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NHL Fortune: $1,572,825

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Stan Mikita’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $1,572,825 (US $9,799,713 in today's dollars), ranking #3287 in NHL / hockey career earnings.

Birthdate: May 20, 1940
Country of birth: Czechoslovakia
Salary History - Stan Mikita
All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted.
Season   Earnings
(US$)
In today's
US$
Rank
1956-57 $528 $6,265
Amount in Canadian currency: $520.
With the St. Catharines Tee Pees, of the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A league, earned C $25 per week until Christmas 1956, at which point his salary was raised to $35 per week. Earned $720, assuming a six-month season. (It was $15 per week until December and $25 per week after, according to The Society for International Hockey Research Newsletter.)
Source(s): Book: Forever a Blackhawk
1957-58 $1,252 $14,361
Amount in Canadian currency: $1,200.
With the St. Catharines Tee Pees, of the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A league, earned C $50 per week. Earned $1,200, assuming a six-month season.
Source(s): Book: Forever a Blackhawk
1958-59 $1,545 $17,254
Amount in Canadian currency: $1,500.
Played 3 NHL and 45 junior games with the St. Catharines Tee Pees, of the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A league. Earned $100 per NHL games and it is assumed that he still earned C $50 per week in junior. Earned $1,200 in junior, assuming a six-month season, plus $300 in the NHL.
Source(s): Book: Forever a Blackhawk / HockeyZonePlus
1959-60 $13,500 $149,264
Prior to the season, signed a two-year, two-way contract with the Chicago Blackhawks for $8,500 in the NHL and $5,500 in the minors plus a $5,000 signing bonus. His first full season in the NHL.
Source(s): Book: Forever a Blackhawk / The Sporting News / The Hockey News
1960-61 $8,500 $92,615
Two-way contract for $8,500 in the NHL and $5,500 in the minors. Played the whole season in the NHL.
Source(s): Book: Forever a Blackhawk
1961-62 $20,000 $215,657
Prior to the season, signed a two-year contract with the Chicago Blackhawks for a base salary of $14,000. Earned $14,000 in salary plus $6,000 in bonuses. (Earned $9,000 according to the book Forever a Blackhawk.)
Source(s): The Hockey News
1962-63 $14,000 $149,164
Base salary of $14,000.
Source(s): The Hockey News
1965-66 $35,000 $357,997
Prior to the season, signed a two-year contract with the Chicago Blackhawks for $35,000 per season.
Source(s): Book: Heart of the Blackhawks
1966-67 $35,000 $347,627
Source(s): Book: Heart of the Blackhawks
1967-68 $43,500 $420,265
Estimated base salary of $35,000 based on documented salary for 1966-67. Also received a bonus of $8,500 from the NHL for winning the Art Ross, Hart Memorial, and Lady Bing trophies.
Source(s): Book: Hockey Stars of 1969 / Book: Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey
1972-73 $0 $0
Prior to the season, the Chicago Cougars, of the new World Hockey Association, offered him a five-year contract for $1.5M which he turned down our of loyalty to the Blackhawks.
Source(s): Keith Magnuson: The Inspiring Life and Times of a Beloved Blackhawk
1973-74 $200,000 $1,451,802
Prior to the season, signed a five-year contract with the Chicago Blackhawks for $1M while the Chicago Cougars, of the WHA, offered $1.5M for five years.
Source(s): The Sporting News / Book: Forever a Blackhawk
1974-75 $200,000 $1,307,240
Source(s): The Sporting News
1975-76 $200,000 $1,197,696
Source(s): The Sporting News
1976-77 $200,000 $1,132,666
Source(s): The Sporting News
1977-78 $200,000 $1,063,521
Base salary, not including bonuses, deferred payments and other extras.
Source(s): The Gazette / Globe and Mail / The Sporting News / The Hockey News
1978-79 $200,000 $988,196
Source(s): The Hockey News
1979-80 $200,000 $888,123
Estimated salary based on documented salary for 1978-79. Retired as a pro-hockey player after the season.
Source(s): HockeyZonePlus
Career Total: US $1,572,825
(In today's dollars: US $9,799,713)

NHL Rank: 3287
(In today's dollars: 1741)