Dodgers players' salaries, including Shohei Ohtani: World Series 2024

The Los Angeles Dodgers will face the New York Yankees in the World Series for the first time since 1981, when the Dodgers beat the Bronx Bombers. 

The two teams have battled each other for the World Series title a total of 11 times, and the Dodgers won two other times, in 1955 and 1963.

Neither the Dodgers nor the Yankees spared any expense to bring some of the best players in Major League Baseball to their teams, and their contracts didn’t come cheap. 

Collectively, the Dodgers’ 26-player active roster salary for 2024 amounts to $266 million, compared to $263 million for the Yankees, based on payroll data compiled by Spotrac.

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The highest-paid dodgers players make salaries in the tens of millions, including Shohei Ohtani.

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Shohei Ohtani is the highest-paid Dodgers' player

The highest-paid Dodger on the team's payroll is Shohei Ohtani. In 2023, he signed a 10-year contract valued at $700 million, a record amount for a baseball player. Most of that money will be in deferred payment, but his average salary this year comes out to $70 million.

The second-highest-paid player is shortstop Mookie Betts, who will be paid $30 million this year. In 2020, he signed a 12-year, $365 million contract.

Freddie Freeman, the Dodgers' first baseman, is paid $27 million this year, part of a 6-year, $162 million contract signed in 2022. A World Series win could aid a player set to be in free agency after the season in negotiations for higher pay. 

Below is a list of the salaries of active players on the Dodgers roster based on payroll data from Spotrac. 

Shohei Ohtani, #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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1. Shohei Ohtani

• Salary: $70,000,000
• Position: Designated hitter
• Age: 30

Mookie Betts, #50 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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2. Mookie Betts

• Salary: $30,000,000 
• Position: Shortstop/Right fielder
• Age: 32

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Freddie Freeman, #5 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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3. Freddie Freeman

• Salary: $27,000,000
• Position: First baseman
• Age: 35

Teoscar Hernández, #37 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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4. Teoscar Hernández

• Salary: $23,500,000
• Position: Left fielder/Right fielder
• Age: 32

Will Smith, #16 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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5. Will Smith

• Salary: $16,550,000
• Position: Catcher
• Age: 29

Jack Flaherty, #0 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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6. Jack Flaherty

• Salary: $14,500,000
• Position: Starting pitcher
• Age: 29

Chris Taylor, #3 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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7. Chris Taylor

• Salary: $13,000,000
• Position: Second baseman
• Age: 34

Kevin Kiermaier, #93 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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8. Kevin Kiermaier

• Salary: $10,500,000
• Position: Center fielder
• Age: 34

Max Muncy, #13 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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9. Max Muncy

• Salary: $9,500,000
• Position: Third baseman
• Age: 34

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, #18 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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10. Yoshinobu Yamamoto

• Salary: $9,166,666
• Position: Starting pitcher
• Age: 26

Walker Buehler. #21 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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11. Walker Buehler

• Salary: $8,025,000
• Position: Starting pitcher
• Age: 30

Tommy Edman, #25 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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12. Tommy Edman

• Salary: $7,000,000
• Position: Center fielder
• Age: 29

Ryan Brasier, #57 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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13. Ryan Brasier

• Salary: $4,500,000
• Position: Relief pitcher
• Age: 37

Evan Phillips, #59 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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14. Evan Phillips

• Salary: $4,000,000
• Position: Relief pitcher
• Age: 30

Enrique Hernandez, #8 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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15. Enrique Hernández

• Salary: $4,000,000
• Position: Shortstop
• Age: 33

Austin Barnes, #15 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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16. Austin Barnes

• Salary: $3,500,000
• Position: Catcher
• Age: 34

Michael Kopech, #45 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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17. Michael Kopech

• Salary: $3,000,000
• Position: Starting pitcher/Relief pitcher
• Age: 28

Daniel Hudson, #41 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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18. Daniel Hudson

• Salary: $2,000,000
• Position: Relief pitcher
• Age: 37

Brent Honeywell. #40 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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19. Brent Honeywell

• Salary: $1,250,000
• Position: Relief pitcher
• Age: 29

Gavin Lux, #9 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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20. Gavin Lux

• Salary: $1,225,000
• Position: Second basemen
• Age: 26

Blake Treinen, #49 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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21. Blake Treinen

• Salary: $1,000,000
• Position: Relief pitcher
• Age: 36

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Anthony Banda, #43 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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22. Anthony Banda

• Salary: $740,000
• Position: Relief pitcher
• Age: 31

Ben Casparius, #78 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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23. Ben Casparius

• Salary: $740,000
• Position: Relief pitcher
• Age: 25

Edgardo Henriquez, #60 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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24. Edgardo Henriquez

• Salary: $740,000
• Position: Relief pitcher
• Age: 22

Landon Knack, #96 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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25. Landon Knack

• Salary: $740,000
• Position: Starting pitcher
• Age: 27

Andy Pages, #44 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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26. Andy Pages

• Salary: $740,000
• Position: Outfielder
• Age: 23

Where and when are the World Series games played?

In the best-of-seven series, the first two games will be played at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, and the following day. After a rest day, the next three games will be played at Yankee Stadium in New York from Monday to Wednesday., If necessary, the final two games, after a rest day, will be played back in Los Angeles.

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