Total Payroll
2,476,688,987
Team payrolls for 2007 are compiled as of opening day and are based only on players with contracts at that time. Players called up later in the season or added mid-season via trade are not considered as part of team payroll for a season.
2007 New York Yankees team roster AL East 189,259,045 94 68 2 4 4 209,081,577 Jason Giambi (1)2007 Boston Red Sox team roster AL East 143,026,214 96 66 1 2 1 133,390,035 Manny Ramirez (5)2007 New York Mets team roster NL East 115,231,663 88 74 2 5 9 137,793,376 Carlos Delgado (14)2007 Los Angeles Angels team roster AL West 109,251,333 94 68 1 3 3 119,216,333 Bartolo Colon (7)2007 Chicago White Sox team roster AL Central 108,671,833 72 90 4 11 24 121,189,332 Jim Thome (13)2007 Los Angeles Dodgers team roster NL West 108,454,524 82 80 4 9 16 118,588,536 Jason Schmidt (9)2007 Seattle Mariners team roster AL West 106,460,833 88 74 2 5 11 117,666,482 Richie Sexson (11)2007 Chicago Cubs team roster NL Central 99,670,332 85 77 1 6 12 118,345,833 Derrek Lee (23)2007 Detroit Tigers team roster AL Central 94,800,369 88 74 2 6 10 137,685,196 Magglio Ordonez (26)2007 Baltimore Orioles team roster AL East 93,174,808 69 93 4 13 28 67,196,246 Miguel Tejada (20)2007 St. Louis Cardinals team roster NL Central 90,286,823 78 84 3 10 18 99,624,449 Albert Pujols (33)2007 San Francisco Giants team roster NL West 90,219,056 71 91 5 15 26 76,594,500 Barry Bonds (10)2007 Philadelphia Phillies team roster NL East 89,428,213 89 73 1 3 7 98,269,880 Pat Burrell (23)2007 Houston Astros team roster NL Central 87,759,000 73 89 4 12 22 88,930,414 Lance Berkman (14)2007 Atlanta Braves team roster NL East 87,290,833 84 78 3 7 13 102,365,683 Andruw Jones (18)2007 Toronto Blue Jays team roster AL East 81,942,800 83 79 3 7 14 97,793,900 AJ Burnett (26)2007 Oakland Athletics team roster AL West 79,366,940 76 86 3 9 19 47,967,126 Jason Kendall (35)2007 Minnesota Twins team roster AL Central 71,439,500 79 83 3 8 17 56,932,766 Johan Santana (28)2007 Milwaukee Brewers team roster NL Central 70,986,500 83 79 2 8 15 80,937,499 Ben Sheets (47)2007 Cincinnati Reds team roster NL Central 68,524,980 72 90 5 13 23 74,117,695 Adam Dunn (53)2007 Texas Rangers team roster AL West 68,318,675 75 87 4 10 20 67,712,326 Kevin Millwood (67)2007 Kansas City Royals team roster AL Central 67,116,500 69 93 5 12 27 58,245,500 Mike Sweeney (49)2007 Cleveland Indians team roster AL Central 61,673,267 96 66 1 1 2 78,970,066 CC Sabathia (84)2007 San Diego Padres team roster NL West 58,110,567 89 74 3 4 8 73,677,616 Greg Maddux (59)2007 Colorado Rockies team roster NL West 54,041,000 90 73 2 2 6 68,655,500 Todd Helton (6)2007 Arizona Diamondbacks team roster NL West 52,067,546 90 72 1 1 5 66,202,712 Randy Johnson (75)2007 Pittsburgh Pirates team roster NL Central 38,537,833 68 94 6 16 29 48,689,783 Jack Wilson (152)2007 Washington Nationals team roster NL East 36,947,500 73 89 4 11 21 54,961,000 Cristian Guzman (197)2007 Florida Marlins team roster NL East 30,507,000 71 91 5 14 25 21,811,500 Miguel Cabrera (109)2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays team roster AL East 24,123,500 66 96 5 14 30 43,820,597 Carl Crawford (203)30 record(s)
1 Jason Giambi New York Yankees 23,428,571 2 Alex Rodriguez New York Yankees 22,708,525 3 Derek Jeter New York Yankees 21,600,000 4 Roger Clemens New York Yankees 17,400,000 5 Manny Ramirez Boston Red Sox 17,016,381 6 Todd Helton Colorado Rockies 16,600,000 7 Bartolo Colon Los Angeles Angels 16,000,000 7 Andy Pettitte New York Yankees 16,000,000 9 Jason Schmidt Los Angeles Dodgers 15,703,946 10 Barry Bonds San Francisco Giants 15,533,970 11 Richie Sexson Seattle Mariners 15,500,000 12 Bobby Abreu New York Yankees 15,000,000 13 Jim Thome Chicago White Sox 14,833,333 14 Vladimir Guerrero Los Angeles Angels 14,500,000 14 Lance Berkman Houston Astros 14,500,000 14 Carlos Delgado New York Mets 14,500,000 17 Pedro Martinez New York Mets 14,002,234 18 Andruw Jones Atlanta Braves 14,000,000 18 J.D. Drew Boston Red Sox 14,000,000 20 Miguel Tejada Baltimore Orioles 13,811,415 21 Rafael Furcal Los Angeles Dodgers 13,730,196 22 Carlos Beltran New York Mets 13,571,429 23 David Ortiz Boston Red Sox 13,250,000 23 Pat Burrell Philadelphia Phillies 13,250,000 23 Derrek Lee Chicago Cubs 13,250,000 26 Magglio Ordonez Detroit Tigers 13,200,000 26 A.J. Burnett Toronto Blue Jays 13,200,000 28 Roy Oswalt Houston Astros 13,000,000 28 Johan Santana Minnesota Twins 13,000,000 28 Curt Schilling Boston Red Sox 13,000,000 28 Johnny Damon New York Yankees 13,000,000 28 Hideki Matsui New York Yankees 13,000,000 33 Albert Pujols St. Louis Cardinals 12,937,813 34 Adrian Beltre Seattle Mariners 12,900,000 35 Jason Kendall Oakland Athletics 12,858,194 36 Roy Halladay Toronto Blue Jays 12,750,000 37 Ichiro Suzuki Seattle Mariners 12,500,000 37 Javier Vazquez Chicago White Sox 12,500,000 39 Carlos Zambrano Chicago Cubs 12,400,000 40 Chipper Jones Atlanta Braves 12,333,333 41 Scott Rolen St. Louis Cardinals 12,311,637 42 Jorge Posada New York Yankees 12,000,000 42 Paul Konerko Chicago White Sox 12,000,000 42 Torii Hunter Minnesota Twins 12,000,000 45 Garret Anderson Los Angeles Angels 11,600,000 46 Carlos Lee Houston Astros 11,500,000 47 Ben Sheets Milwaukee Brewers 11,125,000 48 Mike Mussina New York Yankees 11,070,423 49 Jason Varitek Boston Red Sox 11,000,000 49 Mike Sweeney Kansas City Royals 11,000,000 51 Gary Sheffield Detroit Tigers 10,916,071 52 Ivan Rodriguez Detroit Tigers 10,567,639 53 Mariano Rivera New York Yankees 10,500,000 53 Billy Wagner New York Mets 10,500,000 53 Troy Glaus Toronto Blue Jays 10,500,000 53 Adam Dunn Cincinnati Reds 10,500,000 57 Eric Milton Cincinnati Reds 10,333,333 58 Matt Morris San Francisco Giants 10,037,283 59 Barry Zito San Francisco Giants 10,000,000 59 Jon Garland Chicago White Sox 10,000,000 59 Greg Maddux San Diego Padres 10,000,000 59 Freddy Garcia Philadelphia Phillies 10,000,000 59 Alfonso Soriano Chicago Cubs 10,000,000 59 Carl Pavano New York Yankees 10,000,000 65 Armando Benitez San Francisco Giants 9,866,219 66 Jarrod Washburn Seattle Mariners 9,850,000 67 Kevin Millwood Texas Rangers 9,836,116 68 Jeff Kent Los Angeles Dodgers 9,814,117 69 Brian Giles San Diego Padres 9,666,667 70 Jim Edmonds St. Louis Cardinals 9,562,540 71 Derek Lowe Los Angeles Dodgers 9,500,000 71 Eric Chavez Oakland Athletics 9,500,000 71 Shawn Green New York Mets 9,500,000 71 Mark Buehrle Chicago White Sox 9,500,000 75 Randy Johnson Arizona Diamondbacks 9,100,546 76 Mike Lowell Boston Red Sox 9,000,000 76 Jose Contreras Chicago White Sox 9,000,000 76 Vicente Padilla Texas Rangers 9,000,000 76 Aramis Ramirez Chicago Cubs 9,000,000 76 Edgar Renteria Atlanta Braves 9,000,000 76 Kelvim Escobar Los Angeles Angels 9,000,000 76 Mark Teixeira Texas Rangers 9,000,000 83 Vernon Wells Toronto Blue Jays 8,787,500 84 CC Sabathia Cleveland Indians 8,750,000 84 Jason Isringhausen St. Louis Cardinals 8,750,000 86 Nomar Garciaparra Los Angeles Dodgers 8,516,697 87 Mike Piazza Oakland Athletics 8,500,000 87 Chris Carpenter St. Louis Cardinals 8,500,000 87 Orlando Cabrera Los Angeles Angels 8,500,000 87 Tim Hudson Atlanta Braves 8,500,000 91 Ken Griffey Cincinnati Reds 8,446,647 92 Jeff Weaver Seattle Mariners 8,325,000 93 Julio Lugo Boston Red Sox 8,250,000 94 Kenny Rogers Detroit Tigers 8,000,000 94 Jimmy Rollins Philadelphia Phillies 8,000,000 94 John Smoltz Atlanta Braves 8,000,000 94 Mark Kotsay Oakland Athletics 8,000,000 98 Jon Lieber Philadelphia Phillies 7,833,333 99 Melvin Mora Baltimore Orioles 7,758,503 100 Odalis Perez Kansas City Royals 7,750,000 100 Brad Penny Los Angeles Dodgers 7,750,000 101 record(s)