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NHL/Hockey Fortune: $1,099,973

Description

Paul Henderson’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $1,099,973 (US $7,281,452 in today's dollars), ranking #3785 in NHL / hockey career earnings.

Birthdate: January 28, 1943
Country of birth: Canada
Position: LW
Salary History - Paul Henderson
All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted.
Season   Earnings
(US$)
In today's
US$
Rank
1963-64 $15,000 $163,815
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(s): Book: The Goal of My Life
1964-65 $8,500 $91,631
Salary of $8,500.
Source(s): Book: The Goal of My Life
1965-66 $10,000 $106,125
Salary of $10,000.
Source(s): Book: The Goal of My Life
1966-67 $15,000 $154,576
Salary of $15,000.
Source(s): Book: The Goal of My Life
1967-68 $20,750 $207,998
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(s): Copy of contract
1968-69 $27,098 $260,536
Amount 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(s): Copy of contract
1972-73 $75,675 $605,110
Amount in Canadian currency: $75,000.
Source(s): The Hockey News
1973-74 $75,000 $564,865
Amount in Canadian currency: $75,000.
Source(s): Book: The Goal of My Life
1974-75 $255,500 $1,732,695
Amount 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(s): Book: The Goal of My Life / La Presse
1975-76 $147,450 $916,152
Amount in Canadian currency: $150,000.
With the Toronto Toros, in the WHA.
Source(s): Book: The Goal of My Life / La Presse
1976-77 $150,000 $881,392
With the Birmingham Bulls, in the WHA.
Source(s): Book: The Goal of My Life
1977-78 $150,000 $827,586
With the Birmingham Bulls, in the WHA.
Source(s): Book: The Goal of My Life
1978-79 $150,000 $768,971
With the Birmingham Bulls, in the WHA.
Source(s): Book: The Goal of My Life
Career Total: US $1,099,973
(In today's dollars: US $7,281,452)

NHL Rank: 3785
(In today's dollars: 2131)

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