Florida Panthers career earnings
$736,026,946 across 29 careers, led by Aleksander Barkov on $118,387,500.
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 2.8% of the money in the NHL file.
Florida Panthers at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $736,026,946
- Careers
- 29
- Per career
- $25,380,240
- Paid through 2026-27
- $712,751,946
- Still to be paid
- $23,275,000
- Rank
- 24 of 32 franchises
The Florida Panthers 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 Florida Panthers careers
Total contract money, 1997 to 2029
Every Florida Panthers career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Aleksander Barkov Paid in 2026-27 | Center | 17 | 2013 to 2029 | $22.4m | $118,387,500$118.4m |
| 02 | Sergei Bobrovsky | Goaltender | 16 | 2010 to 2025 | - | $113,366,829$113.4m |
| 03 | Joe Thornton | Center | 24 | 1997 to 2021 | - | $111,541,561$111.5m |
| 04 | Aaron Ekblad | Defenseman | 11 | 2014 to 2024 | - | $63,625,000$63.6m |
| 05 | Patric Hornqvist | Right Wing | 16 | 2007 to 2022 | - | $57,402,439$57.4m |
| 06 | Marc Staal | Defenseman | 15 | 2007 to 2021 | - | $56,889,756$56.9m |
| 07 | Sam Reinhart | Center | 9 | 2015 to 2023 | - | $34,682,500$34.7m |
| 08 | Sam Bennett | Center | 11 | 2014 to 2024 | - | $29,475,000$29.5m |
| 09 | Brandon Montour | Defenseman | 8 | 2016 to 2023 | - | $22,975,000$23.0m |
| 10 | Colin White Paid in 2026-27 | Center | 12 | 2016 to 2027 | $875k | $21,271,604$21.3m |
| 11 | Anthony Duclair | Left Wing | 10 | 2014 to 2023 | - | $16,144,166$16.1m |
| 12 | Ben Chiarot | Defenseman | 9 | 2013 to 2021 | - | $15,479,657$15.5m |
| 13 | Carter Verhaeghe | Center | 6 | 2019 to 2024 | - | $15,200,000$15.2m |
| 14 | Markus Nutivaara | Defenseman | 6 | 2016 to 2021 | - | $12,435,000$12.4m |
| 15 | Gustav Forsling | Defenseman | 7 | 2016 to 2023 | - | $10,974,705$11.0m |
| 16 | Nick Cousins | Center | 8 | 2014 to 2021 | - | $7,937,902$7.9m |
| 17 | Eetu Luostarinen | Center | 5 | 2019 to 2023 | - | $4,903,232$4.9m |
| 18 | Zac Dalpe | Center | 10 | 2010 to 2021 | - | $3,857,324$3.9m |
| 19 | Lucas Wallmark | Center | 5 | 2016 to 2020 | - | $3,835,820$3.8m |
| 20 | Ryan Lomberg | Left Wing | 6 | 2017 to 2023 | - | $3,412,786$3.4m |
| 21 | Lucas Carlsson | Defenseman | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $1,914,851$1.9m |
| 22 | Spencer Knight | Goaltender | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $1,877,124$1.9m |
| 23 | Owen Tippett | Right Wing | 3 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $1,808,417$1.8m |
| 24 | Chris Gibson | Goaltender | 5 | 2015 to 2021 | - | $1,442,764$1.4m |
| 25 | Matt Kiersted | Defenseman | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | - | $1,228,690 |
| 26 | Aleksi Heponiemi | Center | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | - | $1,146,686 |
| 27 | Grigori Denisenko | Left Wing | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | - | $1,110,801 |
| 28 | Alex Lyon | Goaltender | 5 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $999,832 |
| 29 | Philippe Desrosiers | Goaltender | 1 | 2020 | - | $700,000 |
Florida Panthers money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2021-22 is the biggest year on this chart at $73,464,918. 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 Florida Panthers player?
Aleksander Barkov. His contracts are worth $118,387,500 across 17 seasons from 2013 to 2029.
What have Florida Panthers players earned in total?
$736,026,946 across 29 careers, an average of $25,380,240 each. That is 2.8% of every dollar in the NHL file.
How does that rank?
Florida Panthers is 24 of 32 franchises by total career money, behind Vancouver Canucks on $737,489,941 and ahead of Vegas Golden Knights on $715,750,506.
How many are still being paid?
2 of the 29 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $23,275,000 is written into deals that run past it.
Is this the Florida Panthers 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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Arizona Coyotes · Los Angeles Kings · Nashville Predators · Chicago Blackhawks · Philadelphia Flyers · San Jose Sharks · Columbus Blue Jackets · Vancouver Canucks · Vegas Golden Knights · Minnesota Wild · New York Rangers · Buffalo Sabres · Seattle Kraken · New Jersey Devils · Ottawa Senators · Winnipeg Jets · All-time NHL earnings
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