| Rank |
Player |
Team |
NHL Salary ($US) |
In today's $ |
+/- ($) |
+/- (%) |
| 1 |
Joe Sakic |
Colorado |
$17,000,000 |
$26,532,710 |
$13,900,000 |
448% |
| 2 |
Chris Gratton |
Philadelphia |
$10,000,000 |
$15,607,477 |
$9,025,000 |
926% |
| 3 |
Wayne Gretzky |
New York Rangers |
$6,500,000 |
$10,144,860 |
$2,537,000 |
64% |
| 4 |
Mark Messier |
Vancouver |
$6,000,000 |
$9,364,486 |
|
|
| 5 |
Pavel Bure |
Vancouver |
$5,500,000 |
$8,584,112 |
$500,000 |
10% |
| 6 |
Jaromir Jagr |
Pittsburgh |
$5,100,000 |
$7,959,813 |
$900,000 |
21% |
| 7 |
Steve Yzerman |
Detroit |
$5,079,000 |
$7,927,037 |
$1,054,000 |
26% |
| 8 |
Pat Lafontaine |
New York Rangers |
$4,800,000 |
$7,491,589 |
$200,000 |
4% |
| 9 |
Brett Hull |
St.Louis |
$4,700,000 |
$7,335,514 |
$300,000 |
7% |
| 10 |
Patrick Roy |
Colorado |
$4,463,000 |
$6,965,617 |
-$104,000 |
-2% |
| 11 |
Scott Stevens |
New Jersey |
$4,313,000 |
$6,731,505 |
$563,000 |
15% |
| 12 |
Dominik Hasek |
Buffalo |
$4,000,000 |
$6,242,991 |
-$200,000 |
-5% |
| 12 |
Peter Forsberg |
Colorado |
$4,000,000 |
$6,242,991 |
$2,332,425 |
140% |
| 14 |
Mike Richter |
New York Rangers |
$3,900,000 |
$6,086,916 |
$300,000 |
8% |
| 15 |
Eric Lindros |
Philadelphia |
$3,748,000 |
$5,849,682 |
-$499,000 |
-12% |
| 16 |
Chris Chelios |
Chicago |
$3,710,000 |
$5,790,374 |
$910,000 |
33% |
| 17 |
Brendan Shanahan |
Detroit |
$3,600,000 |
$5,618,692 |
-$375,000 |
-9% |
| 17 |
Jeremy Roenick |
Phoenix |
$3,600,000 |
$5,618,692 |
|
|
| 19 |
Doug Gilmour |
New Jersey |
$3,550,000 |
$5,540,654 |
$1,314,350 |
59% |
| 20 |
Al Macinnis |
St.Louis |
$3,500,000 |
$5,462,617 |
|
|
| 20 |
Mike Modano |
Dallas |
$3,500,000 |
$5,462,617 |
$578,000 |
20% |
| 22 |
Raymond Bourque |
Boston |
$3,437,000 |
$5,364,290 |
$935,400 |
37% |
| 23 |
Teemu Selanne |
Anaheim |
$3,400,000 |
$5,306,542 |
$550,000 |
19% |
| 23 |
Joe Murphy |
St.Louis |
$3,400,000 |
$5,306,542 |
$600,000 |
21% |
| 25 |
Brian Leetch |
New York Rangers |
$3,373,000 |
$5,264,402 |
$285,000 |
9% |
