The athletes on Chicago’s major sports teams are some of the biggest names in town. They also command some really big paychecks. Using data from www.spotrac.com, a site that tracks sports contracts, the baiduhai collected the players signed with the Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks, Cubs and White Sox as of mid-April. While the Bears have the most players on the roster, most are set to make less than $1 million for 2017; the Bulls have nearly half of the 16 players on their roster making $1 million to $5 million. The baseball teams have the highest annual salaries, with a number of players topping $20 million. None of these totals include money made from endorsements or other sources, and each league has different rules for young players coming out of the draft.
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Athletes signed with teams as of April 2017. Click on a category to sort.
| Team | Athlete | Position | 2017 salary | Signed through |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bulls |
Thomas Walkup | G | $69,500 | 2016-17 |
|
Bulls |
RJ Hunter | G | $425,000 | 2016-17 |
|
Bears |
Dres Anderson | WR | $465,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Bralon Addison | WR | $465,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
William Poehls | G | $465,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Rashaad Reynolds | CB | $465,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Connor Shaw | QB | $465,000 | 2017 |
|
White Sox |
Cody Asche | LF | $535,000 | 2019 |
|
White Sox |
Dylan Covey | SP | $535,000 | 2017 |
|
White Sox |
Leury Garcia | CF | $535,000 | 2020 |
|
White Sox |
Tommy Kahnle | RP | $535,000 | 2021 |
|
White Sox |
Jacob May | CF | $535,000 | 2017 |
|
White Sox |
Kevan Smith | C | $535,000 | 2017 |
|
White Sox |
Matt Davidson | 3B | $537,000 | 2023 |
|
Bears |
DeVante Bausby | CB | $540,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Ben Braunecker | TE | $540,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Daniel Braverman | WR | $540,000 | 2017 |
|
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David Cobb | RB | $540,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Cornelius Edison | C | $540,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Jacoby Glenn | CB | $540,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Paul Lasike | RB | $540,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Crevon LeBlanc | CB | $540,000 | 2018 |
|
Bears |
Kapron Lewis-Moore | DE | $540,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Roy Robertson-Harris | DE | $467,333 | 2018 |
|
Bears |
Cyril Richardson | G | $540,000 | 2017 |
|
White Sox |
Omar Narvaez | C | $540,000 | 2022 |
|
White Sox |
Michael Ynoa | RP | $540,000 | 2021 |
|
Cubs |
Willson Contreras | C | $544,500 | 2022 |
|
White Sox |
Carlos Sanchez | 2B | $546,000 | 2021 |
|
White Sox |
Tyler Saladino | 2B | $547,000 | 2021 |
|
Cubs |
Matt Szczur | CF | $549,500 | 2021 |
|
Cubs |
Albert Almora | CF | $552,000 | 2022 |
|
Cubs |
Carl Edwards | RP | $556,000 | 2022 |
|
Cubs |
Kyle Schwarber | LF | $565,500 | 2021 |
|
Cubs |
Mike Montgomery | RP | $570,500 | 2021 |
|
Cubs |
Tommy La Stella | 2B | $573,500 | 2020 |
|
Blackhawks |
Dennis Rasmussen | C | $575,000 | 2016 |
|
Bears |
DeAndre Houston-Carson | S | $575,235 | 2019 |
|
Blackhawks |
Scott Darling | G | $587,500 | 2016 |
|
Blackhawks |
Michal Rozsival | D | $600,000 | 2016 |
|
Bears |
Jordan Howard | RB | $602,005 | 2019 |
|
Cubs |
Javier Baez | 2B | $609,000 | 2021 |
|
Bears |
Jonathan Anderson | LB | $615,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Daniel Brown | WR | $615,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Bryce Callahan | CB | $615,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Harold Jones-Quartey | SS | $615,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
MyCole Pruitt | TE | $615,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
John Timu | ILB | $615,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Rueben Randle | WR | $615,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Patrick Scales | LS | $615,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Cameron Meredith | WR | $617,000 | 2017 |
|
Cubs |
Addison Russell | SS | $644,000 | 2021 |
|
Blackhawks |
Tanner Kero | LW | $667,500 | 2018 |
|
Bears |
Deiondre Hall | CB | $667,722 | 2019 |
|
Bears |
Deon Bush | S | $671,554 | 2019 |
|
Bears |
Adrian Amos | FS | $673,070 | 2018 |
|
Bears |
Nick Kwiatkoski | ILB | $683,780 | 2019 |
|
Bears |
Justin Perillo | TE | $690,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Benny Cunningham | RB | $695,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Johnthan Banks | CB | $695,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Connor Barth | K | $695,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Chris Prosinski | SS | $695,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Deonte Thompson | WR | $695,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
C.J. Wilson | DE | $695,000 | 2017 |
|
Blackhawks |
Michal Kempny | D | $700,000 | 2016 |
|
Bears |
Pat O’Donnell | P | $716,327 | 2017 |
|
Bulls |
Paul Zipser | F | $750,000 | 2019-20 |
|
Blackhawks |
Jordin Tootoo | RW | $750,000 | 2016 |
|
Bears |
Jeremy Langford | RB | $750,906 | 2018 |
|
Cubs |
Kyle Hendricks | SP | $760,500 | 2021 |
|
Blackhawks |
Andrew Desjardins | LW | $800,000 | 2016 |
|
Bears |
Ka’Deem Carey | RB | $800,845 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Jonathan Bullard | DE | $805,630 | 2019 |
|
Blackhawks |
Artemi Panarin | LW | $812,500 | 2018 |
|
Blackhawks |
Trevor Van Riemsdyk | D | $825,000 | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Josh Bellamy | WR | $615,000 | 2017 |
|
White Sox |
Tim Anderson | SS | $850,000 | 2022 |
|
Blackhawks |
Ryan Hartman | RW | $863,333 | 2017 |
|
Bulls |
Cristiano Felicio | F-C | $874,636 | 2016-17 |
|
Blackhawks |
Richard Panik | RW | $875,000 | 2016 |
|
Bears |
Hroniss Grasu | C | $877,980 | 2018 |
|
Bears |
John Jenkins | DT | $900,000 | 2017 |
|
Blackhawks |
Tomas Jurco | RW | $900,000 | 2016 |
|
White Sox |
Anthony Swarzak | RP | $900,000 | 2017 |
|
Blackhawks |
Nick Schmaltz | C | $925,000 | 2018 |
|
Bears |
Cody Whitehair | G | $960,129 | 2019 |
|
Bulls |
Isaiah Canaan | G | $1.02 million | 2017-18 |
|
Cubs |
Kris Bryant | 3B | $1.05 million | 2021 |
|
Bears |
Mitch Unrein | DT | $1.15 million | 2017 |
|
White Sox |
Zach Putnam | RP | $1.18 million | 2019 |
|
Bears |
Eric Kush | G | $1.3 million | 2018 |
|
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Dan Jennings | RP | $1.4 million | 2019 |
|
Bulls |
Bobby Portis | F | $1.45 million | 2019-20 |
|
Bears |
Sherrick McManis | CB | $1.45 million | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Christian Jones | ILB | $1.5 million | 2017 |
|
Blackhawks |
Brian Campbell | D | $1.5 million | 2016 |
|
Bears |
Eddie Goldman | DT | $1.55 million | 2018 |
|
Bulls |
Jerian Grant | G | $1.64 million | 2019-20 |
|
Bulls |
Joffrey Lauvergne | C-F | $1.71 million | 2016-17 |
|
Bears |
Charles Leno | LT | $1.81 million | 2017 |
|
Cubs |
Justin Grimm | RP | $1.83 million | 2019 |
|
Bears |
Kendall Wright | WR | $1.84 million | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Tom Compton | T | $1.85 million | 2017 |
|
White Sox |
Nate Jones | RP | $1.9 million | 2020 |
|
Bears |
Mark Sanchez | QB | $1.91 million | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Will Sutton | DT | $1.94 million | 2017 |
|
Bulls |
Denzel Valentine | G | $2.09 million | 2020-21 |
|
Bulls |
Cameron Payne | G | $2.11 million | 2019-20 |
|
Bears |
Zach Miller | TE | $2.31 million | 2017 |
|
White Sox |
Avisail Garcia | DH | $3 million | 2019 |
|
Bears |
Kyle Fuller | CB | $3.08 million | 2018 |
|
Blackhawks |
Marcus Kruger | C | $3.08 million | 2018 |
|
Bulls |
Michael Carter-Williams | G | $3.18 million | 2017-18 |
|
Bears |
Danny Trevathan | ILB | $3.35 million | 2019 |
|
Bulls |
Anthony Morrow | G | $3.49 million | 2016-17 |
|
Cubs |
Brett Anderson | SP | $3.50 million | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Leonard Floyd | OLB | $3.59 million | 2020 |
|
Blackhawks |
Johnny Oduya | D | $3.75 million | 2016 |
|
Bears |
Jerrell Freeman | ILB | $4.25 million | 2018 |
|
Bears |
Willie Young | OLB | $4.1 million | 2018 |
|
Blackhawks |
Niklas Hjalmarsson | D | $4.1 million | 2018 |
|
Bears |
Quintin Demps | SS | $4.24 million | 2019 |
|
Bears |
Kevin White | WR | $4.52 million | 2019 |
|
Blackhawks |
Artem Anisimov | LW | $4.55 million | 2020 |
|
Bears |
Marcus Cooper | CB | $5 million | 2019 |
|
Bears |
Eddie Royal | WR | $5 million | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Markus Wheaton | WR | $5.25 million | 2018 |
|
Blackhawks |
Marian Hossa | RW | $5.28 million | 2020 |
|
Bears |
Dion Sims | TE | $5.33 million | 2019 |
|
Bears |
Akiem Hicks | DE | $6.2 million | 2017 |
|
Cubs |
Pedro Strop | RP | $5.5 million | 2019 |
|
Blackhawks |
Duncan Keith | D | $5.54 million | 2022 |
|
Bulls |
Nikola Mirotic | F | $5.78 million | 2017-18 |
|
Cubs |
Hector Rondon | RP | $5.8 million | 2018 |
|
White Sox |
Miguel Gonzalez | SP | $5.9 million | 2017 |
|
Blackhawks |
Corey Crawford | G | $6 million | 2019 |
|
Cubs |
Koji Uehara | RP | $6 million | 2017 |
|
White Sox |
Derek Holland | SP | $6 million | 2017 |
|
Bears |
Bobby Massie | RT | $6.03 million | 2018 |
|
Bears |
Josh Sitton | G | $6.82 million | 2018 |
|
Blackhawks |
Brent Seabrook | D | $6.88 million | 2023 |
|
Bears |
Lamarr Houston | OLB | $6.99 million | 2018 |
|
Bears |
Prince Amukamara | CB | $7 million | 2017 |
|
White Sox |
Jose Quintana | SP | $7 million | 2020 |
|
Cubs |
Anthony Rizzo | 1B | $7.29 million | 2021 |
|
Bears |
Pernell McPhee | OLB | $7.83 million | 2019 |
|
Bears |
Kyle Long | G | $8 million | 2021 |
|
Cubs |
Jon Jay | CF | $8 million | 2017 |
|
Cubs |
Wade Davis | RP/CL | $10 million | 2017 |
|
Blackhawks |
Patrick Kane | RW | $10.5 million | 2022 |
|
Blackhawks |
Jonathan Toews | C | $10.5 million | 2022 |
|
White Sox |
Jose Abreu | 1B | $10.83 million | 2019 |
|
White Sox |
Todd Frazier | 3B | $12 million | 2017 |
|
White Sox |
David Robertson | RP | $12 million | 2018 |
|
Bulls |
Robin Lopez | C | $13.2 million | 2018-19 |
|
Bears |
Mike Glennon | QB | $14 million | 2019 |
|
Bulls |
Rajon Rondo | G | $14 million | 2017-18 |
|
Cubs |
Miguel Montero | C | $14 million | 2017 |
|
White Sox |
Melky Cabrera | LF | $15 million | 2017 |
|
Cubs |
Jake Arrieta | SP | $15.64 million | 2017 |
|
Cubs |
John Lackey | SP | $16 million | 2017 |
|
Cubs |
Ben Zobrist | 2B | $16.5 million | 2019 |
|
Bulls |
Jimmy Butler | G | $17.55 million | 2019-20 |
|
White Sox |
James Shields | SP | $21 million | 2019 |
|
Bulls |
Dwyane Wade | G | $23.2 million | 2017-18 |
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Jon Lester | SP | $25 million | 2021 |
|
Cubs |
Jason Heyward | RF | $28.17 million | 2023 |
Sources: Spotrac, the teams, baiduhai reporting
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