Bobby Smith
Hockey Fortune:
$6,175,325
Description
Bobby Smith’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $6,175,325 (US $16,060,534 in today's dollars), ranking #1619 in NHL / hockey career earnings.
Birthdate: February 12, 1958Country of birth: Canada
Position: C
NHL Draft:
- Year: 1978
- Round #1
- Overall Pick: 1
- By: Minnesota North Stars
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| Salary History - Bobby Smith All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted. |
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| Season | Earnings (US$) |
In today's US$ |
Rank |
| 1978-79 | $350,000 | $1,625,249 | |
| In June 1978, signed a four-year contract with the Minnesota North Stars for $400,000 and got a $250,000 signing bonus after being the 1st overall pick in the 1978 NHL draft. Earned his $100,000 salary and $250,000 bonus. (According to another edition of The Sporting News, it was a four-year contract worth $800,000; according to another edition, he earned a salary of $125,000 plus a signing bonus of $150,000.) | |||
| Source(s): Book: Breakaway / New York Times / The Sporting News | |||
| 1979-80 | $100,000 | $417,333 | |
| Source(s): New York Times / The Sporting News | |||
| 1980-81 | $100,000 | $367,552 | |
| Source(s): New York Times / The Sporting News | |||
| 1981-82 | $300,000 | $999,450 | |
| Source(s): Book: Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey | |||
| 1982-83 | $350,000 | $1,098,601 | |
| Prior to the season, signed a seven-year contract with the Minnesota North Stars for $2.45M. (It was for $3M according to The Sporting News and UPI and $2.6M according to the book Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey.) | |||
| Source(s): Book: Les Stastny | |||
| 1983-84 | $350,000 | $1,064,408 | |
| Ten games into the season, he was trade by the Minnesota North Stars to the Montreal Canadiens. According to La Presse, he renegotiated a new five-year contract that was less lucrative but more tax-friendly. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Les Stastny | |||
| 1984-85 | $350,000 | $1,020,553 | |
| Source(s): Book: Les Stastny | |||
| 1985-86 | $350,000 | $985,544 | |
| Source(s): Book: Les Stastny | |||
| 1986-87 | $350,000 | $967,202 | |
| Source(s): Book: Les Stastny | |||
| 1987-88 | $350,000 | $933,066 | |
| Source(s): Book: Les Stastny | |||
| 1988-89 | $350,000 | $896,457 | |
| Source(s): Book: Les Stastny | |||
| 1989-90 | $325,325 | $794,877 | 46 |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $385,000. | |||
| Source(s): Canadian Press | |||
| 1990-91 | $400,000 | $927,292 | 41 |
| One-way contract. | |||
| Source(s): The Hockey News / Canadian Press | |||
| 1992-93 | $550,000 | $1,187,251 | 114 |
| Amount includes salary and any signing bonus paid in 1992-93. | |||
| Source(s): The Hockey News / La Presse | |||
| 2000-01 | $800,000 | $1,407,201 | 401 |
| Prior to the season, signed a two-year contract as the General Manager of the Phoenix Coyotes for $1.6M. | |||
| Source(s): ESPN | |||
| 2001-02 | $800,000 | $1,368,498 | 443 |
| Was fired in February 2001 but had a guaranteed contract until the end of the season. | |||
| Source(s): ESPN | |||
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Career Total: US $6,175,325 (In today's dollars: US $16,060,534) NHL Rank: 1619 (In today's dollars: 1163) |
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