As illustrated by the animated bar chart race, 40 players (more like 39 players and 1 commissioner!) have made appearances, between 1989 and 2022, in the yearly Top Ten NHL/hockey fortunes accumulated in today's dollar value to reflects today's purchasing power of past salaries. Jaromir Jagr has been #1 in total hockey earnings starting in 2002-03, after taking over from Mark Messier.
The tables below show the Top 25 hockey fortunes, as of the 2022-23 season, sorted in today's dollar value, all in US currency.
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Ranking - Sorted in Today's $US Value
| Today's Dollar Value | |||||
| Rank | Player | NHL Fortune | Rank | NHL Fortune | Status |
| 1 | Jaromir Jagr | $139,887,488 | 3 | $218,596,433 | Waiting for a call |
| 2 | Gary Bettman NHL Commissioner |
$166,806,174 | 1 | $213,783,064 | Never skated |
| 3 | Sidney Crosby | $149,890,244 | 2 | $187,690,446 | Active |
| 4 | Alex Ovechkin | $138,220,893 | 4 | $170,213,786 | Active |
| 5 | Chris Pronger | $110,250,348 | 11 | $166,391,161 | Retired |
| 6 | Sergei Fedorov | $97,783,399 | 22 | $161,551,726 | Retired |
| 7 | Joe Sakic | $94,045,190 | 33 | $156,880,340 | Retired |
| 8 | Vincent Lecavalier | $116,022,710 | 8 | $156,050,603 | Retired |
| 9 | Nicklas Lidstrom | $100,318,571 | 18 | $155,604,968 | Retired |
| 10 | Evgeni Malkin | $126,141,373 | 5 | $153,740,092 | Active |
| 11 | Shea Weber | $123,405,122 | 6 | $152,386,279 | Retired |
| 12 | Joe Thornton | $110,222,561 | 12 | $149,494,305 | Who knows! |
| 13 | Anze Kopitar | $120,369,878 | 7 | $145,765,255 | Active |
| 14 | Jonathan Toews | $115,362,195 | 9 | $140,534,441 | Active |
| 15 | Ilya Kovalchuk | $105,679,024 | 15 | $138,894,466 | Retired |
| 16 | Patrick Kane | $114,137,195 | 10 | $138,854,519 | Active |
| 17 | Paul Kariya | $82,661,886 | 48 | $134,838,241 | Retired |
| 18 | Zdeno Chara | $100,413,695 | 17 | $134,590,016 | Retired |
| 19 | Jarome Iginla | $95,122,561 | 29 | $134,448,450 | Retired |
| 20 | Brad Richards | $99,750,395 | 19 | $133,797,014 | Retired |
| 21 | Keith Tkachuk | $80,190,946 | 56 | $132,185,820 | Retired |
| 22 | Zach Parise | $106,847,056 | 14 | $132,012,762 | Active |
| 23 | Mats Sundin | $80,382,393 | 55 | $131,527,346 | Retired |
| 24 | Ryan Suter | $107,247,056 | 13 | $131,347,796 | Active |
| 25 | Patrick Marleau | $98,667,358 | 20 | $131,124,168 | Retired |
Ranking - Sorted in $US
| Today's Dollar Value | |||||
| Rank | Player | NHL Fortune | NHL Fortune | Rank | Status |
| 1 | Gary Bettman NHL Commissioner |
$166,806,174 | $213,783,064 | 2 | Never skated |
| 2 | Sidney Crosby | $149,890,244 | $187,690,446 | 3 | Active |
| 3 | Jaromir Jagr | $139,887,488 | $218,596,433 | 1 | Waiting for a call |
| 4 | Alex Ovechkin | $138,220,893 | $170,213,786 | 4 | Active |
| 5 | Evgeni Malkin | $126,141,373 | $153,740,092 | 10 | Active |
| 6 | Shea Weber | $123,405,122 | $152,386,279 | 11 | Retired |
| 7 | Anze Kopitar | $120,369,878 | $145,765,255 | 13 | Active |
| 8 | Vincent Lecavalier | $116,022,710 | $156,050,603 | 8 | Retired |
| 9 | Jonathan Toews | $115,362,195 | $140,534,441 | 14 | Active |
| 10 | Patrick Kane | $114,137,195 | $138,854,519 | 16 | Active |
| 11 | Chris Pronger | $110,250,348 | $166,391,161 | 5 | Retired |
| 12 | Joe Thornton | $110,222,561 | $149,494,305 | 12 | Who knows! |
| 13 | Ryan Suter | $107,247,056 | $131,347,796 | 24 | Active |
| 14 | Zach Parise | $106,847,056 | $132,012,762 | 22 | Active |
| 15 | Ilya Kovalchuk | $105,679,024 | $138,894,466 | 15 | Retired |
| 16 | Carey Price | $105,269,512 | $124,136,833 | 37 | Retired |
| 17 | Zdeno Chara | $100,413,695 | $134,590,016 | 18 | Retired |
| 18 | Nicklas Lidstrom | $100,318,571 | $155,604,968 | 9 | Retired |
| 19 | Brad Richards | $99,750,395 | $133,797,014 | 20 | Retired |
| 20 | Patrick Marleau | $98,667,358 | $131,124,168 | 25 | Retired |
| 21 | Henrik Lundqvist | $98,283,390 | $125,004,888 | 34 | Retired |
| 22 | Sergei Fedorov | $97,783,399 | $161,551,726 | 6 | Retired |
| 23 | Patrice Bergeron | $97,509,415 | $121,621,949 | 38 | Active |
| 24 | Corey Perry | $97,215,659 | $120,336,168 | 40 | Active |
| 25 | Rick Nash | $96,818,780 | $126,402,071 | 31 | Retired |
