| Rank |
Player |
Team |
NHL Salary ($US) |
In today's $ |
+/- ($) |
+/- (%) |
| 1 |
Jaromir Jagr |
New York Rangers |
$7,800,000 |
$10,343,568 |
-$3,200,000 |
-29% |
| 2 |
Keith Tkachuk |
St.Louis |
$7,600,000 |
$10,078,348 |
-$2,400,000 |
-24% |
| 2 |
Nicklas Lidstrom |
Detroit |
$7,600,000 |
$10,078,348 |
-$2,400,000 |
-24% |
| 2 |
Alexei Yashin |
New York Islanders |
$7,600,000 |
$10,078,348 |
-$800,000 |
-10% |
| 5 |
Jarome Iginla |
Calgary |
$7,000,000 |
$9,282,689 |
-$500,000 |
-7% |
| 6 |
Mats Sundin |
Toronto |
$6,840,000 |
$9,070,513 |
-$2,160,000 |
-24% |
| 7 |
Nikolai Khabibulin |
Chicago |
$6,750,000 |
$8,951,165 |
$2,315,421 |
52% |
| 7 |
Scott Niedermayer |
Anaheim |
$6,750,000 |
$8,951,165 |
$2,750,000 |
69% |
| 9 |
Bill Guerin |
Dallas |
$6,738,498 |
$8,935,912 |
-$2,127,947 |
-24% |
| 10 |
Joe Thornton |
San Jose |
$6,666,000 |
$8,839,772 |
$1,166,000 |
21% |
| 11 |
Joe Sakic |
Colorado |
$6,664,797 |
$8,838,177 |
-$3,216,142 |
-33% |
| 12 |
Martin St.Louis |
Tamba Bay |
$6,500,000 |
$8,619,640 |
$5,000,000 |
333% |
| 12 |
Ilya Kovalchuk |
Atlanta |
$6,500,000 |
$8,619,640 |
$5,370,000 |
475% |
| 14 |
Rob Blake |
Colorado |
$6,364,111 |
$8,439,438 |
-$2,962,408 |
-32% |
| 15 |
Chris Pronger |
Edmonton |
$6,250,000 |
$8,288,115 |
-$3,250,000 |
-34% |
| 16 |
Sergei Fedorov |
Anaheim / Colorado |
$6,080,000 |
$8,062,679 |
-$3,920,000 |
-39% |
| 17 |
Markus Naslund |
Vancouver |
$6,000,000 |
$7,956,591 |
$775,000 |
15% |
| 17 |
Vincent Lecavalier |
Tamba Bay |
$6,000,000 |
$7,956,591 |
$3,375,000 |
129% |
| 19 |
Peter Forsberg |
Philadelphia |
$5,750,000 |
$7,625,066 |
-$5,250,000 |
-48% |
| 20 |
Doug Weight |
St.Louis / Carolina |
$5,700,000 |
$7,558,761 |
-$2,800,000 |
-33% |
| 21 |
Todd Bertuzzi |
Vancouver |
$5,269,333 |
$6,987,654 |
$1,569,333 |
42% |
| 22 |
Martin Brodeur |
New Jersey |
$5,237,238 |
$6,945,093 |
-$1,653,865 |
-24% |
| 23 |
Marian Hossa |
Atlanta |
$5,000,000 |
$6,630,492 |
$2,250,000 |
82% |
| 24 |
Jeremy Roenick |
Los Angeles |
$4,940,000 |
$6,550,926 |
-$2,560,000 |
-34% |
| 24 |
Olaf Kolzig |
Washington |
$4,940,000 |
$6,550,926 |
-$1,310,000 |
-21% |
