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Philadelphia Flyers career earnings

$775,036,479 across 40 careers, led by Sean Couturier on $93,983,963.

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 2.9% of the money in the NHL file.

CAREER MONEY $775.0m
PER CAREER $19.4m
CAREERS 40
SHARE OF LEAGUE 2.9%
RANK 20 of 32

Philadelphia Flyers at a glance

What the roster has been paid

2005 to 2029

Career money
$775,036,479
Careers
40
Per career
$19,375,912
Paid through 2026-27
$749,536,479
Still to be paid
$25,500,000
Rank
20 of 32 franchises

The Philadelphia Flyers 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 Philadelphia Flyers careers

Total contract money, 2005 to 2029

40 careers

Sean Couturier $94m Ryan Ellis $65m Keith Yandle $65m Kevin Hayes $62m James Van Riemsdyk $62m Rasmus Ristolainen $60m Ivan Provorov $43m Derick Brassard $40m Travis Konecny $35m Joel Farabee $33m Shayne Gostisbehere $29m Justin Braun $27m Scott Laughton $22m Anthony DeAngelo $19m Travis Sanheim $17m

Every Philadelphia Flyers career

Ranked by total contract money

40 careers

# Player Position Seasons Span Still owed Career earnings
01 Sean Couturier Paid in 2026-27 Center 19 2011 to 2029 $19.5m $93,983,963$94.0m
02 Ryan Ellis Paid in 2026-27 Defenseman 18 2009 to 2026 - $64,864,146$64.9m
03 Keith Yandle Defenseman 18 2007 to 2024 - $64,813,496$64.8m
04 Kevin Hayes Center 12 2014 to 2025 - $62,175,000$62.2m
05 James Van Riemsdyk Left Wing 14 2009 to 2022 - $62,088,415$62.1m
06 Rasmus Ristolainen Paid in 2026-27 Defenseman 14 2013 to 2026 - $60,218,782$60.2m
07 Ivan Provorov Defenseman 9 2016 to 2024 - $43,182,500$43.2m
08 Derick Brassard Center 15 2007 to 2021 - $39,671,707$39.7m
09 Travis Konecny Center 8 2016 to 2024 - $34,850,000$34.8m
10 Joel Farabee Paid in 2026-27 Left Wing 9 2019 to 2027 $6.0m $32,658,660$32.7m
11 Shayne Gostisbehere Defenseman 8 2015 to 2022 - $28,850,000$28.8m
12 Justin Braun Defenseman 12 2010 to 2021 - $27,260,366$27.3m
13 Scott Laughton Center 11 2012 to 2025 - $22,450,000$22.5m
14 Anthony DeAngelo Defenseman 8 2014 to 2023 - $19,340,999$19.3m
15 Travis Sanheim Defenseman 6 2017 to 2022 - $17,310,213$17.3m
16 Nate Thompson Center 17 2005 to 2021 - $17,009,358$17.0m
17 Carter Hart Goaltender 6 2018 to 2023 - $13,895,405$13.9m
18 Philippe Myers Defenseman 5 2018 to 2022 - $8,433,016$8.4m
19 Kevin Connauton Defenseman 9 2013 to 2021 - $7,865,977$7.9m
20 Nate Prosser Defenseman 11 2009 to 2020 - $7,316,743$7.3m
21 Nicolas Deslauriers Left Wing 9 2013 to 2021 - $6,720,945$6.7m
22 Robert Hagg Defenseman 5 2016 to 2021 - $6,425,000$6.4m
23 Derrick Pouliot Defenseman 6 2015 to 2020 - $4,287,578$4.3m
24 Patrick Brown Left Wing 8 2015 to 2022 - $3,894,867$3.9m
25 Samuel Morin Defenseman 6 2016 to 2021 - $3,420,331$3.4m
26 Zack MacEwen Center 4 2018 to 2021 - $3,218,048$3.2m
27 Adam Brooks Center 5 2019 to 2023 - $2,655,191$2.7m
28 Morgan Frost Center 3 2019 to 2021 - $1,947,822$1.9m
29 Jackson Cates Center 2 2020 to 2021 - $1,850,000$1.8m
30 Tanner Laczynski Center 2 2020 to 2021 - $1,850,000$1.8m
31 Louis Belpedio Defenseman 5 2017 to 2021 - $1,340,725
32 Cameron York Defenseman 3 2020 to 2022 - $1,313,078
33 Wade Allison Right Wing 2 2020 to 2021 - $1,204,102
34 Connor Bunnaman Center 3 2019 to 2021 - $1,126,696
35 Troy Grosenick Goaltender 4 2017 to 2021 - $1,093,137
36 Gerald Mayhew Center 3 2019 to 2021 - $1,075,260
37 David Kase Right Wing 2 2019 to 2020 - $921,419
38 Felix Sandstrom Goaltender 2 2020 to 2021 - $848,966
39 Yegor Zamula Defenseman 2 2020 to 2021 - $812,068
40 Maxim Sushko Right Wing 1 2020 - $792,500

Philadelphia Flyers money by season

What these careers were paid, year by year

20 seasons

2021-22 is the biggest year on this chart at $84,142,876. 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 Philadelphia Flyers player?

Sean Couturier. His contracts are worth $93,983,963 across 19 seasons from 2011 to 2029.

What have Philadelphia Flyers players earned in total?

$775,036,479 across 40 careers, an average of $19,375,912 each. That is 2.9% of every dollar in the NHL file.

How does that rank?

Philadelphia Flyers is 20 of 32 franchises by total career money, behind Chicago Blackhawks on $783,490,568 and ahead of San Jose Sharks on $747,148,364.

How many are still being paid?

4 of the 40 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $25,500,000 is written into deals that run past it.

Is this the Philadelphia Flyers 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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