NHL Salary Rankings NHL Salary Rankings

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

2022 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 Jones D $9,500,000
Mcavoy 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 Heiskanen D $8,450,000
13 Ekman-Larsson D $8,250,000
14 Chabot D $8,000,000
Carlson D $8,000,000
Trouba D $8,000,000
Burns D $8,000,000
18 Hedman D $7,875,000
19 Weber D $7,857,143
20 Hughes D $7,850,000
21 Spurgeon D $7,575,000
22 Ekblad D $7,500,000
Rielly D $7,500,000
24 Vlasic D $7,000,000
Klingberg D $7,000,000
26 Seabrook D $6,875,000
27 McDonagh D $6,750,000
Provorov D $6,750,000
29 Krug D $6,500,000
Parayko D $6,500,000
Faulk D $6,500,000
Lindholm D $6,500,000
Fowler D $6,500,000
34 Ekholm D $6,250,000
Ellis D $6,250,000
Morrissey D $6,250,000
Petry D $6,250,000
38 Pulock D $6,150,000
39 Letang D $6,100,000
40 Dahlin D $6,000,000
Johnson D $6,000,000
Myers D $6,000,000
Dumba D $6,000,000
Brodin D $6,000,000
45 Schmidt D $5,950,000
46 Pionk D $5,875,000
47 Lindell D $5,800,000
48 Pelech D $5,750,000
49 Muzzin D $5,625,000
50 Slavin D $5,300,000
51 Martinez D $5,250,000
Skjei D $5,250,000
53 Theodore D $5,200,000
54 Orlov D $5,100,000
Ristolainen D $5,100,000
56 Girard D $5,000,000
DeAngelo D $5,000,000
Brodie D $5,000,000
59 Hanifin D $4,950,000
60 Matheson D $4,875,000
61 Sergachev D $4,800,000
62 Chiarot D $4,750,000
63 Sanheim D $4,675,000
64 Oleksiak D $4,600,000
Chychrun D $4,600,000
66 Andersson D $4,550,000
67 Zaitsev D $4,500,000
Barrie D $4,500,000
Manson D $4,500,000
Tanev D $4,500,000
Gostisbehere D $4,500,000
72 Murphy D $4,400,000
Marino D $4,400,000
Hronek D $4,400,000
75 Klefbom D $4,167,000
76 Severson D $4,166,666
77 Carlo D $4,100,000
Toews D $4,100,000
Dumoulin D $4,100,000
80 Gardiner D $4,050,000
81 Pettersson D $4,025,175
82 Pesce D $4,025,000
83 Dunn 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
89 Dillon D $3,900,000
Shattenkirk D $3,900,000
91 Zadorov D $3,750,000
92 Grzelcyk D $3,687,500
93 Suter D $3,650,000
94 Savard D $3,500,000
Edmundson D $3,500,000
Montour D $3,500,000
97 Scandella D $3,275,000
98 Ceci

Cody Ceci

EDM
 D $3,250,000
Weegar D $3,250,000
Ferraro D $3,250,000