NHL Salary Rankings NHL Salary Rankings

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

2023 Defenseman Average Rankings

Player POS average
1 Karlsson D $11,500,000
2 Doughty D $11,000,000
3 Werenski D $9,583,333
4 Mcavoy D $9,500,000
Jones D $9,500,000
Fox

Adam Fox

NYR
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 Carlson D $8,000,000
Burns D $8,000,000
Trouba 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 Provorov D $6,750,000
McDonagh D $6,750,000
30 Fowler D $6,500,000
Lindholm D $6,500,000
Parayko D $6,500,000
Krug D $6,500,000
Faulk D $6,500,000
35 Ellis D $6,250,000
Weegar D $6,250,000
Sanheim 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
Myers D $6,000,000
Brodin D $6,000,000
47 Schmidt D $5,950,000
48 Gavrikov D $5,875,000
Pionk 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 Skjei D $5,250,000
Martinez 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
Zub

Artem Zub

OTT
D $4,600,000
Oleksiak D $4,600,000
67 Andersson D $4,550,000
68 Barrie D $4,500,000
Graves D $4,500,000
Zaitsev D $4,500,000
Manson D $4,500,000
Tanev D $4,500,000
73 Marino D $4,400,000
Murphy D $4,400,000
Hronek D $4,400,000
76 Samuelsson D $4,285,714
77 Nemec D $4,200,000
78 Klingberg D $4,150,000
79 Anderson D $4,125,000
Gostisbehere D $4,125,000
81 Carlo D $4,100,000
Toews D $4,100,000
83 Jensen D $4,050,000
84 Pettersson D $4,025,175
85 Pesce D $4,025,000
86 Gudas D $4,000,000
Leddy D $4,000,000
McCabe D $4,000,000
Gudbranson D $4,000,000
Larsson D $4,000,000
Dobson D $4,000,000
92 Dumba D $3,900,000
Dillon D $3,900,000
Bouchard D $3,900,000
95 Miller D $3,872,000
96 Byram D $3,850,000
97 Zadorov D $3,750,000
98 Grzelcyk D $3,687,500
99 Suter D $3,650,000
100 Savard D $3,500,000