San Jose Sharks career earnings
$747,148,364 across 36 careers, led by Erik Karlsson on $138,929,878.
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 2.8% of the money in the NHL file.
San Jose Sharks at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $747,148,364
- Careers
- 36
- Per career
- $20,754,121
- Paid through 2026-27
- $728,548,364
- Still to be paid
- $18,600,000
- Rank
- 21 of 32 franchises
The San Jose Sharks 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 San Jose Sharks careers
Total contract money, 1997 to 2029
Every San Jose Sharks career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Erik Karlsson Paid in 2026-27 | Defenseman | 18 | 2009 to 2026 | - | $138,929,878$138.9m |
| 02 | Logan Couture Paid in 2026-27 | Center | 20 | 2007 to 2026 | - | $101,234,756$101.2m |
| 03 | Patrick Marleau | Left Wing | 22 | 1997 to 2020 | - | $97,017,172$97.0m |
| 04 | Tomas Hertl Paid in 2026-27 | Center | 16 | 2014 to 2029 | $18.6m | $95,662,500$95.7m |
| 05 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | Defenseman | 20 | 2006 to 2025 | - | $90,320,854$90.3m |
| 06 | James Reimer | Goaltender | 13 | 2010 to 2022 | - | $31,391,585$31.4m |
| 07 | Nick Bonino | Center | 14 | 2009 to 2022 | - | $29,595,256$29.6m |
| 08 | Mikkel Boedker | Left Wing | 12 | 2008 to 2019 | - | $29,439,939$29.4m |
| 09 | Timo Meier | Left Wing | 6 | 2016 to 2022 | - | $25,027,436$25.0m |
| 10 | Kevin Labanc | Right Wing | 8 | 2016 to 2023 | - | $22,052,500$22.1m |
| 11 | Ryan Dzingel | Center | 7 | 2015 to 2021 | - | $12,940,000$12.9m |
| 12 | Radim Simek | Defenseman | 6 | 2018 to 2023 | - | $10,350,000$10.4m |
| 13 | Oskar Lindblom | Left Wing | 7 | 2017 to 2023 | - | $8,302,545$8.3m |
| 14 | Luke Kunin | Center | 5 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $6,536,274$6.5m |
| 15 | Alexander Barabanov | Right Wing | 4 | 2020 to 2023 | - | $6,393,934$6.4m |
| 16 | Adin Hill | Goaltender | 7 | 2016 to 2022 | - | $6,002,374$6.0m |
| 17 | Marcus Sorensen | Right Wing | 5 | 2016 to 2020 | - | $5,135,949$5.1m |
| 18 | Rudolfs Balcers | Left Wing | 6 | 2017 to 2022 | - | $4,789,370$4.8m |
| 19 | Anthony Bitetto | Defenseman | 7 | 2014 to 2020 | - | $3,601,349$3.6m |
| 20 | Mario Ferraro | Defenseman | 3 | 2019 to 2021 | - | $2,775,000$2.8m |
| 21 | Nikolai Knyzhov | Defenseman | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $2,557,980$2.6m |
| 22 | Jacob MacDonald | Defenseman | 4 | 2018 to 2022 | - | $1,689,316$1.7m |
| 23 | Jeffrey Truchon-Viel | Left Wing | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $1,663,042$1.7m |
| 24 | Noah Gregor | Center | 3 | 2019 to 2021 | - | $1,651,461$1.7m |
| 25 | Ivan Chekhovich | Left Wing | 3 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $1,633,495$1.6m |
| 26 | Nico Sturm | Center | 4 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $1,520,230$1.5m |
| 27 | Lane Pederson | Center | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $1,458,744$1.5m |
| 28 | Nicholas Merkley | Right Wing | 4 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $1,301,066 |
| 29 | Alexei Melnichuk | Goaltender | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | - | $1,060,562 |
| 30 | Antti Suomela | Center | 3 | 2018 to 2020 | - | $1,008,590 |
| 31 | John Leonard | Center | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | - | $976,069 |
| 32 | Alexander Chmelevski | Center | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | - | $890,772 |
| 33 | Martin Kaut | Right Wing | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $832,220 |
| 34 | Fredrik Handemark | Center | 1 | 2020 | - | $792,500 |
| 35 | Joachim Blichfeld | Left Wing | 2 | 2019 to 2020 | - | $492,438 |
| 36 | Brinson Pasichnuk | Defenseman | 1 | 2020 | - | $121,208 |
San Jose Sharks money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2021-22 is the biggest year on this chart at $70,871,713. 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 San Jose Sharks player?
Erik Karlsson. His contracts are worth $138,929,878 across 18 seasons from 2009 to 2026.
What have San Jose Sharks players earned in total?
$747,148,364 across 36 careers, an average of $20,754,121 each. That is 2.8% of every dollar in the NHL file.
How does that rank?
San Jose Sharks is 21 of 32 franchises by total career money, behind Philadelphia Flyers on $775,036,479 and ahead of Columbus Blue Jackets on $741,111,602.
How many are still being paid?
3 of the 36 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $18,600,000 is written into deals that run past it.
Is this the San Jose Sharks 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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