The 2021 salaries for the 117 major league baseball players on opening day rosters and disabled lists earning $10 million or more. Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from management and player sources and include salaries and pro-rated shares of signing bonuses and other guaranteed income. For some players, parts of salaries deferred without interest are discounted to reflect present-day values.
Club / Player / Salary
| 1, Trevor Bauer, LAD | $38,000,000 |
| 2, Mike Trout, LAA | 37,116,667 |
| 3, Gerrit Cole, NYY | 36,000,000 |
| 4, Nolan Arenado, StL | 35,000,000 |
| 5, Max Scherzer, Was | 34,503,480 |
| 6, Manny Machado, SD | 34,000,000 |
| 7, Justin Verlander, Hou | 33,000,000 |
| 8, Zack Greinke, Hou | 32,921,850 |
| 9, Stephen Strasburg, Was | 32,045,256 |
| 10, David Price, LAD | 32,000,000 |
| 11, Clayton Kershaw, LAD | 31,000,001 |
| 12, Miguel Cabrera, Det | 30,000,000 |
| (tie) Albert Pujols, LAA | 30,000,000 |
| 14, Jose Altuve, Hou | 29,000,000 |
| (tie) Giancarlo Stanton, NYY | 29,000,000 |
| 16, Jacob DeGrom, NYM | 28,131,955 |
| 17, Anthony Rendon, LAA | 28,071,429 |
| 18, Bryce Harper, Phi | 27,538,462 |
| 19, Paul Goldschmidt, StL | 25,333,333 |
| 20, Joey Votto, Cin | 25,000,000 |
| 21, Justin Upton, LAA | 24,700,000 |
| 22, Patrick Corbin, Was | 24,416,667 |
| 23, Chris Sale, Bos | 24,172,484 |
| 24, George Springer, Tor | 23,666,667 |
| 25, Yu Darvish, SD | 23,000,000 |
| 26, Wil Myers, SD | 22,500,000 |
| (tie) Zack Wheeler, Phi | 22,500,000 |
| 28, Freddie Freeman, Atl | 22,359,375 |
| 29, Francisco Lindor, NYM | 22,300,000 |
| 30, Buster Posey, SF | 22,177,778 |
| 31, Josh Donaldson, Min | 21,750,000 |
| 32, Chris Davis, Bal | 21,005,301 |
| 33, Charlie Blackmon, Col | 21,000,000 |
| (tie) Johnny Cueto, SF | 21,000,000 |
| (tie) Jason Heyward, Cubs | 21,000,000 |
| (tie) Eric Hosmer, SD | 21,000,000 |
| 37, Xander Bogaerts, Bos | 20,000,000 |
| (tie) Kenley Jansen, LAD | 20,000,000 |
| (tie) Andrew McCutchen, Phi | 20,000,000 |
| (tie) Hyun-Jin Ryu, Tor | 20,000,000 |
| 41, Kris Bryant, Cubs | 19,500,000 |
| 42, J.D. Martinez, Bos | 19,375,000 |
| 43, Kevin Gausman, SF | 18,900,000 |
| (tie) Marcus Stroman, NYM | 18,900,000 |
| 45, Mookie Betts, LAD | 18,658,692 |
| 46, Matt Carpenter, StL | 18,500,000 |
| (tie) Kyle Seager, Sea | 18,500,000 |
| (tie) Trevor Story, Col | 18,500,000 |
| 49, Evan Longoria, SF | 18,492,642 |
| 50, Yasmani Grandal, WSox | 18,250,000 |
| 51, J.T. Realmuto, Phi | 18,048,556 |
| 52, Dallas Keuchel, WSox | 18,000,000 |
| (tie) A.J. Pollock, LAD | 18,000,000 |
| (tie) Marcus Semien, Tor | 18,000,000 |
| 55, Madison Bumgarner, Ari | 17,882,892 |
| 56, Jose Abreu, WSox | 17,666,667 |
| 57, Brandon Belt, SF | 17,200,000 |
| 58, Nathan Eovaldi, Bos | 17,000,000 |
| (tie) Yusei Kikuchi, Sea | 17,000,000 |
| (tie) Miles Mikolas, StL | 17,000,000 |
| 61, Lorenzo Cain, Mil | 16,801,121 |
| 62, Khris Davis, Tex | 16,750,000 |
| 63, Dexter Fowler, LAA | 16,500,000 |
| (tie) Anthony Rizzo, Cubs | 16,500,000 |
| 65, Cody Bellinger, LAD | 16,100,000 |
| 66, Michael Brantley, Hou | 16,000,000 |
| (tie) Aroldis Chapman, NYY | 16,000,000 |
| (tie) Craig Kimbrel, Cubs | 16,000,000 |
| 69, Danny Duffy, KC | 15,500,000 |
| 70, Brandon Crawford, SF | 15,200,000 |
| 71, DJ LeMahieu, NYY | 15,000,000 |
| (tie) Charlie Morton, Atl | 15,000,000 |
| 73, Jean Segura, Phi | 14,850,000 |
| 74, Salvador Perez, KC | 14,200,000 |
| 75, Elvis Andrus, Oak | 14,000,000 |
| (tie) Nick Castellanos, Cin | 14,000,000 |
| (tie) Kyle Hendricks, Cubs | 14,000,000 |
| (tie) Mike Moustakas, Cin | 14,000,000 |
| (tie) Christian Yelich, Mil | 14,000,000 |
| 80, Corey Seager, LAD | 13,750,000 |
| 81, Didi Gregorius, Phi | 13,400,314 |
| 82, Alex Bregman, Hou | 13,000,000 |
| (tie) Zack Britton, NYY | 13,000,000 |
| (tie) Carlos Carrasco, NYM | 13,000,000 |
| (tie) Nelson Cruz, Min | 13,000,000 |
| (tie) Will Smith, Atl | 13,000,000 |
| (tie) Trea Turner, Was | 13,000,000 |
| 88, Starling Marte, Fla | 12,500,000 |
| 89, Miguel Sano, Min | 12,333,333 |
| 90, Michael Conforto, NYM | 12,250,000 |
| (tie) Aaron Nola, Phi | 12,250,000 |
| 92, Andrew Miller, StL | 12,000,000 |
| (tie) Marcell Ozuna, Atl | 12,000,000 |
| (tie) Tanner Roark, Tor | 12,000,000 |
| 95, Alex Cobb, LAA | 11,783,080 |
| 96, Carlos Correa, Hou | 11,700,000 |
| (tie) Carlos Martinez, StL | 11,700,000 |
| 98, Kevin Kiermaier, Tam | 11,666,667 |
| 99, Javier Baez, Cubs | 11,650,000 |
| 100, Jeurys Familia, NYM | 11,609,950 |
| 101, Gregory Polanco, Pit | 11,600,000 |
| 102, Justin Turner, LAD | 11,574,377 |
| 103, Liam Hendriks, WSox | 11,333,333 |
| 104, Blake Snell, SD | 11,100,000 |
| 105, Corey Kluber, NYY | 11,000,000 |
| (tie) Drew Smyly, Atl | 11,000,000 |
| 107, Sonny Gray, Cin | 10,825,000 |
| 108, Aaron Hicks, NYY | 10,785,714 |
| (tie) Eugenio Suarez, Cin | 10,785,714 |
| 110, Avisail Garcia, Mil | 10,750,000 |
| (tie) Luis Severino, NYY | 10,750,000 |
| 112, Trevor Rosenthal, Oak | 10,644,074 |
| 113, Andrelton Simmons, Min | 10,500,000 |
| 114, Randal Grichuk, Tor | 10,333,333 |
| 115, Aaron Judge, NYY | 10,175,000 |
| 116, Brad Hand, Was | 10,120,169 |
| 117, Michael Pineda, Min | 10,000,000 |