According to the NHL Players Association, 74 players will earn a paycheck of at least $5 million this season. Below is a list of the top 50 highest-paid players in the league. All figures are in U.S. dollars.
| Top 50 salaries for 2009-10 |
| Player, Pos. |
Team |
2009-10 salary |
| Vincent Lecavalier, C |
Tampa Bay |
$10 million |
| Sidney Crosby, C |
Pittsburgh |
$9 million |
| Evgeni Malkin, C |
Pittsburgh |
$9 million |
| Alex Ovechkin, LW |
Washington |
$9 million |
| Chris Drury, C |
New York Rangers |
$8.05 million |
| Daniel Briere, C |
Philadelphia |
$8 million |
| Scott Gomez, C |
Montreal |
$8 million |
| Dany Heatley, LW |
San Jose |
$8 million |
| Wade Redden, D |
New York Rangers |
$8 million |
| Jason Spezza, C |
Ottawa |
$8 million |
| Marian Hossa, RW |
Chicago |
$7.9 million |
| Brad Richards, C |
Dallas |
$7.8 million |
| Zdeno Chara, D |
Boston |
$7.5 million |
| Marian Gaborik, RW |
New York Rangers |
$7.5 million |
| Ilya Kovalchuk, LW |
Atlanta |
$7.5 million |
| Roberto Luongo, G |
Vancouver |
$7.5 million |
| Nicklas Lidstrom, D |
Detroit |
$7.45 million |
| Henrik Zetterberg, C |
Detroit |
$7.4 million |
| Joe Thornton, C |
San Jose |
$7.2 million |
| Brian Campbell, D |
Chicago |
$7.14 million |
| Daniel Alfredsson, RW |
Ottawa |
$7 million |
| Jay Bouwmeester, D |
Calgary |
$7 million |
| Shawn Horcoff, C |
Edmonton |
$7 million |
| Jarome Iginla, RW |
Calgary |
$7 million |
| Miikka Kiprusoff, G |
Calgary |
$7 million |
| Rick Nash, LW |
Columbus |
$7 million |
| Kimmo Timonen, D |
Philadelphia |
$7 million |
| Lubomir Visnovsky, D |
Edmonton |
$7 million |
| Henrik Lundqvist, G |
New York Rangers |
$6.875 million |
| Pavel Datsyuk, C |
Detroit |
$6.7 million |
| Dan Boyle |
San Jose |
$6.667 million |
| Paul Stastny, C |
Colorado |
$6.6 million |
| Corey Perry, RW |
Anaheim |
$6.5 million |
| Dion Phaneuf, D |
Calgary |
$6.5 million |
| Ryan Smyth, LW |
Los Angeles |
$6.5 million |
| Thomas Vanek, LW |
Buffalo |
$6.4 million |
| Patrick Marleau, C |
San Jose |
$6.3 million |
| Ryan Miller, G |
Buffalo |
$6.25 million |
| Chris Pronger, D |
Philadelphia |
$6.25 million |
| Daniel Sedin, LW |
Vancouver |
$6.1 million |
| Henrik Sedin, C |
Vancouver |
$6.1 million |
| Niklas Backstrom, G |
Minnesota |
$6 million |
| Patrik Elias, LW |
New Jersey |
$6 million |
| Jean-Sebastien Gigure, G |
Anaheim |
$6 million |
| Ed Jovanovski, D |
Phoenix |
$6 million |
| Paul Kariya, LW |
St. Louis |
$6 million |
| Anze Kopitar, C |
Los Angeles |
$6 million |
| Ryan Malone, LW |
Tampa Bay |
$6 million |
| Evgeni Nabokov, G |
San Jose |
$6 million |
| Scott Niedermayer, D |
Anaheim |
$6 million |
| Brian Rafalski, D |
Detroit |
$6 million |
| Michal Rozsival, D |
New York Rangers |
$6 million |
| Eric Staal, C |
Carolina |
$6 million |
| Tim Thomas, G |
Boston |
$6 million |
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