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Goaltender career earnings
$2,464,422,257 across 127 careers, led by Carey Price on $131,050,000.
Every NHL career filed at this position, ranked by total contract money. It comes to 9.3% of the money on record, at an average of $19,404,900 a career.
CAREER MONEY $2.46bn
PER CAREER $19.4m
CAREERS 127
SHARE OF LEAGUE 9.3%
RANK 5 of 5
Goaltender at a glance
What the position has been paid
- Career money
- $2,464,422,257
- Careers
- 127
- Per career
- $19,404,900
- Paid through 2026-27
- $2,458,422,257
- Still to be paid
- $6,000,000
- Rank
- 5 of 5 positions
The fifteen richest Goaltender careers
Total contract money, 2002 to 2027
Every Goaltender career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Franchise | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Carey Price | Montreal Canadiens | 19 | 2007 to 2025 | - | $131,050,000$131.0m |
| 02 | Sergei Bobrovsky | Florida Panthers | 16 | 2010 to 2025 | - | $113,366,829$113.4m |
| 03 | Henrik Lundqvist | Washington Capitals | 17 | 2005 to 2021 | - | $104,908,390$104.9m |
| 04 | Andrei Vasilevski Paid in 2026-27 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 14 | 2014 to 2027 | $6.0m | $88,845,323$88.8m |
| 05 | Marc-Andre Fleury | Minnesota Wild | 18 | 2003 to 2021 | - | $81,491,432$81.5m |
| 06 | John Gibson Paid in 2026-27 | Anaheim Ducks | 14 | 2013 to 2026 | - | $66,655,000$66.7m |
| 07 | Pekka Rinne | Nashville Predators | 15 | 2005 to 2020 | - | $65,176,961$65.2m |
| 08 | Jonathan Quick | Los Angeles Kings | 16 | 2007 to 2022 | - | $64,375,122$64.4m |
| 09 | Ryan Miller | Anaheim Ducks | 17 | 2002 to 2020 | - | $63,560,137$63.6m |
| 10 | Tuukka Rask | Boston Bruins | 14 | 2007 to 2020 | - | $63,098,780$63.1m |
| 11 | Semyon Varlamov | New York Islanders | 16 | 2007 to 2022 | - | $59,368,598$59.4m |
| 12 | Cory Schneider | New York Islanders | 17 | 2007 to 2023 | - | $54,544,063$54.5m |
| 13 | Jacob Markstrom | Calgary Flames | 15 | 2010 to 2025 | - | $53,630,378$53.6m |
| 14 | Mike Smith | Edmonton Oilers | 16 | 2007 to 2022 | - | $51,370,732$51.4m |
| 15 | Phillip Grubauer Paid in 2026-27 | Seattle Kraken | 13 | 2010 to 2026 | - | $47,675,000$47.7m |
| 16 | Ben Bishop | Buffalo Sabres | 12 | 2011 to 2022 | - | $46,980,488$47.0m |
| 17 | Jaroslav Halak | New York Rangers | 16 | 2007 to 2022 | - | $46,543,574$46.5m |
| 18 | Jordan Binnington Paid in 2026-27 | St Louis Blues | 14 | 2012 to 2026 | - | $45,849,829$45.8m |
| 19 | Corey Crawford | Chicago Blackhawks | 11 | 2009 to 2019 | - | $44,667,073$44.7m |
| 20 | Braden Holtby | Dallas Stars | 15 | 2008 to 2022 | - | $44,606,220$44.6m |
| 21 | Darcy Kuemper Paid in 2026-27 | Washington Capitals | 14 | 2013 to 2026 | - | $44,550,000$44.5m |
| 22 | Martin Jones Paid in 2026-27 | Seattle Kraken | 14 | 2013 to 2026 | - | $43,600,002$43.6m |
| 23 | Robin Lehner | Vegas Golden Knights | 13 | 2010 to 2024 | - | $43,075,000$43.1m |
| 24 | Craig Anderson | Buffalo Sabres | 17 | 2005 to 2022 | - | $41,218,152$41.2m |
| 25 | Connor Hellebuyck | Winnipeg Jets | 9 | 2014 to 2023 | - | $40,297,177$40.3m |
| 26 | Frederik Andersen | Carolina Hurricanes | 11 | 2012 to 2022 | - | $37,987,769$38.0m |
| 27 | Matthew Murray | Toronto Maple Leafs | 9 | 2015 to 2023 | - | $37,467,500$37.5m |
| 28 | Jonathan Bernier | New Jersey Devils | 15 | 2006 to 2022 | - | $36,902,683$36.9m |
| 29 | Elvis Merzlikins Paid in 2026-27 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 9 | 2018 to 2026 | - | $35,954,693$36.0m |
| 30 | Devan Dubnyk | Colorado Avalanche | 12 | 2009 to 2020 | - | $34,578,720$34.6m |
| 31 | James Reimer | San Jose Sharks | 13 | 2010 to 2022 | - | $31,391,585$31.4m |
| 32 | Jack Campbell Paid in 2026-27 | Edmonton Oilers | 15 | 2010 to 2026 | - | $31,318,796$31.3m |
| 33 | Thatcher Demko | Vancouver Canucks | 10 | 2016 to 2025 | - | $29,095,922$29.1m |
| 34 | Jake Allen | Montreal Canadiens | 12 | 2008 to 2022 | - | $28,948,205$28.9m |
| 35 | Cameron Talbot | Minnesota Wild | 10 | 2013 to 2022 | - | $28,825,000$28.8m |
| 36 | Petr Mrazek | Chicago Blackhawks | 10 | 2014 to 2023 | - | $28,290,395$28.3m |
| 37 | Juuse Saros | Nashville Predators | 10 | 2015 to 2024 | - | $25,893,618$25.9m |
| 38 | Linus Ullmark | Boston Bruins | 9 | 2016 to 2024 | - | $25,707,812$25.7m |
| 39 | Anton Khudobin | Dallas Stars | 16 | 2007 to 2022 | - | $25,676,098$25.7m |
| 40 | Thomas Greiss | St Louis Blues | 14 | 2009 to 2022 | - | $25,215,854$25.2m |
| 41 | Igor Shesterkin | New York Rangers | 6 | 2019 to 2024 | - | $23,878,983$23.9m |
| 42 | Brian Elliott | Tampa Bay Lightning | 14 | 2009 to 2022 | - | $23,495,122$23.5m |
| 43 | Antti Raanta | Carolina Hurricanes | 10 | 2013 to 2022 | - | $20,974,345$21.0m |
| 44 | Cal Petersen | Los Angeles Kings | 7 | 2018 to 2024 | - | $17,316,341$17.3m |
| 45 | Alexander Georgiev | Colorado Avalanche | 8 | 2017 to 2024 | - | $16,805,535$16.8m |
| 46 | Ville Husso | Detroit Red Wings | 7 | 2017 to 2024 | - | $16,077,508$16.1m |
| 47 | Mikko Koskinen | Edmonton Oilers | 4 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $16,000,000$16.0m |
| 48 | Carter Hutton | Arizona Coyotes | 12 | 2010 to 2021 | - | $14,642,317$14.6m |
| 49 | Ilya Sorokin | New York Islanders | 4 | 2020 to 2023 | - | $14,000,000$14.0m |
| 50 | Carter Hart | Philadelphia Flyers | 6 | 2018 to 2023 | - | $13,895,405$13.9m |
| 51 | Chris Driedger | Seattle Kraken | 7 | 2014 to 2023 | - | $13,082,043$13.1m |
| 52 | Tristan Jarry | Pittsburgh Penguins | 8 | 2015 to 2022 | - | $12,889,672$12.9m |
| 53 | Anders Nilsson | Tampa Bay Lightning | 6 | 2015 to 2020 | - | $12,200,699$12.2m |
| 54 | Anton Forsberg | Ottawa Senators | 10 | 2015 to 2024 | - | $11,285,151$11.3m |
| 55 | Alex Stalock | Chicago Blackhawks | 13 | 2009 to 2022 | - | $10,608,910$10.6m |
| 56 | Joonas Korpisalo | Columbus Blue Jackets | 8 | 2015 to 2022 | - | $10,585,314$10.6m |
| 57 | David Rittich | Nashville Predators | 7 | 2016 to 2022 | - | $9,854,454$9.9m |
| 58 | MacKenzie Blackwood | New Jersey Devils | 6 | 2017 to 2022 | - | $9,472,100$9.5m |
| 59 | Laurent Brossoit | Vegas Golden Knights | 8 | 2015 to 2022 | - | $9,342,145$9.3m |
| 60 | Pavel Francouz | Colorado Avalanche | 6 | 2018 to 2023 | - | $8,970,970$9.0m |
| 61 | Curtis McElhinney | Tampa Bay Lightning | 11 | 2009 to 2020 | - | $8,940,476$8.9m |
| 62 | Casey DeSmith | Pittsburgh Penguins | 7 | 2017 to 2023 | - | $8,362,834$8.4m |
| 63 | Louis Domingue | New York Rangers | 9 | 2015 to 2023 | - | $7,739,425$7.7m |
| 64 | Alex Nedeljkovic | Detroit Red Wings | 6 | 2016 to 2022 | - | $7,609,284$7.6m |
| 65 | Keith Kinkaid | Boston Bruins | 10 | 2013 to 2022 | - | $7,152,076$7.2m |
| 66 | Aaron Dell | Buffalo Sabres | 6 | 2016 to 2021 | - | $6,634,485$6.6m |
| 67 | Eric Comrie | Buffalo Sabres | 8 | 2016 to 2023 | - | $6,328,544$6.3m |
| 68 | Daniel Vladar | Calgary Flames | 7 | 2018 to 2024 | - | $6,230,845$6.2m |
| 69 | Adin Hill | San Jose Sharks | 7 | 2016 to 2022 | - | $6,002,374$6.0m |
| 70 | Michael Hutchinson | Vegas Golden Knights | 9 | 2013 to 2021 | - | $5,821,906$5.8m |
| 71 | Ilya Samsonov | Toronto Maple Leafs | 5 | 2018 to 2022 | - | $5,623,260$5.6m |
| 72 | Andrew Hammond | Montreal Canadiens | 8 | 2013 to 2021 | - | $5,323,709$5.3m |
| 73 | Pheonix Copley | Los Angeles Kings | 7 | 2016 to 2022 | - | $4,812,165$4.8m |
| 74 | Malcolm Subban | Buffalo Sabres | 7 | 2015 to 2021 | - | $4,444,178$4.4m |
| 75 | Scott Wedgewood | Dallas Stars | 6 | 2017 to 2023 | - | $4,297,809$4.3m |
| 76 | Calvin Pickard | Detroit Red Wings | 7 | 2015 to 2021 | - | $3,799,829$3.8m |
| 77 | Anthony Stolarz | Anaheim Ducks | 6 | 2014 to 2022 | - | $3,330,972$3.3m |
| 78 | Logan Thompson | Vegas Golden Knights | 5 | 2020 to 2024 | - | $3,171,767$3.2m |
| 79 | Collin Delia | Vancouver Canucks | 5 | 2017 to 2022 | - | $3,133,619$3.1m |
| 80 | Dustin Tokarski | Pittsburgh Penguins | 7 | 2013 to 2022 | - | $2,641,593$2.6m |
| 81 | Jon Gillies | Arizona Coyotes | 6 | 2014 to 2021 | - | $2,556,564$2.6m |
| 82 | Spencer Martin | Vancouver Canucks | 6 | 2016 to 2023 | - | $2,462,270$2.5m |
| 83 | Joey Daccord | Seattle Kraken | 4 | 2018 to 2022 | - | $2,138,450$2.1m |
| 84 | Jeremy Swayman | Boston Bruins | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $2,033,453$2.0m |
| 85 | Stuart Skinner | Edmonton Oilers | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $2,006,250$2.0m |
| 86 | Cayden Primeau | Montreal Canadiens | 3 | 2019 to 2021 | - | $1,975,071$2.0m |
| 87 | Jake Oettinger | Dallas Stars | 3 | 2019 to 2021 | - | $1,946,976$1.9m |
| 88 | Jonas Johansson | Colorado Avalanche | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $1,906,759$1.9m |
| 89 | Spencer Knight | Florida Panthers | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $1,877,124$1.9m |
| 90 | Kaapo Kahkonen | Minnesota Wild | 4 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $1,830,408$1.8m |
| 91 | Kevin Lankinen | Chicago Blackhawks | 4 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $1,823,222$1.8m |
| 92 | Zachary Fucale | Washington Capitals | 5 | 2015 to 2021 | - | $1,637,696$1.6m |
| 93 | Filip Gustavsson | Ottawa Senators | 5 | 2018 to 2022 | - | $1,507,729$1.5m |
| 94 | Hunter Miska | Colorado Avalanche | 5 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $1,482,307$1.5m |
| 95 | Vitek Vanecek | Washington Capitals | 3 | 2019 to 2021 | - | $1,468,815$1.5m |
| 96 | Marcus Hogberg | Ottawa Senators | 4 | 2017 to 2020 | - | $1,464,948$1.5m |
| 97 | Matiss Kivlenieks | Columbus Blue Jackets | 3 | 2017 to 2020 | - | $1,442,907$1.4m |
| 98 | Chris Gibson | Florida Panthers | 5 | 2015 to 2021 | - | $1,442,764$1.4m |
| 99 | Samuel Montembeault | Montreal Canadiens | 5 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $1,398,390$1.4m |
| 100 | Oscar Dansk | Calgary Flames | 6 | 2014 to 2020 | - | $1,305,383 |
| 101 | Ivan Prosvetov | Arizona Coyotes | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $1,278,912 |
| 102 | Michael DiPietro | Vancouver Canucks | 4 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $1,202,697 |
| 103 | Maxime Lagace | Tampa Bay Lightning | 5 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $1,189,964 |
| 104 | Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | Buffalo Sabres | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $1,174,058 |
| 105 | Lukas Dostal | Anaheim Ducks | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $1,109,784 |
| 106 | Troy Grosenick | Philadelphia Flyers | 4 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $1,093,137 |
| 107 | Alexei Melnichuk | San Jose Sharks | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | - | $1,060,562 |
| 108 | Joseph Woll | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $1,026,264 |
| 109 | Veini Vehvilainen | Columbus Blue Jackets | 2 | 2019 to 2020 | - | $1,021,976 |
| 110 | Alex Lyon | Florida Panthers | 5 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $999,832 |
| 111 | Landon Bow | Dallas Stars | 3 | 2017 to 2020 | - | $900,337 |
| 112 | Adam Huska | New York Rangers | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | - | $871,208 |
| 113 | Felix Sandstrom | Philadelphia Flyers | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | - | $848,966 |
| 114 | Artyom Zagidulin | Calgary Flames | 1 | 2020 | - | $792,500 |
| 115 | Emil Larmi | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1 | 2020 | - | $792,500 |
| 116 | Philippe Desrosiers | Florida Panthers | 1 | 2020 | - | $700,000 |
| 117 | Dylan Wells | Chicago Blackhawks | 2 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $655,186 |
| 118 | Michael Houser | Buffalo Sabres | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | - | $463,874 |
| 119 | Arturs Silovs | Vancouver Canucks | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | - | $194,352 |
| 120 | Adam Werner | Calgary Flames | 1 | 2020 | - | $186,034 |
| 121 | Josef Korenar | Arizona Coyotes | 1 | 2020 | - | $168,952 |
| 122 | Kasimir Kaskisuo | Nashville Predators | 3 | 2018 to 2020 | - | $167,925 |
| 123 | Matt Villalta | Los Angeles Kings | 1 | 2020 | - | $104,568 |
| 124 | Kevin Mandolese | Ottawa Senators | 1 | 2020 | - | $91,034 |
| 125 | Cam Johnson | Columbus Blue Jackets | 2 | 2018 to 2020 | - | $58,939 |
| 126 | Alex D'Orio | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1 | 2020 | - | $12,068 |
| 127 | Dereck Baribeau | Minnesota Wild | 1 | 2020 | - | $12,068 |
Goaltender money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
$14m 07
$22m 08
$31m 09
$46m 10
$55m 11
$43m 12
$97m 13
$118m 14
$150m 15
$176m 16
$179m 17
$204m 18
$227m 19
$214m 20
$234m 21
$239m 22
$177m 23
$116m 24
$68m 25
$37m 26
2022-23 is the biggest year on this chart at $238,710,383. The shape follows the careers filed at this position today rather than everybody who has ever played it.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the highest paid Goaltender in the NHL?
Carey Price. His contracts are worth $131,050,000 across 19 seasons from 2007 to 2025.
What have NHL goaltenders earned?
$2,464,422,257 across 127 careers, an average of $19,404,900 each. That is 9.3% of every dollar in the NHL file.
How does that rank?
Goaltender is 5 of 5 positions by total career money, behind Right Wing on $3,278,176,040.
How many are still being paid?
8 of the 127 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $6,000,000 is written into deals that run past it.
What counts towards a position total?
Every career filed at goaltender now. A man counts once, at the position he is listed at today, so a career that moved between two jobs sits entirely under the second.
The positions either side
The same table, 4 other positions
Center · Defenseman · Left Wing · Right Wing · All-time NHL earnings
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