John LeClair
NHL Fortune:
$55,604,558
Description
John LeClair’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $55,604,558 (US $96,462,440 in today's dollars), ranking #180 in NHL / hockey career earnings.
Country of birth: USAPosition: LW
NHL Draft:
- Year: 1987
- Round #2
- Overall Pick: 33
- By: Montreal Canadiens
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| Salary History - John LeClair All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted. |
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| Season | Earnings (US$) |
In today's US$ |
Rank | |
| 1991-92 | $148,410 | $332,040 | 507 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $170,000. | ||||
| 1992-93 | $186,075 | $404,055 | 563 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $225,000. | ||||
| Amount includes salary and any signing bonus paid in 1992-93. | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News / La Presse | ||||
| 1993-94 | $174,375 | $367,798 | 599 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $225,000. | ||||
| 1994-95 | $394,286 | $810,544 | 190 | |
| Because of the lockout, his NHL salary of $690,000 was prorated for the 48-game season. | ||||
| (Earned $650,000 according to Le Guide Officiel des Pools de Hockey 1995-96.) | ||||
| Source(s): Guide Hockey 1995-1996 | ||||
| 1995-96 | $1,526,140 | $3,051,679 | 80 | |
| Source(s): La Presse | ||||
| 1996-97 | $1,254,174 | $2,436,384 | 134 | |
| Source(s): La Presse / Guide Hockey RDS | ||||
| 1997-98 | $3,022,000 | $5,736,378 | 34 | |
| Includes base salary, signing bonus and bonuses paid in 1997-98. | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News | ||||
| 1998-99 | $3,644,975 | $6,813,225 | 35 | |
| Includes base salary, signing bonus, bonuses paid in 1998-99, and deferred income paid in 1998-99. | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News | ||||
| 1999-00 | $3,969,123 | $7,260,126 | 39 | |
| Includes base salary, signing/reporting bonus, and deferred income paid in 1999-2000. | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News / The Sports Forecaster | ||||
| 2000-01 | $7,000,000 | $12,386,179 | 14 | |
| Was awarded a salary of $7M in arbitration. Includes base salary, bonuses paid in 2000-01, and deferred income paid in 2000-01. | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News / Book: La glorieuse histoire des Canadiens | ||||
| 2001-02 | $9,000,000 | $15,487,095 | 9 | |
| 2002-03 | $9,000,000 | $15,245,163 | 12 | |
| Does not include signing bonuses, performance bonuses and deferred payments. | ||||
| Source(s): La Presse | ||||
| 2003-04 | $9,000,000 | $14,907,045 | 10 | |
| 2004-05 | NHL lockout year: Season cancelled - no NHL salary paid. | |||
| 2005-06 | $4,380,000 | $6,833,868 | 34 | |
| Prior to the season, after the new CBA was signed and teams had a 10-day window for contract buyouts, the Philadelphia Flyers bought out the last year of his contract for two-third of its remaining value of $6.84M (after the league-wide 24% salary rollback), to be paid over two years. On August 15, 2005, as a free agent, signed a two-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins for $3.6M ($2.1M + $1.5M). Earned his $2.1M salary with the Penguins plus his $2.28M buyout. | ||||
| Source(s): UPI / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette / La Presse | ||||
| 2006-07 | $2,905,000 | $4,390,860 | 128 | |
| On December 14, 2006, LeClair and the Penguins mutually agreed to relese his contract without pay for the rest of the season. Under a provision of the NHL's collective bargaining agreement called "unconditional waivers," teams were allowed to offer the rights to a player who had breached his contract -- in LeClair's case, by declining the assignment to Wilkes-Barre -- to other teams for a fee of $125, then terminate that contract if he goes unclaimed. Earned an approximate pro rated salary of $625,000 plus his $2.28M buyout. Never played pro hockey again. | ||||
| Source(s): UPI / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | ||||
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Career Total: US $55,604,558 (In today's dollars: US $96,462,440) NHL Rank: 180 (In today's dollars: 94) |
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