New York Rangers career earnings
$676,025,118 across 28 careers, led by Mika Zibanejad on $102,723,963.
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.
New York Rangers at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $676,025,118
- Careers
- 28
- Per career
- $24,143,754
- Paid through 2026-27
- $632,025,118
- Still to be paid
- $44,000,000
- Rank
- 27 of 32 franchises
The New York Rangers 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 Rangers careers
Total contract money, 2007 to 2029
Every New York Rangers career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Mika Zibanejad Paid in 2026-27 | Center | 18 | 2011 to 2029 | $21.0m | $102,723,963$102.7m |
| 02 | Artemi Panarin | Left Wing | 11 | 2015 to 2025 | - | $95,032,500$95.0m |
| 03 | Chris Kreider Paid in 2026-27 | Left Wing | 16 | 2011 to 2026 | - | $71,101,220$71.1m |
| 04 | Jacob Trouba | Defenseman | 13 | 2013 to 2025 | - | $70,607,500$70.6m |
| 05 | Adam Fox Paid in 2026-27 | Defenseman | 10 | 2019 to 2028 | $14.5m | $69,275,000$69.3m |
| 06 | Vincent Trocheck Paid in 2026-27 | Center | 14 | 2015 to 2028 | $8.5m | $68,475,000$68.5m |
| 07 | Jaroslav Halak | Goaltender | 16 | 2007 to 2022 | - | $46,543,574$46.5m |
| 08 | Barclay Goodrow Paid in 2026-27 | Left Wing | 12 | 2015 to 2026 | - | $26,270,000$26.3m |
| 09 | Igor Shesterkin | Goaltender | 6 | 2019 to 2024 | - | $23,878,983$23.9m |
| 10 | Patrik Nemeth | Defenseman | 13 | 2011 to 2023 | - | $21,213,190$21.2m |
| 11 | Ryan Reaves | Right Wing | 13 | 2010 to 2022 | - | $17,276,220$17.3m |
| 12 | Andrew Copp | Center | 8 | 2014 to 2021 | - | $12,222,070$12.2m |
| 13 | Ryan Lindgren | Defenseman | 6 | 2018 to 2023 | - | $10,866,444$10.9m |
| 14 | Louis Domingue | Goaltender | 9 | 2015 to 2023 | - | $7,739,425$7.7m |
| 15 | Filip Chytil | Left Wing | 6 | 2017 to 2022 | - | $7,347,697$7.3m |
| 16 | Samuel Blais | Left Wing | 6 | 2017 to 2022 | - | $6,011,785$6.0m |
| 17 | Greg McKegg | Center | 7 | 2015 to 2021 | - | $3,738,103$3.7m |
| 18 | Jonny Brodzinski | Center | 6 | 2016 to 2021 | - | $3,056,483$3.1m |
| 19 | K'Andre Miller | Defenseman | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $2,660,200$2.7m |
| 20 | Julien Gauthier | Right Wing | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $2,653,680$2.7m |
| 21 | Kaapo Kakko | Right Wing | 3 | 2019 to 2021 | - | $2,538,191$2.5m |
| 22 | Libor Hajek | Defenseman | 3 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $1,579,787$1.6m |
| 23 | Andy Welinski | Defenseman | 4 | 2017 to 2020 | - | $991,210 |
| 24 | Adam Huska | Goaltender | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | - | $871,208 |
| 25 | Timothy Gettinger | Left Wing | 3 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $783,038 |
| 26 | Vitali Kravtsov | Right Wing | 1 | 2020 | - | $314,987 |
| 27 | Tarmo Reunanen | Defenseman | 1 | 2020 | - | $146,806 |
| 28 | Justin Richards | Center | 1 | 2020 | - | $106,854 |
New York Rangers money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2022-23 is the biggest year on this chart at $73,850,000. 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 New York Rangers player?
Mika Zibanejad. His contracts are worth $102,723,963 across 18 seasons from 2011 to 2029.
What have New York Rangers players earned in total?
$676,025,118 across 28 careers, an average of $24,143,754 each. That is 2.6% of every dollar in the NHL file.
How does that rank?
New York Rangers is 27 of 32 franchises by total career money, behind Minnesota Wild on $695,248,875 and ahead of Buffalo Sabres on $645,651,158.
How many are still being paid?
5 of the 28 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $44,000,000 is written into deals that run past it.
Is this the New York Rangers 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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