NHL Contracts
Center Contracts
A real-time, sortable list of active NHL contracts including total value, guaranteed money, and complete salary breakdowns.
| Rank | Player | Signed Age | Yrs | Value | AAV | Signing Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Sidney Crosby
Center
|
2013-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
24 | 12 | $104,400,000 | $8,700,000 | - |
| 2 |
Connor McDavid
Center
|
2018-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
20 | 8 | $100,000,000 | $12,500,000 | - |
| 3 |
Jonathan Toews
Center
|
2015-2022 (FA: 2023)
|
26 | 8 | $84,000,000 | $10,500,000 | $44,000,000 |
| 4 |
Anze Kopitar
Center
|
2016-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
28 | 8 | $80,000,000 | $10,000,000 | $18,000,000 |
| 4 |
Jack Eichel
Center
|
2018-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
20 | 8 | $80,000,000 | $10,000,000 | $15,000,000 |
| 6 |
Tyler Seguin
Center
|
2019-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
26 | 8 | $78,800,000 | $9,850,000 | $55,000,000 |
| 7 |
John Tavares
Center
|
2018-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
27 | 7 | $77,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $70,890,000 |
| 8 |
Brayden Point
Center
|
2022-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
25 | 8 | $76,000,000 | $9,500,000 | - |
| 8 |
Evgeni Malkin
Center
|
2014-2021 (FA: 2022)
|
26 | 8 | $76,000,000 | $9,500,000 | - |
| 10 |
Steven Stamkos
Center
|
2016-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
26 | 8 | $68,000,000 | $8,500,000 | - |
| 10 |
Leon Draisaitl
Center
|
2017-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
21 | 6 | $68,000,000 | $11,333,333 | - |
| 12 |
Claude Giroux
Center
|
2014-2021 (FA: 2022)
|
25 | 8 | $66,200,000 | $8,275,000 | $9,000,000 |
| 13 |
Logan Couture
Center
|
2019-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
29 | 8 | $64,000,000 | $8,000,000 | $16,000,000 |
| 13 |
Ryan Johansen
Center
|
2017-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
24 | 8 | $64,000,000 | $8,000,000 | - |
| 15 |
Evgeny Kuznetsov
Center
|
2017-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
25 | 8 | $62,400,000 | $7,800,000 | - |
| 16 |
Sean Couturier
Center
|
2022-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
28 | 8 | $62,000,000 | $7,750,000 | $42,000,000 |
| 17 |
Jordan Staal
Center
|
2013-2022 (FA: 2023)
|
23 | 10 | $60,000,000 | $6,000,000 | - |
| 18 |
Auston Matthews
Center
|
2019-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
21 | 5 | $58,201,250 | $11,640,250 | $54,500,000 |
| 19 |
Jeff Carter
Center
|
2011-2021 (FA: 2022)
Originally signed w/ PHI
|
25 | 11 | $58,000,000 | $5,272,727 | - |
| 20 |
Clayton Keller
Center
|
2020-2027 (FA: 2028)
|
21 | 8 | $57,200,000 | $7,150,000 | $10,000,000 |
| 21 |
Matt Duchene
Center
|
2019-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
28 | 7 | $56,000,000 | $8,000,000 | $28,000,000 |
| 22 |
Patrice Bergeron
Center
|
2014-2021 (FA: 2022)
|
27 | 8 | $55,000,000 | $6,875,000 | $11,500,000 |
| 23 |
Ryan O'Reilly
Center
|
2015-2022 (FA: 2023)
Originally signed w/ BUF
|
24 | 7 | $52,500,000 | $7,500,000 | $45,500,000 |
| 24 |
Brayden Schenn
Center
|
2020-2027 (FA: 2028)
|
28 | 8 | $52,000,000 | $6,500,000 | - |
| 25 |
Nico Hischier
Center
|
2020-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
20 | 7 | $50,570,000 | $7,224,286 | $3,000,000 |
| 26 |
Kevin Hayes
Center
|
2019-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
27 | 7 | $50,000,000 | $7,142,857 | $15,000,000 |
| 27 |
Mark Scheifele
Center
|
2016-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
23 | 8 | $49,000,000 | $6,125,000 | - |
| 27 |
Anders Lee
Center
|
2019-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
28 | 7 | $49,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $3,000,000 |
| 29 |
William Karlsson
Center
|
2019-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
26 | 8 | $47,200,000 | $5,900,000 | $2,000,000 |
| 30 |
Nicklas Backstrom
Center
|
2020-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
32 | 5 | $46,000,000 | $9,200,000 | $25,000,000 |
| 30 |
Travis Zajac
Center
|
2013-2020 (FA: 2021)
Originally signed w/ NJD
|
27 | 8 | $46,000,000 | $5,750,000 | $2,000,000 |
| 32 |
William Nylander
Center
|
2018-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
22 | 6 | $45,000,000 | $7,500,000 | - |
| 33 |
Sean Monahan
Center
|
2016-2022 (FA: 2023)
|
21 | 7 | $44,625,000 | $6,375,000 | - |
| 34 |
Nathan MacKinnon
Center
|
2016-2022 (FA: 2023)
|
20 | 7 | $44,100,000 | $6,300,000 | - |
| 35 |
Joel Eriksson Ek
Center
|
2021-2028 (FA: 2029)
|
24 | 8 | $42,000,000 | $5,250,000 | - |
| 36 |
Ryan Kesler
Center
|
2015-2021 (FA: 2022)
|
30 | 6 | $41,250,000 | $6,875,000 | - |
| 37 |
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Center
|
2021-2028 (FA: 2029)
|
28 | 8 | $41,000,000 | $5,125,000 | $5,750,000 |
| 38 |
Nick Schmaltz
Center
|
2019-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
23 | 7 | $40,950,000 | $5,850,000 | $3,000,000 |
| 39 |
Zach Hyman
Center
|
2021-2027 (FA: 2028)
|
29 | 7 | $38,500,000 | $5,500,000 | $6,250,000 |
| 40 |
Brock Nelson
Center
|
2019-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
27 | 6 | $36,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $2,000,000 |
| 40 |
Filip Forsberg
Center
|
2016-2021 (FA: 2022)
|
21 | 6 | $36,000,000 | $6,000,000 | - |
| 42 |
Aleksander Barkov
Center
|
2015-2021 (FA: 2022)
|
20 | 6 | $35,400,000 | $5,900,000 | - |
| 43 |
Brandon Dubinsky
Center
|
2015-2020 (FA: 2021)
|
28 | 6 | $35,100,000 | $5,850,000 | - |
| 44 |
Tyler Johnson
Center
|
2017-2023 (FA: 2024)
Originally signed w/ TBL
|
26 | 7 | $35,000,000 | $5,000,000 | - |
| 45 |
Bo Horvat
Center
|
2017-2022 (FA: 2023)
|
22 | 6 | $33,000,000 | $5,500,000 | - |
| 45 |
Phillip Danault
Center
|
2021-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
28 | 6 | $33,000,000 | $5,500,000 | $14,500,000 |
| 45 |
Travis Konecny
Center
|
2019-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
22 | 6 | $33,000,000 | $5,500,000 | $10,000,000 |
| 48 |
Mikael Backlund
Center
|
2018-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
28 | 6 | $32,100,000 | $5,350,000 | $4,000,000 |
| 49 |
Bryan Little
Center
|
2017-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
29 | 6 | $31,746,000 | $5,291,000 | - |
| 50 |
Charlie Coyle
Center
|
2020-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
27 | 6 | $31,500,000 | $5,250,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 51 |
Alexander Killorn
Center
|
2016-2022 (FA: 2023)
|
26 | 7 | $31,150,000 | $4,450,000 | - |
| 52 |
Yanni Gourde
Center
|
2019-2024 (FA: 2025)
Originally signed w/ TBL
|
26 | 6 | $31,000,000 | $5,166,667 | - |
| 53 |
Dylan Larkin
Center
|
2018-2022 (FA: 2023)
|
22 | 5 | $30,500,000 | $6,100,000 | - |
| 54 |
Logan Couture
Center
|
2014-2018 (FA: 0)
|
24 | 5 | $30,000,000 | $6,000,000 | - |
| 54 |
Jake Guentzel
Center
|
2019-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
24 | 5 | $30,000,000 | $6,000,000 | - |
| 54 |
Jason Spezza
Center
|
2015-2018 (FA: 2019)
Originally signed w/ DAL
|
31 | 4 | $30,000,000 | $7,500,000 | - |
| 54 |
Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Center
|
2020-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
27 | 6 | $30,000,000 | $5,000,000 | - |
| 54 |
Jonathan Marchessault
Center
|
2018-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
27 | 6 | $30,000,000 | $5,000,000 | - |
| 59 |
Drake Batherson
Center
|
2021-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
23 | 6 | $29,850,000 | $4,975,000 | - |
| 60 |
Blake Coleman
Center
|
2021-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
29 | 6 | $29,400,000 | $4,900,000 | - |
| 61 |
Adam Henrique
Center
|
2019-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
28 | 5 | $29,125,000 | $5,825,000 | - |
| 62 |
Elias Lindholm
Center
|
2018-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
23 | 6 | $29,100,000 | $4,850,000 | - |
| 63 |
Vincent Trocheck
Center
|
2016-2021 (FA: 2022)
Originally signed w/ FLA
|
22 | 6 | $28,500,000 | $4,750,000 | - |
| 63 |
Colin White
Center
|
2019-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
22 | 6 | $28,500,000 | $4,750,000 | - |
| 65 |
Nazem Kadri
Center
|
2016-2021 (FA: 2022)
Originally signed w/ TOR
|
25 | 6 | $27,000,000 | $4,500,000 | $12,000,000 |
| 65 |
Teuvo Teravainen
Center
|
2019-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
24 | 5 | $27,000,000 | $5,400,000 | - |
| 67 |
Mika Zibanejad
Center
|
2017-2021 (FA: 2022)
|
24 | 5 | $26,750,000 | $5,350,000 | - |
| 68 |
Christian Dvorak
Center
|
2019-2024 (FA: 2025)
Originally signed w/ AZ
|
22 | 6 | $26,700,000 | $4,450,000 | $300,000 |
| 69 |
J.T. Miller
Center
|
2018-2022 (FA: 2023)
Originally signed w/ TBL
|
25 | 5 | $26,250,000 | $5,250,000 | - |
| 70 |
Sean Couturier
Center
|
2016-2021 (FA: 0)
|
22 | 6 | $26,000,000 | $4,333,333 | $3,000,000 |
| 71 |
Victor Rask
Center
|
2016-2021 (FA: 2022)
Originally signed w/ CAR
|
23 | 6 | $24,000,000 | $4,000,000 | - |
| 72 |
Andrew Shaw
Center
|
2016-2021 (FA: 2022)
Originally signed w/ MTL
|
24 | 6 | $23,400,000 | $3,900,000 | - |
| 73 |
Rickard Rakell
Center
|
2016-2021 (FA: 2022)
|
23 | 6 | $22,800,000 | $3,800,000 | - |
| 74 |
Artem Anisimov
Center
|
2016-2020 (FA: 2021)
Originally signed w/ CHI
|
27 | 5 | $22,750,000 | $4,550,000 | - |
| 75 |
Tomas Hertl
Center
|
2018-2021 (FA: 2022)
|
24 | 4 | $22,500,000 | $5,625,000 | $8,000,000 |
| 76 |
Mathew Barzal
Center
|
2020-2022 (FA: 2023)
|
23 | 3 | $21,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 76 |
Joe Pavelski
Center
|
2019-2021 (FA: 2022)
|
34 | 3 | $21,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $6,000,000 |
| 76 |
Brandon Tanev
Center
|
2019-2024 (FA: 2025)
Originally signed w/ PIT
|
27 | 6 | $21,000,000 | $3,500,000 | $6,000,000 |
| 79 |
Brayden Point
Center
|
2019-2021 (FA: 0)
|
22 | 3 | $20,500,000 | $6,833,333 | $7,750,000 |
| 80 |
Colton Sissons
Center
|
2019-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
25 | 7 | $20,000,000 | $2,857,143 | - |
| 80 |
Mikael Granlund
Center
|
2021-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
29 | 4 | $20,000,000 | $5,000,000 | - |
| 82 |
Sam Reinhart
Center
|
2021-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
25 | 3 | $19,500,000 | $6,500,000 | $6,000,000 |
| 83 |
Sam Bennett
Center
|
2021-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
25 | 4 | $17,700,000 | $4,425,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 84 |
Lars Eller
Center
|
2018-2022 (FA: 2023)
|
28 | 5 | $17,500,000 | $3,500,000 | $2,000,000 |
| 85 |
Radek Faksa
Center
|
2020-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
26 | 5 | $16,250,000 | $3,250,000 | - |
| 86 |
Alex Iafallo
Center
|
2021-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
27 | 4 | $16,000,000 | $4,000,000 | - |
| 87 |
Casey Cizikas
Center
|
2021-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
30 | 6 | $15,000,000 | $2,500,000 | - |
| 87 |
Boone Jenner
Center
|
2018-2021 (FA: 0)
|
25 | 4 | $15,000,000 | $3,750,000 | - |
| 87 |
Boone Jenner
Center
|
2022-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
25 | 4 | $15,000,000 | $3,750,000 | - |
| 87 |
Scott Laughton
Center
|
2021-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
26 | 5 | $15,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 91 |
Anthony Cirelli
Center
|
2020-2022 (FA: 2023)
|
23 | 3 | $14,400,000 | $4,800,000 | - |
| 92 |
J.T Compher
Center
|
2019-2022 (FA: 2023)
|
24 | 4 | $14,000,000 | $3,500,000 | - |
| 92 |
Alexander Kerfoot
Center
|
2019-2022 (FA: 2023)
|
24 | 4 | $14,000,000 | $3,500,000 | $9,200,000 |
| 94 |
Paul Byron
Center
|
2019-2022 (FA: 2023)
|
29 | 4 | $13,600,000 | $3,400,000 | - |
| 95 |
Alexander Wennberg
Center
|
2021-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
26 | 3 | $13,500,000 | $4,500,000 | - |
| 96 |
Zack Smith
Center
|
2016-2020 (FA: 2021)
Originally signed w/ OTT
|
28 | 4 | $13,000,000 | $3,250,000 | - |
| 97 |
Carter Verhaeghe
Center
|
2021-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
25 | 3 | $12,500,000 | $4,166,667 | - |
| 98 |
Leo Komarov
Center
|
2018-2021 (FA: 2022)
|
31 | 4 | $12,000,000 | $3,000,000 | - |
| 98 |
Calle Jarnkrok
Center
|
2016-2021 (FA: 2022)
Originally signed w/ NSH
|
24 | 6 | $12,000,000 | $2,000,000 | - |
| 100 |
Elias Pettersson
Center
|
2018-2020 (FA: 2021)
|
19 | 3 | $11,325,000 | $3,775,000 | $277,500 |