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.Miguel Cabrera $400,410,623
2.Alex Rodriguez $399,285,104
3.Justin Verlander $360,848,333
4.Albert Pujols $346,540,436
5.Zack Greinke $338,503,000
6.Max Scherzer $307,717,324
7.Clayton Kershaw $294,701,142
8.David Price $271,031,842
9.Derek Jeter $265,159,364
10.CC Sabathia $260,357,142
11.Joey Votto $253,263,155
12.Stephen Strasburg $250,450,000
13.Mike Trout $245,017,833
14.Carlos Beltrán $221,952,782
15.Adrián Beltré $219,140,000
16.Joe Mauer $218,025,000
17.Félix Hernández $217,700,000
18.Robinson Canó $214,691,403
19.Mark Teixeira $213,025,000
20.Cole Hamels $210,500,000
21.Manny Ramirez $206,827,769
22.Giancarlo Stanton $204,933,000
23.Nolan Arenado $201,512,500
24.Justin Upton $201,471,666
25.Jon Lester $188,555,500
26.Barry Bonds $188,245,322
27.Chris Davis $187,958,740
28.Freddie Freeman $187,634,000
29.Adam Wainwright $184,237,000
30.David Wright $180,446,500
31.Ryan Howard $180,255,000
32.Jason Heyward $179,511,500
33.Anthony Rendon $178,685,714
34.Chris Sale $177,425,000
35.Prince Fielder $176,914,500
36.Randy Johnson $175,550,019
37.Yadier Molina $173,998,500
38.Matt Kemp $171,706,000
39.Torii Hunter $171,055,000
40.Bryce Harper $169,592,308
41.Gerrit Cole $169,584,500
42.Mariano Rivera $169,441,825
43.Chipper Jones $168,552,133
44.Johnny Cueto $168,453,000
45.Buster Posey $168,301,112
46.Adrián González $168,291,500
47.Gary Sheffield $168,008,550
48.Ichiro Suzuki $167,181,483
49.Yu Darvish $167,000,000
50.Josh Donaldson $164,422,500
51.Todd Helton $161,490,000
52.David Ortiz $159,512,500
53.Hanley Ramirez $159,268,000
54.Manny Machado $159,152,909
55.Matt Holliday $158,917,101
56.Alfonso Soriano $157,960,000
57.Johan Santana $155,997,269
58.Masahiro Tanaka $155,000,000
59.Greg Maddux $153,845,000
60.Ken Griffey Jr. $151,703,682
61.Roger Clemens $150,601,000
62.Paul Goldschmidt $149,532,000
63.Roy Halladay $148,991,666
64.Aramis Ramirez $147,885,000
65.Jacoby Ellsbury $147,659,142
66.Jacob deGrom $147,613,875
67.Shin-Soo Choo $147,521,800
68.Jose Altuve $147,238,700
69.Carlos Delgado $146,299,000
70.Pedro Martinez $146,259,585
71.Troy Tulowitzki $145,381,000
72.Mike Mussina $144,533,619
73.A.J. Burnett $144,271,500
74.Yoenis Céspedes $143,900,000
75.Evan Longoria $143,333,332
76.Jim Thome $142,711,667
77.Jordan Zimmermann $142,566,000
78.J.D. Martinez $141,933,000
79.Victor Martinez $140,926,600
80.Josh Hamilton $140,610,579
81.Ryan Braun $140,562,500
82.John Lackey $140,544,166
83.Andy Pettitte $139,832,416
84.Dustin Pedroia $139,087,000
85.Mark Buehrle $138,980,000
86.José Abreu $138,325,000
87.Nelson Cruz $137,380,070
88.Barry Zito $137,235,000
89.Elvis Andrus $137,170,600
90.Aroldis Chapman $136,560,772
91.Eric Hosmer $136,500,750
92.Ryan Zimmerman $136,492,000
93.Jayson Werth $136,416,428
94.John Smoltz $135,657,946
95.Kenley Jansen $135,260,767
96.Matt Cain $134,744,666
97.Hyun Jin Ryu $133,898,000
98.Jason Giambi $133,558,996
99.Magglio Ordonez $133,470,746
100.Vernon Wells $131,388,500

Single

Single Table
RankPlayerYear TeamSalary
1.Max Scherzer 2022 NYM $43,333,333
2.Max Scherzer 2023 NYM $43,333,333
3.Justin Verlander 2023 NYM $43,333,333
4.Aaron Judge 2023 NYY $40,000,000
5.Anthony Rendon 2023 LAA $38,571,428
6.Stephen Strasburg 2019 WSN $38,333,333
7.Mike Trout 2020 LAA $37,666,666
8.Max Scherzer 2019 WSN $37,505,562
9.Mike Trout 2021 LAA $37,116,667
10.Mike Trout 2023 LAA $37,116,667
11.Mike Trout 2022 LAA $37,116,666
12.Anthony Rendon 2022 LAA $36,571,429
13.Gerrit Cole 2020 NYY $36,000,000
14.Gerrit Cole 2021 NYY $36,000,000
15.Gerrit Cole 2022 NYY $36,000,000
16.Gerrit Cole 2023 NYY $36,000,000
17.Max Scherzer 2020 WSN $35,920,616
18.Clayton Kershaw 2017 LAD $35,571,429
19.Clayton Kershaw 2018 LAD $35,571,429
20.Jacob deGrom 2021 NYM $35,500,000
21.Jacob deGrom 2022 NYM $35,500,000
22.Corey Seager 2023 TEX $35,500,000
23.Carlos Correa 2022 MIN $35,100,000
24.Nolan Arenado 2020 COL $35,000,000
25.Zack Greinke 2020 HOU $35,000,000
26.Stephen Strasburg 2020 WSN $35,000,000
27.Nolan Arenado 2021 STL $35,000,000
28.Zack Greinke 2021 HOU $35,000,000
29.Stephen Strasburg 2021 WSN $35,000,000
30.Nolan Arenado 2022 STL $35,000,000
31.Stephen Strasburg 2022 WSN $35,000,000
32.Nolan Arenado 2023 STL $35,000,000
33.Stephen Strasburg 2023 WSN $35,000,000
34.Clayton Kershaw 2016 LAD $34,571,429
35.Max Scherzer 2021 WSN $34,503,480
36.Zack Greinke 2019 ARI $34,500,000
37.Francisco Lindor 2022 NYM $34,100,000
38.Francisco Lindor 2023 NYM $34,100,000
39.Mike Trout 2018 LAA $34,083,000
40.Zack Greinke 2016 ARI $34,000,000
41.Zack Greinke 2017 ARI $34,000,000
42.Zack Greinke 2018 ARI $34,000,000
43.Carlos Correa 2023 MIN $33,333,333
44.Alex Rodriguez 2009 NYY $33,000,000
45.Alex Rodriguez 2010 NYY $33,000,000
46.Justin Verlander 2020 HOU $33,000,000
47.Justin Verlander 2021 HOU $33,000,000
48.Corey Seager 2022 TEX $33,000,000
49.Clayton Kershaw 2015 LAD $32,571,429
50.Alex Rodriguez 2011 NYY $32,000,000
51.Manny Machado 2020 SDP $32,000,000
52.David Price 2020 LAD $32,000,000
53.Manny Machado 2021 SDP $32,000,000
54.David Price 2021 LAD $32,000,000
55.Miguel Cabrera 2022 DET $32,000,000
56.Manny Machado 2022 SDP $32,000,000
57.David Price 2022 LAD $32,000,000
58.Miguel Cabrera 2023 DET $32,000,000
59.Giancarlo Stanton 2023 NYY $32,000,000
60.Trevor Bauer 2021 LAD $31,333,333
61.Clayton Kershaw 2019 LAD $31,000,000
62.David Price 2019 BOS $31,000,000
63.Clayton Kershaw 2020 LAD $31,000,000
64.Clayton Kershaw 2021 LAD $31,000,000
65.Alex Bregman 2023 HOU $30,500,000
66.David Price 2016 BOS $30,000,000
67.David Price 2017 BOS $30,000,000
68.Jake Arrieta 2018 PHI $30,000,000
69.Miguel Cabrera 2018 DET $30,000,000
70.David Price 2018 BOS $30,000,000
71.Miguel Cabrera 2019 DET $30,000,000
72.Miguel Cabrera 2020 DET $30,000,000
73.Chris Sale 2020 BOS $30,000,000
74.Miguel Cabrera 2021 DET $30,000,000
75.Albert Pujols 2021 LAA $30,000,000
76.Chris Sale 2021 BOS $30,000,000
77.Chris Sale 2022 BOS $30,000,000
78.Jacob deGrom 2023 TEX $30,000,000
79.Shohei Ohtani 2023 LAA $30,000,000
80.George Springer 2022 TOR $29,666,666
81.Alex Rodriguez 2012 NYY $29,000,000
82.Yoenis Céspedes 2018 NYM $29,000,000
83.Jose Altuve 2020 HOU $29,000,000
84.Albert Pujols 2020 LAA $29,000,000
85.Jose Altuve 2021 HOU $29,000,000
86.Giancarlo Stanton 2021 NYY $29,000,000
87.Jose Altuve 2022 HOU $29,000,000
88.Giancarlo Stanton 2022 NYY $29,000,000
89.Jose Altuve 2023 HOU $29,000,000
90.Josh Hamilton 2016 TEX $28,410,000
91.Josh Hamilton 2017 TEX $28,410,000
92.Jason Heyward 2017 CHC $28,166,667
93.Jason Heyward 2018 CHC $28,166,667
94.Anthony Rendon 2021 LAA $28,071,428
95.Alex Rodriguez 2008 NYY $28,000,000
96.Alex Rodriguez 2013 NYY $28,000,000
97.Justin Verlander 2015 DET $28,000,000
98.Miguel Cabrera 2016 DET $28,000,000
99.Justin Verlander 2016 DET $28,000,000
100.Miguel Cabrera 2017 DET $28,000,000