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KHL SALARIES · 2025/26

Barys Astana salaries in 2025/26

Barys Astana pay the 16 players we hold a salary for RUB 398,000,000 in 2025/26, the 21st biggest payroll of the 22 clubs in the KHL and 41% less than the average club. Jake Massie and Nikita Boyarkin are the highest paid on RUB 40,000,000, jointly the 115th highest salary in the league.

PAYROLLRUB 398m
LEAGUE RANK21st of 22
PLAYERS16
AVERAGERUB 24.9m
HIGHESTRUB 40m

Barys Astana salaries

The 16 players we hold a salary for in 2025/26, highest paid first, with where each ranks across the league

Barys Astana players ranked by salary in 2025/26.
# PLAYER POSITION NATION SALARY CONVERTED LEAGUE RANK
1 Jake Massie Defence Canada RUB 40,000,000£355,073£355k 115
1 Nikita Boyarkin Goaltender Kazakhstan RUB 40,000,000£355,073£355k 115
3 Mike Vecchione Forward United States RUB 38,000,000£337,319£337k 115
4 Reilly Walsh Defence Canada RUB 37,000,000£328,442£328k 158
5 Mason Morelli Forward United States RUB 35,000,000£310,689£311k 169
6 Ian McCoshen Defence United States RUB 30,000,000£266,304£266k 206
6 Tyce Thompson Forward Canada RUB 30,000,000£266,304£266k 206
8 Adam Scheel Goaltender United States RUB 25,000,000£221,920£222k 249
8 Andrei Shutov Goaltender Kazakhstan RUB 25,000,000£221,920£222k 249
8 Ivan Nikolishin Forward Russia RUB 25,000,000£221,920£222k 115
11 Emil Galimov Forward Russia RUB 24,000,000£213,044£213k 279
12 Roman Starchenko Forward Kazakhstan RUB 18,000,000£159,783£160k 332
13 Maxim Mukhametov Forward Kazakhstan RUB 14,000,000£124,275£124k 375
14 Tyler Wotherspoon Defence Canada RUB 10,000,000£88,768£89k 400
15 Olivier Rodrigue Goaltender Canada RUB 4,000,000£35,507£36k 474
16 Dmitriy Breus Defence Kazakhstan RUB 3,000,000£26,630£27k 478

Where the money goes

The 7 forwards are paid RUB 184,000,000 between them, 46% of the payroll; the 5 defenders RUB 120,000,000, 30%; and the 4 goaltenders RUB 94,000,000, 24%.

How the Barys Astana payroll compares

All 22 KHL clubs in 2025/26, biggest payroll first

KHL clubs ranked by payroll in 2025/26.
# CLUB PLAYERS PAYROLL CONVERTED
1 SKA Saint Petersburg 24 RUB 911,000,000£8,086,780£8.1m
2 Ak Bars Kazan 27 RUB 904,000,000£8,024,642£8.0m
3 Avangard Omsk 27 RUB 893,000,000£7,926,997£7.9m
4 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 25 RUB 890,000,000£7,900,367£7.9m
5 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 23 RUB 877,000,000£7,784,968£7.8m
6 CSKA Moscow 27 RUB 868,000,000£7,705,077£7.7m
7 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 23 RUB 860,000,000£7,634,062£7.6m
8 Traktor Chelyabinsk 26 RUB 846,000,000£7,509,787£7.5m
9 Dynamo Moscow 24 RUB 829,000,000£7,358,881£7.4m
10 Dinamo Minsk 23 RUB 674,000,000£5,982,974£6.0m
11 Sibir Novosibirsk 33 RUB 626,000,000£5,556,887£5.6m
12 Admiral Vladivostok 29 RUB 598,000,000£5,308,336£5.3m
13 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 31 RUB 598,000,000£5,308,336£5.3m
14 Lada Togliatti 34 RUB 573,000,000£5,086,416£5.1m
15 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 35 RUB 568,000,000£5,042,032£5.0m
16 Shanghai Dragons 19 RUB 565,000,000£5,015,401£5.0m
17 Amur Khabarovsk 22 RUB 535,000,000£4,749,097£4.7m
18 Spartak Moscow 23 RUB 504,000,000£4,473,915£4.5m
19 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 29 RUB 442,000,000£3,923,553£3.9m
20 HC Sochi 23 RUB 435,000,000£3,861,415£3.9m
21 Barys Astana 16 RUB 398,000,000£3,532,973£3.5m
22 Severstal Cherepovets 16 RUB 343,000,000£3,044,748£3.0m

The Barys Astana payroll, season by season

Earlier Barys Astana players

The 45 players Barys Astana paid in an earlier season and not in 2025/26, with what the club last paid each

Barys Astana players from earlier seasons.
PLAYER SEASON SALARY CONVERTED
Will Butcher 2024/25 RUB 37,000,000£328,442£328k
Johan Mattsson 2024/25 RUB 27,000,000£239,674£240k
Kirill Savitski 2024/25 RUB 24,000,000£213,044£213k
Wade Allison 2024/25 RUB 23,000,000£204,167£204k
Chase De Leo 2024/25 RUB 22,000,000£195,290£195k
Nathan Beaulieu 2024/25 RUB 22,000,000£195,290£195k
Alex Grant 2024/25 RUB 20,000,000£177,536£178k
Connor Smith 2024/25 RUB 20,000,000£177,536£178k
Kirill Panyukov 2024/25 RUB 20,000,000£177,536£178k
Stanislav Bocharov 2024/25 RUB 20,000,000£177,536£178k
Vladislav Kodola 2024/25 RUB 14,000,000£124,275£124k
Adil Beketayev 2024/25 RUB 11,000,000£97,645£98k
Samat Daniyar 2024/25 RUB 11,000,000£97,645£98k
Alikhan Asetov 2024/25 RUB 10,000,000£88,768£89k
Mikhail Rakhmanov 2024/25 RUB 8,000,000£71,015£71k
Tamirlan Gaytamirov 2024/25 RUB 8,000,000£71,015£71k
Daniil Apalkov 2024/25 RUB 7,000,000£62,138£62k
Batyrlan Muratov 2024/25 RUB 6,000,000£53,261£53k
Eddie Pasquale 2023/24 RUB 65,000,000£576,993£577k
David Sklenička 2023/24 RUB 35,000,000£310,689£311k
Nelson Nogier 2023/24 RUB 35,000,000£310,689£311k
Pontus Åberg 2023/24 RUB 34,000,000£301,812£302k
Joseph LaBate 2023/24 RUB 26,000,000£230,797£231k
Rudolf Červený 2023/24 RUB 23,000,000£204,167£204k
Anthony Camara 2023/24 RUB 22,000,000£195,290£195k
Alexandr Borissevich 2023/24 RUB 10,000,000£88,768£89k
Yegor Shalapov 2023/24 RUB 10,000,000£88,768£89k
Emil Nurgaliyev 2023/24 RUB 9,000,000£79,891£80k
Dmitriy Gurkov 2023/24 RUB 6,000,000£53,261£53k
Yevgeniy Rymarev 2023/24 RUB 6,000,000£53,261£53k
Alikhan Omirbekov 2023/24 RUB 3,000,000£26,630£27k
Maxim Musorov 2023/24 RUB 3,000,000£26,630£27k
Ansar Shaykhmeddenov 2023/24 RUB 2,000,000£17,754£18k
Artyom Korolyov 2023/24 RUB 2,000,000£17,754£18k
Linden Vey 2022/23 RUB 50,000,000£443,841£444k
Michael Chaput 2022/23 RUB 26,000,000£230,797£231k
Anthony Louis 2022/23 RUB 25,000,000£221,920£222k
Chris Bigras 2022/23 RUB 25,000,000£221,920£222k
Július Hudáček 2022/23 RUB 25,000,000£221,920£222k
Jesse Graham 2022/23 RUB 23,000,000£204,167£204k
Jeremy Bracco 2022/23 RUB 22,000,000£195,290£195k
Anton Sagadeyev 2022/23 RUB 13,000,000£115,399£115k
Kirill Maksimov 2022/23 RUB 10,000,000£88,768£89k
Mikhail Grigoriev 2022/23 RUB 10,000,000£88,768£89k
Yuri Sergiyenko 2022/23 RUB 5,000,000£44,384£44k

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid player on Barys Astana?

Jake Massie and Nikita Boyarkin, jointly, on RUB 40,000,000 in 2025/26. That is jointly the 115th highest salary in the KHL. Mike Vecchione is next on RUB 38,000,000.

What is the Barys Astana payroll?

RUB 398,000,000 across 16 players in 2025/26, the 21st biggest of the 22 clubs. The SKA Saint Petersburg pay the most, RUB 911,000,000.

What is the average salary on Barys Astana?

RUB 24,875,000 in 2025/26, against RUB 30,198,770 across the whole league.

Who is the lowest paid player on Barys Astana?

Dmitriy Breus, on RUB 3,000,000.

Where to next

Every player across the league is on the KHL salaries 2025/26 page. The other clubs: SKA Saint Petersburg, Ak Bars Kazan, Avangard Omsk, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, CSKA Moscow, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Traktor Chelyabinsk, Dynamo Moscow, Dinamo Minsk, Sibir Novosibirsk, Admiral Vladivostok, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, Lada Togliatti, Salavat Yulaev Ufa, Shanghai Dragons, Amur Khabarovsk, Spartak Moscow, Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, HC Sochi and Severstal Cherepovets. Other seasons: 2024/25, 2023/24, 2022/23.