NHL Salary Rankings

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

SEASON
TEAM
POSITION
 

Cap Hit

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

Total Cash

FULL RANKS
  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. Evgeni Malkin
    PIT, C
    $9,000,000

Contract Value

FULL RANKS
  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

FULL RANKS
  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

FULL RANKS
  1. Alex Ovechkin
    WAS, LW
    16.82%
  2. Sidney Crosby
    PIT, C
    15.34%
  3. Evgeni Malkin
    PIT, C
    15.32%
  4. Scott Gomez
    MTL, C
    14.63%
  5. Eric Staal
    CAR, C
    14.52%

2-Year Cash

FULL RANKS
  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. Dany Heatley
    MIN, LW
    $18,000,000
  5. Sidney Crosby
    PIT, C
    $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. Evgeni Malkin
    PIT, C
    $27,000,000
  5. Alex Ovechkin
    WAS, LW
    $27,000,000

Base Salary

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

Contract Length

FULL RANKS
  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

Signing Bonus

FULL RANKS
  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
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