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NHL Fortune: $16,260,981

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Donald Brashear’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $16,260,981 (US $27,994,922 in today's dollars), ranking #997 in NHL / hockey career earnings.

Birthdate: January 7, 1972
Salary History - Donald Brashear
All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted.
Season   Earnings
(US$)
In today's
US$
Rank
1993-94 $275,000 $613,544 443
1995-96 $171,315 $362,350 717
Amount in Canadian currency: $235,000.
Source(s): La Presse
1996-97 $300,000 $616,449 741
Source(s): La Presse / Guide Hockey RDS
1997-98 $550,000 $1,104,317 428
Includes base salary, signing bonus and bonuses paid in 1997-98.
Source(s): The Hockey News
1998-99 $650,000 $1,285,167 427
Includes base salary, signing bonus, bonuses paid in 1998-99, and deferred income paid in 1998-99.
Source(s): The Hockey News
1999-00 $750,000 $1,451,105 406
Includes base salary, signing/reporting bonus, and deferred income paid in 1999-2000.
Source(s): The Hockey News / The Sports Forecaster
2000-01 $1,150,000 $2,152,410 256
Includes base salary, bonuses paid in 2000-01, and deferred income paid in 2000-01.
Source(s): The Hockey News
2001-02 $1,250,000 $2,275,230 275
2002-03 $1,500,000 $2,687,625 259
Does not include signing bonuses, performance bonuses and deferred payments.
Source(s): La Presse
2003-04 $2,250,000 $3,942,025 187
2004-05 NHL lockout year: Season cancelled - no NHL salary paid.
2005-06 $1,748,000 $2,884,840 187
Source(s): La Presse
2006-07 $1,000,000 $1,598,790 353
Source(s): NHLPA
2007-08 $1,100,000 $1,709,897 353
Source(s): NHLPA
2008-09 $1,200,000 $1,796,377 375
Source(s): NHLPA
2009-10 $1,500,000 $2,253,426 329
Prior to the season, signed a two-year contract with the New York Rangers for $2.8M: $1.5M + $1.3M.
Source(s): NHLPA / Bleacher Report
2010-11 $433,333 $640,481 825
On August 2, 2010, in a cap space move, the Atlanta Thrashers acquired him in a trade with the New York Rangers and immediately bought out the last year of his contract (worth $1.3M) for two-thirds of the amount ($866,667) to be paid in two equal payments of $433,333 over two seasons. He never played again in the NHL, playing five more seasons in Sweden and in the Ligue nord-americaine de hockey. Earned his $433,333 buyout.
Source(s): PhillyVoice
2011-12 $433,333 $620,891 876
Earned his 2010 buyout payment of $433,333.
Source(s): PhillyVoice
2018-19 $0 $0 1156
In November 2018, his company (Les immeubles Brash 87) went into bankruptcy and civil suits were brought against Brashear and his company. He was subsequently ordered to pay nearly CAN$200,000 for mortgages that had not been fully repaid.
Source(s): Le Journal de Quebec
Career Total: US $16,260,981
(In today's dollars: US $27,994,922)

NHL Rank: 997
(In today's dollars: 885)