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| Single-Season Salary Leaderboard | |
| * - Indicates Hall of Fame |
| Rank | Player | Salary | Year | Career Leaderboard | |
| 1. | J.R. Richard | $23,000,000 | 1983-1986 | ||
| 2. | J.R. Richard | $22,000,000 | 1981-1982 | ||
| 3. | Steve Nebraska * | $21,500,000 | 1979-1983 | ||
| 4. | Donnie Rotten | $21,000,000 | 1993-1994 | ||
| 5. | Randy Spratt | $20,250,000 | 1990-1993 | ||
| 6. | Marquis Futon * | $20,000,100 | 1979-1979 | ||
| 7. | Steve Nebraska * | $20,000,000 | 1984-1989 | ||
| 8. | Donnie Rotten | $19,000,000 | 1989-1992 | ||
| 9. | Randy Spratt | $18,250,000 | 1984-1989 | ||
| 10. | Chuck Schaller | $18,222,000 | 1982-1985 | ||
| 11. | Corey Aubrey | $18,000,000 | 1984-1987 | ||
| Mickey Masutto | $18,000,000 | 1979-1979 | |||
| 13. | Andy Messersmith | $17,500,000 | 1980-1982 | ||
| 14. | Sawyer Silk | $17,460,000 | 1989-1993 | ||
| 15. | Henry Jones | $17,200,000 | 1993-1994 | ||
| 16. | Corey Aubrey | $17,000,000 | 1980-1983 | ||
| Jason Bilford | $17,000,000 | 1985-1989 | |||
| Miles Dalrymple * | $17,000,000 | 1981-1987 | |||
| 19. | Mitchell Page | $16,605,000 | 1983-1986 | ||
| 20. | Hi Brown | $16,500,000 | 1992-1994 | ||
| 21. | Dave Winfield | $16,300,000 | 1981-1987 | ||
| 22. | Rod Carew | $16,000,000 | 1978-1981 | ||
| Steve Nebraska * | $16,000,000 | 1990-1991 | |||
| 24. | Steve Nebraska * | $15,600,000 | 1976-1978 | ||
| 25. | Marquis Futon * | $15,111,110 | 1980-1981 | ||
| 26. | Timothy Regina | $15,110,000 | 1990-1994 | ||
| 27. | Steve Collins | $15,000,000 | 1989-1993 | ||
| 28. | Joseph Porter | $14,750,000 | 1980-1982 | ||
| 29. | Olen Eoff | $14,500,000 | 1988-1991 | ||
| 30. | Floyd Bannister | $14,200,000 | 1983-1994 | ||
| 31. | Henry Jones | $14,090,000 | 1989-1992 | ||
| 32. | Dave Manzanillo | $14,000,000 | 1993-1994 | ||
| Brock Rutherford | $14,000,000 | 1976-1979 | |||
| 34. | Voo Fowler | $13,750,000 | 1976-1979 | ||
| 35. | Glen Groves | $13,501,000 | 1989-1992 | ||
| 36. | Olen Eoff | $13,500,000 | 1984-1987 | ||
| Rick Habin | $13,500,000 | 1975-1977 | |||
| Sam Hell * | $13,500,000 | 1980-1981 | |||
| Steve Kemp | $13,500,000 | 1983-1987 | |||
| 40. | Hayden Finch | $13,310,000 | 1994-1994 | ||
| 41. | Luther Overson | $13,000,000 | 1980-1980 | ||
| 42. | Andy Messersmith | $12,800,000 | 1976-1979 | ||
| 43. | Sawyer Silk | $12,600,000 | 1994-1994 | ||
| 44. | David Clyde | $12,500,000 | 1983-1985 | ||
| Braggo Franco | $12,500,000 | 1989-1993 | |||
| Johan Schmatzhagen * | $12,500,000 | 1980-1982 | |||
| 47. | Justin Alexander * | $12,420,000 | 1987-1990 | ||
| 48. | Hayden Finch | $12,310,000 | 1989-1993 | ||
| Evander Kilkenny | $12,310,000 | 1988-1994 | |||
| 50. | Pete Bucher | $12,300,000 | 1981-1984 | ||
| 51. | Sam Kirkpatrick | $12,290,000 | 1987-1994 | ||
| 52. | Floyd Jackson | $12,080,000 | 1976-1979 | ||
| 53. | Ed Roseman | $12,000,100 | 1994-1994 | ||
| 54. | Frank Boerner | $12,000,000 | 1989-1994 | ||
| Oswaldo Gaona | $12,000,000 | 1982-1985 | |||
| Tom Laverriere * | $12,000,000 | 1988-1992 | |||
| Tim McGraw | $12,000,000 | 1994-1994 | |||
| Kurt Stallwith * | $12,000,000 | 1977-1982 | |||
| Bill Walters | $12,000,000 | 1992-1994 | |||
| 60. | Gary Barr | $11,970,000 | 1993-1994 | ||
| 61. | Mark Fidrych | $11,500,000 | 1985-1989 | ||
| 62. | Rashardo Menne, Jr. | $11,400,000 | 1993-1994 | ||
| 63. | Hayfu Sobah * | $11,300,000 | 1976-1979 | ||
| 64. | Brock Rutherford | $11,250,000 | 1973-1975 | ||
| 65. | Splinter Donaher | $11,200,000 | 1976-1978 | ||
| Pete Maneri | $11,200,000 | 1978-1978 | |||
| 67. | Dennis Eckersley | $11,100,200 | 1985-1988 | ||
| 68. | Rube Baker | $11,100,000 | 1978-1978 | ||
| David Cone | $11,100,000 | 1993-1994 | |||
| 70. | Sawyer Silk | $11,042,860 | 1988-1988 | ||
| 71. | Billy Wilson | $11,020,000 | 1994-1994 | ||
| 72. | Davis Birch | $11,000,000 | 1981-1984 | ||
| Matthew Callahan | $11,000,000 | 1982-1986 | |||
| Long Chamberlain | $11,000,000 | 1990-1994 | |||
| Voo Fowler | $11,000,000 | 1980-1980 | |||
| Braggo Franco | $11,000,000 | 1984-1988 | |||
| Elroy Futon * | $11,000,000 | 1976-1979 | |||
| Nate Hollins | $11,000,000 | 1992-1994 | |||
| John Lowenstein | $11,000,000 | 1983-1983 | |||
| Sanderson Roosevelt | $11,000,000 | 1977-1978 | |||
| Bulldog Sanders | $11,000,000 | 1976-1978 | |||
| Zachary Sumner | $11,000,000 | 1979-1981 | |||
| Carl Tawk | $11,000,000 | 1993-1994 | |||
| Ron Vivero | $11,000,000 | 1979-1980 | |||
| 85. | Mickey Masutto | $10,999,000 | 1980-1980 | ||
| Zebediah Williams | $10,999,000 | 1990-1994 | |||
| 87. | Frank Boerner | $10,907,140 | 1988-1988 | ||
| Long Chamberlain | $10,907,140 | 1987-1989 | |||
| 89. | Rube Baker | $10,750,000 | 1979-1979 | ||
| Jeff Rosenrosen | $10,750,000 | 1973-1975 | |||
| 91. | Mitchell Page | $10,550,000 | 1978-1982 | ||
| 92. | Mark Fidrych | $10,548,300 | 1978-1984 | ||
| 93. | Davis Birch | $10,500,000 | 1985-1988 | ||
| Reggie Jackson | $10,500,000 | 1982-1982 | |||
| Tom Laverriere * | $10,500,000 | 1984-1987 | |||
| Fred Mahaffey | $10,500,000 | 1990-1991 | |||
| Michael Mangual * | $10,500,000 | 1981-1985 | |||
| J.R. Riles | $10,500,000 | 1973-1973 | |||
| Jeff Rosenrosen | $10,500,000 | 1976-1977 | |||
| Emile Santos | $10,500,000 | 1987-1990 | |||
| Vernon Simpson * | $10,500,000 | 1973-1974 |
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