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The Chicago Cubs carried a $154,067,668 payroll in 2016 across 29 players, an average of $5,312,678 and a median of $2,500,000. The highest-paid player was Jon Lester at $25,000,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Lester | $25,000,000 |
| 2 | Jason Heyward | $19,555,288 |
| 3 | John Lackey | $16,000,000 |
| 4 | Miguel Montero | $14,000,000 |
| 5 | Jake Arrieta | $10,700,000 |
| 6 | Ben Zobrist | $10,500,000 |
| 7 | Jason Hammel | $9,000,000 |
| 8 | Dexter Fowler | $8,000,000 |
| 9 | Travis Wood | $6,170,000 |
| 10 | Anthony Rizzo | $5,285,714 |
| 11 | Pedro Strop | $4,400,000 |
| 12 | Trevor Cahill | $4,250,000 |
| 13 | Hector Rondon | $4,200,000 |
| 14 | Jorge Soler | $3,666,666 |
| 15 | David Ross | $2,500,000 |
| 16 | Clayton Richard | $2,000,000 |
| 17 | Adam Warren | $1,700,000 |
| 18 | Justin Grimm | $1,275,000 |
| 19 | Kris Bryant | $652,000 |
| 20 | Kyle Hendricks | $541,000 |
| 21 | Tommy La Stella | $532,000 |
| 22 | Addison Russell | $527,000 |
| 23 | Neil Ramirez | $524,500 |
| 24 | Zac Rosscup | $524,500 |
| 25 | Kyle Schwarber | $522,000 |
| 26 | Javier Baez | $512,000 |
| 27 | Matt Szczur | $511,500 |
| 28 | Aaron Brooks | $510,000 |
| 29 | Dallas Beeler | $508,500 |
Each row is one salary from the 2016 Chicago Cubs roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $154,067,668 total is the sum of these 29 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.