| Rank |
Player |
NHL Salary ($US) |
In today's $ |
+/- ($) |
+/- (%) |
| 1 |
Joe Sakic |
$17,000,000 |
$27,083,489 |
$13,900,000 |
448% |
| 2 |
Chris Gratton |
$10,000,000 |
$15,931,464 |
$9,025,000 |
926% |
| 3 |
Wayne Gretzky |
$6,500,000 |
$10,355,452 |
$1,452,500 |
29% |
| 4 |
Mark Messier |
$6,000,000 |
$9,558,879 |
|
|
| 5 |
Pavel Bure |
$5,500,000 |
$8,762,305 |
$500,000 |
10% |
| 6 |
Jaromir Jagr |
$5,100,000 |
$8,125,047 |
$1,050,000 |
26% |
| 7 |
Steve Yzerman |
$5,079,000 |
$8,091,591 |
$586,651 |
13% |
| 8 |
Pat Lafontaine |
$4,800,000 |
$7,647,103 |
$200,000 |
4% |
| 9 |
Brett Hull |
$4,700,000 |
$7,487,788 |
$300,000 |
7% |
| 10 |
Patrick Roy |
$4,463,000 |
$7,110,212 |
$7,056 |
0% |
| 11 |
Scott Stevens |
$4,313,000 |
$6,871,240 |
$563,000 |
15% |
| 12 |
Dominik Hasek |
$4,000,000 |
$6,372,586 |
-$200,000 |
-5% |
| 12 |
Peter Forsberg |
$4,000,000 |
$6,372,586 |
$1,126,500 |
39% |
| 14 |
Mike Richter |
$3,900,000 |
$6,213,271 |
$300,000 |
8% |
| 15 |
Eric Lindros |
$3,748,000 |
$5,971,113 |
-$434,000 |
-10% |
| 16 |
Chris Chelios |
$3,710,000 |
$5,910,573 |
$910,000 |
33% |
| 17 |
Brendan Shanahan |
$3,600,000 |
$5,735,327 |
|
|
| 17 |
Jeremy Roenick |
$3,600,000 |
$5,735,327 |
$400,000 |
13% |
| 19 |
Doug Gilmour |
$3,550,000 |
$5,655,670 |
$1,314,350 |
59% |
| 20 |
Al MacInnis |
$3,500,000 |
$5,576,012 |
|
|
| 20 |
Mike Modano |
$3,500,000 |
$5,576,012 |
$578,100 |
20% |
| 22 |
Raymond Bourque |
$3,437,000 |
$5,475,644 |
$935,400 |
37% |
| 23 |
Teemu Selanne |
$3,400,000 |
$5,416,698 |
$550,000 |
19% |
| 23 |
Joe Murphy |
$3,400,000 |
$5,416,698 |
$600,000 |
21% |
| 25 |
Brian Leetch |
$3,373,000 |
$5,373,683 |
$285,500 |
9% |
