NHL Salary Rankings
Listing the top salaries, cap hits, cash, earnings, contracts, and bonuses, for all active NHL players.
2021 Center Base Rankings
| Player | POS | base | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Matt Duchene NSH | C | $10,000,000 |
Jack Eichel VGK | C | $10,000,000 | |
| 3 |
Brayden Point TBL | C | $9,000,000 |
Kevin Hayes PHI | C | $9,000,000 | |
Sidney Crosby PIT | C | $9,000,000 | |
Anders Lee NYI | C | $9,000,000 | |
| 7 |
Ryan Johansen NSH | C | $8,000,000 |
Leon Draisaitl EDM | C | $8,000,000 | |
Anze Kopitar LAK | C | $8,000,000 | |
Brock Nelson NYI | C | $8,000,000 | |
Joe Pavelski DAL | C | $8,000,000 | |
Brayden Schenn STL | C | $8,000,000 | |
| 13 |
| C | $7,750,000 |
| 14 |
Nico Hischier NJD | C | $7,250,000 |
| 15 |
William Karlsson VGK | C | $7,100,000 |
| 16 |
Clayton Keller ARI | C | $7,000,000 |
Jake Guentzel PIT | C | $7,000,000 | |
Mathew Barzal NYI | C | $7,000,000 | |
| 19 |
Nathan MacKinnon COL | C | $6,850,000 |
| 20 |
Mark Scheifele WPG | C | $6,750,000 |
Dylan Larkin DET | C | $6,750,000 | |
| 22 |
Ryan Kesler ANA | C | $6,675,000 |
| 23 |
| C | $6,500,000 |
| 24 |
Yanni Gourde SEA | C | $6,300,000 |
| 25 |
Vincent Trocheck CAR | C | $6,250,000 |
| 26 |
Sean Monahan CGY | C | $6,125,000 |
| 27 |
| C | $6,100,035 |
| 28 |
Jordan Staal CAR | C | $6,000,000 |
Bryan Little WPG | C | $6,000,000 | |
Filip Forsberg NSH | C | $6,000,000 | |
Charlie Coyle BOS | C | $6,000,000 | |
J.T. Miller VAN | C | $6,000,000 | |
Logan Couture SJS | C | $6,000,000 | |
| 34 |
Teuvo Teravainen CAR | C | $5,875,000 |
| 35 |
Elias Lindholm CGY | C | $5,850,000 |
| 36 |
Adam Henrique ANA | C | $5,825,000 |
| 37 |
Bo Horvat VAN | C | $5,775,000 |
| 38 |
Tyler Johnson CHI | C | $5,500,000 |
| 39 |
Mikael Backlund CGY | C | $5,350,000 |
| 40 |
Travis Konecny PHI | C | $5,250,000 |
| 41 |
Christian Dvorak MTL | C | $5,075,000 |
| 42 |
| C | $5,000,000 |
Nick Schmaltz ARI | C | $5,000,000 | |
| C | $5,000,000 | |
Ryan Strome NYR | C | $5,000,000 | |
Tyler Seguin DAL | C | $5,000,000 | |
| C | $5,000,000 | |
| 48 |
Sean Couturier PHI | C | $4,750,000 |
Mika Zibanejad NYR | C | $4,750,000 | |
Colin White OTT | C | $4,750,000 | |
| 51 |
Evgeni Malkin PIT | C | $4,500,000 |
J.T Compher COL | C | $4,500,000 | |
| 53 |
| C | $4,450,000 |
| 54 |
Chris Tierney OTT | C | $4,200,000 |
| 55 |
Claude Giroux PHI | C | $4,000,000 |
Mikael Granlund NSH | C | $4,000,000 | |
Victor Rask MIN | C | $4,000,000 | |
Paul Byron MTL | C | $4,000,000 | |
| 59 |
Rickard Rakell ANA | C | $3,800,000 |
| 60 |
Paul Stastny WPG | C | $3,750,000 |
| 61 |
Colton Sissons NSH | C | $3,650,000 |
| 62 |
Andrew Copp WPG | C | $3,640,000 |
| 63 |
Dylan Strome CHI | C | $3,600,000 |
| 64 |
Alex Iafallo LAK | C | $3,500,000 |
Tomas Hertl SJS | C | $3,500,000 | |
Boone Jenner CBJ | C | $3,500,000 | |
| C | $3,500,000 | |
Oskar Sundqvist STL | C | $3,500,000 | |
| 69 |
Patrice Bergeron BOS | C | $3,375,000 |
| 70 |
Anthony Cirelli TBL | C | $3,300,000 |
| 71 |
Robby Fabbri DET | C | $3,100,000 |
| 72 |
| C | $3,025,000 |
| 73 |
Ryan Getzlaf ANA | C | $3,000,000 |
Sam Reinhart FLA | C | $3,000,000 | |
Pavel Zacha NJD | C | $3,000,000 | |
Elias Pettersson VAN | C | $3,000,000 | |
Craig Smith BOS | C | $3,000,000 | |
Joel Eriksson Ek MIN | C | $3,000,000 | |
Radek Faksa DAL | C | $3,000,000 | |
Evgeny Kuznetsov WAS | C | $3,000,000 | |
Lars Eller WAS | C | $3,000,000 | |
| 82 |
Jonathan Toews CHI | C | $2,900,000 |
Blake Coleman CGY | C | $2,900,000 | |
| 84 |
Pius Suter DET | C | $2,750,000 |
| 85 |
| C | $2,700,000 |
| 86 |
| C | $2,500,000 |
William Nylander TOR | C | $2,500,000 | |
Casey Cizikas NYI | C | $2,500,000 | |
Jack Roslovic CBJ | C | $2,500,000 | |
Cody Eakin BUF | C | $2,500,000 | |
Brandon Tanev SEA | C | $2,500,000 | |
Drake Batherson OTT | C | $2,500,000 | |
| 93 |
| C | $2,400,000 |
Jordan Kyrou STL | C | $2,400,000 | |
Robert Thomas STL | C | $2,400,000 | |
| 96 |
Luke Kunin NSH | C | $2,300,000 |
| 97 |
Erik Haula BOS | C | $2,250,000 |
| 98 |
Kyle Turris EDM | C | $2,200,000 |
| C | $2,200,000 | |
Dillon Dube CGY | C | $2,200,000 |