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NHL Fortune: $3,971,779

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Borje Salming’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $3,971,779 (US $14,969,578 in today's dollars), ranking #2202 in NHL / hockey career earnings.

Birthdate: April 17, 1951
Country of birth: Sweden
Position: D
Salary History - Borje Salming
All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted.
Season   Earnings
(US$)
In today's
US$
Rank
1973-74 $80,000 $580,721
Amount in Canadian currency: $80,000.
Prior to the season, signed a two-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs for a CDN $80,000 salary. His first year in the NHL. (was for between CDN $60,000 and CDN $80,000 per season acording to The Sporting News).
Source(s): The Hockey News / The Canadian / The Sporting News
1974-75 $81,760 $534,400
Amount in Canadian currency: $80,000.
Source(s): The Hockey News / The Canadian
1975-76 $196,600 $1,177,335
Amount in Canadian currency: $200,000.
Prior to the season, signed a five-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs for $1M.
Source(s): The Sporting News / The Hockey News
1976-77 $202,800 $1,148,523
Amount in Canadian currency: $200,000.
(Earned C$250,000 according to The Canadian.)
Source(s): The Sporting News / The Hockey News
1977-78 $188,000 $999,710
Amount in Canadian currency: $200,000.
(Earned $155,000 according to The Globe & Mail.)
Source(s): The Sporting News / The Hockey News / The Gazette
1978-79 $175,400 $866,648
Amount in Canadian currency: $200,000.
(Earned $175,000 according to another edition of The Hockey News.)
Source(s): The Sporting News / The Hockey News
1979-80 $171,441 $761,302
Amount in Canadian currency: $200,750.
Earned a salary of $200,000 plus $750 from the NHL for finishing 2nd in voting for the Norris trophy. (Earned $175,000 according to La Presse and other editions of The Hockey News and The Sporting News./ Earned $165,000 accoridng to another edition of The Hockey News.)
Source(s): The Sporting News / The Hockey News / The Hockey News 1981 Yearbook
1980-81 $285,000 $1,114,615
Amount in Canadian currency: $333,333.
Prior to the season, signed a six-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs for $2M. (According to The Sporting News, it was a contract for between $350,000 and $400,000 per season. According to La Presse, he earned $325,000.)
Source(s): Book: Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey
1981-82 $278,000 $985,474
Amount in Canadian currency: $333,333.
Source(s): Book: Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey
1982-83 $270,333 $902,884
Amount in Canadian currency: $333,333.
(Earned $CDN 350,000 according to The Hockey News and La Presse and $330,000 according to another edition ot La Presse.)
Source(s): Book: Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey
1983-84 $270,333 $874,783
Amount in Canadian currency: $333,333.
(Earned $325,000 according to La Presse.)
Source(s): Book: Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey
1984-85 $257,333 $798,406
Amount in Canadian currency: $333,333.
(Earned about $350,000 according to The Sporting News and La Presse.)
Source(s): Book: Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey
1985-86 $256,200 $767,624
Amount in Canadian currency: $350,000.
Prior to the season, signed a two-year plus one option year with the Toronto Maple Leafes for a yearly salary in the $350,000 range.
Source(s): The Hockey News
1986-87 $252,000 $740,987
Amount in Canadian currency: $350,000.
Source(s): The Hockey News
1987-88 $263,900 $748,592
Amount in Canadian currency: $350,000.
(Earned $322,000 according to another edition of The Sporting News.)
Source(s): The Sporting News / La Presse / The Hockey News
1988-89 $292,680 $797,656
Amount in Canadian currency: $360,000.
Source(s): La Presse
1989-90 $450,000 $1,169,920 18
On June 13, 1989, signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings for $450,000. (Earned $435,000 according to the Canadian Press and The Hockey News / Earned $400,000 according to another edition of The Hockey News.) Never played again in the NHL after the season, playing three more years in Sweden before retiring.
Source(s): La Presse
Career Total: US $3,971,779
(In today's dollars: US $14,969,578)

NHL Rank: 2202
(In today's dollars: 1358)