Chicago Cubs Salaries - 2009
| Player | Salary (US$) |
| 1. Carlos Zambrano | 18,750,000 |
| 2. Alfonso Soriano | 17,000,000 |
| 3. Aramis Ramirez | 16,650,000 |
| 4. Derrek Lee | 13,250,000 |
| 5. Ted Lilly | 13,000,000 |
| 6. Kosuke Fukudome | 12,500,000 |
| 7. Ryan Dempster | 9,000,000 |
| 8 a. Milton Bradley | 7,000,000 |
| 8 b. Rich Harden | 7,000,000 |
| 10. Kevin Gregg | 4,200,000 |
| 11. Reed Johnson | 3,000,000 |
| 12. John Grabow | 2,300,000 |
| 13. Aaron Miles | 2,200,000 |
| 14. Aaron Heilman | 1,625,000 |
| 15. Neal Cotts | 1,100,000 |
| 16 a. Geovany Soto | 575,000 |
| 16 b. Carlos Marmol | 575,000 |
| 18. Ryan Theriot | 500,000 |
| 19. Koyie Hill | 475,000 |
| 20. Sean Marshall | 450,000 |
| 21. Tom Gorzelanny | 433,000 |
| 22. Mike Fontenot | 430,000 |
| 23. Angel Guzman | 421,500 |
| 24. Jeff Baker | 415,000 |
| 25. Micah Hoffpauir | 407,500 |
| 26. Jake Fox | 401,500 |
| 27. David Patton | 400,000 |
| Total Team Salary: | 134,058,500 |
| Team | Payroll (US$) |
| 1. NY Yankees | 208,097,414 |
| 2. NY Mets | 145,367,987 |
| 3. Chicago Cubs | 134,058,500 |
| 4. Boston | 122,435,399 |
| 5. Detroit | 119,160,145 |
| 6. LA Angels | 118,964,000 |
| 7. Seattle | 112,053,666 |
| 8. Philadelphia | 111,209,046 |
| 9. Houston | 102,996,414 |
| 10. Chicago Sox | 100,598,500 |
| 11. LA Dodgers | 100,008,592 |
| 12. Atlanta | 94,313,666 |
| 13. St. Louis | 87,703,409 |
| 14. San Francisco | 82,616,450 |
| 15. Kansas City | 81,384,553 |
| 16. Milwaukee | 80,182,502 |
| 17. Cincinnati | 73,558,500 |
| 18. Arizona | 73,516,666 |
| 19. Texas | 73,439,238 |
| 20. Toronto | 72,563,200 |
| 21. Colorado | 72,428,000 |
| 22. Tampa Bay | 68,230,934 |
| 23. Minnesota | 67,634,766 |
| 24. Cleveland | 66,757,366 |
| 25. Washington | 62,001,000 |
| 26. Baltimore | 61,885,566 |
| 27. Oakland | 56,089,250 |
| 28. San Diego | 37,800,800 |
| 29. Florida | 35,774,000 |
| 30. Pittsburgh | 25,197,000 |
| Note:Team salaries do not represent full team payroll. Amount listed includes current salary for all players currently on the roster. | |
