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The Chicago Cubs carried a $212,020,073 payroll in 2025 across 58 players, an average of $3,657,243 and a median of $816,250. The highest-paid player was Dansby Swanson at $28,000,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | Pos | Service status | Category | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dansby Swanson | SS | Veteran | Active | $28,000,000 | $28,000,000 |
| 2 | Ian Happ | LF | Veteran | Active | $21,000,000 | $21,000,000 |
| 3 | Seiya Suzuki | DH | Veteran | Active | $19,000,000 | $19,000,000 |
| 4 | Jameson Taillon | SP | Veteran | Active | $18,000,000 | $18,000,000 |
| 5 | Kyle Tucker | RF | Arbitration 3 | Active | $16,500,000 | $16,500,000 |
| 6 | Shota Imanaga | SP | Veteran | Active | $13,500,000 | $13,500,000 |
| 7 | Nico Hoerner | 2B | Arbitration 3 Bypassed | Active | $11,500,000 | $11,500,000 |
| 8 | Matthew Boyd | SP | Veteran | Active | $10,500,000 | $10,500,000 |
| 9 | Ryan Pressly | RP | Retained | $9,200,000 | $9,200,000 | |
| 10 | Justin Steele | SP | Arbitration 2 (S2) | Injured | $6,550,000 | $6,550,000 |
| 11 | Taylor Rogers | RP | Veteran | Active | $12,000,000 | $6,000,000 |
| 12 | Carson Kelly | C | Veteran | Active | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 |
| 13 | Justin Turner | 3B | Veteran | Active | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 |
| 14 | Colin Rea | SP | Veteran | Active | $4,250,000 | $4,250,000 |
| 15 | Ryan Brasier | RP | Veteran | Injured | $4,500,000 | $3,000,000 |
| 16 | Andrew Kittredge | RP | Veteran | Active | $9,016,054 | $2,854,833 |
| 17 | Michael Soroka | RP | Veteran | Active | $9,000,000 | $2,854,833 |
| 18 | Caleb Thielbar | RP | Veteran | Active | $2,750,000 | $2,750,000 |
| 19 | Cody Bellinger | CF | Retained | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | |
| 20 | Willi Castro | 2B | Arbitration 3 | Active | $6,400,000 | $2,030,131 |
| 21 | Jon Berti | 2B | Retained | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | |
| 22 | Brad Keller | RP | Veteran | Active | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 |
| 23 | Nate Pearson | RP | Retained | $1,350,000 | $1,350,000 | |
| 24 | Drew Pomeranz | RP | Veteran | Active | $1,500,000 | $1,282,258 |
| 25 | Julian Merryweather | RP | Retained | $1,225,000 | $1,225,000 | |
| 26 | Aaron Civale | RP | Arbitration 3 | Active | $8,000,000 | $1,204,308 |
| 27 | Reese McGuire | C | Veteran | Active | $1,500,000 | $1,024,194 |
| 28 | Eli Morgan | RP | Arbitration 1 (buried) | Minors | $950,000 | $950,000 |
| 29 | Keegan Thompson | RP | Veteran (buried) | Minors | $850,000 | $850,000 |
| 30 | Miguel Amaya | C | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $782,500 | $782,500 |
| 31 | Michael Busch | 1B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $780,500 | $780,500 |
| 32 | Chris Flexen | SP | Retained | $774,194 | $774,194 | |
| 33 | Javier Assad | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $793,250 | $773,133 |
| 34 | Pete Crow-Armstrong | CF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $771,000 | $771,000 |
| 35 | Colin Rea | SP | Dead | $750,000 | $750,000 | |
| 36 | Ben Brown | SP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $762,500 | $692,809 |
| 37 | Daniel Palencia | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $760,000 | $682,365 |
| 38 | Porter Hodge | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $767,000 | $676,279 |
| 39 | Matt Shaw | 3B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $760,000 | $661,935 |
| 40 | Cade Horton | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $760,000 | $580,215 |
| 41 | Vidal Brujan | 2B | Retained | $547,608 | $547,608 | |
| 42 | Tyson Miller | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $778,000 | $317,892 |
| 43 | Ethan Roberts | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $760,000 | $228,817 |
| 44 | Kevin Alcantara | OF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $760,000 | $223,077 |
| 45 | Genesis Cabrera | RP | Retained | $217,742 | $217,742 | |
| 46 | Brooks Kriske | RP | Retained | $183,871 | $183,871 | |
| 47 | Tom Cosgrove | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $760,000 | $162,699 |
| 48 | Owen Caissie | OF | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $760,000 | $138,924 |
| 49 | Jordan Wicks | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $760,000 | $134,838 |
| 50 | Nicky Lopez | SS | Retained | $132,527 | $132,527 | |
| 51 | Gage Workman | 3B | Retained | $126,667 | $126,667 | |
| 52 | Moisés Ballesteros | C | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $760,000 | $122,580 |
| 53 | Carlos Santana | 1B | Veteran (buried) | Minors | $760,000 | $114,409 |
| 54 | Gavin Hollowell | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $760,000 | $61,290 |
| 55 | Matt Thaiss | C | Retained | $50,000 | $50,000 | |
| 56 | Michael Fulmer | RP | Veteran (buried) | Minors | $850,000 | $37,634 |
| 57 | Luke Little | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $760,000 | $16,344 |
| 58 | Cody Poteet | SP | Retained | $2,667 | $2,667 | |
| 59 | Jack Neely | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $123,900 | $0 |
Each row is one player’s 2025 allocation with the club. Adjusted is the player’s prorated payroll allocation, and the Adjusted figures sum to the club’s published $212,020,073 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.