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2017 Chicago Cubs




Complete List of Player Salaries by Year (Default 2017) | Link to Cot's Salary pages



      


26 total players, $172,199,881 total salary, $6,623,072 avg salary

PlayerPosSalaryPctWARPWARP/$M$/WARPCurrent Status
Jason Heyward RF $28,166,667 16.36% 2.01 0.07 $14,037,991
Jon Lester SP $25,000,000 14.52% 4.06 0.16 $6,151,257
Ben Zobrist 2B $16,500,000 9.58% 0.21 0.01 $78,906,971
John Lackey SP $16,000,000 9.29% 0.96 0.06 $16,615,436
Jake Arrieta SP $15,637,500 9.08% 3.20 0.20 $4,891,274
Miguel Montero C $14,000,000 8.13% 0.86 0.06 $16,368,353
Wade Davis RP $10,000,000 5.81% 1.56 0.16 $6,390,021
Jon Jay LF $8,000,000 4.65% 0.68 0.08 $11,817,694
Anthony Rizzo 1B $7,285,714 4.23% 5.12 0.70 $1,424,190
Koji Uehara RP $6,000,000 3.48% 0.48 0.08 $12,380,783
Héctor Rondón RP $5,800,000 3.37% 1.21 0.21 $4,797,115
Pedro Strop RP $5,500,000 3.19% 1.42 0.26 $3,871,331
Brett Anderson SP $3,500,000 2.03% 0.18 0.05 $19,961,446
Brian Duensing RP $2,000,000 1.16% 0.70 0.35 $2,867,774
Justin Grimm RP $1,825,000 1.06% 0.92 0.50 $1,981,011
Kris Bryant 3B $1,050,000 0.61% 6.60 6.29 $159,100
Kyle Hendricks SP $760,500 0.44% 3.29 4.32 $231,298
Addison Russell SS $644,000 0.37% 1.73 2.68 $373,193
Javier Báez 2B $609,000 0.35% 2.28 3.74 $267,361
Tommy La Stella PH $573,500 0.33% 0.88 1.53 $653,565
Mike Montgomery SP $570,500 0.33% 1.98 3.47 $287,907
Kyle Schwarber LF $565,500 0.33% 1.81 3.20 $312,706
Carl Edwards Jr. RP $556,000 0.32% 1.67 3.01 $332,584
Willson Contreras C $554,500 0.32% 3.52 6.34 $157,653
Albert Almora Jr. CF $552,000 0.32% 1.50 2.72 $367,124
Matt Szczur PH $549,500 0.32% -0.13
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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