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 $404,181,666
2.Miguel Cabrera $400,410,623
3.Alex Rodriguez $399,285,104
4.Max Scherzer $351,050,658
5.Albert Pujols $346,540,436
6.Zack Greinke $338,503,000
7.Clayton Kershaw $299,701,142
8.Stephen Strasburg $285,450,000
9.Mike Trout $282,134,500
10.David Price $271,031,842
11.Derek Jeter $265,159,364
12.CC Sabathia $260,357,142
13.Joey Votto $253,263,155
14.Giancarlo Stanton $236,933,000
15.Nolan Arenado $236,512,500
16.Carlos Beltrán $221,952,782
17.Adrian Beltré $219,140,000
18.Joe Mauer $218,025,000
19.Félix Hernández $217,700,000
20.Anthony Rendon $217,257,142
21.Robinson Canó $214,691,403
22.Freddie Freeman $214,634,000
23.Mark Teixeira $213,025,000
24.Cole Hamels $210,500,000
25.Manny Ramirez $206,827,769
26.Gerrit Cole $205,584,500
27.Yu Darvish $205,000,000
28.Justin Upton $201,471,666
29.Bryce Harper $197,130,769
30.Chris Sale $193,425,000
31.Jason Heyward $189,131,500
32.Jon Lester $188,555,500
33.Barry Bonds $188,245,322
34.Chris Davis $187,958,740
35.Jacob deGrom $187,613,875
36.Adam Wainwright $184,237,000
37.David Wright $180,446,500
38.Ryan Howard $180,255,000
39.Prince Fielder $176,914,500
40.Manny Machado $176,243,818
41.Jose Altuve $176,238,700
42.Randy Johnson $175,550,019
43.Paul Goldschmidt $175,532,000
44.Yadier Molina $173,998,500
45.Matt Kemp $171,706,000
46.Torii Hunter $171,055,000
47.Mariano Rivera $169,441,825
48.Chipper Jones $168,552,133
49.Johnny Cueto $168,453,000
50.Buster Posey $168,301,112
51.Adrián González $168,291,500
52.Gary Sheffield $168,008,550
53.Ichiro Suzuki $167,181,483
54.Josh Donaldson $164,422,500
55.Todd Helton $161,490,000
56.Mookie Betts $161,197,167
57.David Ortiz $159,512,500
58.Hanley Ramírez $159,268,000
59.Matt Holliday $158,917,101
60.Alfonso Soriano $157,960,000
61.José Abreu $157,825,000
62.Johan Santana $155,997,269
63.Patrick Corbin $155,508,000
64.Masahiro Tanaka $155,000,000
65.Francisco Lindor $154,692,800
66.J.D. Martinez $153,933,000
67.Greg Maddux $153,845,000
68.Ken Griffey Jr. $151,703,682
69.George Springer $151,601,967
70.Kenley Jansen $151,260,767
71.Roger Clemens $150,601,000
72.Roy Halladay $148,991,666
73.Aramis Ramírez $147,885,000
74.Jacoby Ellsbury $147,659,142
75.Shin-Soo Choo $147,521,800
76.Aroldis Chapman $147,060,772
77.Carlos Delgado $146,299,000
78.Pedro Martinez $146,259,585
79.Troy Tulowitzki $145,381,000
80.Charlie Morton $144,713,500
81.Mike Mussina $144,533,619
82.A.J. Burnett $144,271,500
83.Yoenis Céspedes $143,900,000
84.Evan Longoria $143,333,332
85.Jim Thome $142,711,667
86.Jordan Zimmermann $142,566,000
87.Víctor Martínez $140,926,600
88.Josh Hamilton $140,610,579
89.Ryan Braun $140,562,500
90.John Lackey $140,544,166
91.Andy Pettitte $139,832,416
92.Dustin Pedroia $139,087,000
93.Mark Buehrle $138,980,000
94.Charlie Blackmon $138,298,500
95.Kris Bryant $137,552,000
96.Nelson Cruz $137,380,070
97.Barry Zito $137,235,000
98.Elvis Andrus $137,170,600
99.Eric Hosmer $136,500,750
100.Ryan Zimmerman $136,492,000

Single

Single Table
RankPlayerYear TeamSalary
1.Max Scherzer 2024 TEX $43,333,334
2.Max Scherzer 2022 NYM $43,333,333
3.Max Scherzer 2023 TEX $43,333,333
4.Justin Verlander 2023 HOU $43,333,333
5.Justin Verlander 2024 HOU $43,333,333
6.Aaron Judge 2023 NYY $40,000,000
7.Jacob deGrom 2024 TEX $40,000,000
8.Aaron Judge 2024 NYY $40,000,000
9.Anthony Rendon 2023 LAA $38,571,428
10.Anthony Rendon 2024 LAA $38,571,428
11.Stephen Strasburg 2019 WSN $38,333,333
12.Mike Trout 2020 LAA $37,666,666
13.Max Scherzer 2019 WSN $37,505,562
14.Mike Trout 2021 LAA $37,116,667
15.Mike Trout 2023 LAA $37,116,667
16.Mike Trout 2024 LAA $37,116,667
17.Mike Trout 2022 LAA $37,116,666
18.Anthony Rendon 2022 LAA $36,571,429
19.Gerrit Cole 2020 NYY $36,000,000
20.Gerrit Cole 2021 NYY $36,000,000
21.Gerrit Cole 2022 NYY $36,000,000
22.Gerrit Cole 2023 NYY $36,000,000
23.Gerrit Cole 2024 NYY $36,000,000
24.Max Scherzer 2020 WSN $35,920,616
25.Clayton Kershaw 2017 LAD $35,571,429
26.Clayton Kershaw 2018 LAD $35,571,429
27.Jacob deGrom 2021 NYM $35,500,000
28.Jacob deGrom 2022 NYM $35,500,000
29.Corey Seager 2023 TEX $35,500,000
30.Patrick Corbin 2024 WSN $35,416,667
31.Carlos Correa 2022 MIN $35,100,000
32.Nolan Arenado 2020 COL $35,000,000
33.Zack Greinke 2020 HOU $35,000,000
34.Stephen Strasburg 2020 WSN $35,000,000
35.Nolan Arenado 2021 STL $35,000,000
36.Zack Greinke 2021 HOU $35,000,000
37.Stephen Strasburg 2021 WSN $35,000,000
38.Nolan Arenado 2022 STL $35,000,000
39.Stephen Strasburg 2022 WSN $35,000,000
40.Nolan Arenado 2023 STL $35,000,000
41.Stephen Strasburg 2023 WSN $35,000,000
42.Nolan Arenado 2024 STL $35,000,000
43.Corey Seager 2024 TEX $35,000,000
44.Stephen Strasburg 2024 WSN $35,000,000
45.Clayton Kershaw 2016 LAD $34,571,429
46.Max Scherzer 2021 WSN $34,503,480
47.Zack Greinke 2019 ARI $34,500,000
48.Francisco Lindor 2022 NYM $34,100,000
49.Francisco Lindor 2023 NYM $34,100,000
50.Francisco Lindor 2024 NYM $34,100,000
51.Mike Trout 2018 LAA $34,083,000
52.Zack Greinke 2016 ARI $34,000,000
53.Zack Greinke 2017 ARI $34,000,000
54.Zack Greinke 2018 ARI $34,000,000
55.Carlos Correa 2024 MIN $33,333,334
56.Carlos Correa 2023 MIN $33,333,333
57.Alex Rodriguez 2009 NYY $33,000,000
58.Alex Rodriguez 2010 NYY $33,000,000
59.Justin Verlander 2020 HOU $33,000,000
60.Justin Verlander 2021 HOU $33,000,000
61.Corey Seager 2022 TEX $33,000,000
62.Clayton Kershaw 2015 LAD $32,571,429
63.Alex Rodriguez 2011 NYY $32,000,000
64.Manny Machado 2020 SDP $32,000,000
65.David Price 2020 LAD $32,000,000
66.Manny Machado 2021 SDP $32,000,000
67.David Price 2021 LAD $32,000,000
68.Miguel Cabrera 2022 DET $32,000,000
69.Manny Machado 2022 SDP $32,000,000
70.David Price 2022 LAD $32,000,000
71.Miguel Cabrera 2023 DET $32,000,000
72.Giancarlo Stanton 2023 NYY $32,000,000
73.Blake Snell 2024 SFG $32,000,000
74.Giancarlo Stanton 2024 NYY $32,000,000
75.Trevor Bauer 2021 LAD $31,333,333
76.Clayton Kershaw 2019 LAD $31,000,000
77.David Price 2019 BOS $31,000,000
78.Clayton Kershaw 2020 LAD $31,000,000
79.Clayton Kershaw 2021 LAD $31,000,000
80.Juan Soto 2024 NYY $31,000,000
81.Alex Bregman 2023 HOU $30,500,000
82.Alex Bregman 2024 HOU $30,500,000
83.Mookie Betts 2024 LAD $30,416,667
84.David Price 2016 BOS $30,000,000
85.David Price 2017 BOS $30,000,000
86.Jake Arrieta 2018 PHI $30,000,000
87.Miguel Cabrera 2018 DET $30,000,000
88.David Price 2018 BOS $30,000,000
89.Miguel Cabrera 2019 DET $30,000,000
90.Miguel Cabrera 2020 DET $30,000,000
91.Chris Sale 2020 BOS $30,000,000
92.Miguel Cabrera 2021 DET $30,000,000
93.Albert Pujols 2021 LAA $30,000,000
94.Chris Sale 2021 BOS $30,000,000
95.Chris Sale 2022 BOS $30,000,000
96.Jacob deGrom 2023 TEX $30,000,000
97.Shohei Ohtani 2023 LAA $30,000,000
98.George Springer 2022 TOR $29,666,666
99.Rafael Devers 2024 BOS $29,500,000
100.Alex Rodriguez 2012 NYY $29,000,000