NHL Contracts
Defenseman Contracts
A real-time, sortable list of active NHL contracts including total value, guaranteed money, and complete salary breakdowns.
| Rank | Player | Signed Age | Yrs | Value | AAV | Signing Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Shea Weber
Defenseman
|
2012-2025 (FA: 2026)
Originally signed w/ NSH
|
26 | 14 | $110,000,000 | $7,857,143 | $68,000,000 |
| 2 |
Erik Karlsson
Defenseman
|
2019-2026 (FA: 2027)
Originally signed w/ SJS
|
29 | 8 | $92,000,000 | $11,500,000 | $53,000,000 |
| 3 |
Drew Doughty
Defenseman
|
2019-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
28 | 8 | $88,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $20,000,000 |
| 4 |
Seth Jones
Defenseman
|
2022-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
26 | 8 | $76,000,000 | $9,500,000 | $40,250,000 |
| 4 |
Charles Mcavoy
Defenseman
|
2022-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
23 | 8 | $76,000,000 | $9,500,000 | $26,500,000 |
| 6 |
Darnell Nurse
Defenseman
|
2022-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
26 | 8 | $74,000,000 | $9,250,000 | $24,000,000 |
| 7 |
Roman Josi
Defenseman
|
2020-2027 (FA: 2028)
|
29 | 8 | $72,472,000 | $9,059,000 | $34,000,000 |
| 8 |
Mikhail Sergachev
Defenseman
|
2023-2030 (FA: 2031)
|
24 | 8 | $68,000,000 | $8,500,000 | - |
| 9 |
Miro Heiskanen
Defenseman
|
2021-2028 (FA: 2029)
|
21 | 8 | $67,600,000 | $8,450,000 | $3,000,000 |
| 10 |
Adam Fox
Defenseman
|
2022-2028 (FA: 2029)
|
23 | 7 | $66,500,000 | $9,500,000 | $17,500,000 |
| 11 |
Brent Burns
Defenseman
|
2016-2024 (FA: 2025)
Originally signed w/ SJS
|
31 | 8 | $64,000,000 | $8,000,000 | - |
| 11 |
John Carlson
Defenseman
|
2018-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
28 | 8 | $64,000,000 | $8,000,000 | $28,000,000 |
| 11 |
Thomas Chabot
Defenseman
|
2020-2027 (FA: 2028)
|
22 | 8 | $64,000,000 | $8,000,000 | - |
| 14 |
Dougie Hamilton
Defenseman
|
2021-2027 (FA: 2028)
|
28 | 7 | $63,000,000 | $9,000,000 | - |
| 14 |
Victor Hedman
Defenseman
|
2016-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
25 | 8 | $63,000,000 | $7,875,000 | - |
| 16 |
Alex Pietrangelo
Defenseman
|
2020-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
30 | 7 | $61,600,000 | $8,800,000 | $35,000,000 |
| 17 |
Aaron Ekblad
Defenseman
|
2016-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
20 | 8 | $60,000,000 | $7,500,000 | - |
| 17 |
Morgan Rielly
Defenseman
|
2022-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
27 | 8 | $60,000,000 | $7,500,000 | $9,000,000 |
| 19 |
Zachary Werenski
Defenseman
|
2022-2027 (FA: 2028)
|
24 | 6 | $57,500,000 | $9,583,333 | $20,500,000 |
| 20 |
Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Defenseman
|
2018-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
30 | 8 | $56,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $13,750,000 |
| 20 |
Jacob Trouba
Defenseman
|
2019-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
25 | 7 | $56,000,000 | $8,000,000 | $22,000,000 |
| 22 |
Cale Makar
Defenseman
|
2021-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
22 | 6 | $54,000,000 | $9,000,000 | - |
| 23 |
Jared Spurgeon
Defenseman
|
2020-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
29 | 7 | $53,025,000 | $7,575,000 | $8,000,000 |
| 24 |
Hampus Lindholm
Defenseman
|
2022-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
28 | 8 | $52,000,000 | $6,500,000 | $10,000,000 |
| 24 |
Colton Parayko
Defenseman
|
2022-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
28 | 8 | $52,000,000 | $6,500,000 | - |
| 24 |
Cam Fowler
Defenseman
|
2018-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
25 | 8 | $52,000,000 | $6,500,000 | - |
| 27 |
Joshua Morrissey
Defenseman
|
2020-2027 (FA: 2028)
|
24 | 8 | $50,000,000 | $6,250,000 | - |
| 27 |
MacKenzie Weegar
Defenseman
|
2023-2030 (FA: 2031)
|
28 | 8 | $50,000,000 | $6,250,000 | $8,000,000 |
| 27 |
Ryan Ellis
Defenseman
|
2019-2026 (FA: 2027)
Originally signed w/ NSH
|
27 | 8 | $50,000,000 | $6,250,000 | $7,000,000 |
| 27 |
Damon Severson
Defenseman
|
2023-2030 (FA: 2031)
Originally signed w/ NJD
|
28 | 8 | $50,000,000 | $6,250,000 | - |
| 27 |
Travis Sanheim
Defenseman
|
2023-2030 (FA: 2031)
|
26 | 8 | $50,000,000 | $6,250,000 | $15,000,000 |
| 32 |
Ryan Pulock
Defenseman
|
2022-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
27 | 8 | $49,200,000 | $6,150,000 | - |
| 33 |
Ryan McDonagh
Defenseman
|
2019-2025 (FA: 2026)
Originally signed w/ TBL
|
29 | 7 | $47,250,000 | $6,750,000 | - |
| 34 |
Quinn Hughes
Defenseman
|
2021-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
21 | 6 | $47,100,000 | $7,850,000 | - |
| 35 |
Adam Pelech
Defenseman
|
2021-2028 (FA: 2029)
|
26 | 8 | $46,000,000 | $5,750,000 | - |
| 36 |
Justin Faulk
Defenseman
|
2020-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
27 | 7 | $45,500,000 | $6,500,000 | - |
| 36 |
Torey Krug
Defenseman
|
2020-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
29 | 7 | $45,500,000 | $6,500,000 | - |
| 38 |
Jonas Brodin
Defenseman
|
2021-2027 (FA: 2028)
|
27 | 7 | $42,000,000 | $6,000,000 | - |
| 39 |
Erik Cernak
Defenseman
|
2023-2030 (FA: 2031)
|
25 | 8 | $41,600,000 | $5,200,000 | $14,000,000 |
| 40 |
Ivan Provorov
Defenseman
|
2019-2024 (FA: 2025)
Originally signed w/ PHI
|
22 | 6 | $40,500,000 | $6,750,000 | $12,000,000 |
| 41 |
Michael Matheson
Defenseman
|
2018-2025 (FA: 2026)
Originally signed w/ FLA
|
23 | 8 | $39,000,000 | $4,875,000 | $7,000,000 |
| 42 |
Jaccob Slavin
Defenseman
|
2018-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
23 | 7 | $37,100,000 | $5,300,000 | - |
| 43 |
Kris Letang
Defenseman
|
2022-2027 (FA: 2028)
|
35 | 6 | $36,600,000 | $6,100,000 | $11,600,000 |
| 44 |
Shea Theodore
Defenseman
|
2018-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
23 | 7 | $36,400,000 | $5,200,000 | - |
| 45 |
Nate Schmidt
Defenseman
|
2019-2024 (FA: 2025)
Originally signed w/ VGK
|
27 | 6 | $35,700,000 | $5,950,000 | $2,000,000 |
| 46 |
Samuel Girard
Defenseman
|
2020-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
21 | 7 | $35,000,000 | $5,000,000 | - |
| 47 |
Esa Lindell
Defenseman
|
2019-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
24 | 6 | $34,800,000 | $5,800,000 | $4,000,000 |
| 48 |
Michael Anderson
Defenseman
|
2023-2030 (FA: 2031)
|
23 | 8 | $33,000,000 | $4,125,000 | - |
| 49 |
Brady Skjei
Defenseman
|
2018-2023 (FA: 2024)
Originally signed w/ NYR
|
24 | 6 | $31,500,000 | $5,250,000 | $3,000,000 |
| 49 |
Nikita Zaitsev
Defenseman
|
2017-2023 (FA: 2024)
Originally signed w/ TOR
|
25 | 7 | $31,500,000 | $4,500,000 | - |
| 51 |
Tyler Myers
Defenseman
|
2019-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
29 | 5 | $30,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $16,000,000 |
| 51 |
Mattias Samuelsson
Defenseman
|
2023-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
22 | 7 | $30,000,000 | $4,285,714 | $2,000,000 |
| 53 |
Noah Hanifin
Defenseman
|
2018-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
21 | 6 | $29,700,000 | $4,950,000 | $3,000,000 |
| 54 |
Vince Dunn
Defenseman
|
2023-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
26 | 4 | $29,400,000 | $7,350,000 | - |
| 55 |
Oscar Klefbom
Defenseman
|
2015-2022 (FA: 2023)
|
21 | 7 | $29,169,000 | $4,167,000 | - |
| 56 |
Jakob Chychrun
Defenseman
|
2019-2024 (FA: 2025)
Originally signed w/ ARI
|
20 | 6 | $27,600,000 | $4,600,000 | - |
| 57 |
Rasmus Andersson
Defenseman
|
2020-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
23 | 6 | $27,300,000 | $4,550,000 | - |
| 58 |
Ryan Graves
Defenseman
|
2023-2028 (FA: 2029)
|
28 | 6 | $27,000,000 | $4,500,000 | $12,000,000 |
| 59 |
John Marino
Defenseman
|
2021-2026 (FA: 2027)
Originally signed w/ PIT
|
23 | 6 | $26,400,000 | $4,400,000 | - |
| 60 |
Rasmus Ristolainen
Defenseman
|
2022-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
27 | 5 | $25,500,000 | $5,100,000 | - |
| 61 |
Jeff Petry
Defenseman
|
2021-2024 (FA: 2025)
Originally signed w/ MTL
|
32 | 4 | $25,000,000 | $6,250,000 | $8,000,000 |
| 61 |
Mattias Ekholm
Defenseman
|
2022-2025 (FA: 2026)
Originally signed w/ NSH
|
31 | 4 | $25,000,000 | $6,250,000 | - |
| 63 |
Brandon Carlo
Defenseman
|
2021-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
24 | 6 | $24,600,000 | $4,100,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 64 |
Scott Mayfield
Defenseman
|
2023-2029 (FA: 2030)
|
30 | 7 | $24,500,000 | $3,500,000 | - |
| 65 |
Brett Pesce
Defenseman
|
2018-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
22 | 6 | $24,150,000 | $4,025,000 | - |
| 66 |
Neal Pionk
Defenseman
|
2021-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
26 | 4 | $23,500,000 | $5,875,000 | - |
| 67 |
Jamie Oleksiak
Defenseman
|
2021-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
28 | 5 | $23,000,000 | $4,600,000 | - |
| 68 |
Jacob Muzzin
Defenseman
|
2020-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
31 | 4 | $22,500,000 | $5,625,000 | $16,800,000 |
| 69 |
Marcus Pettersson
Defenseman
|
2020-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
23 | 5 | $20,125,875 | $4,025,175 | - |
| 70 |
T.J. Brodie
Defenseman
|
2020-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
30 | 4 | $20,000,000 | $5,000,000 | - |
| 71 |
Ben Chiarot
Defenseman
|
2022-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
31 | 4 | $19,000,000 | $4,750,000 | - |
| 72 |
Artem Zub
Defenseman
|
2023-2026 (FA: 2027)
|
27 | 4 | $18,400,000 | $4,600,000 | - |
| 73 |
Chris Tanev
Defenseman
|
2020-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
30 | 4 | $18,000,000 | $4,500,000 | - |
| 73 |
Rasmus Dahlin
Defenseman
|
2021-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
21 | 3 | $18,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $2,000,000 |
| 73 |
Josh Manson
Defenseman
|
2022-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
30 | 4 | $18,000,000 | $4,500,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 76 |
Connor Murphy
Defenseman
|
2022-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
28 | 4 | $17,600,000 | $4,400,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 77 |
Jonas Siegenthaler
Defenseman
|
2023-2027 (FA: 2028)
|
25 | 5 | $17,000,000 | $3,400,000 | $1,500,000 |
| 78 |
Zach Whitecloud
Defenseman
|
2022-2027 (FA: 2028)
|
24 | 6 | $16,500,000 | $2,750,000 | $2,000,000 |
| 79 |
Devon Toews
Defenseman
|
2020-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
26 | 4 | $16,400,000 | $4,100,000 | - |
| 80 |
Jake Gardiner
Defenseman
|
2019-2022 (FA: 2023)
|
29 | 4 | $16,200,000 | $4,050,000 | - |
| 81 |
Erik Gudbranson
Defenseman
|
2022-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
30 | 4 | $16,000,000 | $4,000,000 | - |
| 81 |
Adam Larsson
Defenseman
|
2021-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
28 | 4 | $16,000,000 | $4,000,000 | - |
| 81 |
Jake McCabe
Defenseman
|
2021-2024 (FA: 2025)
Originally signed w/ CHI
|
27 | 4 | $16,000,000 | $4,000,000 | - |
| 81 |
Nick Leddy
Defenseman
|
2022-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
31 | 4 | $16,000,000 | $4,000,000 | - |
| 85 |
Alec Martinez
Defenseman
|
2021-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
34 | 3 | $15,750,000 | $5,250,000 | - |
| 86 |
Brenden Dillon
Defenseman
|
2020-2023 (FA: 2024)
Originally signed w/ WAS
|
29 | 4 | $15,600,000 | $3,900,000 | $13,000,000 |
| 87 |
Dmitry Orlov
Defenseman
|
2023-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
31 | 2 | $15,500,000 | $7,750,000 | $3,000,000 |
| 88 |
Matthew Grzelcyk
Defenseman
|
2020-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
26 | 4 | $14,750,000 | $3,687,500 | - |
| 89 |
Ryan Suter
Defenseman
|
2021-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
36 | 4 | $14,600,000 | $3,650,000 | - |
| 90 |
Joel Edmundson
Defenseman
|
2020-2023 (FA: 2024)
Originally signed w/ MTL
|
27 | 4 | $14,000,000 | $3,500,000 | - |
| 90 |
David Savard
Defenseman
|
2021-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
30 | 4 | $14,000,000 | $3,500,000 | $500,000 |
| 92 |
John Moore
Defenseman
|
2018-2022 (FA: 2023)
Originally signed w/ BOS
|
27 | 5 | $13,750,000 | $2,750,000 | - |
| 93 |
Tyson Barrie
Defenseman
|
2021-2023 (FA: 2024)
Originally signed w/ EDM
|
30 | 3 | $13,500,000 | $4,500,000 | $1,750,000 |
| 94 |
Filip Hronek
Defenseman
|
2021-2023 (FA: 2024)
Originally signed w/ DET
|
23 | 3 | $13,200,000 | $4,400,000 | $500,000 |
| 95 |
Marco Scandella
Defenseman
|
2020-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
30 | 4 | $13,100,000 | $3,275,000 | - |
| 96 |
Mario Ferraro
Defenseman
|
2022-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
23 | 4 | $13,000,000 | $3,250,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 96 |
Cody Ceci
Defenseman
|
2021-2024 (FA: 2025)
|
27 | 4 | $13,000,000 | $3,250,000 | - |
| 98 |
Nick Jensen
Defenseman
|
2023-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
32 | 3 | $12,150,000 | $4,050,000 | $6,000,000 |
| 99 |
Radko Gudas
Defenseman
|
2023-2025 (FA: 2026)
|
33 | 3 | $12,000,000 | $4,000,000 | - |
| 99 |
Dylan Demelo
Defenseman
|
2020-2023 (FA: 2024)
|
27 | 4 | $12,000,000 | $3,000,000 | - |