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NHL Fortune: $1,024,298

Description

Paul Henderson’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $1,024,298 (US $5,843,795 in today's dollars), ranking #3450 in NHL / hockey career earnings.

Birthdate: January 28, 1943
Country of birth: Canada
Position: LW

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Salary History
All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted.
Season   Salary
(US$)
In today's
US$
NHL
Rank
1963-64 $15,000 $143,387
Earned the NHL's minimum salary of $7,000 plus a $1,500 signing bonus and a $6,500 bonus because the Red Wings made the Stanley Cup final.
Source: Book: The Goal of My Life
1964-65 $8,500 $80,205
Salary of $8,500.
Source: Book: The Goal of My Life
1965-66 $10,000 $92,891
Salary of $10,000.
Source: Book: The Goal of My Life
1966-67 $15,000 $135,300
Salary of $15,000.
Source: Book: The Goal of My Life
1967-68 $20,750 $182,060
Signed a one-year, one-way contract with the Detroit Red Wings for $20,750. Bonuses included $2,500 if the team made the playoffs, $1,000 if it won the second round, $1,500 if it made the final, $2,000 if it won the Stanley Cup, $1,500 if he got 25 goals or 60 points if the team made the playoffs, and $100 per goal over 25. He did not earn any of the bonuses.
Source: Copy of contract
1968-69 $27,098 $228,047
Contract in Canadian currency: $29,200. Signed a one-year, one-way contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs for CAN$25,000. Bonuses included $2,500 if the team made the playoffs, $1,000 if it won the first round, $1,500 if it made the final, $2,000 if it won the Stanley Cup, $1,000 if he scored 20 goals in the regular season, and $100 per goal over 20. He did not earn any of the bonuses. He earned $ 2,500 because the team made the playoffs and $1,700 for scoring 27 goals.
Source: Copy of contract
1973-74 $75,000 $494,426
Contract in Canadian currency: $75,000.
Source: Book: The Goal of My Life
1974-75 $255,500 $1,516,626
Contract in Canadian currency: $250,000. In April 1974, was rumored to have been offered $850,000 for five years by the Toronto Toros, of the WHA. Prior to the season, signed a five-year contract with the Toros, for a salary of $150,000, doubling his NHL salary, plus an unknow signing bonus, assumed to be $100,000 based on the April 1974 rumors. Earned his $150,000 salary plus his $100,000 signing bonus. (Earned $175,000 according to another edition of La Presse.)
Source: Book: The Goal of My Life / La Presse
1975-76 $147,450 $801,907
Contract in Canadian currency: $150,000. With the Toronto Toros, in the WHA.
Source: Book: The Goal of My Life / La Presse
1976-77 $150,000 $771,481
With the Birmingham Bulls, in the WHA.
Source: Book: The Goal of My Life
1977-78 $150,000 $724,385
With the Birmingham Bulls, in the WHA.
Source: Book: The Goal of My Life
1978-79 $150,000 $673,080
With the Birmingham Bulls, in the WHA.
Source: Book: The Goal of My Life
Career Total: US $1,024,298
(In today's dollars: US $5,843,795)

NHL Rank: 3450
(In today's dollars: 1945)

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