Arizona Diamondbacks 2021 Payroll: Every Player Salary

Season 2021 (full payroll allocation)Ledger 67 of 69 players counting toward the totalDollars Nominal, not inflation adjusted

The Arizona Diamondbacks carried a $91,636,935 payroll in 2021 across 67 players, an average of $1,367,715 and a median of $311,850. The highest-paid player was Madison Bumgarner at $14,000,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.

2021 total payroll$91.6M

Players counting67

Average salary$1.4M

Median salary$312K

Top paidMadison Bumgarner $14M

2021 player salary ledger69 players

Every Arizona Diamondbacks 2021 player salary, sorted by adjusted payroll
#		Pos	Service status	Category
1	Madison Bumgarner	SP	Veteran	Active	$19,000,000	$14,000,000
2	Zack Greinke	SP		Retained	$10,333,333	$10,333,333
3	Nick Ahmed	SS	Veteran	Injured	$8,125,000	$8,125,000
4	Kole Calhoun	RF	Veteran	Active	$8,000,000	$8,000,000
5	David Peralta	LF	Veteran	Active	$7,500,000	$7,500,000
6	Ketel Marte	CF	Arbitration 3 Bypassed	Active	$6,400,000	$6,400,000
7	Eduardo Escobar	3B		Retained	$5,005,350	$5,005,350
8	Merrill Kelly	SP	Veteran	Active	$4,250,000	$4,250,000
9	Joakim Soria	RP		Retained	$2,276,895	$2,276,895
10	Stephen Vogt	C		Retained	$2,032,274	$2,032,274
11	Kole Calhoun	RF		Dead	$2,000,000	$2,000,000
12	Luke Weaver	SP	Arbitration 1	Active	$1,950,000	$1,950,000
13	Tyler Clippard	RP	Veteran	Active	$1,750,000	$1,750,000
14	Carson Kelly	C	Arbitration 1 (S2)	Active	$1,700,000	$1,700,000
15	Asdrubal Cabrera	2B		Retained	$1,401,867	$1,401,867
16	Caleb Smith	SP	Arbitration 1	Active	$1,386,240	$1,386,240
17	Chris Devenski	RP	Veteran	Active	$1,000,000	$1,000,000
18	Christian Walker	1B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$619,300	$619,300
19	Zac Gallen	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$607,500	$607,500
20	Pavin Smith	RF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$586,600	$586,600
21	Josh Rojas	SS	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$582,400	$582,400
22	J.B. Wendelken	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$580,500	$580,500
23	Taylor Widener	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$583,400	$552,112
24	Taylor Clarke	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$601,800	$514,365
25	Tyler Clippard	RP		Dead	$500,000	$500,000
26	Josh VanMeter	2B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$583,400	$495,646
27	Matt Peacock	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$570,500	$435,514
28	Joe Mantiply	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$432,447
29	Daulton Varsho	CF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$405,783
30	Riley Smith	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$582,300	$388,244
31	Noé Ramirez	RP	Arbitration 2 (S2)	Active	$570,500	$328,169
32	Alex Young	RP		Retained	$327,442	$327,442
33	J.B. Bukauskas	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$570,500	$312,834
34	Kevin Ginkel	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$585,900	$311,850
35	Josh Reddick	RF		Retained	$310,464	$310,464
36	Brett de Geus	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$303,633
37	Tim Locastro	OF		Retained	$291,402	$291,402
38	Andy Young	2B	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$570,500	$285,231
39	Jake Faria	RP		Retained	$282,164	$282,164
40	Seth Frankoff	P		Retained	$282,164	$282,164
41	Stefan Crichton	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$596,400	$269,304
42	Ryan Buchter	RP		Retained	$238,704	$238,704
43	Humberto Castellanos	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$214,690
44	Tyler Gilbert	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$570,500	$187,087
45	Bryan Holaday	C		Retained	$177,886	$177,886
46	Stuart Fairchild	OF	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$570,500	$150,283
47	Sean Poppen	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$144,149
48	Drew Ellis	3B	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$570,500	$128,814
49	Wyatt Mathisen	3B		Retained	$114,108	$114,108
50	Jake McCarthy	OF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$113,479
51	Yoan López	RP		Retained	$109,276	$109,276
52	Nick Heath	OF	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$570,500	$104,278
53	Ildemaro Vargas	2B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$95,077
54	Henry Ramos	OF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$85,876
55	Seth Beer	OF	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$570,500	$70,541
56	Jake Hager	INF	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$570,500	$67,474
57	Corbin Martin	SP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$570,500	$64,407
58	Humberto Mejía	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$61,340
59	Jon Duplantier	P		Retained	$61,340	$61,340
60	Anthony Swarzak	RP		Retained	$59,136	$59,136
61	Miguel Aguilar	P	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$570,500	$58,273
62	Domingo Leyba	SS		Retained	$55,206	$55,206
63	Luis Frias	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$46,005
64	Geraldo Perdomo	SS	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$42,938
65	Brandyn Sittinger	P	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$570,500	$39,871
66	Jordan Weems	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$570,500	$21,469
67	Keury Mella	RP		Retained	$9,201	$9,201
68	Jon Duplantier	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Minors	$570,500	$0
69	Ty Tice	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Minors	$570,500	$0

About this 2021 Arizona Diamondbacks ledger

Each row is one player’s 2021 allocation with the club. Adjusted is the player’s prorated payroll allocation, and the Adjusted figures sum to the club’s published $91,636,935 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 (2 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 2021?

69 players appear on the 2021 ledger; 67 of them carry money that counts toward the $91,636,935 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.