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 Table
| Rank | Player | Career 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 Table
| Rank | Player | Year Team | Salary |
|---|
| 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 |
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