Seattle Kraken career earnings
$593,984,601 across 30 careers, led by Jordan Eberle on $66,125,000.
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 2.2% of the money in the NHL file.
Seattle Kraken at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $593,984,601
- Careers
- 30
- Per career
- $19,799,487
- Paid through 2026-27
- $593,984,601
- Still to be paid
- $0
- Rank
- 29 of 32 franchises
The Seattle Kraken 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 Seattle Kraken careers
Total contract money, 2009 to 2026
Every Seattle Kraken career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Jordan Eberle | Right Wing | 15 | 2009 to 2023 | - | $66,125,000$66.1m |
| 02 | Jaden Schwartz | Left Wing | 15 | 2011 to 2025 | - | $61,156,829$61.2m |
| 03 | Phillip Grubauer Paid in 2026-27 | Goaltender | 13 | 2010 to 2026 | - | $47,675,000$47.7m |
| 04 | Adam Larsson | Defenseman | 14 | 2011 to 2024 | - | $44,383,963$44.4m |
| 05 | Martin Jones Paid in 2026-27 | Goaltender | 14 | 2013 to 2026 | - | $43,600,002$43.6m |
| 06 | Justin Schultz | Defenseman | 10 | 2012 to 2021 | - | $41,025,000$41.0m |
| 07 | Alexander Wennberg | Center | 12 | 2014 to 2025 | - | $38,189,999$38.2m |
| 08 | Jared McCann Paid in 2026-27 | Left Wing | 12 | 2015 to 2026 | - | $35,950,000$36.0m |
| 09 | Yanni Gourde | Center | 9 | 2016 to 2024 | - | $33,600,000$33.6m |
| 10 | Jamie Oleksiak | Defenseman | 13 | 2011 to 2025 | - | $32,530,976$32.5m |
| 11 | Brandon Tanev | Center | 10 | 2015 to 2024 | - | $23,778,829$23.8m |
| 12 | Joonas Donskoi | Right Wing | 8 | 2015 to 2022 | - | $21,250,000$21.2m |
| 13 | Andre Burakovsky | Left Wing | 7 | 2015 to 2021 | - | $20,807,500$20.8m |
| 14 | Calle Jarnkrok | Center | 9 | 2013 to 2021 | - | $14,375,000$14.4m |
| 15 | Chris Driedger | Goaltender | 7 | 2014 to 2023 | - | $13,082,043$13.1m |
| 16 | Riley Sheahan | Left Wing | 10 | 2012 to 2021 | - | $12,266,964$12.3m |
| 17 | Vince Dunn | Defenseman | 6 | 2017 to 2022 | - | $11,517,500$11.5m |
| 18 | Carson Soucy | Defenseman | 5 | 2017 to 2022 | - | $9,216,163$9.2m |
| 19 | Ryan Donato | Center | 4 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $5,334,784$5.3m |
| 20 | Karson Kuhlman | Right Wing | 5 | 2018 to 2022 | - | $2,801,946$2.8m |
| 21 | William Borgen | Defenseman | 5 | 2018 to 2022 | - | $2,774,701$2.8m |
| 22 | Mason Appleton | Center | 4 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $2,716,110$2.7m |
| 23 | Joey Daccord | Goaltender | 4 | 2018 to 2022 | - | $2,138,450$2.1m |
| 24 | Dennis Cholowski | Defenseman | 4 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $1,977,198$2.0m |
| 25 | Max McCormick | Left Wing | 4 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $1,446,995$1.4m |
| 26 | Morgan Geekie | Center | 3 | 2019 to 2021 | - | $1,232,786 |
| 27 | Alex True | Center | 3 | 2019 to 2021 | - | $1,209,680 |
| 28 | Kole Lind | Right Wing | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | - | $1,059,926 |
| 29 | Carsen Twarynski | Left Wing | 2 | 2019 to 2020 | - | $602,310 |
| 30 | Brogan Rafferty | Defenseman | 3 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $158,947 |
Seattle Kraken money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2021-22 is the biggest year on this chart at $79,118,208. 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 Seattle Kraken player?
Jordan Eberle. His contracts are worth $66,125,000 across 15 seasons from 2009 to 2023.
What have Seattle Kraken players earned in total?
$593,984,601 across 30 careers, an average of $19,799,487 each. That is 2.2% of every dollar in the NHL file.
How does that rank?
Seattle Kraken is 29 of 32 franchises by total career money, behind Buffalo Sabres on $645,651,158 and ahead of New Jersey Devils on $551,512,101.
How many are still being paid?
3 of the 30 have a figure against the 2026-27 season.
Is this the Seattle Kraken 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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