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The St. Louis Cardinals carried a $179,440,274 payroll in 2024 across 56 players, an average of $3,204,291 and a median of $741,925. 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 | Nolan Arenado | 3B | Veteran | Active | $35,000,000 | $24,000,000 |
| 3 | Willson Contreras | C | Veteran | Injured | $18,000,000 | $18,000,000 |
| 4 | Miles Mikolas | SP | Veteran | Active | $17,666,667 | $17,666,667 |
| 5 | Steven Matz | SP | Veteran | Active | $12,500,000 | $12,500,000 |
| 6 | Kyle Gibson | SP | Veteran | Active | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 |
| 7 | Lance Lynn | SP | Veteran | Injured | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 |
| 8 | Sonny Gray | SP | Veteran | Injured | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 |
| 9 | Giovanny Gallegos | RP | Retained | $5,750,000 | $5,750,000 | |
| 10 | Keynan Middleton | RP | Veteran | Injured | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
| 11 | Tommy Edman | SS | Retained | $4,466,692 | $4,466,692 | |
| 12 | Ryan Helsley | RP | Arbitration 2 | Active | $3,800,000 | $3,800,000 |
| 13 | Paul DeJong | SS | Dead | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | |
| 14 | Andrew Kittredge | RP | Arbitration 3 | Active | $2,630,000 | $2,630,000 |
| 15 | Erick Fedde | SP | Veteran | Active | $7,500,000 | $2,500,026 |
| 16 | Brandon Crawford | SS | Retained | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | |
| 17 | Dylan Carlson | CF | Retained | $1,665,054 | $1,665,054 | |
| 18 | John King | RP | Arbitration 1 (S2) | Active | $1,005,000 | $1,005,000 |
| 19 | Keynan Middleton | RP | Dead | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | |
| 20 | Kyle Gibson | SP | Dead | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | |
| 21 | Lance Lynn | SP | Dead | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | |
| 22 | JoJo Romero | RP | Arbitration 1 | Injured | $860,000 | $860,000 |
| 23 | Lars Nootbaar | LF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $761,000 | $761,000 |
| 24 | Brendan Donovan | 2B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $757,200 | $757,200 |
| 25 | Alec Burleson | DH | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $750,050 | $750,050 |
| 26 | Matthew Liberatore | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $747,200 | $747,200 |
| 27 | Masyn Winn | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $742,250 | $742,250 |
| 28 | Drew Rom | P | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $742,200 | $742,200 |
| 29 | Mike Siani | CF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $741,650 | $741,650 |
| 30 | Matt Carpenter | DH | Veteran | Active | $740,000 | $740,000 |
| 31 | Ryan Fernandez | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $740,000 | $740,000 |
| 32 | Riley O'Brien | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $740,450 | $676,770 |
| 33 | Pedro Pages | C | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $740,000 | $656,370 |
| 34 | Andre Pallante | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $756,900 | $614,419 |
| 35 | Nolan Gorman | 2B | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $755,550 | $597,114 |
| 36 | Iván Herrera | C | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $743,150 | $567,290 |
| 37 | Giovanny Gallegos | RP | Dead | $500,000 | $500,000 | |
| 38 | Kyle Leahy | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $740,000 | $429,624 |
| 39 | Tommy Pham | LF | Retained | $382,259 | $382,259 | |
| 40 | Jose Fermin | 2B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $740,000 | $377,910 |
| 41 | Shawn Armstrong | RP | Retained | $352,704 | $352,704 | |
| 42 | Nick Robertson | P | Retained | $302,604 | $302,604 | |
| 43 | Jordan Walker | RF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $747,450 | $265,254 |
| 44 | Chris Roycroft | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $740,000 | $262,548 |
| 45 | Victor Scott II | CF | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $740,000 | $262,548 |
| 46 | Luken Baker | 1B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $740,000 | $159,120 |
| 47 | Zack Thompson | SP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $750,850 | $113,036 |
| 48 | Ryan Loutos | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $740,000 | $83,097 |
| 49 | Thomas Saggese | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $740,000 | $75,582 |
| 50 | Matt Carpenter | DH | Retained | $54,465 | $54,465 | |
| 51 | Michael McGreevy | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $740,000 | $47,736 |
| 52 | Kolton Ingram | RP | Retained | $34,365 | $34,365 | |
| 53 | Jacob Bosiokovic | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $740,000 | $28,646 |
| 54 | Nick Raposo | C | Retained | $15,912 | $15,912 | |
| 55 | Gordon Graceffo | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $740,000 | $11,934 |
| 56 | Adam Kloffenstein | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $740,000 | $3,978 |
| 57 | Sem Robberse | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $0 | $0 |
Each row is one player’s 2024 allocation with the club. Adjusted is the player’s prorated payroll allocation, and the Adjusted figures sum to the club’s published $179,440,274 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 (1 player 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.