NHL Salary Rankings NHL Salary Rankings

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

2023 Center Average Rankings

Player POS average
1 MacKinnon C $12,600,000
2 McDavid C $12,500,000
3 Matthews C $11,640,250
4 Tavares C $11,000,000
5 Huberdeau LW $10,500,000
6 Barkov C $10,000,000
Eichel C $10,000,000
Kopitar C $10,000,000
9 Seguin C $9,850,000
10 Point C $9,500,000
11 Backstrom C $9,200,000
12 Barzal C $9,150,000
13 Crosby C $8,700,000
Larkin C $8,700,000
15 Horvat

Bo Horvat

NYI
 C $8,500,000
Forsberg C $8,500,000
Stamkos C $8,500,000
Zibanejad C $8,500,000
Draisaitl C $8,500,000
20 Stützle C $8,350,000
21 Hertl C $8,137,500
22 Thomas C $8,125,000
Kyrou C $8,125,000
24 Hughes C $8,000,000
Couture C $8,000,000
Johansen C $8,000,000
Miller C $8,000,000
28 Norris C $7,950,000
29 Suzuki C $7,875,000
30 Kuznetsov C $7,800,000
31 Couturier C $7,750,000
32 Nylander C $7,500,000
33 Pettersson C $7,350,000
34 Hischier C $7,224,286
35 Keller C $7,150,000
36 Thompson C $7,142,857
Hayes C $7,142,857
38 Cozens C $7,100,000
39 Kadri C $7,000,000
Lee C $7,000,000
41 Giroux C $6,500,000
Reinhart C $6,500,000
Schenn C $6,500,000
44 Killorn C $6,250,000
Cirelli C $6,250,000
46 Scheifele C $6,125,000
47 Malkin C $6,100,000
48 Hall LW $6,000,000
Nelson C $6,000,000
Guentzel C $6,000,000
51 Karlsson C $5,900,000
52 Schmaltz C $5,850,000
53 Henrique C $5,825,000
54 Zegras C $5,750,000
55 Trocheck C $5,625,000
Copp C $5,625,000
57 Burakovsky LW $5,500,000
Konecny C $5,500,000
Danault C $5,500,000
Hyman C $5,500,000
61 Teravainen C $5,400,000
62 Backlund C $5,350,000
63 Little C $5,291,000
64 Eriksson Ek C $5,250,000
Coyle C $5,250,000
66 Gourde C $5,166,667
67 Nugent-Hopkins C $5,125,000
68 Compher C $5,100,000
69 Strome C $5,000,000
Strome C $5,000,000
Barbashev C $5,000,000
Granlund C $5,000,000
Johnson C $5,000,000
Pageau C $5,000,000
Rakell C $5,000,000
Marchessault C $5,000,000
77 Batherson C $4,975,000
78 Coleman C $4,900,000
79 Lindholm C $4,850,000
80 Kotkaniemi C $4,820,000
81 Zacha C $4,750,000
82 Hoffman LW $4,500,000
Wennberg C $4,500,000
O'Reilly C $4,500,000
85 Cooley C $4,450,000
Dvorak C $4,450,000
Bedard C $4,450,000
88 Bennett C $4,425,000
89 Athanasiou C $4,250,000
90 Carlsson C $4,200,000
91 Verhaeghe C $4,166,667
92 Iafallo C $4,000,000
Colton C $4,000,000
Roslovic C $4,000,000
Fabbri C $4,000,000
96 Jenner C $3,750,000
97 Vatrano LW $3,650,000
98 Byfield C $3,575,000
99 Tanev C $3,500,000
Pavelski C $3,500,000