anthony Rendon $292,400,000
13.Gerrit Cole $277,584,500
14.David Price $271,031,842
15.Freddie Freeman $268,634,000
16.Jacob deGrom $265,613,875
17.Derek Jeter $265,159,364
18.CC Sabathia $260,357,142
19.Joey Votto $253,263,155
20.Bryce Harper $252,207,692
21.Jose Altuve $242,238,700
22.Yu Darvish $242,000,000
23.Chris Sale $233,425,000
24.Francisco Lindor $222,892,800
25.Mookie Betts $222,030,500
26.Carlos Beltrán $221,952,782
27.Adrian Beltré $219,140,000
28.Manny Machado $218,425,636
29.Joe Mauer $218,025,000
30.Félix Hernández $217,700,000
31.Robinson Canó $214,691,403
32.Mark Teixeira $213,025,000
33.Zack Wheeler $212,279,875
34.Cole Hamels $210,500,000
35.Manny Ramirez $206,827,769
36.Justin Upton $201,471,666
37.George Springer $199,935,300
38.Aaron Judge $199,526,100
39.Carlos Correa $198,685,033
40.Corey Seager $194,540,000
41.Paul Goldschmidt $192,032,000
42.Kris Bryant $191,552,000
43.Jason Heyward $190,131,500
44.Jon Lester $188,555,500
45.Barry Bonds $188,245,322
46.Chris Davis $187,958,740
47.Xander Bogaerts $187,078,682
48.Adam Wainwright $184,237,000
49.Juan Soto $183,928,300
50.David Wright $180,446,500
51.Ryan Howard $180,255,000
52.Christian Yelich $178,825,000
53.José Abreu $177,325,000
54.Prince Fielder $176,914,500
55.Randy Johnson $175,550,019
56.Yadier Molina $173,998,500
57.Matt Kemp $171,706,000
58.Marcus Semien $171,092,500
59.Torii Hunter $171,055,000
60.Aroldis Chapman $170,810,772
61.Kenley Jansen $170,260,767
62.Mariano Rivera $169,441,825
63.Chipper Jones $168,552,133
64.Johnny Cueto $168,453,000
65.Buster Posey $168,301,112
66.Adrián González $168,291,500
67.Gary Sheffield $168,008,550
68.Ichiro Suzuki $167,181,483
69.Nathan Eovaldi $164,919,000
70.Alex Bregman $164,732,646
71.Josh Donaldson $164,422,500
72.Todd Helton $161,490,000
73.Charlie Morton $159,713,500
74.David Ortiz $159,512,500
75.Hanley Ramírez $159,268,000
76.Matt Holliday $158,917,101
77.Alfonso Soriano $157,960,000
78.Kevin Gausman $157,856,500
79.Patrick Corbin $157,608,000
80.Johan Santana $155,997,269
81.Cody Bellinger $155,790,000
82.Trea Turner $155,398,008
83.Masahiro Tanaka $155,000,000
84.J.D. Martinez $153,933,000
85.Greg Maddux $153,845,000
86.Ken Griffey Jr. $151,703,682
87.Roger Clemens $150,601,000
88.Nick Castellanos $150,561,500
89.J.T. Realmuto $150,395,000
90.Roy Halladay $148,991,666
91.Aramis Ramírez $147,885,000
92.Jacoby Ellsbury $147,659,142
93.Shin-Soo Choo $147,521,800
94.Carlos Delgado $146,299,000
95.Pedro Martínez $146,259,585
96.Troy Tulowitzki $145,381,000
97.Javier Báez $144,587,000
98.Mike Mussina $144,533,619
99.A.J. Burnett $144,271,500
100.Trevor Story $144,102,500

Single

Single Table
RankPlayerYear TeamSalary
1.Juan Soto 2025 NYM $51,875,000
2.Juan Soto 2026 NYM $51,875,000
3.Max Scherzer 2024 TEX $43,333,334
4.Max Scherzer 2022 NYM $43,333,333
5.Max Scherzer 2023 TEX $43,333,333
6.Justin Verlander 2023 HOU $43,333,333
7.Justin Verlander 2024 HOU $43,333,333
8.Cody Bellinger 2026 NYY $42,500,000
9.Zack Wheeler 2025 PHI $42,000,000
10.Bo Bichette 2026 NYM $42,000,000
11.Zack Wheeler 2026 PHI $42,000,000
12.Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 2026 TOR $40,214,286
13.Aaron Judge 2023 NYY $40,000,000
14.Jacob deGrom 2024 TEX $40,000,000
15.Aaron Judge 2024 NYY $40,000,000
16.Jacob deGrom 2025 TEX $40,000,000
17.Aaron Judge 2025 NYY $40,000,000
18.Aaron Judge 2026 NYY $40,000,000
19.Anthony Rendon 2026 LAA $38,571,429
20.Anthony Rendon 2023 LAA $38,571,428
21.Anthony Rendon 2025 LAA $38,571,428
22.Stephen Strasburg 2019 WSN $38,333,333
23.Jacob deGrom 2026 TEX $38,000,000
24.Mike Trout 2020 LAA $37,666,666
25.Max Scherzer 2019 WSN $37,505,562
26.Carlos Correa 2025 MIN $37,333,333
27.Mike Trout 2021 LAA $37,116,667
28.Mike Trout 2023 LAA $37,116,667
29.Mike Trout 2024 LAA $37,116,667
30.Mike Trout 2026 LAA $37,116,667
31.Mike Trout 2022 LAA $37,116,666
32.Mike Trout 2025 LAA $37,116,666
33.Alex Bregman 2025 BOS $36,666,667
34.Anthony Rendon 2022 LAA $36,571,429
35.Anthony Rendon 2024 LAA $36,571,429
36.Gerrit Cole 2020 NYY $36,000,000
37.Gerrit Cole 2021 NYY $36,000,000
38.Gerrit Cole 2022 NYY $36,000,000
39.Gerrit Cole 2023 NYY $36,000,000
40.Gerrit Cole 2024 NYY $36,000,000
41.Gerrit Cole 2025 NYY $36,000,000
42.Gerrit Cole 2026 NYY $36,000,000
43.Max Scherzer 2020 WSN $35,920,616
44.Clayton Kershaw 2017 LAD $35,571,429
45.Clayton Kershaw 2018 LAD $35,571,429
46.Jacob deGrom 2021 NYM $35,500,000
47.Jacob deGrom 2022 NYM $35,500,000
48.Corey Seager 2023 TEX $35,500,000
49.Patrick Corbin 2024 WSN $35,416,667
50.Carlos Correa 2022 MIN $35,100,000
51.Nolan Arenado 2020 COL $35,000,000
52.Zack Greinke 2020 HOU $35,000,000
53.Stephen Strasburg 2020 WSN $35,000,000
54.Nolan Arenado 2021 STL $35,000,000
55.Zack Greinke 2021 HOU $35,000,000
56.Stephen Strasburg 2021 WSN $35,000,000
57.Nolan Arenado 2022 STL $35,000,000
58.Stephen Strasburg 2022 WSN $35,000,000
59.Nolan Arenado 2023 STL $35,000,000
60.Stephen Strasburg 2023 WSN $35,000,000
61.Nolan Arenado 2024 STL $35,000,000
62.Corey Seager 2024 TEX $35,000,000
63.Stephen Strasburg 2024 WSN $35,000,000
64.Stephen Strasburg 2025 WSN $35,000,000
65.Sonny Gray 2026 STL $35,000,000
66.Stephen Strasburg 2026 WSN $35,000,000
67.Clayton Kershaw 2016 LAD $34,571,429
68.Max Scherzer 2021 WSN $34,503,480
69.Zack Greinke 2019 ARI $34,500,000
70.Francisco Lindor 2022 NYM $34,100,000
71.Francisco Lindor 2023 NYM $34,100,000
72.Francisco Lindor 2024 NYM $34,100,000
73.Francisco Lindor 2025 NYM $34,100,000
74.Francisco Lindor 2026 NYM $34,100,000
75.Mike Trout 2018 LAA $34,083,000
76.Zack Greinke 2016 ARI $34,000,000
77.Zack Greinke 2017 ARI $34,000,000
78.Zack Greinke 2018 ARI $34,000,000
79.Carlos Correa 2024 MIN $33,333,334
80.Carlos Correa 2023 MIN $33,333,333
81.Alex Rodriguez 2009 NYY $33,000,000
82.Alex Rodriguez 2010 NYY $33,000,000
83.Justin Verlander 2020 HOU $33,000,000
84.Justin Verlander 2021 HOU $33,000,000
85.Corey Seager 2022 TEX $33,000,000
86.Jose Altuve 2025 HOU $33,000,000
87.Jose Altuve 2026 HOU $33,000,000
88.Kyle Tucker 2026 LAD $33,000,000
89.Carlos Correa 2026 MIN $32,833,333
90.Clayton Kershaw 2015 LAD $32,571,429
91.Tyler Glasnow 2025 LAD $32,500,000
92.Corey Seager 2025 TEX $32,500,000
93.Tyler Glasnow 2026 LAD $32,500,000
94.Alex Rodriguez 2011 NYY $32,000,000
95.Manny Machado 2020 SDP $32,000,000
96.David Price 2020 LAD $32,000,000
97.Manny Machado 2021 SDP $32,000,000
98.David Price 2021 LAD $32,000,000
99.Miguel Cabrera 2022 DET $32,000,000
100.Manny Machado 2022 SDP $32,000,000