Highest paid players in European hockey

2026-27 · 14 leagues · gross annual value · ranks 501–550

Check the Basis column. 1 of these 50 figures were published by a named source. The rest are EuroCap's estimate model and have never been officially reported.

#	Player	Pos	Age	Nat	Club	League	Gross	Basis
501	Joel Persson	D	32	SWE	Växjö Lakers	SHL	€260,500	Estimate
502	Didrik Strömberg	D	32	SWE	Timrå IK	SHL	€260,500	Estimate
503	Simon Knak	RW	24	SUI	ZSC Lions	NL	€259,000	Estimate
504	Maksim Matushkin	D	36	SWE	Löwen Frankfurt	DEL	€259,000	Estimate
505	Petteri Puhakka	LW	25	FIN	HC Kloten	NL	€258,500	Estimate
506	Jakub Vrána	LW	30	CZE	Linköping HC	SHL	€258,500	Estimate
507	Sebastian Repo	RW	30	FIN	HIFK	Liiga	€258,500	Estimate
508	Pontus Åberg	LW	32	SWE	HC Kloten	NL	€258,000	Estimate
509	André Petersson	RW	36	SWE	SCL Tigers	NL	€258,000	Estimate
510	Oscar Lindberg	C	34	SWE	Skellefteå AIK	SHL	€257,000	Estimate
511	Andrej Nestrasil	RW	35	CZE	HC Oceláři Třinec	Extraliga	€257,000	Estimate
512	Spencer Machacek	RW	37	CAN	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	DEL	€256,500	Estimate
513	Dominic Lammer	RW	33	SUI	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	NL	€256,000	Estimate
514	Mauro Dufner	D	31	SUI	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	NL	€256,000	Estimate
515	Jakub Krejčík	D	35	CZE	HC Sparta Praha	Extraliga	€256,000	Estimate
516	Stanislav Skorvanek	G	30	SVK	Mountfield HK	Extraliga	€256,000	Estimate
517	Marc Michaelis	LW	31	GER	Adler Mannheim	DEL	€255,500	Estimate
518	Colt Conrad	C	29	CAN	Fischtown Pinguins	DEL	€255,500	Estimate
519	Mathew Santos	RW	31	CAN	Krefeld Pinguine	DEL	€255,500	Estimate
520	Roger Karrer	D	29	SUI	Genève-Servette	NL	€253,000	Estimate
521	Markus Eisenschmid	C	31	GER	Red Bull München	DEL	€253,000	Estimate
522	Filip Cederqvist	LW	26	SWE	Frölunda HC	SHL	€253,000	Estimate
523	Danil Alalykin	C/LW	25	RUS	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	€252,500	Reported
524	David Tomasek	C	30	CZE	HC Dynamo Pardubice	Extraliga	€252,500	Estimate
525	Christof von Burg	G	25	SUI	SC Bern	NL	€251,500	Estimate
526	Livio Stadler	D	28	SUI	EV Zug	NL	€251,500	Estimate
527	Patrick Hager	C	38	GER	Red Bull München	DEL	€251,500	Estimate
528	D.J. Busdeker	RW	26	USA	Augsburger Panther	DEL	€251,500	Estimate
529	Axel Bergkvist	D	26	SWE	Färjestad BK	SHL	€251,500	Estimate
530	Garrett Pilon	C	28	CAN	Barys Astana	KHL	€250,000	Estimate
531	Riley Sheen	LW	31	CAN	ERC Ingolstadt	DEL	€250,000	Estimate
532	Matt Bradley	C	29	ITA	HCB Südtirol Alto Adige	ICEHL	€250,000	Estimate
533	Linus Fröberg	D	33	SWE	Löwen Frankfurt	DEL	€249,000	Estimate
534	Jakub Flek	LW	33	CZE	HC Kometa Brno	Extraliga	€249,000	Estimate
535	Veit Oswald	RW	22	GER	Red Bull München	DEL	€248,500	Estimate
536	Justin Schütz	LW	26	GER	Adler Mannheim	DEL	€248,500	Estimate
537	Joachim Blichfeld	RW	28	DEN	Tappara	Liiga	€248,500	Estimate
538	Jaakko Rissanen	C	36	FIN	KalPa	Liiga	€247,500	Estimate
539	Pavel Kousal	LW	27	CZE	HC Sparta Praha	Extraliga	€247,000	Estimate
540	Patrick Brown	C	34	USA	Adler Mannheim	DEL	€246,000	Estimate
541	Aku Kestilä	C	32	FIN	Ferencvárosi TC	ICEHL	€246,000	Estimate
542	Juuso Riikola	D	32	FIN	SCL Tigers	NL	€245,500	Estimate
543	Matthias Plachta	LW	35	GER	Adler Mannheim	DEL	€245,500	Estimate
544	Vincent Praplan	C	32	SUI	Genève-Servette	NL	€245,000	Estimate
545	Jerry Turkulainen	RW	27	FIN	HC Ajoie	NL	€245,000	Estimate
546	Ville Pokka	D	32	FIN	Red Bull München	DEL	€245,000	Estimate
547	Ondrej Kovarcik	LW	31	CZE	HC Oceláři Třinec	Extraliga	€245,000	Estimate
548	Michael Raffl	LW	37	AUT	EC Red Bull Salzburg	ICEHL	€245,000	Estimate
549	Colin Miller	D	33	CAN	Lausanne HC	NL	€244,500	Estimate
550	Cameron Brace	RW	33	CAN	Löwen Frankfurt	DEL	€243,500	Estimate