The 44 players on the roster of the 2019 NHL All-Star Game are collectively making $US 217 million this year and have a collective accumulated fortune of $US 1.45 billion. The Metropolitan Division squad, which ended up winning, was the one with the thickest wallet, with a collective 2018-19 salary of $US 63.7 million and an accumulated fortune of $US 582 million.
In terms of accumulated fortunes, Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins) and Henrik Lundqvist (NY Rangers), both from the Metropolitan Division, led the pack with $120 million and $98.5 million respectively. They were followed by Patrick Kane (Chicago Blackhawks) with $84 million. Rookies Miro Heiskanen (Dallas Stars), Clayton Keller (Arizona Coyotes), and Elias Pettersson (Vancouver Canucks) were the poor men on the ice with accumulated fortunes of $832,500.
Details are provided below with 2018-19 salaries followed by individual accumulated fortunes. Clicking on a player's name leads to his specific salary history. The HockeyZonePlus.com Database provides salary history information from 1989 to the present on over 4,500 past and current NHL players.
Player | Team | 2018-19 Salary ($US) |
Accumulated Fortune ($US) |
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In today's $ | Rank (Division) |
Rank (All-Stars) |
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ATLANTIC DIVISION | |||||
Steven Stamkos | Tampa Bay | $1,000,000 | $60,570,216 | 1 | 7 |
Keith Yandle | Florida | $7,500,000 | $52,536,360 | 2 | 12 |
Jeff Skinner | Buffalo | $6,000,000 | $38,373,921 | 3 | 17 |
John Tavares | Toronto | $650,000 | $36,753,606 | 4 | 18 |
David Pastrnak | Boston | $8,000,000 | $18,119,413 | 5 | 30 |
Nikita Kucherov | Tampa Bay | $5,550,000 | $16,855,255 | 6 | 31 |
Jimmy Howard | Detroit | $4,250,000 | $13,633,821 | 7 | 32 |
Jack Eichel | Buffalo | $10,000,000 | $12,888,538 | 8 | 33 |
Andrei Vasilevskiy | Tampa Bay | $3,500,000 | $8,509,254 | 9 | 34 |
Auston Matthews | Toronto | $832,500 | $2,743,348 | 10 | 37 |
Thomas Chabot | Ottawa | $832,500 | $1,777,879 | 11 | 40 |
TOTAL: | $48,115,000 | $262,761,611 | |||
METROPOLITAN DIVISION | |||||
Sidney Crosby | Pittsburgh | $10,000,000 | $120,145,227 | 1 | 1 |
Henrik Lundqvist | NY Rangers | $6,500,000 | $98,564,555 | 2 | 2 |
Claude Giroux | Philadelphia | $9,000,000 | $61,221,824 | 3 | 6 |
Kris Letang | Pittsburgh | $7,250,000 | $53,682,664 | 4 | 10 |
Taylor Hall | New Jersey | $6,000,000 | $40,147,848 | 5 | 16 |
Braden Holtby | Washington | $5,000,000 | $31,925,484 | 6 | 19 |
John Carlson | Washington | $5,500,000 | $30,833,609 | 7 | 20 |
Cam Atkinson | Columbus | $7,375,000 | $21,257,543 | 8 | 26 |
Seth Jones | Columbus | $5,400,000 | $19,506,315 | 9 | 29 |
Sebastian Aho | Carolina | $832,500 | $2,743,348 | 10 | 37 |
Mathew Barzal | NY Islanders | $832,500 | $1,777,879 | 11 | 40 |
TOTAL: | $63,690,000 | $481,806,296 | |||
CENTRAL DIVISION | |||||
Patrick Kane | Chicago | $6,000,000 | $84,038,762 | 1 | 3 |
Pekka Rinne | Nashville | $7,000,000 | $57,450,579 | 2 | 9 |
Ryan O'Reilly | St.Louis | $1,000,000 | $46,611,449 | 3 | 14 |
Blake Wheeler | Winnipeg | $5,800,000 | $43,983,593 | 4 | 15 |
Gabriel Landeskog | Colorado | $6,000,000 | $30,007,020 | 5 | 21 |
Devan Dubnyk | Minnesota | $5,000,000 | $29,377,534 | 6 | 22 |
Roman Josi | Nashville | $5,250,000 | $26,420,037 | 7 | 23 |
Mark Scheifele | Winnipeg | $6,750,000 | $21,622,896 | 8 | 25 |
Nathan MacKinnon | Colorado | $6,750,000 | $20,796,526 | 9 | 28 |
Mikko Rantanen | Colorado | $832,500 | $2,743,348 | 10 | 37 |
Miro Heiskanen | Dallas | $832,500 | $832,500 | 11 | 42 |
TOTAL: | $51,215,000 | $361,140,896 | |||
PACIFIC DIVISION | |||||
Marc-Andre Fleury | Vegas | $5,750,000 | $64,939,325 | 1 | 4 |
Brent Burns | San Jose | $4,000,000 | $61,697,361 | 2 | 5 |
Drew Doughty | Los Angeles | $7,650,000 | $59,188,234 | 3 | 8 |
Joe Pavelski | San Jose | $6,000,000 | $52,719,483 | 4 | 11 |
Erik Karlsson | San Jose | $7,500,000 | $48,345,949 | 5 | 13 |
Johnny Gaudreau | Calgary | $6,750,000 | $22,650,646 | 6 | 24 |
Leon Draisaitl | Edmonton | $9,000,000 | $21,120,374 | 7 | 27 |
John Gibson | Anaheim | $3,300,000 | $8,281,183 | 8 | 35 |
Connor McDavid | Edmonton | $2,000,000 | $4,888,538 | 9 | 36 |
Clayton Keller | Arizona | $832,500 | $832,500 | 10 | 42 |
Elias Pettersson | Vancouver | $832,500 | $832,500 | 10 | 42 |
TOTAL: | $53,615,000 | $345,496,093 | |||
ALL-STAR TOTAL: | $216,635,000 | $1,451,204,896 |