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NHL Fortune: $16,260,981

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Donald Brashear’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $16,260,981 (US $27,308,730 in today's dollars), ranking #946 in NHL / hockey career earnings.

Birthdate: January 7, 1972
Salary History - Donald Brashear
All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted.
Season   Earnings
(US$)
In today's
US$
Rank
1993-94 $275,000 $598,505 440
1995-96 $171,315 $353,468 715
Amount in Canadian currency: $235,000.
Source(s): La Presse
1996-97 $300,000 $601,339 740
Source(s): La Presse / Guide Hockey RDS
1997-98 $550,000 $1,077,249 427
Includes base salary, signing bonus and bonuses paid in 1997-98.
Source(s): The Hockey News
1998-99 $650,000 $1,253,665 425
Includes base salary, signing bonus, bonuses paid in 1998-99, and deferred income paid in 1998-99.
Source(s): The Hockey News
1999-00 $750,000 $1,415,536 405
Includes base salary, signing/reporting bonus, and deferred income paid in 1999-2000.
Source(s): The Hockey News / The Sports Forecaster
2000-01 $1,150,000 $2,099,652 256
Includes base salary, bonuses paid in 2000-01, and deferred income paid in 2000-01.
Source(s): The Hockey News
2001-02 $1,250,000 $2,219,461 275
2002-03 $1,500,000 $2,621,748 258
Does not include signing bonuses, performance bonuses and deferred payments.
Source(s): La Presse
2003-04 $2,250,000 $3,845,401 186
2004-05 NHL lockout year: Season cancelled - no NHL salary paid.
2005-06 $1,748,000 $2,814,129 187
Source(s): La Presse
2006-07 $1,000,000 $1,559,601 353
Source(s): NHLPA
2007-08 $1,100,000 $1,667,985 353
Source(s): NHLPA
2008-09 $1,200,000 $1,752,346 373
Source(s): NHLPA
2009-10 $1,500,000 $2,198,191 328
Prior to the season, signed a two-year contract with the New York Rangers for $2.8M: $1.5M + $1.3M.
Source(s): NHLPA / Bleacher Report
2010-11 $433,333 $624,782 824
On August 2, 2010, in a cap space move, the Atlanta Thrashers acquired him in a trade with the New York Rangers and immediately bought out the last year of his contract (worth $1.3M) for two-thirds of the amount ($866,667) to be paid in two equal payments of $433,333 over two seasons. He never played again in the NHL, playing five more seasons in Sweden and in the Ligue nord-americaine de hockey. Earned his $433,333 buyout.
Source(s): PhillyVoice
2011-12 $433,333 $605,672 875
Earned his 2010 buyout payment of $433,333.
Source(s): PhillyVoice
2018-19 $0 $0 1156
In November 2018, his company (Les immeubles Brash 87) went into bankruptcy and civil suits were brought against Brashear and his company. He was subsequently ordered to pay nearly CAN$200,000 for mortgages that had not been fully repaid.
Source(s): Le Journal de Quebec
Career Total: US $16,260,981
(In today's dollars: US $27,308,730)

NHL Rank: 946
(In today's dollars: 837)