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Colorado Avalanche career earnings

$954,364,208 across 38 careers, led by Nathan MacKinnon on $153,587,500.

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 3.6% of the money in the NHL file.

CAREER MONEY $954.4m
PER CAREER $25.1m
CAREERS 38
SHARE OF LEAGUE 3.6%
RANK 8 of 32

Colorado Avalanche at a glance

What the roster has been paid

2006 to 2030

Career money
$954,364,208
Careers
38
Per career
$25,114,848
Paid through 2026-27
$889,364,208
Still to be paid
$65,000,000
Rank
8 of 32 franchises

The Colorado Avalanche 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 Colorado Avalanche careers

Total contract money, 2006 to 2030

38 careers

Nathan MacKinnon $154m Gabriel Landeskog $97m Erik Johnson $63m Valeri Nichushkin $61m Mikko Rantanen $58m Cale Makar $56m Jack Johnson $54m Josh Manson $38m Samuel Girard $37m Devan Dubnyk $35m Andrew Cogliano $34m Darren Helm $34m Artturi Lehkonen $32m Carl Soderberg $28m Alex Galchenyuk $26m

Every Colorado Avalanche career

Ranked by total contract money

38 careers

# Player Position Seasons Span Still owed Career earnings
01 Nathan MacKinnon Paid in 2026-27 Center 18 2013 to 2030 $39.6m $153,587,500$153.6m
02 Gabriel Landeskog Paid in 2026-27 Left Wing 18 2011 to 2028 $11.0m $97,483,963$97.5m
03 Erik Johnson Defenseman 16 2007 to 2022 - $63,402,439$63.4m
04 Valeri Nichushkin Paid in 2026-27 Right Wing 15 2013 to 2029 $14.4m $61,225,000$61.2m
05 Mikko Rantanen Right Wing 9 2015 to 2024 - $57,545,448$57.5m
06 Cale Makar Paid in 2026-27 Defenseman 8 2019 to 2026 - $55,850,000$55.8m
07 Jack Johnson Defenseman 20 2006 to 2025 - $54,290,002$54.3m
08 Josh Manson Defenseman 12 2014 to 2025 - $37,900,000$37.9m
09 Samuel Girard Paid in 2026-27 Defenseman 10 2017 to 2026 - $37,115,335$37.1m
10 Devan Dubnyk Goaltender 12 2009 to 2020 - $34,578,720$34.6m
11 Andrew Cogliano Left Wing 16 2007 to 2022 - $33,745,610$33.7m
12 Darren Helm Center 16 2007 to 2022 - $33,618,500$33.6m
13 Artturi Lehkonen Paid in 2026-27 Left Wing 11 2016 to 2026 - $32,375,000$32.4m
14 Carl Soderberg Center 9 2012 to 2020 - $27,775,000$27.8m
15 Alex Galchenyuk Center 11 2012 to 2022 - $25,557,315$25.6m
16 Ryan Murray Defenseman 10 2012 to 2021 - $22,450,000$22.5m
17 Matt Calvert Left Wing 11 2010 to 2020 - $19,044,207$19.0m
18 Devon Toews Defenseman 6 2018 to 2023 - $17,456,490$17.5m
19 Alexander Georgiev Goaltender 8 2017 to 2024 - $16,805,535$16.8m
20 J.T Compher Center 7 2016 to 2022 - $15,295,000$15.3m
21 Matt Nieto Left Wing 10 2013 to 2022 - $10,495,423$10.5m
22 Pavel Francouz Goaltender 6 2018 to 2023 - $8,970,970$9.0m
23 Brad Hunt Defenseman 8 2015 to 2022 - $5,076,981$5.1m
24 Kurtis Macdermid Defenseman 7 2017 to 2023 - $4,931,775$4.9m
25 Logan O'Connor Center 7 2018 to 2024 - $4,716,788$4.7m
26 Nicolas Aube-Kubel Right Wing 5 2018 to 2022 - $3,668,906$3.7m
27 Miikka Salomaki Right Wing 5 2015 to 2020 - $2,984,428$3.0m
28 Anton Blidh Left Wing 7 2016 to 2022 - $2,953,302$3.0m
29 Bowen Byram Defenseman 3 2020 to 2022 - $2,603,585$2.6m
30 Jonas Johansson Goaltender 4 2019 to 2022 - $1,906,759$1.9m
31 Alex Newhook Center 3 2020 to 2022 - $1,854,600$1.9m
32 Kiefer Sherwood Left Wing 4 2018 to 2021 - $1,691,334$1.7m
33 Mikhail Maltsev Left Wing 3 2020 to 2022 - $1,568,152$1.6m
34 Hunter Miska Goaltender 5 2017 to 2021 - $1,482,307$1.5m
35 Jordan Gross Defenseman 3 2019 to 2021 - $1,149,384
36 Stefan Matteau Left Wing 4 2015 to 2020 - $1,089,570
37 Shane Bowers Center 1 2020 - $99,677
38 Keaton Middleton Defenseman 1 2020 - $19,203

Colorado Avalanche money by season

What these careers were paid, year by year

20 seasons

2022-23 is the biggest year on this chart at $84,255,583. 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 Colorado Avalanche player?

Nathan MacKinnon. His contracts are worth $153,587,500 across 18 seasons from 2013 to 2030.

What have Colorado Avalanche players earned in total?

$954,364,208 across 38 careers, an average of $25,114,848 each. That is 3.6% of every dollar in the NHL file.

How does that rank?

Colorado Avalanche is 8 of 32 franchises by total career money, behind Boston Bruins on $1,030,553,222 and ahead of Edmonton Oilers on $926,659,046.

How many are still being paid?

6 of the 38 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $65,000,000 is written into deals that run past it.

Is this the Colorado Avalanche 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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