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Highest paid NHL players 2026
Leo Carlsson of the Anaheim Ducks leads on a cap hit of $18,000,000. These 100 players take $963,494,904 between them - 31% of everything on the league’s 32 rosters.
HIGHEST PAIDLeo Carlsson · $18,000,000
TOP 100 COMBINED$963,494,904
SHARE OF ROSTER PAY31%
100TH PLACE$8,000,000
TEAMS REPRESENTED31 of 32
MOST IN THE LISTDallas Stars · 8
Where the top 100 play
Combined cap hit of each team’s players in this list, and how many it has
What each position takes
The same 100 players grouped by the position they are listed at
The top 100
Tap a column heading to re-rank| # | PLAYER | CAP HIT | TEAM | POSITION | SHARE OF CAP | BASE SALARY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Leo Carlsson | $18,000,000 | Anaheim Ducks | Center | 17.31% | $850,000 |
| 02 | Kirill Kaprizov | $17,000,000 | Minnesota Wild | Left wing | 16.35% | $1,000,000 |
| 03 | Connor Bedard | $15,000,000 | Chicago Blackhawks | Center | 14.42% | $7,200,000 |
| 04 | Leon Draisaitl | $14,000,000 | Edmonton Oilers | Center | 13.46% | $1,000,000 |
| 05 | Jack Eichel | $13,500,000 | Vegas Golden Knights | Center | 12.98% | $850,000 |
| 06 | Auston Matthews | $13,250,000 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Center | 12.74% | $900,000 |
| 07 | Nathan MacKinnon | $12,604,000 | Colorado Avalanche | Center | 12.12% | $9,150,000 |
| 08 | Connor McDavid | $12,500,000 | Edmonton Oilers | Center | 12.02% | $850,000 |
| 09 | Jason Robertson | $12,000,000 | Dallas Stars | Left wing | 11.54% | $12,000,000 |
| 10 | Mikko Rantanen | $12,000,000 | Dallas Stars | Right wing | 11.54% | $5,650,000 |
| 11 | Mitchell Marner | $12,000,000 | Vegas Golden Knights | Right wing | 11.54% | $4,000,000 |
| 12 | Kyle Connor | $12,000,000 | Winnipeg Jets | Left wing | 11.54% | $7,500,000 |
| 13 | Elias Pettersson | $11,600,000 | Vancouver Canucks | Center | 11.15% | $11,000,000 |
| 14 | Igor Shesterkin | $11,567,857 | New York Rangers | Goaltender | 11.12% | $850,000 |
| 15 | Martin Necas | $11,500,000 | Colorado Avalanche | Center | 11.06% | $6,000,000 |
| 16 | Erik Karlsson | $11,500,000 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Defenseman | 11.06% | $1,500,000 |
| 17 | William Nylander | $11,500,000 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Center | 11.06% | $1,000,000 |
| 18 | David Pastrnak | $11,250,000 | Boston Bruins | Right wing | 10.82% | $8,250,000 |
| 19 | Rasmus Dahlin | $11,000,000 | Buffalo Sabres | Defenseman | 10.58% | $11,000,000 |
| 20 | Drew Doughty | $11,000,000 | Los Angeles Kings | Defenseman | 10.58% | $11,000,000 |
| 21 | Artemi Panarin | $11,000,000 | Los Angeles Kings | Left wing | 10.58% | $1,000,000 |
| 22 | Pavel Dorofeyev | $11,000,000 | New York Rangers | Left wing | 10.58% | $1,000,000 |
| 23 | Adrian Kempe | $10,625,000 | Los Angeles Kings | Left wing | 10.22% | $1,000,000 |
| 24 | Thomas Harley | $10,587,500 | Dallas Stars | Defenseman | 10.18% | $9,000,000 |
| 25 | Jonathan Huberdeau | $10,500,000 | Calgary Flames | Left wing | 10.10% | $1,000,000 |
| 26 | Evan Bouchard | $10,500,000 | Edmonton Oilers | Defenseman | 10.10% | $1,000,000 |
| 27 | Alex Tuch | $10,500,000 | Washington Capitals | Right wing | 10.10% | $5,700,000 |
| 28 | Aleksander Barkov | $10,000,000 | Florida Panthers | Center | 9.62% | $1,000,000 |
| 29 | Logan Cooley | $10,000,000 | Utah Mammoth | Center | 9.62% | $13,000,000 |
| 30 | Tyler Seguin | $9,850,000 | Dallas Stars | Center | 9.47% | $1,000,000 |
| 31 | Sebastian Aho | $9,750,000 | Carolina Hurricanes | Left wing | 9.38% | $7,000,000 |
| 32 | Zachary Werenski | $9,583,333 | Columbus Blue Jackets | Defenseman | 9.21% | $1,000,000 |
| 33 | Charlie McAvoy | $9,500,000 | Boston Bruins | Defenseman | 9.13% | $6,000,000 |
| 34 | Matthew Tkachuk | $9,500,000 | Florida Panthers | Left wing | 9.13% | $1,000,000 |
| 35 | Seth Jones | $9,500,000 | Florida Panthers | Defenseman | 9.13% | $7,000,000 |
| 36 | Noah Dobson | $9,500,000 | Montreal Canadiens | Defenseman | 9.13% | $1,000,000 |
| 37 | Adam Fox | $9,500,000 | New York Rangers | Defenseman | 9.13% | $1,000,000 |
| 38 | Andrei Vasilevskiy | $9,500,000 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Goaltender | 9.13% | $5,000,000 |
| 39 | Nikita Kucherov | $9,500,000 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Right wing | 9.13% | $4,000,000 |
| 40 | Brayden Point | $9,500,000 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Center | 9.13% | $4,000,000 |
| 41 | Mark Stone | $9,500,000 | Vegas Golden Knights | Right wing | 9.13% | $1,000,000 |
| 42 | Darnell Nurse | $9,250,000 | San Jose Sharks | Defenseman | 8.89% | $2,000,000 |
| 43 | Mathew Barzal | $9,150,000 | New York Islanders | Center | 8.80% | $9,150,000 |
| 44 | Trevor Zegras | $9,125,000 | Philadelphia Flyers | Center | 8.77% | $4,500,000 |
| 45 | Roman Josi | $9,059,000 | Nashville Predators | Defenseman | 8.71% | $7,222,000 |
| 46 | Jackson Lacombe | $9,000,000 | Anaheim Ducks | Defenseman | 8.65% | $9,000,000 |
| 47 | Cale Makar | $9,000,000 | Colorado Avalanche | Defenseman | 8.65% | $6,700,000 |
| 48 | Luke Hughes | $9,000,000 | New Jersey Devils | Defenseman | 8.65% | $8,000,000 |
| 49 | Dougie Hamilton | $9,000,000 | New Jersey Devils | Defenseman | 8.65% | $1,000,000 |
| 50 | Jake Guentzel | $9,000,000 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Center | 8.65% | $3,957,895 |
| 51 | Jakob Chychrun | $9,000,000 | Washington Capitals | Defenseman | 8.65% | $4,250,000 |
| 52 | Lane Hutson | $8,850,000 | Montreal Canadiens | Defenseman | 8.51% | $1,000,000 |
| 53 | Timo Meier | $8,800,000 | New Jersey Devils | Left wing | 8.46% | $3,350,000 |
| 54 | Alex Pietrangelo | $8,800,000 | Vegas Golden Knights | Defenseman | 8.46% | $8,800,000 |
| 55 | Travis Konecny | $8,750,000 | Philadelphia Flyers | Center | 8.41% | $5,250,000 |
| 56 | Dylan Larkin | $8,700,000 | Detroit Red Wings | Center | 8.37% | $8,000,000 |
| 57 | Sidney Crosby | $8,700,000 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Center | 8.37% | $1,090,000 |
| 58 | Sam Reinhart | $8,625,000 | Florida Panthers | Center | 8.29% | $1,000,000 |
| 59 | Moritz Seider | $8,550,000 | Detroit Red Wings | Defenseman | 8.22% | $8,550,000 |
| 60 | Nikolaj Ehlers | $8,500,000 | Carolina Hurricanes | Left wing | 8.17% | $1,000,000 |
| 61 | Ivan Provorov | $8,500,000 | Columbus Blue Jackets | Defenseman | 8.17% | $5,750,000 |
| 62 | Brock Faber | $8,500,000 | Minnesota Wild | Defenseman | 8.17% | $9,500,000 |
| 63 | Filip Forsberg | $8,500,000 | Nashville Predators | Center | 8.17% | $4,500,000 |
| 64 | Bo Horvat | $8,500,000 | New York Islanders | Center | 8.17% | $8,500,000 |
| 65 | Mika Zibanejad | $8,500,000 | New York Rangers | Center | 8.17% | $1,000,000 |
| 66 | John Carlson | $8,500,000 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Defenseman | 8.17% | $1,000,000 |
| 67 | Darren Raddysh | $8,500,000 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Defenseman | 8.17% | $1,000,000 |
| 68 | Thatcher Demko | $8,500,000 | Vancouver Canucks | Goaltender | 8.17% | $10,500,000 |
| 69 | Rasmus Andersson | $8,500,000 | Vegas Golden Knights | Defenseman | 8.17% | $5,250,000 |
| 70 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | $8,500,000 | Washington Capitals | Left wing | 8.17% | $7,100,000 |
| 71 | Connor Hellebuyck | $8,500,000 | Winnipeg Jets | Goaltender | 8.17% | $7,500,000 |
| 72 | Mark Scheifele | $8,500,000 | Winnipeg Jets | Center | 8.17% | $7,500,000 |
| 73 | Mikhail Sergachev | $8,500,000 | Utah Mammoth | Defenseman | 8.17% | $7,300,000 |
| 74 | Miro Heiskanen | $8,450,000 | Dallas Stars | Defenseman | 8.13% | $9,000,000 |
| 75 | Roope Hintz | $8,450,000 | Dallas Stars | Left wing | 8.13% | $5,250,000 |
| 76 | Wyatt Johnston | $8,400,000 | Dallas Stars | Center | 8.08% | $5,400,000 |
| 77 | Owen Power | $8,350,000 | Buffalo Sabres | Defenseman | 8.03% | $8,350,000 |
| 78 | Tim Stützle | $8,350,000 | Ottawa Senators | Center | 8.03% | $9,000,000 |
| 79 | Jeremy Swayman | $8,250,000 | Boston Bruins | Goaltender | 7.93% | $5,500,000 |
| 80 | Jake Oettinger | $8,250,000 | Dallas Stars | Goaltender | 7.93% | $6,000,000 |
| 81 | Ilya Sorokin | $8,250,000 | New York Islanders | Goaltender | 7.93% | $8,250,000 |
| 82 | Linus Ullmark | $8,250,000 | Ottawa Senators | Goaltender | 7.93% | $8,000,000 |
| 83 | Jacob Trouba | $8,250,000 | San Jose Sharks | Defenseman | 7.93% | $8,500,000 |
| 84 | Brady Tkachuk | $8,205,714 | Florida Panthers | Left wing | 7.89% | $8,500,000 |
| 85 | Tomas Hertl | $8,137,500 | Vegas Golden Knights | Center | 7.82% | $3,250,000 |
| 86 | Robert Thomas | $8,125,000 | St Louis Blues | Center | 7.81% | $8,250,000 |
| 87 | Jordan Kyrou | $8,125,000 | Washington Capitals | Right wing | 7.81% | $8,250,000 |
| 88 | Lucas Raymond | $8,075,000 | Detroit Red Wings | Right wing | 7.76% | $8,075,000 |
| 89 | Jake Sanderson | $8,050,000 | Ottawa Senators | Defenseman | 7.74% | $8,050,000 |
| 90 | Patrick Kane | $8,000,000 | Chicago Blackhawks | Right wing | 7.69% | $1,000,000 |
| 91 | Sam Bennett | $8,000,000 | Florida Panthers | Center | 7.69% | $1,000,000 |
| 92 | Steven Stamkos | $8,000,000 | Nashville Predators | Center | 7.69% | $5,000,000 |
| 93 | Jack Hughes | $8,000,000 | New Jersey Devils | Center | 7.69% | $8,000,000 |
| 94 | J.T. Miller | $8,000,000 | New York Rangers | Center | 7.69% | $7,000,000 |
| 95 | Thomas Chabot | $8,000,000 | Ottawa Senators | Defenseman | 7.69% | $10,000,000 |
| 96 | Logan Couture | $8,000,000 | San Jose Sharks | Center | 7.69% | $6,000,000 |
| 97 | Philip Broberg | $8,000,000 | St Louis Blues | Defenseman | 7.69% | $10,000,000 |
| 98 | Pavel Buchnevich | $8,000,000 | St Louis Blues | Left wing | 7.69% | $6,000,000 |
| 99 | Victor Hedman | $8,000,000 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Defenseman | 7.69% | $3,500,000 |
| 100 | Nick Schmaltz | $8,000,000 | Utah Mammoth | Center | 7.69% | $10,000,000 |
Frequently asked questions
Who is the highest paid NHL player?
Leo Carlsson of the Anaheim Ducks, on a cap hit of $18,000,000 for the 2026 season.
How much do the top 100 NHL players earn between them?
$963,494,904, which is 31% of the $3,097,401,460 across all 32 NHL rosters.
Which NHL team has the most players in the top 100?
Dallas Stars, with 8 of them, paying $77,987,500 between those players.
What does it take to make the top 100?
$8,000,000 — that is Nick Schmaltz's cap hit in 100th place.
Which NHL position is paid the most?
Center: 35 players in the top 100, taking $349,866,500 between them.