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 $419,181,666
2.Miguel Cabrera $400,410,623
3.Alex Rodriguez $399,285,104
4.Max Scherzer $366,550,658
5.Albert Pujols $346,540,436
6.Zack Greinke $338,503,000
7.Stephen Strasburg $320,450,000
8.Mike Trout $319,251,166
9.Clayton Kershaw $307,201,142
10.David Price $271,031,842
11.Giancarlo Stanton $268,933,000
12.Nolan Arenado $268,512,500
13.Derek Jeter $265,159,364
14.CC Sabathia $260,357,142
15.Anthony Rendon $253,828,571
16.Joey Votto $253,263,155
17.Freddie Freeman $241,634,000
18.Gerrit Cole $241,584,500
19.Jacob deGrom $227,613,875
20.Yu Darvish $226,000,000
21.Bryce Harper $224,669,231
22.Carlos Beltrán $221,952,782
23.Adrian Beltré $219,140,000
24.Joe Mauer $218,025,000
25.Félix Hernández $217,700,000
26.Chris Sale $215,425,000
27.Robinson Canó $214,691,403
28.Mark Teixeira $213,025,000
29.Cole Hamels $210,500,000
30.Jose Altuve $209,238,700
31.Manny Ramirez $206,827,769
32.Justin Upton $201,471,666
33.Manny Machado $193,334,727
34.Mookie Betts $191,613,833
35.Jason Heyward $190,131,500
36.Francisco Lindor $188,792,800
37.Jon Lester $188,555,500
38.Barry Bonds $188,245,322
39.Paul Goldschmidt $188,032,000
40.Chris Davis $187,958,740
41.Adam Wainwright $184,237,000
42.David Wright $180,446,500
43.Ryan Howard $180,255,000
44.José Abreu $177,325,000
45.Prince Fielder $176,914,500
46.George Springer $175,768,633
47.Randy Johnson $175,550,019
48.Yadier Molina $173,998,500
49.Matt Kemp $171,706,000
50.Torii Hunter $171,055,000
51.Zack Wheeler $170,279,875
52.Mariano Rivera $169,441,825
53.Chipper Jones $168,552,133
54.Johnny Cueto $168,453,000
55.Buster Posey $168,301,112
56.Adrián González $168,291,500
57.Gary Sheffield $168,008,550
58.Ichiro Suzuki $167,181,483
59.Carlos Correa $165,851,700
60.Kris Bryant $164,552,000
61.Josh Donaldson $164,422,500
62.Corey Seager $163,040,000
63.Xander Bogaerts $161,624,136
64.Todd Helton $161,490,000
65.Kenley Jansen $161,260,767
66.Charlie Morton $159,713,500
67.Aaron Judge $159,526,100
68.David Ortiz $159,512,500
69.Hanley Ramírez $159,268,000
70.Matt Holliday $158,917,101
71.Alfonso Soriano $157,960,000
72.Aroldis Chapman $157,810,772
73.Patrick Corbin $156,608,000
74.Johan Santana $155,997,269
75.Masahiro Tanaka $155,000,000
76.J.D. Martinez $153,933,000
77.Greg Maddux $153,845,000
78.Christian Yelich $152,825,000
79.Ken Griffey Jr. $151,703,682
80.Roger Clemens $150,601,000
81.Roy Halladay $148,991,666
82.Aramis Ramírez $147,885,000
83.Jacoby Ellsbury $147,659,142
84.Shin-Soo Choo $147,521,800
85.Carlos Delgado $146,299,000
86.Pedro Martinez $146,259,585
87.Troy Tulowitzki $145,381,000
88.Marcus Semien $145,092,500
89.Mike Mussina $144,533,619
90.A.J. Burnett $144,271,500
91.Yoenis Céspedes $143,900,000
92.Evan Longoria $143,333,332
93.Jim Thome $142,711,667
94.Jordan Zimmermann $142,566,000
95.Víctor Martínez $140,926,600
96.Josh Hamilton $140,610,579
97.Ryan Braun $140,562,500
98.John Lackey $140,544,166
99.Andy Pettitte $139,832,416
100.Salvador Perez $139,500,000

Single

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