Darryl Sittler
Hockey Fortune:
$2,342,268
Description
Darryl Sittler’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $2,342,268 (US $10,418,332 in today's dollars), ranking #2712 in NHL / hockey career earnings.
Birthdate: September 18, 1950Country of birth: Canada
Position: C
NHL Draft:
- Year: 1970
- Round #1
- Overall Pick: 8
- By: Toronto Maple Leafs
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| Salary History - Darryl Sittler All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted. |
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| Season | Earnings (US$) |
In today's US$ |
Rank |
| 1970-71 | $21,555 | $174,572 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $22,500. | |||
| Prior to the season, after being drafted 8th overall in the NHL, signed a two-year, two-way contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs: $15,000 in the NHL and $9,000 and $10,000 in the minors. Also had a $10,000 signing bonus paid in two installments: $7,500 in 1970-71 and $2,500 in 1972-73. Never played in the minors during his career, earning his $15,000 salary and $7,500 signing bonus. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Captain | |||
| 1971-72 | $17,325 | $134,527 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $17,500. | |||
| Earned his $15,000 salary and $2,500 signing bonus. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Captain | |||
| 1972-73 | $29,261 | $219,982 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $29,000. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Captain | |||
| 1973-74 | $160,000 | $1,132,973 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $160,000. | |||
| Prior to the season, as he had a verbal agreement with the Toronto Maple Leafs for a new salary of $70,000, the Toronto Toros of the WHA offered him a five-year contract for $1M. The Alberta Oilers, of the WHA, reportedly offered $75,000 per season. The Toronto Maple Leafs then made a counter-offer of $800,000 for five years and he opted to stay in the NHL and signed the contract. (The Maple Leafs counter-offer was $750,000 over 5 years according to Puckstruck, The Sporting News and the Society for International Hockey Research Newsletter.) | |||
| Source(s): Book: Captain / Book: The Hot Line / The Sporting News | |||
| 1974-75 | $163,520 | $1,042,602 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $160,000. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Captain / Book: The Hot Line | |||
| 1975-76 | $157,280 | $918,782 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $160,000. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Captain / Book: The Hot Line | |||
| 1976-77 | $162,240 | $896,297 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $160,000. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Captain / Book: The Hot Line | |||
| 1977-78 | $141,000 | $731,404 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $150,000. | |||
| Prior to the season, signed a five-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs estimated at CDN $150,000 per season. (Earned CDN $145,000 according to the Gazette and The Sporting News, and CDN $165,000 according to the Globe and Mail.) | |||
| Source(s): Book: Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey | |||
| 1978-79 | $131,550 | $634,054 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $150,000. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey | |||
| 1979-80 | $128,100 | $554,900 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $150,000. | |||
| Has a no trade clause in his contract with the Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings offered him $500,000 to waive it so they could acquire him. He refused, wanting to stay in Toronto and outlast Punch Imlach, owner Harold Ballard's right-hand man, with whom he had a conflict. (Earned $175,000 according to The Sporting News.) Per The Sporting News, Sittler's lawyer, Alan Eagleson, estimated that his additional income outside of hockey was $100,000. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey | |||
| 1980-81 | $128,250 | $489,283 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $150,000. | |||
| (Earned $185,000 or $190,000 according to different editions of La Presse.) | |||
| Source(s): Book: Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey | |||
| 1981-82 | $185,520 | $641,525 | |
| On January 20, 1982, after being traded from Toronto to Philadelphia midway through the season, signed a three-year plus one option year, one-way, contract with the Philadelphia Flyers for $110,520 in 1981-82 (it is assumed that it was for the remaining half season and that he earned approximately half of his $150,000 with the Leads for the first half) and $250,000 per season for the following 3 years. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Blue Lines, Goal Lines & Bottom Lines / The Sporting News | |||
| 1982-83 | $250,000 | $814,508 | |
| Source(s): Book: Blue Lines, Goal Lines & Bottom Lines / The Sporting News | |||
| 1983-84 | $250,000 | $789,157 | |
| Source(s): Book: Blue Lines, Goal Lines & Bottom Lines / The Sporting News | |||
| 1984-85 | $250,000 | $756,642 | |
| (Earned $275,000 according to La Presse.) | |||
| Source(s): Book: Blue Lines, Goal Lines & Bottom Lines / Book: The Road to Hockeytown / The Sporting News | |||
| 1985-86 | $166,667 | $487,126 | |
| Prior to the season, the Detroit Red Wings bought out the last year of his $250,000 contract for an assumed two-third value of the contract. He received a contract offer from Vancouver but elected to retired as a pro-hockey player, instead. | |||
| Source(s): The Sporting News | |||
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Career Total: US $2,342,268 (In today's dollars: US $10,418,332) NHL Rank: 2712 (In today's dollars: 1580) |
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