Ottawa Senators career earnings
$505,932,371 across 30 careers, led by Claude Giroux on $98,048,780.
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 1.9% of the money in the NHL file.
Ottawa Senators at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $505,932,371
- Careers
- 30
- Per career
- $16,864,412
- Paid through 2026-27
- $490,932,371
- Still to be paid
- $15,000,000
- Rank
- 31 of 32 franchises
The Ottawa Senators 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 Ottawa Senators careers
Total contract money, 2007 to 2027
Every Ottawa Senators career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Claude Giroux | Center | 18 | 2007 to 2024 | - | $98,048,780$98.0m |
| 02 | Thomas Chabot Paid in 2026-27 | Defenseman | 12 | 2016 to 2027 | $8.0m | $67,323,569$67.3m |
| 03 | Brady Tkachuk Paid in 2026-27 | Left Wing | 10 | 2018 to 2027 | $7.0m | $60,275,000$60.3m |
| 04 | Clarke MacArthur | Left Wing | 13 | 2007 to 2019 | - | $38,549,939$38.5m |
| 05 | Artem Anisimov | Center | 14 | 2007 to 2020 | - | $38,122,561$38.1m |
| 06 | Nikita Zaitsev | Defenseman | 8 | 2016 to 2023 | - | $32,425,000$32.4m |
| 07 | Tyler Ennis | Center | 13 | 2009 to 2021 | - | $32,358,334$32.4m |
| 08 | Drake Batherson Paid in 2026-27 | Center | 9 | 2018 to 2026 | - | $30,835,988$30.8m |
| 09 | Alexander Debrincat | Right Wing | 6 | 2017 to 2022 | - | $21,350,000$21.3m |
| 10 | Nick Holden | Defenseman | 11 | 2011 to 2022 | - | $15,925,000$15.9m |
| 11 | Chris Tierney | Center | 6 | 2015 to 2021 | - | $14,402,500$14.4m |
| 12 | Anton Forsberg | Goaltender | 10 | 2015 to 2024 | - | $11,285,151$11.3m |
| 13 | Austin Watson | Left Wing | 9 | 2011 to 2022 | - | $9,040,000$9.0m |
| 14 | Zach Sanford | Left Wing | 5 | 2016 to 2021 | - | $7,054,290$7.1m |
| 15 | Artem Zub | Defenseman | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $5,566,182$5.6m |
| 16 | Victor Mete | Defenseman | 5 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $4,016,339$4.0m |
| 17 | Dylan Gambrell | Center | 5 | 2018 to 2022 | - | $3,663,508$3.7m |
| 18 | Shane Pinto | Center | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $2,129,102$2.1m |
| 19 | Josh Norris | Center | 3 | 2019 to 2021 | - | $2,121,540$2.1m |
| 20 | Erik Brannstrom | Defenseman | 4 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $1,830,355$1.8m |
| 21 | Filip Gustavsson | Goaltender | 5 | 2018 to 2022 | - | $1,507,729$1.5m |
| 22 | Marcus Hogberg | Goaltender | 4 | 2017 to 2020 | - | $1,464,948$1.5m |
| 23 | Alex Formenton | Left Wing | 4 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $1,381,223$1.4m |
| 24 | Scott Sabourin | Right Wing | 3 | 2019 to 2021 | - | $1,214,940 |
| 25 | Jacob Bernard-Docker | Defenseman | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | - | $1,204,102 |
| 26 | Olle Alsing | Defenseman | 1 | 2020 | - | $925,000 |
| 27 | J.C. Beaudin | Right Wing | 2 | 2019 to 2020 | - | $888,150 |
| 28 | Vitali Abramov | Right Wing | 3 | 2018 to 2020 | - | $776,073 |
| 29 | Kristians Rubins | Defenseman | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | - | $156,034 |
| 30 | Kevin Mandolese | Goaltender | 1 | 2020 | - | $91,034 |
Ottawa Senators money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2021-22 is the biggest year on this chart at $48,289,562. 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 Ottawa Senators player?
Claude Giroux. His contracts are worth $98,048,780 across 18 seasons from 2007 to 2024.
What have Ottawa Senators players earned in total?
$505,932,371 across 30 careers, an average of $16,864,412 each. That is 1.9% of every dollar in the NHL file.
How does that rank?
Ottawa Senators is 31 of 32 franchises by total career money, behind New Jersey Devils on $551,512,101 and ahead of Winnipeg Jets on $488,455,069.
How many are still being paid?
3 of the 30 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $15,000,000 is written into deals that run past it.
Is this the Ottawa Senators 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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