| Rank | Name | Pos | Team | Salary Diff |
| 1 | Adam Lind | DH/OF | TOR | +$34 |
| 2 | Zack Greinke | P | KC | +$29 |
| 3 | Chris Carpenter | P | STL | +$26 |
| 4 | Kendry Morales | 1B | LAA | +$26 |
| 5 | Aaron Hill | 2B | TOR | +$25 |
| 6 | Jair Jurrjens | P | ATL | +$25 |
| 7 | Justin Upton | OF | AZ | +$24 |
| 8 | Felix Hernandez | P | SEA | +$24 |
| 9 | Andrew Bailey | P | OAK | +$24 |
| 10 | Ben Zobrist | 2B/OF | TB | +$23 |
| 11 | Wandy Rodriguez | P | HOU | +$22 |
| 12 | Adam Wainwright | P | STL | +$22 |
| 13 | Michael Cuddyer | OF/1B | MIN | +$22 |
| 14 | Javier Vazquez | P | NYY | +$21 |
| 15 | Randy Wolf | P | MIL | +$20 |
| 16 | Juan L Rivera | OF | LAA | +$20 |
| 17 | Scott Podsednik | OF | KC | +$20 |
| 18 | David Aardsma | P | SEA | +$20 |
| 19 | Billy Butler | 1B | KC | +$19 |
| 20 | Troy Tulowitzki | SS | COL | +$19 |
| 21 | Clayton Kershaw | P | LAD | +$19 |
| 22 | Mark Reynolds | 3B/1B | AZ | +$18 |
| 23 | Miguel Montero | C | AZ | +$18 |
| 24 | Rajai Davis | OF | OAK | +$18 |
| 25 | Nyjer Morgan | OF | WSH | +$18 |
| 26 | J.A. Happ | P | PHI | +$18 |
| 27 | Jason Bartlett | SS | TB | +$18 |
| 28 | Justin Verlander | P | DET | +$17 |
| 29 | Joel Pineiro | P | LAA | +$17 |
| 30 | Russell Branyan | 1B | CLE | +$16 |
| 31 | Ryan Zimmerman | 3B | WSH | +$16 |
| 32 | Michael Bourn | OF | HOU | +$15 |
| 33 | Randy Wells | P | CHC | +$15 |
| 34 | Jacoby Ellsbury | OF | BOS | +$15 |
| 35 | Pablo Sandoval | 3B/1B | SF | +$15 |
| 36 | Todd Helton | 1B | COL | +$15 |
| 37 | Luis Castillo | 2B | NYM | +$15 |
| 38 | Ryan Franklin | P | STL | +$15 |
| 39 | Victor Martinez | C/1B | BOS | +$15 |
| 40 | Edwin Jackson | P | AZ | +$15 |
| 41 | Tommy Hanson | P | ATL | +$15 |
| 42 | Matt Diaz | OF | ATL | +$14 |
| 43 | Miguel Tejada | SS | BAL | +$14 |
| 44 | Andrew McCutchen | OF | PIT | +$14 |
| 45 | Franklin Gutierrez | OF | SEA | +$14 |
| 46 | Robinson Cano | 2B | NYY | +$13 |
| 47 | Albert Callaspo | 2B | KC | +$13 |
| 48 | Elvis Andrus | SS | TEX | +$13 |
| 49 | Martin Prado | 2B/1B/3B | ATL | +$13 |
| 50 | Matt Cain | P | SF | +$13 |