Highest paid players in European hockey

2026-27 · 14 leagues · gross annual value · ranks 101–150

Check the Basis column. 23 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
101	Vladimir Alistrov	RW	25	BLR	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL	€558,000	Reported
102	Sandro Schmid	C	26	SUI	Fribourg-Gottéron	NL	€558,000	Estimate
103	David Sklenička	D	29	CZE	EV Zug	NL	€553,000	Estimate
104	Rasmus Asplund	C	28	SWE	HC Davos	NL	€553,000	Estimate
105	Lukas Frick	D	31	SUI	HC Davos	NL	€552,000	Estimate
106	Waltteri Merelä	RW	28	FIN	SC Bern	NL	€548,000	Estimate
107	Malte Strömwall	RW	31	SWE	ZSC Lions	NL	€544,000	Estimate
108	Zach Sanford	LW	31	USA	HC Lugano	NL	€543,500	Estimate
109	Michael Kapla	D	31	USA	Fribourg-Gottéron	NL	€535,500	Estimate
110	Vili Saarijärvi	D	29	FIN	Genève-Servette	NL	€528,500	Estimate
111	Maxime Lajoie	D	28	CAN	Avangard Omsk	KHL	€526,500	Reported
112	Nikita Serebryakov	G	30	RUS	Avangard Omsk	KHL	€526,500	Reported
113	Joseph Blandisi	C	32	CAN	SKA Saint Petersburg	KHL	€526,500	Reported
114	Vasily Atanasov	RW	23	RUS	SKA Saint Petersburg	KHL	€526,500	Reported
115	Sergei Sapego	D	26	BLR	SKA Saint Petersburg	KHL	€526,500	Reported
116	Igor Ozhiganov	D	33	RUS	Dynamo Moscow	KHL	€526,500	Reported
117	Artem Sergeev	D	33	RUS	Dynamo Moscow	KHL	€526,500	Reported
118	Jeremy Roy	D	29	CAN	CSKA Moscow	KHL	€526,500	Reported
119	Nikita Nesterov	D	33	RUS	CSKA Moscow	KHL	€526,500	Reported
120	Dmitry Samorukov	D	27	RUS	CSKA Moscow	KHL	€526,500	Reported
121	Daniil Vovchenko	LW	30	RUS	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL	€526,500	Reported
122	Grigory Denisenko	LW	26	RUS	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL	€526,500	Reported
123	Sergey Telegin	D	25	RUS	Traktor Chelyabinsk	KHL	€526,500	Reported
124	Chase Priskey	D	30	USA	Barys Astana	KHL	€526,500	Reported
125	Alexander Alekseev	D	26	RUS	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	€526,500	Reported
126	Yannick Rathgeb	D	30	SUI	Fribourg-Gottéron	NL	€522,500	Estimate
127	Christoph Bertschy	C	32	SUI	Fribourg-Gottéron	NL	€521,500	Estimate
128	Emil Bemström	C	27	SWE	SC Bern	NL	€519,000	Estimate
129	Jesper Frödén	RW	31	SWE	ZSC Lions	NL	€519,000	Estimate
130	Fabio Hofer	RW	35	AUT	EHC Biel	NL	€519,000	Estimate
131	Damien Riat	RW	29	SUI	Lausanne HC	NL	€517,000	Estimate
132	Nikita Boyarkin	G	28	KAZ	Barys Astana	KHL	€505,500	Reported
133	Michael Joly	RW	31	CAN	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NL	€499,000	Estimate
134	Jan Kovář	C	36	CZE	EV Zug	NL	€496,500	Estimate
135	Andrei Belozyorov	LW	30	RUS	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	KHL	€496,000	Estimate
136	Adam Tambellini	C	31	CAN	HC Davos	NL	€492,000	Estimate
137	Mikko Lehtonen	D	32	FIN	ZSC Lions	NL	€491,500	Estimate
138	Rodwin Dionicio	D	22	SUI	SC Bern	NL	€490,000	Estimate
139	Sonny Milano	LW	30	USA	SC Bern	NL	€488,500	Estimate
140	Simon Ryfors	C	28	SWE	HC Davos	NL	€488,000	Estimate
141	Jesse Blacker	D	35	CAN	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL	€484,000	Reported
142	Raphael Díaz	D	40	SUI	EV Zug	NL	€482,000	Estimate
143	Lias Andersson	C	27	SWE	EHC Biel	NL	€477,000	Estimate
144	Drake Caggiula	LW	32	CAN	Lausanne HC	NL	€476,500	Estimate
145	Benjamin Baumgartner	C	26	AUT	SC Bern	NL	€475,500	Estimate
146	Valentin Zykov	LW	31	RUS	SKA Saint Petersburg	KHL	€473,500	Reported
147	Nick Merkley	RW	29	CAN	Dynamo Moscow	KHL	€473,500	Reported
148	Artem Blazhievsky	D	32	RUS	Dynamo Moscow	KHL	€473,500	Reported
149	Robert Hamilton	D	32	CAN	CSKA Moscow	KHL	€473,500	Reported
150	Ivan Drozdov	RW	26	BLR	CSKA Moscow	KHL	€473,500	Reported