Highest paid players in European hockey

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

Check the Basis column. 5 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	Yaroslav Ozolin	G	26	RUS	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	KHL	€105,500	Reported
1952	Gleb Kuzmin	RW/C	29	RUS	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	€105,500	Reported
1953	Grigori Panin	D	40	RUS	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	€105,500	Reported
1954	Ilya Fedotov	LW	23	RUS	Sibir Novosibirsk	KHL	€105,500	Reported
1955	Artyom Chernov	C/RW	29	RUS	Shanghai Dragons	KHL	€105,500	Reported
1956	Jan Luca Sennhenn	D	25	GER	Kölner Haie	DEL	€105,500	Estimate
1957	Florian Bugl	G	24	GER	Straubing Tigers	DEL	€105,500	Estimate
1958	Kristians Rubins	D	28	LAT	HC Škoda Plzeň	Extraliga	€105,500	Estimate
1959	Pavel Cajan	G	23	CZE	HC Verva Litvínov	Extraliga	€105,500	Estimate
1960	Michal Tomecek	C	22	CZE	HC Olomouc	Extraliga	€105,500	Estimate
1961	Peter Hochkofler	RW	31	AUT	EC Red Bull Salzburg	ICEHL	€105,500	Estimate
1962	Cyril Keller	C	20	SUI	HC Kloten	NL	€105,000	Estimate
1963	Victor Johansson	D	20	SWE	Brynäs IF	SHL	€105,000	Estimate
1964	Malte Setkov	D	27	DEN	JYP	Liiga	€105,000	Estimate
1965	Servác Petrovský	C	22	SVK	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Extraliga	€105,000	Estimate
1966	Renars Krastenbergs	C	27	LAT	HC Motor České Budějovice	Extraliga	€105,000	Estimate
1967	Joël Teasdale	LW	27	CAN	EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV	ICEHL	€105,000	Estimate
1968	Tomas Mikus	C	33	SVK	HC Košice	Slovak	€105,000	Estimate
1969	Chase Pearson	C	28	USA	Nottingham Panthers	EIHL	€105,000	Estimate
1970	Trevor Gooch	C	32	USA	EV Landshut	DEL2	€105,000	Estimate
1971	Jere Vertanen	D	27	FIN	Amiens Gothiques	Magnus	€105,000	Estimate
1972	Markus Modigs	C	34	SWE	Vålerenga Hockey	Norway	€105,000	Estimate
1973	Vilmos Galló	LW	30	HUN	KooKoo	Liiga	€104,500	Estimate
1974	Valtteri Viljanen	D	32	FIN	Sport	Liiga	€104,500	Estimate
1975	Petteri Nikkilä	D	34	FIN	Ässät	Liiga	€104,500	Estimate
1976	Krystof Hrabik	C	26	CZE	HC Sparta Praha	Extraliga	€104,500	Estimate
1977	Phil Pietroniro	D	32	ITA	Rytíři Kladno	Extraliga	€104,500	Estimate
1978	Sacha Treille	LW	38	FRA	Grenoble Brûleurs de Loups	Magnus	€104,500	Estimate
1979	Guillaume Leclerc	C	30	FRA	Grenoble Brûleurs de Loups	Magnus	€104,500	Estimate
1980	Filip Karlsson	C	30	SWE	Rungsted Seier Capital	Denmark	€104,500	Estimate
1981	Alexander Mirzabalayev	LW	23	RUS	Sibir Novosibirsk	KHL	€104,000	Estimate
1982	Yegor Graf	C	20	RUS	Severstal Cherepovets	KHL	€104,000	Estimate
1983	Rayan Bettahar	D	22	GER	Fischtown Pinguins	DEL	€104,000	Estimate
1984	Konrad Abeltshauser	D	34	GER	Löwen Frankfurt	DEL	€104,000	Estimate
1985	Daniel Wirt	D	26	GER	Löwen Frankfurt	DEL	€104,000	Estimate
1986	Christoffer Jansson	C	28	SWE	Färjestad BK	SHL	€104,000	Estimate
1987	Ottoville Leppänen	LW	28	FIN	HIFK	Liiga	€104,000	Estimate
1988	Aron Kiviharju	D	20	FIN	HIFK	Liiga	€104,000	Estimate
1989	Jan Hladonik	C	27	CZE	HC Vítkovice Ridera	Extraliga	€104,000	Estimate
1990	Lukas Cingel	C	34	SVK	HC Kometa Brno	Extraliga	€104,000	Estimate
1991	Daniel Malák	D	24	CZE	HC Škoda Plzeň	Extraliga	€104,000	Estimate
1992	Tomas Cerny	D	29	CZE	HC Olomouc	Extraliga	€104,000	Estimate
1993	Daniel Mantenuto	C	28	ITA	HCB Südtirol Alto Adige	ICEHL	€104,000	Estimate
1994	Lukas Horak	G	32	SLO	HK SŽ Olimpija	ICEHL	€104,000	Estimate
1995	Jason Bast	C	37	CAN	Düsseldorfer EG	DEL2	€104,000	Estimate
1996	Tuomas Salmela	D	31	FIN	Kärpät	Liiga	€103,500	Estimate
1997	Ondrej Miklis	D	30	CZE	HC Dynamo Pardubice	Extraliga	€103,500	Estimate
1998	Carl Berglund	C	26	SWE	HC Olomouc	Extraliga	€103,500	Estimate
1999	Felikss Gavars	C	24	LAT	BK Mladá Boleslav	Extraliga	€103,500	Estimate
2000	Luca Frigo	LW	33	ITA	HCB Südtirol Alto Adige	ICEHL	€103,500	Estimate