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Dallas Stars career earnings

$885,145,906 across 35 careers, led by Ryan Suter on $126,092,664.

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 3.3% of the money in the NHL file.

CAREER MONEY $885.1m
PER CAREER $25.3m
CAREERS 35
SHARE OF LEAGUE 3.3%
RANK 12 of 32

Dallas Stars at a glance

What the roster has been paid

2005 to 2028

Career money
$885,145,906
Careers
35
Per career
$25,289,883
Paid through 2026-27
$868,879,240
Still to be paid
$16,266,666
Rank
12 of 32 franchises

The Dallas Stars 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 Dallas Stars careers

Total contract money, 2005 to 2028

35 careers

Ryan Suter $126m Tyler Seguin $116m Jamie Benn $102m Joe Pavelski $76m Miro Heiskanen $70m Andrej Sekera $50m Braden Holtby $45m Esa Lindell $40m Alexander Radulov $37m Martin Hanzal $35m Anton Khudobin $26m Radek Faksa $24m Blake Comeau $24m Colin Miller $18m Michael Raffl $14m

Every Dallas Stars career

Ranked by total contract money

35 careers

# Player Position Seasons Span Still owed Career earnings
01 Ryan Suter Paid in 2026-27 Defenseman 24 2005 to 2028 $1.7m $126,092,664$126.1m
02 Tyler Seguin Paid in 2026-27 Center 17 2010 to 2026 - $116,000,000$116.0m
03 Jamie Benn Left Wing 17 2008 to 2024 - $102,194,512$102.2m
04 Joe Pavelski Center 17 2006 to 2022 - $75,676,463$75.7m
05 Miro Heiskanen Paid in 2026-27 Defenseman 11 2018 to 2028 $14.6m $70,282,500$70.3m
06 Andrej Sekera Defenseman 17 2006 to 2022 - $50,450,000$50.4m
07 Braden Holtby Goaltender 15 2008 to 2022 - $44,606,220$44.6m
08 Esa Lindell Defenseman 10 2015 to 2024 - $40,124,032$40.1m
09 Alexander Radulov Right Wing 6 2016 to 2021 - $37,000,000$37.0m
10 Martin Hanzal Center 13 2007 to 2019 - $34,863,415$34.9m
11 Anton Khudobin Goaltender 16 2007 to 2022 - $25,676,098$25.7m
12 Radek Faksa Center 10 2015 to 2024 - $24,161,432$24.2m
13 Blake Comeau Left Wing 16 2006 to 2021 - $23,706,707$23.7m
14 Colin Miller Defenseman 7 2015 to 2021 - $17,943,739$17.9m
15 Michael Raffl Left Wing 9 2013 to 2021 - $14,342,500$14.3m
16 Luke Glendening Center 10 2013 to 2022 - $12,660,000$12.7m
17 Roope Hintz Left Wing 6 2017 to 2022 - $11,156,996$11.2m
18 Denis Gurianov Right Wing 6 2016 to 2022 - $10,033,552$10.0m
19 Stephen Johns Defenseman 6 2015 to 2020 - $8,731,933$8.7m
20 Alex Petrovic Defenseman 7 2011 to 2020 - $7,003,101$7.0m
21 Jani Hakanpaa Defenseman 5 2019 to 2023 - $5,254,570$5.3m
22 Scott Wedgewood Goaltender 6 2017 to 2023 - $4,297,809$4.3m
23 Joel Hanley Defenseman 8 2015 to 2022 - $3,463,995$3.5m
24 Joel Kiviranta Left Wing 4 2019 to 2022 - $3,223,027$3.2m
25 Tanner Kero Center 7 2015 to 2022 - $2,999,126$3.0m
26 Thomas Harley Defenseman 4 2020 to 2023 - $2,279,072$2.3m
27 Jake Oettinger Goaltender 3 2019 to 2021 - $1,946,976$1.9m
28 Jason Robertson Left Wing 3 2019 to 2021 - $1,630,058$1.6m
29 Marian Studenic Right Wing 3 2020 to 2022 - $1,475,124$1.5m
30 Rhett Gardner Center 3 2019 to 2021 - $1,440,786$1.4m
31 Ty Dellandrea Center 2 2020 to 2021 - $1,398,682$1.4m
32 Andreas Borgman Defenseman 2 2017 to 2020 - $1,091,483
33 Landon Bow Goaltender 3 2017 to 2020 - $900,337
34 Joel L'Esperance Center 3 2018 to 2020 - $615,741
35 Nicholas Caamano Right Wing 2 2019 to 2020 - $423,256

Dallas Stars money by season

What these careers were paid, year by year

20 seasons

2019-20 is the biggest year on this chart at $90,168,476. 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 Dallas Stars player?

Ryan Suter. His contracts are worth $126,092,664 across 24 seasons from 2005 to 2028.

What have Dallas Stars players earned in total?

$885,145,906 across 35 careers, an average of $25,289,883 each. That is 3.3% of every dollar in the NHL file.

How does that rank?

Dallas Stars is 12 of 32 franchises by total career money, behind Calgary Flames on $885,984,085 and ahead of Detroit Red Wings on $843,980,075.

How many are still being paid?

3 of the 35 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $16,266,666 is written into deals that run past it.

Is this the Dallas Stars 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

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