New York Islanders career earnings
$1,090,496,018 across 33 careers, led by Zach Parise on $115,243,396.
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 4.1% of the money in the NHL file.
New York Islanders at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $1,090,496,018
- Careers
- 33
- Per career
- $33,045,334
- Paid through 2026-27
- $1,058,879,352
- Still to be paid
- $31,616,666
- Rank
- 4 of 32 franchises
The New York Islanders 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 New York Islanders careers
Total contract money, 2000 to 2029
Every New York Islanders career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Zach Parise Paid in 2026-27 | Left Wing | 24 | 2005 to 2028 | $1.7m | $115,243,396$115.2m |
| 02 | Zdeno Chara | Defenseman | 19 | 2000 to 2021 | - | $89,927,500$89.9m |
| 03 | Anders Lee | Center | 14 | 2012 to 2025 | - | $66,044,038$66.0m |
| 04 | Ryan Pulock Paid in 2026-27 | Defenseman | 14 | 2014 to 2029 | $18.5m | $63,641,297$63.6m |
| 05 | Travis Zajac | Center | 15 | 2006 to 2020 | - | $62,512,356$62.5m |
| 06 | Semyon Varlamov | Goaltender | 16 | 2007 to 2022 | - | $59,368,598$59.4m |
| 07 | Cory Schneider | Goaltender | 17 | 2007 to 2023 | - | $54,544,063$54.5m |
| 08 | Adam Pelech Paid in 2026-27 | Defenseman | 14 | 2015 to 2028 | $11.5m | $53,907,308$53.9m |
| 09 | Josh Bailey | Left Wing | 16 | 2008 to 2023 | - | $51,225,000$51.2m |
| 10 | Brock Nelson | Center | 13 | 2012 to 2024 | - | $50,379,329$50.4m |
| 11 | Kyle Palmieri | Right Wing | 15 | 2010 to 2024 | - | $50,192,154$50.2m |
| 12 | Braydon Coburn | Defenseman | 15 | 2006 to 2020 | - | $42,913,700$42.9m |
| 13 | Jean-Gabriel Pageau | Center | 13 | 2013 to 2025 | - | $42,125,390$42.1m |
| 14 | Andy Greene | Defenseman | 17 | 2005 to 2021 | - | $41,684,756$41.7m |
| 15 | Cal Clutterbuck | Right Wing | 17 | 2007 to 2023 | - | $37,207,622$37.2m |
| 16 | Casey Cizikas Paid in 2026-27 | Center | 16 | 2011 to 2026 | - | $35,892,439$35.9m |
| 17 | Mathew Barzal | Center | 6 | 2016 to 2022 | - | $22,850,000$22.9m |
| 18 | Leo Komarov | Center | 8 | 2012 to 2020 | - | $22,382,561$22.4m |
| 19 | Thomas Hickey | Defenseman | 14 | 2007 to 2021 | - | $20,575,000$20.6m |
| 20 | Matt Martin | Left Wing | 14 | 2010 to 2023 | - | $20,496,220$20.5m |
| 21 | Richard Panik | Right Wing | 10 | 2013 to 2022 | - | $19,475,732$19.5m |
| 22 | Anthony Beauvillier | Left Wing | 7 | 2016 to 2023 | - | $17,667,500$17.7m |
| 23 | Ilya Sorokin | Goaltender | 4 | 2020 to 2023 | - | $14,000,000$14.0m |
| 24 | Ross Johnston | Left Wing | 10 | 2016 to 2025 | - | $9,368,235$9.4m |
| 25 | Scott Mayfield | Defenseman | 8 | 2015 to 2022 | - | $8,708,870$8.7m |
| 26 | Austin Czarnik | Center | 7 | 2015 to 2021 | - | $4,124,883$4.1m |
| 27 | Andy Andreoff | Left Wing | 7 | 2014 to 2021 | - | $3,336,450$3.3m |
| 28 | Oliver Wahlstrom | Right Wing | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $2,640,213$2.6m |
| 29 | Noah Dobson | Defenseman | 3 | 2019 to 2021 | - | $2,625,116$2.6m |
| 30 | Michael Dal Colle | Left Wing | 5 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $2,610,666$2.6m |
| 31 | Cole Bardreau | Right Wing | 3 | 2019 to 2021 | - | $1,026,601 |
| 32 | Kieffer Bellows | Left Wing | 3 | 2019 to 2021 | - | $928,345 |
| 33 | Grant Hutton | Defenseman | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | - | $870,680 |
New York Islanders money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2019-20 is the biggest year on this chart at $97,936,885. 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 New York Islanders player?
Zach Parise. His contracts are worth $115,243,396 across 24 seasons from 2005 to 2028.
What have New York Islanders players earned in total?
$1,090,496,018 across 33 careers, an average of $33,045,334 each. That is 4.1% of every dollar in the NHL file.
How does that rank?
New York Islanders is 4 of 32 franchises by total career money, behind Anaheim Ducks on $1,095,316,379 and ahead of Washington Capitals on $1,054,249,028.
How many are still being paid?
4 of the 33 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $31,616,666 is written into deals that run past it.
Is this the New York Islanders 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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