The 2001 salaries for the 425 major league baseball players on opening day rosters and disabled lists earning $1 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.
| 2007 Millionaires | 2006 Millionaires | 2005 Millionaires | 2004 Millionaires | 2003 Millionaires | 2000 Millionaires | 1999 Millionaires |
| Rank | Player | Club | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Rodriguez | Tex | $22,000,000 |
| 2 | Kevin Brown | LA | 15,714,286 |
| 3 | Mike Piazza | NYM | 13,571,429 |
| 4 | Randy Johnson | Ari | 13,350,000 |
| 5 | Mo Vaughn | Ana | 13,166,667 |
| 6 | Greg Maddux | Atl | 13,100,000 |
| 7 | Manny Ramirez | Bos | 13,033,075 |
| 8 | Pedro Martinez | Bos | 13,000,000 |
| 9 | Derek Jeter | NYY | 12,600,000 |
| 10 | Bernie Williams | NYY | 12,357,143 |
| 11 | Carlos Delgado | Tor | 12,200,000 |
| 12 | Shawn Green | LA | 12,166,667 |
| (tie) | Larry Walker | Col | 12,166,667 |
| 14 | Albert Belle | Bal | 12,049,040 |
| 15 | Sammy Sosa | Cubs | 12,000,000 |
| 16 | Raul Mondesi | Tor | 11,500,000 |
| 17 | Mark McGwire | StL | 11,000,000 |
| 18 | Mike Hampton | Col | 10,500,000 |
| 19 | Chipper Jones | Atl | 10,333,333 |
| 20 | Barry Bonds | SF | 10,300,000 |
| (tie) | Roger Clemens | NYY | 10,300,000 |
| 22 | Juan Gonzalez | Cle | 10,000,000 |
| (tie) | Mike Mussina | NYY | 10,000,000 |
| 24 | Frank Thomas | WSox | 9,927,000 |
| 25 | Gary Sheffield | LA | 9,916,667 |
| 26 | Chan Ho Park | LA | 9,900,000 |
| 27 | Al Leiter | NYM | 9,750,000 |
| 28 | Ken Griffey Jr. | Cin | 9,709,882 |
| 29 | Darren Dreifort | LA | 9,400,000 |
| 30 | David Wells | WSox | 9,250,000 |
| 31 | Mariano Rivera | NYY | 9,150,000 |
| 32 | Brian Jordan | Atl | 9,100,000 |
| 33 | Wilson Alvarez | Tam | 9,000,000 |
| (tie) | Barry Larkin | Cin | 9,000,000 |
| (tie) | Matt Williams | Ari | 9,000,000 |
| 36 | Tom Glavine | Atl | 8,939,863 |
| 37 | Chuck Finley | Cle | 8,911,948 |
| 38 | Rafael Palmeiro | Tex | 8,620,921 |
| 39 | Ivan Rodriguez | Tex | 8,600,000 |
| 40 | Kevin Appier | NYM | 8,500,000 |
| (tie) | Robin Ventura | NYM | 8,500,000 |
| 42 | Andruw Jones | Atl | 8,200,000 |
| 43 | Jim Thome | Cle | 8,175,000 |
| 44 | Ray Lankford | StL | 8,100,000 |
| 45 | Jay Bell | Ari | 8,000,000 |
| (tie) | Kenny Lofton | Cle | 8,000,000 |
| (tie) | John Smoltz | Atl | 8,000,000 |
| 48 | Carlos Perez | LA | 7,833,333 |
| 49 | Craig Biggio | Hou | 7,750,000 |
| (tie) | Javy Lopez | Atl | 7,750,000 |
| (tie) | Brad Radke | Min | 7,750,000 |
| 52 | Dean Palmer | Det | 7,500,000 |
| (tie) | Kenny Rogers | Tex | 7,500,000 |
| (tie) | Aaron Sele | Sea | 7,500,000 |
| 55 | Greg Vaughn | Tam | 7,479,409 |
| 56 | Eric Karros | LA | 7,375,000 |
| 57 | Roberto Alomar | Cle | 7,342,698 |
| 58 | Carl Everett | Bos | 7,333,333 |
| (tie) | Brian Giles | Pit | 7,333,333 |
| 60 | Vinny Castilla | Tam | 7,250,000 |
| (tie) | Nomar Garciaparra | Bos | 7,250,000 |
| (tie) | Joey Hamilton | Tor | 7,250,000 |
| 63 | Shane Reynolds | Hou | 7,166,667 |
| 64 | Johnny Damon | Oak | 7,100,000 |
| 65 | Dante Bichette | Bos | 7,000,000 |
| (tie) | Alex Fernandez | Fla | 7,000,000 |
| (tie) | David Justice | NYY | 7,000,000 |
| (tie) | Denny Neagle | Col | 7,000,000 |
| (tie) | Darren Oliver | Tex | 7,000,000 |
| (tie) | Andy Pettitte | NYY | 7,000,000 |
| 71 | Pedro Astacio | Col | 6,850,000 |
| 72 | Todd Zeile | NYM | 6,833,333 |
| 73 | Jose Offerman | Bos | 6,750,000 |
| (tie) | Rick Reed | NYM | 6,750,000 |
| 75 | John Olerud | Sea | 6,700,000 |
| 76 | Darryl Kile | StL | 6,666,667 |
| 77 | David Segui | Bal | 6,658,731 |
| 78 | Trevor Hoffman | SD | 6,600,000 |
| (tie) | Robb Nen | SF | 6,600,000 |
| 80 | Brady Anderson | Bal | 6,536,612 |
| 81 | Jeff Bagwell | Hou | 6,500,000 |
| (tie) | Jeffrey Hammonds | Mil | 6,500,000 |
| (tie) | Jamie Moyer | Sea | 6,500,000 |
| (tie) | Paul O'Neill | NYY | 6,500,000 |
| (tie) | Curt Schilling | Ari | 6,500,000 |
| (tie) | Kevin Tapani | Cubs | 6,500,000 |
| 87 | Jeff Shaw | LA | 6,383,333 |
| 88 | Andy Benes | StL | 6,367,542 |
| 89 | John Valentin | Bos | 6,350,000 |
| 90 | Mike Lieberthal | Phi | 6,333,333 |
| 91 | Scott Erickson | Bal | 6,300,921 |
| 92 | Cal Ripken Jr. | Bal | 6,300,000 |
| 93 | Mike Lansing | Bos | 6,250,000 |
| (tie) | Jose Lima | Hou | 6,250,000 |
| 95 | Kevin Young | Pit | 6,125,000 |
| 96 | Andy Ashby | LA | 6,000,000 |
| (tie) | Andres Galarraga | Tex | 6,000,000 |
| (tie) | Vladimir Guerrero | Mon | 6,000,000 |
| (tie) | Roberto Hernandez | KC | 6,000,000 |
| (tie) | Sterling Hitchcock | SD | 6,000,000 |
| (tie) | Jeff Kent | SF | 6,000,000 |
| (tie) | Chuck Knoblauch | NYY | 6,000,000 |
| (tie) | Tino Martinez | NYY | 6,000,000 |
| (tie) | Charles Nagy | Cle | 6,000,000 |
| 105 | Fred McGriff | Tam | 5,973,991 |
| 106 | James Baldwin | WSox | 5,950,000 |
| 107 | Ray Durham | WSox | 5,900,000 |
| 108 | Armando Benitez | NYM | 5,812,500 |
| 109 | Travis Fryman | Cle | 5,750,000 |
| (tie) | Ryan Klesko | SD | 5,750,000 |
| (tie) | J.T. Snow | SF | 5,750,000 |
| 112 | Edgardo Alfonzo | NYM | 5,725,000 |
| 113 | Ichiro Suzuki | Sea | 5,695,000 |
| 114 | Tim Salmon | Ana | 5,683,013 |
| 115 | Ellis Burks | Cle | 5,666,667 |
| 116 | Juan Guzman | Tam | 5,620,316 |
| 117 | Jim Edmonds | StL | 5,619,980 |
| 118 | Jeromy Burnitz | Mil | 5,512,500 |
| 119 | Cliff Floyd | Fla | 5,500,000 |
| (tie) | Edgar Martinez | Sea | 5,500,000 |
| (tie) | Scott Rolen | Phi | 5,500,000 |
| 122 | Steve Finley | Ari | 5,375,000 |
| 123 | Dustin Hermanson | StL | 5,333,333 |
| 124 | Bobby Higginson | Det | 5,325,000 |
| 125 | Dave Mlicki | Det | 5,300,000 |
| 126 | Moises Alou | Hou | 5,250,000 |
| (tie) | Scott Brosius | NYY | 5,250,000 |
| (tie) | Damion Easley | Det | 5,250,000 |
| 129 | Jon Lieber | Cubs | 5,083,333 |
| (tie) | Woody Williams | SD | 5,083,333 |
| 131 | Kazuhiro Sasaki | Sea | 5,070,000 |
| 132 | Derek Bell | Pit | 5,000,000 |
| (tie) | Dave Burba | Cle | 5,000,000 |
| (tie) | Marquis Grissom | LA | 5,000,000 |
| (tie) | Charles Johnson | Fla | 5,000,000 |
| (tie) | Al Martin | Sea | 5,000,000 |
| (tie) | Mike Sweeney | KC | 5,000,000 |
| (tie) | Jose Valentin | WSox | 5,000,000 |
| (tie) | Billy Wagner | Hou | 5,000,000 |
| (tie) | Devon White | Mil | 5,000,000 |
| 141 | Bobby Abreu | Phi | 4,983,333 |
| 142 | Todd Helton | Col | 4,950,000 |
| 143 | Kirk Rueter | SF | 4,866,667 |
| 144 | Luis Gonzalez | Ari | 4,833,333 |
| 145 | Shawn Estes | SF | 4,725,000 |
| 146 | B.J. Surhoff | Atl | 4,708,990 |
| 147 | Tony Clark | Det | 4,662,500 |
| 148 | Troy O'Leary | Bos | 4,600,000 |
| 149 | Jeff Cirillo | Col | 4,550,000 |
| 150 | Garret Anderson | Ana | 4,500,000 |
| (tie) | Rod Beck | Bos | 4,500,000 |
| (tie) | Royce Clayton | WSox | 4,500,000 |
| (tie) | Rusty Greer | Tex | 4,500,000 |
| (tie) | Rick Helling | Tex | 4,500,000 |
| (tie) | Hideo Nomo | Bos | 4,500,000 |
| (tie) | Edgar Renteria | StL | 4,500,000 |
| (tie) | Bret Saberhagen | Bos | 4,500,000 |
| (tie) | Eric Young | Cubs | 4,500,000 |
| 159 | Dan Wilson | Sea | 4,400,000 |
| 160 | Fernando Vina | StL | 4,333,333 |
| 161 | Mike Bordick | Bal | 4,311,622 |
| 162 | Brad Ausmus | Hou | 4,250,000 |
| (tie) | Alex S. Gonzalez | Tor | 4,250,000 |
| (tie) | Esteban Loaiza | Tor | 4,250,000 |
| (tie) | Mike Timlin | StL | 4,250,000 |
| 166 | Delino Deshields | Bal | 4,209,324 |
| 167 | Ugueth Urbina | Mon | 4,200,000 |
| 168 | Brian Anderson | Ari | 4,125,000 |
| 169 | Pat Hentgen | Bal | 4,123,245 |
| 170 | Jason Giambi | Oak | 4,103,333 |
| 171 | Jorge Posada | NYY | 4,050,000 |
| 172 | Mark Grudzielanek | LA | 4,000,000 |
| (tie) | Omar Olivares | Pit | 4,000,000 |
| (tie) | Rey Ordonez | NYM | 4,000,000 |
| (tie) | Lee Stevens | Mon | 4,000,000 |
| (tie) | Todd Stottlemyre | Ari | 4,000,000 |
| (tie) | Rondell White | Cubs | 4,000,000 |
| (tie) | Russ Womack | Ari | 4,000,000 |
| 179 | Todd Jones | Det | 3,975,000 |
| 180 | Matt Lawton | Min | 3,900,000 |
| (tie) | Quilvio Veras | Atl | 3,900,000 |
| 182 | Francisco Cordova | Pit | 3,850,000 |
| 183 | Jermaine Dye | KC | 3,800,000 |
| 184 | Pat Meares | Pit | 3,790,000 |
| 185 | Pete Harnisch | Cin | 3,750,000 |
| (tie) | Magglio Ordonez | WSox | 3,750,000 |
| 187 | John Franco | NYM | 3,583,333 |
| (tie) | Matt Mantei | Ari | 3,583,333 |
| 189 | Neifi Perez | Col | 3,550,000 |
| 190 | Deivi Cruz | Det | 3,525,000 |
| (tie) | Darrin Fletcher | Tor | 3,525,000 |
| 192 | Carlos Hernandez | StL | 3,500,000 |
| (tie) | Richard Hidalgo | Hou | 3,500,000 |
| (tie) | Todd Hundley | Cubs | 3,500,000 |
| (tie) | Mark Loretta | Mil | 3,500,000 |
| (tie) | Dmitri Young | Cin | 3,500,000 |
| 197 | Darin Erstad | Ana | 3,450,000 |
| 198 | Mike Cameron | Sea | 3,416,667 |
| (tie) | Tom Goodwin | LA | 3,416,667 |
| 200 | Ricky Gutierrez | Cubs | 3,400,000 |
| (tie) | Troy Percival | Ana | 3,400,000 |
| 202 | Brian Bohanon | Col | 3,333,333 |
| (tie) | Darryl Hamilton | NYM | 3,333,333 |
| (tie) | Jose Hernandez | Mil | 3,333,333 |
| (tie) | Jeff Nelson | Sea | 3,333,333 |
| 206 | Tony Batista | Tor | 3,300,000 |
| (tie) | Gil Heredia | Oak | 3,300,000 |
| (tie) | Jason Isringhausen | Oak | 3,300,000 |
| 209 | Rich Aurilia | SF | 3,250,000 |
| (tie) | Bret Boone | Sea | 3,250,000 |
| (tie) | Ken Caminiti | Tex | 3,250,000 |
| (tie) | John Jaha | Oak | 3,250,000 |
| (tie) | Arthur Rhodes | Sea | 3,250,000 |
| (tie) | Jose Rosado | KC | 3,250,000 |
| 215 | Pokey Reese | Cin | 3,200,000 |
| (tie) | Jason Schmidt | Pit | 3,200,000 |
| (tie) | Matt Stairs | Cubs | 3,200,000 |
| 218 | Jason Kendall | Pit | 3,150,000 |
| (tie) | Randy Velarde | Tex | 3,150,000 |
| 220 | Keith Foulke | WSox | 3,100,000 |
| (tie) | Kevin Millwood | Atl | 3,100,000 |
| 222 | Turk Wendell | NYM | 3,100,000 |
| 223 | Livan Hernandez | SF | 3,025,000 |
| 224 | Doug Glanville | Phi | 3,016,667 |
| 225 | Sean Casey | Cin | 3,000,000 |
| (tie) | Jeff Conine | Bal | 3,000,000 |
| (tie) | Chris Gomez | SD | 3,000,000 |
| (tie) | Mark Grace | Ari | 3,000,000 |
| (tie) | Graeme Lloyd | Mon | 3,000,000 |
| (tie) | Alan Mills | Bal | 3,000,000 |
| (tie) | Mike Sirotka | Tor | 3,000,000 |
| (tie) | Steve Trachsel | NYM | 3,000,000 |
| (tie) | Omar Vizquel | Cle | 3,000,000 |
| (tie) | Tim Wakefield | Bos | 3,000,000 |
| 235 | Albie Lopez | Tam | 2,975,000 |
| (tie) | Robert Person | Phi | 2,975,000 |
| 237 | Sandy Alomar Jr. | WSox | 2,900,000 |
| (tie) | Jose Mesa | Phi | 2,900,000 |
| 239 | Gerald Williams | Tam | 2,873,439 |
| 240 | Ron Villone | Col | 2,800,000 |
| 241 | Omar Daal | Phi | 2,750,000 |
| (tie) | J.D. Drew | StL | 2,750,000 |
| (tie) | Ben Grieve | Tam | 2,750,000 |
| (tie) | Todd Hollandsworth | Col | 2,750,000 |
| (tie) | Jose Mercedes | Bal | 2,750,000 |
| (tie) | Bill Mueller | Cubs | 2,750,000 |
| (tie) | Terry Mulholland | Pit | 2,750,000 |
| (tie) | Fernando Tatis | Mon | 2,750,000 |
| 249 | John Flaherty | Tam | 2,724,447 |
| 250 | Marvin Benard | SF | 2,700,000 |
| (tie) | Roger Cedeno | Det | 2,700,000 |
| (tie) | Steve Karsay | Cle | 2,700,000 |
| 253 | Wil Cordero | Cle | 2,666,667 |
| 254 | Bartolo Colon | Cle | 2,625,000 |
| 255 | Terry Adams | LA | 2,600,000 |
| (tie) | Bob Wickman | Cle | 2,600,000 |
| 257 | Chris Carpenter | Tor | 2,583,333 |
| (tie) | Rheal Cormier | Phi | 2,583,333 |
| 259 | Jaret Wright | Cle | 2,562,500 |
| 260 | Homer Bush | Tor | 2,550,000 |
| 261 | Brad Fullmer | Tor | 2,500,000 |
| (tie) | Hideki Irabu | Mon | 2,500,000 |
| (tie) | Darren Lewis | Bos | 2,500,000 |
| (tie) | Ismael Valdes | Ana | 2,500,000 |
| (tie) | Jose Vidro | Mon | 2,500,000 |
| 266 | Antonio Alfonseca | Fla | 2,450,000 |
| (tie) | Mike Stanton | NYY | 2,450,000 |
| 268 | Brian Moehler | Det | 2,416,667 |
| 269 | Greg Swindell | Ari | 2,411,846 |
| 270 | Dennis Cook | NYM | 2,400,000 |
| (tie) | Alan Embree | SF | 2,400,000 |
| (tie) | Jeff Fassero | Cubs | 2,400,000 |
| 273 | Jose Cruz Jr. | Tor | 2,350,000 |
| (tie) | Jeff Suppan | KC | 2,350,000 |
| (tie) | Jamey Wright | Mil | 2,350,000 |
| 276 | Mike Trombley | Bal | 2,333,333 |
| 277 | Doug Brocail | Hou | 2,300,000 |
| (tie) | Jeff D'Amico | Mil | 2,300,000 |
| (tie) | Paul Konerko | WSox | 2,300,000 |
| (tie) | Joe Randa | KC | 2,300,000 |
| (tie) | Rey Sanchez | KC | 2,300,000 |
| 282 | Steve Parris | Tor | 2,275,000 |
| (tie) | Julian Tavarez | Cubs | 2,275,000 |
| 284 | Jason Bere | Cubs | 2,250,000 |
| (tie) | Frank Castillo | Bos | 2,250,000 |
| 286 | David Bell | Sea | 2,200,000 |
| (tie) | Luis Castillo | Fla | 2,200,000 |
| (tie) | Jimmy Haynes | Mil | 2,200,000 |
| (tie) | Dan Plesac | Tor | 2,200,000 |
| 290 | Shannon Stewart | Tor | 2,183,333 |
| 291 | John Johnstone | SF | 2,175,000 |
| 292 | Eric Milton | Min | 2,150,000 |
| 293 | Mark Kotsay | SD | 2,125,000 |
| (tie) | Derek Lowe | Bos | 2,125,000 |
| 295 | Danny Graves | Cin | 2,100,000 |
| (tie) | Sidney Ponson | Bal | 2,100,000 |
| (tie) | Paul Quantrill | Tor | 2,100,000 |
| 298 | Orlando Hernandez | NYY | 2,050,000 |
| (tie) | Mark Petkovsek | Tex | 2,050,000 |
| 300 | Miguel Tejada | Oak | 2,025,000 |
| 301 | Kent Bottenfield | Hou | 2,000,000 |
| (tie) | Chad Curtis | Tex | 2,000,000 |
| (tie) | Joe Girardi | Cubs | 2,000,000 |
| (tie) | Tom Gordon | Cubs | 2,000,000 |
| (tie) | Buddy Groom | Bal | 2,000,000 |
| (tie) | Brent Mayne | Col | 2,000,000 |
| (tie) | Mark McLemore | Sea | 2,000,000 |
| (tie) | Dan Miceli | Fla | 2,000,000 |
| (tie) | Pat Rapp | Ana | 2,000,000 |
| (tie) | Armando Reynoso | Ari | 2,000,000 |
| (tie) | Paul Shuey | Cle | 2,000,000 |
| (tie) | Javier Vazquez | Mon | 2,000,000 |
| 313 | Kerry Wood | Cubs | 1,940,000 |
| 314 | Todd Ritchie | Pit | 1,933,333 |
| 315 | Billy Simas | WSox | 1,925,000 |
| 316 | Pat Burrell | Phi | 1,905,000 |
| 317 | T.J. Mathews | Oak | 1,900,000 |
| (tie) | Brian Meadows | KC | 1,900,000 |
| (tie) | John Rocker | Atl | 1,900,000 |
| (tie) | Dave Veres | StL | 1,900,000 |
| 321 | Jay Buhner | Sea | 1,850,000 |
| (tie) | Chris Holt | Det | 1,850,000 |
| (tie) | John Vander Wal | Pit | 1,850,000 |
| 324 | Russ Springer | Ari | 1,825,000 |
| 325 | Eddie Guardado | Min | 1,800,000 |
| (tie) | Mark Guthrie | Oak | 1,800,000 |
| (tie) | Glendon Rusch | NYM | 1,800,000 |
| (tie) | Eddie Taubensee | Cle | 1,800,000 |
| (tie) | Michael Tucker | Cin | 1,800,000 |
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