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| * - Indicates Hall of Fame |
| Rank | Player | Salary | Year | Career Leaderboard | |
| 1. | Jimmie Foxx * | $30,000,000 | 1935-1938 | ||
| 2. | Joe Adcock | $23,165,000 | 1957-1960 | ||
| 3. | Jimmie Foxx * | $20,000,000 | 1931-1934 | ||
| 4. | Chili Davis | $19,000,000 | 1989-1990 | ||
| 5. | Joe Adcock | $18,000,000 | 1961-1964 | ||
| 6. | Earl Torgeson | $15,090,300 | 1954-1959 | ||
| 7. | Eddie Yost | $14,000,000 | 1955-1961 | ||
| 8. | Ted Kluszewski * | $12,500,000 | 1958-1961 | ||
| 9. | Lou Gehrig | $12,010,000 | 1933-1938 | ||
| 10. | Ted Kluszewski * | $12,000,000 | 1954-1957 | ||
| 11. | Ferris Fain | $11,500,000 | 1956-1959 | ||
| 12. | Hank Greenberg * | $11,250,000 | 1943-1946 | ||
| 13. | Lou Gehrig | $11,010,100 | 1930-1932 | ||
| 14. | Vic Wertz | $10,500,000 | 1958-1958 | ||
| 15. | Bill Skowron | $10,119,080 | 1965-1965 | ||
| 16. | Jason Thompson | $10,025,000 | 1983-1986 | ||
| 17. | Clint Hurdle | $10,010,010 | 1986-1989 | ||
| 18. | Johnny Mize * | $10,000,000 | 1943-1951 | ||
| 19. | Joe Hauser | $9,970,000 | 1932-1934 | ||
| 20. | Tommy Henrich | $9,750,000 | 1944-1947 | ||
| 21. | Harry Heilmann | $9,520,000 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 22. | Dave Parker | $9,500,000 | 1981-1984 | ||
| 23. | Cecil Cooper | $9,000,001 | 1988-1988 | ||
| 24. | Norm Cash | $8,780,000 | 1964-1969 | ||
| 25. | Rusty Staub | $8,610,000 | 1978-1980 | ||
| 26. | Curt Blefary | $8,600,000 | 1972-1977 | ||
| 27. | Bobby Brown | $8,500,000 | 1956-1959 | ||
| 28. | Del Bissonette | $8,000,000 | 1935-1937 | ||
| Willie Upshaw | $8,000,000 | 1989-1990 | |||
| Vic Wertz | $8,000,000 | 1954-1957 | |||
| 31. | Joe Hauser | $7,970,800 | 1930-1931 | ||
| 32. | Don Mattingly | $7,770,000 | 1990-1990 | ||
| 33. | Merv Connors | $7,500,000 | 1943-1948 | ||
| Gene Hasson | $7,500,000 | 1947-1950 | |||
| Harry Heilmann | $7,500,000 | 1931-1933 | |||
| 36. | Jimmie Foxx * | $7,392,857 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 37. | Curt Blefary | $7,250,000 | 1978-1979 | ||
| 38. | Ron Santo | $7,220,000 | 1973-1977 | ||
| 39. | Harlin Pool | $7,130,971 | 1939-1939 | ||
| 40. | Steve Bilko | $7,000,000 | 1961-1964 | ||
| Del Bissonette | $7,000,000 | 1932-1934 | |||
| Johnny Hopp | $7,000,000 | 1946-1949 | |||
| Hal Trosky | $7,000,000 | 1939-1944 | |||
| 44. | Johnny Mize * | $6,650,000 | 1942-1942 | ||
| 45. | Ron Santo | $6,560,000 | 1969-1972 | ||
| 46. | Randy Jackson | $6,500,000 | 1961-1964 | ||
| Eddie Lukon | $6,500,000 | 1954-1957 | |||
| Willie McCovey | $6,500,000 | 1966-1969 | |||
| Bill Skowron | $6,500,000 | 1966-1967 | |||
| 50. | Ron Santo | $6,400,000 | 1966-1968 | ||
| 51. | Elbie Fletcher | $6,300,000 | 1950-1951 | ||
| 52. | Ripper Collins | $6,250,000 | 1937-1940 | ||
| 53. | Johnny Mize * | $6,228,571 | 1940-1941 | ||
| 54. | Zeke Bonura | $6,000,000 | 1939-1943 | ||
| Hank Greenberg * | $6,000,000 | 1938-1942 | |||
| Kent Hrbek | $6,000,000 | 1988-1990 | |||
| 57. | Alvin Davis | $5,990,000 | 1989-1990 | ||
| Randy Jackson | $5,990,000 | 1958-1960 | |||
| 59. | Joe Adcock | $5,971,429 | 1956-1956 | ||
| 60. | Alvin Davis | $5,900,000 | 1988-1988 | ||
| Ferris Fain | $5,900,000 | 1952-1955 | |||
| 62. | Buddy Hassett | $5,790,000 | 1942-1946 | ||
| 63. | Roberto Clemente | $5,780,000 | 1963-1965 | ||
| 64. | Mike Epstein | $5,700,000 | 1972-1975 | ||
| 65. | Lew Fonseca | $5,690,500 | 1930-1934 | ||
| 66. | Jim Gentile | $5,640,000 | 1963-1965 | ||
| 67. | Del Bissonette | $5,514,286 | 1931-1931 | ||
| 68. | Roberto Clemente | $5,500,000 | 1966-1969 | ||
| Charlie Keller | $5,500,000 | 1950-1953 | |||
| Rusty Staub | $5,500,000 | 1974-1977 | |||
| 71. | Chili Davis | $5,428,571 | 1988-1988 | ||
| 72. | Johnny Hopp | $5,350,000 | 1951-1953 | ||
| 73. | Earl Torgeson | $5,292,857 | 1953-1953 | ||
| 74. | Luke Easter | $5,280,000 | 1948-1950 | ||
| 75. | John Mayberry | $5,250,000 | 1975-1978 | ||
| 76. | Del Bissonette | $5,200,000 | 1938-1938 | ||
| 77. | Wayne Belardi | $5,130,000 | 1963-1965 | ||
| 78. | Jim Gentile | $5,057,143 | 1962-1962 | ||
| 79. | George Kelly | $5,020,000 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 80. | Curt Blefary | $5,007,857 | 1971-1971 | ||
| 81. | Joe Adcock | $5,007,143 | 1954-1955 | ||
| 82. | Dale Alexander | $5,000,000 | 1933-1936 | ||
| Jack Bolling | $5,000,000 | 1946-1949 | |||
| Gene Hasson | $5,000,000 | 1943-1946 | |||
| Clint Hurdle | $5,000,000 | 1990-1990 | |||
| Don Hurst | $5,000,000 | 1934-1939 | |||
| Charlie Keller | $5,000,000 | 1946-1949 | |||
| Cliff Mapes | $5,000,000 | 1955-1956 | |||
| Frank McCormick | $5,000,000 | 1940-1944 | |||
| Dave Stapleton | $5,000,000 | 1987-1990 | |||
| 91. | Ferris Fain | $4,940,000 | 1960-1961 | ||
| 92. | Joe Pepitone | $4,850,000 | 1970-1973 | ||
| 93. | Charlie Grimm | $4,820,000 | 1931-1932 | ||
| 94. | Charlie Grimm | $4,810,000 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 95. | Norm Cash | $4,757,143 | 1962-1963 | ||
| 96. | Chili Davis | $4,750,000 | 1987-1987 | ||
| 97. | Ted Kluszewski * | $4,742,857 | 1951-1953 | ||
| Earl Torgeson | $4,742,857 | 1952-1952 | |||
| 99. | Eddie Lukon | $4,690,000 | 1958-1958 | ||
| 100. | Curt Blefary | $4,528,571 | 1969-1970 | ||
| 101. | Randy Jackson | $4,514,286 | 1957-1957 | ||
| 102. | Jack Bolling | $4,500,000 | 1950-1951 | ||
| Merv Connors | $4,500,000 | 1949-1950 | |||
| Sam Leslie | $4,500,000 | 1935-1938 | |||
| Rusty Staub | $4,500,000 | 1970-1973 | |||
| Pinky Whitney | $4,500,000 | 1939-1940 | |||
| 107. | Fred Sington | $4,490,000 | 1940-1942 | ||
| 108. | Dale Alexander | $4,414,286 | 1932-1932 | ||
| 109. | Randy Jackson | $4,400,000 | 1956-1956 | ||
| Vic Wertz | $4,400,000 | 1953-1953 | |||
| 111. | Dale Long | $4,390,000 | 1958-1960 | ||
| 112. | Gene Hasson | $4,364,286 | 1941-1942 | ||
| 113. | Hal Trosky | $4,350,000 | 1945-1947 | ||
| 114. | Ted Kluszewski * | $4,320,000 | 1962-1963 | ||
| 115. | Fred Merkle | $4,302,500 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 116. | Carl Yastrzemski | $4,280,000 | 1968-1974 | ||
| 117. | Don Hurst | $4,275,334 | 1940-1941 | ||
| 118. | Mike Epstein | $4,164,286 | 1971-1971 | ||
| 119. | Merv Connors | $4,150,000 | 1942-1942 | ||
| Alvin Davis | $4,150,000 | 1987-1987 | |||
| 121. | Zeke Bonura | $4,100,000 | 1944-1944 | ||
| 122. | Andres Galarraga | $4,064,286 | 1990-1990 | ||
| 123. | Willie McCovey | $4,028,571 | 1965-1965 | ||
| 124. | Cecil Cooper | $4,000,900 | 1984-1985 | ||
| 125. | Wally Backman | $4,000,000 | 1988-1990 | ||
| Elbie Fletcher | $4,000,000 | 1943-1948 | |||
| Steve Kemp | $4,000,000 | 1985-1988 | |||
| Connie Ryan | $4,000,000 | 1950-1953 | |||
| Tony Solaita | $4,000,000 | 1978-1981 | |||
| Gorman Thomas | $4,000,000 | 1982-1983 | |||
| 131. | Johnny Hopp | $3,935,714 | 1945-1945 | ||
| 132. | Chili Davis | $3,907,143 | 1986-1986 | ||
| Hal Trosky | $3,907,143 | 1938-1938 | |||
| Eddie Yost | $3,907,143 | 1953-1954 | |||
| 135. | Billy Klaus | $3,904,878 | 1962-1963 | ||
| 136. | Nick Etten | $3,900,000 | 1946-1949 | ||
| 137. | Elbie Fletcher | $3,878,571 | 1940-1942 | ||
| 138. | Leon Durham | $3,800,000 | 1987-1988 | ||
| 139. | Buddy Hassett | $3,785,714 | 1940-1941 | ||
| Earl Torgeson | $3,785,714 | 1951-1951 | |||
| 141. | Joe Pepitone | $3,750,000 | 1974-1977 | ||
| 142. | Clint Hurdle | $3,735,714 | 1985-1985 | ||
| 143. | Tommy Henrich | $3,721,429 | 1942-1943 | ||
| Johnny Hopp | $3,721,429 | 1943-1944 | |||
| 145. | Charlie Keller | $3,664,286 | 1944-1945 | ||
| Steve Kemp | $3,664,286 | 1983-1984 | |||
| 147. | Dave Revering | $3,600,000 | 1985-1988 | ||
| 148. | Wayne Belardi | $3,570,000 | 1959-1962 | ||
| 149. | Mickey Vernon | $3,564,286 | 1946-1947 | ||
| 150. | Ferris Fain | $3,542,857 | 1951-1951 | ||
| Clint Hurdle | $3,542,857 | 1983-1984 | |||
| Tony Solaita | $3,542,857 | 1975-1977 | |||
| 153. | Frank McCormick | $3,501,000 | 1946-1947 | ||
| 154. | Donn Clendenon | $3,500,000 | 1968-1971 | ||
| Joe Gaines | $3,500,000 | 1973-1973 | |||
| Willie McCovey | $3,500,000 | 1972-1973 | |||
| Aaron Pointer | $3,500,000 | 1972-1975 | |||
| Dick Sisler | $3,500,000 | 1954-1955 | |||
| Max West | $3,500,000 | 1946-1947 | |||
| 160. | Jack Bolling | $3,492,857 | 1943-1945 | ||
| 161. | Dave Stapleton | $3,478,571 | 1985-1986 | ||
| 162. | Ripper Collins | $3,464,286 | 1936-1936 | ||
| 163. | Jason Thompson | $3,421,429 | 1980-1982 | ||
| 164. | Eddie Lukon | $3,392,857 | 1949-1949 | ||
| 165. | Zeke Bonura | $3,364,286 | 1937-1938 | ||
| Wally Joyner | $3,364,286 | 1990-1990 | |||
| Vic Wertz | $3,364,286 | 1952-1952 | |||
| 168. | Gorman Thomas | $3,333,333 | 1984-1984 | ||
| 169. | Ripper Collins | $3,328,571 | 1934-1935 | ||
| Mike Epstein | $3,328,571 | 1970-1970 | |||
| 171. | Wayne Belardi | $3,300,000 | 1958-1958 | ||
| Bobby Brown | $3,300,000 | 1955-1955 | |||
| Don Lenhardt | $3,300,000 | 1954-1955 | |||
| Johnny Neun | $3,300,000 | 1930-1930 | |||
| Dave Parker | $3,300,000 | 1979-1980 | |||
| 176. | Les Bell | $3,274,500 | 1930-1931 | ||
| 177. | Charlie Keller | $3,250,000 | 1943-1943 | ||
| 178. | Claudell Washington | $3,207,143 | 1980-1981 | ||
| 179. | Steve Bilko | $3,200,000 | 1957-1960 | ||
| 180. | Randy Jackson | $3,192,857 | 1955-1955 | ||
| 181. | Luke Easter | $3,178,571 | 1947-1947 | ||
| Steve Kemp | $3,178,571 | 1982-1982 | |||
| Eddie Yost | $3,178,571 | 1952-1952 | |||
| 184. | Byron Browne | $3,170,000 | 1976-1976 | ||
| Johnny Neun | $3,170,000 | 1931-1933 | |||
| 186. | Gordon Goldsberry | $3,135,714 | 1957-1957 | ||
| Willie McCovey | $3,135,714 | 1964-1964 | |||
| Joe Pepitone | $3,135,714 | 1968-1969 | |||
| Dave Stapleton | $3,135,714 | 1984-1984 | |||
| 190. | Ed Morgan | $3,085,714 | 1932-1932 | ||
| 191. | David Green | $3,057,143 | 1988-1990 | ||
| Tommy Henrich | $3,057,143 | 1941-1941 | |||
| 193. | Aaron Pointer | $3,021,429 | 1969-1971 | ||
| 194. | Aaron Pointer | $3,000,004 | 1977-1978 | ||
| 195. | Bobby Brown | $3,000,000 | 1960-1961 | ||
| Cecil Cooper | $3,000,000 | 1981-1983 | |||
| Gary Gray | $3,000,000 | 1983-1985 | |||
| Ed Morgan | $3,000,000 | 1933-1939 | |||
| Ken Phelps | $3,000,000 | 1987-1990 | |||
| Nap Reyes | $3,000,000 | 1955-1955 | |||
| Eddie Robinson | $3,000,000 | 1951-1954 | |||
| Andre Thornton | $3,000,000 | 1979-1982 | |||
| Vic Wertz | $3,000,000 | 1960-1961 | |||
| 204. | Max West | $2,985,714 | 1945-1945 | ||
| 205. | Gene Robertson | $2,952,600 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 206. | Bobby Brown | $2,928,571 | 1953-1954 | ||
| Sam Leslie | $2,928,571 | 1932-1934 | |||
| 208. | Jerry Turner | $2,910,000 | 1981-1982 | ||
| 209. | Andres Galarraga | $2,907,143 | 1989-1989 | ||
| 210. | Joe Munson | $2,850,000 | 1935-1935 | ||
| Gorman Thomas | $2,850,000 | 1981-1981 | |||
| 212. | Cecil Cooper | $2,810,000 | 1986-1987 | ||
| 213. | Floyd Robinson | $2,807,143 | 1964-1967 | ||
| 214. | Eddie Lukon | $2,800,000 | 1950-1953 | ||
| 215. | Andre Thornton | $2,785,714 | 1978-1978 | ||
| 216. | Bud Clancy | $2,764,286 | 1932-1932 | ||
| 217. | Al Gionfriddo | $2,750,000 | 1954-1956 | ||
| Pinky Whitney | $2,750,000 | 1934-1938 | |||
| 219. | Bud Clancy | $2,730,000 | 1933-1934 | ||
| 220. | Donn Clendenon | $2,707,143 | 1967-1967 | ||
| 221. | Chili Davis | $2,700,000 | 1985-1985 | ||
| 222. | Nick Etten | $2,692,857 | 1945-1945 | ||
| Don Hurst | $2,692,857 | 1931-1933 | |||
| 224. | Les Scarsella | $2,690,000 | 1944-1945 | ||
| 225. | Donn Clendenon | $2,685,714 | 1966-1966 | ||
| Kent Hrbek | $2,685,714 | 1986-1987 | |||
| Don Mattingly | $2,685,714 | 1988-1989 | |||
| Len Matuszek | $2,685,714 | 1985-1987 | |||
| Ray Sanders | $2,685,714 | 1947-1947 | |||
| Ed Stevens | $2,685,714 | 1950-1952 | |||
| 231. | Willie Upshaw | $2,664,286 | 1986-1988 | ||
| 232. | Leon Durham | $2,650,000 | 1989-1990 | ||
| Jim Holt | $2,650,000 | 1976-1977 | |||
| 234. | Dave Parker | $2,642,857 | 1978-1978 | ||
| 235. | Mickey Vernon | $2,635,714 | 1945-1945 | ||
| 236. | Ken Phelps | $2,615,000 | 1986-1986 | ||
| 237. | Gordy Coleman | $2,564,286 | 1965-1966 | ||
| Gordon Goldsberry | $2,564,286 | 1955-1956 | |||
| Frank McCormick | $2,564,286 | 1939-1939 | |||
| Pinky Whitney | $2,564,286 | 1931-1933 | |||
| 241. | Phil Bradley | $2,550,000 | 1988-1989 | ||
| Don Mattingly | $2,550,000 | 1987-1987 | |||
| 243. | Dale Long | $2,514,286 | 1957-1957 | ||
| Al Woods | $2,514,286 | 1989-1990 | |||
| 245. | Ed Stevens | $2,510,000 | 1957-1960 | ||
| 246. | Al Gionfriddo | $2,500,000 | 1951-1953 | ||
| Don Lenhardt | $2,500,000 | 1956-1958 | |||
| Dave Parker | $2,500,000 | 1986-1987 | |||
| Ed Stevens | $2,500,000 | 1953-1956 | |||
| 250. | Al Woods | $2,442,857 | 1988-1988 | ||
| 251. | Duane Josephson | $2,435,714 | 1972-1972 | ||
| Ed Morgan | $2,435,714 | 1931-1931 | |||
| 253. | Billy Klaus | $2,421,429 | 1961-1961 | ||
| 254. | Buzz Arlett | $2,392,857 | 1935-1937 | ||
| 255. | George McQuinn | $2,380,000 | 1943-1944 | ||
| 256. | Roberto Clemente | $2,321,429 | 1962-1962 | ||
| Nick Etten | $2,321,429 | 1943-1944 | |||
| 258. | Wally Backman | $2,307,143 | 1987-1987 | ||
| Ed Bouchee | $2,307,143 | 1964-1964 | |||
| Don Lenhardt | $2,307,143 | 1953-1953 | |||
| Rusty Staub | $2,307,143 | 1969-1969 | |||
| 262. | Sam Leslie | $2,300,000 | 1939-1939 | ||
| 263. | Bill Terry | $2,295,300 | 1930-1931 | ||
| 264. | Rusty Staub | $2,285,714 | 1968-1968 | ||
| 265. | Willie McCovey | $2,280,000 | 1970-1971 | ||
| 266. | Eddie Lukon | $2,257,143 | 1948-1948 | ||
| 267. | Lu Blue | $2,250,000 | 1930-1930 | ||
| Tommy Henrich | $2,250,000 | 1948-1948 | |||
| Ray Sanders | $2,250,000 | 1948-1951 | |||
| Fred Sington | $2,250,000 | 1943-1947 | |||
| 271. | Leon Durham | $2,228,571 | 1985-1986 | ||
| 272. | Phil Bradley | $2,200,000 | 1987-1987 | ||
| Luke Easter | $2,200,000 | 1946-1946 | |||
| Dave Revering | $2,200,000 | 1982-1984 | |||
| Jerry Turner | $2,200,000 | 1983-1986 | |||
| 276. | Wes Parker | $2,190,000 | 1980-1980 | ||
| Mickey Vernon | $2,190,000 | 1948-1949 | |||
| 278. | Joe Gaines | $2,179,286 | 1967-1968 | ||
| 279. | Dale Long | $2,178,571 | 1955-1956 | ||
| Dave Stapleton | $2,178,571 | 1983-1983 | |||
| Carl Yastrzemski | $2,178,571 | 1967-1967 | |||
| 282. | Johnny Neun | $2,170,000 | 1934-1934 | ||
| 283. | Billy Werber | $2,150,000 | 1942-1943 | ||
| 284. | Daryl Sconiers | $2,078,571 | 1990-1990 | ||
| 285. | Fred Sington | $2,031,429 | 1939-1939 | ||
| 286. | Lyn Lary | $2,000,700 | 1939-1940 | ||
| 287. | Bill Brubaker | $2,000,000 | 1941-1942 | ||
| Cecil Cooper | $2,000,000 | 1980-1980 | |||
| Glenn Davis | $2,000,000 | 1990-1990 | |||
| Joe Gaines | $2,000,000 | 1969-1972 | |||
| Duane Josephson | $2,000,000 | 1973-1977 | |||
| George Kelly | $2,000,000 | 1931-1931 | |||
| Steve Kemp | $2,000,000 | 1989-1989 | |||
| Sixto Lezcano | $2,000,000 | 1984-1987 | |||
| Wes Parker | $2,000,000 | 1977-1977 | |||
| Floyd Robinson | $2,000,000 | 1968-1971 | |||
| Ray Sanders | $2,000,000 | 1952-1955 | |||
| Claudell Washington | $2,000,000 | 1982-1985 | |||
| 299. | Duane Josephson | $1,971,429 | 1971-1971 | ||
| 300. | Carl Yastrzemski | $1,960,714 | 1966-1966 |
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