NHL Salary Rankings NHL Salary Rankings

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

2023 Defenseman Contract Value Rankings

Player POS contract value
1 Weber D $110,000,000
2 Karlsson D $92,000,000
3 Doughty D $88,000,000
4 Mcavoy D $76,000,000
Jones D $76,000,000
6 Nurse D $74,000,000
7 Josi D $72,472,000
8 Sergachev D $68,000,000
9 Heiskanen D $67,600,000
10 Fox

Adam Fox

NYR
 D $66,500,000
11 Carlson D $64,000,000
Burns D $64,000,000
Chabot D $64,000,000
14 Hamilton D $63,000,000
Hedman D $63,000,000
16 Pietrangelo D $61,600,000
17 Rielly D $60,000,000
Ekblad D $60,000,000
19 Werenski D $57,500,000
20 Trouba D $56,000,000
Vlasic D $56,000,000
22 Seabrook D $55,000,000
23 Makar D $54,000,000
24 Spurgeon D $53,025,000
25 Fowler D $52,000,000
Lindholm D $52,000,000
Parayko D $52,000,000
28 Sanheim D $50,000,000
Ellis D $50,000,000
Weegar D $50,000,000
Severson D $50,000,000
Morrissey D $50,000,000
33 Pulock D $49,200,000
34 McDonagh D $47,250,000
35 Hughes D $47,100,000
36 Pelech D $46,000,000
37 Krug D $45,500,000
Faulk D $45,500,000
39 Brodin D $42,000,000
40 Cernak D $41,600,000
41 Provorov D $40,500,000
42 Matheson D $39,000,000
43 Slavin D $37,100,000
44 Letang D $36,600,000
45 Theodore D $36,400,000
46 Schmidt D $35,700,000
47 Girard D $35,000,000
48 Lindell D $34,800,000
49 Anderson D $33,000,000
50 Skjei D $31,500,000
Zaitsev D $31,500,000
52 Samuelsson D $30,000,000
Myers D $30,000,000
54 Hanifin D $29,700,000
55 Dunn D $29,400,000
56 Chychrun D $27,600,000
57 Andersson D $27,300,000
58 Graves D $27,000,000
59 Marino D $26,400,000
60 Ristolainen D $25,500,000
61 Petry D $25,000,000
Ekholm D $25,000,000
63 Carlo D $24,600,000
64 Mayfield D $24,500,000
65 Pesce D $24,150,000
66 Pionk D $23,500,000
67 Oleksiak D $23,000,000
68 Muzzin D $22,500,000
69 Pettersson D $20,125,875
70 Brodie D $20,000,000
71 Chiarot D $19,000,000
72 Zub

Artem Zub

OTT
 D $18,400,000
73 Dahlin D $18,000,000
Manson D $18,000,000
Tanev D $18,000,000
76 Murphy D $17,600,000
77 Siegenthaler D $17,000,000
78 Whitecloud D $16,500,000
79 Toews D $16,400,000
80 Leddy D $16,000,000
McCabe D $16,000,000
Larsson D $16,000,000
Gudbranson D $16,000,000
84 Martinez D $15,750,000
85 Dillon D $15,600,000
86 Orlov D $15,500,000
87 Grzelcyk D $14,750,000
88 Suter D $14,600,000
89 Savard D $14,000,000
Edmundson D $14,000,000
91 Barrie D $13,500,000
92 Hronek D $13,200,000
93 Scandella D $13,100,000
94 Ferraro D $13,000,000
Ceci

Cody Ceci

EDM
 D $13,000,000
96 Nemec D $12,600,000
97 Jensen D $12,150,000
98 Gudas D $12,000,000
Dobson D $12,000,000
Demelo D $12,000,000