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 Chicago Tribune 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 Bears 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 White Sox 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 Cubs Jon Lester SP $25 million 2021 Cubs Jason Heyward RF $28.17 million 2023

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Sources: Spotrac, the teams, Chicago Tribune reporting