Sandro Azerrad
The NHL functions on a cap-based system when it comes to how much a player makes.
Each year, the NHL sets a minimum and maximum spending cap in relation to overall league profits.
While the minimum salary is fixed at $775,000 USD, the maximum for any one player is tied to upper cap limit.
That is, a player’s salary cannot exceed 20% of the maximum limit, which was set to $82.5 million USD for the 2023-24 NHL season.
Therefore, the highest salary any individual player can make for this year is $16.7 million USD.
The league minimum will remain at $775,000 USD until the 2025-26. Below is a table depicting the yearly NHL Minimum Salary as set in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
| NHL Season | Minimum Salary (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2020-21 | $700,000 |
| 2021-22 | $750,000 |
| 2022-23 | $750,000 |
| 2023-24 | $775,000 |
| 2024-25 | $775,000 |
| 2025-26 | $775,000 |
Given these set limits, we know that the average NHL player salary lies somewhere in between.
So, let’s answer the question you came here for…
What is the average NHL salary?
The average NHL player salary is $3,491,763 USD for the 2023-24 season.
This value is based on 793 player signings, including all buried and two-way contracts. The highest paid player is Nathan MacKinnon at $16,500,000 USD, while 84 players are paid the league minimum of $775,000 USD.
MacKinnon is in his first year of an 8-year deal. The first two years of his contract will be the highest he'll earn compared to the rest of it.
In addition, 542 players (68.3%) earn $1,000,000 USD or more, while 329 players (or 41.5%) make above the league average.
Keep in mind that these values are based on current season salaries, and not annual cap hits from player contracts.
Moreover, the salaries are calculated by adding each player’s base salaries along with their respective signing bonuses (source).
Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche) now owns the record for the highest single-season salary.
He beat out Mitch Marner from the Toronto Maple Leafs, who set the record in 2019 at $16,000,000 USD.
Marner’s salary has dropped down to $8,000,000 USD, based on his contract agreement. So, why is that?
NHL Salary Structure
It’s actually common for players to sign multi-year NHL contracts with front-loaded salaries. Their first-year salary can exceed those in subsequent years of the contract, based on the NHL Collective Bargaining agreement (CBA).
However, there are some restrictions in place that salaries cannot vary too greatly from year-to-year.
It’s also possible for the annual salary to increase mid-contract or vary whichever way the player agent structures it within the CBA guidelines.
We’ll cover this in a future post about multi-year player contracts.
In the meantime, you should know that players can sign up to 8-year contracts as restricted free agents with their own team, or 7 years max as unrestricted free agents.
I refer to the CBA NHL-NHLPA statement found on page 285, rule 50.8, subsection (b) (iv):
An SPC (Standard Player Contract) with a term of greater than seven (7) years, provided, however, that a club may sign a player to an SPC with a term of up to eight (8) years if that player was on such club's reserve list as of and since the most recent trade deadline. With respect to potential unrestricted free agents only, the ability to re-sign a player to an SPC of eight (8) years expires when the player becomes an unrestricted free agent. With respect to a player who becomes a Group 2 restricted free agent, a club may sign such player to an SPC with a term of up to eight (8) years provided such player was on such club's reserve list and/or restricted free agent list as of and since the most recent trade deadline.
For those of you that are curious, I quickly explain here what two-way and buried contracts mean when calculating the average NHL salary.
Two-way NHL Contracts
When a player is signed to a two-way contract, they are not guaranteed the full NHL salary for the season. That’s because they are also signed to an AHL contract (minor affiliate team), which is significantly less.
Players are paid a prorated value of their NHL salary while at the NHL level. That is, they only make a portion of the salary for their time spent there.
If they are demoted back to the AHL, they return to the minor league contract.
Buried Contracts
While on the subject of AHL affiliate teams, it is possible for an NHL player with a one-way contract to be sent down to the minors.
Even though they’re not playing for an NHL roster, they continue to earn their NHL salary. This is known as a buried contract.
Now that we’ve explored all the possible types of NHL contracts and related it back to the average salary, let’s break down these averages by position.
Let’s see which who earns the most between goalies, forwards and defensemen.
NHL Salary Cash Rankings
Below is the full list of players and their salary earnings for 2023-24. You can use the Search function to find a particular player.
While we already mentioned the average salary sits right under $3.5 million USD, the median NHL salary lies at $2.5 million USD.
| Player Name | Team | Position | Salary (USD) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan MacKinnon | COL | C | $16,500,000 |
| 2 | David Pastrnak | BOS | RW | $13,000,000 |
| 3 | Dougie Hamilton | NJD | D | $12,600,000 |
| 4 | Kirill Kaprizov | MIN | LW | $12,500,000 |
| 5 | Alex Ovechkin | WAS | LW | $12,500,000 |
| 6 | Seth Jones | CHI | D | $12,500,000 |
| 7 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | D | $12,300,000 |
| 8 | Timo Meier | NJD | LW | $12,000,000 |
| 9 | Aleksander Barkov | FLA | C | $12,000,000 |
| 10 | Zachary Werenski | CBJ | D | $12,000,000 |
| 11 | Adam Fox | NYR | D | $12,000,000 |
| 12 | Roope Hintz | DAL | LW | $11,500,000 |
| 13 | Erik Karlsson | PIT | D | $11,500,000 |
| 14 | Matthew Tkachuk | FLA | LW | $11,250,000 |
| 15 | Brayden Point | TBL | C | $11,250,000 |
| 16 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | D | $11,050,000 |
| 17 | Artemi Panarin | NYR | LW | $11,000,000 |
| 18 | Connor McDavid | EDM | C | $11,000,000 |
| 19 | Mark Stone | VGK | RW | $11,000,000 |
| 20 | Charles Mcavoy | BOS | D | $11,000,000 |
| 21 | Cale Makar | COL | D | $11,000,000 |
| 22 | Drew Doughty | LAK | D | $11,000,000 |
| 23 | Jonathan Huberdeau | CGY | LW | $10,500,000 |
| 24 | Brady Tkachuk | OTT | LW | $10,500,000 |
| 25 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | D | $10,400,000 |
| 26 | Elias Pettersson | VAN | C | $10,250,000 |
| 27 | Jeff Skinner | BUF | LW | $10,000,000 |
| 28 | Jesper Bratt | NJD | LW | $10,000,000 |
| 29 | Dylan Larkin | DET | C | $10,000,000 |
| 30 | Nick Suzuki | MTL | C | $10,000,000 |
| 31 | Filip Forsberg | NSH | C | $10,000,000 |
| 32 | Mika Zibanejad | NYR | C | $10,000,000 |
| 33 | Tomas Hertl | SJS | C | $10,000,000 |
| 34 | Jack Eichel | VGK | C | $10,000,000 |
| 35 | Nicklas Backstrom | WAS | C | $10,000,000 |
| 36 | Nikita Kucherov | TBL | RW | $10,000,000 |
| 37 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | D | $10,000,000 |
| 38 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | D | $10,000,000 |
| 39 | Sergei Bobrovsky | FLA | G | $10,000,000 |
| 40 | Cole Caufield | MTL | RW | $9,975,000 |
| 41 | Johnny Gaudreau | CBJ | LW | $9,750,000 |
| 42 | J.T. Miller | VAN | C | $9,500,000 |
| 43 | Mikko Rantanen | COL | RW | $9,500,000 |
| 44 | Mathew Barzal | NYI | C | $9,150,000 |
| 45 | Patrik Laine | CBJ | RW | $9,100,000 |
| 46 | Gabriel Landeskog | COL | LW | $9,000,000 |
| 47 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | LAK | LW | $9,000,000 |
| 48 | Sean Couturier | PHI | C | $9,000,000 |
| 49 | Jordan Kyrou | STL | C | $9,000,000 |
| 50 | Robert Thomas | STL | C | $9,000,000 |
| 51 | Andrei Svechnikov | CAR | RW | $9,000,000 |
| 52 | Roman Josi | NSH | D | $9,000,000 |
| 53 | Vince Dunn | SEA | D | $9,000,000 |
| 54 | Andrei Vasilevskiy | TBL | G | $9,000,000 |
| 55 | Anders Lee | NYI | C | $8,950,000 |
| 56 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | D | $8,600,000 |
| 57 | Jack Hughes | NJD | C | $8,500,000 |
| 58 | Bo Horvat | NYI | C | $8,500,000 |
| 59 | Ivan Provorov | CBJ | D | $8,500,000 |
| 60 | Torey Krug | STL | D | $8,500,000 |
| 61 | Carey Price | MTL | G | $8,500,000 |
| 62 | Tyler Seguin | DAL | C | $8,450,000 |
| 63 | Ryan McDonagh | NSH | D | $8,400,000 |
| 64 | Alexander Debrincat | DET | RW | $8,250,000 |
| 65 | Kevin Fiala | LAK | LW | $8,125,000 |
| 66 | Anthony Cirelli | TBL | C | $8,125,000 |
| 67 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | D | $8,125,000 |
| 68 | Jason Robertson | DAL | LW | $8,000,000 |
| 69 | Matthew Boldy | MIN | LW | $8,000,000 |
| 70 | Ryan Johansen | COL | C | $8,000,000 |
| 71 | Leon Draisaitl | EDM | C | $8,000,000 |
| 72 | Logan Couture | SJS | C | $8,000,000 |
| 73 | Brayden Schenn | STL | C | $8,000,000 |
| 74 | Evgeny Kuznetsov | WAS | C | $8,000,000 |
| 75 | Brendan Gallagher | MTL | RW | $8,000,000 |
| 76 | Josh Anderson | MTL | RW | $8,000,000 |
| 77 | Mitchell Marner | TOR | RW | $8,000,000 |
| 78 | Hampus Lindholm | BOS | D | $8,000,000 |
| 79 | Damon Severson | CBJ | D | $8,000,000 |
| 80 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | D | $8,000,000 |
| 81 | Jonas Brodin | MIN | D | $8,000,000 |
| 82 | Jacob Trouba | NYR | D | $8,000,000 |
| 83 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | D | $8,000,000 |
| 84 | Kris Letang | PIT | D | $8,000,000 |
| 85 | Colton Parayko | STL | D | $8,000,000 |
| 86 | Victor Hedman | TBL | D | $8,000,000 |
| 87 | Joshua Morrissey | WPG | D | $8,000,000 |
| 88 | Jacob Markstrom | CGY | G | $8,000,000 |
| 89 | Matthew Murray | TOR | G | $8,000,000 |
| 90 | Auston Matthews | TOR | C | $7,950,000 |
| 91 | John Tavares | TOR | C | $7,950,000 |
| 92 | Justin Faulk | STL | D | $7,900,000 |
| 93 | Nico Hischier | NJD | C | $7,750,000 |
| 94 | Dmitry Orlov | CAR | D | $7,750,000 |
| 95 | Zach Hyman | EDM | C | $7,650,000 |
| 96 | Kyle Connor | WPG | LW | $7,500,000 |
| 97 | Nick Schmaltz | ARI | C | $7,500,000 |
| 98 | Jakub Voracek | ARI | RW | $7,500,000 |
| 99 | Valeri Nichushkin | COL | RW | $7,500,000 |
| 100 | Cam Fowler | ANA | D | $7,500,000 |
| 101 | Jeff Petry | DET | D | $7,500,000 |
| 102 | Ryan Ellis | PHI | D | $7,500,000 |
| 103 | T.J. Brodie | TOR | D | $7,500,000 |
| 104 | Neal Pionk | WPG | D | $7,500,000 |
| 105 | Phillip Grubauer | SEA | G | $7,500,000 |
| 106 | Jordan Binnington | STL | G | $7,500,000 |
| 107 | Connor Hellebuyck | WPG | G | $7,500,000 |
| 108 | Taylor Hall | CHI | LW | $7,250,000 |
| 109 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | SJS | D | $7,250,000 |
| 110 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | D | $7,200,000 |
| 111 | Tage Thompson | BUF | C | $7,142,857 |
| 112 | Dylan Cozens | BUF | C | $7,100,000 |
| 113 | Nazem Kadri | CGY | C | $7,000,000 |
| 114 | Anze Kopitar | LAK | C | $7,000,000 |
| 115 | Claude Giroux | OTT | C | $7,000,000 |
| 116 | Ivan Barbashev | VGK | C | $7,000,000 |
| 117 | Troy Terry | ANA | RW | $7,000,000 |
| 118 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | D | $7,000,000 |
| 119 | Igor Shesterkin | NYR | G | $7,000,000 |
| 120 | Thatcher Demko | VAN | G | $7,000,000 |
| 121 | Ondrej Palat | NJD | LW | $6,900,000 |
| 122 | Pavel Buchnevich | STL | LW | $6,900,000 |
| 123 | Tristan Jarry | PIT | G | $6,800,000 |
| 124 | Erik Cernak | TBL | D | $6,760,000 |
| 125 | Phillip Danault | LAK | C | $6,750,000 |
| 126 | Brock Boeser | VAN | RW | $6,650,000 |
| 127 | Jamie Benn | DAL | LW | $6,500,000 |
| 128 | Nikolaj Ehlers | WPG | LW | $6,500,000 |
| 129 | Sam Reinhart | FLA | C | $6,500,000 |
| 130 | Vincent Trocheck | NYR | C | $6,500,000 |
| 131 | Josh Norris | OTT | C | $6,500,000 |
| 132 | Kevin Hayes | STL | C | $6,500,000 |
| 133 | Steven Stamkos | TBL | C | $6,500,000 |
| 134 | Dylan Strome | WAS | C | $6,500,000 |
| 135 | Anthony Mantha | WAS | RW | $6,500,000 |
| 136 | Mattias Ekholm | EDM | D | $6,500,000 |
| 137 | Vladislav Gavrikov | LAK | D | $6,500,000 |
| 138 | Michael Matheson | MTL | D | $6,500,000 |
| 139 | John Gibson | ANA | G | $6,400,000 |
| 140 | Sam Bennett | FLA | C | $6,350,000 |
| 141 | Andre Burakovsky | SEA | LW | $6,250,000 |
| 142 | Alexander Killorn | ANA | C | $6,250,000 |
| 143 | Andrew Copp | DET | C | $6,250,000 |
| 144 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | EDM | C | $6,250,000 |
| 145 | MacKenzie Weegar | CGY | D | $6,250,000 |
| 146 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | D | $6,150,000 |
| 147 | Thomas Wilson | WAS | RW | $6,100,000 |
| 148 | Sebastian Aho | CAR | LW | $6,000,000 |
| 149 | Jared McCann | SEA | LW | $6,000,000 |
| 150 | Clayton Keller | ARI | C | $6,000,000 |
| 151 | Joel Eriksson Ek | MIN | C | $6,000,000 |
| 152 | Travis Konecny | PHI | C | $6,000,000 |
| 153 | Evgeni Malkin | PIT | C | $6,000,000 |
| 154 | Jake Guentzel | PIT | C | $6,000,000 |
| 155 | Rickard Rakell | PIT | C | $6,000,000 |
| 156 | Mikael Granlund | SJS | C | $6,000,000 |
| 157 | William Nylander | TOR | C | $6,000,000 |
| 158 | Mark Scheifele | WPG | C | $6,000,000 |
| 159 | Conor Garland | VAN | RW | $6,000,000 |
| 160 | Jamie Oleksiak | SEA | D | $6,000,000 |
| 161 | Tyler Myers | VAN | D | $6,000,000 |
| 162 | John Carlson | WAS | D | $6,000,000 |
| 163 | Linus Ullmark | BOS | G | $6,000,000 |
| 164 | Elvis Merzlikins | CBJ | G | $6,000,000 |
| 165 | Jack Campbell | EDM | G | $6,000,000 |
| 166 | Juuse Saros | NSH | G | $6,000,000 |
| 167 | Robin Lehner | VGK | G | $6,000,000 |
| 168 | Darcy Kuemper | WAS | G | $6,000,000 |
| 169 | Blake Coleman | CGY | C | $5,900,000 |
| 170 | Devon Toews | COL | D | $5,900,000 |
| 171 | Teuvo Teravainen | CAR | C | $5,875,000 |
| 172 | Kevin Labanc | SJS | RW | $5,875,000 |
| 173 | Adam Henrique | ANA | C | $5,825,000 |
| 174 | Andrew Mangiapane | CGY | LW | $5,800,000 |
| 175 | Connor Murphy | CHI | D | $5,800,000 |
| 176 | Adrian Kempe | LAK | LW | $5,750,000 |
| 177 | Trevor Zegras | ANA | C | $5,750,000 |
| 178 | Pavel Zacha | BOS | C | $5,750,000 |
| 179 | Adam Pelech | NYI | D | $5,750,000 |
| 180 | Ryan Graves | PIT | D | $5,750,000 |
| 181 | Alec Martinez | VGK | D | $5,750,000 |
| 182 | Christian Dvorak | MTL | C | $5,725,000 |
| 183 | Brandon Carlo | BOS | D | $5,700,000 |
| 184 | Brock Nelson | NYI | C | $5,600,000 |
| 185 | William Karlsson | VGK | C | $5,600,000 |
| 186 | Adin Hill | VGK | G | $5,600,000 |
| 187 | Evander Kane | EDM | LW | $5,500,000 |
| 188 | Jaden Schwartz | SEA | LW | $5,500,000 |
| 189 | Brandon Saad | STL | LW | $5,500,000 |
| 190 | Tyler Bertuzzi | TOR | LW | $5,500,000 |
| 191 | Andrei Kuzmenko | VAN | LW | $5,500,000 |
| 192 | J.T Compher | DET | C | $5,500,000 |
| 193 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | D | $5,500,000 |
| 194 | Rasmus Ristolainen | PHI | D | $5,500,000 |
| 195 | Adam Larsson | SEA | D | $5,500,000 |
| 196 | Filip Hronek | VAN | D | $5,500,000 |
| 197 | Drake Batherson | OTT | C | $5,400,000 |
| 198 | Brady Skjei | CAR | D | $5,400,000 |
| 199 | Jakob Chychrun | OTT | D | $5,400,000 |
| 200 | Ilya Mikheyev | VAN | LW | $5,350,000 |
| 201 | Mikael Backlund | CGY | C | $5,350,000 |
| 202 | Oliver Bjorkstrand | SEA | RW | $5,350,000 |
| 203 | Jason Zucker | ARI | LW | $5,300,000 |
| 204 | Cameron Atkinson | PHI | RW | $5,275,000 |
| 205 | Jakob Silfverberg | ANA | RW | $5,250,000 |
| 206 | Reilly Smith | PIT | RW | $5,250,000 |
| 207 | Ben Chiarot | DET | D | $5,250,000 |
| 208 | Brandon Montour | FLA | D | $5,250,000 |
| 209 | John Marino | NJD | D | $5,250,000 |
| 210 | Shea Theodore | VGK | D | $5,200,000 |
| 211 | David Perron | DET | LW | $5,150,000 |
| 212 | Bryan Rust | PIT | RW | $5,125,000 |
| 213 | Barclay Goodrow | NYR | LW | $5,100,000 |
| 214 | Yanni Gourde | SEA | C | $5,100,000 |
| 215 | Brad Marchand | BOS | LW | $5,000,000 |
| 216 | Artturi Lehkonen | COL | LW | $5,000,000 |
| 217 | Chris Kreider | NYR | LW | $5,000,000 |
| 218 | Mike Hoffman | SJS | LW | $5,000,000 |
| 219 | Ryan Strome | ANA | C | $5,000,000 |
| 220 | Carter Verhaeghe | FLA | C | $5,000,000 |
| 221 | Ryan O'Reilly | NSH | C | $5,000,000 |
| 222 | Tim Stützle | OTT | C | $5,000,000 |
| 223 | Alexander Wennberg | SEA | C | $5,000,000 |
| 224 | Mats Zuccarello-Aasen | MIN | RW | $5,000,000 |
| 225 | Kyle Palmieri | NYI | RW | $5,000,000 |
| 226 | Vladimir Tarasenko | OTT | RW | $5,000,000 |
| 227 | T.J. Oshie | WAS | RW | $5,000,000 |
| 228 | Brent Burns | CAR | D | $5,000,000 |
| 229 | Samuel Girard | COL | D | $5,000,000 |
| 230 | Josh Manson | COL | D | $5,000,000 |
| 231 | Esa Lindell | DAL | D | $5,000,000 |
| 232 | Tyson Barrie | NSH | D | $5,000,000 |
| 233 | Nick Jensen | WAS | D | $5,000,000 |
| 234 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | D | $4,950,000 |
| 235 | Nate Schmidt | WPG | D | $4,950,000 |
| 236 | Elias Lindholm | CGY | C | $4,850,000 |
| 237 | Mason Marchment | DAL | LW | $4,800,000 |
| 238 | Jake Oettinger | DAL | G | $4,800,000 |
| 239 | Tyler Johnson | CHI | C | $4,750,000 |
| 240 | Victor Olofsson | BUF | RW | $4,750,000 |
| 241 | Alex Tuch | BUF | RW | $4,750,000 |
| 242 | Ville Husso | DET | G | $4,750,000 |
| 243 | Lawson Crouse | ARI | LW | $4,600,000 |
| 244 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | D | $4,550,000 |
| 245 | Michael Bunting | CAR | LW | $4,500,000 |
| 246 | Trevor Moore | LAK | LW | $4,500,000 |
| 247 | Filip Chytil | NYR | LW | $4,500,000 |
| 248 | Adam Lowry | WPG | LW | $4,500,000 |
| 249 | Charlie Coyle | BOS | C | $4,500,000 |
| 250 | Jesperi Kotkaniemi | CAR | C | $4,500,000 |
| 251 | Jean-Gabriel Pageau | NYI | C | $4,500,000 |
| 252 | Chris Tanev | CGY | D | $4,500,000 |
| 253 | Nikita Zaitsev | CHI | D | $4,500,000 |
| 254 | Cody Ceci | EDM | D | $4,500,000 |
| 255 | Nick Leddy | STL | D | $4,500,000 |
| 256 | Brent Seabrook | TBL | D | $4,500,000 |
| 257 | Carter Hart | PHI | G | $4,479,000 |
| 258 | Alex Iafallo | WPG | C | $4,400,000 |
| 259 | Petr Mrazek | CHI | G | $4,400,000 |
| 260 | Jake Allen | MTL | G | $4,400,000 |
| 261 | Ryan Suter | DAL | D | $4,300,000 |
| 262 | Mattias Samuelsson | BUF | D | $4,285,714 |
| 263 | Viktor Arvidsson | LAK | LW | $4,250,000 |
| 264 | Tanner Pearson | MTL | LW | $4,250,000 |
| 265 | Joel Farabee | PHI | LW | $4,250,000 |
| 266 | Andreas Athanasiou | CHI | C | $4,250,000 |
| 267 | Robby Fabbri | DET | C | $4,250,000 |
| 268 | Matthew Grzelcyk | BOS | D | $4,250,000 |
| 269 | Jonas Siegenthaler | NJD | D | $4,250,000 |
| 270 | Filip Gustavsson | MIN | G | $4,250,000 |
| 271 | Matt Roy | LAK | D | $4,200,000 |
| 272 | David Savard | MTL | D | $4,200,000 |
| 273 | Anthony Beauvillier | VAN | LW | $4,150,000 |
| 274 | Nicholas Paul | TBL | C | $4,150,000 |
| 275 | John Klingberg | TOR | D | $4,150,000 |
| 276 | Shayne Gostisbehere | DET | D | $4,125,000 |
| 277 | Marcus Foligno | MIN | LW | $4,100,000 |
| 278 | Ross Colton | COL | C | $4,100,000 |
| 279 | Kirby Dach | MTL | C | $4,100,000 |
| 280 | Marcus Pettersson | PIT | D | $4,025,175 |
| 281 | Brett Pesce | CAR | D | $4,025,000 |
| 282 | Jake DeBrusk | BOS | LW | $4,000,000 |
| 283 | Nick Foligno | CHI | LW | $4,000,000 |
| 284 | Anthony Duclair | SJS | LW | $4,000,000 |
| 285 | Jack Roslovic | CBJ | C | $4,000,000 |
| 286 | Radek Faksa | DAL | C | $4,000,000 |
| 287 | Corey Perry | CHI | RW | $4,000,000 |
| 288 | Nino Niederreiter | WPG | RW | $4,000,000 |
| 289 | Radko Gudas | ANA | D | $4,000,000 |
| 290 | Erik Gudbranson | CBJ | D | $4,000,000 |
| 291 | Noah Dobson | NYI | D | $4,000,000 |
| 292 | Ryan Lindgren | NYR | D | $4,000,000 |
| 293 | Artem Zub | OTT | D | $4,000,000 |
| 294 | Jacob Muzzin | TOR | D | $4,000,000 |
| 295 | Jake McCabe | TOR | D | $4,000,000 |
| 296 | Carson Soucy | VAN | D | $4,000,000 |
| 297 | Brenden Dillon | WPG | D | $4,000,000 |
| 298 | Ilya Sorokin | NYI | G | $4,000,000 |
| 299 | Joonas Korpisalo | OTT | G | $4,000,000 |
| 300 | Erik Haula | NJD | C | $3,900,000 |
| 301 | Mathew Dumba | ARI | D | $3,900,000 |
| 302 | Scott Laughton | PHI | C | $3,875,000 |
| 303 | Bryan Little | ARI | C | $3,750,000 |
| 304 | Boone Jenner | CBJ | C | $3,750,000 |
| 305 | Jordan Eberle | SEA | RW | $3,750,000 |
| 306 | Nikita Zadorov | CGY | D | $3,750,000 |
| 307 | Trevor Van Riemsdyk | WAS | D | $3,750,000 |
| 308 | Vitek Vanecek | NJD | G | $3,750,000 |
| 309 | Frederik Andersen | CAR | G | $3,700,000 |
| 310 | Alexander Georgiev | COL | G | $3,700,000 |
| 311 | Frank Vatrano | ANA | LW | $3,650,000 |
| 312 | Michael Anderson | LAK | D | $3,600,000 |
| 313 | Ilya Samsonov | TOR | G | $3,550,000 |
| 314 | Jordan Greenway | BUF | LW | $3,500,000 |
| 315 | Martin Necas | CAR | C | $3,500,000 |
| 316 | Joe Pavelski | DAL | C | $3,500,000 |
| 317 | Alex Newhook | MTL | C | $3,500,000 |
| 318 | Colton Sissons | NSH | C | $3,500,000 |
| 319 | Brandon Tanev | SEA | C | $3,500,000 |
| 320 | Jonathan Marchessault | VGK | C | $3,500,000 |
| 321 | Nicolas Roy | VGK | C | $3,500,000 |
| 322 | Tyler Toffoli | NJD | RW | $3,500,000 |
| 323 | Derek Forbort | BOS | D | $3,500,000 |
| 324 | Jake Walman | DET | D | $3,500,000 |
| 325 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | D | $3,500,000 |
| 326 | Gustav Forsling | FLA | D | $3,500,000 |
| 327 | Scott Mayfield | NYI | D | $3,500,000 |
| 328 | Dylan Demelo | WPG | D | $3,500,000 |
| 329 | Marc-Andre Fleury | MIN | G | $3,500,000 |
| 330 | Jeremy Swayman | BOS | G | $3,475,000 |
| 331 | Jordan Staal | CAR | C | $3,450,000 |
| 332 | Justin Holl | DET | D | $3,400,000 |
| 333 | Martin Fehervary | WAS | D | $3,400,000 |
| 334 | Sean Walker | PHI | D | $3,350,000 |
| 335 | Connor Clifton | BUF | D | $3,333,333 |
| 336 | Brian Dumoulin | SEA | D | $3,300,000 |
| 337 | Gabe Vilardi | WPG | C | $3,275,000 |
| 338 | Miles Wood | COL | LW | $3,250,000 |
| 339 | Warren Foegele | EDM | LW | $3,250,000 |
| 340 | Jason Dickinson | CHI | C | $3,250,000 |
| 341 | Sean Kuraly | CBJ | C | $3,250,000 |
| 342 | Erik Johnson | BUF | D | $3,250,000 |
| 343 | Mario Ferraro | SJS | D | $3,250,000 |
| 344 | Chandler Stephenson | VGK | C | $3,225,000 |
| 345 | Kasperi Kapanen | STL | RW | $3,200,000 |
| 346 | Gustav Nyquist | NSH | RW | $3,185,000 |
| 347 | Karel Vejmelka | ARI | G | $3,150,000 |
| 348 | Yegor Sharangovich | CGY | C | $3,100,000 |
| 349 | K'Andre Miller | NYR | D | $3,098,000 |
| 350 | Bowen Byram | COL | D | $3,080,000 |
| 351 | Tanner Jeannot | TBL | LW | $3,045,000 |
| 352 | Matias Maccelli | ARI | LW | $3,000,000 |
| 353 | Evan Rodrigues | FLA | LW | $3,000,000 |
| 354 | Pierre Engvall | NYI | LW | $3,000,000 |
| 355 | Max Domi | TOR | LW | $3,000,000 |
| 356 | Alexander Kerfoot | ARI | C | $3,000,000 |
| 357 | Matt Duchene | DAL | C | $3,000,000 |
| 358 | Sidney Crosby | PIT | C | $3,000,000 |
| 359 | Jeff Carter | PIT | C | $3,000,000 |
| 360 | Luke Kunin | SJS | C | $3,000,000 |
| 361 | Olli Maatta | DET | D | $3,000,000 |
| 362 | Brett Kulak | EDM | D | $3,000,000 |
| 363 | Niko Mikkola | FLA | D | $3,000,000 |
| 364 | Justin Schultz | SEA | D | $3,000,000 |
| 365 | Marco Scandella | STL | D | $3,000,000 |
| 366 | Ian Cole | VAN | D | $3,000,000 |
| 367 | Tucker Poolman | VAN | D | $3,000,000 |
| 368 | Zach Whitecloud | VGK | D | $3,000,000 |
| 369 | Frederick Gaudreau | MIN | C | $2,950,000 |
| 370 | Anton Forsberg | OTT | G | $2,950,000 |
| 371 | Jake Bean | CBJ | D | $2,900,000 |
| 372 | Kaapo Kahkonen | SJS | G | $2,900,000 |
| 373 | Jakub Vrana | STL | LW | $2,875,000 |
| 374 | Brock McGinn | ANA | LW | $2,750,000 |
| 375 | Ilya Lyubushkin | ANA | D | $2,750,000 |
| 376 | Andrew Peeke | CBJ | D | $2,750,000 |
| 377 | Luke Schenn | NSH | D | $2,750,000 |
| 378 | Brayden McNabb | VGK | D | $2,750,000 |
| 379 | Semyon Varlamov | NYI | G | $2,750,000 |
| 380 | Jordan Martinook | CAR | LW | $2,700,000 |
| 381 | Mathieu Joseph | OTT | RW | $2,700,000 |
| 382 | Garnet Hathaway | PHI | RW | $2,700,000 |
| 383 | Noah Cates | PHI | LW | $2,625,000 |
| 384 | Casey Mittelstadt | BUF | C | $2,600,000 |
| 385 | Henri Jokiharju | BUF | D | $2,600,000 |
| 386 | Adam Boqvist | CBJ | D | $2,600,000 |
| 387 | Travis Boyd | ARI | LW | $2,500,000 |
| 388 | Dominik Kubalik | OTT | LW | $2,500,000 |
| 389 | Conor Sheary | TBL | LW | $2,500,000 |
| 390 | Zemgus Girgensons | BUF | C | $2,500,000 |
| 391 | Cody Glass | NSH | C | $2,500,000 |
| 392 | Casey Cizikas | NYI | C | $2,500,000 |
| 393 | Noel Acciari | PIT | C | $2,500,000 |
| 394 | Kyle Okposo | BUF | RW | $2,500,000 |
| 395 | Alexander Barabanov | SJS | RW | $2,500,000 |
| 396 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | D | $2,500,000 |
| 397 | Jacob Middleton | MIN | D | $2,500,000 |
| 398 | Alex Carrier | NSH | D | $2,500,000 |
| 399 | Dante Fabbro | NSH | D | $2,500,000 |
| 400 | Alexander Romanov | NYI | D | $2,500,000 |
| 401 | Jan Rutta | SJS | D | $2,500,000 |
| 402 | William Borgen | SEA | D | $2,500,000 |
| 403 | Lars Eller | PIT | C | $2,450,000 |
| 404 | Dillon Dube | CGY | C | $2,400,000 |
| 405 | David Kampf | TOR | C | $2,400,000 |
| 406 | Jesper Fast | CAR | RW | $2,400,000 |
| 407 | Kaapo Kakko | NYR | RW | $2,400,000 |
| 408 | Sonny Milano | WAS | LW | $2,350,000 |
| 409 | Trent Frederic | BOS | C | $2,300,000 |
| 410 | Jamie Drysdale | ANA | D | $2,300,000 |
| 411 | Stuart Skinner | EDM | G | $2,300,000 |
| 412 | Evgenii Dadonov | DAL | LW | $2,250,000 |
| 413 | Philipp Kurashev | CHI | C | $2,250,000 |
| 414 | Mason Appleton | WPG | C | $2,250,000 |
| 415 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | FLA | D | $2,250,000 |
| 416 | Daniel Vladar | CGY | G | $2,200,000 |
| 417 | MacKenzie Blackwood | SJS | G | $2,200,000 |
| 418 | Brett Howden | VGK | C | $2,150,000 |
| 419 | Barrett Hayton | ARI | C | $2,130,000 |
| 420 | Nick Bjugstad | ARI | C | $2,100,000 |
| 421 | Calle Jarnkrok | TOR | C | $2,100,000 |
| 422 | Brandon Hagel | TBL | LW | $2,050,000 |
| 423 | Alexis Lafrenière | NYR | LW | $2,000,000 |
| 424 | Nicolas Deslauriers | PHI | LW | $2,000,000 |
| 425 | Max Pacioretty | WAS | LW | $2,000,000 |
| 426 | Morgan Geekie | BOS | C | $2,000,000 |
| 427 | Tyson Jost | BUF | C | $2,000,000 |
| 428 | Ryan Donato | CHI | C | $2,000,000 |
| 429 | Marcus Johansson | MIN | C | $2,000,000 |
| 430 | Nico Sturm | SJS | C | $2,000,000 |
| 431 | Vladislav Namestnikov | WPG | C | $2,000,000 |
| 432 | Klim Kostin | DET | RW | $2,000,000 |
| 433 | Daniel Sprong | DET | RW | $2,000,000 |
| 434 | Ryan Hartman | MIN | RW | $2,000,000 |
| 435 | Sean Durzi | ARI | D | $2,000,000 |
| 436 | Jani Hakanpaa | DAL | D | $2,000,000 |
| 437 | Alex Goligoski | MIN | D | $2,000,000 |
| 438 | Jeremy Lauzon | NSH | D | $2,000,000 |
| 439 | Erik Brannstrom | OTT | D | $2,000,000 |
| 440 | Kevin Lankinen | NSH | G | $2,000,000 |
| 441 | Sean Monahan | MTL | C | $1,985,000 |
| 442 | Radim Simek | SJS | D | $1,950,000 |
| 443 | Michael Rasmussen | DET | C | $1,900,000 |
| 444 | Theodor Blueger | VAN | C | $1,900,000 |
| 445 | Jacob Bryson | BUF | D | $1,900,000 |
| 446 | Casey DeSmith | VAN | G | $1,900,000 |
| 447 | Isac Lundestrom | ANA | C | $1,800,000 |
| 448 | Morgan Frost | PHI | C | $1,800,000 |
| 449 | Eric Comrie | BUF | G | $1,800,000 |
| 450 | William Carrier | VGK | LW | $1,750,000 |
| 451 | Alexandre Texier | CBJ | C | $1,750,000 |
| 452 | Cal Clutterbuck | NYI | RW | $1,750,000 |
| 453 | Owen Tippett | PHI | RW | $1,750,000 |
| 454 | Connor Ingram | ARI | G | $1,750,000 |
| 455 | Pavel Francouz | COL | G | $1,750,000 |
| 456 | Laurent Brossoit | WPG | G | $1,750,000 |
| 457 | Eric Robinson | CBJ | LW | $1,700,000 |
| 458 | Jake Evans | MTL | C | $1,700,000 |
| 459 | Yakov Trenin | NSH | C | $1,700,000 |
| 460 | Colin Miller | NJD | D | $1,700,000 |
| 461 | Blake Lizotte | LAK | C | $1,675,000 |
| 462 | Anthony DeAngelo | CAR | D | $1,675,000 |
| 463 | Pius Suter | VAN | C | $1,600,000 |
| 464 | Cameron York | PHI | D | $1,600,000 |
| 465 | Rasmus Sandin | WAS | D | $1,600,000 |
| 466 | Jack McBain | ARI | C | $1,599,999 |
| 467 | Ryan McLeod | EDM | C | $1,545,000 |
| 468 | Max Jones | ANA | LW | $1,500,000 |
| 469 | Tomas Tatar | COL | LW | $1,500,000 |
| 470 | Matt Martin | NYI | LW | $1,500,000 |
| 471 | Eetu Luostarinen | FLA | C | $1,500,000 |
| 472 | Kailer Yamamoto | SEA | C | $1,500,000 |
| 473 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | D | $1,500,000 |
| 474 | Antti Raanta | CAR | G | $1,500,000 |
| 475 | James Reimer | DET | G | $1,500,000 |
| 476 | Pheonix Copley | LAK | G | $1,500,000 |
| 477 | Alex Nedeljkovic | PIT | G | $1,500,000 |
| 478 | Nicolas Hague | VGK | D | $1,482,450 |
| 479 | Eeli Tolvanen | SEA | RW | $1,450,000 |
| 480 | Fabian Zetterlund | SJS | LW | $1,400,000 |
| 481 | Michael Mcleod | NJD | C | $1,400,000 |
| 482 | Ryan Poehling | PHI | C | $1,400,000 |
| 483 | Keegan Kolesar | VGK | RW | $1,400,000 |
| 484 | Jordan Harris | MTL | D | $1,400,000 |
| 485 | Nathan Bastian | NJD | RW | $1,350,000 |
| 486 | Ryan Reaves | TOR | RW | $1,350,000 |
| 487 | Kevin Rooney | CGY | C | $1,300,000 |
| 488 | Nic Dowd | WAS | C | $1,300,000 |
| 489 | Morgan Barron | WPG | C | $1,300,000 |
| 490 | Carl Grundstrom | LAK | RW | $1,300,000 |
| 491 | Joshua Brown | ARI | D | $1,300,000 |
| 492 | Dylan Samberg | WPG | D | $1,300,000 |
| 493 | Alexei Toropchenko | STL | RW | $1,250,000 |
| 494 | Jarred Tinordi | CHI | D | $1,250,000 |
| 495 | Matthew Benning | SJS | D | $1,250,000 |
| 496 | Rafael Harvey-Pinard | MTL | LW | $1,200,000 |
| 497 | Colin Blackwell | CHI | C | $1,200,000 |
| 498 | Jon Merrill | MIN | D | $1,200,000 |
| 499 | Brendan Smith | NJD | D | $1,200,000 |
| 500 | Joey Daccord | SEA | G | $1,200,000 |
| 501 | Joel Edmundson | WAS | D | $1,187,500 |
| 502 | Steven Lorentz | FLA | C | $1,150,000 |
| 503 | Sam Lafferty | VAN | C | $1,150,000 |
| 504 | Christian Fischer | DET | C | $1,125,000 |
| 505 | Nick Perbix | TBL | D | $1,125,000 |
| 506 | Ross Johnston | NYI | LW | $1,100,000 |
| 507 | Nick Cousins | FLA | C | $1,100,000 |
| 508 | Mathieu Olivier | CBJ | RW | $1,100,000 |
| 509 | Brandon Duhaime | MIN | RW | $1,100,000 |
| 510 | Filip Zadina | SJS | RW | $1,100,000 |
| 511 | Troy Stecher | ARI | D | $1,100,000 |
| 512 | Travis Hamonic | OTT | D | $1,100,000 |
| 513 | Marc Staal | PHI | D | $1,100,000 |
| 514 | Nikolai Knyzhov | SJS | D | $1,100,000 |
| 515 | Kyle Burroughs | SJS | D | $1,100,000 |
| 516 | Conor Timmins | TOR | D | $1,100,000 |
| 517 | Anthony Stolarz | FLA | G | $1,100,000 |
| 518 | Charlie Lindgren | WAS | G | $1,100,000 |
| 519 | Kevin Shattenkirk | BOS | D | $1,050,000 |
| 520 | Zach Bogosian | TBL | D | $1,050,000 |
| 521 | Daniil Tarasov | CBJ | G | $1,050,000 |
| 522 | Milan Lucic | BOS | LW | $1,000,000 |
| 523 | James Van Riemsdyk | BOS | LW | $1,000,000 |
| 524 | Patrick Maroon | MIN | LW | $1,000,000 |
| 525 | Tomas Nosek | NJD | LW | $1,000,000 |
| 526 | Samuel Blais | STL | LW | $1,000,000 |
| 527 | Nils Hoglander | VAN | LW | $1,000,000 |
| 528 | Logan O'Connor | COL | C | $1,000,000 |
| 529 | Craig Smith | DAL | C | $1,000,000 |
| 530 | Mattias Janmark | EDM | C | $1,000,000 |
| 531 | Kevin Stenlund | FLA | C | $1,000,000 |
| 532 | Curtis Lazar | NJD | C | $1,000,000 |
| 533 | Shea Weber | ARI | D | $1,000,000 |
| 534 | Juuso Valimaki | ARI | D | $1,000,000 |
| 535 | Kurtis Macdermid | COL | D | $1,000,000 |
| 536 | Dmitry Kulikov | FLA | D | $1,000,000 |
| 537 | Mike Reilly | FLA | D | $1,000,000 |
| 538 | Andreas Englund | LAK | D | $1,000,000 |
| 539 | Logan Stanley | WPG | D | $1,000,000 |
| 540 | Scott Wedgewood | DAL | G | $1,000,000 |
| 541 | Cameron Talbot | LAK | G | $1,000,000 |
| 542 | Samuel Montembeault | MTL | G | $1,000,000 |
| 543 | Justin Danforth | CBJ | RW | $975,000 |
| 544 | Zach Benson | BUF | LW | $950,000 |
| 545 | Juraj Slafkovsky | MTL | LW | $950,000 |
| 546 | Leo Carlsson | ANA | C | $950,000 |
| 547 | Logan Cooley | ARI | C | $950,000 |
| 548 | Matthew Savoie | BUF | C | $950,000 |
| 549 | Connor Bedard | CHI | C | $950,000 |
| 550 | Cole Guttman | CHI | C | $950,000 |
| 551 | Adam Fantilli | CBJ | C | $950,000 |
| 552 | Jordan Dumais | CBJ | RW | $950,000 |
| 553 | Pavel Mintyukov | ANA | D | $950,000 |
| 554 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | D | $950,000 |
| 555 | Robert Bortuzzo | STL | D | $950,000 |
| 556 | Jack Rathbone | VAN | D | $950,000 |
| 557 | Kirill Marchenko | CBJ | LW | $925,000 |
| 558 | Andre Lee | LAK | LW | $925,000 |
| 559 | Brian Halonen | NJD | LW | $925,000 |
| 560 | Drew O'Connor | PIT | LW | $925,000 |
| 561 | William Eklund | SJS | LW | $925,000 |
| 562 | Matthew Knies | TOR | LW | $925,000 |
| 563 | Mason Mctavish | ANA | C | $925,000 |
| 564 | John Beecher | BOS | C | $925,000 |
| 565 | John-Jason Peterka | BUF | C | $925,000 |
| 566 | Jack Drury | CAR | C | $925,000 |
| 567 | Lukas Reichel | CHI | C | $925,000 |
| 568 | Kent Johnson | CBJ | C | $925,000 |
| 569 | Cole Sillinger | CBJ | C | $925,000 |
| 570 | Wyatt Johnston | DAL | C | $925,000 |
| 571 | Dylan Holloway | EDM | C | $925,000 |
| 572 | Anton Lundell | FLA | C | $925,000 |
| 573 | Justin Sourdif | FLA | C | $925,000 |
| 574 | Thomas Bordeleau | SJS | C | $925,000 |
| 575 | Matthew Beniers | SEA | C | $925,000 |
| 576 | Matthew Coronato | CGY | RW | $925,000 |
| 577 | Lucas Raymond | DET | RW | $925,000 |
| 578 | Mackie Samoskevich | FLA | RW | $925,000 |
| 579 | Alexander Holtz | NJD | RW | $925,000 |
| 580 | Bobby Brink | PHI | RW | $925,000 |
| 581 | Jackson Lacombe | ANA | D | $925,000 |
| 582 | Janis Moser | ARI | D | $925,000 |
| 583 | Owen Power | BUF | D | $925,000 |
| 584 | Jordan Oesterle | CGY | D | $925,000 |
| 585 | Wyatt Kaiser | CHI | D | $925,000 |
| 586 | Nils Lundkvist | DAL | D | $925,000 |
| 587 | Joshua Mahura | FLA | D | $925,000 |
| 588 | Brock Faber | MIN | D | $925,000 |
| 589 | Justin Barron | MTL | D | $925,000 |
| 590 | Luke Hughes | NJD | D | $925,000 |
| 591 | Braden Schneider | NYR | D | $925,000 |
| 592 | Jake Sanderson | OTT | D | $925,000 |
| 593 | Henry Thrun | SJS | D | $925,000 |
| 594 | Devon Levi | BUF | G | $925,000 |
| 595 | Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | BUF | G | $925,000 |
| 596 | Arvid Söderblom | CHI | G | $925,000 |
| 597 | Ryan Fanti | EDM | G | $925,000 |
| 598 | Matt Nieto | PIT | LW | $900,000 |
| 599 | Emil Bemstrom | CBJ | C | $900,000 |
| 600 | Ty Dellandrea | DAL | C | $900,000 |
| 601 | Derek Ryan | EDM | C | $900,000 |
| 602 | Rasmus Kupari | WPG | C | $900,000 |
| 603 | Urho Vaakanainen | ANA | D | $900,000 |
| 604 | Kevin Bahl | NJD | D | $900,000 |
| 605 | Ben Hutton | VGK | D | $900,000 |
| 606 | Alex Lyon | DET | G | $900,000 |
| 607 | Emil Andrae | PHI | D | $892,500 |
| 608 | Samuel Ersson | PHI | G | $892,500 |
| 609 | Jansen Harkins | PIT | C | $875,000 |
| 610 | Fraser Minten | TOR | C | $875,000 |
| 611 | Alex Laferriere | LAK | RW | $875,000 |
| 612 | Oliver Wahlstrom | NYI | RW | $874,125 |
| 613 | Samuel Savoie | CHI | LW | $870,000 |
| 614 | Chase Wheatcroft | DAL | LW | $870,000 |
| 615 | Michael Milne | MIN | LW | $870,000 |
| 616 | Matthew Poitras | BOS | C | $870,000 |
| 617 | Waltteri Merela | TBL | RW | $870,000 |
| 618 | Tristan Luneau | ANA | D | $870,000 |
| 619 | Uvis Balinskis | FLA | D | $870,000 |
| 620 | Alfons Malmstrom | STL | D | $870,000 |
| 621 | Carter Mazur | DET | LW | $867,500 |
| 622 | Will Cuylle | NYR | LW | $867,500 |
| 623 | Tye Kartye | SEA | LW | $867,500 |
| 624 | Colton Dach | CHI | C | $867,500 |
| 625 | Jean-Luc Foudy | COL | C | $867,500 |
| 626 | Caedan Bankier | MIN | C | $867,500 |
| 627 | Sam Hentges | MIN | C | $867,500 |
| 628 | Juuso Parssinen | NSH | C | $867,500 |
| 629 | Alex Beaucage | COL | RW | $867,500 |
| 630 | Alex Vlasic | CHI | D | $867,500 |
| 631 | Akira Schmid | NJD | G | $867,500 |
| 632 | Nico Daws | NJD | G | $867,500 |
| 633 | Isaiah Saville | VGK | G | $858,000 |
| 634 | Cameron Butler | CBJ | RW | $857,500 |
| 635 | Raivis Ansons | PIT | LW | $852,500 |
| 636 | Sam Carrick | ANA | C | $850,000 |
| 637 | Sam Steel | DAL | C | $850,000 |
| 638 | Connor Dewar | MIN | C | $850,000 |
| 639 | Jon-Randall Avon | PHI | C | $850,000 |
| 640 | Dakota Joshua | VAN | C | $850,000 |
| 641 | Reese Johnson | CHI | RW | $850,000 |
| 642 | Sebastian Aho | NYI | D | $850,000 |
| 643 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | D | $850,000 |
| 644 | Brady Stonehouse | EDM | RW | $845,000 |
| 645 | Mitchell Russell | SJS | RW | $845,000 |
| 646 | Roman Schmidt | TBL | D | $842,500 |
| 647 | Daylan Kuefler | NYI | LW | $840,000 |
| 648 | Arber Xhekaj | MTL | D | $835,000 |
| 649 | Jakob Pelletier | CGY | LW | $832,500 |
| 650 | Egor Afanasyev | NSH | LW | $832,500 |
| 651 | Nolan Foote | NJD | LW | $832,500 |
| 652 | Ridly Greig | OTT | LW | $832,500 |
| 653 | Jake Neighbours | STL | LW | $832,500 |
| 654 | Peyton Krebs | BUF | C | $832,500 |
| 655 | Ryan Suzuki | CAR | C | $832,500 |
| 656 | Quinton Byfield | LAK | C | $832,500 |
| 657 | Marco Rossi | MIN | C | $832,500 |
| 658 | Philip Tomasino | NSH | C | $832,500 |
| 659 | Tyson Foerster | PHI | C | $832,500 |
| 660 | Nikita Alexandrov | STL | C | $832,500 |
| 661 | Jack Finley | TBL | C | $832,500 |
| 662 | Connor McMichael | WAS | C | $832,500 |
| 663 | Cole Perfetti | WPG | C | $832,500 |
| 664 | Jack Quinn | BUF | RW | $832,500 |
| 665 | Seth Jarvis | CAR | RW | $832,500 |
| 666 | Arthur Kaliyev | LAK | RW | $832,500 |
| 667 | Dawson Mercer | NJD | RW | $832,500 |
| 668 | Thomas Harley | DAL | D | $832,500 |
| 669 | Moritz Seider | DET | D | $832,500 |
| 670 | Philip Broberg | EDM | D | $832,500 |
| 671 | Kaiden Guhle | MTL | D | $832,500 |
| 672 | Nikita Okhotyuk | SJS | D | $832,500 |
| 673 | Kaedan Korczak | VGK | D | $832,500 |
| 674 | Ville Heinola | WPG | D | $832,500 |
| 675 | Andrew Cogliano | COL | LW | $825,000 |
| 676 | Jonathan Drouin | COL | LW | $825,000 |
| 677 | Ryan Lomberg | FLA | LW | $825,000 |
| 678 | Pavel Dorofeyev | VGK | LW | $825,000 |
| 679 | Joe Veleno | DET | C | $825,000 |
| 680 | Calen Addison | MIN | D | $825,000 |
| 681 | Erik Gustafsson | NYR | D | $825,000 |
| 682 | Jonathan Quick | NYR | G | $825,000 |
| 683 | Anson Thornton | ARI | G | $815,000 |
| 684 | Patrick Brown | BOS | LW | $800,000 |
| 685 | Brendan Lemieux | CAR | LW | $800,000 |
| 686 | Jimmy Vesey | NYR | LW | $800,000 |
| 687 | Liam O'Brien | ARI | C | $800,000 |
| 688 | Thomas Novak | NSH | C | $800,000 |
| 689 | Nick Bonino | NYR | C | $800,000 |
| 690 | Mark Kastelic | OTT | C | $800,000 |
| 691 | Michael Eyssimont | TBL | C | $800,000 |
| 692 | Luke Glendening | TBL | C | $800,000 |
| 693 | Tyler Motte | TBL | C | $800,000 |
| 694 | Brett Leason | ANA | RW | $800,000 |
| 695 | Mackenzie Entwistle | CHI | RW | $800,000 |
| 696 | Yegor Chinakhov | CBJ | RW | $800,000 |
| 697 | Blake Wheeler | NYR | RW | $800,000 |
| 698 | Givani Smith | SJS | RW | $800,000 |
| 699 | Travis Dermott | ARI | D | $800,000 |
| 700 | Samuel Bolduc | NYI | D | $800,000 |
| 701 | Zachary Jones | NYR | D | $800,000 |
| 702 | Nick Seeler | PHI | D | $800,000 |
| 703 | Chad Ruhwedel | PIT | D | $800,000 |
| 704 | Tyler Tucker | STL | D | $800,000 |
| 705 | Mark Giordano | TOR | D | $800,000 |
| 706 | Cayden Primeau | MTL | G | $800,000 |
| 707 | Felix Sandstrom | PHI | G | $800,000 |
| 708 | Tyler Pitlick | NYR | RW | $787,500 |
| 709 | Austin Watson | TBL | LW | $776,665 |
| 710 | Dryden Hunt | CGY | LW | $775,000 |
| 711 | A.J. Greer | CGY | LW | $775,000 |
| 712 | Boris Katchouk | CHI | LW | $775,000 |
| 713 | Frederik Olofsson | COL | LW | $775,000 |
| 714 | Riley Tufte | COL | LW | $775,000 |
| 715 | Samuel Fagemo | NSH | LW | $775,000 |
| 716 | Kiefer Sherwood | NSH | LW | $775,000 |
| 717 | Cole Smith | NSH | LW | $775,000 |
| 718 | Egor Sokolov | OTT | LW | $775,000 |
| 719 | Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | SEA | LW | $775,000 |
| 720 | Phillip di Giuseppe | VAN | LW | $775,000 |
| 721 | Beck Malenstyn | WAS | LW | $775,000 |
| 722 | Benoit-Olivier Groulx | ANA | C | $775,000 |
| 723 | Chase De Leo | ANA | C | $775,000 |
| 724 | Jakub Lauko | BOS | C | $775,000 |
| 725 | Adam Ruzicka | CGY | C | $775,000 |
| 726 | Vasili Ponomarev | CAR | C | $775,000 |
| 727 | Chris Wagner | COL | C | $775,000 |
| 728 | Liam Foudy | CBJ | C | $775,000 |
| 729 | Trevor Lewis | LAK | C | $775,000 |
| 730 | Michael Pezzetta | MTL | C | $775,000 |
| 731 | Chris Tierney | NJD | C | $775,000 |
| 732 | Zack MacEwen | OTT | C | $775,000 |
| 733 | Parker Kelly | OTT | C | $775,000 |
| 734 | Colin White | PIT | C | $775,000 |
| 735 | Oskar Sundqvist | STL | C | $775,000 |
| 736 | Logan Brown | TBL | C | $775,000 |
| 737 | Noah Gregor | TOR | C | $775,000 |
| 738 | Paul Cotter | VGK | C | $775,000 |
| 739 | Michael Amadio | VGK | C | $775,000 |
| 740 | Aliaksei Protas | WAS | C | $775,000 |
| 741 | Matthew Phillips | WAS | C | $775,000 |
| 742 | David Gustafsson | WPG | C | $775,000 |
| 743 | Michael Carcone | ARI | RW | $775,000 |
| 744 | Walker Duehr | CGY | RW | $775,000 |
| 745 | Stefan Noesen | CAR | RW | $775,000 |
| 746 | Taylor Raddysh | CHI | RW | $775,000 |
| 747 | Matt Luff | DET | RW | $775,000 |
| 748 | Connor Brown | EDM | RW | $775,000 |
| 749 | Jesse Ylönen | MTL | RW | $775,000 |
| 750 | Luke Evangelista | NSH | RW | $775,000 |
| 751 | Michael McCarron | NSH | RW | $775,000 |
| 752 | Julien Gauthier | NYI | RW | $775,000 |
| 753 | Hudson Fasching | NYI | RW | $775,000 |
| 754 | Ian Mitchell | BOS | D | $775,000 |
| 755 | Dennis Gilbert | CGY | D | $775,000 |
| 756 | Jalen Chatfield | CAR | D | $775,000 |
| 757 | Jack Johnson | COL | D | $775,000 |
| 758 | Joel Hanley | DAL | D | $775,000 |
| 759 | Jerad Rosburg | DAL | D | $775,000 |
| 760 | Vincent Desharnais | EDM | D | $775,000 |
| 761 | Markus Niemelainen | EDM | D | $775,000 |
| 762 | Tobias Bjornfot | LAK | D | $775,000 |
| 763 | Johnathan Kovacevic | MTL | D | $775,000 |
| 764 | Chris Wideman | MTL | D | $775,000 |
| 765 | Yegor Zamula | PHI | D | $775,000 |
| 766 | Ty Smith | PIT | D | $775,000 |
| 767 | Will Butcher | PIT | D | $775,000 |
| 768 | Ty Emberson | SJS | D | $775,000 |
| 769 | Jacob MacDonald | SJS | D | $775,000 |
| 770 | Jaycob Megna | SEA | D | $775,000 |
| 771 | Scott Perunovich | STL | D | $775,000 |
| 772 | Josh Jacobs | STL | D | $775,000 |
| 773 | Calvin de Haan | TBL | D | $775,000 |
| 774 | Haydn Fleury | TBL | D | $775,000 |
| 775 | Darren Raddysh | TBL | D | $775,000 |
| 776 | Simon Benoit | TOR | D | $775,000 |
| 777 | Akito Hirose | VAN | D | $775,000 |
| 778 | Noah Juulsen | VAN | D | $775,000 |
| 779 | Brayden Pachal | VGK | D | $775,000 |
| 780 | Daniil Miromanov | VGK | D | $775,000 |
| 781 | Alexander Alexeyev | WAS | D | $775,000 |
| 782 | Lucas Johansen | WAS | D | $775,000 |
| 783 | Declan Chisholm | WPG | D | $775,000 |
| 784 | Lukas Dostal | ANA | G | $775,000 |
| 785 | Justus Annunen | COL | G | $775,000 |
| 786 | Ivan Prosvetov | COL | G | $775,000 |
| 787 | Spencer Martin | CBJ | G | $775,000 |
| 788 | Keith Kinkaid | NJD | G | $775,000 |
| 789 | Joel Hofer | STL | G | $775,000 |
| 790 | Jonas Johansson | TBL | G | $775,000 |
| 791 | Matt Tomkins | TBL | G | $775,000 |
| 792 | Joseph Woll | TOR | G | $775,000 |
| 793 | Logan Thompson | VGK | G | $775,000 |
Average Salary for an NHL Goaltender
Based on the 2023-24 season, the average salary for an NHL goaltender is $3,168,494 USD. There are 80 goaltenders under contract for the season. Sergei Bobrovsky (Florida Panthers) is the highest paid goalie at $10,000,000 USD for the current season.
Furthermore, Bobrovsky is tied for 27th highest salary in the entire NHL this season. Just last year, he was ranked for 3rd when his salary was $12 million.
Not too far behind is Andrei Vasilevskiy, goaltender for the Tampa Bay Lightning, with a $9 million USD salary.
There are 57 goalies (71.3%) making $1.0 Million USD or more, while 10 goalies (12.5%) are making the league minimum of $775,000 USD.
Lastly, there are 33 (41.3%) goalies that are making more than the average NHL goaltender salary.
Average Salary for NHL Defensemen
The average salary for an NHL defenseman is $3,539,258 USD in 2023-24. This is based on 253 contracts signed by defensemen on the season. Dougie Hamilton (New Jersey Devils) is the top earner at $12,600,000 USD.
Hamilton is ranked 3rd in the overall salary rankings.
Other notable defensemen include Seth Jones (Chicago Blackhawks) and Alex Pietrangelo (Vegas Golden Knights) at $12.5 and 12.4 million USD respectively.
As you could see, NHL defensemen make just over $370,000 USD more than the average goaltender.
So how does that stack up against NHL forwards?
Average Salary for NHL Forwards
The average salary in 2023-24 for an NHL forward is $3,521,782 USD. There are 460 forwards signed to NHL contracts for the season. Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche) is the highest payed at $16,500,000 USD, as mentioned earlier.
The verdict is in.
NHL defensemen are payed the most out of the three groups. The difference between all positions is less than $400,000 USD.
Now that we know which group is paid the most, let’s put our general manager’s hat on.
NHL Team Salary and Roster Obligations
How do general managers decide the amount to spend on each player?
Well, there are rules in place that teams must adhere to.
First off, each team can have up to 23 players on their Active Roster. These active players have their salaries count against the NHL salary cap.
If a player gets injured or sent back down to the minors, they can be replaced to fulfill their active roster limit.
As a result, you will see most teams pay more than just those 23 players throughout the season.
At the start of the season, the average team has 25 players signed (i.e. 793 players, 32 teams).
This number will likely increase to 30 players on average per team as we approach the latter stages of the season. We've seen this play out this way in the past.
Call ups occur due to injury or player swap between NHL and their minor affiliate teams.
To learn more about the NHL player count over the last few years, check out my blog post here on How Many Players are in the NHL?
Getting back to our 30-player roster count, there is some simple math general managers must do. They need to make sure that the total salaries of any 23-player combination on their active roster falls within the cap limits.
For purists out there, it’s true that an individual player’s cap hit is is not necessarily equal to their salary. I mentioned before that a player’s cap is actually equal to their total contract divided by the number of years signed.
This number is either close or equal to their annual salary in question.
Final Thoughts
To recap, the salary structure and range for each NHL position can be summarized as follows:
| POSITION | LOW (USD) | AVERAGE (USD) | HIGH (USD) | TOP EARNER |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL | $775,000 | $3,492,000 | $16,500,000 | Nathan MacKinnon |
| FORWARD | $775,000 | $3,522,000 | $16,500,000 | Nathan MacKinnon |
| DEFENSE | $775,000 | $3,539,000 | $12,600,000 | Dougie Hamilton |
| GOALIE | $775,000 | $3,178,000 | $10,000,000 | Sergei Bobrovsky |
As the league continues to grow in profits, we'll definitely see increases to how much NHL players will make.
We already know that the base salary is increasing over the next few seasons.
I expect to see that minimum to be raised even further once the new Collective Bargaining Agreement is signed for 2026-27 and beyond.
The other number to keep an eye on is the upper salary cap limit. It's now at $83.5mil USD.
Since being reintroduced in the 2005-06, the cap has undergone steady growth.
Expect the cap to continue increse even higher the next few years.
As a result, the elite players will earn more, sign bigger contracts and drive up the NHL salary average even further.
The question now becomes, who will be the next player to eclipse Nathan MacKinnon's $100.8 million - 8-year deal?
