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The Kansas City Royals carried a $132,130,058 payroll in 2025 across 55 players, an average of $2,402,365 and a median of $774,750. The highest-paid player was Salvador Perez at $20,000,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | Pos | Service status | Category | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvador Perez | C | Veteran | Active | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 |
| 2 | Michael Wacha | SP | Veteran | Active | $18,000,000 | $18,000,000 |
| 3 | Seth Lugo | SP | Veteran | Injured | $15,000,000 | $15,000,000 |
| 4 | Carlos Estevez | RP | Veteran | Active | $10,100,000 | $10,100,000 |
| 5 | Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | Arbitration 1 Bypassed | Active | $8,211,111 | $8,211,111 |
| 6 | Hunter Renfroe | RF | Retained | $7,570,000 | $7,570,000 | |
| 7 | Jonathan India | DH | Arbitration 2 | Active | $7,050,000 | $7,050,000 |
| 8 | Michael Lorenzen | SP | Veteran | Active | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 |
| 9 | Chris Stratton | RP | Retained | $4,442,796 | $4,442,796 | |
| 10 | Hunter Harvey | RP | Arbitration 3 | Injured | $3,700,000 | $3,700,000 |
| 11 | Kris Bubic | SP | Arbitration 3 (S2) | Injured | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 |
| 12 | John Schreiber | RP | Arbitration 2 | Active | $2,300,000 | $2,300,000 |
| 13 | Cavan Biggio | 2B | Retained | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | |
| 14 | Kyle Isbel | CF | Arbitration 1 | Injured | $1,750,000 | $1,750,000 |
| 15 | Mark Canha | OF | Retained | $1,400,000 | $1,400,000 | |
| 16 | Luke Maile | C | Veteran | Active | $1,500,000 | $1,182,796 |
| 17 | Cole Ragans | SP | pre-arbitration-avoided | Active | $1,083,333 | $1,083,333 |
| 18 | Randal Grichuk | RF | Veteran | Active | $2,344,091 | $1,032,263 |
| 19 | Mike Yastrzemski | RF | Arbitration 4 (S2) | Active | $9,250,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 20 | Sam Long | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $950,000 | $950,000 |
| 21 | Kyle Wright | SP | Arbitration 2 (buried) | Minors | $1,800,000 | $861,290 |
| 22 | Taylor Clarke | RP | Veteran | Active | $1,000,000 | $811,828 |
| 23 | Vinnie Pasquantino | 1B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $793,250 | $793,250 |
| 24 | Michael Massey | 2B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $790,250 | $790,250 |
| 25 | Daniel Lynch | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $782,500 | $782,500 |
| 26 | Angel Zerpa | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $779,000 | $779,000 |
| 27 | Lucas Erceg | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $776,750 | $776,750 |
| 28 | Maikel Garcia | 3B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $774,750 | $774,750 |
| 29 | James McArthur | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $773,750 | $773,750 |
| 30 | Alec Marsh | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $769,000 | $769,000 |
| 31 | Bailey Falter | SP | Arbitration 1 (S2) | Injured | $2,222,000 | $704,814 |
| 32 | Steven Cruz | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $760,000 | $698,710 |
| 33 | Adam Frazier | 2B | Veteran | Active | $1,525,000 | $606,726 |
| 34 | Tyler Tolbert | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $760,000 | $588,387 |
| 35 | Noah Cameron | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $760,000 | $559,785 |
| 36 | Nick Loftin | SS | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $760,000 | $539,355 |
| 37 | Freddy Fermin | C | Retained | $533,773 | $533,773 | |
| 38 | MJ Melendez | LF | Arbitration 1 (S2) (buried) | Minors | $2,650,000 | $484,408 |
| 39 | Jac Caglianone | 1B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $760,000 | $482,151 |
| 40 | John Rave | CF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $760,000 | $416,774 |
| 41 | Jonathan Bowlan | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $760,000 | $404,516 |
| 42 | Drew Waters | OF | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $760,000 | $355,484 |
| 43 | Dairon Blanco | OF | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $772,000 | $278,086 |
| 44 | Ryan Bergert | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $760,000 | $250,027 |
| 45 | Stephen Kolek | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $760,000 | $193,925 |
| 46 | Evan Sisk | RP | Retained | $150,277 | $150,277 | |
| 47 | Luinder Avila | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $760,000 | $134,838 |
| 48 | Joey Wiemer | CF | Retained | $131,000 | $131,000 | |
| 49 | Carter Jensen | C | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $760,000 | $114,409 |
| 50 | Rich Hill | RP | Veteran (buried) | Minors | $1,000,000 | $80,645 |
| 51 | Andrew Hoffman | RP | Retained | $57,204 | $57,204 | |
| 52 | Trevor Richards | RP | Retained | $56,452 | $56,452 | |
| 53 | Thomas Hatch | SP | Retained | $45,538 | $45,538 | |
| 54 | Tyler Gentry | OF | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $41,333 | $41,333 |
| 55 | Cam Devanney | SS | Retained | $36,774 | $36,774 | |
| 56 | Eric Cerantola | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $62,000 | $0 |
| 57 | Nelson Velazquez | CF | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $0 | $0 |
| 58 | Nick Pratto | 1B | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $0 | $0 |
| 59 | Noah Murdock | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $760,000 | $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 $132,130,058 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.
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.