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Pittsburgh Penguins career earnings

$843,138,145 across 38 careers, led by Sidney Crosby on $155,890,244.

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 3.2% of the money in the NHL file.

CAREER MONEY $843.1m
PER CAREER $22.2m
CAREERS 38
SHARE OF LEAGUE 3.2%
RANK 14 of 32

Pittsburgh Penguins at a glance

What the roster has been paid

2005 to 2027

Career money
$843,138,145
Careers
38
Per career
$22,187,846
Paid through 2026-27
$833,213,145
Still to be paid
$9,925,000
Rank
14 of 32 franchises

The Pittsburgh Penguins 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 Pittsburgh Penguins careers

Total contract money, 2005 to 2027

38 careers

Sidney Crosby $156m Evgeni Malkin $152m Kris Letang $106m Jeff Carter $79m Bryan Rust $47m Michael Matheson $41m Jake Guentzel $32m John Marino $28m Brian Dumoulin $26m Rickard Rakell $25m Marcus Pettersson $22m Tristan Jarry $13m Kasperi Kapanen $11m Yannick Weber $9.4m Danton Heinen $9.3m

Every Pittsburgh Penguins career

Ranked by total contract money

38 careers

# Player Position Seasons Span Still owed Career earnings
01 Sidney Crosby Center 20 2005 to 2024 - $155,890,244$155.9m
02 Evgeni Malkin Center 20 2006 to 2025 - $151,670,893$151.7m
03 Kris Letang Paid in 2026-27 Defenseman 20 2007 to 2027 $4.8m $105,518,780$105.5m
04 Jeff Carter Center 19 2005 to 2023 - $79,485,737$79.5m
05 Bryan Rust Paid in 2026-27 Right Wing 13 2014 to 2027 $5.1m $46,670,000$46.7m
06 Michael Matheson Defenseman 11 2015 to 2025 - $41,012,122$41.0m
07 Jake Guentzel Center 8 2016 to 2023 - $32,202,500$32.2m
08 John Marino Paid in 2026-27 Defenseman 8 2019 to 2026 - $28,250,000$28.3m
09 Brian Dumoulin Defenseman 8 2015 to 2022 - $26,200,000$26.2m
10 Rickard Rakell Center 9 2013 to 2021 - $24,685,893$24.7m
11 Marcus Pettersson Defenseman 8 2017 to 2024 - $22,131,828$22.1m
12 Tristan Jarry Goaltender 8 2015 to 2022 - $12,889,672$12.9m
13 Kasperi Kapanen Right Wing 5 2016 to 2021 - $10,952,379$11.0m
14 Yannick Weber Defenseman 13 2008 to 2020 - $9,439,329$9.4m
15 Danton Heinen Center 6 2016 to 2021 - $9,317,500$9.3m
16 Casey DeSmith Goaltender 7 2017 to 2023 - $8,362,834$8.4m
17 Evan Rodrigues Left Wing 8 2015 to 2022 - $7,894,741$7.9m
18 Theodor Blueger Center 6 2017 to 2022 - $7,864,919$7.9m
19 Jan Rutta Defenseman 5 2017 to 2021 - $7,125,000$7.1m
20 Drake Caggiula Center 7 2016 to 2022 - $7,043,910$7.0m
21 Josh Archibald Right Wing 7 2016 to 2022 - $6,924,318$6.9m
22 Chad Ruhwedel Defenseman 9 2015 to 2023 - $6,300,000$6.3m
23 Zach Aston-Reese Center 5 2017 to 2021 - $5,031,871$5.0m
24 Juuso Riikola Defenseman 4 2018 to 2021 - $4,082,937$4.1m
25 Dominik Simon Center 6 2016 to 2021 - $3,772,690$3.8m
26 Mark Friedman Defenseman 6 2018 to 2023 - $3,320,358$3.3m
27 Taylor Fedun Defenseman 7 2013 to 2021 - $3,204,619$3.2m
28 Alexander Nylander Right Wing 5 2016 to 2020 - $2,992,587$3.0m
29 Dustin Tokarski Goaltender 7 2013 to 2022 - $2,641,593$2.6m
30 Michael Chaput Center 7 2013 to 2021 - $2,409,436$2.4m
31 Zach Trotman Defenseman 6 2013 to 2020 - $1,681,325$1.7m
32 Drew O'Connor Left Wing 3 2020 to 2022 - $1,659,628$1.7m
33 Anthony Angello Center 3 2019 to 2021 - $1,269,502
34 Pierre-Olivier Joseph Defenseman 2 2020 to 2021 - $1,098,049
35 Josh Currie Center 2 2018 to 2020 - $882,275
36 Emil Larmi Goaltender 1 2020 - $792,500
37 Will Reilly Defenseman 1 2020 - $454,108
38 Alex D'Orio Goaltender 1 2020 - $12,068

Pittsburgh Penguins money by season

What these careers were paid, year by year

20 seasons

2021-22 is the biggest year on this chart at $81,981,431. 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 Pittsburgh Penguins player?

Sidney Crosby. His contracts are worth $155,890,244 across 20 seasons from 2005 to 2024.

What have Pittsburgh Penguins players earned in total?

$843,138,145 across 38 careers, an average of $22,187,846 each. That is 3.2% of every dollar in the NHL file.

How does that rank?

Pittsburgh Penguins is 14 of 32 franchises by total career money, behind Detroit Red Wings on $843,980,075 and ahead of Toronto Maple Leafs on $836,458,686.

How many are still being paid?

3 of the 38 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $9,925,000 is written into deals that run past it.

Is this the Pittsburgh Penguins 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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