| Central | W | L | Pct | GB |
| St. Louis | 83 | 78 | .516 | -- |
| Houston | 82 | 80 | .506 | 1.5 |
| Cincinnati | 80 | 82 | .494 | 3.5 |
| Milwaukee | 75 | 87 | .463 | 8.5 |
| Pittsburgh | 67 | 95 | .414 | 16.5 |
| Chi Cubs | 66 | 96 | .407 | 17.5 |
| Player | Pos | Age | Salary | Avg? | Lg Rank | |
| Kerry Wood | P | 29 | $ 12,000,000 | 34 | ||
| Aramis Ramirez | 3B | 28 | $ 10,750,000 | 45 | ||
| Phil Nevin | 3B-1B | 35 | $ 10,472,409 | 53 | ||
| Derrek Lee | 1B | 30 | $ 9,416,667 | 68 | ||
| Greg Maddux | P | 40 | $ 9,000,000 | 76 | ||
| Carlos Zambrano | P | 25 | $ 6,500,000 | |||
| Juan Pierre | LF | 28 | $ 5,750,000 | |||
| Michael Barrett | C-3B | 29 | $ 4,333,333 | |||
| Ryan Dempster | P | 29 | $ 4,333,333 | |||
| Jacque Jones | LF-RF | 31 | $ 4,033,333 | |||
| Mark Prior | P | 25 | $ 3,650,000 | |||
| Cesar Izturis | SS | 26 | $ 3,200,000 | |||
| Scott Eyre | P | 34 | $ 3,033,333 | |||
| Bob Howry | P | 32 | $ 3,000,000 | |||
| Glendon Rusch | P | 31 | $ 2,750,000 | |||
| Neifi Perez | SS | 31 | $ 2,500,000 | |||
| Todd Walker | 2B | 33 | $ 2,500,000 | |||
| Jerry Hairston | 3B-2B | 30 | $ 2,300,000 | |||
| Scott Williamson | P | 30 | $ 2,000,000 | |||
| Tony Womack | SS-2B | 36 | $ 2,000,000 | |||
| Henry Blanco | C | 34 | $ 1,500,000 | |||
| John Mabry | RF-1B | 35 | $ 1,075,000 | |||
| Wade Miller | P | 29 | $ 1,000,000 | |||
| Will Ohman | P | 28 | $ 610,000 | |||
| Jerome Williams | P | 24 | $ 380,000 | |||
| Matt Murton | OF | 24 | $ 337,000 | |||
| Ronny Cedeno | SS-2B | 23 | $ 336,000 | |||
| Freddie Bynum | 2B | 26 | $ 327,500 | |||
| David Aardsma | P | 24 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Buck Coats | RF | 24 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Angel Guzman | P | 24 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Rich Hill | P | 26 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Carlos Marmol | P | 23 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Sean Marshall | P | 23 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Juan Mateo | P | 23 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Scott Moore | 3B | 22 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Roberto Novoa | P | 24 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Ryan O'Malley | P | 26 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Angel Pagan | CF | 24 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Michael Restovich | LF | 27 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Jose Reyes | C | 22 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Jae-Kuk Ryu | P | 23 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Geovany Soto | C | 23 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Ryan Theriot | 2B | 26 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Les Walrond | P | 29 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Mike Wuertz | P | 27 | $ 327,000 |