European hockey salaries and payrolls
What players earn across 14 leagues — every figure labelled by the evidence behind it.
5,033Players
190Clubs
14Leagues
351Published salaries
Highest paid in Europe
#1€1.06M
Sam Anas
Dinamo Minsk
#2€1.05M
Alexander Barabanov
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
#3€1.00M
Michael McLeod
Avangard Omsk
#4€1.00M
Alexander Chmelevski
Ak Bars Kazan
#5€968k
Rocco Grimaldi
SKA Saint Petersburg
Champions Hockey League
The one competition where a Swedish club plays a German one plays a Swiss one — so the only place these payrolls can be compared at all.
What all 24 CHL rosters cost →
Leagues by total payroll
Kontinental Hockey League
Total payroll€170.95M
Players627
Average€273k
BasisReported
351 of 627 salaries published
National League
Total payroll€107.58M
Players406
Average€265k
BasisEstimate
no published figures — model output
Svenska Hockeyligan
Total payroll€56.99M
Players358
Average€159k
BasisFiled
13 club payrolls published
Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Total payroll€53.36M
Players366
Average€146k
BasisEstimate
no published figures — model output
Liiga
Total payroll€50.93M
Players526
Average€97k
BasisFiled
17 club payrolls published
Tipsport Extraliga
Total payroll€47.23M
Players387
Average€122k
BasisEstimate
no published figures — model output
ICE Hockey League
Total payroll€35.93M
Players376
Average€96k
BasisEstimate
no published figures — model output
DEL2
Total payroll€18.61M
Players336
Average€55k
BasisEstimate
no published figures — model output
Tipos Extraliga
Total payroll€15.79M
Players351
Average€45k
BasisEstimate
no published figures — model output
Ligue Magnus
Total payroll€15.05M
Players289
Average€52k
BasisEstimate
no published figures — model output
Fjordkraft-ligaen
Total payroll€11.42M
Players238
Average€48k
BasisEstimate
no published figures — model output
Elite Ice Hockey League
Total payroll€9.57M
Players217
Average€44k
BasisEstimate
no published figures — model output
Metal Ligaen
Total payroll€9.12M
Players217
Average€42k
BasisEstimate
no published figures — model output
HockeyAllsvenskan
Total payroll€8.15M
Players339
Average€24k
BasisEstimate
no published figures — model output
Latest transfers
| Date | Player | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | Vladislav Sapunov | SKA St. Petersburg | Izhstal Izhevsk |
| 2026-09-17 | Pavol Regenda | San Jose Sharks | HV71 |
| 2026-09-17 | Branden Troock | HC Vítkovice | Atlanta Gladiators |
| 2026-09-17 | Sebastian Laßmann | EC Peiting | EC Kassel Huskies |
| 2026-09-17 | Daniil Afonin | Hammer Eisbären | EC Kassel Huskies |
| 2026-09-16 | Ilya Talaluyev | Sibir Novosibirsk | HK Kaluga |
| 2026-09-16 | Nic Balestra | EV Zug | SC Bern |
| 2026-09-16 | Samuel Huzevka | Pelicans | Unknown |
How to read these figures
Imports are paid after tax (net pay). Domestic players are paid before tax (gross pay). Figures marked Reported or Filed were published by someone else — the rest are EuroCap estimates. Full methodology →
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