Jaromir Jagr still leads the Top 25 NHL fortunes accumulated since 1989 but will finally -- unless he comes back in the NHL -- be passed by Sidney Crosby in 2019-2020. Today's dollar values of salaries are provided as points of reference to show the equivalent, in today's purchasing power, of players' past salaries. Figures shown represent NHL earnings; investment results may vary - ask Sergei Fedorov. How is your 401k/RSSP doing?
| Today's Dollar Value | |||||
| Rank | Player | NHL Fortune | NHL Fortune | Rank | Status |
| 1 | Jaromir Jagr | $117,948,997 | $160,553,023 | 1 | Who knows |
| 2 | Sidney Crosby | $110,740,244 | $120,145,227 | 6 | Active |
| 3 | Chris Pronger | $110,250,348 | $141,844,227 | 2 | Retired |
| 4 | Joe Thornton | $106,778,561 | $124,182,764 | 5 | Active |
| 5 | Alex Ovechkin | $103,220,893 | $112,295,030 | 9 | Active |
| 6 | Shea Weber | $102,405,122 | $109,896,126 | 14 | Active |
| 7 | Nicklas Lidstrom | $100,358,571 | $132,789,818 | 3 | Retired |
| 8 | Zdeno Chara | $96,868,695 | $111,274,192 | 11 | Active |
| 9 | Rick Nash | $96,818,780 | $107,728,577 | 18 | Active |
| 10 | Joe Sakic | $93,259,290 | $132,479,015 | 4 | Retired |
| 11 | Roberto Luongo | $93,130,646 | $105,826,167 | 19 | Active |
| 12 | Marian Hossa | $92,874,390 | $108,176,182 | 16 | Active |
| 13 | Jarome Iginla | $90,922,561 | $110,187,231 | 13 | Retired |
| 14 | Henrik Lundqvist | $90,283,390 | $98,564,555 | 24 | Active |
| 15 | Evgeni Malkin | $90,220,893 | $97,460,375 | 28 | Active |
| 16 | Patrick Marleau | $88,934,024 | $102,147,284 | 22 | Active |
| 17 | Vincent Lecavalier | $88,903,659 | $104,968,580 | 20 | Retired |
| 18 | Jason Spezza | $87,477,927 | $97,201,768 | 29 | Active |
| 19 | Marian Gaborik | $87,169,244 | $98,460,014 | 25 | Active |
| 20 | Anze Kopitar | $86,369,878 | $92,189,527 | 34 | Active |
| 21 | Zach Parise | $85,930,390 | $92,371,637 | 33 | Active |
| 22 | Paul Kariya | $82,661,886 | $114,922,791 | 7 | Retired |
| 23 | Ryan Suter | $82,380,390 | $88,363,087 | 37 | Active |
| 24 | Brad Richards | $80,750,390 | $94,186,216 | 30 | Retired |
| 25 | Keith Tkachuk | $80,497,232 | $113,314,249 | 8 | Retired |
Photo credit: Bridget Samuels