Can you buy a World Series? Check out the MLB Payroll dating back to 1984 to find out.
A team with a top-5 payroll won the World Series from 1992 until the Arizona Diamondbacks won it all in 2001.
Since 1990 the Florida Marlins are the only team to win the World Series and not have a payroll ranked 16 or better. The Marlins were ranked 25th in the league in 2003.
Bold and Italics=World Series Champion
*Made Playoffs
2019 MLB Payroll
| Rank | Team | Payroll |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Boston Red Sox | $213,188,334 |
| 2. | Chicago Cubs | $208,199,143 |
| 3. | New York Yankees* | $206,407,750 |
| 4. | Washington Nationals* | $181,400,409 |
| 5. | Houston Astros* | $177,443,329 |
| 6. | Philadelphia Phillies | $172,374,782 |
| 7. | Los Angeles Angels | $167,456,465 |
| 8. | New York Mets | $161,865,003 |
| 9. | Los Angeles Dodgers* | $152,863,333 |
| 10. | St. Louis Cardinals* | $150,367,083 |
| 11. | Colorado Rockies | $149,335,166 |
| 12. | San Francisco Giants | $138,030,231 |
| 13. | Seattle Mariners | $135,802,314 |
| 14. | Milwaukee Brewers* | $130,389,362 |
| 15. | Cincinnati Reds | $128,815,238 |
| 16. | Minnesota Twins* | $113,590,267 |
| 17. | Atlanta Braves* | $110,530,000 |
| 18. | Arizona Diamondbacks | $107,584,167 |
| 19. | Cleveland Indians | $107,345,783 |
| 20. | Texas Rangers | $102,462,762 |
| 21. | Oakland Athletics* | $96,825,833 |
| 22. | Chicago White Sox | $96,697,001 |
| 23. | Detroit Tigers | $96,243,400 |
| 24. | San Diego Padres | $94,429,433 |
| 25. | Kansas City Royals | $83,079,283 |
| 26. | Tampa Bay Rays* | $68,976,867 |
| 27. | Baltimore Orioles | $67,371,100 |
| 28. | Toronto Blue Jays | $66,626,457 |
| 29. | Pittsburgh Pirates | $65,918,500 |
| 30. | Miami Marlins | $62,911,262 |
2018 MLB Payroll
| Team | Payroll |
|---|---|
| 1. Boston Red Sox* | $235,650,000 |
| 2. San Francisco Giants | $208,510,000 |
| 3. Los Angeles Dodgers* | $186,140,000 |
| 4. Chicago Cubs* | $183,460,000 |
| 5. Washington Nationals | $181,590,000 |
| 6. Los Angeles Angels | $175,100,000 |
| 7. New York Yankees* | $168,540,000 |
| 8. Seattle Mariners | $162,480,000 |
| 9. Toronto Blue Jays | $162,316,000 |
| 10. St. Louis Cardinals | $161,010,000 |
| 11. Houston Astros* | $160,040,000 |
| 12. New York Mets | $154,610,000 |
| 13. Texas Rangers | $144,000,000 |
| 14. Baltimore Orioles | $143,090,000 |
| 15. Colorado Rockies* | $141,340,000 |
| 16. Cleveland Indians* | $134,350,000 |
| 17. Arizona Diamondbacks | $132,500,000 |
| 18. Minnesota Twins | $131,910,000 |
| 19. Detroit Tigers | $129,920,000 |
| 20. Kansas City Royals | $129,920,000 |
| 21. Atlanta Braves* | $120,540,000 |
| 22. Cincinnati Reds | $101,190,000 |
| 23. Miami Marlins | $98,640,000 |
| 24. Philadelphia Phillies | $96,850,000 |
| 25. San Diego Padres | $96,130,000 |
| 26. Milwaukee Brewers* | $90,240,000 |
| 27. Pittsburgh Pirates | $87,880,000 |
| 28. Tampa Bay Rays | $78,730,000 |
| 29. Chicago White Sox | $72,180,000 |
| 30. Oakland Athletics* | $68,530,000 |
2017 MLB Payroll
| Team | Payroll |
|---|---|
| 1. Los Angeles Dodgers* | $242,065,828 |
| 2. New York Yankees* | $201,539,699 |
| 3. Boston Red Sox* | $199,805,178 |
| 4. Detroit Tigers | $199,750,600 |
| 5. Toronto Blue Jays | $177,795,368 |
| 6. Texas Rangers | $175,909,063 |
| 7. San Francisco Giants | $172,354,611 |
| 8. Chicago Cubs* | $172,189,880 |
| 9. Washington Nationals* | $167,846,918 |
| 10. Baltimore Orioles | $163,676,616 |
| 11. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | $160,375,333 |
| 12. New York Mets | $155,187,460 |
| 13. Seattle Mariners | $154,800,918 |
| 14. St. Louis Cardinals | $152,452,933 |
| 15. Kansas City Royals | $140,925,250 |
| 16. Colorado Rockies* | $130,963,571 |
| 17. Cleveland Indians* | $124,861,165 |
| 18. Houston Astros* | $124,343,900 |
| 19. Atlanta Braves | $112,437,541 |
| 20. Miami Marlins | $111,881,100 |
| 21. Philadelphia Phillies | $111,378,000 |
| 22. Minnesota Twins* | $108,077,500 |
| 23. Pittsburgh Pirates | $100,575,946 |
| 24. Chicago White Sox | $99,119,770 |
| 25. Cincinnati Reds | $93,768,785 |
| 26. Arizona Diamondbacks* | $93,257,600 |
| 27. Oakland Athletics | $81,738,333 |
| 28. San Diego Padres | $71,624,400 |
| 29. Tampa Bay Rays | $69,962,532 |
| 30. Milwaukee Brewers | $63,061,300 |
2016 MLB Payroll
| Team | Payroll |
|---|---|
| 1. Los Angeles Dodgers* | $253,639,162 |
| 2. New York Yankees | $227,854,349 |
| 3. Boston Red Sox* | $199,864,178 |
| 4. Detroit Tigers | $199,525,500 |
| 5. San Francisco Giants* | $171,464,943 |
| 6. Chicago Cubs* | $167,444,167 |
| 7. Los Angeles Angels | $166,831,190 |
| 8. Texas Rangers* | $161,246,720 |
| 9. St. Louis Cardinals | $149,186,000 |
| 10. Baltimore Orioles* | $147,943,713 |
| 11. Washington Nationals* | $146,686,385 |
| 12. Seattle Mariners | $144,996,858 |
| 13. Toronto Blue Jays* | $140,582,027 |
| 14. Kansas City Royals | $137,606,125 |
| 15. New York Mets* | $130,612,115 |
| 16. Chicago White Sox | $115,998,667 |
| 17. Colorado Rockies | $113,242,571 |
| 18. Minnesota Twins | $104,591,200 |
| 19. Philadelphia Phillies | $103,346,668 |
| 20. San Diego Padres | $100,547,000 |
| 21. Pittsburgh Pirates | $99,960,499 |
| 22. Arizona Diamondbacks | $98,657,436 |
| 23. Cleveland Indians* | $98,006,899 |
| 24. Houston Astros | $96,643,000 |
| 25. Cincinnati Reds | $93,171,452 |
| 26. Oakland Athletics | $85,823,390 |
| 27. Atlanta Braves | $84,821,541 |
| 28. Miami Marlins | $70,464,500 |
| 29. Tampa Bay Rays | $64,120,323 |
| 30. Milwaukee Brewers | $62,964,319 |
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2015 MLB Payroll
| Team | Payroll |
|---|---|
| 1. L.A. Dodgers* | $272,789,040 |
| 2. N.Y. Yankees* | $219,282,196 |
| 3. Boston | $187,407,202 |
| 4. Detroit | $173,813,750 |
| 5. San Francisco | $172,672,111 |
| 6. Washington | $164,920,505 |
| 7. L.A. Angels | $150,933,083 |
| 8. Texas* | $142,140,873 |
| 9. Philadelphia | $135,827,500 |
| 10. Toronto* | $122,506,600 |
| 11. St. Louis* | $120,869,458 |
| 12. Seattle | $119,798,060 |
| 13. Chicago Cubs* | $119,006,885 |
| 14. Cincinnati | $117,197,072 |
| 15. Chicago White Sox | $115,238,678 |
| 16. Kansas City* | $113,618,650 |
| 17. Baltimore | $110,146,097 |
| 18. Minnesota | $108,945,000 |
| 19. Milwaukee | $105,002,536 |
| 20. Colorado | $102,006,130 |
| 21. N.Y. Mets* | $101,409,244 |
| 22. San Diego | $100,675,896 |
| 23. Atlanta | $97,578,565 |
| 24. Arizona | $91,518,833 |
| 25. Pittsburgh* | $88,278,500 |
| 26. Cleveland | $86,091,175 |
| 27. Oakland | $86,086,667 |
| 28. Tampa Bay | $76,061,707 |
| 29. Houston* | $70,910,100 |
| 30. Miami | $68,479,000 |
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2014 MLB Payroll
| Team | Payroll |
|---|---|
| 1. L.A. Dodgers* | $235,295,219 |
| 2. N.Y. Yankees | $203,812,506 |
| 3. Philadelphia | $180,052,723 |
| 4. Boston | $162,817,411 |
| 5. Detroit* | $162,228,527 |
| 6. L.A. Angels* | $155,692,000 |
| 7. San Francisco* | $154,185,878 |
| 8. Texas | $136,036,172 |
| 9. Washington* | $134,704,437 |
| 10. Toronto | $132,628,700 |
| 11. Arizona | $112,688,666 |
| 12. Cincinnati | $112,390,772 |
| 13. St. Louis* | $111,020,360 |
| 14. Atlanta | $110,897,341 |
| 15. Baltimore* | $107,406,623 |
| 16. Milwaukee | $103,844,806 |
| 17. Colorado | $95,832,071 |
| 18. Seattle | $92,081,943 |
| 19. Kansas City* | $92,034,345 |
| 20. Chicago White Sox | $91,159,254 |
| 21. San Diego | $90,094,196 |
| 22. N.Y. Mets | $89,051,758 |
| 23. Chicago | $89,007,857 |
| 24. Minnesota | $85,776,500 |
| 25. Oakland* | $83,401,400 |
| 26. Cleveland | $82,534,800 |
| 27. Pittsburgh* | $78,111,667 |
| 28. Tampa Bay | $77,062,891 |
| 29. Miami | $47,565,400 |
| 30. Houston | $44,544,174 |
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2013 MLB Payroll
| Team | Payroll |
|---|---|
| 1. N.Y. Yankees | $228,995,945 |
| 2. L.A. Dodgers* | $216,302,909 |
| 3. Philadelphia | $159,578,214 |
| 4. Boston* | $158,967,286 |
| 5. Detroit* | $149,046,844 |
| 6. San Francisco | $142,180,333 |
| 7. L.A. Angels | $142,165,250 |
| 8. Texas | $127,197,575 |
| 9. Chicago White Sox | $124,065,277 |
| 10. Toronto | $118,244,039 |
| 11. St. Louis* | $116,702,085 |
| 12. Washington | $112,431,770 |
| 13. Cincinnati* | $110,565,728 |
| 14. Chicago Cubs | $104,150,726 |
| 15. Baltimore | $91,793,333 |
| 16. Milwaukee | $91,003,366 |
| 17. Arizona | $90,158,500 |
| 18. Atlanta* | $89,288,193 |
| 19. N.Y. Mets | $88,877,033 |
| 20. Seattle | $84,295,952 |
| 21. Cleveland* | $82,517,300 |
| 22. Kansas City | $80,491,725 |
| 23. Minnesota | $75,562,500 |
| 24. Colorado | $75,449,071 |
| 25. San Diego | $71,689,900 |
| 26. Oakland* | $68,577,000 |
| 27. Pittsburgh* | $66,289,524 |
| 28. Tampa Bay* | $57,030,272 |
| 29. Miami | $39,621,900 |
| 30. Houston | $24,328,538 |
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2012 MLB Payroll
| Team | Payroll |
|---|---|
| 1. N.Y. Yankees* | $200,203,004 |
| 2. Philadelphia | $173,953,939 |
| 3. Boston | $173,186,619 |
| 4. L.A. Angels | $154,940,524 |
| 5. Detroit* | $132,276,000 |
| 6. Texas* | $120,510,975 |
| 7. San Francisco* | $117,936,667 |
| 8. Miami | $112,078,000 |
| 9. St. Louis* | $110,297,862 |
| 10. Milwaukee | $98,049,444 |
| 11. Chicago White Sox | $97,919,500 |
| 12. L.A. Dodgers | $94,663,576 |
| 13. Minnesota | $94,085,000 |
| 14. N.Y. Mets | $93,357,465 |
| 15. Chicago Cubs | $88,197,033 |
| 16. Atlanta* | $82,409,942 |
| 17. Cincinnati* | $82,203,568 |
| 18. Seattle | $81,978,100 |
| 19. Washington* | $81,561,145 |
| 20. Baltimore* | $80,804,000 |
| 21. Colorado | $78,069,571 |
| 22. Toronto | $75,489,200 |
| 23. Arizona | $74,284,833 |
| 24. Cleveland | $71,430,300 |
| 25. Tampa Bay | $65,008,071 |
| 26. Pittsburgh | $63,432,000 |
| 27. Kansas City | $62,621,725 |
| 28. Houston | $60,651,000 |
| 29. San Diego | $55,871,900 |
| 30. Oakland* | $52,872,500 |
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2011 MLB Payroll
| Team | Payroll |
|---|---|
| 1. N.Y. Yankees* | $201,689,030 |
| 2. Philadelphia* | $172,976,381 |
| 3. Boston | $161,407,476 |
| 4. L.A. Angels | $138,998,524 |
| 5. Chicago White Sox | $129,285,539 |
| 6. Chicago Cubs | $125,480,664 |
| 7. N.Y. Mets | $120,147,310 |
| 8. San Francisco | $118,216,333 |
| 9. Minnesota | $112,737,000 |
| 10. Detroit* | $105,705,232 |
| 11. St. Louis* | $105,433,572 |
| 12. L.A. Dodgers | $103,788,990 |
| 13. Texas* | $92,299,265 |
| 14. Colorado | $87,998,071 |
| 15. Atlanta | $87,003,192 |
| 16. Seattle | $86,424,600 |
| 17. Milwaukee* | $85,497,333 |
| 18. Baltimore | $85,304,038 |
| 19. Cincinnati | $76,181,365 |
| 20. Houston | $70,694,000 |
| 21. Oakland | $66,536,500 |
| 22. Washington | $63,681,929 |
| 23. Toronto | $62,517,800 |
| 24. Florida | $56,944,000 |
| 25. Arizona* | $53,639,833 |
| 26. Cleveland | $49,188,867 |
| 27. Pittsburgh | $46,047,000 |
| 28. San Diego | $45,869,140 |
| 29. Tampa Bay* | $41,932,171 |
| 30. Kansas City | $36,126,400 |
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2010 MLB Payroll
| Team | Payroll |
|---|---|
| 1. N.Y. Yankees* | $206,333,389 |
| 2. Boston | $162,747,333 |
| 3. Chicago Cubs | $146,859,000 |
| 4. Philadelphia* | $141,927,381 |
| 5. N.Y. Mets | $132,701,445 |
| 6. Detroit | $122,864,929 |
| 7. Chicago White Sox | $108,273,197 |
| 8. L.A. Angels | $105,013,667 |
| 9. Seattle | $98,376,667 |
| 10. San Francisco* | $97,828,833 |
| 11. Minnesota* | $97,559,167 |
| 12. L.A. Dodgers | $94,945,517 |
| 13. St. Louis | $93,540,753 |
| 14. Houston | $92,355,500 |
| 15. Atlanta* | $84,423,667 |
| 16. Colorado | $84,227,000 |
| 17. Baltimore | $81,612,500 |
| 18. Milwaukee | $81,108,279 |
| 19. Cincinnati* | $72,386,544 |
| 20. Kansas City | $72,267,710 |
| 21. Tampa Bay* | $71,923,471 |
| 22. Toronto | $62,689,357 |
| 23. Washington | $61,425,000 |
| 24. Cleveland | $61,203,967 |
| 25. Arizona | $60,718,167 |
| 26. Florida | $55,641,500 |
| 27. Texas* | $55,250,545 |
| 28. Oakland | $51,654,900 |
| 29. San Diego | $37,799,300 |
| 30. Pittsburgh | $34,943,000 |
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2009 MLB Payroll
| Team | Payroll |
|---|---|
| 1. N.Y. Yankees* | $201,449,289 |
| 2. N.Y. Mets | $135,773,988 |
| 3. Chicago Cubs | $135,050,000 |
| 4. Boston* | $122,696,000 |
| 5. Detroit | $115,085,145 |
| 6. L.A. Angels* | $113,709,000 |
| 7. Philadelphia* | $113,004,048 |
| 8. Houston | $102,996,415 |
| 9. L.A. Dodgers* | $100,458,101 |
| 10. Seattle | $98,904,167 |
| 11. Atlanta | $96,726,167 |
| 12. Chicago White Sox | $96,068,500 |
| 13. St. Louis* | $88,528,411 |
| 14. San Francisco | $82,161,450 |
| 15. Cleveland | $81,625,567 |
| 16. Toronto | $80,993,657 |
| 17. Milwaukee | $80,257,502 |
| 18. Colorado* | $75,201,000 |
| 19. Arizona | $73,571,667 |
| 20. Cincinnati | $70,968,500 |
| 21. Kansas City | $70,908,333 |
| 22. Texas | $68,646,023 |
| 23. Baltimore | $67,101,667 |
| 24. Minnesota* | $65,299,267 |
| 25. Tampa Bay | $63,313,035 |
| 26. Oakland | $62,310,000 |
| 27. Washington | $59,328,000 |
| 28. Pittsburgh | $48,743,000 |
| 29. San Diego | $42,796,700 |
| 30. Florida | $36,814,000 |
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2008 MLB Payroll
| Team | Payroll |
|---|---|
| 1. N.Y. Yankees | $209,081,579 |
| 2. Detroit | $138,685,197 |
| 3. N.Y. Mets | $138,293,378 |
| 4. Boston* | $133,440,037 |
| 5. Chicago White Sox* | $121,152,667 |
| 6. L.A. Angels* | $119,216,333 |
| 7. Chicago Cubs* | $118,595,833 |
| 8. L.A. Dodgers* | $118,536,038 |
| 9. Seattle | $117,993,982 |
| 10. Atlanta | $102,424,018 |
| 11. St. Louis | $100,624,450 |
| 12. Toronto | $98,641,957 |
| 13. Philadelphia* | $98,269,881 |
| 14. Houston | $88,930,415 |
| 15. Milwaukee* | $81,004,167 |
| 16. Cleveland | $78,970,067 |
| 17. San Francisco | $76,904,500 |
| 18. Cincinnati | $74,277,695 |
| 19. San Diego | $73,677,617 |
| 20. Colorado | $68,655,500 |
| 21. Texas | $68,239,551 |
| 22. Baltimore | $67,196,248 |
| 23. Arizona | $66,202,713 |
| 24. Minnesota | $62,182,767 |
| 25. Kansas City | $58,245,500 |
| 26. Washington | $54,961,000 |
| 27. Pittsburgh | $49,365,283 |
| 28. Oakland | $47,967,126 |
| 29. Tampa Bay* | $43,820,598 |
| 30. Florida | $21,836,500 |
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2007 MLB Payroll
| Team | Payroll |
|---|---|
| 1. N.Y. Yankees* | $189,639,045 |
| 2. Boston* | $143,026,214 |
| 3. N.Y. Mets | $115,231,663 |
| 4. L.A. Angels* | $109,251,333 |
| 5. Chicago White Sox | $108,671,833 |
| 6. L.A. Dodgers | $108,454,524 |
| 7. Seattle | $106,460,833 |
| 8. Chicago Cubs* | $99,670,332 |
| 9. Detroit | $95,180,369 |
| 10. Baltimore | $93,554,808 |
| 11. St. Louis | $90,286,823 |
| 12. San Francisco | $90,219,056 |
| 13. Philadelphia* | $89,428,213 |
| 14. Houston | $87,759,000 |
| 15. Atlanta | $87,290,833 |
| 16. Toronto | $81,942,800 |
| 17. Oakland | $79,366,940 |
| 18. Minnesota | $71,439,500 |
| 19. Milwaukee | $70,986,500 |
| 20. Cincinnati | $68,904,980 |
| 21. Texas | $68,318,675 |
| 22. Kansas City | $67,116,500 |
| 23. Cleveland* | $61,673,267 |
| 24. San Diego | $58,110,567 |
| 25. Colorado* | $54,424,000 |
| 26. Arizona* | $52,067,546 |
| 27. Pittsburgh | $38,537,833 |
| 28. Washington | $37,347,500 |
| 29. Florida | $30,507,000 |
| 30. Tampa Bay | $24,123,500 |
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2006 MLB Payroll
| Team | Payroll |
|---|---|
| 1. N.Y. Yankees* | $194,663,079 |
| 2. Boston | $120,099,824 |
| 3. L.A. Angels | $103,472,000 |
| 4. Chicago White Sox | $102,750,667 |
| 5. N.Y. Mets* | $101,084, 963 |
| 6. L.A. Dodgers* | $98,447,187 |
| 7. Chicago Cubs | $94,424,499 |
| 8. Houston | $92,551,503 |
| 9. Atlanta | $90,156,876 |
| 10. San Francisco | $90,056,419 |
| 11. St. Louis* | $88,891,371 |
| 12. Philadelphia | $88,273,333 |
| 13. Seattle | $87,959,833 |
| 14. Detroit* | $82,612,866 |
| 15. Baltimore | $72,585,582 |
| 16. Toronto | $71,915,000 |
| 17. San Diego* | $69,896,141 |
| 18. Texas | $68,228,662 |
| 19. Minnesota* | $63,396,006 |
| 20. Washington | $63,143,000 |
| 21. Oakland* | $62,243,079 |
| 22. Cincinnati | $60,909,519 |
| 23. Arizona | $59,684,226 |
| 24. Milwaukee | $57,568,333 |
| 25. Cleveland | $56,031,500 |
| 26. Kansas City | $47,294,000 |
| 27. Pittsburgh | $46,717,750 |
| 28. Colorado | $41,233,000 |
| 29. Tampa Bay | $35,417,967 |
| 30. Florida | $14,998,500 |
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2005 MLB Payroll
| Team | Payroll |
|---|---|
| 1. N.Y. Yankees* | $205,938,439 |
| 2. Boston* | $121,311,945 |
| 3. N.Y. Mets | $104,770,139 |
| 4. Philadelphia | $95,337,908 |
| 5. L.A. Angels* | $95,017,822 |
| 6. St. Louis* | $93,319,842 |
| 7. San Francisco | $89,487,842 |
| 8. Chicago Cubs | $87,210,933 |
| 9. Seattle | $85,883,333 |
| 10. Atlanta* | $85,148,582 |
| 11. L.A. Dodgers | $81,029,500 |
| 12. Houston* | $76,779,022 |
| 13. Chicago White Sox* | $75,228,000 |
| 14. Baltimore | $74,570,539 |
| 15. Detroit | $68,998,183 |
| 16. Arizona | $63,015,834 |
| 17. San Diego* | $62,888,192 |
| 18. Florida | $60,375,961 |
| 19. Cincinnati | $59,658,275 |
| 20. Minnesota | $56,615,000 |
| 21. Oakland | $55,869,262 |
| 22. Texas | $55,307,258 |
| 23. Washington | $48,581,500 |
| 24. Colorado | $47,789,000 |
| 25. Toronto | $45,336,500 |
| 26. Cleveland | $41,830,400 |
| 27. Milwaukee | $40,234,833 |
| 28. Pittsburgh | $38,138,000 |
| 29. Kansas City | $36,881,000 |
| 30. Tampa Bay | $29,893,567 |
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2004 MLB Payroll
| Team | Payroll |
|---|---|
| 1. N.Y. Yankees* | $182,835,513 |
| 2. Boston* | $125,208,542 |
| 3. Anaheim* | $101,084,667 |
| 4. N.Y. Mets | $100,629,303 |
| 5. Philadelphia | $93,219,167 |
| 6. Chicago Cubs | $91,101,667 |
| 7. Los Angeles* | $89,694,342 |
| 8. Atlanta* | $88,507,788 |
| 9. San Francisco | $82,019,167 |
| 10. Seattle | $81,543,833 |
| 11. St. Louis* | $75,633,517 |
| 12. Houston* | $74,666,303 |
| 13. Arizona | $70,204,984 |
| 14. Chicago White Sox | $65,212,500 |
| 15. Colorado | $64,590,403 |
| 16. Oakland | $59,825,167 |
| 17. Texas | $54,825,973 |
| 18. San Diego | $54,639,503 |
| 19. Minnesota* | $53,585,000 |
| 20. Baltimore | $51,212,653 |
| 21. Toronto | $50,017,000 |
| 22. Kansas City | $47,609,000 |
| 23. Detroit | $46,353,554 |
| 24. Montreal | $43,197,500 |
| 25. Cincinnati | $43,067,858 |
| 26. Florida | $42,118,042 |
| 27. Cleveland | $34,569,300 |
| 28. Pittsburgh | $32,227,929 |
| 29. Tampa Bay | $29,506,667 |
| 30. Milwaukee | $27,518,500 |
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2003 MLB Payroll
| Team | Payroll |
|---|---|
| 1. N.Y. Yankees* | $152,749,814 |
| 2. N.Y. Mets | $117,176,429 |
| 3. Atlanta* | $106,243,667 |
| 4. Los Angeles | $105,872,620 |
| 5. Texas | $103,491,667 |
| 6. Boston* | $99,946,500 |
| 7. Seattle | $86,959,167 |
| 8. St Louis | $83,486,666 |
| 9. San Francisco* | $82,852,167 |
| 10. Arizona | $80,640,333 |
| 11. Chicago Cubs* | $79,868,333 |
| 12. Anaheim | $79,031,667 |
| 13. Baltimore | $73,877,500 |
| 14. Houston | $71,040,000 |
| 15. Philadelphia | $70,780,000 |
| 16. Colorado | $67,179,667 |
| 17. Cincinnati | $59,355,667 |
| 18. Minnesota* | $55,505,000 |
| 19. Pittsburg | $54,812,429 |
| 20. Montreal | $51,948,500 |
| 21. Toronto | $51,269,000 |
| 22. Chicago White Sox | $51,010,000 |
| 23. Oakland* | $50,260,834 |
| 24. Detroit | $49,168,000 |
| 25. Florida* | $49,050,000 |
| 26. Cleveland | $48,584,834 |
| 27.San Diego | $47,928,000 |
| 28. Milwaukee | $40,627,000 |
| 29. Kansas City | $40,518,000 |
| 30. Tampa Bay | $19,630,000 |
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2002 MLB Payroll
| Team | Payroll |
|---|---|
| 1. N.Y. Yankees* | $125,928,583 |
| 2. Boston | $108,366,060 |
| 3. Texas | $105,302,1244 |
| 4. Arizona* | $102,820,000 |
| 5. L.A. Dodgers | $94,850,952 |
| 6. N.Y. Mets | $94,633,593 |
| 7. Atlanta* | $93,470,367 |
| 8. Seattle | $80,282,668 |
| 9. Cleveland | $78,909,448 |
| 10. San Francisco* | $78,299,8354 |
| 11. Toronto | $76,864,333 |
| 12. Chicago Cubs | $75,690,833 |
| 13. St. Louis* | $74,098,267 |
| 14. Houston | $63,448,417 |
| 15. Anaheim* | $61,721,667 |
| 16. Baltimore | $60,493,487 |
| 17. Philadelphia | $57,955,000 |
| 18. Chicago White Sox | $57,052,833 |
| 19. Colorado | $56,851,043 |
| 20. Detroit | $55,048,000 |
| 21. Milwaukee | $50,287,833 |
| 22. Kansas City | $47,257,000 |
| 23. Cincinnati | $45,050,390 |
| 24. Pittsburgh | $42,323,598 |
| 25. Florida | $41,979,917 |
| 26. San Diego | $41,425,000 |
| 27. Minnesota* | $40,225,000 |
| 28. Oakland* | $39,679,746 |
| 29. Montreal | $38,670,500 |
| 30. Tampa Bay | $34,380,000 |
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2001 MLB Payroll
| Team | Payroll |
|---|---|
| 1. N.Y. Yankees* | $109,791,893 |
| 2. Boston | $109,558,908 |
| 3. Los Angeles | $108,980,952 |
| 4. N.Y. Mets | $93,174,428 |
| 5. Cleveland* | $91,974,979 |
| 6. Atlanta* | $91,851,687 |
| 7. Texas | $88,504,421 |
| 8. Arizona* | $81,206,513 |
| 9. St. Louis* | $77,270,855 |
| 10. Toronto | $75,798,500 |
| 11. Seattle* | $75,652,500 |
| 12. Baltimore | $72,426,328 |
| 13. Colorado | $71,068,000 |
| 14. Chicago Cubs | $64,015,833 |
| 15. San Francisco | $63,332,667 |
| 16. Chicago White Sox | $62,363,000 |
| 17. Houston* | $60,382,667 |
| 18. Tampa Bay | $54,951,602 |
| 19. Pittsburgh | $52,698,3 |
| 20. Detroit | $49,831,167 |
| 21. Anaheim | $46,568,180 |
| 22. Cincinnati | $45,227,882 |
| 23. Milwaukee | $43,089,333 |
| 24. Philadelphia | $41,664,167 |
| 25. San Diego | $38,333,117 |
| 26. Kansas City | $35,643,000 |
| 27. Florida | $35,504,167 |
| 28. Montreal | $34,774,500 |
| 29. Oakland* | $33,810,750 |
| 30. Minnesota | $24,350,000 |
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2000 MLB Payroll
| Team | Payroll |
|---|---|
| 1. N.Y. Yankees* | $92,538,260 |
| 2. Los Angeles | $88,124,286 |
| 3. Atlanta* | $84,537,836 |
| 4. Baltimore | $81,447,435 |
| 5. Arizona | $81,027,833 |
| 6. N.Y. Mets* | $79,509,776 |
| 7. Boston | $77,940,333 |
| 8. Cleveland | $75,880,871 |
| 9. Texas | $70,795,921 |
| 10. Tampa Bay | $62,765,129 |
| 11. St. Louis* | $61,453,863 |
| 12. Colorado | $61,111,190 |
| 13. Chicago Cubs | $60,539,333 |
| 14. Seattle* | $58,915,000 |
| 15. Detroit | $58,265,167 |
| 16. San Diego | $54,821,000 |
| 17. San Francisco* | $53,737,826 |
| 18. Anaheim | $51,464,167 |
| 19. Houston | $51,289,111 |
| 20. Philadelphia | $47,308,000 |
| 21. Cincinnati | $46,867,200 |
| 22. Toronto | $46,238,333 |
| 23. Milwaukee | $36,505,333 |
| 24. Montreal | $34,807,833 |
| 25. Oakland* | $31,971,333 |
| 26. Chicago White Sox* | $31,133,500 |
| 27. Pittsburgh | $28,928,333 |
| 28. Kansas City | $23,433,000 |
| 29. Florida | $20,072,000 |
| 30. Minnesota | $16,519,500 |
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