Top 20 Salaries in The NHL Since 1989
This is a list of the twenty NHL players who have earned the most in salaries between the 1989–90 season and the 2007–08 season.
These figures have been gleaned from different sources, and so may not be perfectly accurate. This is merely an estimation that, for the most part, does not take into account bonuses and sponsor contracts.
These totals also do not take into account partial seasons played—for which a player would only receive a partial salary—except for the shortened 2004–05 season, which affected every player. Thus, the listed totals are a sum of the amounts each player was contracted to receive for a full season.
| Rank | Player name | Salary (USD) | Years active† |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaromir Jagr | $ 99,874,893 | 19 (1990–91 – 2007–08) (2011-12 - present) |
| 2 | Nicklas Lidström | $ 94,065,000 | 19 (1991–92 – 2011-12) |
| 3 | Joe Sakic | $ 87,174,047 | 20 (1988–89 – 2008–09) |
| 4 | Mats Sundin | $ 74,042,632 | 18 (1990–91 – 2008–09) |
| 5 | Keith Tkachuk | $ 73,848,674 | 17 (1991–92 – 2009-10) |
| 6 | Rob Blake | $ 73,067,982 | 19 (1989–90 – 2009-10) |
| 7 | Paul Kariya | $ 70,686,100 | 14 (1994–95 – 2010-11) |
| 8 | Peter Forsberg | $ 70,405,214 | 12 (1994–95 – 2007–08)a |
| 9 | Mike Modano | $ 70,087,650 | 19 (1989–90 – 2010-11) |
| 10 | Chris Pronger | $ 66,200,500 | 15 (1993–94 – present) |
| 11 | Steve Yzerman | $ 64,672,616 | 22 (1983–84 – 2005–06) |
| 12 | Sergei Fedorov | $ 61,519,036 | 18 (1990–91 – 2008–09) |
| 13 | Brian Leetch | $ 59,501,250 | 18 (1987–88 – 2005–06) |
| 14 | Mark Messier | $ 58,958,639 | 25 (1979–80 – 2003–04) |
| 15 | Brendan Shanahan | $ 58,615,000 | 21 (1987–88 – 2008–09) |
| 16 | Teemu Selanne | $ 57,857,790 | 16 (1992–93 – present) |
| 17 | Patrick Roy | $ 56,771,988 | 19 (1984–85 – 2002–03) |
| 18 | Pavel Bure | $ 56,369,794 | 12 (1991–92 – 2002–03) |
| 19 | Doug Weight | $ 54,354,775 | 17 (1991–92 – 2010-11) |
| 20 | Dominik Hasek | $ 54,152,300 | 16 (1990–91 – 2007–08)b |
- † "Years active" excludes the 2004–05 NHL season, as the league was not operating that year. It also includes seasons prior to the 1989–90 NHL season, although the salaries paid during this time may not be included in the total due to scarcity of information.
- a Peter Forsberg missed the 2001–02 NHL season and almost all of the 2007–08 NHL season due to injury.
- b Dominik Hasek did not play the 2002–03 NHL season because he had retired, though he returned the following season.
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