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2016 Chicago Cubs




Complete List of Player Salaries by Year (Default 2016) | Link to Cot's Salary pages



      


34 total players, $171,611,832 total salary, $5,047,407 avg salary

PlayerPosSalaryPctWARPWARP/$M$/WARPCurrent Status
Jon Lester SP $25,000,000 14.57% 5.87 0.23 $4,255,949
Jason Heyward RF $21,666,666 12.63% 0.10 0.00 $223,489,343
John Lackey SP $16,000,000 9.32% 4.40 0.28 $3,633,688
Miguel Montero C $14,000,000 8.16% 2.11 0.15 $6,636,455
Edwin Jackson DNP $12,492,500 7.28% — — —
Jake Arrieta SP $10,700,000 6.24% 7.54 0.70 $1,418,680
Ben Zobrist 2B $10,500,000 6.12% 4.19 0.40 $2,503,457
Jason Hammel SP $9,000,000 5.24% 2.27 0.25 $3,967,992
Dexter Fowler CF $8,000,000 4.66% 3.79 0.47 $2,110,718
Travis Wood RP $6,170,000 3.60% 0.19 0.03 $33,198,280
Anthony Rizzo 1B $5,285,714 3.08% 7.19 1.36 $734,669
Pedro Strop RP $4,400,000 2.56% 1.44 0.33 $3,050,366
Trevor Cahill RP $4,250,000 2.48% 0.80 0.19 $5,318,111
Héctor Rondón RP $4,200,000 2.45% 1.43 0.34 $2,939,982
Jorge Soler LF $3,666,666 2.14% 1.05 0.29 $3,494,626
David Ross C $2,500,000 1.46% 2.71 1.08 $922,012
Clayton Richard RP $2,000,000 1.17% -0.03 — —
Adam Warren RP $1,700,000 0.99% 0.32 0.19 $5,232,347
Justin Grimm RP $1,275,000 0.74% 0.50 0.39 $2,540,286
Gerardo Concepción RP $1,200,000 0.70% 0.01 0.01 $82,870,639
Brendan Ryan DNP $1,000,000 0.58% — — —
Kris Bryant 3B $652,000 0.38% 9.24 14.17 $70,572
Kyle Hendricks SP $541,000 0.32% 6.27 11.58 $86,340
Tommy La Stella PH $532,000 0.31% 0.41 0.77 $1,295,914
Addison Russell SS $527,000 0.31% 3.90 7.39 $135,237
Zac Rosscup DNP $524,500 0.31% — — —
Neil Ramírez RP $524,500 0.31% 0.08 0.15 $6,775,838
Kyle Schwarber LF $522,000 0.30% -0.07 — —
Javier Báez 3B $512,000 0.30% 2.57 5.03 $198,957
Matt Szczur LF $511,500 0.30% 0.72 1.41 $710,408
Aaron Brooks DNP $510,000 0.30% — — —
Dallas Beeler DNP $508,500 0.30% — — —
Christian Villanueva DNP $507,500 0.30% — — —
Rex Brothers DNP $232,786 0.14% — — —
YearCubs payrollAvg payrollDiff
2000$61,584,333$57,491,092$4,093,241
2001$64,315,833$67,120,750$-2,804,917
2002$74,959,833$69,204,705$5,755,128
2003$79,805,000$72,156,639$7,648,361
2004$89,226,667$71,426,357$17,800,310
2005$85,064,767$73,628,169$11,436,598
2006$93,257,833$81,192,832$12,065,001
2007$99,285,666$85,747,487$13,538,179
2008$120,270,833$93,079,041$27,191,792
2009$135,142,333$92,957,049$42,185,284
2010$143,359,000$94,957,956$48,401,044
2011$134,329,000$97,426,414$36,902,586
2012$111,034,202$100,689,500$10,344,702
2013$107,375,524$106,658,387$717,137
2014$92,677,368$115,428,670$-22,751,302
2015$120,337,385$125,458,486$-5,121,101
2016$171,611,832$130,290,910$41,320,922
2017$172,199,881$136,573,000$35,626,881
2018$183,156,139$135,681,867$47,474,272
2019$214,246,988$134,776,225$79,470,763
2020$188,459,500$138,321,485$50,138,015
2021$152,542,000$129,635,938$22,906,062
2022$140,736,000$147,002,411$-6,266,411
2023$185,159,250$158,155,877$27,003,373
2024$192,295,000$133,074,721$59,220,279
2025$141,750,000$94,180,059$47,569,941
2026$136,250,000$74,818,461$61,431,539
2027$43,250,000$56,972,319$-13,722,319
2028$27,000,000$45,437,759$-18,437,759
2029$26,000,000$37,269,628$-11,269,628
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