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The Kansas City Royals carried a $131,487,125 payroll in 2016 across 29 players, an average of $4,534,039 and a median of $4,250,000. The highest-paid player was Alex Gordon at $12,000,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Gordon | $12,000,000 |
| 2 | Edinson Volquez | $9,500,000 |
| 3 | Kendrys Morales | $9,000,000 |
| 4 | Jason Vargas | $8,500,000 |
| 5 | Eric Hosmer | $8,250,000 |
| 6 | Wade Davis | $8,000,000 |
| 7 | Omar Infante | $7,750,000 |
| 8 | Ian Kennedy | $7,500,000 |
| 9 | Joakim Soria | $7,000,000 |
| 10 | Lorenzo Cain | $6,500,000 |
| 11 | Mike Moustakas | $5,600,000 |
| 12 | Kris Medlen | $5,500,000 |
| 13 | Luke Hochevar | $5,500,000 |
| 14 | Alcides Escobar | $5,250,000 |
| 15 | Chris Young | $4,250,000 |
| 16 | Danny Duffy | $4,225,000 |
| 17 | Kelvin Herrera | $2,550,000 |
| 18 | Dillon Gee | $2,000,000 |
| 19 | Mike Minor | $2,000,000 |
| 20 | Salvador Perez | $2,000,000 |
| 21 | Jarrod Dyson | $1,725,000 |
| 22 | Tim Collins | $1,475,000 |
| 23 | Yordano Ventura | $1,200,000 |
| 24 | Drew Butera | $1,162,500 |
| 25 | Chien-Ming Wang | $1,000,000 |
| 26 | Christian Colon | $518,425 |
| 27 | Paulo Orlando | $514,250 |
| 28 | Terrance Gore | $508,500 |
| 29 | Rey Fuentes | $508,450 |
Each row is one salary from the 2016 Kansas City Royals roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $131,487,125 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.