Highest paid players in European hockey

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

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
1001	Grigori Kuzmin	LW	23	RUS	Amur Khabarovsk	KHL	€172,000	Estimate
1002	Maxim Korostelyov	RW	23	RUS	HC Sochi	KHL	€172,000	Estimate
1003	Dmitri Ovchinnikov	C/RW	24	RUS	HC Sochi	KHL	€172,000	Estimate
1004	Alex Green	D	28	USA	Straubing Tigers	DEL	€172,000	Estimate
1005	Matias Mäntykivi	C	25	FIN	Växjö Lakers	SHL	€172,000	Estimate
1006	Jyrki Jokipakka	D	35	FIN	Tappara	Liiga	€172,000	Estimate
1007	Matic Török	RW	23	SLO	Ilves	Liiga	€172,000	Estimate
1008	Ronald Knot	D	31	CZE	HC Sparta Praha	Extraliga	€172,000	Estimate
1009	Kimo Gruber	RW	21	SUI	ZSC Lions	NL	€171,500	Estimate
1010	Guillaume Kaser	C	21	SUI	EHC Biel	NL	€171,500	Estimate
1011	Matěj Machovský	G	33	CZE	HC Olomouc	Extraliga	€171,500	Estimate
1012	Dmitry Zavgorodny	LW/C	26	RUS	Admiral Vladivostok	KHL	€171,000	Estimate
1013	Nico Krämmer	LW	33	GER	Fischtown Pinguins	DEL	€171,000	Estimate
1014	Jan-Mikael Järvinen	C	38	FIN	Ilves	Liiga	€171,000	Estimate
1015	Santeri Virtanen	C	27	FIN	Lukko	Liiga	€171,000	Estimate
1016	Daniil Seroukh	LW	28	RUS	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	KHL	€170,500	Estimate
1017	Titouan Girardin	C	21	SUI	HC Ajoie	NL	€170,500	Estimate
1018	Oskar Jellvik	LW	23	SWE	Rögle BK	SHL	€170,500	Estimate
1019	Jan Mandát	C	30	CZE	HC Dynamo Pardubice	Extraliga	€170,500	Estimate
1020	Clemens Unterweger	D	34	AUT	EC-KAC	ICEHL	€170,500	Estimate
1021	Lucas Lagerberg Hoen	D	22	SWE	HV71	SHL	€170,000	Estimate
1022	Jonas Arntzen	G	28	NOR	Örebro HK	SHL	€170,000	Estimate
1023	Antti Kalapudas	C	30	FIN	Jokerit	Liiga	€170,000	Estimate
1024	Martin Kohout	LW	31	CZE	Mountfield HK	Extraliga	€170,000	Estimate
1025	Christophe Lalancette	C	32	CAN	HC Škoda Plzeň	Extraliga	€170,000	Estimate
1026	Danielius Cecekovas	C	20	LTU	Fribourg-Gottéron	NL	€169,500	Estimate
1027	Lucas Hedlund	C	20	SWE	Fribourg-Gottéron	NL	€169,500	Estimate
1028	Flavien Etter	C	19	SUI	Fribourg-Gottéron	NL	€169,500	Estimate
1029	Luke Esposito	C	32	USA	Adler Mannheim	DEL	€169,500	Estimate
1030	Justin Feser	C	34	CAN	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	DEL	€169,500	Estimate
1031	Michael Joyaux	D	29	USA	Löwen Frankfurt	DEL	€169,500	Estimate
1032	Elias Lindgren	D	25	SWE	Växjö Lakers	SHL	€169,500	Estimate
1033	Anton Levtchi	LW	30	FIN	Luleå HF	SHL	€169,500	Estimate
1034	Tim Barkemo	D	22	SWE	Timrå IK	SHL	€169,500	Estimate
1035	Semyon Terekhov	RW	24	RUS	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL	€169,000	Estimate
1036	Tom Vidal	C	20	FRA	Lausanne HC	NL	€169,000	Estimate
1037	Jérôme Bachofner	LW	30	SUI	SCL Tigers	NL	€169,000	Estimate
1038	Ty Glover	LW	25	CAN	Löwen Frankfurt	DEL	€169,000	Estimate
1039	Graeme Clarke	RW	25	CAN	Frölunda HC	SHL	€169,000	Estimate
1040	Aidan Dudas	RW	26	CAN	Pelicans	Liiga	€169,000	Estimate
1041	Patrik Koch	D	29	SVK	HC Oceláři Třinec	Extraliga	€169,000	Estimate
1042	Tomas Zohorna	C	38	CZE	HC Kometa Brno	Extraliga	€169,000	Estimate
1043	Nick Hutchison	C	31	USA	EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV	ICEHL	€169,000	Estimate
1044	Nikita Tertyshny	LW	28	RUS	Dynamo Moscow	KHL	€168,500	Reported
1045	Ludwig Byström	D	32	SWE	Fischtown Pinguins	DEL	€168,500	Estimate
1046	Filip Sandberg	C	32	SWE	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Extraliga	€168,500	Estimate
1047	Robert Lantosi	RW	30	SVK	HC Motor České Budějovice	Extraliga	€168,500	Estimate
1048	Viktor Andreichenko	LW	22	RUS	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	KHL	€168,000	Estimate
1049	Curtis Valk	C	33	CAN	Schwenninger Wild Wings	DEL	€168,000	Estimate
1050	Chris DiDomenico	C	37	CAN	Björklöven	SHL	€168,000	Estimate