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Carolina Hurricanes career earnings

$908,774,545 across 32 careers, led by Brent Burns on $103,650,000.

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 3.4% of the money in the NHL file.

CAREER MONEY $908.8m
PER CAREER $28.4m
CAREERS 32
SHARE OF LEAGUE 3.4%
RANK 10 of 32

Carolina Hurricanes at a glance

What the roster has been paid

2006 to 2029

Career money
$908,774,545
Careers
32
Per career
$28,399,205
Paid through 2026-27
$879,174,545
Still to be paid
$29,600,000
Rank
10 of 32 franchises

The Carolina Hurricanes 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 Carolina Hurricanes careers

Total contract money, 2006 to 2029

32 careers

Brent Burns $104m Paul Stastny $85m Jordan Staal $77m Andrei Svechnikov $65m Max Pacioretty $60m Derek Stepan $49m Jesperi Kotkaniemi $47m Sebastian Aho $45m Jake Gardiner $40m Jaccob Slavin $39m Frederik Andersen $38m Nino Niederreiter $35m Teuvo Teravainen $35m Brady Skjei $33m Calvin de Haan $29m

Every Carolina Hurricanes career

Ranked by total contract money

32 careers

# Player Position Seasons Span Still owed Career earnings
01 Brent Burns Defenseman 18 2006 to 2024 - $103,650,000$103.7m
02 Paul Stastny Center 17 2006 to 2022 - $84,943,415$84.9m
03 Jordan Staal Center 17 2006 to 2022 - $76,684,146$76.7m
04 Andrei Svechnikov Paid in 2026-27 Right Wing 11 2018 to 2028 $14.0m $64,775,000$64.8m
05 Max Pacioretty Left Wing 15 2008 to 2022 - $60,149,390$60.1m
06 Derek Stepan Center 13 2010 to 2022 - $49,454,695$49.5m
07 Jesperi Kotkaniemi Paid in 2026-27 Center 12 2018 to 2029 $15.6m $47,406,359$47.4m
08 Sebastian Aho Left Wing 8 2016 to 2023 - $45,045,000$45.0m
09 Jake Gardiner Defenseman 12 2011 to 2022 - $39,775,000$39.8m
10 Jaccob Slavin Defenseman 10 2015 to 2024 - $39,101,639$39.1m
11 Frederik Andersen Goaltender 11 2012 to 2022 - $37,987,769$38.0m
12 Nino Niederreiter Right Wing 10 2010 to 2021 - $35,150,001$35.2m
13 Teuvo Teravainen Center 11 2013 to 2023 - $35,054,266$35.1m
14 Brady Skjei Defenseman 9 2015 to 2023 - $33,482,784$33.5m
15 Calvin de Haan Defenseman 11 2010 to 2022 - $29,150,000$29.1m
16 Brett Pesce Defenseman 9 2015 to 2023 - $26,577,500$26.6m
17 Antti Raanta Goaltender 10 2013 to 2022 - $20,974,345$21.0m
18 Jesper Fast Right Wing 9 2014 to 2022 - $14,236,801$14.2m
19 Jordan Martinook Left Wing 9 2015 to 2023 - $14,225,000$14.2m
20 Ondrej Kase Right Wing 7 2016 to 2022 - $11,336,575$11.3m
21 Martin Necas Center 7 2017 to 2023 - $8,926,725$8.9m
22 Stefan Noesen Right Wing 10 2014 to 2023 - $6,604,469$6.6m
23 Josh Leivo Left Wing 6 2016 to 2021 - $5,275,000$5.3m
24 Joakim Ryan Defenseman 5 2016 to 2020 - $3,397,110$3.4m
25 MacKenzie MacEachern Left Wing 4 2018 to 2021 - $2,998,310$3.0m
26 Jalen Chatfield Defenseman 6 2018 to 2023 - $2,532,115$2.5m
27 Drew Shore Center 5 2013 to 2020 - $2,097,366$2.1m
28 C.J. Smith Left Wing 4 2016 to 2021 - $1,923,934$1.9m
29 William Lagesson Defenseman 3 2019 to 2021 - $1,879,750$1.9m
30 Dylan Coghlan Defenseman 3 2020 to 2022 - $1,802,564$1.8m
31 Steven Lorentz Center 2 2020 to 2021 - $1,232,720
32 Joey Keane Defenseman 3 2019 to 2021 - $944,797

Carolina Hurricanes money by season

What these careers were paid, year by year

20 seasons

2019-20 is the biggest year on this chart at $108,703,675. 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 Carolina Hurricanes player?

Brent Burns. His contracts are worth $103,650,000 across 18 seasons from 2006 to 2024.

What have Carolina Hurricanes players earned in total?

$908,774,545 across 32 careers, an average of $28,399,205 each. That is 3.4% of every dollar in the NHL file.

How does that rank?

Carolina Hurricanes is 10 of 32 franchises by total career money, behind Edmonton Oilers on $926,659,046 and ahead of Calgary Flames on $885,984,085.

How many are still being paid?

2 of the 32 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $29,600,000 is written into deals that run past it.

Is this the Carolina Hurricanes 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

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