| Rank | Name | Pos | Team | Salary Diff |
| 1 | Robinson Cano | 2B | NYY | +$26 |
| 2 | Martin Prado | 2B/1B/3B | ATL | +$26 |
| 3 | Josh Johnson | P | FLA | +$25 |
| 4 | Angel Pagan | OF | NYM | +$24 |
| 5 | Mat Latos | P | SD | +$24 |
| 6 | Josh Hamilton | OF | TEX | +$23 |
| 7 | Adrian Beltre | 3B | BOS | +$22 |
| 8 | Carl Pavano | P | MIN | +$22 |
| 9 | Carlos Gonzalez | OF | COL | +$22 |
| 10 | Buster Posey | C | SF | +$21 |
| 11 | Scott Rolen | 3B | CIN | +$21 |
| 12 | Jose Bautista | OF/3B | TOR | +$21 |
| 13 | Vladimir Guerrero | DH | TEX | +$20 |
| 14 | Clay Buchholz | P | BOS | +$20 |
| 15 | Brett Gardner | OF | NYY | +$19 |
| 16 | Trevor Cahill | P | OAK | +$19 |
| 17 | Tim Hudson | P | ATL | +$19 |
| 18 | Andres Torres | OF | SF | +$19 |
| 19 | Brett Myers | P | HOU | +$18 |
| 20 | Rafael Furcal | SS | LAD | +$18 |
| 21 | Joey Votto | 1B | CIN | +$18 |
| 22 | Francisco Liriano | P | MIN | +$17 |
| 23 | Chris Young | OF | AZ | +$17 |
| 24 | Rickie Weeks | 2B | MIL | +$17 |
| 25 | Kelly Johnson | 2B | AZ | +$16 |
| 26 | R.A. Dickey | P | NYM | +$16 |
| 27 | Gaby Sanchez | 1B | FLA | +$16 |
| 28 | David Price | P | TB | +$16 |
| 29 | Johnny Cueto | P | CIN | +$15 |
| 30 | Juan Uribe | 3B/2B/SS | SF | +$15 |
| 31 | Alex Gonzalez | SS | ATL | +$15 |
| 32 | Miguel Olivo | C | COL | +$15 |
| 33 | Delmon Young | OF | MIN | +$14 |
| 34 | Scott Podsednik | OF | LAD | +$14 |
| 35 | Jason Vargas | P | SEA | +$14 |
| 36 | Cliff Pennington | SS | OAK | +$13 |
| 37 | Evan Meek | P | PIT | +$13 |
| 38 | Livan Hernandez | P | WSH | +$13 |
| 39 | Andy Pettitte | P | NYY | +$13 |
| 40 | Troy Glaus | 3B | ATL | +$13 |
| 41 | Aubrey Huff | 1B/DH | SF | +$13 |
| 42 | Jonny Gomes | OF | CIN | +$13 |
| 43 | John Buck | C | TOR | +$12 |
| 44 | Austin Jackson | OF | DET | +$12 |
| 45 | Barry Zito | P | SF | +$12 |
| 46 | Tommy Hunter | P | TEX | +$12 |
| 47 | Sean Marshall | P | CHC | +$12 |
| 48 | Seth Smith | OF | COL | +$12 |
| 49 | Tyler Colvin | OF | CHC | +$12 |
| 50 | Ubaldo Jimenez | P | COL | +$12 |