Buffalo Sabres career earnings
$645,651,158 across 40 careers, led by Jeff Skinner on $109,050,000.
Every man on the roster, ranked by what his contracts have been worth across his whole career rather than by what this franchise is paying him now. It comes to 2.4% of the money in the NHL file.
Buffalo Sabres at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $645,651,158
- Careers
- 40
- Per career
- $16,141,279
- Paid through 2026-27
- $611,365,445
- Still to be paid
- $34,285,713
- Rank
- 28 of 32 franchises
The Buffalo Sabres squad page carries the current roster and what each man is paid this season. What follows is the other question: what those same men have earned across every season of their careers.
The fifteen richest Buffalo Sabres careers
Total contract money, 2005 to 2029
Every Buffalo Sabres career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Jeff Skinner Paid in 2026-27 | Left Wing | 17 | 2010 to 2026 | - | $109,050,000$109.1m |
| 02 | Kyle Okposo | Right Wing | 16 | 2007 to 2022 | - | $57,715,732$57.7m |
| 03 | Tage Thompson Paid in 2026-27 | Center | 13 | 2017 to 2029 | $21.4m | $56,004,033$56.0m |
| 04 | Johnny Boychuk | Defenseman | 15 | 2007 to 2021 | - | $55,039,634$55.0m |
| 05 | Ben Bishop | Goaltender | 12 | 2011 to 2022 | - | $46,980,488$47.0m |
| 06 | Craig Anderson | Goaltender | 17 | 2005 to 2022 | - | $41,218,152$41.2m |
| 07 | Alex Tuch | Right Wing | 10 | 2016 to 2025 | - | $36,025,000$36.0m |
| 08 | Mattias Samuelsson Paid in 2026-27 | Defenseman | 10 | 2020 to 2029 | $12.9m | $31,748,935$31.7m |
| 09 | Rasmus Dahlin | Defenseman | 6 | 2018 to 2023 | - | $20,775,000$20.8m |
| 10 | Cody Eakin | Center | 11 | 2009 to 2021 | - | $17,541,396$17.5m |
| 11 | Victor Olofsson | Right Wing | 6 | 2018 to 2023 | - | $16,586,105$16.6m |
| 12 | Zemgus Girgensons | Center | 11 | 2012 to 2022 | - | $16,147,500$16.1m |
| 13 | Will Butcher | Defenseman | 5 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $13,050,000$13.1m |
| 14 | Mark Pysyk | Defenseman | 10 | 2011 to 2021 | - | $13,004,692$13.0m |
| 15 | Henri Jokiharju | Defenseman | 6 | 2018 to 2023 | - | $9,928,759$9.9m |
| 16 | Casey Mittelstadt | Center | 7 | 2017 to 2023 | - | $9,678,730$9.7m |
| 17 | Tobias Rieder | Right Wing | 7 | 2014 to 2020 | - | $9,613,369$9.6m |
| 18 | Ilya Lyubushkin | Defenseman | 6 | 2018 to 2023 | - | $9,602,200$9.6m |
| 19 | Vincent Hinostroza | Center | 8 | 2015 to 2022 | - | $8,134,223$8.1m |
| 20 | Tyson Jost | Center | 7 | 2016 to 2022 | - | $8,119,105$8.1m |
| 21 | Anders Bjork | Left Wing | 6 | 2017 to 2022 | - | $6,969,196$7.0m |
| 22 | Aaron Dell | Goaltender | 6 | 2016 to 2021 | - | $6,634,485$6.6m |
| 23 | Eric Comrie | Goaltender | 8 | 2016 to 2023 | - | $6,328,544$6.3m |
| 24 | Mark Jankowski | Center | 6 | 2016 to 2021 | - | $5,817,500$5.8m |
| 25 | Jacob Bryson | Defenseman | 4 | 2020 to 2023 | - | $5,176,828$5.2m |
| 26 | Malcolm Subban | Goaltender | 7 | 2015 to 2021 | - | $4,444,178$4.4m |
| 27 | Brandon Davidson | Defenseman | 6 | 2015 to 2020 | - | $4,216,190$4.2m |
| 28 | John Hayden | Center | 6 | 2016 to 2021 | - | $3,884,512$3.9m |
| 29 | Dylan Cozens | Center | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $2,668,178$2.7m |
| 30 | Peyton Krebs | Center | 4 | 2020 to 2023 | - | $2,476,014$2.5m |
| 31 | Rasmus Asplund | Center | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $2,459,842$2.5m |
| 32 | Kale Clague | Defenseman | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $1,871,550$1.9m |
| 33 | Jeremy Davies | Defenseman | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $1,340,423 |
| 34 | Ryan MacInnis | Center | 3 | 2019 to 2021 | - | $1,275,392 |
| 35 | Arttu Ruotsalainen | Center | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | - | $1,239,987 |
| 36 | Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | Goaltender | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $1,174,058 |
| 37 | Brett Murray | Left Wing | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $933,318 |
| 38 | Michael Houser | Goaltender | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | - | $463,874 |
| 39 | Sean Malone | Center | 2 | 2016 to 2020 | - | $207,182 |
| 40 | Brandon Biro | Left Wing | 1 | 2020 | - | $106,854 |
Buffalo Sabres money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2021-22 is the biggest year on this chart at $67,827,339. A roster assembled recently draws a spike rather than a run: the chart follows the men who are here now, wherever they were paid it.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the highest paid Buffalo Sabres player?
Jeff Skinner. His contracts are worth $109,050,000 across 17 seasons from 2010 to 2026.
What have Buffalo Sabres players earned in total?
$645,651,158 across 40 careers, an average of $16,141,279 each. That is 2.4% of every dollar in the NHL file.
How does that rank?
Buffalo Sabres is 28 of 32 franchises by total career money, behind New York Rangers on $676,025,118 and ahead of Seattle Kraken on $593,984,601.
How many are still being paid?
3 of the 40 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $34,285,713 is written into deals that run past it.
Is this the Buffalo Sabres payroll?
No. It is career money carried by the current roster: everything each man's contracts have been worth across every season, at this franchise or anywhere else. A payroll is one season and this is every one of them.
The franchises either side
The same table, 16 other franchises
Tampa Bay Lightning · Montreal Canadiens · Anaheim Ducks · New York Islanders · Philadelphia Flyers · San Jose Sharks · Columbus Blue Jackets · Vancouver Canucks · Florida Panthers · Vegas Golden Knights · Minnesota Wild · New York Rangers · Seattle Kraken · New Jersey Devils · Ottawa Senators · Winnipeg Jets · All-time NHL earnings
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