Calgary Flames career earnings
$885,984,085 across 35 careers, led by Jonathan Huberdeau on $129,021,463.
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 3.4% of the money in the NHL file.
Calgary Flames at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $885,984,085
- Careers
- 35
- Per career
- $25,313,831
- Paid through 2026-27
- $804,984,085
- Still to be paid
- $81,000,000
- Rank
- 11 of 32 franchises
The Calgary Flames 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 Calgary Flames careers
Total contract money, 2006 to 2030
Every Calgary Flames career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Jonathan Huberdeau Paid in 2026-27 | Left Wing | 20 | 2011 to 2030 | $42.0m | $129,021,463$129.0m |
| 02 | Nazem Kadri Paid in 2026-27 | Center | 19 | 2010 to 2028 | $14.0m | $88,124,530$88.1m |
| 03 | Milan Lucic | Left Wing | 16 | 2007 to 2022 | - | $71,842,805$71.8m |
| 04 | MacKenzie Weegar Paid in 2026-27 | Defenseman | 15 | 2016 to 2030 | $25.0m | $63,725,000$63.7m |
| 05 | Jacob Markstrom | Goaltender | 15 | 2010 to 2025 | - | $53,630,378$53.6m |
| 06 | Mikael Backlund | Center | 16 | 2008 to 2023 | - | $48,961,890$49.0m |
| 07 | Sean Monahan | Center | 10 | 2013 to 2022 | - | $48,250,000$48.2m |
| 08 | Chris Tanev | Defenseman | 14 | 2010 to 2023 | - | $46,166,829$46.2m |
| 09 | Elias Lindholm | Center | 11 | 2013 to 2023 | - | $37,487,500$37.5m |
| 10 | Blake Coleman Paid in 2026-27 | Center | 11 | 2016 to 2026 | - | $35,300,846$35.3m |
| 11 | Noah Hanifin | Defenseman | 9 | 2015 to 2023 | - | $32,475,000$32.5m |
| 12 | Rasmus Andersson | Defenseman | 10 | 2016 to 2025 | - | $29,701,443$29.7m |
| 13 | Erik Gudbranson | Defenseman | 11 | 2011 to 2021 | - | $27,975,000$28.0m |
| 14 | Nikita Zadorov | Defenseman | 11 | 2013 to 2023 | - | $24,405,731$24.4m |
| 15 | Matthew Tkachuk | Left Wing | 6 | 2016 to 2021 | - | $23,775,000$23.8m |
| 16 | Michael Stone | Defenseman | 14 | 2009 to 2022 | - | $21,005,312$21.0m |
| 17 | Trevor Lewis | Center | 17 | 2006 to 2022 | - | $19,252,640$19.3m |
| 18 | Brad Richardson | Right Wing | 14 | 2008 to 2021 | - | $16,715,244$16.7m |
| 19 | Brett Ritchie | Right Wing | 9 | 2013 to 2022 | - | $9,102,550$9.1m |
| 20 | Dillon Dube | Center | 6 | 2018 to 2023 | - | $8,613,295$8.6m |
| 21 | Tyler Pitlick | Right Wing | 9 | 2013 to 2021 | - | $8,084,687$8.1m |
| 22 | Oliver Kylington | Defenseman | 8 | 2015 to 2023 | - | $7,459,598$7.5m |
| 23 | Joakim Nordstrom | Left Wing | 7 | 2014 to 2020 | - | $6,295,387$6.3m |
| 24 | Andrew Mangiapane | Left Wing | 5 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $6,231,531$6.2m |
| 25 | Daniel Vladar | Goaltender | 7 | 2018 to 2024 | - | $6,230,845$6.2m |
| 26 | Kevin Rooney | Center | 8 | 2016 to 2023 | - | $5,770,928$5.8m |
| 27 | Nikita Nesterov | Defenseman | 3 | 2015 to 2020 | - | $2,137,124$2.1m |
| 28 | Dennis Gilbert | Defenseman | 4 | 2018 to 2022 | - | $1,775,690$1.8m |
| 29 | Radim Zohorna | Left Wing | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $1,404,736$1.4m |
| 30 | Connor Mackey | Defenseman | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $1,333,666 |
| 31 | Oscar Dansk | Goaltender | 6 | 2014 to 2020 | - | $1,305,383 |
| 32 | Nick DeSimone | Defenseman | 4 | 2018 to 2022 | - | $795,090 |
| 33 | Artyom Zagidulin | Goaltender | 1 | 2020 | - | $792,500 |
| 34 | Clark Bishop | Center | 4 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $648,430 |
| 35 | Adam Werner | Goaltender | 1 | 2020 | - | $186,034 |
Calgary Flames money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2021-22 is the biggest year on this chart at $84,775,000. 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 Calgary Flames player?
Jonathan Huberdeau. His contracts are worth $129,021,463 across 20 seasons from 2011 to 2030.
What have Calgary Flames players earned in total?
$885,984,085 across 35 careers, an average of $25,313,831 each. That is 3.4% of every dollar in the NHL file.
How does that rank?
Calgary Flames is 11 of 32 franchises by total career money, behind Carolina Hurricanes on $908,774,545 and ahead of Dallas Stars on $885,145,906.
How many are still being paid?
4 of the 35 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $81,000,000 is written into deals that run past it.
Is this the Calgary Flames 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.
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