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Highest-paid NHL players 2026–27

The highest-paid NHL players in 2026–27 include Leo Carlsson ($18M), Kirill Kaprizov ($17M) and Connor Bedard ($15M). Figures are average annual contract values (AAV). The list includes 692 players with contract data for 2026–27.

Leo Carlsson

ANAC· 5 years· 5 seasons left· through 2030⁠–⁠31

$18M

$18,000,000/yr

Kirill Kaprizov

MINLW· 8 years· 8 seasons left· through 2033⁠–⁠34

$17M

$17,000,000/yr

Connor Bedard

CHIC· 5 years· 5 seasons left· through 2030⁠–⁠31

$15M

$15,000,000/yr

Leon Draisaitl

EDMC· 8 years· 7 seasons left· through 2032⁠–⁠33

$14M

$14,000,000/yr

Adam Fantilli

CBJC· 6 years· 6 seasons left· through 2031⁠–⁠32

$13.75M

$13,750,000/yr

Jack Eichel

VGKC· 8 years· 8 seasons left· through 2033⁠–⁠34

$13.5M

$13,500,000/yr

Cutter Gauthier

ANALW· 6 years· 6 seasons left· through 2031⁠–⁠32

$13.5M

$13,500,000/yr

Auston Matthews

TORC

$13.25M

$13,250,000/yr

Nathan MacKinnon

COLC

$12.6M

$12,604,000/yr

Connor McDavid

EDMC

$12.5M

$12,500,000/yr

Kyle Connor

WPGLW· 8 years· 8 seasons left· through 2033⁠–⁠34

$12M

$12,000,000/yr

Mikko Rantanen

DALRW· 8 years· 7 seasons left· through 2032⁠–⁠33

$12M

$12,000,000/yr

Jason Robertson

DALLW

$12M

$12,000,000/yr

Elias Pettersson

VANC· 8 years· 6 seasons left· through 2031⁠–⁠32

$11.6M

$11,600,000/yr

Martin Necas

COLC· 8 years· 8 seasons left· through 2033⁠–⁠34

$11.5M

$11,500,000/yr

William Nylander

TORRW· 8 years· 6 seasons left· through 2031⁠–⁠32

$11.5M

$11,500,000/yr

David Pastrnak

BOSRW· 8 years· 5 seasons left· through 2030⁠–⁠31

$11.25M

$11,250,000/yr

Rasmus Dahlin

BUFD· 8 years· 6 seasons left· through 2031⁠–⁠32

$11M

$11,000,000/yr

Pavel Dorofeyev

NYRRW· 7 years· 7 seasons left· through 2032⁠–⁠33

$11M

$11,000,000/yr

Drew Doughty

LAKD· 8 years· 1 season left· through 2026⁠–⁠27

$11M

$11,000,000/yr

Artemi Panarin

LAKLW

$11M

$11,000,000/yr

Adrian Kempe

LAKRW· 8 years· 8 seasons left· through 2033⁠–⁠34

$10.63M

$10,625,000/yr

Thomas Harley

DALD· 8 years· 8 seasons left· through 2033⁠–⁠34

$10.59M

$10,587,500/yr

Evan Bouchard

EDMD

$10.5M

$10,500,000/yr

Alex Tuch

WSHRW· 8 years· 8 seasons left· through 2033⁠–⁠34

$10.5M

$10,500,000/yr

Logan Cooley

UTAC· 8 years· 8 seasons left· through 2033⁠–⁠34

$10M

$10,000,000/yr

Erik Karlsson

PITD

$10M

$10,000,000/yr

Tyler Seguin

DALC· 8 years· 1 season left· through 2026⁠–⁠27

$9.85M

$9,850,000/yr

Sebastian Aho

CARC· 8 years· 6 seasons left· through 2031⁠–⁠32

$9.75M

$9,750,000/yr

Noah Dobson

MTLD· 8 years· 7 seasons left· through 2032⁠–⁠33

$9.5M

$9,500,000/yr

Adam Fox

NYRD· 7 years· 3 seasons left· through 2028⁠–⁠29

$9.5M

$9,500,000/yr

Nikita Kucherov

TBLRW· 8 years· 1 season left· through 2026⁠–⁠27

$9.5M

$9,500,000/yr

Brayden Point

TBLC· 8 years· 4 seasons left· through 2029⁠–⁠30

$9.5M

$9,500,000/yr

Mark Stone

VGKRW· 8 years· 1 season left· through 2026⁠–⁠27

$9.5M

$9,500,000/yr

Matthew Tkachuk

FLALW· 8 years· 4 seasons left· through 2029⁠–⁠30

$9.5M

$9,500,000/yr

Andrei Vasilevskiy

TBLG· 8 years· 2 seasons left· through 2027⁠–⁠28

$9.5M

$9,500,000/yr

Darnell Nurse

SJSD· 8 years· 4 seasons left· through 2029⁠–⁠30

$9.25M

$9,250,000/yr

Trevor Zegras

PHIC

$9.13M

$9,125,000/yr

Roman Josi

NSHD· 8 years· 2 seasons left· through 2027⁠–⁠28

$9.06M

$9,059,000/yr

Jakob Chychrun

WSHD· 8 years· 7 seasons left· through 2032⁠–⁠33

$9M

$9,000,000/yr

Jake Guentzel

TBLC· 7 years· 5 seasons left· through 2030⁠–⁠31

$9M

$9,000,000/yr

Dougie Hamilton

NJDD· 7 years· 2 seasons left· through 2027⁠–⁠28

$9M

$9,000,000/yr

Luke Hughes

NJDD· 7 years· 6 seasons left· through 2031⁠–⁠32

$9M

$9,000,000/yr

Jackson LaCombe

ANAD· 8 years· 8 seasons left· through 2033⁠–⁠34

$9M

$9,000,000/yr

Cale Makar

COLD

$9M

$9,000,000/yr

Lane Hutson

MTLD· 8 years· 8 seasons left· through 2033⁠–⁠34

$8.85M

$8,850,000/yr

Timo Meier

NJDRW· 8 years· 5 seasons left· through 2030⁠–⁠31

$8.8M

$8,800,000/yr

Sidney Crosby

PITC

$8.7M

$8,700,000/yr

Dylan Larkin

DETC· 8 years· 5 seasons left· through 2030⁠–⁠31

$8.7M

$8,700,000/yr

Sam Reinhart

FLAC· 8 years· 6 seasons left· through 2031⁠–⁠32

$8.63M

$8,625,000/yr

Moritz Seider

DETD· 7 years· 5 seasons left· through 2030⁠–⁠31

$8.55M

$8,550,000/yr

Rasmus Andersson

VGKD· 7 years· 7 seasons left· through 2032⁠–⁠33

$8.5M

$8,500,000/yr

John Carlson

TBLD

$8.5M

$8,500,000/yr

Pierre-Luc Dubois

WSHC· 8 years· 5 seasons left· through 2030⁠–⁠31

$8.5M

$8,500,000/yr

Nikolaj Ehlers

CARLW

$8.5M

$8,500,000/yr

Filip Forsberg

NSHLW· 8 years· 4 seasons left· through 2029⁠–⁠30

$8.5M

$8,500,000/yr

Connor Hellebuyck

NJDG· 7 years· 5 seasons left· through 2030⁠–⁠31

$8.5M

$8,500,000/yr

Bo Horvat

NYIC· 8 years· 5 seasons left· through 2030⁠–⁠31

$8.5M

$8,500,000/yr

Darren Raddysh

TORD· 8 years· 8 seasons left· through 2033⁠–⁠34

$8.5M

$8,500,000/yr

Mark Scheifele

WPGC· 7 years· 5 seasons left· through 2030⁠–⁠31

$8.5M

$8,500,000/yr

Mikhail Sergachev

UTAD· 8 years· 5 seasons left· through 2030⁠–⁠31

$8.5M

$8,500,000/yr

Mika Zibanejad

NYRC· 8 years· 4 seasons left· through 2029⁠–⁠30

$8.5M

$8,500,000/yr

Miro Heiskanen

DALD· 8 years· 3 seasons left· through 2028⁠–⁠29

$8.45M

$8,450,000/yr

Roope Hintz

DALC· 8 years· 5 seasons left· through 2030⁠–⁠31

$8.45M

$8,450,000/yr

Wyatt Johnston

DALC

$8.4M

$8,400,000/yr

Owen Power

BUFD

$8.35M

$8,350,000/yr

Tim Stützle

OTTC· 8 years· 5 seasons left· through 2030⁠–⁠31

$8.35M

$8,350,000/yr

Jake Oettinger

DALG· 8 years· 7 seasons left· through 2032⁠–⁠33

$8.25M

$8,250,000/yr

Ilya Sorokin

NYIG· 8 years· 6 seasons left· through 2031⁠–⁠32

$8.25M

$8,250,000/yr

Jeremy Swayman

BOSG· 8 years· 6 seasons left· through 2031⁠–⁠32

$8.25M

$8,250,000/yr

Jacob Trouba

SJSD

$8.25M

$8,250,000/yr

Linus Ullmark

OTTG

$8.25M

$8,250,000/yr

Brady Tkachuk

FLALW

$8.21M

$8,205,714/yr

Jordan Kyrou

WSHRW· 8 years· 5 seasons left· through 2030⁠–⁠31

$8.13M

$8,125,000/yr

Robert Thomas

STLC· 8 years· 5 seasons left· through 2030⁠–⁠31

$8.13M

$8,125,000/yr

Lucas Raymond

DETLW· 8 years· 6 seasons left· through 2031⁠–⁠32

$8.08M

$8,075,000/yr

Jake Sanderson

OTTD

$8.05M

$8,050,000/yr

Sam Bennett

FLAC· 8 years· 7 seasons left· through 2032⁠–⁠33

$8M

$8,000,000/yr

Philip Broberg

STLD

$8M

$8,000,000/yr

Pavel Buchnevich

STLLW

$8M

$8,000,000/yr

Thomas Chabot

OTTD· 8 years· 2 seasons left· through 2027⁠–⁠28

$8M

$8,000,000/yr

Victor Hedman

TBLD

$8M

$8,000,000/yr

Jack Hughes

NJDC· 8 years· 4 seasons left· through 2029⁠–⁠30

$8M

$8,000,000/yr

Patrick Kane

CHIRW

$8M

$8,000,000/yr

J.T. Miller

NYRC

$8M

$8,000,000/yr

Nick Schmaltz

UTAC· 8 years· 8 seasons left· through 2033⁠–⁠34

$8M

$8,000,000/yr

Steven Stamkos

NSHC

$8M

$8,000,000/yr

Josh Norris

BUFC· 8 years· 4 seasons left· through 2029⁠–⁠30

$7.95M

$7,950,000/yr

Jesper Bratt

NJDLW· 8 years· 5 seasons left· through 2030⁠–⁠31

$7.88M

$7,875,000/yr

Nick Suzuki

MTLC· 8 years· 4 seasons left· through 2029⁠–⁠30

$7.88M

$7,875,000/yr

Cole Caufield

MTLRW· 8 years· 5 seasons left· through 2030⁠–⁠31

$7.85M

$7,850,000/yr

Quinn Hughes

MIND

$7.85M

$7,850,000/yr

Sean Couturier

PHIC· 8 years· 4 seasons left· through 2029⁠–⁠30

$7.75M

$7,750,000/yr

Dylan Holloway

STLLW

$7.75M

$7,750,000/yr

Matthew Knies

CBJLW

$7.75M

$7,750,000/yr

Elias Lindholm

BOSC

$7.75M

$7,750,000/yr

Andrei Svechnikov

CARRW· 8 years· 3 seasons left· through 2028⁠–⁠29

$7.75M

$7,750,000/yr

Juuse Saros

NSHG· 8 years· 7 seasons left· through 2032⁠–⁠33

$7.74M

$7,740,000/yr

Juraj Slafkovský

MTLLW· 8 years· 7 seasons left· through 2032⁠–⁠33

$7.6M

$7,600,000/yr

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Jared Spurgeon

MIND

$7.58M

$7,575,000/yr

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