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| Rank | Player | Salary | Year | Career Leaderboard | |
| 1. | Jimmie Foxx * | $30,000,000 | 1935-1939 | ||
| 2. | Warren Spahn * | $29,426,120 | 1951-1954 | ||
| 3. | Tony Gwynn | $28,000,000 | 1989-1990 | ||
| Warren Spahn * | $28,000,000 | 1955-1958 | |||
| 5. | Jack Clark | $27,000,110 | 1984-1990 | ||
| 6. | Fred Lynn | $25,100,000 | 1981-1986 | ||
| 7. | Gene Conley * | $24,100,000 | 1963-1966 | ||
| 8. | Billy Hoeft | $24,000,100 | 1962-1968 | ||
| 9. | Joe Adcock | $23,165,000 | 1957-1960 | ||
| 10. | Gene Conley * | $22,100,000 | 1958-1962 | ||
| 11. | Jim Brewer * | $21,800,000 | 1971-1971 | ||
| 12. | Kent Peterson | $21,730,000 | 1956-1959 | ||
| 13. | Arky Vaughan * | $20,100,000 | 1946-1949 | ||
| 14. | Jim Brewer * | $20,000,000 | 1967-1970 | ||
| Jimmie Foxx * | $20,000,000 | 1931-1934 | |||
| 16. | Chili Davis | $19,000,000 | 1989-1990 | ||
| 17. | Van Mungo | $18,700,000 | 1938-1943 | ||
| 18. | Mike Schmidt | $18,500,000 | 1980-1985 | ||
| 19. | Rico Carty | $18,231,000 | 1971-1974 | ||
| 20. | Joe Adcock | $18,000,000 | 1961-1964 | ||
| Kent Peterson | $18,000,000 | 1952-1955 | |||
| Lou Whitaker | $18,000,000 | 1985-1988 | |||
| 23. | Rick Reuschel | $17,777,780 | 1980-1986 | ||
| 24. | Milt Wilcox | $17,500,000 | 1980-1986 | ||
| 25. | Ted Lyons | $17,460,000 | 1933-1938 | ||
| 26. | Rickey Henderson | $17,200,000 | 1989-1990 | ||
| 27. | Don Drysdale | $16,190,000 | 1967-1970 | ||
| 28. | Kent Peterson | $16,000,000 | 1960-1964 | ||
| 29. | Bobby Murcer | $15,750,000 | 1973-1976 | ||
| 30. | Ted Lyons | $15,655,800 | 1930-1932 | ||
| 31. | Gene Woodling * | $15,500,000 | 1951-1954 | ||
| 32. | John Hiller | $15,500,000 | 1976-1979 | ||
| Larry Parrish | $15,500,000 | 1982-1988 | |||
| 34. | Ted Williams * | $15,340,000 | 1951-1957 | ||
| 35. | Bill Barrett | $15,200,000 | 1931-1937 | ||
| 36. | Babe Ruth | $15,150,000 | 1930-1932 | ||
| 37. | Larry Doby | $15,100,000 | 1954-1957 | ||
| 38. | Earl Torgeson | $15,090,300 | 1954-1959 | ||
| 39. | Gary Nolan * | $15,000,000 | 1979-1982 | ||
| Billy North | $15,000,000 | 1978-1981 | |||
| Earl Robinson | $15,000,000 | 1969-1972 | |||
| Darryl Strawberry | $15,000,000 | 1990-1990 | |||
| Rudy York | $15,000,000 | 1941-1946 | |||
| 44. | Gene Woodling * | $14,865,890 | 1955-1958 | ||
| 45. | Vito Tamulis | $14,300,000 | 1941-1945 | ||
| 46. | Don Drysdale | $14,190,000 | 1963-1966 | ||
| 47. | Richie Zisk | $14,150,000 | 1978-1981 | ||
| 48. | Wally Berger * | $14,100,000 | 1940-1943 | ||
| 49. | Rico Carty | $14,000,000 | 1975-1977 | ||
| Dwight Evans | $14,000,000 | 1981-1984 | |||
| Mickey Mantle * | $14,000,000 | 1962-1968 | |||
| Eddie Yost | $14,000,000 | 1955-1961 | |||
| 53. | Harmon Killebrew * | $13,930,000 | 1966-1970 | ||
| 54. | Joe Moeller * | $13,777,780 | 1976-1982 | ||
| 55. | Johnny Briggs | $13,680,000 | 1977-1980 | ||
| 56. | Tom Qualters | $13,600,000 | 1968-1973 | ||
| 57. | Tommie Agee | $13,500,000 | 1972-1975 | ||
| Whitey Kurowski | $13,500,000 | 1952-1953 | |||
| Stan Musial | $13,500,000 | 1955-1956 | |||
| Mel Ott * | $13,500,000 | 1943-1946 | |||
| J.R. Richard * | $13,500,000 | 1984-1988 | |||
| 62. | Rogers Hornsby | $13,374,000 | 1930-1931 | ||
| 63. | Bob Hazle | $13,251,330 | 1962-1965 | ||
| 64. | Bert Blyleven | $13,000,000 | 1982-1985 | ||
| Larry Doby | $13,000,000 | 1958-1961 | |||
| Willie Hernandez | $13,000,000 | 1989-1990 | |||
| Chuck Klein | $13,000,000 | 1935-1940 | |||
| Danny McDevitt | $13,000,000 | 1964-1967 | |||
| Joe Moeller * | $13,000,000 | 1970-1975 | |||
| Stan Musial | $13,000,000 | 1951-1954 | |||
| 71. | Harmon Killebrew * | $12,930,000 | 1962-1965 | ||
| 72. | Chuck Stobbs * | $12,830,000 | 1962-1965 | ||
| 73. | Danny Frisella | $12,815,000 | 1978-1981 | ||
| 74. | Elmer Valo | $12,785,000 | 1951-1954 | ||
| 75. | Gary Geiger | $12,540,000 | 1967-1970 | ||
| 76. | Ted Kluszewski * | $12,500,000 | 1958-1961 | ||
| Ralph Winegarner | $12,500,000 | 1940-1944 | |||
| 78. | Ernie Lombardi | $12,353,020 | 1943-1945 | ||
| 79. | Lee Mazzilli | $12,200,000 | 1987-1990 | ||
| 80. | Edd Roush | $12,160,000 | 1930-1931 | ||
| 81. | Wally Berger * | $12,100,000 | 1935-1939 | ||
| Tom Qualters | $12,100,000 | 1962-1967 | |||
| 83. | Lou Gehrig | $12,010,000 | 1933-1938 | ||
| 84. | John Denny | $12,000,010 | 1985-1990 | ||
| 85. | John Gelnar | $12,000,000 | 1978-1979 | ||
| Rich Gossage | $12,000,000 | 1979-1980 | |||
| Ken Harrelson | $12,000,000 | 1975-1977 | |||
| Willie Hernandez | $12,000,000 | 1985-1988 | |||
| Harmon Killebrew * | $12,000,000 | 1971-1973 | |||
| Ted Kluszewski * | $12,000,000 | 1954-1957 | |||
| Mickey Mantle * | $12,000,000 | 1958-1961 | |||
| Amos Otis | $12,000,000 | 1978-1981 | |||
| Ted Williams * | $12,000,000 | 1945-1950 | |||
| 94. | John Gelnar | $11,660,000 | 1972-1977 | ||
| 95. | Steve Carlton * | $11,600,000 | 1976-1980 | ||
| 96. | George Grantham | $11,577,600 | 1930-1931 | ||
| 97. | Ferris Fain | $11,500,000 | 1956-1959 | ||
| Al Jackson | $11,500,000 | 1967-1970 | |||
| Dave Koslo | $11,500,000 | 1948-1953 | |||
| Hub Pruett | $11,500,000 | 1932-1936 | |||
| Duke Snider * | $11,500,000 | 1958-1961 | |||
| 102. | Bill Serena | $11,400,000 | 1959-1961 | ||
| 103. | George Brunet | $11,250,000 | 1970-1972 | ||
| Hank Greenberg * | $11,250,000 | 1943-1947 | |||
| 105. | Mitchell Page | $11,111,110 | 1984-1990 | ||
| 106. | Willie Mays * | $11,080,000 | 1960-1966 | ||
| Don Mincher | $11,080,000 | 1972-1975 | |||
| 108. | Jack Cummings * | $11,015,000 | 1933-1938 | ||
| 109. | Lou Gehrig | $11,010,100 | 1930-1932 | ||
| 110. | George Blaeholder | $11,000,000 | 1938-1940 | ||
| Lou Boudreau | $11,000,000 | 1946-1949 | |||
| Cesar Cedeno | $11,000,000 | 1980-1983 | |||
| Joe Dimaggio * | $11,000,000 | 1943-1949 | |||
| Dwight Evans | $11,000,000 | 1985-1988 | |||
| Ken Henderson | $11,000,000 | 1974-1977 | |||
| Monte Irvin | $11,000,000 | 1955-1958 | |||
| Danny Macfayden | $11,000,000 | 1937-1941 | |||
| Alex Metzler | $11,000,000 | 1931-1935 | |||
| Rance Mulliniks | $11,000,000 | 1989-1990 | |||
| Mel Ott * | $11,000,000 | 1936-1942 | |||
| Lance Rautzhan | $11,000,000 | 1984-1988 | |||
| Pete Reiser | $11,000,000 | 1952-1955 | |||
| Gene Tenace | $11,000,000 | 1976-1979 | |||
| Otto Velez | $11,000,000 | 1981-1984 | |||
| 125. | Pete Reiser | $10,910,000 | 1948-1951 | ||
| 126. | Chuck Stobbs * | $10,780,000 | 1966-1968 | ||
| 127. | Mike Hargrove | $10,750,000 | 1981-1984 | ||
| 128. | Mel Ott * | $10,720,000 | 1932-1935 | ||
| 129. | Wade Boggs | $10,500,000 | 1989-1990 | ||
| Jim Maloney | $10,500,000 | 1968-1971 | |||
| Eduardo Rodriguez | $10,500,000 | 1981-1984 | |||
| Vic Wertz | $10,500,000 | 1958-1958 | |||
| 133. | Rance Mulliniks | $10,250,000 | 1985-1988 | ||
| 134. | Jim Fregosi | $10,220,000 | 1968-1971 | ||
| 135. | Paul Dean * | $10,210,000 | 1939-1944 | ||
| 136. | Duke Snider * | $10,180,000 | 1954-1957 | ||
| 137. | Bill Skowron | $10,119,080 | 1965-1965 | ||
| 138. | Lou Boudreau | $10,100,000 | 1950-1953 | ||
| Steve Carlton * | $10,100,000 | 1972-1975 | |||
| Roy Johnson | $10,100,000 | 1935-1938 | |||
| 141. | Dave Keefe | $10,030,000 | 1930-1932 | ||
| Bob Miller | $10,030,000 | 1960-1963 | |||
| 143. | Jason Thompson | $10,025,000 | 1983-1986 | ||
| 144. | Harold Baines | $10,010,200 | 1990-1990 | ||
| 145. | Clint Hurdle | $10,010,010 | 1986-1989 | ||
| 146. | Wes Ferrell | $10,000,000 | 1936-1939 | ||
| 147. | George Blaeholder | $10,000,000 | 1932-1937 | ||
| Bill Butler | $10,000,000 | 1978-1983 | |||
| Bernie Carbo | $10,000,000 | 1977-1980 | |||
| Paul Dean * | $10,000,000 | 1945-1945 | |||
| Lefty Gomez | $10,000,000 | 1936-1939 | |||
| Gabby Hartnett | $10,000,000 | 1931-1933 | |||
| Ed Head | $10,000,000 | 1948-1952 | |||
| Danny Macfayden | $10,000,000 | 1933-1936 | |||
| Garry Maddox | $10,000,000 | 1980-1983 | |||
| Juan Marichal * | $10,000,000 | 1968-1973 | |||
| Johnny Mize * | $10,000,000 | 1943-1951 | |||
| Balor Moore | $10,000,000 | 1986-1986 | |||
| Eddie Murray | $10,000,000 | 1983-1986 | |||
| Robin Roberts | $10,000,000 | 1956-1959 | |||
| Hank Sauer | $10,000,000 | 1948-1951 | |||
| Willie Stargell | $10,000,000 | 1969-1972 | |||
| Vito Tamulis | $10,000,000 | 1940-1947 | |||
| Frank Tanana | $10,000,000 | 1980-1983 | |||
| 165. | Joe Hauser | $9,970,000 | 1932-1936 | ||
| 166. | Sarge Connally | $9,872,200 | 1930-1931 | ||
| 167. | Bill Slayback | $9,840,000 | 1980-1984 | ||
| 168. | Tommy Henrich | $9,750,000 | 1944-1947 | ||
| 169. | Hugh Canavan | $9,740,000 | 1930-1931 | ||
| 170. | George Winn | $9,684,100 | 1930-1932 | ||
| 171. | Harry Heilmann | $9,520,000 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 172. | Gabby Hartnett | $9,505,000 | 1935-1936 | ||
| 173. | Bob Bailey | $9,500,000 | 1973-1976 | ||
| Ralph Birkofer | $9,500,000 | 1940-1945 | |||
| Bobby Bonds * | $9,500,000 | 1975-1981 | |||
| Joe Coleman | $9,500,000 | 1975-1978 | |||
| Rickey Henderson | $9,500,000 | 1985-1988 | |||
| Earl Johnson * | $9,500,000 | 1951-1956 | |||
| Wally Judnich | $9,500,000 | 1946-1949 | |||
| Denis Menke | $9,500,000 | 1970-1973 | |||
| Ramon Monzant | $9,500,000 | 1963-1966 | |||
| Dale Murphy | $9,500,000 | 1985-1990 | |||
| Dave Parker | $9,500,000 | 1981-1984 | |||
| Gaylord Perry | $9,500,000 | 1969-1972 | |||
| Humberto Robinson | $9,500,000 | 1962-1965 | |||
| Joe Schultz | $9,500,000 | 1947-1949 | |||
| Paul Waner | $9,500,000 | 1935-1938 | |||
| 188. | Jakie May | $9,463,100 | 1930-1934 | ||
| 189. | Charlie Hollocher | $9,421,900 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 190. | Charlie Hollocher | $9,420,000 | 1931-1933 | ||
| 191. | Bill Swift * | $9,320,000 | 1942-1944 | ||
| 192. | Gary Peters | $9,300,000 | 1969-1972 | ||
| 193. | Hub Pruett | $9,286,800 | 1930-1931 | ||
| 194. | Jim O'Toole | $9,260,000 | 1967-1970 | ||
| 195. | Chuck Stobbs * | $9,250,000 | 1958-1961 | ||
| 196. | Babe Herman | $9,200,000 | 1937-1938 | ||
| Don Stanhouse | $9,200,000 | 1981-1984 | |||
| 198. | Buddy Blattner * | $9,180,000 | 1951-1954 | ||
| 199. | Paul Molitor | $9,170,000 | 1988-1990 | ||
| 200. | Les Mann | $9,154,200 | 1930-1932 | ||
| 201. | Tony Armas | $9,090,765 | 1988-1988 | ||
| 202. | Garland Buckeye | $9,030,000 | 1930-1933 | ||
| 203. | Cecil Cooper | $9,000,001 | 1988-1988 | ||
| Joe Haynes | $9,000,001 | 1954-1954 | |||
| 205. | Joe Beckwith | $9,000,000 | 1985-1988 | ||
| Andre Dawson | $9,000,000 | 1983-1983 | |||
| Ike Delock | $9,000,000 | 1961-1964 | |||
| Joe Dimaggio * | $9,000,000 | 1950-1953 | |||
| Goose Goslin | $9,000,000 | 1931-1934 | |||
| Jim Ray Hart | $9,000,000 | 1977-1977 | |||
| Johnny Hodapp | $9,000,000 | 1939-1940 | |||
| Steve Kline | $9,000,000 | 1979-1980 | |||
| Gil McDougald * | $9,000,000 | 1961-1964 | |||
| John Milner | $9,000,000 | 1979-1982 | |||
| Joe Morgan | $9,000,000 | 1976-1979 | |||
| Eddie Murray | $9,000,000 | 1987-1990 | |||
| Buddy Myer | $9,000,000 | 1931-1938 | |||
| Gary Nolan * | $9,000,000 | 1984-1984 | |||
| Johnny Rigney | $9,000,000 | 1943-1945 | |||
| Rollie Sheldon | $9,000,000 | 1970-1974 | |||
| Lee Smith | $9,000,000 | 1986-1988 | |||
| Lou Whitaker | $9,000,000 | 1989-1990 | |||
| 223. | Dick Dietz | $8,962,199 | 1976-1978 | ||
| 224. | Sandy Koufax * | $8,960,000 | 1969-1972 | ||
| 225. | Rick Wise | $8,880,000 | 1974-1977 | ||
| 226. | Bob Rush | $8,860,000 | 1955-1955 | ||
| 227. | Hank Aaron * | $8,840,000 | 1961-1967 | ||
| 228. | Larry French | $8,800,000 | 1939-1942 | ||
| Walt Masterson | $8,800,000 | 1948-1951 | |||
| 230. | Norm Cash | $8,780,000 | 1964-1969 | ||
| 231. | Arky Vaughan * | $8,770,000 | 1941-1945 | ||
| 232. | Bud Daley | $8,760,000 | 1964-1967 | ||
| 233. | Tony Lazzeri * | $8,750,000 | 1936-1940 | ||
| Heinie Manush | $8,750,000 | 1933-1935 | |||
| Masanori Murakami | $8,750,000 | 1971-1973 | |||
| Karl Spooner | $8,750,000 | 1960-1963 | |||
| Joe Torre | $8,750,000 | 1968-1971 | |||
| 238. | Gabby Hartnett | $8,741,900 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 239. | Mike Norris | $8,740,000 | 1986-1990 | ||
| 240. | Rusty Staub | $8,610,000 | 1978-1980 | ||
| 241. | Ed Baecht | $8,600,000 | 1931-1942 | ||
| Curt Blefary | $8,600,000 | 1972-1977 | |||
| 243. | Al Wingo | $8,580,300 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 244. | Del Ennis * | $8,550,000 | 1956-1960 | ||
| Mickey Mantle * | $8,550,000 | 1957-1957 | |||
| 246. | Billy Sullivan | $8,500,001 | 1940-1942 | ||
| 247. | Bob Bailey | $8,500,000 | 1969-1972 | ||
| Bobby Brown | $8,500,000 | 1956-1959 | |||
| Dean Chance | $8,500,000 | 1970-1978 | |||
| John Denny | $8,500,000 | 1981-1984 | |||
| Dennis Eckersley | $8,500,000 | 1986-1989 | |||
| Rollie Fingers | $8,500,000 | 1975-1978 | |||
| Johnny Frederick | $8,500,000 | 1935-1937 | |||
| Bill Hallahan | $8,500,000 | 1938-1939 | |||
| Babe Herman | $8,500,000 | 1931-1936 | |||
| Ron Kittle | $8,500,000 | 1989-1990 | |||
| Whitey Kurowski | $8,500,000 | 1948-1951 | |||
| Willie Mays * | $8,500,000 | 1967-1967 | |||
| Rick Monday | $8,500,000 | 1973-1979 | |||
| Joe Morgan | $8,500,000 | 1973-1975 | |||
| Howie Pollet | $8,500,000 | 1951-1954 | |||
| Eduardo Rodriguez | $8,500,000 | 1985-1988 | |||
| Jimmy Welsh | $8,500,000 | 1934-1936 | |||
| 264. | Dickie Thon | $8,490,000 | 1990-1990 | ||
| 265. | Alex Ferguson | $8,470,400 | 1930-1933 | ||
| 266. | Billy Sullivan | $8,400,000 | 1937-1939 | ||
| 267. | Gil Hodges * | $8,340,000 | 1953-1956 | ||
| 268. | Tommie Agee | $8,300,000 | 1968-1971 | ||
| Monte Irvin | $8,300,000 | 1951-1954 | |||
| 270. | Hack Wilson | $8,260,000 | 1930-1936 | ||
| 271. | Dick Allen | $8,250,000 | 1969-1975 | ||
| Mike Griffin | $8,250,000 | 1986-1989 | |||
| Paul Waner | $8,250,000 | 1932-1934 | |||
| 274. | Rickey Henderson | $8,242,857 | 1984-1984 | ||
| 275. | Boog Powell | $8,210,000 | 1973-1978 | ||
| 276. | Red Shea | $8,208,000 | 1930-1932 | ||
| 277. | Duke Snider * | $8,200,000 | 1962-1965 | ||
| 278. | Bobby Hofman | $8,170,000 | 1960-1962 | ||
| 279. | Goose Goslin | $8,158,600 | 1930-1930 | ||
| 280. | Lance Rautzhan | $8,142,857 | 1983-1983 | ||
| 281. | Ken Dayley | $8,120,000 | 1988-1990 | ||
| Dizzy Dean * | $8,120,000 | 1945-1946 | |||
| 283. | Carlos May | $8,100,000 | 1979-1980 | ||
| Van Mungo | $8,100,000 | 1944-1947 | |||
| 285. | Dick Drago | $8,090,000 | 1978-1981 | ||
| 286. | Freddie Lindstrom | $8,038,000 | 1930-1933 | ||
| 287. | Ken Singleton | $8,015,000 | 1978-1981 | ||
| 288. | Denny Walling | $8,000,172 | 1983-1986 | ||
| 289. | Max Bishop | $8,000,000 | 1933-1935 | ||
| Del Bissonette | $8,000,000 | 1935-1937 | |||
| Ken Boyer | $8,000,000 | 1964-1969 | |||
| Cesar Cedeno | $8,000,000 | 1977-1979 | |||
| Dean Chance | $8,000,000 | 1967-1969 | |||
| Ike Delock | $8,000,000 | 1965-1968 | |||
| Brian Downing | $8,000,000 | 1984-1986 | |||
| Larry French | $8,000,000 | 1943-1943 | |||
| Mike Garman | $8,000,000 | 1983-1988 | |||
| Lefty Grove | $8,000,000 | 1936-1938 | |||
| Grady Hatton | $8,000,000 | 1952-1953 | |||
| Bunny Hearn | $8,000,000 | 1931-1935 | |||
| Travis Jackson | $8,000,000 | 1931-1932 | |||
| Sandy Koufax * | $8,000,000 | 1962-1968 | |||
| Ken Landreaux | $8,000,000 | 1984-1990 | |||
| Jim Maloney | $8,000,000 | 1972-1975 | |||
| Joey McLaughlin | $8,000,000 | 1989-1990 | |||
| Tim McNamara | $8,000,000 | 1931-1934 | |||
| Masanori Murakami | $8,000,000 | 1978-1980 | |||
| Stan Musial | $8,000,000 | 1947-1950 | |||
| Monte Pearson | $8,000,000 | 1940-1943 | |||
| Pat Seerey | $8,000,000 | 1951-1954 | |||
| Willie Stargell | $8,000,000 | 1973-1976 | |||
| Willie Upshaw | $8,000,000 | 1989-1990 | |||
| Ellis Valentine | $8,000,000 | 1986-1989 | |||
| Vic Wertz | $8,000,000 | 1954-1957 | |||
| Rudy York | $8,000,000 | 1947-1949 |
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