⚾ MLB Player Salaries — 2025

Highest paid baseball players ranked by annual salary. Data sourced from Baseball Reference contract data.

Top Team Payrolls

New York Mets

$340M

Juan Soto

Los Angeles Dodgers

$310M

Shohei Ohtani

New York Yankees

$295M

Aaron Judge

Philadelphia Phillies

$260M

Trea Turner

Texas Rangers

$250M

Max Scherzer

#	Player	Team	Position	Salary
1	Shohei Ohtani Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers	DH/P	$70,000,000
2	Juan Soto New York Mets	New York Mets	RF	$51,000,000
3	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays	1B	$43,500,000
4	Max Scherzer Texas Rangers	Texas Rangers	SP	$43,333,333
5	Aaron Judge New York Yankees	New York Yankees	RF	$40,000,000
6	Jacob deGrom Texas Rangers	Texas Rangers	SP	$37,000,000
7	Mike Trout Los Angeles Angels	Los Angeles Angels	CF	$37,117,000
8	Gerrit Cole New York Yankees	New York Yankees	SP	$36,000,000
9	Francisco Lindor New York Mets	New York Mets	SS	$34,100,000
10	Trea Turner Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia Phillies	SS	$33,250,000
11	Carlos Correa Minnesota Twins	Minnesota Twins	SS	$33,250,000
12	Corbin Burnes Arizona Diamondbacks	Arizona Diamondbacks	SP	$32,500,000
13	Corey Seager Texas Rangers	Texas Rangers	SS	$32,500,000
14	Manny Machado San Diego Padres	San Diego Padres	3B	$32,000,000
15	Mookie Betts Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers	SS	$30,416,667
16	Giancarlo Stanton New York Yankees	New York Yankees	DH	$29,000,000
17	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers	SP	$27,500,000
18	Freddie Freeman Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers	1B	$27,000,000
19	Nolan Arenado Houston Astros	Houston Astros	3B	$27,000,000
20	Bryce Harper Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia Phillies	1B	$26,000,000

Data Source: Baseball Reference (2025 season contracts).