Baseball Highest Career Salaries

Try to name the players who have been paid the most over their entire career.

Through 2022. Not counting future salary.

Team = team with which he earned the most money.

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Last updated: September 10, 2022

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Salary	Team	Player
399 mil	Yankees	Alex Rodriguez
368 mil	Tigers	Miguel Cabrera
347 mil	Angels	Albert Pujols
330 mil	Diamondbacks	Zack Greinke
317 mil	Tigers	Justin Verlander
274 mil	Dodgers	Clayton Kershaw
271 mil	Red Sox	David Price
265 mil	Yankees	Derek Jeter
264 mil	Nationals	Max Scherzer
260 mil	Yankees	CC Sabathia
228 mil	Reds	Joey Votto
227 mil	Angels	Mike Trout
222 mil	Mets	Carlos Beltran
219 mil	Rangers	Adrian Beltre
218 mil	Twins	Joe Mauer

Salary	Team	Player
218 mil	Mariners	Felix Hernandez
215 mil	Nationals	Stephen Strasburg
214 mil	Mariners	Robinson Cano
213 mil	Yankees	Mark Teixeira
210 mil	Phillies	Cole Hamels
207 mil	Red Sox	Manny Ramirez
201 mil	Angels	Justin Upton
189 mil	Cubs	Jon Lester
188 mil	Giants	Barry Bonds
188 mil	Orioles	Chris Davis
180 mil	Mets	David Wright
180 mil	Phillies	Ryan Howard
179 mil	Cubs	Jason Heyward
177 mil	Rangers	Prince Fielder
176 mil	Diamondbacks	Randy Johnson

Level 91

Apr 11, 2013

I count 22 players on that list that played in New York (either the Yankees or the Mets).

Level 35

Apr 11, 2013

There's more than that. I counted 28. And I may have missed a couple as well. meaning that well over half of this list has played in New York at some point in their career. Wow.

Level 35

Jun 3, 2014

A-Roid, Jeter, Johnson, Sheffield, Rivera, Clemens, Beltran, Delgado, Martinez, Suzuki, Mussina, Giambi, Brown, Santana, Glavine, Pettitte, Hampton, Abreu, Sabathia, Ivan Rodriguez, Soriano, Texiera, Piazza, Posada, Berkman, and Damon gave me 26.

Level 69

Feb 1, 2015

There you have it. Pudge and Berkman never played home games in NY.

Level 58

Apr 19, 2015

Berkman played 37 games with the Yankees and Pudge 33 games....I'm pretty sure a few of those were home games.

Level 67

Apr 11, 2013

Is it just me, or are Todd Helton and Jim Thome the most integral baseball trivia answers ever? They are near the top of every list, but somehow they just don't spring to mind as quickly as their peers.

Level 54

Sep 1, 2013

I'd agree with that. Good quiz. 22/50, which is apparently pretty good.

Level ∞

Dec 1, 2014

Both players benefited from the tiny strike zone of the "steroid era" and Helton from the thin air of Denver. They have all-time great stats, but aren't really all-time great players.

Level 44

Jan 20, 2015

what do you mean ? Jim Thome is one of the best natural hitters and was clean, much like Griffey Jr who was also clean and talented.

Level ∞

Aug 15, 2016

I know this is a controversial opinion, but I think that smaller parks, the tiny strike zone, and possibly the ball were the cause of the "steroid" era. Certainly, steroids enabled certain older players to stay at their peak longer, but were, in my opinion, a smaller factor than is commonly believed.

Level 84

Oct 2, 2014

Should add Joe Mauer to this list, looks like he crossed the threshold this season at ~$126M.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mauerjo01.shtml

Level ∞

Dec 1, 2014

Updated again.

Level 20

Jan 26, 2015

You get two just by typing ramirez

Level 82

Mar 18, 2015

Wow I got in the 46th percentile even though I got bored and gave up halfway through and was mostly just guessing random names. But I did know three of the top four.

Level 58

Apr 19, 2015

Can this be updated? There's a few that have jumped to the front of this list like Kershaw and Stanton. Thanks.

Level ∞

Apr 20, 2015

This is updated and accurate. The amount does not include future salary owed.

Level 59

Jul 30, 2017

Josh Hamilton now on this list.

Level 59

Jul 30, 2017

Justin Verlander also well over 160 million now