Jaromir Jagr
NHL/Hockey Fortune:
$140,037,488
Description
Jaromir Jagr’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $140,037,488 (US $248,686,128 in today's dollars), ranking #7 in NHL / hockey career earnings.
Birthdate: February 15, 1972Country of birth: Czech Republic
Position: RW
NHL Draft:
- Year: 1990
- Round #1
- Overall Pick: 5
- By: Pittsburgh Penguins
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| Salary History - Jaromir Jagr All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted. |
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| Season | Earnings (US$) |
In today's US$ |
Rank | |
| 1990-91 | $350,000 | $895,760 | 63 | |
| Prior to the season, signed a four-year, one-way contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins for $925,000 overall: $200,000 signing bonus plus year salary of $150,000 / $175,000 / $200,000 / $200,000. Earned his signing bonus of $200,000 and base salary of $150,000. | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News / Canadian Press | ||||
| 1991-92 | $175,000 | $429,694 | 418 | |
| Base salary of $175,000. (Earned $225,000 according to the Toronto Star.) | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News | ||||
| 1992-93 | $700,000 | $1,668,187 | 85 | |
| Amount includes salary and any signing bonus paid in 1992-93. | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News | ||||
| 1993-94 | $1,400,000 | $3,240,759 | 27 | |
| Includes base salary and any signing bonus and deferred payments allocated to the 1993-94 season. | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News | ||||
| 1994-95 | $1,600,000 | $3,609,769 | 14 | |
| Because of the lockout, his NHL salary of $2,800,000 was prorated for the 48-game season. | ||||
| Prior to the season, signed a five-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins for $19.2M. | ||||
| Source(s): Guide Hockey 1995-1996 / Book: The Instigator | ||||
| 1995-96 | $3,250,000 | $7,132,170 | 15 | |
| Source(s): La Presse | ||||
| 1996-97 | $4,050,000 | $8,634,492 | 12 | |
| Source(s): La Presse / Guide Hockey RDS | ||||
| 1997-98 | $5,100,000 | $10,624,470 | 9 | |
| Includes base salary, signing bonus and bonuses paid in 1997-98. On January 28, 1998, signed a four-year contract extension with the Pittsburgh Penguins, starting in 1999-2000, for $38M. | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News / Book: Money Players / Los Angeles Times | ||||
| 1998-99 | $4,988,491 | $10,233,430 | 15 | |
| Includes base salary, signing bonus, bonuses paid in 1998-99, and deferred income paid in 1998-99. (Earned $4.75M according to the Los Angeles Times.) | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News | ||||
| 1999-00 | $10,359,852 | $20,796,821 | 1 | |
| Includes base salary, signing/reporting bonus, and deferred income paid in 1999-2000. (Earned $9.5M according to the Los Angeles Times.) | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News / The Sports Forecaster | ||||
| 2000-01 | $9,533,333 | $18,513,046 | 3 | |
| Includes base salary, bonuses paid in 2000-01, and deferred income paid in 2000-01. (Earned $10.4M according to the Los Angeles Times.) | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News | ||||
| 2001-02 | $10,033,333 | $18,948,137 | 2 | |
| Prior to the season, signed a eight-year contract with the Washington Capitals for $88M (the last year was a team option). | ||||
| Source(s): UPI / Los Angeles Times / Book: La glorieuse histoire des Canadiens | ||||
| 2002-03 | $11,483,333 | $21,347,713 | 1 | |
| Does not include signing bonuses, performance bonuses and deferred payments. | ||||
| Source(s): La Presse / Book: Breakaway | ||||
| 2003-04 | $11,000,000 | $19,995,651 | 1 | |
| In January 2004, he was traded by the Washington Capitals to the New York Rangers. As per the agreement, Washington was to pay $4.5M of Jagr's salary until and including 2007-08 | ||||
| Source(s): Book: Hockey and Philosophy | ||||
| 2004-05 | NHL lockout year: Season cancelled - no NHL salary paid. | |||
| 2005-06 | $8,360,000 | $14,315,039 | 1 | |
| Source(s): La Presse | ||||
| 2006-07 | $8,360,000 | $13,365,881 | 1 | |
| Source(s): NHLPA | ||||
| 2007-08 | $8,360,000 | $13,483,091 | 4 | |
| Source(s): NHLPA / Book: Hockey and Philosophy | ||||
| 2008-09 | $7,000,000 | $10,872,271 | 25 | |
| With the Omsk Avangard of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Signed a three-year contract (2 years + 1 option year) with Omsk for $7M per year, tax free, without an opt-out clause preventing him to come back in the NHL for the duration of the agreement. (According to The Hockey News, he earned $8M. According to the book Hockey and Philosophy, he earned $5M at a fixed income rate of 13%.) | ||||
| Source(s): The Edmonton Journal / ESPN / Book: The Fastest Game in the World | ||||
| 2009-10 | $7,000,000 | $10,515,988 | 24 | |
| With the Omsk Avangard of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). | ||||
| Source(s): The Edmonton Journal / ESPN / Book: The Fastest Game in the World | ||||
| 2010-11 | $7,000,000 | $10,734,660 | 25 | |
| With the Omsk Avangard of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). | ||||
| Source(s): The Edmonton Journal / ESPN / Book: The Fastest Game in the World | ||||
| 2011-12 | $3,300,000 | $4,905,842 | 217 | |
| Prior to the season, as a free agent, signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers for $3.3M. | ||||
| Source(s): NHLPA | ||||
| 2012-13 | $2,634,146 | $3,697,833 | 107 | |
| Because of the lockout, his NHL salary of $4,500,000 was prorated for the 48-game season. | ||||
| Source(s): NHLPA | ||||
| 2013-14 | $2,000,000 | $2,870,879 | 369 | |
| Source(s): NHLPA | ||||
| 2014-15 | $3,500,000 | $4,943,820 | 228 | |
| Source(s): NHLPA | ||||
| 2015-16 | $3,500,000 | $4,937,980 | 249 | |
| Source(s): NHLPA | ||||
| 2016-17 | $4,000,000 | $5,573,101 | 216 | |
| Source(s): NHLPA | ||||
| 2017-18 | $1,000,000 | $1,364,230 | 464 | |
| Has not played in the NHL after 2017-18, playing for Kladno in Czechoslovakia since then. | ||||
| Source(s): Sportsnet | ||||
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Career Total: US $140,037,488 (In today's dollars: US $248,686,128) NHL Rank: 7 (In today's dollars: 2) |
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