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NHL Fortune: $12,400,175

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Wendel Clark’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $12,400,175 (US $26,427,592 in today's dollars), ranking #1196 in NHL / hockey career earnings.

Birthdate: October 25, 1966
Country of birth: Canada
Position: LW
NHL Draft:
Salary History - Wendel Clark
All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted.
Season   Earnings
(US$)
In today's
US$
Rank
1985-86 $175,680 $526,370
Amount in Canadian currency: $240,000.
Prior to the season, as the #1 overall pick in the 1985 NHL draft, signed a four-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs worth C $630,000: $150,000 in signing bonus and a yearly salary of $90,000, $110,000, $130,000 and $150,000. (It was for $700,000 overall, including a $150,000 signing bonus, according to The Sporting News.) Earned a salary of $90,000 plus his signing bonus of $150,000.
Source(s): The Hockey News
1986-87 $79,200 $232,882
Amount in Canadian currency: $110,000.
Source(s): The Hockey News
1987-88 $98,020 $278,048
Amount in Canadian currency: $130,000.
(Earned $125,000 according to another edition of The Sporting News.)
Source(s): The Hockey News
1988-89 $243,900 $664,713
Amount in Canadian currency: $300,000.
Prior to the season, signed a one-year plus one option year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs for $C 275,000 plus $25,000 possible bonuses.
Source(s): The Hockey News / The Sporting News
1989-90 $253,500 $659,055 106
Amount in Canadian currency: $300,000.
One-way contract. (Earned C $265,000 according to the Canadian Press and another edition of The Hockey News. / Earned C $275,000 according to the Toronto Star.)
Source(s): The Hockey News / The Sporting News
1990-91 $257,100 $634,190 150
Amount in Canadian currency: $300,000.
One-way contract. (Earned $265,000 according to another edition of The Hockey News and the Canadian Press)
Source(s): The Hockey News / The Sporting News
1991-92 $523,800 $1,239,597 67
Amount in Canadian currency: $600,000.
Prior to the season, signed a one-year contract, plus one-year option with the Toronto Maple Leafs for CDN $600,000 per season.
Source(s): Book: A Season in Time
1992-93 $682,275 $1,567,113 86
Amount in Canadian currency: $825,000.
Amount includes salary and any signing bonus paid in 1992-93. Had a $600,000 base salary plus a $225,000 bonus if he played 65 games or more in the regular season. He played 66 games and earned the bonus.
Source(s): The Hockey News / La Presse / Book: A Season in Time / Book: The Last Good Year
1993-94 $697,500 $1,556,170 135
Amount in Canadian currency: $900,000.
1994-95 $439,200 $955,027 157
Amount in Canadian currency: $1,050,000.
Because of the lockout, his NHL salary of $1,050,000 was prorated for the 48-game season.
Source(s): Guide Hockey 1995-1996
1995-96 $1,800,000 $3,807,193 65
Prior to the season, signed a three-year contract with the New York Islanders for $6M.
Source(s): La Presse / Book: We Want Fishsticks
1996-97 $2,050,000 $4,212,400 65
Source(s): La Presse / Guide Hockey RDS
1997-98 $2,300,000 $4,618,054 66
Includes base salary, signing bonus and bonuses paid in 1997-98.
Source(s): The Hockey News
1998-99 $1,400,000 $2,768,051 187
Includes base salary, signing bonus, bonuses paid in 1998-99, and deferred income paid in 1998-99.
Source(s): The Hockey News
1999-00 $1,400,000 $2,708,729 201
Includes base salary, signing/reporting bonus, and deferred income paid in 1999-2000. Retired after the season.
Source(s): The Hockey News
Career Total: US $12,400,175
(In today's dollars: US $26,427,592)

NHL Rank: 1196
(In today's dollars: 926)

His brother Kerry could fight but never got the big NHL payday.