Los Angeles Kings career earnings
$788,123,956 across 33 careers, led by Drew Doughty on $143,929,878.
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 3.0% of the money in the NHL file.
Los Angeles Kings at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $788,123,956
- Careers
- 33
- Per career
- $23,882,544
- Paid through 2026-27
- $773,623,956
- Still to be paid
- $14,500,000
- Rank
- 17 of 32 franchises
The Los Angeles Kings 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 Los Angeles Kings careers
Total contract money, 2005 to 2028
Every Los Angeles Kings career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Drew Doughty Paid in 2026-27 | Defenseman | 19 | 2008 to 2026 | - | $143,929,878$143.9m |
| 02 | Anze Kopitar | Center | 19 | 2005 to 2023 | - | $129,250,000$129.2m |
| 03 | Kevin Fiala Paid in 2026-27 | Left Wing | 15 | 2014 to 2028 | $14.5m | $68,490,407$68.5m |
| 04 | Dustin Brown | Right Wing | 16 | 2006 to 2021 | - | $66,948,780$66.9m |
| 05 | Jonathan Quick | Goaltender | 16 | 2007 to 2022 | - | $64,375,122$64.4m |
| 06 | Alexander Edler | Defenseman | 17 | 2006 to 2022 | - | $59,552,439$59.6m |
| 07 | Phillip Danault Paid in 2026-27 | Center | 14 | 2011 to 2026 | - | $44,695,643$44.7m |
| 08 | Viktor Arvidsson | Left Wing | 10 | 2014 to 2023 | - | $30,971,856$31.0m |
| 09 | Adrian Kempe | Left Wing | 9 | 2016 to 2025 | - | $29,850,000$29.8m |
| 10 | Olli Maatta | Defenseman | 11 | 2012 to 2022 | - | $29,523,500$29.5m |
| 11 | Alex Iafallo | Center | 8 | 2017 to 2024 | - | $22,700,000$22.7m |
| 12 | Cal Petersen | Goaltender | 7 | 2018 to 2024 | - | $17,316,341$17.3m |
| 13 | Sean Walker | Defenseman | 6 | 2018 to 2023 | - | $11,859,400$11.9m |
| 14 | Matt Roy | Defenseman | 6 | 2018 to 2023 | - | $11,073,800$11.1m |
| 15 | Austin Wagner | Left Wing | 5 | 2018 to 2022 | - | $10,966,124$11.0m |
| 16 | Blake Lizotte | Center | 6 | 2018 to 2023 | - | $6,114,880$6.1m |
| 17 | Brendan Lemieux | Left Wing | 6 | 2017 to 2022 | - | $6,105,347$6.1m |
| 18 | Trevor Moore | Left Wing | 5 | 2018 to 2022 | - | $5,441,736$5.4m |
| 19 | Pheonix Copley | Goaltender | 7 | 2016 to 2022 | - | $4,812,165$4.8m |
| 20 | Lias Andersson | Center | 6 | 2017 to 2022 | - | $2,828,305$2.8m |
| 21 | Quinton Byfield | Center | 4 | 2020 to 2023 | - | $2,697,002$2.7m |
| 22 | Martin Frk | Right Wing | 6 | 2016 to 2021 | - | $2,468,514$2.5m |
| 23 | Tobias Bjornfot | Defenseman | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $2,381,098$2.4m |
| 24 | Michael Anderson | Defenseman | 3 | 2019 to 2021 | - | $2,108,112$2.1m |
| 25 | Gabe Vilardi | Center | 3 | 2019 to 2021 | - | $2,051,420$2.1m |
| 26 | Christian Wolanin | Defenseman | 4 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $1,867,087$1.9m |
| 27 | Carl Grundstrom | Right Wing | 4 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $1,825,984$1.8m |
| 28 | Rasmus Kupari | Center | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $1,614,476$1.6m |
| 29 | Jaret Anderson-Dolan | Center | 4 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $1,360,891$1.4m |
| 30 | Mark Alt | Defenseman | 3 | 2017 to 2020 | - | $1,036,849 |
| 31 | Sean Durzi | Defenseman | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | - | $947,068 |
| 32 | Daniel Brickley | Defenseman | 2 | 2018 to 2020 | - | $855,164 |
| 33 | Matt Villalta | Goaltender | 1 | 2020 | - | $104,568 |
Los Angeles Kings money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2019-20 is the biggest year on this chart at $73,832,880. 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 Los Angeles Kings player?
Drew Doughty. His contracts are worth $143,929,878 across 19 seasons from 2008 to 2026.
What have Los Angeles Kings players earned in total?
$788,123,956 across 33 careers, an average of $23,882,544 each. That is 3.0% of every dollar in the NHL file.
How does that rank?
Los Angeles Kings is 17 of 32 franchises by total career money, behind Arizona Coyotes on $818,990,779 and ahead of Nashville Predators on $787,616,910.
How many are still being paid?
3 of the 33 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $14,500,000 is written into deals that run past it.
Is this the Los Angeles Kings 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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