Who is highest-paid outfielder in MLB? Top salaries in 2025.
Juan Soto broke the bank.
In December, he agreed to a 15-year, $765 million contract with the New York Mets, the largest deal in professional sports history. His salary in 2025 will be $61.88 million, easily making him the highest-paid player in baseball.
The deal also didn't include a penny of deferred money with a $75 million signing bonus, along with an opt-out after the fifth year.
Soto’s deal is more than $300 million richer than any contract in the history of baseball.
Shohei Ohtani signed a 10-year, $700 million contract last year with the Los Angeles Dodgers, but with $680 million deferred, it lowered the present-day value to about $460 million.
Soto's average annual salary of $51 million is also a record for a baseball player.
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Who are the highest-paid MLB outfielders in 2025?
(In present-day value calculated by MLB)
- Juan Soto, Mets − $61,875,000
- Aaron Judge, Yankees − $40,000,000
- Mike Trout, Angels − $37,116,667
- Jose Altuve, Astros − $33,000,000
- Cody Bellinger, Yankees − $27,500,000
- George Springer, Blue Jays − $24,166,667
- Christian Yelich, Brewers − $24,092,771
- Ian Happ, Cubs − $21,000,000
- Starling Marte, Mets − $20,750,000
- Fernando Tatis, Jr., Padres − $20,714,286
- Brandon Nimmo, Mets − $20,500,000
- Julio Rodriguez, Mariners − $20,185,714
- Nick Castellanos, Phillies − $20,000,000
- Seiya Suzuki, Cubs − $19,000,000
- Masataka Yoshida, Red Sox − $18,600,000
The figures, compiled by Paste BN, are calculated by the MLB Labor Relations Department of the present-day value of contracts including deferrals and signing bonuses.
The figures by MLB and distributed to all teams are intended to reflect the cash obligations in any given year.