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| Rank | Player | Salary | Year | Career Leaderboard | |
| 1. | Fred Lynn | $25,100,000 | 1981-1986 | ||
| 2. | Rickey Henderson | $17,200,000 | 1989-1990 | ||
| 3. | Billy North | $15,000,000 | 1978-1981 | ||
| Earl Robinson | $15,000,000 | 1969-1972 | |||
| 5. | Mickey Mantle * | $14,000,000 | 1962-1968 | ||
| 6. | Johnny Briggs | $13,680,000 | 1977-1980 | ||
| 7. | Stan Musial | $13,500,000 | 1955-1956 | ||
| 8. | Stan Musial | $13,000,000 | 1951-1954 | ||
| 9. | Elmer Valo | $12,785,000 | 1951-1954 | ||
| 10. | Lee Mazzilli | $12,200,000 | 1987-1990 | ||
| 11. | Edd Roush | $12,160,000 | 1930-1931 | ||
| 12. | Mickey Mantle * | $12,000,000 | 1958-1961 | ||
| Amos Otis | $12,000,000 | 1978-1981 | |||
| 14. | Willie Mays * | $11,080,000 | 1960-1966 | ||
| 15. | Joe Dimaggio * | $11,000,000 | 1943-1949 | ||
| Alex Metzler | $11,000,000 | 1931-1935 | |||
| Pete Reiser | $11,000,000 | 1952-1955 | |||
| 18. | Pete Reiser | $10,910,000 | 1948-1951 | ||
| 19. | Garry Maddox | $10,000,000 | 1980-1983 | ||
| 20. | Rickey Henderson | $9,500,000 | 1985-1988 | ||
| Wally Judnich | $9,500,000 | 1946-1949 | |||
| 22. | Tony Armas | $9,090,765 | 1988-1988 | ||
| 23. | Joe Dimaggio * | $9,000,000 | 1950-1953 | ||
| 24. | Hank Aaron * | $8,840,000 | 1961-1967 | ||
| 25. | Heinie Manush | $8,750,000 | 1933-1934 | ||
| 26. | Al Wingo | $8,580,300 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 27. | Mickey Mantle * | $8,550,000 | 1957-1957 | ||
| 28. | Willie Mays * | $8,500,000 | 1967-1967 | ||
| Rick Monday | $8,500,000 | 1973-1979 | |||
| Jimmy Welsh | $8,500,000 | 1934-1936 | |||
| 31. | Rickey Henderson | $8,242,857 | 1984-1984 | ||
| 32. | Stan Musial | $8,000,000 | 1947-1950 | ||
| 33. | Bobby Brooks | $7,900,000 | 1980-1981 | ||
| 34. | Maurice Archdeacon | $7,729,200 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 35. | Jim Eisenreich | $7,589,037 | 1988-1989 | ||
| 36. | Johnny Briggs | $7,500,000 | 1971-1976 | ||
| Wally Judnich | $7,500,000 | 1950-1953 | |||
| Al Kaline | $7,500,000 | 1964-1967 | |||
| Cookie Rojas | $7,500,000 | 1972-1975 | |||
| 40. | Greg Gross | $7,410,000 | 1983-1988 | ||
| 41. | Mickey Mantle * | $7,378,571 | 1955-1956 | ||
| 42. | Bill White | $7,250,000 | 1963-1966 | ||
| 43. | Heinie Manush | $7,235,200 | 1930-1931 | ||
| 44. | Rick Monday | $7,111,111 | 1980-1982 | ||
| 45. | Wes Covington | $7,100,000 | 1967-1969 | ||
| Cookie Rojas | $7,100,000 | 1968-1971 | |||
| 47. | Maurice Archdeacon | $7,000,000 | 1931-1933 | ||
| Jimmie Hall | $7,000,000 | 1973-1975 | |||
| Al Kaline | $7,000,000 | 1960-1963 | |||
| 50. | Lyman Bostock | $6,800,000 | 1982-1983 | ||
| Wes Covington | $6,800,000 | 1963-1966 | |||
| 52. | Dave Harris | $6,500,001 | 1935-1936 | ||
| 53. | Mike Adams | $6,500,000 | 1981-1984 | ||
| Richie Ashburn | $6,500,000 | 1958-1961 | |||
| Hank Leiber | $6,500,000 | 1938-1942 | |||
| Heinie Manush | $6,500,000 | 1936-1937 | |||
| Al Pilarcik | $6,500,000 | 1963-1964 | |||
| 58. | Bobby Brooks | $6,400,000 | 1976-1979 | ||
| Albie Pearson | $6,400,000 | 1965-1968 | |||
| 60. | Brett Butler | $6,390,000 | 1988-1990 | ||
| 61. | Hank Aaron * | $6,314,286 | 1960-1960 | ||
| 62. | Hank Aaron * | $6,292,857 | 1959-1959 | ||
| Johnny Briggs | $6,292,857 | 1970-1970 | |||
| 64. | Willie Mays * | $6,250,000 | 1956-1959 | ||
| Roy Sievers | $6,250,000 | 1959-1962 | |||
| 66. | Bob Cerv | $6,200,000 | 1957-1959 | ||
| 67. | Tony Armas | $6,100,111 | 1984-1987 | ||
| 68. | Ken Berry | $6,100,001 | 1974-1975 | ||
| 69. | Bobby Del Greco | $6,100,000 | 1967-1968 | ||
| 70. | Kevin Bass | $6,012,389 | 1989-1990 | ||
| 71. | Cal Abrams | $6,000,000 | 1956-1958 | ||
| Richie Ashburn | $6,000,000 | 1955-1957 | |||
| Jose Cruz | $6,000,000 | 1982-1984 | |||
| Joe Medwick | $6,000,000 | 1945-1946 | |||
| Jimmy Welsh | $6,000,000 | 1931-1933 | |||
| Bill White | $6,000,000 | 1969-1969 | |||
| 77. | Dan Ford | $5,750,000 | 1986-1989 | ||
| Paul Householder | $5,750,000 | 1988-1990 | |||
| Amos Otis | $5,750,000 | 1974-1977 | |||
| 80. | Vada Pinson | $5,700,000 | 1965-1970 | ||
| 81. | Johnny Watwood | $5,650,000 | 1936-1939 | ||
| 82. | Kiki Cuyler | $5,604,800 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 83. | Pat McNulty | $5,588,800 | 1930-1931 | ||
| 84. | Whitey Lockman | $5,410,000 | 1961-1964 | ||
| Roy Sievers | $5,410,000 | 1955-1958 | |||
| 86. | Reggie Smith | $5,400,000 | 1977-1978 | ||
| 87. | Garry Maddox | $5,385,714 | 1978-1979 | ||
| 88. | Hank Aaron * | $5,371,429 | 1958-1958 | ||
| 89. | Whitey Lockman | $5,350,000 | 1957-1960 | ||
| 90. | Willie Montanez | $5,330,000 | 1981-1982 | ||
| 91. | Joe Dimaggio * | $5,292,857 | 1942-1942 | ||
| 92. | Dan Ford | $5,250,000 | 1983-1985 | ||
| Roger Maris | $5,250,000 | 1964-1967 | |||
| Willie Mays * | $5,250,000 | 1955-1955 | |||
| Jimmy Wynn | $5,250,000 | 1972-1975 | |||
| 96. | Earl Averill | $5,130,000 | 1934-1936 | ||
| 97. | Jimmie Hall | $5,128,571 | 1967-1968 | ||
| 98. | Dusty Cooke | $5,120,000 | 1937-1941 | ||
| 99. | Kiki Cuyler | $5,100,000 | 1931-1933 | ||
| 100. | Lee Mazzilli | $5,053,027 | 1983-1986 | ||
| 101. | Jerry White | $5,015,000 | 1983-1985 | ||
| 102. | Dan Briggs | $5,009,876 | 1989-1989 | ||
| 103. | Hank Aaron * | $5,000,000 | 1968-1971 | ||
| Jose Cruz | $5,000,000 | 1977-1979 | |||
| Curt Flood | $5,000,000 | 1969-1972 | |||
| Stan Spence | $5,000,000 | 1952-1952 | |||
| Al Wingo | $5,000,000 | 1931-1933 | |||
| 108. | Whitey Lockman | $4,940,000 | 1954-1956 | ||
| 109. | Mike Adams | $4,900,000 | 1980-1980 | ||
| 110. | Pete Reiser | $4,885,714 | 1947-1947 | ||
| 111. | Earl Averill | $4,871,429 | 1932-1933 | ||
| Pete Reiser | $4,871,429 | 1945-1946 | |||
| 113. | Jim Rice | $4,870,000 | 1983-1985 | ||
| 114. | Rick Reichardt | $4,723,948 | 1974-1974 | ||
| 115. | Jimmie Hall | $4,715,683 | 1969-1972 | ||
| 116. | Bobby Del Greco | $4,700,000 | 1963-1966 | ||
| Jimmy Wynn | $4,700,000 | 1976-1978 | |||
| 118. | Ben Chapman | $4,690,000 | 1940-1943 | ||
| Dom Dallessandro | $4,690,000 | 1944-1945 | |||
| 120. | Wes Covington | $4,642,857 | 1962-1962 | ||
| Rick Monday | $4,642,857 | 1972-1972 | |||
| 122. | Stan Spence | $4,635,714 | 1945-1945 | ||
| 123. | Greg Gross | $4,630,000 | 1979-1982 | ||
| 124. | Jimmy Welsh | $4,614,286 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 125. | Al Bumbry | $4,560,000 | 1981-1982 | ||
| Austin McHenry | $4,560,000 | 1930-1931 | |||
| 127. | Wes Covington | $4,521,429 | 1961-1961 | ||
| Roger Maris | $4,521,429 | 1961-1963 | |||
| 129. | Ben Chapman | $4,500,000 | 1935-1939 | ||
| Gene Richards | $4,500,000 | 1984-1986 | |||
| Earl Robinson | $4,500,000 | 1965-1968 | |||
| Ernie Sulik | $4,500,000 | 1943-1946 | |||
| Bill White | $4,500,000 | 1967-1968 | |||
| 134. | Wally Westlake | $4,492,857 | 1951-1951 | ||
| 135. | Curt Flood | $4,490,000 | 1966-1968 | ||
| 136. | Earle Combs | $4,450,000 | 1930-1932 | ||
| 137. | Joe Dimaggio * | $4,414,286 | 1941-1941 | ||
| 138. | Dan Ford | $4,400,000 | 1981-1982 | ||
| Jim Rice | $4,400,000 | 1986-1989 | |||
| 140. | Jigger Statz | $4,390,000 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 141. | Wally Judnich | $4,364,286 | 1945-1945 | ||
| 142. | Jerry Mumphrey | $4,330,000 | 1983-1985 | ||
| 143. | Stan Spence | $4,300,000 | 1946-1949 | ||
| 144. | Earl Robinson | $4,278,571 | 1964-1964 | ||
| Roy Sievers | $4,278,571 | 1954-1954 | |||
| 146. | Mike Adams | $4,250,000 | 1985-1986 | ||
| Jimmy Wynn | $4,250,000 | 1968-1971 | |||
| 148. | Brett Butler | $4,235,714 | 1986-1987 | ||
| 149. | Tito Francona | $4,230,000 | 1964-1967 | ||
| 150. | Elmer Valo | $4,200,000 | 1947-1950 | ||
| 151. | Dave Harris | $4,182,363 | 1931-1934 | ||
| 152. | Babe Twombly | $4,180,000 | 1930-1931 | ||
| Fred Valentine | $4,180,000 | 1968-1969 | |||
| 154. | Fred Lynn | $4,178,571 | 1979-1980 | ||
| 155. | Ernie Orsatti | $4,164,286 | 1930-1931 | ||
| 156. | Lyman Bostock | $4,071,429 | 1981-1981 | ||
| 157. | Billy North | $4,000,072 | 1982-1985 | ||
| 158. | Mike Easler | $4,000,000 | 1984-1985 | ||
| Johnny Mokan | $4,000,000 | 1931-1931 | |||
| Willie Montanez | $4,000,000 | 1978-1980 | |||
| Ivan Murrell | $4,000,000 | 1979-1981 | |||
| Vada Pinson | $4,000,000 | 1971-1974 | |||
| Earl Robinson | $4,000,000 | 1974-1974 | |||
| Reggie Smith | $4,000,000 | 1973-1976 | |||
| Wally Westlake | $4,000,000 | 1952-1955 | |||
| 166. | Hank Leiber | $3,978,571 | 1937-1937 | ||
| 167. | Mike Adams | $3,957,143 | 1979-1979 | ||
| 168. | Wid Matthews | $3,930,000 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 169. | Bobby Brooks | $3,907,143 | 1975-1975 | ||
| 170. | Pete Fox | $3,900,000 | 1940-1943 | ||
| 171. | Cookie Rojas | $3,890,000 | 1976-1976 | ||
| 172. | Vada Pinson | $3,871,429 | 1964-1964 | ||
| 173. | Sam Jethroe | $3,850,000 | 1947-1949 | ||
| 174. | Dan Ford | $3,828,571 | 1980-1980 | ||
| 175. | Albie Pearson | $3,800,000 | 1964-1964 | ||
| 176. | Amos Otis | $3,785,714 | 1972-1973 | ||
| 177. | Miguel Dilone | $3,780,000 | 1984-1986 | ||
| 178. | Larry Hisle | $3,760,000 | 1976-1978 | ||
| 179. | Miguel Dilone | $3,750,000 | 1987-1990 | ||
| 180. | Garry Maddox | $3,730,000 | 1984-1985 | ||
| 181. | Joe Dimaggio * | $3,700,000 | 1954-1954 | ||
| 182. | Jose Cruz | $3,690,000 | 1980-1981 | ||
| 183. | Mike Easler | $3,664,286 | 1978-1979 | ||
| Willard Marshall | $3,664,286 | 1949-1949 | |||
| Fred Valentine | $3,664,286 | 1966-1967 | |||
| Elmer Valo | $3,664,286 | 1946-1946 | |||
| 187. | Jose Cruz | $3,628,571 | 1975-1976 | ||
| Wally Moses | $3,628,571 | 1939-1941 | |||
| Tripp Sigman | $3,628,571 | 1933-1933 | |||
| 190. | Ken Berry | $3,600,000 | 1970-1973 | ||
| Bobby Brooks | $3,600,000 | 1974-1974 | |||
| Dan Ford | $3,600,000 | 1979-1979 | |||
| Greg Gross | $3,600,000 | 1978-1978 | |||
| 194. | Lyman Bostock | $3,542,857 | 1980-1980 | ||
| 195. | Jerry White | $3,528,571 | 1982-1982 | ||
| 196. | Jim Busby | $3,500,000 | 1957-1959 | ||
| Kiki Cuyler | $3,500,000 | 1934-1935 | |||
| Lenny Green | $3,500,000 | 1965-1968 | |||
| Joe Medwick | $3,500,000 | 1940-1943 | |||
| Sam Mele | $3,500,000 | 1954-1956 | |||
| 201. | Dom Dallessandro | $3,492,857 | 1941-1943 | ||
| 202. | Willie Montanez | $3,430,000 | 1975-1977 | ||
| 203. | Ken Griffey Sr. | $3,421,429 | 1978-1978 | ||
| Jerry Mumphrey | $3,421,429 | 1979-1980 | |||
| 205. | Bobby Del Greco | $3,407,143 | 1962-1962 | ||
| 206. | Roy Sievers | $3,364,286 | 1953-1953 | ||
| 207. | Johnny Lewis | $3,357,143 | 1971-1972 | ||
| 208. | Jim Rice | $3,350,000 | 1982-1982 | ||
| 209. | Ernie Orsatti | $3,339,000 | 1938-1939 | ||
| 210. | Tommy Holmes | $3,328,571 | 1947-1948 | ||
| 211. | Gates Brown | $3,300,000 | 1968-1970 | ||
| Ben Chapman | $3,300,000 | 1933-1934 | |||
| Miguel Dilone | $3,300,000 | 1983-1983 | |||
| Pat McNulty | $3,300,000 | 1933-1933 | |||
| Stan Musial | $3,300,000 | 1946-1946 | |||
| Jeff Stone | $3,300,000 | 1989-1990 | |||
| Bill White | $3,300,000 | 1960-1962 | |||
| 218. | Earle Combs | $3,284,728 | 1933-1934 | ||
| 219. | Hank Leiber | $3,250,000 | 1943-1944 | ||
| Billy North | $3,250,000 | 1975-1977 | |||
| Jimmy Wynn | $3,250,000 | 1967-1967 | |||
| 222. | Richie Ashburn | $3,221,429 | 1954-1954 | ||
| John Hale | $3,221,429 | 1984-1985 | |||
| 224. | Milt Byrnes | $3,207,143 | 1946-1948 | ||
| 225. | Garry Maddox | $3,192,857 | 1977-1977 | ||
| 226. | Miguel Dilone | $3,178,571 | 1982-1982 | ||
| Johnny Grubb | $3,178,571 | 1976-1976 | |||
| Tripp Sigman | $3,178,571 | 1932-1932 | |||
| Stan Spence | $3,178,571 | 1944-1944 | |||
| Fred Valentine | $3,178,571 | 1965-1965 | |||
| Jerry White | $3,178,571 | 1980-1981 | |||
| 232. | Kevin Bass | $3,175,714 | 1988-1988 | ||
| 233. | Johnny Briggs | $3,125,000 | 1969-1969 | ||
| 234. | Tito Francona | $3,092,857 | 1963-1963 | ||
| 235. | Sam Mele | $3,085,714 | 1952-1953 | ||
| Lloyd Waner | $3,085,714 | 1931-1932 | |||
| 237. | Bob Cerv | $3,078,571 | 1954-1956 | ||
| 238. | Ralph Bryant | $3,057,143 | 1990-1990 | ||
| Greg Gross | $3,057,143 | 1976-1977 | |||
| 240. | Fred Lynn | $3,028,571 | 1978-1978 | ||
| 241. | Paul Householder | $3,021,429 | 1987-1987 | ||
| Cookie Rojas | $3,021,429 | 1967-1967 | |||
| 243. | Bob Seeds | $3,000,001 | 1944-1945 | ||
| 244. | Al Bumbry | $3,000,000 | 1979-1980 | ||
| Dusty Cooke | $3,000,000 | 1934-1936 | |||
| Mike McCormick | $3,000,000 | 1946-1948 | |||
| Willie McGee | $3,000,000 | 1989-1990 | |||
| Sam Mele | $3,000,000 | 1957-1959 | |||
| Alex Metzler | $3,000,000 | 1936-1938 | |||
| Wally Moses | $3,000,000 | 1942-1942 | |||
| Stan Spence | $3,000,000 | 1951-1951 | |||
| Jimmy Welsh | $3,000,000 | 1937-1937 | |||
| Sam West | $3,000,000 | 1934-1938 | |||
| 254. | Al Pilarcik | $2,999,999 | 1967-1967 | ||
| 255. | Al Kaline | $2,985,714 | 1959-1959 | ||
| Lee Mazzilli | $2,985,714 | 1982-1982 | |||
| 257. | Brett Butler | $2,964,286 | 1985-1985 | ||
| 258. | Dave Harris | $2,950,000 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 259. | Minnie Minoso | $2,931,429 | 1953-1953 | ||
| 260. | Kevin Bass | $2,928,571 | 1985-1987 | ||
| Al Kaline | $2,928,571 | 1957-1958 | |||
| Stan Musial | $2,928,571 | 1945-1945 | |||
| Gene Richards | $2,928,571 | 1983-1983 | |||
| 264. | Billy Hatcher | $2,907,143 | 1990-1990 | ||
| 265. | Johnny Grubb | $2,900,000 | 1977-1980 | ||
| 266. | Rick Reichardt | $2,888,888 | 1976-1979 | ||
| 267. | Alex Metzler | $2,857,143 | 1930-1930 | ||
| Amos Otis | $2,857,143 | 1971-1971 | |||
| 269. | Jerry Mumphrey | $2,850,000 | 1981-1982 | ||
| Cesar Tovar | $2,850,000 | 1970-1973 | |||
| 271. | Mike Adams | $2,835,714 | 1978-1978 | ||
| Joe Lis | $2,835,714 | 1978-1978 | |||
| 273. | Wally Moses | $2,807,143 | 1938-1938 | ||
| 274. | Mike Easler | $2,800,000 | 1980-1983 | ||
| Bake McBride | $2,800,000 | 1980-1982 | |||
| Clyde Vollmer | $2,800,000 | 1955-1956 | |||
| 277. | Jose Cruz | $2,785,714 | 1974-1974 | ||
| Gene Richards | $2,785,714 | 1982-1982 | |||
| 279. | Milt Byrnes | $2,750,000 | 1949-1949 | ||
| Gene Richards | $2,750,000 | 1981-1981 | |||
| 281. | Whitey Lockman | $2,714,286 | 1953-1953 | ||
| 282. | Lenny Green | $2,707,143 | 1964-1964 | ||
| 283. | Ivan Murrell | $2,700,000 | 1977-1978 | ||
| Edd Roush | $2,700,000 | 1932-1933 | |||
| 285. | Gino Cimoli | $2,685,714 | 1962-1962 | ||
| Kiddo Davis | $2,685,714 | 1931-1932 | |||
| Jim Eisenreich | $2,685,714 | 1987-1987 | |||
| Tommy Holmes | $2,685,714 | 1946-1946 | |||
| Pid Purdy | $2,685,714 | 1930-1931 | |||
| 290. | Vada Pinson | $2,664,286 | 1962-1963 | ||
| 291. | Jim Eisenreich | $2,656,009 | 1990-1990 | ||
| 292. | Mitch Webster | $2,635,714 | 1989-1989 | ||
| 293. | Johnny Watwood | $2,565,000 | 1935-1935 | ||
| 294. | Willard Marshall | $2,564,286 | 1946-1947 | ||
| Lee Mazzilli | $2,564,286 | 1981-1981 | |||
| Lloyd Waner | $2,564,286 | 1930-1930 | |||
| 297. | Tito Francona | $2,550,000 | 1962-1962 | ||
| Amos Otis | $2,550,000 | 1982-1983 | |||
| 299. | Albie Pearson | $2,528,571 | 1963-1963 | ||
| 300. | Lenny Green | $2,514,286 | 1963-1963 |
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