NHL Career Earnings

Listing the top salaries, career earnings for all NHL players.

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Rank Player Pos Draft YOE Teams Earnings
1 Sidney Crosby C 2005-R1 17
PIT: $152.89M
$152,890,244
2 Alex Ovechkin LW 2004-R1 17
WAS: $150.72M
$150,720,893
3 Evgeni Malkin C 2004-R1 16
PIT: $141.27M
$141,270,893
4 Jaromir Jagr RW 1990-R1 23
PIT: $52.56M / NYR: $33.44M / WAS: $22.00M / FLA: $12.25M / NJD: $6.65M / BOS: $4.55M / PHI: $3.30M / CGY: $0.62M
$135,382,322
5 Shea Weber D 2003-R2 15
NSH: $78.83M / MTL: $48.00M / VGK: $2.19M / ARI: $1.81M
$130,831,000
6 Anze Kopitar C 2005-R1 16
LAK: $129.25M
$129,250,000
7 Vincent Lecavalier RW 1998-R1 16
TBL: $103.93M / PHI: $14.25M / LAK: $9.92M
$128,097,623
8 Patrick Kane RW 2007-R1 15
CHI: $114.96M / DET: $2.75M / NYR: $0.67M / ARI: $0.00M
$118,387,195
9 Ryan Suter D 2003-R1 18
MIN: $90.50M / NSH: $16.83M / DAL: $10.30M
$117,625,999
10 Steven Stamkos C 2008-R1 14
TBL: $116.68M
$116,675,000
11 Carey Price G 2005-R1 14
MTL: $116.05M
$116,050,000
12 Chris Pronger D 1993-R1 18
PHI: $58.65M / STL: $25.85M / ANA: $18.75M / EDM: $6.25M / HAR: $3.30M / ARI: $1.15M
$113,950,000
13 Joe Thornton C 1997-R1 24
SJS: $89.28M / BOS: $20.81M / FLA: $0.75M / TOR: $0.70M
$111,541,561
14 Erik Karlsson D 2008-R1 13
SJS: $60.50M / OTT: $39.43M / PIT: $11.50M
$111,429,878
15 Zach Parise LW 2003-R1 17
MIN: $89.67M / NJD: $19.91M / NYI: $1.50M / COL: $0.35M
$111,422,251
16 Drew Doughty D 2008-R1 14
LAK: $110.93M
$110,929,878
17 Jonathan Toews C 2006-R1 14
CHI: $109.06M
$109,062,195
18 Nicklas Backstrom C 2006-R1 15
WAS: $107.55M
$107,550,000
19 Roberto Luongo G 1997-R1 17
VAN: $58.58M / FLA: $46.93M / NYI: $0.94M
$106,455,148
20 Brad Richards C 1998-R3 14
NYR: $50.50M / DAL: $31.20M / TBL: $18.60M / DET: $3.00M / CHI: $2.00M
$105,301,004
21 Henrik Lundqvist G 2000-R7 15
NYR: $103.41M / WAS: $1.50M
$104,908,390
22 John Tavares C 2009-R1 13
TOR: $69.05M / NYI: $34.04M
$103,091,463
23 Marian Gaborik RW 2000-R1 17
LAK: $29.33M / MIN: $27.78M / NYR: $22.50M / CBJ: $11.12M / OTT: $9.22M / TBL: $3.08M
$103,025,013
24 Sergei Bobrovsky G UDFA 12
FLA: $57.50M / CBJ: $41.57M / PHI: $1.80M
$100,866,829
25 Zdeno Chara D 1996-R3 24
BOS: $87.51M / OTT: $8.97M / NYI: $3.13M / WAS: $0.80M
$100,413,695
26 Brent Burns D 2003-R1 19
SJS: $78.30M / CAR: $11.50M / MIN: $9.90M
$99,700,000
27 Patrice Bergeron C 2003-R2 18
BOS: $97.78M
$97,784,153
28 Brent Seabrook D 2003-R1 14
CHI: $81.83M / TBL: $15.50M
$97,327,200
29 Patrick Marleau LW 1997-R1 21
SJS: $81.53M / TOR: $14.50M / CAR: $0.83M / PIT: $0.15M
$97,017,172
30 Jarome Iginla RW 1995-R1 20
CGY: $69.53M / COL: $13.75M / BOS: $6.00M / PIT: $4.10M / LAK: $2.75M
$96,122,561
31 Jamie Benn LW 2007-R5 14
DAL: $95.69M
$95,694,512
32 Ryan Getzlaf C 2003-R1 15
ANA: $95.47M
$95,471,766
33 Tyler Seguin C 2010-R1 13
DAL: $91.45M / BOS: $2.70M
$94,150,000
34 Corey Perry RW 2003-R1 18
ANA: $88.76M / TBL: $2.00M / DAL: $1.50M / MTL: $0.56M / EDM: $0.35M
$93,169,871
35 Marian Hossa RW 1997-R1 19
CHI: $57.02M / PIT: $14.45M / ATL: $11.00M / OTT: $7.55M / ARI: $3.00M
$93,024,390
36 Philip Kessel RW 2006-R1 16
TOR: $38.89M / PIT: $31.00M / ARI: $19.00M / BOS: $2.62M / VGK: $1.50M
$93,002,866
37 Claude Giroux C 2006-R1 15
PHI: $77.73M / OTT: $14.00M / FLA: $0.82M
$92,548,780
38 Jason Spezza C 2001-R1 19
OTT: $53.48M / DAL: $34.00M / TOR: $2.04M
$89,519,259
39 Rick Nash LW 2002-R1 14
CBJ: $44.37M / NYR: $40.15M / BOS: $4.10M
$88,618,780
40 Marc-Andre Fleury G 2003-R1 18
PIT: $48.99M / VGK: $26.50M / MIN: $8.17M / CHI: $4.83M
$88,491,432
41 Eric Staal C 2003-R1 17
CAR: $68.81M / MIN: $14.00M / BUF: $1.89M / MTL: $1.11M / NYR: $1.10M / FLA: $0.71M
$87,613,415
42 Jeff Skinner LW 2010-R1 13
BUF: $56.00M / CAR: $31.05M
$87,050,000
43 Dion Phaneuf D 2003-R1 12
TOR: $36.84M / OTT: $20.39M / CGY: $15.86M / LAK: $13.91M
$86,994,214
44 Jakub Voracek RW 2007-R1 14
PHI: $62.24M / CBJ: $16.08M / ARI: $7.79M
$86,112,805
45 Connor McDavid C 2015-R1 8
EDM: $85.63M
$85,625,000
46 Kris Letang D 2005-R3 16
PIT: $85.00M
$85,003,780
47 Paul Stastny C 2005-R2 16
COL: $32.19M / STL: $26.35M / VGK: $14.00M / WPG: $10.90M / CAR: $1.50M
$84,943,415
48 Henrik Zetterberg LW 1999-R7 14
DET: $82.94M
$82,936,585
49 Ryan O'Reilly C 2009-R2 13
STL: $32.21M / BUF: $26.20M / COL: $18.44M / NSH: $5.00M / TOR: $0.22M / MIN: $0.07M
$82,140,000
50 Logan Couture C 2007-R1 13
SJS: $81.23M
$81,234,756
51 Jordan Staal C 2006-R1 17
CAR: $66.08M / PIT: $14.05M
$80,134,146
52 Joe Pavelski C 2003-R7 17
SJS: $49.18M / DAL: $30.50M
$79,676,463
53 Jeff Carter C 2003-R1 17
LAK: $52.96M / PHI: $17.83M / PIT: $8.70M
$79,485,737
54 Matt Duchene C 2009-R1 14
NSH: $37.56M / COL: $26.92M / OTT: $9.90M / DAL: $3.00M / CBJ: $1.54M
$78,907,995
55 Victor Hedman D 2009-R1 13
TBL: $78.70M
$78,700,000
56 P.K. Subban D 2007-R2 13
NSH: $32.00M / NJD: $26.00M / MTL: $20.66M
$78,660,670
57 Thomas Vanek LW 2003-R1 13
BUF: $45.08M / MIN: $17.00M / MTL: $5.15M / DET: $5.02M / NYI: $3.80M / VAN: $1.56M / FLA: $0.58M / CBJ: $0.44M
$78,634,987
58 Alex Pietrangelo D 2008-R1 14
STL: $48.13M / VGK: $30.30M
$78,425,000
59 Blake Wheeler RW 2004-R1 14
WPG: $73.35M / BOS: $2.20M / BUF: $1.75M / NYR: $0.80M
$78,101,220
60 Ryan Kesler C 2003-R1 15
ANA: $44.58M / VAN: $26.69M / ARI: $6.68M
$77,944,000
61 Duncan Keith D 2002-R2 14
CHI: $75.80M / EDM: $2.10M
$77,900,000
62 Marc-Edouard Vlasic D 2005-R2 16
SJS: $77.82M
$77,820,854
63 Pavel Datsyuk C 1998-R6 13
DET: $69.75M / ARI: $7.50M
$77,246,951
64 Oliver Ekman-Larsson D 2009-R1 10
PHX: $51.71M / VAN: $23.13M / FLA: $2.25M
$77,083,496
65 Artemi Panarin LW UDFA 7
NYR: $63.50M / CBJ: $12.00M / CHI: $1.53M
$77,032,500
66 John Carlson D 2008-R1 13
WAS: $76.95M
$76,946,951
67 Jay Bouwmeester D 2002-R1 17
STL: $40.71M / CGY: $20.20M / FLA: $12.54M
$73,454,045
68 Milan Lucic LW 2006-R2 16
BOS: $27.59M / EDM: $26.00M / CGY: $16.00M / LAK: $3.25M
$72,842,805
69 Daniel Sedin LW 1999-R1 16
VAN: $71.64M
$71,635,732
Henrik Sedin C 1999-R1 16
VAN: $71.64M
$71,635,732
71 Patrik Elias C 1994-R2 19
NJD: $71.63M
$71,626,327
72 Tyler Myers D 2008-R1 13
VAN: $30.00M / BUF: $24.35M / WPG: $17.27M
$71,625,000
73 David Krejci C 2004-R2 15
BOS: $71.62M
$71,623,171
74 Roman Josi D 2008-R2 11
NSH: $71.60M
$71,599,695
75 Taylor Hall LW 2010-R1 13
EDM: $20.70M / NJD: $20.42M / BOS: $13.07M / CHI: $7.25M / BUF: $6.43M / ARI: $3.58M
$71,450,000
76 Mark Stone RW 2010-R6 10
VGK: $52.62M / OTT: $17.74M
$70,360,000
77 Andrew Ladd LW 2004-R1 16
NYI: $30.50M / ATL: $22.77M / ARI: $8.00M / CHI: $5.92M / CAR: $2.95M
$70,134,600
78 Bobby Ryan RW 2005-R1 14
OTT: $54.21M / ANA: $14.53M / DET: $1.00M
$69,741,930
79 Daniel Briere RW 1996-R1 16
PHI: $50.33M / BUF: $8.54M / MTL: $4.00M / COL: $4.00M / PHX: $2.74M
$69,607,332
80 Nathan MacKinnon C 2013-R1 10
COL: $69.29M
$69,287,500
81 Vladimir Tarasenko RW 2010-R1 10
STL: $62.25M / OTT: $3.87M / NYR: $1.86M / FLA: $1.13M
$69,116,829
82 Sergei Gonchar D 1992-R1 19
PIT: $25.00M / WAS: $18.95M / OTT: $14.22M / DAL: $5.91M / MTL: $4.60M
$68,683,490
83 Nikita Kucherov RW 2011-R2 8
TBL: $68.61M
$68,610,000
84 Brad Marchand LW 2006-R3 14
BOS: $68.45M
$68,446,464
85 Mike Green D 2004-R1 15
WAS: $39.26M / DET: $27.59M / EDM: $1.16M
$68,012,195
86 Evander Kane LW 2009-R1 14
SJS: $24.21M / BUF: $18.37M / EDM: $12.75M / ATL: $12.51M
$67,843,193
87 Ryan Johansen C 2010-R1 12
NSH: $39.55M / COL: $22.20M / CBJ: $4.15M / PHI: $1.80M
$67,695,887
88 Dustin Brown RW 2003-R1 18
LAK: $66.95M
$66,948,780
89 T.J. Oshie RW 2005-R1 14
WAS: $51.00M / STL: $15.84M
$66,843,902
90 Ryan McDonagh D 2007-R1 12
TBL: $28.00M / NYR: $24.81M / NSH: $13.86M
$66,669,695
91 Erik Johnson D 2006-R1 15
COL: $58.65M / STL: $4.75M / BUF: $2.55M / PHI: $0.70M
$66,652,439
92 Mikko Koivu C 2001-R1 12
MIN: $66.13M / CBJ: $0.36M
$66,495,544
93 Jordan Eberle RW 2008-R1 12
EDM: $26.63M / NYI: $24.00M / SEA: $15.50M
$66,125,000
94 Shane Doan RW 1995-R1 21
PHX: $65.53M
$65,530,903
95 Jonathan Quick G 2005-R3 15
LAK: $63.79M / NYR: $0.83M / VGK: $0.57M / CBJ: $0.01M
$65,200,122
96 Pekka Rinne G 2004-R8 13
NSH: $65.18M
$65,176,961
97 Mark Giordano D UDFA 16
CGY: $56.53M / SEA: $5.40M / TOR: $2.95M
$64,875,000
98 Loui Eriksson RW 2003-R2 16
VAN: $32.00M / DAL: $15.12M / BOS: $13.60M / ARI: $4.00M
$64,717,683
99 Scott Gomez C 1998-R1 14
MTL: $33.50M / NYR: $18.00M / NJD: $11.59M / FLA: $0.90M / SJS: $0.39M / OTT: $0.12M / STL: $0.00M
$64,507,568
100 Michael Cammalleri LW 2001-R2 14
NJD: $25.00M / CGY: $20.20M / MTL: $10.00M / LAK: $8.03M / EDM: $0.78M
$64,005,411

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