Total Payroll
2,655,395,194
Team payrolls for 2009 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.
2009 New York Yankees team roster AL East 201,449,189 103 59 1 1 1 209,081,577 Alex Rodriguez (1)2009 New York Mets team roster NL East 149,373,987 70 92 4 14 25 137,793,376 Carlos Beltran (5)2009 Chicago Cubs team roster NL Central 134,809,000 83 78 2 8 16 118,345,833 Carlos Zambrano (9)2009 Boston Red Sox team roster AL East 121,745,999 95 67 2 3 3 133,390,035 JD Drew (29)2009 Detroit Tigers team roster AL Central 115,085,145 86 77 2 6 13 137,685,196 Magglio Ordonez (7)2009 Los Angeles Angels team roster AL West 113,709,000 97 65 1 2 2 119,216,333 Torii Hunter (11)2009 Philadelphia Phillies team roster NL East 113,004,046 93 69 1 2 5 98,269,880 Ryan Howard (20)2009 Houston Astros team roster NL Central 102,996,414 74 88 5 12 23 88,930,414 Carlos Lee (6)2009 Los Angeles Dodgers team roster NL West 100,414,592 95 67 1 1 4 118,588,536 Manny Ramirez (2)2009 Seattle Mariners team roster AL West 98,904,166 85 77 3 7 14 117,666,482 Ichiro Suzuki (11)2009 Atlanta Braves team roster NL East 96,726,166 86 76 3 7 12 102,365,683 Tim Hudson (17)2009 Chicago White Sox team roster AL Central 96,068,500 79 83 3 9 18 121,189,332 Mark Buehrle (29)2009 San Francisco Giants team roster NL West 82,616,450 88 74 3 5 8 76,594,500 Barry Zito (10)2009 Cleveland Indians team roster AL Central 81,579,166 65 97 4 13 27 78,970,066 Travis Hafner (65)2009 Toronto Blue Jays team roster AL East 80,538,300 75 87 4 10 22 97,793,900 Roy Halladay (28)2009 Milwaukee Brewers team roster NL Central 80,182,502 80 82 3 9 17 80,937,499 Jeff Suppan (46)2009 St. Louis Cardinals team roster NL Central 77,605,109 91 71 1 4 7 99,624,449 Albert Pujols (26)2009 Colorado Rockies team roster NL West 75,201,000 92 70 2 3 6 68,655,500 Todd Helton (15)2009 Cincinnati Reds team roster NL Central 73,558,500 78 84 4 10 19 74,117,695 Aaron Harang (29)2009 Arizona Diamondbacks team roster NL West 73,516,666 70 92 5 13 24 66,202,712 Eric Byrnes (62)2009 Kansas City Royals team roster AL Central 70,519,333 65 97 5 12 26 58,245,500 Jose Guillen (55)2009 Texas Rangers team roster AL West 68,178,798 87 75 2 4 9 67,712,326 Michael Young (39)2009 Baltimore Orioles team roster AL East 67,101,666 64 98 5 14 28 67,196,246 Melvin Mora (104)2009 Minnesota Twins team roster AL Central 65,299,266 87 76 1 5 11 56,932,766 Justin Morneau (64)2009 Tampa Bay Rays team roster AL East 63,313,034 84 78 3 8 15 43,820,597 Carl Crawford (103)2009 Oakland Athletics team roster AL West 62,310,000 75 87 4 11 21 47,967,126 Matt Holliday (34)2009 Washington Nationals team roster NL East 60,328,000 59 103 5 16 30 54,961,000 Adam Dunn (104)2009 Pittsburgh Pirates team roster NL Central 48,693,000 62 99 6 15 29 48,689,783 Jack Wilson (124)2009 San Diego Padres team roster NL West 43,734,200 75 87 4 11 20 73,677,616 Jake Peavy (73)2009 Florida Marlins team roster NL East 36,834,000 87 75 2 6 10 21,811,500 Hanley Ramirez (161)30 record(s)
1 Alex Rodriguez New York Yankees 33,000,000 2 Manny Ramirez Los Angeles Dodgers 23,854,494 3 Derek Jeter New York Yankees 21,600,000 4 Mark Teixeira New York Yankees 20,625,000 5 Carlos Beltran New York Mets 19,243,682 6 Carlos Lee Houston Astros 19,000,000 7 Magglio Ordonez Detroit Tigers 18,971,596 8 Johan Santana New York Mets 18,876,139 9 Carlos Zambrano Chicago Cubs 18,750,000 10 Barry Zito San Francisco Giants 18,500,000 11 Ichiro Suzuki Seattle Mariners 18,000,000 11 Torii Hunter Los Angeles Angels 18,000,000 13 Alfonso Soriano Chicago Cubs 17,000,000 14 Aramis Ramirez Chicago Cubs 16,650,000 15 Todd Helton Colorado Rockies 16,600,000 16 A.J. Burnett New York Yankees 16,500,000 17 Tim Hudson Atlanta Braves 15,500,000 18 CC Sabathia New York Yankees 15,285,714 19 Jason Schmidt Los Angeles Dodgers 15,217,401 20 Ryan Howard Philadelphia Phillies 15,000,000 20 Derek Lowe Atlanta Braves 15,000,000 20 Mariano Rivera New York Yankees 15,000,000 20 Vladimir Guerrero Los Angeles Angels 15,000,000 24 Miguel Tejada Houston Astros 14,811,414 25 Lance Berkman Houston Astros 14,500,000 26 Albert Pujols St. Louis Cardinals 14,427,326 27 Miguel Cabrera Detroit Tigers 14,383,049 28 Roy Halladay Toronto Blue Jays 14,250,000 29 Aaron Harang Cincinnati Reds 14,000,000 29 Roy Oswalt Houston Astros 14,000,000 29 Gary Sheffield New York Mets 14,000,000 29 Mark Buehrle Chicago White Sox 14,000,000 29 J.D. Drew Boston Red Sox 14,000,000 34 Matt Holliday Oakland Athletics 13,500,000 35 Adrian Beltre Seattle Mariners 13,400,000 36 Chris Carpenter St. Louis Cardinals 13,302,583 37 Derrek Lee Chicago Cubs 13,250,000 38 Jorge Posada New York Yankees 13,100,000 39 Michael Young Texas Rangers 13,054,526 40 David Ortiz Boston Red Sox 13,000,000 40 Hideki Matsui New York Yankees 13,000,000 40 Jim Thome Chicago White Sox 13,000,000 40 Ted Lilly Chicago Cubs 13,000,000 40 Johnny Damon New York Yankees 13,000,000 45 Kevin Millwood Texas Rangers 12,868,892 46 Jeff Suppan Milwaukee Brewers 12,750,000 47 Jeremy Bonderman Detroit Tigers 12,500,000 47 Kosuke Fukudome Chicago Cubs 12,500,000 47 Mike Lowell Boston Red Sox 12,500,000 50 Hiroki Kuroda Los Angeles Dodgers 12,433,333 51 Carlos Silva Seattle Mariners 12,250,000 52 Troy Glaus St. Louis Cardinals 12,137,000 53 Francisco Cordero Cincinnati Reds 12,125,000 54 Brett Myers Philadelphia Phillies 12,083,333 55 Oliver Perez New York Mets 12,000,000 55 Paul Konerko Chicago White Sox 12,000,000 55 Brad Lidge Philadelphia Phillies 12,000,000 55 Carlos Delgado New York Mets 12,000,000 55 Jose Guillen Kansas City Royals 12,000,000 55 B.J. Ryan Toronto Blue Jays 12,000,000 55 Vicente Padilla Texas Rangers 12,000,000 62 Eric Byrnes Arizona Diamondbacks 11,666,666 63 Scott Rolen Toronto Blue Jays 11,625,000 64 Justin Morneau Minnesota Twins 11,600,000 65 Travis Hafner Cleveland Indians 11,500,000 65 Jermaine Dye Chicago White Sox 11,500,000 65 Javier Vazquez Atlanta Braves 11,500,000 65 Eric Chavez Oakland Athletics 11,500,000 69 Gil Meche Kansas City Royals 11,400,000 70 Chase Utley Philadelphia Phillies 11,285,714 71 Joe Nathan Minnesota Twins 11,250,000 72 Josh Beckett Boston Red Sox 11,166,666 73 Jake Peavy San Diego Padres 11,000,000 74 Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins 10,500,000 74 Billy Wagner New York Mets 10,500,000 76 Gary Matthews Los Angeles Angels 10,400,000 77 Bronson Arroyo Cincinnati Reds 10,125,000 78 Kerry Wood Cleveland Indians 10,000,000 78 Mike Cameron Milwaukee Brewers 10,000,000 78 Kelvim Escobar Los Angeles Angels 10,000,000 78 Carlos Guillen Detroit Tigers 10,000,000 78 Dontrelle Willis Detroit Tigers 10,000,000 78 Chipper Jones Atlanta Braves 10,000,000 78 Jose Contreras Chicago White Sox 10,000,000 78 Juan Pierre Los Angeles Dodgers 10,000,000 78 John Lackey Los Angeles Angels 10,000,000 87 Jason Marquis Colorado Rockies 9,875,000 88 Jarrod Washburn Seattle Mariners 9,850,000 89 Randy Winn San Francisco Giants 9,600,000 89 Aaron Rowand San Francisco Giants 9,600,000 91 Miguel Batista Seattle Mariners 9,500,000 92 Aaron Cook Colorado Rockies 9,375,000 93 Julio Lugo Boston Red Sox 9,250,000 94 Francisco Rodriguez New York Mets 9,166,666 95 Ryan Dempster Chicago Cubs 9,000,000 95 Brian Giles San Diego Padres 9,000,000 97 Doug Davis Arizona Diamondbacks 8,750,000 98 Brian Fuentes Los Angeles Angels 8,500,000 98 Ramon Hernandez Cincinnati Reds 8,500,000 98 Jimmy Rollins Philadelphia Phillies 8,500,000 100 record(s)
