GM: Pat Gillick (since 2000)
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Cameron | 29 | FA-elig | 158 | 5.5 | 4.7 | +4.7 |
| Ichiro Suzuki | 28 | pre-arb | 157 | 4.7 | 3.7 | +4.3 |
| John Olerud | 33 | FA-elig | 154 | 4.5 | 7.0 | +0.8 |
| Bret Boone | 33 | FA-elig | 155 | 3.9 | 8.0 | -1.3 |
| Jamie Moyer | 39 | FA-elig | 34 | 3.8 | 6.5 | +0.1 |
| Freddy Garcia | 25 | arb | 34 | 3.5 | 3.8 | +2.3 |
| Arthur Rhodes | 32 | FA-elig | 66 | 2.9 | 3.5 | +1.5 |
| Joel Pineiro | 23 | pre-arb | 37 | 2.5 | 0.3 | +4.0 |
| Edgar Martinez | 39 | FA-elig | 97 | 2.1 | 7.1 | -3.4 |
| Dan Wilson | 33 | FA-elig | 115 | 2.1 | 4.5 | -0.9 |
| Desi Relaford | 28 | FA-elig | 112 | 2.0 | 1.3 | +2.1 |
| Mark McLemore | 37 | FA-elig | 104 | 1.6 | 3.1 | -0.3 |
| Carlos Guillén | 26 | arb | 134 | 1.5 | 1.4 | +1.1 |
| Kazuhiro Sasaki | 34 | pre-arb | 61 | 1.5 | 5.1 | -2.6 |
| Ben Davis | 25 | arb | 80 | 1.5 | 0.3 | +2.1 |
| Ryan Franklin | 29 | arb | 41 | 1.4 | 0.2 | +2.1 |
| John Halama | 30 | arb | 31 | 1.1 | 1.4 | +0.5 |
| Jeff Cirillo | 32 | FA-elig | 146 | 1.0 | 6.4 | -4.6 |
| Charles Gipson | 29 | arb | 79 | 0.9 | 0.5 | +1.1 |
| Willie Bloomquist | 24 | – | 12 | 0.7 | – | – |
| Ismael Valdez↔ TEX | 28 | FA-elig | 8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | +0.3 |
| Shigetoshi Hasegawa | 33 | arb | 53 | 0.6 | 1.5 | -0.5 |
| Jeff Nelson | 35 | FA-elig | 41 | 0.5 | 3.3 | -2.4 |
| Ruben Sierra | 36 | FA-elig | 122 | 0.5 | 1.9 | -1.1 |
| Rafael Soriano | 22 | – | 11 | 0.4 | – | – |
| James Baldwin | 30 | FA-elig | 30 | 0.3 | 1.2 | -0.7 |
| Gene Kingsale↔ SDP | 25 | – | 2 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Pat Borders | 39 | – | 4 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Justin Kaye | 26 | – | 3 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Julio Mateo | 24 | – | 12 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Scott Podsednik | 26 | – | 14 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Aaron Taylor | 24 | – | 5 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Jose Offerman↔ BOS | 33 | FA-elig | 29 | -0.1 | 1.9 | -2.0 |
| Luis Ugueto | 23 | pre-arb | 62 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.3 |
| Doug Creek↔ TBR | 33 | FA-elig | 23 | -0.1 | 0.3 | -0.5 |
| Ron Wright | 26 | – | 1 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Brian Fitzgerald | 27 | – | 6 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Mark Watson | 28 | – | 3 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Paul Abbott | 34 | FA-elig | 7 | -0.2 | 3.4 | -3.8 |
| Chris Snelling | 20 | – | 8 | -0.4 | – | – |
40 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 28 of them (70%). Players without a salary show "–" — no single historical salary source is fully complete (especially 2020–2022).
WAR = FanGraphs (fWAR). Green = produced more value than paid (bargain); red = paid more than produced. Service: pre-arb (<3 yr) / arb (3–6) / FA-eligible (6+). Click headers to sort.
| Player | Year | WAR for SEA |
|---|---|---|
| Jamie Moyer | 1996 | 28.0 |
| Mike Cameron | 2000 | 19.8 |
| J. P. Crawford | 2018 | 17.8 |
| Freddy García | 1998 | 15.6 |
| Franklin Gutiérrez | 2008 | 13.4 |
| Mitch Haniger | 2016 | 11.1 |
| Marco Gonzales | 2017 | 10.1 |
| Luis Castillo | 2022 | 8.7 |
| Player | Year traded | WAR elsewhere |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Jones | 2008 | 29.6 |
| Jason Varitek | 1997 | 21.2 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | 2006 | 19.2 |
| Mike Hampton | 1993 | 19.2 |
| Carlos Guillén | 2004 | 18.3 |
| Derek Lowe | 1997 | 18.0 |
| Freddy Peralta | 2015 | 17.3 |
| Chris Taylor | 2016 | 16.9 |