Arizona Diamondbacks 2020 Payroll: Every Player Salary

Season 2020 (full payroll allocation)Ledger 53 of 57 players counting toward the totalDollars Nominal, not inflation adjusted

The Arizona Diamondbacks carried a $65,601,868 payroll in 2020 across 53 players, an average of $1,237,771 and a median of $212,963. The highest-paid player was Yasmany Tomas at $17,000,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.

2020 total payroll$65.6M

Players counting53

Average salary$1.2M

Median salary$213K

Top paidYasmany Tomas $17M

2020 player salary ledger57 players

Every Arizona Diamondbacks 2020 player salary, sorted by adjusted payroll
#		Pos	Service status	Category
1	Yasmany Tomas	LF		Retained	$17,000,000	$17,000,000
2	Zack Greinke	SP		Retained	$10,333,333	$10,333,333
3	Mike Leake	SP		Dead	$5,000,000	$5,000,000
4	Mike Leake	SP	Veteran	Exempt	$15,000,000	$3,000,000
5	Eduardo Escobar	3B	Veteran	Active	$7,166,666	$2,759,259
6	Nick Ahmed	SS	Arbitration 3	Active	$6,375,000	$2,597,222
7	David Peralta	RF	Arbitration 3	Active	$7,000,000	$2,592,593
8	Robbie Ray	SP		Retained	$2,333,009	$2,333,009
9	Kole Calhoun	RF	Veteran	Active	$6,000,000	$2,222,222
10	Madison Bumgarner	SP	Veteran	Active	$6,000,000	$2,222,222
11	Jake Lamb	1B		Retained	$2,040,741	$2,040,741
12	Starling Marte	CF		Retained	$1,923,716	$1,923,716
13	Ketel Marte	2B	Arbitration 2 Bypassed	Active	$4,400,000	$1,481,481
14	Merrill Kelly	SP	Veteran	Injured	$3,000,000	$1,111,111
15	Junior Guerra	RP	Veteran	Active	$2,550,000	$975,926
16	Héctor Rondón	RP	Veteran	Active	$2,500,000	$925,926
17	Stephen Vogt	C	Veteran	Active	$2,500,000	$925,926
18	Andrew Chafin	RP		Retained	$656,454	$656,454
19	Jon Jay	RF	Veteran	Active	$1,550,000	$605,556
20	Héctor Rondón	RP		Dead	$500,000	$500,000
21	Luke Weaver	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$597,000	$221,111
22	Christian Walker	1B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$589,500	$218,333
23	Silvino Bracho	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$584,100	$216,333
24	Carson Kelly	C	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$581,700	$215,444
25	Stefan Crichton	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$577,500	$213,889
26	Alex Young	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$575,000	$212,963
27	Zac Gallen	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$575,000	$212,963
28	Tim Locastro	CF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$574,400	$212,741
29	Corbin Martin	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$565,700	$209,519
30	Domingo Leyba	SS	Pre-Arbitration	Suspended	$563,500	$208,704
31	Taylor Clarke	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$575,000	$208,704
32	Taylor Widener	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$563,500	$208,704
33	Daulton Varsho	C	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$563,500	$186,900
34	Yoan López	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$578,100	$182,172
35	Kevin Ginkel	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$568,600	$157,150
36	Jeremy Beasley	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$563,500	$152,635
37	Josh Rojas	2B	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$568,800	$116,328
38	Riley Smith	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$563,500	$109,025
39	Junior Guerra	RP		Dead	$100,000	$100,000
40	Caleb Smith	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$586,500	$90,776
41	Andy Young	2B	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$563,500	$84,105
42	Keury Mella	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$563,500	$84,105
43	Josh VanMeter	2B		Retained	$81,718	$81,718
44	Travis Bergen	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$563,500	$71,645
45	Wyatt Mathisen	3B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$563,500	$68,530
46	Joel Payamps	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$563,500	$62,300
47	Josh VanMeter	2B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$568,500	$59,717
48	Kevin Cron	1B	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$563,500	$59,185
49	Pavin Smith	1B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$563,500	$56,070
50	Ildemaro Vargas	2B		Retained	$47,475	$47,475
51	Matt Grace	RP	Veteran (buried)	Minors	$575,000	$25,432
52	Joe Mantiply	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$563,500	$24,920
53	Artie Lewicki	P	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$563,500	$15,575
54	Bo Takahashi	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Minors	$563,500	$0
55	Emilio Vargas	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Minors	$563,500	$0
56	Humberto Mejía	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Minors	$563,500	$0
57	Jon Duplantier	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Minors	$563,500	$0

About this 2020 Arizona Diamondbacks ledger

Each row is one player’s 2020 allocation with the club. Adjusted is the player’s prorated payroll allocation, and the Adjusted figures sum to the club’s published $65,601,868 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 (4 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.

Questions

How many players did the Arizona Diamondbacks pay in 2020?

57 players appear on the 2020 ledger; 53 of them carry money that counts toward the $65,601,868 club total, the rest are non-buried minor-league allocations.

Why do modern-era payrolls read higher than a simple roster sum?

From 2017 on the total is everything the club paid that season: active roster, injured list, released players still owed money, retained salary from trades, and buried minor-league allocations. That matches the totals clubs and reporters quote.

Can I compare this season with others?

Yes. The Arizona Diamondbacks year-by-year history links every season from 1985 to the present, and each season has a ledger like this one.

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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.