| Central | W | L | Pct | GB |
| St. Louis | 91 | 71 | .562 | -- |
| Chi Cubs | 83 | 78 | .516 | 7.5 |
| Milwaukee | 80 | 82 | .494 | 11.0 |
| Cincinnati | 78 | 84 | .481 | 13.0 |
| Houston | 74 | 88 | .457 | 17.0 |
| Pittsburgh | 62 | 99 | .385 | 28.5 |
| Player | Pos | Age | Salary | Avg? | Lg Rank | |
| Carlos Zambrano | P | 28 | $ 18,750,000 | 9 | ||
| Alfonso Soriano | LF | 33 | $ 17,000,000 | 13 | ||
| Aramis Ramirez | 3B | 31 | $ 16,650,000 | 14 | ||
| Derrek Lee | 1B | 33 | $ 13,250,000 | 37 | ||
| Ted Lilly | P | 33 | $ 13,000,000 | 43 | ||
| Kosuke Fukudome | 1B | 32 | $ 12,500,000 | 49 | ||
| Ryan Dempster | P | 32 | $ 9,000,000 | 96 | ||
| Milton Bradley | LF | 31 | $ 7,000,000 | |||
| Rich Harden | P | 27 | $ 7,000,000 | |||
| Kevin Gregg | P | 31 | $ 4,200,000 | |||
| Ryan Freel | CF-3B | 33 | $ 4,000,000 | |||
| Luis Vizcaino | P | 32 | $ 3,500,000 | |||
| Reed Johnson | LF-CF | 32 | $ 3,000,000 | |||
| John Grabow | P | 30 | $ 2,300,000 | |||
| Aaron Miles | 2B | 32 | $ 2,200,000 | |||
| Aaron Heilman | P | 30 | $ 1,625,000 | |||
| Neal Cotts | P | 29 | $ 1,100,000 | |||
| Joey Gathright | CF | 27 | $ 800,000 | |||
| Carlos Marmol | P | 26 | $ 575,000 | |||
| Geovany Soto | C | 26 | $ 575,000 | |||
| Ryan Theriot | 2B | 29 | $ 500,000 | |||
| Koyie Hill | C | 30 | $ 475,000 | |||
| Sean Marshall | P | 26 | $ 450,000 | |||
| Mike Fontenot | 2B-3B | 29 | $ 430,000 | |||
| Angel Guzman | P | 27 | $ 421,500 | |||
| Jeff Baker | RF-1B | 28 | $ 415,000 | |||
| Micah Hoffpauir | 1B | 29 | $ 407,500 | |||
| David Patton | P | 25 | $ 400,000 |