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The St. Louis Cardinals carried a $151,469,994 payroll in 2021 across 54 players, an average of $2,805,000 and a median of $573,200. The highest-paid player was Paul Goldschmidt at $26,000,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | Pos | Service status | Category | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | Veteran | Active | $26,000,000 | $26,000,000 |
| 2 | Matt Carpenter | 2B | Veteran | Active | $18,500,000 | $18,500,000 |
| 3 | Miles Mikolas | SP | Veteran | Active | $16,750,000 | $16,750,000 |
| 4 | Dexter Fowler | RF | Retained | $14,750,000 | $14,750,000 | |
| 5 | Andrew Miller | RP | Veteran | Active | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 |
| 6 | Carlos Martinez | SP | Veteran | Injured | $11,700,000 | $11,700,000 |
| 7 | Yadier Molina | C | Veteran | Active | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 |
| 8 | Adam Wainwright | SP | Veteran | Active | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 |
| 9 | Paul DeJong | SS | Arbitration 2 Bypassed | Active | $4,166,666 | $4,166,666 |
| 10 | Kwang-hyun Kim | SP | Veteran | Active | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 |
| 11 | Jack Flaherty | SP | Arbitration 1 | Active | $3,900,000 | $3,900,000 |
| 12 | J.A. Happ | SP | Veteran | Active | $8,000,000 | $2,795,715 |
| 13 | Harrison Bader | CF | Arbitration 1 | Active | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 |
| 14 | Matt Carpenter | 3B | Dead | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | |
| 15 | John Gant | SP | Retained | $1,366,150 | $1,366,150 | |
| 16 | Alex Reyes | RP | Arbitration 1 | Active | $900,000 | $900,000 |
| 17 | Jordan Hicks | RP | Arbitration 1 | Injured | $862,500 | $862,500 |
| 18 | Jon Lester | SP | Veteran | Active | $2,000,000 | $698,945 |
| 19 | Tommy Edman | 2B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $596,000 | $596,000 |
| 20 | Dakota Hudson | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $595,700 | $595,700 |
| 21 | Tyler O'Neill | LF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $594,700 | $594,700 |
| 22 | Giovanny Gallegos | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $594,500 | $594,500 |
| 23 | Ryan Helsley | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $582,300 | $582,300 |
| 24 | Genesis Cabrera | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $580,900 | $580,900 |
| 25 | Andrew Knizner | C | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $579,200 | $579,200 |
| 26 | Dylan Carlson | LF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $577,100 | $577,100 |
| 27 | Edmundo Sosa | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $575,900 | $575,900 |
| 28 | Nolan Arenado | 3B | Veteran | Active | $35,050,000 | $570,500 |
| 29 | Daniel Ponce de Leon | RP | Retained | $544,604 | $544,604 | |
| 30 | Carlos Martinez | SP | Dead | $500,000 | $500,000 | |
| 31 | Max Moroff | 2B | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $570,500 | $435,514 |
| 32 | T.J. McFarland | RP | Veteran | Active | $1,000,000 | $424,704 |
| 33 | Jose Rondon | 2B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $570,500 | $389,509 |
| 34 | Lane Thomas | CF | Retained | $368,040 | $368,040 | |
| 35 | Jake Woodford | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $578,300 | $354,426 |
| 36 | Kodi Whitley | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $570,500 | $346,571 |
| 37 | Wade LeBlanc | SP | Veteran | Injured | $570,500 | $331,236 |
| 38 | Junior Fernandez | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $570,500 | $318,968 |
| 39 | Justin Miller | RP | Veteran | Injured | $570,500 | $282,164 |
| 40 | Lars Nootbaar | OF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $570,500 | $263,762 |
| 41 | Luis Garcia | RP | Veteran | Active | $570,500 | $263,762 |
| 42 | Justin Williams | OF | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $572,000 | $242,925 |
| 43 | Tyler Webb | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $593,000 | $204,032 |
| 44 | Johan Oviedo | SP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $570,500 | $202,422 |
| 45 | John Nogowski | 1B | Retained | $190,464 | $190,464 | |
| 46 | Seth Elledge | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $570,500 | $147,216 |
| 47 | Austin Dean | LF | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $583,100 | $125,400 |
| 48 | Brandon Waddell | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $570,500 | $122,680 |
| 49 | Ali Sanchez | C | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $570,500 | $67,474 |
| 50 | Scott Hurst | CF | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $570,500 | $36,804 |
| 51 | Angel Rondon | P | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $570,500 | $30,670 |
| 52 | Brandon Dickson | SP | Retained | $18,402 | $18,402 | |
| 53 | Roel Ramírez | P | Retained | $18,402 | $18,402 | |
| 54 | Bernardo Flores | P | Retained | $3,067 | $3,067 | |
| 55 | Iván Herrera | C | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $0 | $0 |
| 56 | Johan Quezada | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $0 | $0 |
| 57 | T.J. Zeuch | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $578,000 | $0 |
Each row is one player’s 2021 allocation with the club. Adjusted is the player’s prorated payroll allocation, and the Adjusted figures sum to the club’s published $151,469,994 total, which includes active-roster salary plus injured-list, retained, dead and buried minor-league money. Salary is the full payroll salary published for the season, so the two can differ when money is deferred, prorated or carried by another club. Non-buried minor-league allocations (3 players on this ledger) are real money the club paid but are excluded from that total, so their Adjusted figure reads $0. Amounts are nominal US dollars as recorded; full source credits and access dates live on the sources page.
Salary and payroll records aggregated and published by Legends Deck. Nominal dollars; no inflation adjustment. Full source credits, licenses and access dates on the sources page.