The animated bar chart above illustrates how the Top Ten ranking of hockey career earnings evolved, since 1989, among NHLers that played at least one game for the Toronto Maple Leafs in their career. Borje Salming led until 1992-93 when Eric Lindros took over for 8 years before Brian Leetch, who had a cup of coffee with the Leafs, took over for four season. True Blue Mats Sundin was then firmly entrenched on top but Joe Thornton took over in 2017, never looking back.
See how it compares with the evolution of career earning of NHLers who played with the Boston Bruins!
The table below shows the current Top 10 hockey fortunes among current/past Boston Bruins, sorted in today's dollar value.
2022-23 Ranking - Sorted in Today's $US Value
| Rank Among Maple Leafs |
NHL Rank |
Player | NHL Fortune (Today's $) |
Seasons with Maple Leafs |
Status |
| 1 | 12 | Joe Thornton | $149,494,305 | 1 (kind of) | Retired |
| 2 | 23 | Mats Sundin | $131,527,346 | 13 | Retired |
| 3 | 25 | Patrick Marleau | $131,124,168 | 2 | Retired |
| 4 | 46 | Jason Spezza | $116,571,939 | 3 | Retired |
| 5 | 49 | Phil Kessel | $114,207,459 | 6 | Active |
| 6 | 53 | John Tavares | $111,137,388 | 5 | Active |
| 7 | 59 | Brian Leetch | $106,016,457 | Cup of coffee | Retired |
| 8 | 77 | Dion Phaneuf | $96,838,150 | 3 | Retired |
| 9 | 85 | Alexander Mogilny | $93,816,967 | 3 | Retired |
| 10 | 95 | Curtis Joseph | $91,600,939 | 5 | Retired |