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Hockey Fortune: $1,132,895

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Ken Dryden’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $1,132,895 (US $6,397,155 in today's dollars), ranking #3447 in NHL / hockey career earnings.

Birthdate: August 8, 1947
Country of birth: Canada
Position: G
NHL Draft:
Salary History - Ken Dryden
All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted.
Season   Earnings
(US$)
In today's
US$
Rank
1968-69 $11,445 $99,675
Amount in Canadian currency: $12,333.
After his college career, the Canadian National Team offered him a contract worth $37,000 over the next three years.
Source(s): Book: The Greatest Game
1969-70 $11,457 $94,614
Amount in Canadian currency: $12,333.
With the Canadian National Team.
Source(s): Book: The Greatest Game
1970-71 $8,622 $67,275
Amount in Canadian currency: $9,000.
His first season in the NHL, playing 6 games during the season and 20 games in the playoffs after playing most of the season in the AHL. Earned an unknown salary plus $7,500 and $1,500 in NHL bonuses for winning the Stanley Cup and the Smythe trophy.
Source(s): La Presse
1971-72 $0 $0
Amount in Canadian currency: $0.
As he earned an unknown salary, in February 1972, signed a two-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens for a base salary of $78,000 in 1972-73 and $100,000 in 1973-74.
Source(s): La Presse
1972-73 $120,071 $869,668
Amount in Canadian currency: $119,000.
Earned his salary of $100,000 and, like all players on the Montreal Canadiens roster, got a CAN$19,000 bonus for winning the Stanley Cup. (According to La Presse, earned a salary of $78,000 plus $50,000 in bonuses. According to the book The Greatest Season, prior to the season, signed a two-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens for $70,000 and $90,000)
Source(s): Book: Robinson for Defense / Book: Between the Pipes
1973-74 $0 $0
Amount in Canadian currency: $0.
After Montreal refused to raise his salary (reported to be $80,000 or $90,000 by The Sporting News, depending on the issue, and $80,000 by the book Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey), he quit and did not play that season. Instead, with his law degree, he worked as an intern at a Toronto law firm, earning $134 per week. Newspapers speculated that Dryden was seeking a four-year contract at $150,000 per season while Montreal was offeting a two-year contract at $110,000 in the first year and $125,000 in the second. According to La Presse, during the 1973 summer, he was offered a five-year contract by the Toronto Toros of the WHA, starting in 1974-75, for $2M overall. It was an unfounded offer or he turned it down to stay in the NHL because he never played in the WHA.
Source(s): Book: Between the Pipes / Book: The Greatest Season
1974-75 $204,400 $1,255,582
Amount in Canadian currency: $200,000.
On May 24, 1974, signed a three-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens for CDN $200,000 per season. Also earned a $2,000 sponsorship from Adirondack Industries to lean on his Sherwood stick during play stoppages. (It was a three-year contract for $150,000 per season, according to La Presse and the book La glorieuse histoire des Canadiens. Earned $175,000 according to another edition of La Presse.)
Source(s): Book: The Greatest Game / Book: Between the Pipes / The Sporting News / Le Soleil
1975-76 $196,600 $1,106,469
Amount in Canadian currency: $200,000.
Source(s): Book: The Greatest Game / Book: Between the Pipes / The Sporting News / Le Soleil
1976-77 $202,800 $1,079,391
Amount in Canadian currency: $200,000.
Source(s): Book: The Greatest Game / Book: Between the Pipes / The Sporting News / Le Soleil
1977-78 $202,100 $1,010,000
Amount in Canadian currency: $215,000.
Earned a base salary of $180,000 plus $35,000 in various performance bonuses.
Source(s): The Hockey News 1979 Yearbook / Globe and Mail / Book: La glorieuse histoire des Canadiens / The Gazette / La Presse
1978-79 $175,400 $814,482
Amount in Canadian currency: $200,000.
Before the season, Dryden denied the declaration from his agent to the effect that his base salary was $325,000. Retired as a pro-hockey player after the season. (Earned $325,000 in salary and bonuses according to the Book: 50 ans parmi les geants.)
Source(s): La Presse / The Sporting News
Career Total: US $1,132,895
(In today's dollars: US $6,397,155)

NHL Rank: 3447
(In today's dollars: 1956)

His brother Dave had a longer career but was never as much in the spotling as him.