Denis Potvin
NHL/Hockey Fortune:
$4,911,695
Description
Denis Potvin’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $4,911,695 (US $19,891,812 in today's dollars), ranking #2069 in NHL / hockey career earnings.
Birthdate: October 29, 1953Country of birth: Canada
Position: D
NHL Draft:
- Year: 1973
- Round #1
- Overall Pick: 1
- By: New York Islanders
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| Salary History - Denis Potvin All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted. |
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| Season | Earnings (US$) |
In today's US$ |
Rank |
| 1972-73 | $1,695 | $13,554 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $1,680. | |||
| Earned $60 per week with the Ottawa 67's in the Ontario Hockey Association junior league. | |||
| Source(s): The Hockey News | |||
| 1973-74 | $300,000 | $2,259,459 | |
| As a rookie, signed a three-year contract with the New York Islanders for $100,000 per season plus a signing bonus of $200,000. The Chigago Cougars, of the World Hockey Association, were rumored to have offered a two-year contract for $300,000 overall. (According to different editions of La Presse, it was for $175,000 per season or $500,000 for four years; according to another edition of The Sporting News, it was for $200,000 per season plus $50,000 upfront; according to another edition of The Sporting News, it was for $500,000 for an unknow number of years with $250,000 paid upfront and the rest later.)) | |||
| Source(s): La Presse / Hockey Pictorial Magazine The Sporting News / The Hockey News | |||
| 1974-75 | $100,000 | $678,159 | |
| Source(s): La Presse / Hockey Pictorial Magazine / The Hockey News | |||
| 1975-76 | $100,000 | $621,330 | |
| Source(s): La Presse / Hockey Pictorial Magazine / The Hockey News | |||
| 1976-77 | $220,000 | $1,292,708 | |
| Source(s): The Hockey News | |||
| 1977-78 | $250,000 | $1,379,310 | |
| Base salary, not including bonuses, deferred payments and other extras. (Earned $150,000 according to the Globe and Mail and the book Avantage numerique: l'argent et la LNH.) | |||
| Source(s): The Gazette | |||
| 1978-79 | $200,000 | $1,025,295 | |
| Source(s): La Presse | |||
| 1979-80 | $270,000 | $1,243,979 | |
| Source(s): The Hockey News | |||
| 1980-81 | $270,000 | $1,095,595 | |
| Estimated minimum salary based on documented salaries for 1979-80 and 1981-82. | |||
| Source(s): HockeyZonePlus | |||
| 1981-82 | $250,000 | $919,490 | |
| Source(s): The Sporting News / The Hockey News | |||
| 1982-83 | $450,000 | $1,559,378 | |
| On September 21, 1982, as a free agent, signed a one-year plus one-year option contract with the New York Islanders for $450,000 per season. (It was for $475,000 according to The Hockey News. / Earned $400,000 according to another edition of La Presse.) | |||
| Source(s): La Presse / The Sporting News | |||
| 1983-84 | $450,000 | $1,510,843 | |
| (Earned $400,000 according to another edition of The Sporting News.) | |||
| Source(s): La Presse / The Sporting News | |||
| 1984-85 | $425,000 | $1,368,117 | |
| Source(s): The Globe and Mail / The Sporting News | |||
| 1985-86 | $500,000 | $1,554,337 | |
| (Earned $425,000 according to The Hockey News.) | |||
| Source(s): La Presse / The Hockey News | |||
| 1986-87 | $550,000 | $1,677,949 | |
| Source(s): Sport magazine | |||
| 1987-88 | $575,000 | $1,692,308 | |
| Earned between $550,000 and $600,000. (Earned $645,000 according to La Presse.) Retired from pro hockey afte the season. | |||
| Source(s): The Hockey News | |||
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Career Total: US $4,911,695 (In today's dollars: US $19,891,812) NHL Rank: 2069 (In today's dollars: 1207) |
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