| Rank | Name | Pos | Team | Salary Diff |
| 1 | Chase Utley | 2B | PHI | $-29 |
| 2 | Dan Haren | P | LAA | $-29 |
| 3 | Zack Greinke | P | KC | $-29 |
| 4 | Pablo Sandoval | 3B/1B | SF | $-26 |
| 5 | Jacoby Ellsbury | OF | BOS | $-24 |
| 6 | Tommy Hanson | P | ATL | $-23 |
| 7 | Grady Sizemore | OF | CLE | $-22 |
| 8 | Brian Roberts | 2B | BAL | $-22 |
| 9 | Javier Vazquez | P | NYY | $-21 |
| 10 | Jake Peavy | P | CHW | $-20 |
| 11 | Jair Jurrjens | P | ATL | $-20 |
| 12 | Nate McLouth | OF | ATL | $-19 |
| 13 | Josh Beckett | P | BOS | $-19 |
| 14 | Trevor Hoffman | P | MIL | $-19 |
| 15 | Jimmy Rollins | SS | PHI | $-19 |
| 16 | Chipper Jones | 3B | ATL | $-18 |
| 17 | Carlos Lee | OF | HOU | $-18 |
| 18 | Wandy Rodriguez | P | HOU | $-18 |
| 19 | Tim Lincecum | P | SF | $-18 |
| 20 | Manny Ramirez | OF | LAD | $-18 |
| 21 | Mike Gonzalez | P | BAL | $-17 |
| 22 | Jason Bay | OF | NYM | $-16 |
| 23 | Brad Hawpe | OF | COL | $-16 |
| 24 | Jason Kubel | DH/OF | MIN | $-16 |
| 25 | Rich Harden | P | TEX | $-15 |
| 26 | Mike Lowell | 3B | BOS | $-15 |
| 27 | Carlos Beltran | OF | NYM | $-15 |
| 28 | Randy Winn | OF | STL | $-15 |
| 29 | Julio Borbon | DH/OF | TEX | $-15 |
| 30 | Ryan Braun | OF | MIL | $-15 |
| 31 | Huston Street | P | COL | $-14 |
| 32 | Randy Wells | P | CHC | $-14 |
| 33 | Raul Ibanez | OF | PHI | $-14 |
| 34 | Aramis Ramirez | 3B | CHC | $-14 |
| 35 | Derrek Lee | 1B | CHC | $-14 |
| 36 | Bengie Molina | C | TEX | $-14 |
| 37 | Jose Lopez | 2B/3B | SEA | $-14 |
| 38 | Francisco Rodriguez | P | NYM | $-14 |
| 39 | John Lackey | P | BOS | $-13 |
| 40 | Jason Bartlett | SS | TB | $-13 |
| 41 | David Aardsma | P | SEA | $-13 |
| 42 | Mark DeRosa | 3B/OF | SF | $-13 |
| 43 | Todd Helton | 1B | COL | $-13 |
| 44 | Casey Blake | 3B | LAD | $-13 |
| 45 | Mike Cameron | OF | BOS | $-13 |
| 46 | Miguel Tejada | 3B/SS | BAL | $-13 |
| 47 | A.J. Burnett | P | NYY | $-13 |
| 48 | Aaron Hill | 2B | TOR | $-13 |
| 49 | James Shields | P | TB | $-13 |
| 50 | Nick Markakis | OF | BAL | $-13 |