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The New York Mets carried a $15,393,714 payroll in 1986 across 28 players, an average of $549,776 and a median of $255,000. The highest-paid player was George Foster at $2,800,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Foster | $2,800,000 |
| 2 | Gary Carter | $2,160,714 |
| 3 | Keith Hernandez | $1,650,000 |
| 4 | Dwight Gooden | $1,320,000 |
| 5 | Darryl Strawberry | $945,000 |
| 6 | Jesse Orosco | $825,000 |
| 7 | Mookie Wilson | $700,000 |
| 8 | Ray Knight | $645,000 |
| 9 | Bob Ojeda | $550,000 |
| 10 | Ed Lynch | $530,000 |
| 11 | Ron Darling | $440,000 |
| 12 | Danny Heep | $350,000 |
| 13 | Wally Backman | $325,000 |
| 14 | Doug Sisk | $275,000 |
| 15 | Rafael Santana | $235,000 |
| 16 | Howard Johnson | $227,500 |
| 17 | Tim Corcoran | $220,000 |
| 18 | Sid Fernandez | $200,000 |
| 19 | Tim Teufel | $200,000 |
| 20 | Roger McDowell | $185,000 |
| 21 | Rick Aguilera | $130,000 |
| 22 | Lenny Dykstra | $92,500 |
| 23 | Randy Niemann | $83,000 |
| 24 | John Gibbons | $65,000 |
| 25 | Ed Hearn | $60,000 |
| 26 | Kevin Elster | $60,000 |
| 27 | Kevin Mitchell | $60,000 |
| 28 | Lee Mazzilli | $60,000 |
Each row is one salary from the 1986 New York Mets roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $15,393,714 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.