NHL Salary Rankings NHL Salary Rankings

Listing the top salaries, cap hits, cash, earnings, contracts, and bonuses, for all active NHL players.

2023 Defenseman Cap Hit Rankings

Player POS cap hit
1 Karlsson D $11,500,000
2 Doughty D $11,000,000
3 Werenski D $9,583,333
4 Jones D $9,500,000
Mcavoy D $9,500,000
Fox

Adam Fox

NYR
 D $9,500,000
7 Nurse D $9,250,000
8 Josi D $9,059,000
9 Hamilton D $9,000,000
Makar D $9,000,000
11 Pietrangelo D $8,800,000
12 Sergachev D $8,500,000
13 Heiskanen D $8,450,000
14 Burns D $8,000,000
Trouba D $8,000,000
Carlson D $8,000,000
Chabot D $8,000,000
18 Hedman D $7,875,000
19 Weber D $7,857,143
20 Hughes D $7,850,000
21 Orlov D $7,750,000
22 Spurgeon D $7,575,000
23 Rielly D $7,500,000
Ekblad D $7,500,000
25 Dunn D $7,350,000
26 Vlasic D $7,000,000
27 Seabrook D $6,875,000
28 McDonagh D $6,750,000
Provorov D $6,750,000
30 Fowler D $6,500,000
Lindholm D $6,500,000
Krug D $6,500,000
Parayko D $6,500,000
Faulk D $6,500,000
35 Sanheim D $6,250,000
Ellis D $6,250,000
Ekholm D $6,250,000
Severson D $6,250,000
Weegar D $6,250,000
Morrissey D $6,250,000
Petry D $6,250,000
42 Pulock D $6,150,000
43 Letang D $6,100,000
44 Myers D $6,000,000
Brodin D $6,000,000
Dahlin D $6,000,000
47 Schmidt D $5,950,000
48 Gavrikov D $5,875,000
Pionk D $5,875,000
50 Lindell D $5,800,000
51 Pelech D $5,750,000
52 Muzzin D $5,625,000
53 Slavin D $5,300,000
54 Skjei D $5,250,000
Martinez D $5,250,000
56 Cernak D $5,200,000
Theodore D $5,200,000
58 Ristolainen D $5,100,000
59 Brodie D $5,000,000
Girard D $5,000,000
61 Hanifin D $4,950,000
62 Matheson D $4,875,000
63 Chiarot D $4,750,000
64 Oleksiak D $4,600,000
Chychrun D $4,600,000
Zub

Artem Zub

OTT
 D $4,600,000
67 Andersson D $4,550,000
68 Barrie D $4,500,000
Zaitsev D $4,500,000
Graves D $4,500,000
Manson D $4,500,000
Tanev D $4,500,000
73 Murphy D $4,400,000
Marino D $4,400,000
Hronek D $4,400,000
76 Samuelsson D $4,285,714
77 Klingberg D $4,150,000
78 Anderson D $4,125,000
Gostisbehere D $4,125,000
80 Toews D $4,100,000
Carlo D $4,100,000
82 Jensen D $4,050,000
83 Pettersson D $4,025,175
84 Pesce D $4,025,000
85 Gudas D $4,000,000
McCabe D $4,000,000
Dobson D $4,000,000
Gudbranson D $4,000,000
Larsson D $4,000,000
Leddy D $4,000,000
91 Dumba D $3,900,000
Dillon D $3,900,000
93 Miller D $3,872,000
94 Byram D $3,850,000
95 Zadorov D $3,750,000
96 Grzelcyk D $3,687,500
97 Suter D $3,650,000
98 Montour D $3,500,000
Mayfield D $3,500,000
Edmundson D $3,500,000