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NHL Fortune: $1,457,800

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Lanny McDonald’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $1,457,800 (US $8,027,311 in today's dollars), ranking #3391 in NHL / hockey career earnings.

Birthdate: February 16, 1953
Country of birth: Canada
Position: RW
NHL Draft:
Salary History - Lanny McDonald
All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted.
Season   Earnings
(US$)
In today's
US$
Rank
1973-74 $200,000 $1,451,802
Amount in Canadian currency: $200,000.
Prior to the season, as a 4th NHL pick overall, signed a five-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs for $C 1M, outbidding the Cleveland Crusaders of the WHA. (According to La Presse, it was for a salary of $170,000 / According to The Hockey News, it was a three-year contract for $500,000 overall plus a signing bonus / According to the book Offside - Hockey from the Inside, it was a five-year contract for $1.5M.) This was his first season in the NHL.
Source(s): The Sporting News
1974-75 $204,400 $1,335,999
Amount in Canadian currency: $200,000.
(Earned $175,000 according to The Hockey News.)
Source(s): The Sporting News
1975-76 $196,600 $1,177,335
Amount in Canadian currency: $200,000.
Source(s): The Sporting News
1976-77 $202,800 $1,148,523
Amount in Canadian currency: $200,000.
Source(s): The Sporting News
1977-78 $141,000 $749,782
Amount in Canadian currency: $150,000.
Prior to the season, signed a five-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs estimated at CDN $150,000 per season. (Earned CDN $149,000 according to the Gazette and CDN $145,000 according to the Globe and Mail.)
Source(s): Book: Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey / The Hockey News
1978-79 $131,550 $649,986
Amount in Canadian currency: $150,000.
Source(s): Book: Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey / The Hockey News
1979-80 $128,100 $568,843
Amount in Canadian currency: $150,000.
(Earned $175,000 according to The Sporting News.)
Source(s): Book: Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey / The Hockey News / Book: 100 Years in Blue and While: a Century of Hockey in Toronto
1980-81 $128,250 $501,577
Amount in Canadian currency: $150,000.
Source(s): Book: Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey / The Hockey News
1981-82 $125,100 $443,464
Amount in Canadian currency: $150,000.
Source(s): Book: Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey / The Hockey News
1988-89 $0 $0
Amount in Canadian currency: $0.
Retired as a player after the season.
Source(s): HockeyZonePlus
Career Total: US $1,457,800
(In today's dollars: US $8,027,311)

NHL Rank: 3391
(In today's dollars: 1935)