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NHL/Hockey Fortune: $16,260,981

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Donald Brashear’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $16,260,981 (US $29,045,926 in today's dollars), ranking #1049 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 $636,578 447
1995-96 $171,315 $375,953 720
Amount in Canadian currency: $235,000.
Source(s): La Presse
1996-97 $300,000 $639,592 698
One-way contract.
Source(s): La Presse / Guide Hockey RDS / The Gazette
1997-98 $550,000 $1,145,776 431
Includes base salary, signing bonus and bonuses paid in 1997-98.
Source(s): The Hockey News
1998-99 $650,000 $1,333,415 427
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 $1,505,583 406
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 $2,233,217 256
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 $2,360,648 275
2002-03 $1,500,000 $2,788,526 260
Does not include signing bonuses, performance bonuses and deferred payments.
Source(s): La Presse
2003-04 $2,250,000 $4,090,020 188
2004-05 NHL lockout year: Season cancelled - no NHL salary paid.
2005-06 $1,748,000 $2,993,145 190
Source(s): La Presse
2006-07 $1,000,000 $1,598,790 355
Source(s): NHLPA
2007-08 $1,100,000 $1,774,091 354
Source(s): NHLPA
2008-09 $1,200,000 $1,863,818 376
Source(s): NHLPA
2009-10 $1,500,000 $2,253,426 329
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 $664,526 829
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 $644,201 877
Earned his 2010 buyout payment of $433,333.
Source(s): PhillyVoice
2018-19 $0 $0 1157
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 $29,045,926)

NHL Rank: 1049
(In today's dollars: 916)