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The Chicago Cubs carried a $115,879,310 payroll in 2015 across 28 players, an average of $4,138,547 and a median of $2,515,000. The highest-paid player was Jon Lester at $20,000,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Lester | $20,000,000 |
| 2 | Edwin Jackson | $13,000,000 |
| 3 | Miguel Montero | $12,000,000 |
| 4 | Dexter Fowler | $9,500,000 |
| 5 | Jason Hammel | $9,000,000 |
| 6 | Starlin Castro | $6,857,143 |
| 7 | Travis Wood | $5,686,000 |
| 8 | Anthony Rizzo | $5,000,000 |
| 9 | Jason Motte | $4,500,000 |
| 10 | Tsuyoshi Wada | $4,000,000 |
| 11 | Jake Arrieta | $3,630,000 |
| 12 | Jorge Soler | $2,666,667 |
| 13 | Chris Denorfia | $2,600,000 |
| 14 | Pedro Strop | $2,525,000 |
| 15 | Chris Coghlan | $2,505,000 |
| 16 | David Ross | $2,500,000 |
| 17 | Phil Coke | $2,250,000 |
| 18 | Welington Castillo | $2,100,000 |
| 19 | Jonathan Herrera | $900,000 |
| 20 | Hector Rondon | $544,000 |
| 21 | Justin Grimm | $531,500 |
| 22 | Mike Olt | $520,000 |
| 23 | Neil Ramirez | $514,500 |
| 24 | Tommy La Stella | $513,000 |
| 25 | Arismendy Alcantara | $510,000 |
| 26 | Kyle Hendricks | $510,000 |
| 27 | Matt Szczur | $508,500 |
| 28 | Dallas Beeler | $508,000 |
Each row is one salary from the 2015 Chicago Cubs roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $115,879,310 total is the sum of these 28 salaries; the table lists every one of them, top contract first. Amounts are nominal US dollars; full source credits 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.