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Hockey Fortune: $94,045,190

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Joe Sakic’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $94,045,190 (US $167,537,972 in today's dollars), ranking #44 in NHL / hockey career earnings.

Birthdate: July 7, 1969
Country of birth: Canada
Position: C
NHL Draft:
Salary History - Joe Sakic
All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted.
Season   Earnings
(US$)
In today's
US$
Rank
1989-90 $84,500 $214,300 533
Amount in Canadian currency: $100,000.
Source(s): Canadian Press
1990-91 $248,530 $598,024 164
Amount in Canadian currency: $290,000.
One-way contract. Plus bonus for games played: CAN$5,000 at 200 games and an additional CAN$5,000 at 240 games. He played 311 NHL games betweek 1990 and 1993 and earned both bonuses.
Source(s): The Hockey News / Canadian Press
1991-92 $353,565 $816,219 120
Amount in Canadian currency: $405,000.
1992-93 $827,000 $1,852,970 58
Amount in Canadian currency: $1,000,000.
Amount includes salary and any signing bonus paid in 1992-93.
Source(s): The Hockey News / La Presse
1993-94 $1,705,000 $3,710,730 19
Amount in Canadian currency: $2,200,000.
Includes base salary and any signing bonus and deferred payments allocated to the 1993-94 season.
Source(s): The Hockey News
1994-95 $1,192,114 $2,528,679 31
Amount in Canadian currency: $2,850,000.
Because of the lockout, his NHL salary of $2,850,000 was prorated for the 48-game season.
Source(s): Guide Hockey 1995-1996
1995-96 $2,900,000 $5,983,462 22
Source(s): La Presse
1996-97 $3,100,000 $6,213,835 19
One-way contract.
Source(s): The Gazette / La Presse / Guide Hockey RDS
1997-98 $17,000,000 $33,296,785 2
As a free agent, the New York Rangers offered him a three-year contract for $21 which the Colorado Avalanche elected to match to keep him. Includes base salary, signing bonus and bonuses paid in 1997-98.
Source(s): The Hockey News / Book: La glorieuse histoire des Canadiens
1998-99 $2,000,000 $3,857,432 104
Includes base salary, signing bonus, bonuses paid in 1998-99, and deferred income paid in 1998-99.
Source(s): The Hockey News
1999-00 $2,000,000 $3,774,763 118
Includes base salary, signing/reporting bonus, and deferred income paid in 1999-2000.
Source(s): The Hockey News / The Sports Forecaster
2000-01 $7,900,000 $14,423,693 8
Includes base salary, bonuses paid in 2000-01, and deferred income paid in 2000-01.
Source(s): The Hockey News
2001-02 $9,832,727 $17,458,685 5
2002-03 $9,856,018 $17,226,663 6
Does not include signing bonuses, performance bonuses and deferred payments.
Source(s): La Presse
2003-04 $9,880,939 $16,887,189 7
2004-05 NHL lockout year: Season cancelled - no NHL salary paid.
2005-06 $6,664,797 $10,729,746 11
Source(s): La Presse
2006-07 $5,750,000 $8,967,707 25
Source(s): NHLPA
2007-08 $6,750,000 $10,235,362 19
Source(s): NHLPA
2008-09 $6,000,000 $8,761,728 41
Source(s): NHLPA
Career Total: US $94,045,190
(In today's dollars: US $167,537,972)

NHL Rank: 44
(In today's dollars: 10)