St Louis Blues career earnings
$1,047,460,243 across 28 careers, led by Colton Parayko on $81,310,000.
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 4.0% of the money in the NHL file.
St Louis Blues at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $1,047,460,243
- Careers
- 28
- Per career
- $37,409,294
- Paid through 2026-27
- $1,002,710,243
- Still to be paid
- $44,750,000
- Rank
- 6 of 32 franchises
The St Louis Blues 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 St Louis Blues careers
Total contract money, 2005 to 2030
Every St Louis Blues career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Colton Parayko Paid in 2026-27 | Defenseman | 15 | 2015 to 2029 | $14.4m | $81,310,000$81.3m |
| 02 | Brayden Schenn Paid in 2026-27 | Center | 18 | 2010 to 2027 | $4.0m | $79,916,829$79.9m |
| 03 | Ryan O'Reilly | Center | 14 | 2009 to 2022 | - | $77,140,000$77.1m |
| 04 | Justin Faulk Paid in 2026-27 | Defenseman | 16 | 2011 to 2026 | - | $77,020,000$77.0m |
| 05 | Torey Krug Paid in 2026-27 | Defenseman | 16 | 2011 to 2026 | - | $73,967,115$74.0m |
| 06 | Robert Thomas Paid in 2026-27 | Center | 13 | 2018 to 2030 | $26.4m | $73,097,500$73.1m |
| 07 | Vladimir Tarasenko | Right Wing | 11 | 2012 to 2022 | - | $64,116,829$64.1m |
| 08 | Nick Leddy | Defenseman | 16 | 2010 to 2025 | - | $62,316,829$62.3m |
| 09 | James Neal | Left Wing | 18 | 2007 to 2024 | - | $61,283,497$61.3m |
| 10 | Brandon Saad | Left Wing | 15 | 2011 to 2025 | - | $60,885,000$60.9m |
| 11 | Alexander Steen | Left Wing | 16 | 2005 to 2020 | - | $58,131,739$58.1m |
| 12 | Jordan Binnington Paid in 2026-27 | Goaltender | 14 | 2012 to 2026 | - | $45,849,829$45.8m |
| 13 | Tyler Bozak | Center | 13 | 2009 to 2021 | - | $40,959,512$41.0m |
| 14 | Marco Scandella | Defenseman | 13 | 2011 to 2023 | - | $36,179,573$36.2m |
| 15 | Pavel Buchnevich | Left Wing | 8 | 2016 to 2024 | - | $31,642,500$31.6m |
| 16 | Carl Gunnarsson | Defenseman | 12 | 2009 to 2020 | - | $25,441,707$25.4m |
| 17 | Thomas Greiss | Goaltender | 14 | 2009 to 2022 | - | $25,215,854$25.2m |
| 18 | Robert Bortuzzo | Defenseman | 15 | 2009 to 2023 | - | $13,755,000$13.8m |
| 19 | Vladimir Sobotka | Left Wing | 4 | 2016 to 2019 | - | $13,225,000$13.2m |
| 20 | Ivan Barbashev | Center | 7 | 2016 to 2022 | - | $9,490,775$9.5m |
| 21 | Noel Acciari | Center | 8 | 2015 to 2022 | - | $8,817,266$8.8m |
| 22 | Jordan Kyrou | Center | 5 | 2018 to 2022 | - | $7,054,779$7.1m |
| 23 | Steven Santini | Defenseman | 7 | 2016 to 2022 | - | $5,564,788$5.6m |
| 24 | Jacob De La Rose | Left Wing | 7 | 2014 to 2020 | - | $4,962,562$5.0m |
| 25 | Matthew Peca | Center | 6 | 2016 to 2021 | - | $4,637,651$4.6m |
| 26 | Nathan Walker | Left Wing | 6 | 2017 to 2022 | - | $2,276,381$2.3m |
| 27 | Niko Mikkola | Defenseman | 4 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $1,788,695$1.8m |
| 28 | Jake Walman | Defenseman | 4 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $1,413,033$1.4m |
St Louis Blues money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2019-20 is the biggest year on this chart at $97,390,661. 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 St Louis Blues player?
Colton Parayko. His contracts are worth $81,310,000 across 15 seasons from 2015 to 2029.
What have St Louis Blues players earned in total?
$1,047,460,243 across 28 careers, an average of $37,409,294 each. That is 4.0% of every dollar in the NHL file.
How does that rank?
St Louis Blues is 6 of 32 franchises by total career money, behind Washington Capitals on $1,054,249,028 and ahead of Boston Bruins on $1,030,553,222.
How many are still being paid?
6 of the 28 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $44,750,000 is written into deals that run past it.
Is this the St Louis Blues 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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