New York Yankees 2020 Payroll: Every Player Salary

Season 2020 (full payroll allocation)Ledger 48 of 54 players counting toward the totalDollars Nominal, not inflation adjusted

The New York Yankees carried a $111,939,081 payroll in 2020 across 48 players, an average of $2,332,064 and a median of $242,519. The highest-paid player was Jacoby Ellsbury at $21,142,857. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.

2020 total payroll$111.9M

Players counting48

Average salary$2.3M

Median salary$243K

Top paidJacoby Ellsbury $21.1M

2020 player salary ledger54 players

Every New York Yankees 2020 player salary, sorted by adjusted payroll
#		Pos	Service status	Category
1	Jacoby Ellsbury	CF		Retained	$21,142,857	$21,142,857
2	Gerrit Cole	SP	Veteran	Active	$36,000,000	$13,333,333
3	Giancarlo Stanton	DH	Veteran	Active	$26,000,000	$9,629,630
4	Masahiro Tanaka	SP	Veteran	Active	$23,000,000	$8,518,519
5	Aroldis Chapman	RP	Veteran	Active	$17,200,000	$7,755,556
6	J.A. Happ	SP	Veteran	Active	$17,000,000	$6,296,296
7	Brett Gardner	CF	Veteran	Active	$10,000,000	$4,962,963
8	Zack Britton	RP	Veteran	Active	$13,000,000	$4,814,815
9	James Paxton	SP	Arbitration 4 (S2)	Injured	$12,500,000	$4,629,630
10	D.J. LeMahieu	2B	Veteran	Active	$12,000,000	$4,444,444
11	Luis Severino	SP	Arbitration 2 (S2)	Injured	$10,500,000	$4,203,704
12	Aaron Hicks	CF	Veteran	Active	$10,785,714	$4,174,603
13	Adam Ottavino	RP	Veteran	Active	$9,000,000	$3,962,963
14	Aaron Judge	RF	Arbitration 1	Active	$8,500,000	$3,148,148
15	Brett Gardner	LF		Dead	$2,500,000	$2,500,000
16	Gary Sánchez	C	Arbitration 1	Active	$5,000,000	$1,851,852
17	Tommy Kahnle	RP	Arbitration 3	Injured	$2,650,000	$981,481
18	Giovanny Urshela	3B	Arbitration 1 (S2)	Active	$2,475,000	$916,667
19	Chad Green	RP	Arbitration 1	Active	$1,275,000	$472,222
20	Luis Cessa	RP	Arbitration 1 (S2)	Active	$895,000	$331,481
21	Erik Kratz	C	Veteran	Active	$1,000,000	$281,924
22	Jonathan Holder	RP	Arbitration 1 (S2)	Active	$750,000	$277,778
23	Jordan Montgomery	SP	Arbitration 1 (S2)	Active	$805,000	$258,100
24	Gleyber Torres	SS	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$675,500	$250,222
25	Luke Voit	1B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$634,000	$234,815
26	Mike Tauchman	LF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$603,100	$223,370
27	Tyler Wade	2B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$582,800	$215,852
28	Jonathan Loaisiga	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$580,625	$215,046
29	Kyle Higashioka	C	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$579,200	$214,519
30	Luis Avilan	RP		Retained	$199,008	$199,008
31	Michael King	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$563,500	$190,015
32	Mike Ford	1B	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$579,800	$173,070
33	Clint Frazier	OF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$588,100	$165,801
34	Nick Nelson	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$563,500	$165,095
35	Thairo Estrada	2B	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$563,500	$158,865
36	Miguel Andujar	3B	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$632,500	$118,864
37	Ben Heller	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$563,500	$105,910
38	David Hale	RP		Retained	$79,475	$79,475
39	Deivi Garcia	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$563,500	$65,415
40	Chris Iannetta	C		Retained	$55,279	$55,279
41	Miguel Yajure	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$563,500	$52,955
42	Brooks Kriske	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$563,500	$46,725
43	Clarke Schmidt	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$563,500	$34,265
44	Albert Abreu	P	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$563,500	$28,035
45	Jordy Mercer	SS	Veteran (buried)	Minors	$1,000,000	$22,112
46	Tyler Lyons	RP	Veteran (buried)	Minors	$1,000,000	$16,584
47	Estevan Florial	OF	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$563,500	$12,460
48	Nick Tropeano	SP		Retained	$6,358	$6,358
49	Domingo German	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Suspended	$0	$0
50	Josh Thole	C	Veteran	Minors	$600,000	$0
51	Luis Gil	P	Pre-Arbitration	Minors	$563,500	$0
52	Luis Medina	P	Pre-Arbitration	Minors	$563,500	$0
53	Rob Brantly	C	Pre-Arbitration	Minors	$563,500	$0
54	Wynston Sawyer	C	Pre-Arbitration	Minors	$563,500	$0

About this 2020 New York Yankees 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 $111,939,081 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 (6 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 New York Yankees pay in 2020?

54 players appear on the 2020 ledger; 48 of them carry money that counts toward the $111,939,081 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 New York Yankees 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.