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Dave Roberts is paid $8.1 million a year to manage the Los Angeles Dodgers, the highest average salary any MLB manager has received, under a four-year, $32.4 million extension that runs through 2029. The figure most often quoted as his net worth, $8 million, is smaller than his documented pay as a player and a manager put together, and it was published before the raise took effect. This page sets out what can be verified.
Roberts has won three World Series as Dodgers manager, in 2020, 2024 and 2025, and the 2025 title made Los Angeles the first team to repeat as champions since the 1998-2000 Yankees. On 30 June 2026 he became the fastest manager in history to 1,000 wins, needing 1,606 games, and the Dodgers reached 100 wins for the 2026 season on 27 September.
Biography
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Full Name | David Ray Roberts |
| Nickname | Doc |
| Date of Birth | May 31, 1972 |
| Age | 54 |
| Birth Place | Naha, Okinawa, Japan |
| Residence | La Cañada Flintridge, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Profession | Manager, Los Angeles Dodgers (since 2016) |
| Playing Career | Outfielder, 1999-2008: Indians, Dodgers, Red Sox, Padres, Giants |
| Current Contract | 4 years, $32.4 million (2026-2029) |
| World Series as Manager | 2020, 2024, 2025 |
| Managerial Record | 1,014-624 (through 9 August 2026) |
| Net Worth | No reliable estimate; the $8 million figure in circulation dates to April 2025 (see below) |
| Spouse | Tricia Roberts (married 1997) |
| Children | Cole and Emme |
Dave Roberts Net Worth
The $8 million that appears on most pages traces to an April 2025 article by Bolavip, which attributed it to Marca and Sportskeeda. It does not survive a check against what he has been paid. Baseball Almanac records $17.3 million in playing salary from 1999 to 2008, and the San Francisco Giants still owed him the final $6.5 million of a three-year, $18 million contract when they released him in March 2009. As a manager, USA Today reported salaries of $3.25 million in 2023 and $4 million in 2025, and his new contract pays $8.1 million in 2026. Those documented amounts come to about $39 million before tax, and they leave out his manager’s pay from 2016 to 2022 and for 2024, which the Dodgers never disclosed.
Gross pay is not net worth. Federal and California income tax take close to half of a salary at this level, and nobody outside his household knows what he has spent or invested. Even so, an $8 million net worth would mean he kept roughly one dollar in five of the pay that is on the record and none of the rest. The documented numbers point to a figure well above $8 million, but anything more precise would be invented, so this page does not publish one.
Dodgers Contracts and Salary
Roberts was hired by the Dodgers in November 2015 and has signed three extensions since. Only the last two have published numbers.
| Period | Contract | Reported pay |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-2018 | Original deal, hired November 2015 | Not disclosed |
| 2019-2022 | Four-year extension, December 2018 | Not disclosed |
| 2023-2025 | Three-year extension, March 2022 | $3.25 million (2023); $4 million (2025), per USA Today |
| 2026-2029 | Four-year extension, March 2025 | $32.4 million total; $8.1 million a year |
The 2025 extension was agreed on 10 March and announced the next day, and its $8.1 million average passed the $8 million a year Craig Counsell receives from the Chicago Cubs as the highest for any MLB manager. It was signed before the 2025 season, so it rewarded the 2024 title rather than the one that followed. That October the Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays in seven games, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto named World Series MVP and a game-tying ninth-inning home run in Game 7 from Miguel Rojas before the Dodgers won 5-4 in eleven innings. Toronto had Shane Bieber in its rotation that autumn.
Even a record manager’s salary is small next to the players he manages. The contract of Mookie Betts is worth $365 million over twelve years, and Clayton Kershaw won all three of his World Series rings under Roberts.
Playing Career Earnings
Roberts played ten MLB seasons, for the Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants. He earned close to the league minimum for his first five seasons. His best-known moment as a player, the stolen base in Game 4 of the 2004 American League Championship Series that began the Red Sox comeback against the Yankees, came in 2004, a season that began with the Dodgers paying him $975,000. His only large contract came at the end: three years and $18 million from the Giants, signed in December 2006.
| Year | Team | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Cleveland Indians | $200,000 |
| 2000 | Cleveland Indians | $205,000 |
| 2001 | Cleveland Indians | $212,000 |
| 2002 | Los Angeles Dodgers | $217,500 |
| 2003 | Los Angeles Dodgers | $400,000 |
| 2004 | Los Angeles Dodgers / Boston Red Sox | $975,000 |
| 2005 | San Diego Padres | $1,350,000 |
| 2006 | San Diego Padres | $2,250,000 |
| 2007 | San Francisco Giants | $5,000,000 |
| 2008 | San Francisco Giants | $6,500,000 |
| Total 1999-2008 | $17,309,500 | |
| 2009 | Released by the Giants, March 2009 | $6,500,000 still owed |
Salaries per Baseball Almanac. The 2009 amount was the final year of the Giants contract, which the club still owed him when it released him before the season.
Business and Property
In 2017 Roberts bought a house in La Cañada Flintridge for $2.75 million, slightly above its $2.7 million asking price, according to real-estate reporting at the time; it was built in 1946 and has four bedrooms and four bathrooms. Since 2008 he has been a partner in Red Stitch Winery, based in Cardiff, California, with former teammate Rich Aurilia and friends John and Noelle Micek. Neither the winery stake nor any endorsement income has been valued publicly, and no endorsement deal with a disclosed fee is on record.
Personal Life
Roberts was born in Naha, Okinawa, to Waymon, a US Marine stationed in Japan, and Eiko, who is from Okinawa. The family moved between military bases in Japan, California, North Carolina and Hawaii before settling in San Diego. He married his high school girlfriend, Tricia, in 1997. Their son, Cole, played college baseball at Loyola Marymount and last played for the Clearwater Threshers before his release in July 2025; their daughter is Emme.
Roberts was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in March 2010, joined the San Diego Padres as their first base coach that October, and reported a clean bill of health in June 2011.
FAQs About Dave Roberts
What is Dave Roberts’ net worth in 2026?
No reliable estimate exists. The $8 million figure that circulates dates to April 2025 and is lower than his documented pay as a player and manager, which comes to about $39 million before tax.
How much does Dave Roberts make per year?
$8.1 million a year from 2026 to 2029, under a four-year, $32.4 million extension signed in March 2025. It is the highest average salary for any MLB manager.
How much did Dave Roberts earn as a player?
About $17.3 million in salary from 1999 to 2008, per Baseball Almanac, plus the $6.5 million the Giants still owed him when they released him in March 2009.
How many World Series has Dave Roberts won as a manager?
Three, all with the Los Angeles Dodgers: 2020, 2024 and 2025.
Does Dave Roberts have endorsements?
No endorsement deal with a disclosed value is on record. He has been a partner in Red Stitch Winery since 2008.
