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| Center Fielders Single-Season Salary Leaderboard | |
| * - Indicates Hall of Fame |
| Rank | Player | Salary | Year | Career Leaderboard | |
| 1. | Jim O'Rourke | $5,770,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 2. | Cap Anson | $5,240,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 3. | John O'Rourke | $4,835,715 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 4. | Buttercup Dickerson | $4,550,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 5. | Paul Hines | $4,460,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 6. | Charley Jones | $4,050,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 7. | Pete Hotaling | $2,664,286 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 8. | George Wood | $2,592,857 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 9. | Orator Shaffer | $2,400,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 10. | John Mansell | $2,000,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 11. | Tom Burns | $1,542,857 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 12. | Count Sensenderfer | $778,001 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 13. | Joe Hornung | $714,286 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 14. | Dave Eggler | $600,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 15. | Mike Mansell | $521,429 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 16. | Dave Rowe | $492,857 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 17. | Jim Clinton | $460,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 18. | John Clapp | $450,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 19. | Ned Hanlon | $364,286 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 20. | Jake Evans | $350,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| John Richmond | $350,000 | 1884-1884 | |||
| Ecky Stearns | $350,000 | 1884-1884 | |||
| Fred Warner | $350,000 | 1884-1884 | |||
| 24. | Jimmy Macullar | $300,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| Joe Sommer | $300,000 | 1884-1884 | |||
| George Strief | $300,000 | 1884-1884 | |||
| 27. | Charlie Hodes | $290,000 | 1884-1884 |
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