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Hockey Fortune: $2,342,268

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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, 1950
Country of birth: Canada
Position: C
NHL Draft:
Salary History - Darryl Sittler
All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted.
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
Career Total: US $2,342,268
(In today's dollars: US $10,418,332)

NHL Rank: 2712
(In today's dollars: 1580)