Ken Dryden
Hockey Fortune:
$1,132,895
Description
Ken Dryden’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $1,132,895 (US $6,640,031 in today's dollars), ranking #3542 in NHL / hockey career earnings.
Birthdate: August 8, 1947Country of birth: Canada
Position: G
NHL Draft:
- Year: 1964
- Round #3
- Overall Pick: 14
- By: Boston Bruins
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| Salary History - Ken Dryden All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted. |
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| Season | Earnings (US$) |
In today's US$ |
Rank |
| 1968-69 | $11,445 | $103,459 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $12,333. | |||
| After his college career, the Canadian National Team offered him a contract worth $37,000 over the next three years. | |||
| Source(s): Book: The Greatest Game | |||
| 1969-70 | $11,457 | $98,206 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $12,333. | |||
| With the Canadian National Team. | |||
| Source(s): Book: The Greatest Game | |||
| 1970-71 | $8,622 | $69,829 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $9,000. | |||
| His first season in the NHL, playing 6 games during the season and 20 games in the playoffs after playing most of the season in the AHL. Earned an unknown salary plus $7,500 and $1,500 in NHL bonuses for winning the Stanley Cup and the Smythe trophy. | |||
| Source(s): La Presse | |||
| 1971-72 | $0 | $0 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $0. | |||
| As he earned an unknown salary, in February 1972, signed a two-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens for a base salary of $78,000 in 1972-73 and $100,000 in 1973-74. | |||
| Source(s): La Presse | |||
| 1972-73 | $120,071 | $902,686 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $119,000. | |||
| Earned his salary of $100,000 and, like all players on the Montreal Canadiens roster, got a CAN$19,000 bonus for winning the Stanley Cup. (According to La Presse, earned a salary of $78,000 plus $50,000 in bonuses. According to the book The Greatest Season, prior to the season, signed a two-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens for $70,000 and $90,000) | |||
| Source(s): Book: Robinson for Defense / Book: Between the Pipes | |||
| 1973-74 | $0 | $0 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $0. | |||
| After Montreal refused to raise his salary (reported to be $80,000 or $90,000 by The Sporting News, depending on the issue, and $80,000 by the book Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey), he quit and did not play that season. Instead, with his law degree, he worked as an intern at a Toronto law firm, earning $134 per week. Newspapers speculated that Dryden was seeking a four-year contract at $150,000 per season while Montreal was offeting a two-year contract at $110,000 in the first year and $125,000 in the second. According to La Presse, during the 1973 summer, he was offered a five-year contract by the Toronto Toros of the WHA, starting in 1974-75, for $2M overall. It was an unfounded offer or he turned it down to stay in the NHL because he never played in the WHA. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Between the Pipes / Book: The Greatest Season | |||
| 1974-75 | $204,400 | $1,303,252 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $200,000. | |||
| On May 24, 1974, signed a three-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens for CDN $200,000 per season. Also earned a $2,000 sponsorship from Adirondack Industries to lean on his Sherwood stick during play stoppages. (It was a three-year contract for $150,000 per season, according to La Presse and the book La glorieuse histoire des Canadiens. Earned $175,000 according to another edition of La Presse.) | |||
| Source(s): Book: The Greatest Game / Book: Between the Pipes / The Sporting News / Le Soleil | |||
| 1975-76 | $196,600 | $1,148,477 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $200,000. | |||
| Source(s): Book: The Greatest Game / Book: Between the Pipes / The Sporting News / Le Soleil | |||
| 1976-77 | $202,800 | $1,120,371 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $200,000. | |||
| Source(s): Book: The Greatest Game / Book: Between the Pipes / The Sporting News / Le Soleil | |||
| 1977-78 | $202,100 | $1,048,346 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $215,000. | |||
| Earned a base salary of $180,000 plus $35,000 in various performance bonuses. | |||
| Source(s): The Hockey News 1979 Yearbook / Globe and Mail / Book: La glorieuse histoire des Canadiens / The Gazette / La Presse | |||
| 1978-79 | $175,400 | $845,405 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $200,000. | |||
| Before the season, Dryden denied the declaration from his agent to the effect that his base salary was $325,000. Retired as a pro-hockey player after the season. (Earned $325,000 in salary and bonuses according to the Book: 50 ans parmi les geants.) | |||
| Source(s): La Presse / The Sporting News | |||
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Career Total: US $1,132,895 (In today's dollars: US $6,640,031) NHL Rank: 3542 (In today's dollars: 2027) |
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| His brother Dave had a longer career but was never as much in the spotling as him. |