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| Career Salary Leaderboard | |
| * - Indicates Hall of Fame Bold - Indicates active player |
| Rank | Player | Salary | Years | Single Season Leaderboard | |
| 1. | John Ward | $16,960,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 2. | Tim Keefe | $16,720,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| Jim McCormick | $16,720,000 | 1884-1884 | |||
| 4. | George Bradley | $16,110,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 5. | Will Sawyer | $15,990,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| Larry Corcoran | $15,990,000 | 1884-1884 | |||
| 7. | Charlie Sweeney | $15,390,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 8. | Jim Whitney | $15,280,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 9. | Dupee Shaw | $15,080,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 10. | Charley Radbourn | $15,000,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 11. | The Only Nolan | $14,930,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 12. | Will White | $14,750,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 13. | Bobby Mathews | $14,690,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 14. | Dick Burns | $14,480,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 15. | Lee Richmond | $14,250,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| Bob Emslie | $14,250,000 | 1884-1884 | |||
| 17. | Denny Driscoll | $14,060,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 18. | Fred Goldsmith | $13,770,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 19. | Sam Weaver | $13,180,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 20. | Stump Wiedman | $13,010,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 21. | Jack (da) Jones | $12,790,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 22. | Ed Cushman | $11,990,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 23. | Billy Taylor | $11,200,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 24. | Bob Barr | $11,020,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 25. | Harry Salisbury | $11,000,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| Dickie Flowers | $11,000,000 | 1884-1884 | |||
| Bobby Mitchell | $11,000,000 | 1884-1884 | |||
| 28. | Pud Galvin | $10,870,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 29. | Mickey Welch | $9,307,143 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 30. | Curry Foley | $9,200,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 31. | Harry McCormick | $9,135,714 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 32. | Ross Barnes | $9,000,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 33. | Tony Mullane | $8,778,571 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 34. | Fred Corey | $8,392,857 | 1884-1884 | ||
| Frank Mountain | $8,392,857 | 1884-1884 | |||
| 36. | Dan Brouthers | $8,060,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 37. | Gat Stires | $7,100,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 38. | Tom Barlow | $7,000,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 39. | King Kelly | $6,890,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| Roger Connor | $6,890,000 | 1884-1884 | |||
| 41. | Jim O'Rourke | $5,770,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 42. | Jim Britt | $5,400,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 43. | Cap Anson | $5,240,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 44. | Charlie Pabor | $5,222,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 45. | Count Gedney | $5,210,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 46. | Jim Egan | $5,055,050 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 47. | Steve Bellan | $5,000,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 48. | John O'Rourke | $4,835,715 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 49. | John McKelvey | $4,750,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 50. | Buttercup Dickerson | $4,550,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 51. | Hardy Richardson | $4,521,429 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 52. | Paul Hines | $4,460,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 53. | Bill Boyd | $4,222,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 54. | Ed Swartwood | $4,107,143 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 55. | Harry Stovey | $4,071,429 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 56. | Charley Jones | $4,050,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 57. | Clipper Flynn | $4,000,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| Mike McGeary | $4,000,000 | 1884-1884 | |||
| 59. | George Gore | $3,907,143 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 60. | Sam Wise | $3,850,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 61. | Buck Ewing | $3,792,857 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 62. | Jack Rowe | $3,464,286 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 63. | Tricky Nichols | $3,450,050 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 64. | George Derby | $3,371,429 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 65. | Dick McBride | $3,320,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 66. | Foghorn Bradley | $3,200,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 67. | Jim Tipper | $3,100,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 68. | Morrie Critchley | $3,000,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 69. | Deacon White | $2,890,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| Ezra Sutton | $2,890,000 | 1884-1884 | |||
| 71. | Jack Glasscock | $2,857,143 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 72. | Mike Moynahan | $2,821,429 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 73. | Fred Dunlap | $2,785,714 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 74. | Pete Hotaling | $2,664,286 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 75. | George Wood | $2,592,857 | 1884-1884 | ||
| Abner Dalrymple | $2,592,857 | 1884-1884 | |||
| 77. | Phonney Martin | $2,580,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 78. | Doc Landis | $2,500,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 79. | Orator Shaffer | $2,400,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 80. | Jack Gleason | $2,307,143 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 81. | Arthur Irwin | $2,285,714 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 82. | John Shetzline | $2,200,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 83. | Fraley Rogers | $2,125,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 84. | Bert Dorr | $2,100,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 85. | Tom York | $2,090,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 86. | Jake Goodman | $2,000,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| John Mansell | $2,000,000 | 1884-1884 | |||
| Hugh Campbell | $2,000,000 | 1884-1884 | |||
| Frank Buttery | $2,000,000 | 1884-1884 | |||
| 90. | Bill Stearns | $1,750,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 91. | Emil Gross | $1,707,143 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 92. | Sam Trott | $1,685,714 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 93. | George Wright | $1,670,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 94. | Tom Burns | $1,542,857 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 95. | Pete Gillespie | $1,528,571 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 96. | Mike Dorgan | $1,450,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 97. | John Dailey | $1,211,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 98. | Jack Farrell | $1,157,143 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 99. | John Morrill | $1,040,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 100. | Cy Bentley | $1,000,000 | 1884-1884 |
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