The data displays the highest paid players in Major League Baseball in 2018. Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers receives a salary of 33 million USD for the 2018 season.
Highest paid MLB players - additional information Major League Baseball players receive generous yearly salaries, along with performance incentives and endorsement deals. The Major League Baseball minimum salary was set at 535 thousand USD per year in 2017, one of the highest figures to date. The average player salary in the MLB is much higher though.
