NHL Salary Rankings

Listing the top salaries, cap hits, cash, earnings, contracts, and bonuses, for all active NHL players.

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Cap Hit

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  1. Alex Ovechkin
    WAS, LW
    $9,538,462
  2. Evgeni Malkin
    PIT, C
    $8,700,000
  3. Sidney Crosby
    PIT, C
    $8,700,000
  4. Eric Staal
    CAR, C
    $8,250,000
  5. Rick Nash
    CBJ, LW
    $7,800,000

Total Cash

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  1. Brad Richards
    NYR, C
    $12,000,000
  2. Christian Ehrhoff
    BUF, D
    $10,000,000
  3. Ilya Bryzgalov
    PHI, G
    $10,000,000
  4. Vincent Lecavalier
    TBL, RW
    $10,000,000
  5. Sidney Crosby
    PIT, C
    $9,000,000

Base Salary

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  1. Vincent Lecavalier
    TBL, RW
    $10,000,000
  2. Ilya Bryzgalov
    PHI, G
    $10,000,000
  3. Sidney Crosby
    PIT, C
    $9,000,000
  4. Alex Ovechkin
    WAS, LW
    $9,000,000
  5. Evgeni Malkin
    PIT, C
    $9,000,000

Contract Length

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  1. Rick DiPietro
    NYI, G
    15
  2. Ilya Kovalchuk
    NJD, LW
    15
  3. Duncan Keith
    CHI, D
    13
  4. Alex Ovechkin
    WAS, LW
    13
  5. Marian Hossa
    CHI, RW
    12

Contract Value

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  1. Alex Ovechkin
    WAS, LW
    $124,000,000
  2. Ilya Kovalchuk
    NJD, LW
    $100,000,000
  3. Vincent Lecavalier
    TBL, RW
    $85,000,000
  4. Henrik Zetterberg
    DET, LW
    $73,000,000
  5. Duncan Keith
    CHI, D
    $72,000,000

Contract AAV

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  1. Alex Ovechkin
    WAS, LW
    $9,538,462
  2. Evgeni Malkin
    PIT, C
    $8,700,000
  3. Sidney Crosby
    PIT, C
    $8,700,000
  4. Eric Staal
    CAR, C
    $8,250,000
  5. Rick Nash
    CBJ, LW
    $7,800,000

AAV% of Cap

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  1. Sidney Crosby
    PIT, C
    15.34%
  2. Alex Ovechkin
    WAS, LW
    14.83%
  3. Scott Gomez
    MTL, C
    14.63%
  4. Eric Staal
    CAR, C
    14.52%
  5. Thomas Vanek
    BUF, LW
    14.20%

Signing Bonus

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  1. Christian Ehrhoff
    BUF, D
    $13,000,000
  2. Brad Richards
    NYR, C
    $10,000,000
  3. Kevin Bieksa
    VAN, D
    $10,000,000
  4. Dan Hamhuis
    VAN, D
    $9,000,000
  5. Philip Kessel
    TOR, RW
    $8,000,000

2-Year Cash

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  1. Brad Richards
    NYR, C
    $24,000,000
  2. Vincent Lecavalier
    TBL, RW
    $20,000,000
  3. Christian Ehrhoff
    BUF, D
    $19,682,927
  4. Sidney Crosby
    PIT, C
    $18,000,000
  5. Dany Heatley
    MIN, LW
    $18,000,000

3-Year Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. Brad Richards
    NYR, C
    $33,000,000
  2. Vincent Lecavalier
    TBL, RW
    $30,000,000
  3. Sidney Crosby
    PIT, C
    $27,000,000
  4. Alex Ovechkin
    WAS, LW
    $27,000,000
  5. Evgeni Malkin
    PIT, C
    $27,000,000

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