Sample Salaries From Earlier Seasons
Salary figures prior to the 1989–90 season are not readily available. The following table presents a sample of salaries from various seasons; the players listed were not necessarily the highest paid that year.
| Season | Player name | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1917–18 | Newsy Lalonde | $1,300 |
| 1921–22 | Newsy Lalonde | $2,000 |
| 1923–24 | Howie Morenz | $3,500 |
| 1925–26 | Frank Fredrickson | $3,500 |
| 1953–54 | Jean Beliveau | $21,000 |
| 1954–55 | Jean Beliveau | $21,000 |
| 1955–56 | Jean Beliveau | $21,000 |
| 1956–57 | Jean Beliveau | $21,000 |
| 1957–58 | Jean Beliveau | $21,000 |
| 1959–60 | Doug Harvey | $25,000 |
| 1959–60 | Maurice Richard | $25,000 |
| 1962–63 | Frank Mahovlich | $25,000 |
| 1963–64 | (NHL minimum salary) | $7,000 |
| 1963–64 | Phil Esposito | $54,990 |
| 1965–66 | Gump Worsley | $28,000 |
| 1966–67 | Bobby Orr | $35,000 |
| 1967–68 | Bobby Orr | $35,000 |
| 1967–68 | Derek Sanderson | $10,000 |
| 1969–70 | Derek Sanderson | $13,000 |
| 1974–75 | Mario Tremblay | $80,000 |
| 1977–78 | Bobby Hull † | $1,000,000 |
| 1977–78 | Bernie Parent | $1,000,000 |
| 1977–78 | Derek Sanderson | $1,000,000 |
| 1982–83 | Brian Hayward | $65,000 |
- † Bobby Hull was playing the World Hockey Association at this time, a short-lived rival to the NHL.
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