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| Rank | Player | Salary | Year | Career Leaderboard | |
| 1. | Lou Whitaker | $18,000,000 | 1985-1987 | ||
| 2. | Rogers Hornsby | $13,374,000 | 1930-1931 | ||
| 3. | Gary Geiger | $12,540,000 | 1967-1970 | ||
| 4. | George Grantham | $11,577,600 | 1930-1931 | ||
| 5. | Rance Mulliniks | $11,000,000 | 1989-1990 | ||
| 6. | Rance Mulliniks | $10,250,000 | 1985-1988 | ||
| 7. | Paul Molitor | $9,170,000 | 1988-1990 | ||
| 8. | Johnny Hodapp | $9,000,000 | 1939-1940 | ||
| Gil McDougald * | $9,000,000 | 1961-1964 | |||
| Joe Morgan | $9,000,000 | 1976-1979 | |||
| Lou Whitaker | $9,000,000 | 1989-1990 | |||
| 12. | Tony Lazzeri * | $8,750,000 | 1936-1940 | ||
| 13. | Joe Morgan | $8,500,000 | 1973-1975 | ||
| 14. | Max Bishop | $8,000,000 | 1933-1935 | ||
| Grady Hatton | $8,000,000 | 1952-1953 | |||
| 16. | Gil McDougald * | $7,840,000 | 1957-1960 | ||
| 17. | Babe Ellison | $7,106,800 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 18. | Tom Herr | $7,000,000 | 1988-1990 | ||
| 19. | Riggs Stephenson | $6,854,000 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 20. | Pee Wee Reese * | $6,650,000 | 1950-1955 | ||
| 21. | Joe Morgan | $6,500,000 | 1969-1972 | ||
| Sherry Robertson | $6,500,000 | 1950-1953 | |||
| Hank Thompson | $6,500,000 | 1957-1960 | |||
| 24. | Max Bishop | $6,436,800 | 1930-1932 | ||
| 25. | Jack Perconte | $6,250,000 | 1987-1990 | ||
| 26. | Jim Gilliam | $6,100,000 | 1959-1962 | ||
| 27. | Roy Hartsfield | $6,000,000 | 1956-1958 | ||
| Billy Herman | $6,000,000 | 1938-1943 | |||
| Rick Manning | $6,000,000 | 1983-1986 | |||
| Ryne Sandberg | $6,000,000 | 1988-1990 | |||
| 31. | Charlie Gehringer | $5,981,300 | 1930-1933 | ||
| 32. | Paul Molitor | $5,650,000 | 1985-1987 | ||
| 33. | Chico Carrasquel | $5,500,000 | 1960-1963 | ||
| Cal Ripken Jr. | $5,500,000 | 1988-1988 | |||
| 35. | Jim Gilliam | $5,400,000 | 1963-1963 | ||
| 36. | Bernie Friberg | $5,291,000 | 1930-1931 | ||
| 37. | Stan Hack | $5,250,000 | 1944-1947 | ||
| Greg Luzinski | $5,250,000 | 1978-1985 | |||
| 39. | Billy Cox | $5,240,000 | 1950-1953 | ||
| 40. | Jimmie Dykes | $5,148,000 | 1930-1931 | ||
| 41. | Paul Molitor | $5,007,143 | 1982-1984 | ||
| 42. | Kiko Garcia | $5,000,000 | 1989-1990 | ||
| Alex Kampouris | $5,000,000 | 1946-1948 | |||
| 44. | Bobby Avila | $4,940,000 | 1956-1958 | ||
| 45. | Jorge Orta | $4,900,000 | 1982-1985 | ||
| 46. | Willie Horton | $4,800,000 | 1978-1980 | ||
| Tony Lazzeri * | $4,800,000 | 1931-1935 | |||
| 48. | Gil McDougald * | $4,764,286 | 1955-1956 | ||
| 49. | Don Demeter | $4,750,000 | 1964-1967 | ||
| Stan Hack | $4,750,000 | 1938-1943 | |||
| Lee Lacy | $4,750,000 | 1981-1983 | |||
| 52. | Don Demeter | $4,742,857 | 1962-1963 | ||
| 53. | Lou Whitaker | $4,642,857 | 1983-1984 | ||
| 54. | Hughie Critz | $4,588,500 | 1930-1932 | ||
| 55. | Rodney Scott | $4,567,843 | 1988-1990 | ||
| 56. | Bump Wills | $4,521,429 | 1981-1982 | ||
| 57. | Chuck Schilling | $4,515,000 | 1968-1970 | ||
| 58. | Jim Davenport | $4,500,000 | 1964-1967 | ||
| George Grantham | $4,500,000 | 1932-1934 | |||
| Alex Kampouris | $4,500,000 | 1941-1945 | |||
| Johnny Lucadello | $4,500,000 | 1947-1949 | |||
| Lou Stringer | $4,500,000 | 1951-1954 | |||
| Cecil Travis | $4,500,000 | 1948-1948 | |||
| 64. | Grady Hatton | $4,428,571 | 1950-1951 | ||
| 65. | Jimmie Dykes | $4,250,000 | 1932-1932 | ||
| Pedro Garcia | $4,250,000 | 1982-1984 | |||
| Cecil Travis | $4,250,000 | 1939-1947 | |||
| Lee Walls | $4,250,000 | 1966-1969 | |||
| 69. | Bump Wills | $4,200,000 | 1983-1986 | ||
| 70. | Bobby Grich | $4,150,000 | 1984-1985 | ||
| 71. | Dion James | $4,135,714 | 1990-1990 | ||
| 72. | Jim Lefebvre | $4,100,000 | 1973-1976 | ||
| Greg Luzinski | $4,100,000 | 1975-1977 | |||
| Hank Thompson | $4,100,000 | 1954-1956 | |||
| 75. | Bobby Grich | $4,064,286 | 1978-1979 | ||
| 76. | Tony Lazzeri * | $4,028,571 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 77. | Bobby Reeves | $4,010,000 | 1935-1936 | ||
| 78. | Max Bishop | $4,000,000 | 1936-1938 | ||
| Jake Flowers | $4,000,000 | 1931-1932 | |||
| Don Gutteridge | $4,000,000 | 1945-1946 | |||
| Andy High | $4,000,000 | 1931-1933 | |||
| Greg Luzinski | $4,000,000 | 1986-1988 | |||
| Marty Martinez | $4,000,000 | 1973-1976 | |||
| Jerry Standaert | $4,000,000 | 1932-1935 | |||
| 85. | Bobby Avila | $3,992,857 | 1955-1955 | ||
| 86. | Hank Thompson | $3,978,571 | 1951-1953 | ||
| 87. | Chico Carrasquel | $3,950,000 | 1958-1959 | ||
| Don Demeter | $3,950,000 | 1968-1971 | |||
| 89. | Bobby Grich | $3,828,571 | 1976-1977 | ||
| 90. | Don Blasingame | $3,800,000 | 1969-1970 | ||
| Pee Wee Reese * | $3,800,000 | 1946-1949 | |||
| 92. | Gary Geiger | $3,785,714 | 1966-1966 | ||
| 93. | Andy High | $3,785,500 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 94. | Bobby Grich | $3,750,000 | 1980-1983 | ||
| Chuck Schilling | $3,750,000 | 1971-1973 | |||
| 96. | Cotton Tierney | $3,679,000 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 97. | Gary Geiger | $3,664,286 | 1964-1965 | ||
| 98. | Joe Gordon | $3,650,000 | 1943-1943 | ||
| 99. | Don Buddin | $3,630,000 | 1964-1966 | ||
| 100. | Ken Boswell | $3,600,000 | 1979-1981 | ||
| Stu Martin | $3,600,000 | 1944-1945 | |||
| 102. | Tom Herr | $3,528,571 | 1987-1987 | ||
| 103. | Tito Fuentes | $3,520,000 | 1979-1980 | ||
| 104. | Don Blasingame | $3,511,111 | 1963-1966 | ||
| 105. | Jim Bucher | $3,500,000 | 1943-1946 | ||
| Gary Geiger | $3,500,000 | 1972-1973 | |||
| Willie Horton | $3,500,000 | 1970-1977 | |||
| Eddie Stanky | $3,500,000 | 1947-1949 | |||
| Lou Stringer | $3,500,000 | 1947-1950 | |||
| Tom Upton | $3,500,000 | 1959-1962 | |||
| Lee Walls | $3,500,000 | 1962-1965 | |||
| 112. | Jorge Orta | $3,478,571 | 1981-1981 | ||
| 113. | Rance Mulliniks | $3,421,429 | 1984-1984 | ||
| Jerry Standaert | $3,421,429 | 1931-1931 | |||
| 115. | Pete Runnels | $3,340,000 | 1961-1963 | ||
| 116. | Bobby Avila | $3,300,000 | 1954-1954 | ||
| Jim Lefebvre | $3,300,000 | 1977-1977 | |||
| 118. | Paul Schaal | $3,290,000 | 1971-1973 | ||
| 119. | Johnny Lucadello | $3,257,143 | 1946-1946 | ||
| 120. | Felix Millan | $3,250,000 | 1975-1976 | ||
| Joe Morgan | $3,250,000 | 1968-1968 | |||
| Pete Runnels | $3,250,000 | 1958-1960 | |||
| 123. | Johnny Hodapp | $3,230,000 | 1935-1938 | ||
| 124. | Cecil Travis | $3,207,143 | 1938-1938 | ||
| 125. | Doc Gautreau | $3,190,000 | 1937-1938 | ||
| 126. | Tito Fuentes | $3,100,000 | 1975-1978 | ||
| Kiko Garcia | $3,100,000 | 1985-1988 | |||
| 128. | Lee Walls | $3,092,857 | 1961-1961 | ||
| 129. | Bill Cissell | $3,090,000 | 1936-1937 | ||
| Bama Rowell | $3,090,000 | 1948-1948 | |||
| 131. | Eddie Stanky | $3,057,143 | 1946-1946 | ||
| 132. | Lenn Sakata | $3,030,000 | 1990-1990 | ||
| 133. | Gary Geiger | $3,000,000 | 1971-1971 | ||
| Juan Samuel | $3,000,000 | 1990-1990 | |||
| Ted Sizemore | $3,000,000 | 1976-1978 | |||
| Eddie Stanky | $3,000,000 | 1950-1953 | |||
| Riggs Stephenson | $3,000,000 | 1931-1933 | |||
| 138. | Joe Demaestri | $2,999,999 | 1964-1964 | ||
| Greg Mulleavy | $2,999,999 | 1940-1942 | |||
| 140. | Solly Hemus | $2,992,857 | 1955-1955 | ||
| Sherry Robertson | $2,992,857 | 1949-1949 | |||
| 142. | Jorge Orta | $2,964,286 | 1980-1980 | ||
| 143. | Stan Hack | $2,928,571 | 1937-1937 | ||
| Tom Herr | $2,928,571 | 1985-1986 | |||
| Rance Mulliniks | $2,928,571 | 1982-1983 | |||
| Pete Runnels | $2,928,571 | 1957-1957 | |||
| 147. | Gene Stephens | $2,900,000 | 1964-1965 | ||
| 148. | Jorge Orta | $2,857,143 | 1979-1979 | ||
| 149. | Pete Runnels | $2,821,429 | 1956-1956 | ||
| 150. | Lou Stringer | $2,807,143 | 1945-1946 | ||
| 151. | Terry Harmon | $2,800,000 | 1978-1979 | ||
| Joe Morgan | $2,800,000 | 1967-1967 | |||
| 153. | Tommy Glaviano | $2,750,000 | 1956-1959 | ||
| Solly Hemus | $2,750,000 | 1956-1956 | |||
| Billy Johnson | $2,750,000 | 1955-1957 | |||
| Gene Stephens | $2,750,000 | 1961-1963 | |||
| 157. | Rod Carew | $2,743,027 | 1977-1980 | ||
| 158. | Bob Barrett | $2,714,286 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 159. | Jack Perconte | $2,707,143 | 1986-1986 | ||
| 160. | Jim Gilliam | $2,685,714 | 1958-1958 | ||
| Jim Lefebvre | $2,685,714 | 1969-1972 | |||
| Jack Perconte | $2,685,714 | 1984-1985 | |||
| Pee Wee Reese * | $2,685,714 | 1945-1945 | |||
| Ryne Sandberg | $2,685,714 | 1985-1987 | |||
| 165. | Jerry Standaert | $2,664,286 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 166. | Billy Myers | $2,650,000 | 1943-1945 | ||
| 167. | Rod Carew | $2,642,857 | 1971-1972 | ||
| 168. | Rob Andrews | $2,625,000 | 1983-1986 | ||
| 169. | Ted Lepcio | $2,610,000 | 1965-1966 | ||
| 170. | Rod Carew | $2,600,000 | 1981-1981 | ||
| Bernie James | $2,600,000 | 1935-1939 | |||
| Tony Lazzeri * | $2,600,000 | 1941-1941 | |||
| Joel Youngblood | $2,600,000 | 1983-1984 | |||
| 174. | Billy Myers | $2,564,286 | 1939-1942 | ||
| 175. | Pedro Garcia | $2,550,000 | 1980-1981 | ||
| Tommy Glaviano | $2,550,000 | 1954-1955 | |||
| 177. | Lou Whitaker | $2,535,714 | 1982-1982 | ||
| 178. | Joe Demaestri | $2,528,378 | 1965-1965 | ||
| 179. | Jim Bucher | $2,514,286 | 1942-1942 | ||
| Doc Gautreau | $2,514,286 | 1932-1932 | |||
| 181. | Ted Sizemore | $2,505,000 | 1980-1981 | ||
| 182. | Babe Ellison | $2,500,001 | 1931-1932 | ||
| 183. | Rod Carew | $2,500,000 | 1982-1982 | ||
| Charlie Gehringer | $2,500,000 | 1938-1939 | |||
| Tommy Glaviano | $2,500,000 | 1962-1962 | |||
| Solly Hemus | $2,500,000 | 1958-1960 | |||
| Rodney Scott | $2,500,000 | 1984-1986 | |||
| 188. | Lonny Frey | $2,485,714 | 1939-1940 | ||
| 189. | Billy Herman | $2,442,857 | 1935-1937 | ||
| Dion James | $2,442,857 | 1988-1989 | |||
| Juan Samuel | $2,442,857 | 1986-1989 | |||
| 192. | Jose Oquendo | $2,435,714 | 1989-1990 | ||
| 193. | Joel Youngblood | $2,417,143 | 1981-1982 | ||
| 194. | Bob Barrett | $2,400,000 | 1931-1933 | ||
| Billy Johnson | $2,400,000 | 1951-1954 | |||
| Lee Lacy | $2,400,000 | 1977-1980 | |||
| Dutch Meyer | $2,400,000 | 1948-1949 | |||
| 198. | Billy Johnson | $2,394,286 | 1950-1950 | ||
| 199. | Johnny Goryl | $2,350,000 | 1967-1970 | ||
| 200. | Ken Boswell | $2,321,429 | 1978-1978 | ||
| Johnny Goryl | $2,321,429 | 1965-1966 | |||
| 202. | Lonny Frey | $2,310,000 | 1941-1942 | ||
| 203. | Joe Caffie | $2,307,143 | 1963-1963 | ||
| 204. | Doc Gautreau | $2,300,000 | 1933-1936 | ||
| Marty Martinez | $2,300,000 | 1969-1972 | |||
| 206. | Tommy Glaviano | $2,277,000 | 1960-1961 | ||
| 207. | Charlie Gehringer | $2,270,000 | 1936-1937 | ||
| 208. | Jim Gilliam | $2,257,143 | 1957-1957 | ||
| Lenn Sakata | $2,257,143 | 1988-1989 | |||
| 210. | Joe Caffie | $2,250,000 | 1964-1967 | ||
| 211. | Johnny Lucadello | $2,200,000 | 1945-1945 | ||
| Lee Walls | $2,200,000 | 1960-1960 | |||
| 213. | Rudy Meoli | $2,192,857 | 1985-1985 | ||
| 214. | Riggs Stephenson | $2,192,142 | 1934-1935 | ||
| 215. | Hank Thompson | $2,188,000 | 1961-1961 | ||
| 216. | Joe Caffie | $2,178,571 | 1962-1962 | ||
| 217. | Jay Partridge | $2,150,000 | 1936-1937 | ||
| 218. | Lee Lacy | $2,142,857 | 1976-1976 | ||
| Mickey Rivers | $2,142,857 | 1978-1979 | |||
| 220. | Bill Cissell | $2,107,143 | 1935-1935 | ||
| Terry Harmon | $2,107,143 | 1977-1977 | |||
| 222. | Marty Martinez | $2,100,000 | 1977-1978 | ||
| Bobby Reeves | $2,100,000 | 1932-1934 | |||
| 224. | Nelson Mathews | $2,090,000 | 1972-1973 | ||
| 225. | Bill Cissell | $2,085,714 | 1933-1934 | ||
| Billy Rogell | $2,085,714 | 1930-1930 | |||
| 227. | Wally Kimmick | $2,080,000 | 1930-1931 | ||
| 228. | Mike De La Hoz | $2,078,571 | 1967-1968 | ||
| Alex Kampouris | $2,078,571 | 1939-1940 | |||
| Bobby Reeves | $2,078,571 | 1931-1931 | |||
| Chuck Schilling | $2,078,571 | 1966-1967 | |||
| 232. | George Strickland | $2,050,000 | 1960-1961 | ||
| 233. | Johnny Lucadello | $2,035,714 | 1944-1944 | ||
| 234. | Bernie Allen | $2,000,000 | 1969-1970 | ||
| Rob Andrews | $2,000,000 | 1987-1987 | |||
| Don Buddin | $2,000,000 | 1967-1969 | |||
| Rod Carew | $2,000,000 | 1973-1983 | |||
| Hughie Critz | $2,000,000 | 1933-1936 | |||
| Jim Davenport | $2,000,000 | 1968-1968 | |||
| Dutch Meyer | $2,000,000 | 1950-1952 | |||
| Bobby Reeves | $2,000,000 | 1937-1938 | |||
| Freddy Spurgeon | $2,000,000 | 1932-1934 | |||
| Ron Theobald | $2,000,000 | 1978-1978 | |||
| 244. | Mickey Rivers | $1,990,000 | 1980-1982 | ||
| 245. | Ken Boswell | $1,971,429 | 1977-1977 | ||
| Pedro Garcia | $1,971,429 | 1979-1979 | |||
| 247. | Joe Gordon | $1,930,000 | 1944-1948 | ||
| 248. | Chico Carrasquel | $1,900,000 | 1957-1957 | ||
| Davey Lopes | $1,900,000 | 1976-1978 | |||
| Sherry Robertson | $1,900,000 | 1948-1948 | |||
| Paul Schaal | $1,900,000 | 1974-1976 | |||
| Freddy Spurgeon | $1,900,000 | 1931-1931 | |||
| 253. | Bernie Allen | $1,892,857 | 1967-1968 | ||
| Tom Brookens | $1,892,857 | 1984-1985 | |||
| Bill Regan | $1,892,857 | 1931-1931 | |||
| Rodney Scott | $1,892,857 | 1983-1983 | |||
| Ted Sizemore | $1,892,857 | 1973-1975 | |||
| 258. | Kiko Garcia | $1,880,000 | 1984-1984 | ||
| 259. | Mickey Rivers | $1,870,714 | 1977-1977 | ||
| 260. | Willie Horton | $1,864,286 | 1969-1969 | ||
| 261. | Marv Olson | $1,851,429 | 1939-1939 | ||
| 262. | Stu Clarke | $1,835,714 | 1933-1935 | ||
| 263. | Rudy Meoli | $1,810,000 | 1986-1987 | ||
| 264. | Leo Cardenas | $1,807,143 | 1967-1967 | ||
| 265. | Jim Bucher | $1,800,000 | 1941-1941 | ||
| Bill Cissell | $1,800,000 | 1932-1932 | |||
| Jim Gilliam | $1,800,000 | 1956-1956 | |||
| Jerry Lumpe | $1,800,000 | 1962-1963 | |||
| Dutch Meyer | $1,800,000 | 1944-1947 | |||
| Felix Millan | $1,800,000 | 1973-1974 | |||
| 271. | Tim Teufel | $1,789,341 | 1989-1990 | ||
| 272. | Don Buddin | $1,774,286 | 1963-1963 | ||
| 273. | Leo Cardenas | $1,750,000 | 1968-1971 | ||
| Jay Partridge | $1,750,000 | 1932-1933 | |||
| 275. | Don Blasingame | $1,710,000 | 1967-1968 | ||
| Bill Doran | $1,710,000 | 1989-1989 | |||
| Jorge Orta | $1,710,000 | 1986-1987 | |||
| 278. | Ozzie Guillen | $1,707,143 | 1989-1989 | ||
| Felix Millan | $1,707,143 | 1972-1972 | |||
| 280. | Lenn Sakata | $1,700,000 | 1987-1987 | ||
| Fresco Thompson | $1,700,000 | 1931-1934 | |||
| 282. | Heinie Mueller | $1,685,714 | 1943-1946 | ||
| Jay Partridge | $1,685,714 | 1931-1931 | |||
| 284. | Bernie James | $1,668,571 | 1934-1934 | ||
| 285. | Randy Ready | $1,621,429 | 1988-1989 | ||
| 286. | Don Gutteridge | $1,620,000 | 1944-1944 | ||
| 287. | Don Blasingame | $1,614,286 | 1962-1962 | ||
| Terry Harmon | $1,614,286 | 1976-1976 | |||
| 289. | Don Blasingame | $1,607,143 | 1960-1961 | ||
| Solly Hemus | $1,607,143 | 1954-1954 | |||
| Robby Thompson | $1,607,143 | 1990-1990 | |||
| 292. | Pedro Garcia | $1,596,000 | 1985-1985 | ||
| 293. | Rob Ellis | $1,542,857 | 1980-1981 | ||
| Kiko Garcia | $1,542,857 | 1982-1983 | |||
| 295. | Paul Schaal | $1,536,429 | 1970-1970 | ||
| 296. | Bob Johnson | $1,528,571 | 1964-1965 | ||
| Rick Manning | $1,528,571 | 1981-1982 | |||
| Paul Schaal | $1,528,571 | 1969-1969 | |||
| 299. | Rodney Scott | $1,520,000 | 1987-1987 | ||
| 300. | Marv Olson | $1,500,001 | 1940-1941 |
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