Adam Oates
NHL Fortune:
$26,854,074
Description
Adam Oates’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $26,854,074 (US $54,025,283 in today's dollars), ranking #669 in NHL / hockey career earnings.
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| Salary History - Adam Oates All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted. |
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| Season | Earnings (US$) |
In today's US$ |
Rank | |
| 1985-86 | $500,000 | $1,498,094 | ||
| As a free agent rookie out of college, signed a four-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings for $1M plus received a $250,000 signing bonus. (According to La Presse and the books The Russian Five and Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey, signed a four-year contract worth $1.1M.) | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News 1986 Yearbook / Washington Post / Book: The Road to Hockeytown / Book: Kings of the Ice | ||||
| 1986-87 | $250,000 | $735,106 | ||
| Source(s): The Hockey News 1986 Yearbook / Washington Post | ||||
| 1987-88 | $250,000 | $709,162 | ||
| Source(s): The Hockey News 1986 Yearbook / Washington Post | ||||
| 1988-89 | $250,000 | $681,338 | ||
| Source(s): The Hockey News 1986 Yearbook / Washington Post | ||||
| 1989-90 | $230,000 | $597,959 | 144 | |
| One-way contract. | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News / Canadian Press | ||||
| 1990-91 | $240,000 | $592,010 | 178 | |
| One-way contract. | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News / Canadian Press | ||||
| 1991-92 | $250,000 | $591,637 | 242 | |
| 1992-93 | $460,000 | $1,056,571 | 146 | |
| Amount includes salary and any signing bonus paid in 1992-93. | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News / La Presse | ||||
| 1993-94 | $1,330,000 | $2,967,320 | 31 | |
| 1994-95 | $660,000 | $1,435,150 | 85 | |
| Because of the lockout, his NHL salary of $1,155,000 was prorated for the 48-game season. | ||||
| Source(s): Guide Hockey 1995-1996 | ||||
| 1995-96 | $1,950,000 | $4,124,459 | 60 | |
| Source(s): La Presse | ||||
| 1996-97 | $2,050,000 | $4,212,400 | 65 | |
| One-way contract. | ||||
| Source(s): The Gazette / La Presse / Guide Hockey RDS | ||||
| 1997-98 | $2,829,074 | $5,680,355 | 40 | |
| One-way contract. Includes base salary, signing bonus and bonuses paid in 1997-98. (Earned $2.15M according to The Gazette.) | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News | ||||
| 1998-99 | $2,900,000 | $5,733,820 | 58 | |
| One-way contract. Includes base salary, signing bonus, bonuses paid in 1998-99, and deferred income paid in 1998-99. (Earned $2.15M according to The Gazette.) | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News | ||||
| 1999-00 | $2,950,000 | $5,707,678 | 68 | |
| Includes base salary, signing/reporting bonus, and deferred income paid in 1999-2000. (According to The Sports Forecaster, he earned $3,136,825.) | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News | ||||
| 2000-01 | $2,950,000 | $5,521,400 | 77 | |
| Includes base salary, bonuses paid in 2000-01, and deferred income paid in 2000-01. (Earned $3,149,903 according to The Hockey News Ultimate Fantasy Guide 2000-01) | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News | ||||
| 2001-02 | $1,750,000 | $3,185,322 | 205 | |
| 2002-03 | $3,500,000 | $6,271,125 | 84 | |
| Prior to the season, as a free agent, signed a one-year plus one-year option contract with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, for $3.5M per season. Does not include signing bonuses, performance bonuses and deferred payments. | ||||
| Source(s): La Presse | ||||
| 2003-04 | $1,555,000 | $2,724,378 | 269 | |
| Source(s): Book: Money Players / USA Today / CBC | ||||
| 2004-05 | NHL lockout year: Season cancelled - no NHL salary paid. | |||
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Career Total: US $26,854,074 (In today's dollars: US $54,025,283) NHL Rank: 669 (In today's dollars: 420) |
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