Highest paid players in European hockey

2026-27 · 14 leagues · gross annual value · ranks 1001–1050

Check the Basis column. 13 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
1001	Aris Häfliger	D	21	SUI	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NL	€161,000	Estimate
1002	Jeremy McKenna	RW	27	CAN	Red Bull München	DEL	€161,000	Estimate
1003	Max Newton	C	28	CAN	Krefeld Pinguine	DEL	€161,000	Estimate
1004	Pär Lindholm	C	34	SWE	Skellefteå AIK	SHL	€161,000	Estimate
1005	Kristian Näkyvä	D	35	FIN	Kiekko-Espoo	Liiga	€161,000	Estimate
1006	Ryan Sproul	D	33	CAN	EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV	ICEHL	€161,000	Estimate
1007	Nikita Scherbak	LW	30	RUS	HC TIWAG Innsbruck	ICEHL	€161,000	Estimate
1008	Daniil Valitov	D	26	RUS	Sibir Novosibirsk	KHL	€160,500	Estimate
1009	Oleksii Myklukha	C	23	SVK	Pelicans	Liiga	€160,500	Estimate
1010	Martin Marincin	D	34	SVK	HC Oceláři Třinec	Extraliga	€160,500	Estimate
1011	Viliam Cacho	C	27	SVK	Mountfield HK	Extraliga	€160,500	Estimate
1012	Denis Zeman	D	25	CZE	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Extraliga	€160,500	Estimate
1013	Justin MacPherson	D	26	CAN	Hydro Fehérvár AV19	ICEHL	€160,500	Estimate
1014	Anthony Greco	RW	32	USA	Adler Mannheim	DEL	€160,000	Estimate
1015	Nick Halloran	RW	29	USA	Straubing Tigers	DEL	€160,000	Estimate
1016	Emil Djuse	D	32	SWE	Skellefteå AIK	SHL	€160,000	Estimate
1017	Daniel Marmenlind	G	28	SWE	Djurgårdens IF	SHL	€160,000	Estimate
1018	Gustav Backström	D	31	SWE	Örebro HK	SHL	€160,000	Estimate
1019	Kasper Puutio	D	24	FIN	HIFK	Liiga	€159,500	Estimate
1020	Simon Åkerström	D	31	SWE	Sport	Liiga	€159,500	Estimate
1021	Raphael Herburger	C	37	AUT	EC-KAC	ICEHL	€159,500	Estimate
1022	Vsevolod Nikitin	C	23	RUS	Severstal Cherepovets	KHL	€159,000	Estimate
1023	Daniel Fischbuch	RW	32	GER	Kölner Haie	DEL	€159,000	Estimate
1024	Isac Heens	D	26	SWE	Frölunda HC	SHL	€159,000	Estimate
1025	Matic Török	RW	23	SLO	Ilves	Liiga	€159,000	Estimate
1026	Veli-Matti Savinainen	RW	40	FIN	TPS	Liiga	€159,000	Estimate
1027	Juuso Puustinen	RW	38	FIN	JYP	Liiga	€159,000	Estimate
1028	Brendan Ranford	C	34	CAN	HPK	Liiga	€159,000	Estimate
1029	Jesper Jensen Aabo	D	35	DEN	EC-KAC	ICEHL	€159,000	Estimate
1030	Nic Balestra	D	21	SUI	EV Zug	NL	€158,500	Estimate
1031	Tim Minder	D	23	SUI	HC Davos	NL	€158,500	Estimate
1032	Marco Zanetti	RW	24	ITA	HC Lugano	NL	€158,500	Estimate
1033	Joel Lassinantti	G	33	SWE	Luleå HF	SHL	€158,500	Estimate
1034	Matteus Ward	G	25	SWE	Luleå HF	SHL	€158,500	Estimate
1035	Ludvig Claesson	D	29	SWE	Rögle BK	SHL	€158,500	Estimate
1036	Jordan Martel	RW	28	CAN	BK Mladá Boleslav	Extraliga	€158,500	Estimate
1037	Olivier Galipeau	D	29	CAN	EC Red Bull Salzburg	ICEHL	€158,500	Estimate
1038	Cedric Paquette	C	32	CAN	Avangard Omsk	KHL	€158,000	Reported
1039	Ivan Prosvetov	G	27	RUS	Avangard Omsk	KHL	€158,000	Reported
1040	Egor Savikov	D	23	RUS	SKA Saint Petersburg	KHL	€158,000	Reported
1041	Stefan Da Costa	F	37	FRA	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL	€158,000	Reported
1042	Alexey Melnichuk	G	28	RUS	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	KHL	€158,000	Reported
1043	Matvey Zaseda	LW	27	RUS	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	KHL	€158,000	Reported
1044	Maxim Kuznetsov	RW	24	RUS	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	€158,000	Reported
1045	Egor Suchkov	RW	24	RUS	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	€158,000	Reported
1046	Sergey Popov	LW	26	RUS	Sibir Novosibirsk	KHL	€158,000	Reported
1047	Alexey Yakovlev	RW	31	RUS	Sibir Novosibirsk	KHL	€158,000	Reported
1048	Kirill Urakov	C	28	RUS	Amur Khabarovsk	KHL	€158,000	Reported
1049	Nikita Artamonov	RW	20	RUS	Severstal Cherepovets	KHL	€158,000	Reported
1050	Alexander Volkov	C	23	RUS	Admiral Vladivostok	KHL	€158,000	Reported