| Rank | Name | Pos | Team | Salary Diff |
| 1 | Carlos Gonzalez | OF | COL | +$33 |
| 2 | Mat Latos | P | SD | +$31 |
| 3 | Clay Buchholz | P | BOS | +$27 |
| 4 | Robinson Cano | 2B | NYY | +$27 |
| 5 | Josh Hamilton | OF | TEX | +$27 |
| 6 | Jose Bautista | OF/3B | TOR | +$27 |
| 7 | Tim Hudson | P | ATL | +$26 |
| 8 | Martin Prado | 2B/1B/3B | ATL | +$25 |
| 9 | Paul Konerko | 1B | CHW | +$24 |
| 10 | Adrian Beltre | 3B | BOS | +$23 |
| 11 | Angel Pagan | OF | NYM | +$22 |
| 12 | Trevor Cahill | P | OAK | +$22 |
| 13 | Joey Votto | 1B | CIN | +$21 |
| 14 | Brett Myers | P | HOU | +$21 |
| 15 | Andres Torres | OF | SF | +$21 |
| 16 | Josh Johnson | P | FLA | +$19 |
| 17 | Buster Posey | C | SF | +$19 |
| 18 | Gaby Sanchez | 1B | FLA | +$19 |
| 19 | Chris Young | OF | AZ | +$18 |
| 20 | Francisco Liriano | P | MIN | +$18 |
| 21 | Scott Rolen | 3B | CIN | +$18 |
| 22 | R.A. Dickey | P | NYM | +$17 |
| 23 | Omar Infante | 2B | ATL | +$17 |
| 24 | Ryan Zimmerman | 3B | WSH | +$17 |
| 25 | C.J. Wilson | P | TEX | +$17 |
| 26 | Gio Gonzalez | P | OAK | +$17 |
| 27 | Ubaldo Jimenez | P | COL | +$17 |
| 28 | Brett Gardner | OF | NYY | +$17 |
| 29 | Luke Scott | DH/OF | BAL | +$16 |
| 30 | Carl Pavano | P | MIN | +$16 |
| 31 | Vladimir Guerrero | DH | TEX | +$16 |
| 32 | David Price | P | TB | +$16 |
| 33 | Anibal Sanchez | P | FLA | +$15 |
| 34 | Ian Desmond | SS | WSH | +$14 |
| 35 | Yuniesky Betancourt | SS | KC | +$14 |
| 36 | Albert Callaspo | 2B | LAA | +$14 |
| 37 | Dallas Braden | P | OAK | +$14 |
| 38 | Kelly Johnson | 2B | AZ | +$14 |
| 39 | Rickie Weeks | 2B | MIL | +$14 |
| 40 | Juan Pierre | OF | CHW | +$13 |
| 41 | Alex Gonzalez | SS | ATL | +$13 |
| 42 | Austin Jackson | OF | DET | +$13 |
| 43 | Jon Garland | P | SD | +$13 |
| 44 | Brian Duensing | P | MIN | +$13 |
| 45 | Chase Headley | OF/3B | SD | +$13 |
| 46 | Johnny Cueto | P | CIN | +$13 |
| 47 | Jonathan Sanchez | P | SF | +$12 |
| 48 | Cliff Pennington | SS | OAK | +$12 |
| 49 | Neftali Feliz | P | TEX | +$12 |
| 50 | Clayton Richard | P | SD | +$12 |