NHL Salary Rankings NHL Salary Rankings

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

2023 Defenseman Cap Hit Rankings

Player POS cap hit
1 Karlsson D $11,500,000
2 Doughty D $11,000,000
3 Werenski D $9,583,333
4 Fox

Adam Fox

NYR
D $9,500,000
Mcavoy D $9,500,000
Jones D $9,500,000
7 Nurse D $9,250,000
8 Josi D $9,059,000
9 Makar D $9,000,000
Hamilton D $9,000,000
11 Pietrangelo D $8,800,000
12 Sergachev D $8,500,000
13 Heiskanen D $8,450,000
14 Trouba D $8,000,000
Burns D $8,000,000
Carlson D $8,000,000
Chabot D $8,000,000
18 Hedman D $7,875,000
19 Weber D $7,857,143
20 Hughes D $7,850,000
21 Orlov D $7,750,000
22 Spurgeon D $7,575,000
23 Rielly D $7,500,000
Ekblad D $7,500,000
25 Dunn D $7,350,000
26 Vlasic D $7,000,000
27 Seabrook D $6,875,000
28 McDonagh D $6,750,000
Provorov D $6,750,000
30 Fowler D $6,500,000
Lindholm D $6,500,000
Parayko D $6,500,000
Faulk D $6,500,000
Krug D $6,500,000
35 Sanheim D $6,250,000
Weegar D $6,250,000
Ellis D $6,250,000
Severson D $6,250,000
Petry D $6,250,000
Morrissey D $6,250,000
Ekholm D $6,250,000
42 Pulock D $6,150,000
43 Letang D $6,100,000
44 Dahlin D $6,000,000
Brodin D $6,000,000
Myers D $6,000,000
47 Schmidt D $5,950,000
48 Pionk D $5,875,000
Gavrikov D $5,875,000
50 Lindell D $5,800,000
51 Pelech D $5,750,000
52 Muzzin D $5,625,000
53 Slavin D $5,300,000
54 Martinez D $5,250,000
Skjei D $5,250,000
56 Theodore D $5,200,000
Cernak D $5,200,000
58 Ristolainen D $5,100,000
59 Brodie D $5,000,000
Girard D $5,000,000
61 Hanifin D $4,950,000
62 Matheson D $4,875,000
63 Chiarot D $4,750,000
64 Chychrun D $4,600,000
Oleksiak D $4,600,000
Zub

Artem Zub

OTT
D $4,600,000
67 Andersson D $4,550,000
68 Barrie D $4,500,000
Zaitsev D $4,500,000
Manson D $4,500,000
Tanev D $4,500,000
Graves D $4,500,000
73 Marino D $4,400,000
Hronek D $4,400,000
Murphy D $4,400,000
76 Samuelsson D $4,285,714
77 Klingberg D $4,150,000
78 Gostisbehere D $4,125,000
Anderson D $4,125,000
80 Carlo D $4,100,000
Toews D $4,100,000
82 Jensen D $4,050,000
83 Pettersson D $4,025,175
84 Pesce D $4,025,000
85 Gudas D $4,000,000
Larsson D $4,000,000
Leddy D $4,000,000
Gudbranson D $4,000,000
McCabe D $4,000,000
Dobson D $4,000,000
91 Dillon D $3,900,000
Bouchard D $3,900,000
Dumba D $3,900,000
94 Miller D $3,872,000
95 Byram D $3,850,000
96 Zadorov D $3,750,000
97 Grzelcyk D $3,687,500
98 Suter D $3,650,000
99 Edmundson D $3,500,000
Montour D $3,500,000