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Edmonton Oilers career earnings

$926,659,046 across 29 careers, led by Connor McDavid on $105,625,000.

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 3.5% of the money in the NHL file.

CAREER MONEY $926.7m
PER CAREER $32.0m
CAREERS 29
SHARE OF LEAGUE 3.5%
RANK 9 of 32

Edmonton Oilers at a glance

What the roster has been paid

2006 to 2029

Career money
$926,659,046
Careers
29
Per career
$31,953,760
Paid through 2026-27
$891,659,046
Still to be paid
$35,000,000
Rank
9 of 32 franchises

The Edmonton Oilers 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 Edmonton Oilers careers

Total contract money, 2006 to 2029

29 careers

Connor McDavid $106m Darnell Nurse $93m Ryan Nugent-Hopkins $86m Duncan Keith $78m Evander Kane $77m Leon Draisaitl $70m Kyle Turris $53m Mike Smith $51m Zach Hyman $48m Tyson Barrie $46m Kris Russell $32m Jack Campbell $31m Oscar Klefbom $31m Cody Ceci $31m Mikko Koskinen $16m

Every Edmonton Oilers career

Ranked by total contract money

29 careers

# Player Position Seasons Span Still owed Career earnings
01 Connor McDavid Center 11 2015 to 2025 - $105,625,000$105.6m
02 Darnell Nurse Paid in 2026-27 Defenseman 13 2015 to 2029 $21.6m $92,525,000$92.5m
03 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Paid in 2026-27 Center 18 2011 to 2028 $7.5m $85,775,000$85.8m
04 Duncan Keith Defenseman 17 2006 to 2022 - $77,900,000$77.9m
05 Evander Kane Left Wing 17 2009 to 2025 - $76,593,193$76.6m
06 Leon Draisaitl Center 10 2015 to 2024 - $69,756,040$69.8m
07 Kyle Turris Paid in 2026-27 Center 20 2007 to 2027 $2.0m $52,686,585$52.7m
08 Mike Smith Goaltender 16 2007 to 2022 - $51,370,732$51.4m
09 Zach Hyman Paid in 2026-27 Center 12 2016 to 2027 $3.9m $48,425,000$48.4m
10 Tyson Barrie Defenseman 13 2011 to 2023 - $46,398,902$46.4m
11 Kris Russell Defenseman 15 2007 to 2021 - $32,060,976$32.1m
12 Jack Campbell Paid in 2026-27 Goaltender 15 2010 to 2026 - $31,318,796$31.3m
13 Oscar Klefbom Defenseman 10 2013 to 2022 - $30,970,949$31.0m
14 Cody Ceci Defenseman 12 2013 to 2024 - $30,938,355$30.9m
15 Mikko Koskinen Goaltender 4 2018 to 2021 - $16,000,000$16.0m
16 Derek Ryan Center 8 2015 to 2022 - $14,500,000$14.5m
17 Warren Foegele Left Wing 7 2017 to 2023 - $12,000,427$12.0m
18 Colton Sceviour Center 10 2011 to 2021 - $8,675,000$8.7m
19 Devin Shore Center 8 2015 to 2022 - $8,640,326$8.6m
20 Brett Kulak Defenseman 8 2014 to 2021 - $8,086,551$8.1m
21 Slater Koekkoek Defenseman 8 2014 to 2022 - $6,263,073$6.3m
22 Jesse Puljujarvi Right Wing 5 2016 to 2021 - $4,896,760$4.9m
23 Kailer Yamamoto Center 5 2017 to 2021 - $3,152,523$3.2m
24 Evan Bouchard Defenseman 5 2018 to 2022 - $2,959,519$3.0m
25 Dominik Kahun Center 3 2018 to 2020 - $2,825,000$2.8m
26 Stuart Skinner Goaltender 4 2019 to 2022 - $2,006,250$2.0m
27 Joakim Nygard Left Wing 2 2019 to 2020 - $1,800,000$1.8m
28 Patrick Russell Right Wing 3 2018 to 2020 - $1,471,497$1.5m
29 Ryan McLeod Center 2 2020 to 2021 - $1,037,592

Edmonton Oilers money by season

What these careers were paid, year by year

20 seasons

2019-20 is the biggest year on this chart at $94,072,316. 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 Edmonton Oilers player?

Connor McDavid. His contracts are worth $105,625,000 across 11 seasons from 2015 to 2025.

What have Edmonton Oilers players earned in total?

$926,659,046 across 29 careers, an average of $31,953,760 each. That is 3.5% of every dollar in the NHL file.

How does that rank?

Edmonton Oilers is 9 of 32 franchises by total career money, behind Colorado Avalanche on $954,364,208 and ahead of Carolina Hurricanes on $908,774,545.

How many are still being paid?

5 of the 29 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $35,000,000 is written into deals that run past it.

Is this the Edmonton Oilers 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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