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Hockey Fortune: $6,205,000

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Dave Taylor’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $6,205,000 (US $16,350,974 in today's dollars), ranking #1612 in NHL / hockey career earnings.

Country of birth: Canada
Position: RW
NHL Draft:
Salary History - Dave Taylor
All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted.
Season   Earnings
(US$)
In today's
US$
Rank
1977-78 $55,000 $274,864
As a rookie, signed a contract with the Los Angeles Kings for a salary of $40,000 and a $15,000 signing bonus. (Earned $47,500 accoring to the Gazette and $45,000 according to the Globe and Mail.)
Source(s): Globe and Mail
1981-82 $140,000 $466,410
Source(s): The Sporting News
1982-83 $500,000 $1,569,430
In April 1982, signed a six-year, plus one option year, contract with the Los Angeles Kings for $3M overall. (According to the book Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey, signed a seven-year contract with the Los Angeles Kings for $3.2M. / Earned $325,000 according to La Presse.)
Source(s): The Sporting News
1983-84 $500,000 $1,520,582
Source(s): The Sporting News
1984-85 $500,000 $1,457,932
(Earned $450,000 according to The Globe and Mail and another edition of The Sporting News.)
Source(s): The Sporting News
1985-86 $500,000 $1,407,920
Source(s): The Sporting News
1986-87 $500,000 $1,381,717
(Earned $600,000 according to Sport Magazine.)
Source(s): The Sporting News
1987-88 $500,000 $1,332,952
(Earned $838,000 according to another edition of The Sporing News.)
Source(s): The Sporting News
1988-89 $500,000 $1,280,653
Source(s): The Sporting News
1989-90 $500,000 $1,221,667 13
Plus $450,000 in deferred payment.
Source(s): Canadian Press
1990-91 $500,000 $1,159,115 30
One-way contract.
Source(s): The Hockey News / Canadian Press
1991-92 $585,000 $1,301,098 58
1992-93 $600,000 $1,295,182 97
Amount includes salary and any signing bonus paid in 1992-93.
Source(s): The Hockey News / La Presse
1993-94 $325,000 $681,452 364
Retired as a pro hockey player after the season.
Source(s): .
Career Total: US $6,205,000
(In today's dollars: US $16,350,974)

NHL Rank: 1612
(In today's dollars: 1150)