Minnesota Wild career earnings
$695,248,875 across 27 careers, led by Jared Spurgeon on $83,355,000.
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 2.6% of the money in the NHL file.
Minnesota Wild at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $695,248,875
- Careers
- 27
- Per career
- $25,749,958
- Paid through 2026-27
- $683,748,875
- Still to be paid
- $11,500,000
- Rank
- 26 of 32 franchises
The Minnesota Wild 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 Minnesota Wild careers
Total contract money, 2003 to 2028
Every Minnesota Wild career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Jared Spurgeon Paid in 2026-27 | Defenseman | 17 | 2010 to 2026 | - | $83,355,000$83.4m |
| 02 | Marc-Andre Fleury | Goaltender | 18 | 2003 to 2021 | - | $81,491,432$81.5m |
| 03 | Jonas Brodin Paid in 2026-27 | Defenseman | 16 | 2012 to 2027 | $4.0m | $70,107,500$70.1m |
| 04 | Mikko Koivu | Center | 14 | 2006 to 2019 | - | $66,133,476$66.1m |
| 05 | Alex Goligoski | Defenseman | 17 | 2007 to 2023 | - | $60,224,137$60.2m |
| 06 | Mats Zuccarello-Aasen | Right Wing | 14 | 2010 to 2023 | - | $54,834,146$54.8m |
| 07 | Joel Eriksson Ek Paid in 2026-27 | Center | 13 | 2016 to 2028 | $7.5m | $47,657,500$47.7m |
| 08 | Kirill Kaprizov | Left Wing | 6 | 2020 to 2025 | - | $45,925,000$45.9m |
| 09 | Mathew Dumba | Defenseman | 10 | 2013 to 2022 | - | $37,420,568$37.4m |
| 10 | Marcus Foligno | Left Wing | 13 | 2011 to 2023 | - | $29,143,589$29.1m |
| 11 | Cameron Talbot | Goaltender | 10 | 2013 to 2022 | - | $28,825,000$28.8m |
| 12 | Victor Rask | Center | 8 | 2014 to 2021 | - | $25,482,500$25.5m |
| 13 | Jordan Greenway | Left Wing | 7 | 2018 to 2024 | - | $15,050,000$15.1m |
| 14 | Jon Merrill | Defenseman | 12 | 2013 to 2024 | - | $12,920,000$12.9m |
| 15 | Ryan Hartman | Right Wing | 9 | 2014 to 2023 | - | $10,861,181$10.9m |
| 16 | Matt Bartkowski | Defenseman | 10 | 2010 to 2020 | - | $6,984,508$7.0m |
| 17 | Frederick Gaudreau | Center | 6 | 2016 to 2022 | - | $4,129,675$4.1m |
| 18 | Nicolas Petan | Center | 7 | 2015 to 2021 | - | $3,024,963$3.0m |
| 19 | Calen Addison | Defenseman | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $2,167,720$2.2m |
| 20 | Kyle Rau | Center | 6 | 2015 to 2021 | - | $2,158,601$2.2m |
| 21 | Kevin Czuczman | Defenseman | 5 | 2013 to 2021 | - | $1,962,401$2.0m |
| 22 | Kaapo Kahkonen | Goaltender | 4 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $1,830,408$1.8m |
| 23 | Jacob Middleton | Defenseman | 4 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $1,409,837$1.4m |
| 24 | Dakota Mermis | Defenseman | 4 | 2017 to 2020 | - | $1,100,533 |
| 25 | Joseph Cramarossa | Center | 2 | 2016 to 2020 | - | $729,511 |
| 26 | Steven Fogarty | Center | 5 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $307,621 |
| 27 | Dereck Baribeau | Goaltender | 1 | 2020 | - | $12,068 |
Minnesota Wild money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2021-22 is the biggest year on this chart at $66,640,000. 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 Minnesota Wild player?
Jared Spurgeon. His contracts are worth $83,355,000 across 17 seasons from 2010 to 2026.
What have Minnesota Wild players earned in total?
$695,248,875 across 27 careers, an average of $25,749,958 each. That is 2.6% of every dollar in the NHL file.
How does that rank?
Minnesota Wild is 26 of 32 franchises by total career money, behind Vegas Golden Knights on $715,750,506 and ahead of New York Rangers on $676,025,118.
How many are still being paid?
3 of the 27 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $11,500,000 is written into deals that run past it.
Is this the Minnesota Wild 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
Tampa Bay Lightning · Montreal Canadiens · Nashville Predators · Chicago Blackhawks · Philadelphia Flyers · San Jose Sharks · Columbus Blue Jackets · Vancouver Canucks · Florida Panthers · Vegas Golden Knights · New York Rangers · Buffalo Sabres · Seattle Kraken · New Jersey Devils · Ottawa Senators · Winnipeg Jets · All-time NHL earnings
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