Highest paid players in European hockey

2026-27 · 14 leagues · gross annual value · ranks 1951–2000

Check the Basis column. 3 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
1951	Marcus Björk	D	28	SWE	Björklöven	SHL	€96,000	Estimate
1952	Ludvig Levinsson	C	25	SWE	Timrå IK	SHL	€96,000	Estimate
1953	Tuomas Salmela	D	31	FIN	Kärpät	Liiga	€96,000	Estimate
1954	Malte Setkov	D	27	DEN	JYP	Liiga	€96,000	Estimate
1955	Vit Jiskra	C	25	CZE	HC Energie Karlovy Vary	Extraliga	€96,000	Estimate
1956	Nicolas Deschamps	LW	36	CAN	Grenoble Brûleurs de Loups	Magnus	€96,000	Estimate
1957	Magomed Sharakanov	D	21	RUS	Dynamo Moscow	KHL	€95,500	Estimate
1958	Robin Nico Antenen	LW	20	SUI	EV Zug	NL	€95,500	Estimate
1959	Lukas Klok	D	31	CZE	Red Bull München	DEL	€95,500	Estimate
1960	Håvard Østrem Salsten	C	25	NOR	Djurgårdens IF	SHL	€95,500	Estimate
1961	Ondrej Najman	C	28	CZE	HC Sparta Praha	Extraliga	€95,500	Estimate
1962	Patrik Demel	D	30	CZE	HC Vítkovice Ridera	Extraliga	€95,500	Estimate
1963	Paul Huber	C	26	AUT	Graz99ers	ICEHL	€95,500	Estimate
1964	Makar Golikov	LW	20	RUS	Dynamo Moscow	KHL	€95,000	Estimate
1965	Maximilian Daubner	D	28	GER	Red Bull München	DEL	€95,000	Estimate
1966	Jarkko Parikka	D	28	FIN	Ilves	Liiga	€95,000	Estimate
1967	Teemu Turunen	LW	30	FIN	Jokerit	Liiga	€95,000	Estimate
1968	David Goodwin	C	34	USA	Belfast Giants	EIHL	€95,000	Estimate
1969	Andrey Pribylsky	D	25	RUS	Traktor Chelyabinsk	KHL	€94,500	Reported
1970	Nikita Khoruzhev	C	22	RUS	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	KHL	€94,500	Reported
1971	Alexander Komarov	D	23	RUS	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	€94,500	Reported
1972	Yaroslav Belyakov	D	20	RUS	HC Sochi	KHL	€94,500	Estimate
1973	Marat Kalimullin	D	20	RUS	HC Sochi	KHL	€94,500	Estimate
1974	Max Westergård	LW	18	FIN	Frölunda HC	SHL	€94,500	Estimate
1975	Pyry Vilhunen	D	19	FIN	TPS	Liiga	€94,500	Estimate
1976	Verneri Virkkunen	D	19	FIN	TPS	Liiga	€94,500	Estimate
1977	Janne Hämäläinen	LW	28	FIN	Kiekko-Espoo	Liiga	€94,500	Estimate
1978	Aarne Talvitie	C	27	FIN	Kiekko-Espoo	Liiga	€94,500	Estimate
1979	Tomas Dvorak	D	31	CZE	HC Dynamo Pardubice	Extraliga	€94,500	Estimate
1980	Jaromír Pérez	LW	21	CZE	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Extraliga	€94,500	Estimate
1981	Theodor Pistek	RW	25	CZE	HC Verva Litvínov	Extraliga	€94,500	Estimate
1982	Jan Peroutka	C	20	CZE	HC Verva Litvínov	Extraliga	€94,500	Estimate
1983	Luka Gomboc	LW	22	SLO	HK SŽ Olimpija	ICEHL	€94,500	Estimate
1984	Julian Jakobsen	C	39	DEN	Aalborg Pirates	Denmark	€94,500	Estimate
1985	Tim Fleischer	C	25	GER	Kölner Haie	DEL	€94,000	Estimate
1986	Josiah Didier	D	33	USA	Björklöven	SHL	€94,000	Estimate
1987	Joel Mustonen	C	33	FIN	Björklöven	SHL	€94,000	Estimate
1988	Phil Di Giuseppe	LW	32	CAN	Björklöven	SHL	€94,000	Estimate
1989	Lenni Killinen	RW	26	FIN	Björklöven	SHL	€94,000	Estimate
1990	Bruno Osmanis	RW	19	LAT	Björklöven	SHL	€94,000	Estimate
1991	Kalle Miketinac	C	27	SWE	Sport	Liiga	€94,000	Estimate
1992	Tomas Tomek	D	23	CZE	Rytíři Kladno	Extraliga	€94,000	Estimate
1993	Nelson Nogier	D	30	CAN	Vienna Capitals	ICEHL	€94,000	Estimate
1994	Niklas Wetzl	D	24	AUT	Pioneers Vorarlberg	ICEHL	€94,000	Estimate
1995	Ryder Korczak	C	23	CAN	HC Slovan Bratislava	Slovak	€94,000	Estimate
1996	J.J. Piccinich	RW	30	USA	Belfast Giants	EIHL	€94,000	Estimate
1997	Daniil Kazulayev	RW	20	RUS	Severstal Cherepovets	KHL	€93,500	Estimate
1998	Ivan Podshivalov	C	24	RUS	Severstal Cherepovets	KHL	€93,500	Estimate
1999	Saku Salmela	D	36	FIN	HIFK	Liiga	€93,500	Estimate
2000	Chad Nychuk	D	25	CAN	HPK	Liiga	€93,500	Estimate