Who is the highest-paid MLB player in 2025? Top 25 baseball salaries
Juan Soto holds the title.
In December, he agreed to a 15-year, $765 million deal 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.
Shohei Ohtani, who agreed to a historic 10-year, $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers before the 2024 season, will average $70 million per year. But because of his heavily deferred deal, he will make much less than that.
Ohtani is deferring $68 million of his $70 million annual salary, lowering his present-day value to $28 million. Ohtani is actually the 18th highest-paid player in baseball as calculated by the MLB Labor Relations Department in 2025.
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Who are the highest-paid MLB players in 2025?
(In present-day value calculated by MLB)
1 − Juan Soto, Mets − $61,875,000
2 − Zack Wheeler, Phillies − $42,000,000
T3 − Aaron Judge, Yankees − $40,000,000
T3 − Jacob deGrom, Rangers − $40,000,000
5 − Anthony Rendon, Angels − $38,571,429
6 − Carlos Correa, Twins − $37,333,333
7 − Mike Trout, Angels − $37,116,667
8 − Gerrit Cole, Yankees − $36,000,000
9 − Jose Altuve, Astros − $33,000,000
10 − Corey Seager, Rangers − $32,500,000
11 − Francisco Lindor, Mets − $32,477,639
12 − Giancarlo Stanton, Yankees − $32,000,000
13 − Corbin Burnes, Diamondbacks − $30,791,435
T14 − Pete Alonso, Mets − $30,000,000
T14 − Tyler Glasnow, Dodgers − $30,000,000
16 − Nolan Arenado, Cardinals − $29,533,909
17 − Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., Blue Jays − $28,500,000
18 − Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers − $28,213,523
19 − Dansby Swanson, Cubs − $28,000,000
20 − Carlos Rodon, Yankees − $27,833,333
21 − Bryce Harper, Phillies − $27,538,462
22 − Cody Bellinger, Yankees − $27,500,000
23 − Trea Turner, Phillies − $27,272,727
24 − Kris Bryant, Rockies − $27,000,000
25 − Blake Snell, Dodgers − $26,825,953
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.