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 |
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1 |
Sidney Crosby
Center
|
2013-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
24 | 12 | $104,400,000 | $8,700,000 | - |
2 |
Nathan MacKinnon
Center
|
2023-2030 (FA: 2031)
|
27 | 8 | $100,800,000 | $12,600,000 | $85,340,000 |
3 |
Connor McDavid
Center
|
2018-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
20 | 8 | $100,000,000 | $12,500,000 | - |
4 |
Elias Pettersson
Center
|
2024-2031 (FA: 2032)
|
25 | 8 | $92,800,000 | $11,600,000 | $47,000,000 |
5 |
William Nylander
Center
|
2024-2031 (FA: 2032)
|
27 | 8 | $92,000,000 | $11,500,000 | $69,000,000 |
6 |
Jack Eichel
Center
|
2018-2025 (FA: 2026)
Originally signed w/ BUF
|
20 | 8 | $80,000,000 | $10,000,000 | $15,000,000 |
6 |
Anze Kopitar
Center
|
2016-2023 (FA: 0)
|
28 | 8 | $80,000,000 | $10,000,000 | $18,000,000 |
6 |
Aleksander Barkov
Center
|
2022-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
26 | 8 | $80,000,000 | $10,000,000 | - |
9 |
Tyler Seguin
Center
|
2019-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
26 | 8 | $78,800,000 | $9,850,000 | $55,000,000 |
10 |
John Tavares
Center
|
2018-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
27 | 7 | $77,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $70,890,000 |
11 |
Brayden Point
Center
|
2022-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
25 | 8 | $76,000,000 | $9,500,000 | $44,500,000 |
12 |
Mathew Barzal
Center
|
2023-2030 (FA: 2031)
|
25 | 8 | $73,200,000 | $9,150,000 | - |
13 |
Dylan Larkin
Center
|
2023-2030 (FA: 2031)
|
26 | 8 | $69,600,000 | $8,700,000 | - |
14 |
Leon Draisaitl
Center
|
2017-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
21 | 8 | $68,000,000 | $8,500,000 | - |
14 |
Bo Horvat
Center
|
2023-2030 (FA: 2031)
|
27 | 8 | $68,000,000 | $8,500,000 | - |
14 |
Mika Zibanejad
Center
|
2022-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
28 | 8 | $68,000,000 | $8,500,000 | $60,000,000 |
14 |
Steven Stamkos
Center
|
2016-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
26 | 8 | $68,000,000 | $8,500,000 | - |
14 |
Filip Forsberg
Center
|
2022-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
27 | 8 | $68,000,000 | $8,500,000 | $12,000,000 |
19 |
Tim Stützle
Center
|
2023-2030 (FA: 2031)
|
20 | 8 | $66,800,000 | $8,350,000 | - |
20 |
Tomas Hertl
Center
|
2022-2029 (FA: 2030)
Originally signed w/ SJS
|
28 | 8 | $65,100,000 | $8,137,500 | $23,550,000 |
21 |
Jordan Kyrou
Center
|
2023-2030 (FA: 2031)
|
24 | 8 | $65,000,000 | $8,125,000 | - |
21 |
Robert Thomas
Center
|
2023-2030 (FA: 2031)
|
23 | 8 | $65,000,000 | $8,125,000 | - |
23 |
Logan Couture
Center
|
2019-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
29 | 8 | $64,000,000 | $8,000,000 | $16,000,000 |
23 |
Jack Hughes
Center
|
2022-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
20 | 8 | $64,000,000 | $8,000,000 | $2,000,000 |
25 |
Josh Norris
Center
|
2022-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
23 | 8 | $63,600,000 | $7,950,000 | - |
26 |
Nick Suzuki
Center
|
2022-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
22 | 8 | $63,000,000 | $7,875,000 | $10,000,014 |
27 |
Evgeny Kuznetsov
Center
|
2017-2024 (FA: 2025)
Originally signed w/ WAS
|
25 | 8 | $62,400,000 | $7,800,000 | - |
28 |
Sean Couturier
Center
|
2022-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
28 | 8 | $62,000,000 | $7,750,000 | $42,000,000 |
29 |
Mark Scheifele
Center
|
2024-2030 (FA: 2031)
|
30 | 7 | $59,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $5,000,000 |
30 |
Auston Matthews
Center
|
2019-2023 (FA: 0)
|
21 | 5 | $58,201,250 | $11,640,250 | $54,500,000 |
31 |
Clayton Keller
Center
|
2020-2027 (FA: 2028)
|
21 | 8 | $57,200,000 | $7,150,000 | $10,000,000 |
32 |
J.T. Miller
Center
|
2023-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
29 | 7 | $56,000,000 | $8,000,000 | - |
33 |
Auston Matthews
Center
|
2024-2027 (FA: 2028)
|
25 | 4 | $53,000,000 | $13,250,000 | $49,650,000 |
34 |
Brayden Schenn
Center
|
2020-2027 (FA: 2028)
|
28 | 8 | $52,000,000 | $6,500,000 | - |
35 |
Nico Hischier
Center
|
2020-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
20 | 7 | $50,570,000 | $7,224,286 | $3,000,000 |
36 |
Kevin Hayes
Center
|
2019-2025 (FA: 2026)
Originally signed w/ PHI
|
27 | 7 | $50,000,000 | $7,142,857 | $15,000,000 |
36 |
Anthony Cirelli
Center
|
2023-2030 (FA: 2031)
|
24 | 8 | $50,000,000 | $6,250,000 | $17,000,000 |
38 |
Tage Thompson
Center
|
2023-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
24 | 7 | $49,999,999 | $7,142,857 | $2,000,000 |
39 |
Dylan Cozens
Center
|
2023-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
21 | 7 | $49,700,000 | $7,100,000 | $2,000,000 |
40 |
Mark Scheifele
Center
|
2016-2023 (FA: 0)
|
23 | 8 | $49,000,000 | $6,125,000 | - |
40 |
Anders Lee
Center
|
2019-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
28 | 7 | $49,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $3,000,000 |
40 |
Nazem Kadri
Center
|
2022-2028 (FA: 2029)
|
31 | 7 | $49,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $11,000,000 |
43 |
William Karlsson
Center
|
2019-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
26 | 8 | $47,200,000 | $5,900,000 | $2,000,000 |
44 |
Nicklas Backstrom
Center
|
2020-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
32 | 5 | $46,000,000 | $9,200,000 | $25,000,000 |
45 |
William Nylander
Center
|
2018-2023 (FA: 0)
|
22 | 6 | $45,000,000 | $7,500,000 | - |
46 |
Joel Eriksson Ek
Center
|
2021-2028 (FA: 2029)
|
24 | 8 | $42,000,000 | $5,250,000 | - |
47 |
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Center
|
2021-2028 (FA: 2029)
|
28 | 8 | $41,000,000 | $5,125,000 | $5,750,000 |
48 |
Nick Schmaltz
Center
|
2019-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
23 | 7 | $40,950,000 | $5,850,000 | $3,000,000 |
49 |
Vincent Trocheck
Center
|
2022-2028 (FA: 2029)
|
29 | 7 | $39,375,000 | $5,625,000 | $14,500,000 |
50 |
Jesperi Kotkaniemi
Center
|
2022-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
21 | 8 | $38,560,000 | $4,820,000 | - |
51 |
Zach Hyman
Center
|
2021-2027 (FA: 2028)
|
29 | 7 | $38,500,000 | $5,500,000 | $6,250,000 |
52 |
Brock Nelson
Center
|
2019-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
27 | 6 | $36,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $2,000,000 |
53 |
Tyler Johnson
Center
|
2017-2023 (FA: 2024)
Originally signed w/ TBL
|
26 | 7 | $35,000,000 | $5,000,000 | - |
54 |
Travis Konecny
Center
|
2019-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
22 | 6 | $33,000,000 | $5,500,000 | $10,000,000 |
54 |
Phillip Danault
Center
|
2021-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
28 | 6 | $33,000,000 | $5,500,000 | $14,500,000 |
56 |
Mikael Backlund
Center
|
2018-2023 (FA: 0)
|
28 | 6 | $32,100,000 | $5,350,000 | $4,000,000 |
57 |
Bryan Little
Center
|
2017-2023 (FA: 2024)
Originally signed w/ WPG
|
29 | 6 | $31,746,000 | $5,291,000 | - |
58 |
Charlie Coyle
Center
|
2020-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
27 | 6 | $31,500,000 | $5,250,000 | $1,000,000 |
59 |
Yanni Gourde
Center
|
2019-2024 (FA: 2025)
Originally signed w/ TBL
|
26 | 6 | $31,000,000 | $5,166,667 | - |
60 |
Jake Guentzel
Center
|
2019-2023 (FA: 2024)
Originally signed w/ PIT
|
24 | 5 | $30,000,000 | $6,000,000 | - |
60 |
Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Center
|
2020-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
27 | 6 | $30,000,000 | $5,000,000 | - |
60 |
Jonathan Marchessault
Center
|
2018-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
27 | 6 | $30,000,000 | $5,000,000 | - |
60 |
Rickard Rakell
Center
|
2022-2027 (FA: 2028)
|
29 | 6 | $30,000,000 | $5,000,000 | - |
64 |
Drake Batherson
Center
|
2021-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
23 | 6 | $29,850,000 | $4,975,000 | - |
65 |
Blake Coleman
Center
|
2021-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
29 | 6 | $29,400,000 | $4,900,000 | - |
66 |
Adam Henrique
Center
|
2019-2023 (FA: 2024)
Originally signed w/ ANA
|
28 | 5 | $29,125,000 | $5,825,000 | - |
67 |
Elias Lindholm
Center
|
2018-2023 (FA: 2024)
Originally signed w/ CGY
|
23 | 6 | $29,100,000 | $4,850,000 | - |
68 |
Andrew Copp
Center
|
2022-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
28 | 5 | $28,125,000 | $5,625,000 | $1,000,000 |
69 |
Teuvo Teravainen
Center
|
2019-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
24 | 5 | $27,000,000 | $5,400,000 | - |
70 |
Christian Dvorak
Center
|
2019-2024 (FA: 2025)
Originally signed w/ ARI
|
22 | 6 | $26,700,000 | $4,450,000 | $300,000 |
71 |
J.T Compher
Center
|
2023-2027 (FA: 2028)
|
28 | 5 | $25,500,000 | $5,100,000 | - |
72 |
Alexander Killorn
Center
|
2023-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
33 | 4 | $25,000,000 | $6,250,000 | - |
72 |
Ivan Barbashev
Center
|
2023-2027 (FA: 2028)
|
27 | 5 | $25,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $4,000,000 |
72 |
Dylan Strome
Center
|
2023-2027 (FA: 2028)
|
25 | 5 | $25,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $10,000,000 |
72 |
Ryan Strome
Center
|
2022-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
29 | 5 | $25,000,000 | $5,000,000 | - |
76 |
Evgeni Malkin
Center
|
2022-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
35 | 4 | $24,400,000 | $6,100,000 | $5,000,000 |
77 |
Elias Pettersson
Center
|
2021-2023 (FA: 0)
|
22 | 3 | $22,050,000 | $7,350,000 | $1,000,000 |
77 |
Nicholas Paul
Center
|
2022-2028 (FA: 2029)
|
27 | 7 | $22,050,000 | $3,150,000 | $8,400,000 |
79 |
Brandon Tanev
Center
|
2019-2024 (FA: 2025)
Originally signed w/ PIT
|
27 | 6 | $21,000,000 | $3,500,000 | $6,000,000 |
80 |
Colton Sissons
Center
|
2019-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
25 | 7 | $20,000,000 | $2,857,143 | - |
80 |
Mikael Granlund
Center
|
2021-2024 (FA: 2025)
Originally signed w/ NSH
|
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 |
82 |
Claude Giroux
Center
|
2022-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
34 | 3 | $19,500,000 | $6,500,000 | - |
84 |
Pavel Zacha
Center
|
2023-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
25 | 4 | $19,000,000 | $4,750,000 | $2,000,000 |
85 |
Ryan O'Reilly
Center
|
2023-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
32 | 4 | $18,000,000 | $4,500,000 | - |
86 |
Sam Bennett
Center
|
2021-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
25 | 4 | $17,700,000 | $4,425,000 | $1,000,000 |
87 |
Trevor Zegras
Center
|
2023-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
22 | 3 | $17,250,000 | $5,750,000 | - |
88 |
Aliaksei Protas
Center
|
2024-2028 (FA: 2029)
|
23 | 5 | $16,875,000 | $3,375,000 | $7,000,000 |
89 |
Radek Faksa
Center
|
2020-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
26 | 5 | $16,250,000 | $3,250,000 | - |
90 |
Ross Colton
Center
|
2023-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
26 | 4 | $16,000,000 | $4,000,000 | $500,000 |
90 |
Alex Iafallo
Center
|
2021-2024 (FA: 2025)
Originally signed w/ LAK
|
27 | 4 | $16,000,000 | $4,000,000 | - |
92 |
Casey Cizikas
Center
|
2021-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
30 | 6 | $15,000,000 | $2,500,000 | - |
92 |
Scott Laughton
Center
|
2021-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
26 | 5 | $15,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
92 |
Boone Jenner
Center
|
2022-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
25 | 4 | $15,000,000 | $3,750,000 | - |
92 |
Nicolas Roy
Center
|
2022-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
25 | 5 | $15,000,000 | $3,000,000 | - |
96 |
Anze Kopitar
Center
|
2024-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
35 | 2 | $14,000,000 | $7,000,000 | - |
97 |
Paul Byron
Center
|
2019-2022 (FA: 2023)
|
29 | 4 | $13,600,000 | $3,400,000 | - |
98 |
Alexander Wennberg
Center
|
2021-2023 (FA: 2024)
Originally signed w/ SEA
|
26 | 3 | $13,500,000 | $4,500,000 | - |
99 |
Kirby Dach
Center
|
2022-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
21 | 4 | $13,450,000 | $3,362,500 | - |
100 |
Logan Cooley
Center
|
2023-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
19 | 3 | $13,350,000 | $4,450,000 | $285,000 |