Denis Potvin
NHL Fortune:
$4,800,000
Description
Denis Potvin’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $4,800,000 (US $16,854,904 in today's dollars), ranking #1768 in NHL / hockey career earnings.
Birthdate: October 29, 1953Country of birth: Canada
Position: D
NHL Draft:
- Year: 1973
- Round #1
- Overall Pick: 1
- By: New York Islanders
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| Salary History All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted. |
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| Season | Salary (US$) |
In today's US$ |
NHL Rank |
| 1973-74 | $300,000 | $1,977,703 | |
| As a rookie, signed a three-year contract with the New York Islanders for $100,000 per season plus a signing bonus of $200,000. The Chigago Cougars, of the World Hockey Association, were rumored to have offered a two-year contract for $300,000 overall. (According to different editions of La Presse, it was for $175,000 per season or $500,000 for four years; according to another edition of The Sporting News, it was for $200,000 per season plus $50,000 upfront; according to another edition of The Sporting News, it was for $500,000 for an unknow number of years with $250,000 paid upfront and the rest later.)) | |||
| Source: La Presse / Hockey Pictorial Magazine The Sporting News | |||
| 1974-75 | $100,000 | $593,592 | |
| Source: La Presse / Hockey Pictorial Magazine | |||
| 1975-76 | $100,000 | $543,850 | |
| Source: La Presse / Hockey Pictorial Magazine | |||
| 1976-77 | $100,000 | $514,321 | |
| Estimate minimum salary based on documented salaries for 1975-76 and 1977-78. | |||
| Source: HockeyZonePlus | |||
| 1977-78 | $250,000 | $1,207,309 | |
| Bases salary, not including bonuses, deferred payments and other extras. (Earned $150,000 according to the Globe and Mail.) | |||
| Source: The Gazette | |||
| 1978-79 | $250,000 | $1,121,800 | |
| Estimated minimum salary based on documented salaries for 1977-78 and 1984-85. | |||
| Source: HockeyZonePlus | |||
| 1979-80 | $250,000 | $1,008,198 | |
| Estimated minimum salary based on documented salaries for 1977-78 and 1984-85. | |||
| Source: HockeyZonePlus | |||
| 1980-81 | $250,000 | $887,938 | |
| Estimated minimum salary based on documented salaries for 1977-78 and 1981-82. | |||
| Source: HockeyZonePlus | |||
| 1981-82 | $250,000 | $804,828 | |
| Source: The Sporting News | |||
| 1982-83 | $450,000 | $1,364,922 | |
| On September 21, 1982, as a free agent, signed a one-year plus one-year option contract with the New York Islanders for $450,000 per season. | |||
| Source: La Presse / The Sporting News | |||
| 1983-84 | $450,000 | $1,322,440 | |
| (Earned $400,000 according to another edition of The Sporting News.) | |||
| Source: La Presse / The Sporting News | |||
| 1984-85 | $425,000 | $1,197,512 | |
| Source: The Globe and Mail / The Sporting News | |||
| 1985-86 | $500,000 | $1,360,509 | |
| Estimated salary based on documented salary in 1984-85 and 1986-87. | |||
| Source: :La Presse | |||
| 1986-87 | $550,000 | $1,468,707 | |
| Source: Sport magazine | |||
| 1987-88 | $575,000 | $1,481,275 | |
| Earned between $550,000 and $600,000. Retired from pro hockey afte the season. | |||
| Source: The Hockey News | |||
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Career Total: US $4,800,000 (In today's dollars: US $16,854,904) NHL Rank: 1768 (In today's dollars: 1041) |
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