Mario Lemieux
Hockey Fortune:
$58,487,791
Description
Mario Lemieux’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $58,487,791 (US $120,180,547 in today's dollars), ranking #175 in NHL / hockey career earnings.
Birthdate: October 5, 1965Country of birth: Canada
Position: C
NHL Draft:
- Year: 1984
- Round #1
- Overall Pick: 1
- By: Pittsburgh Penguins
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| Salary History - Mario Lemieux All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted. |
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| Season | Earnings (US$) |
In today's US$ |
Rank | |
| 1981-82 | $1,301 | $4,499 | ||
| Amount in Canadian currency: $1,560. | ||||
| Earned a stipend of CDN $ 65/week with the Laval Voisins of the Quebec Junior Major Hockey League. (It was a $45 weekly stipend, according to La Presse.) | ||||
| Source(s): Book: Mario Lemieux - Overcoming Adversity | ||||
| 1982-83 | $1,265 | $4,122 | ||
| Amount in Canadian currency: $1,560. | ||||
| Earned a stipend of CDN $ 65/week with the Laval Voisins of the Quebec Junior Major Hockey League. (It was a $45 weekly stipend, according to La Presse.) | ||||
| Source(s): Book: Mario Lemieux - Overcoming Adversity | ||||
| 1983-84 | $1,265 | $3,994 | ||
| Amount in Canadian currency: $1,560. | ||||
| Earned a stipend of CDN $ 65/week with the Laval Voisins of the Quebec Junior Major Hockey League | ||||
| Source(s): Book: Mario Lemieux - Overcoming Adversity | ||||
| 1984-85 | $450,000 | $1,361,956 | ||
| On June 20, 1984, as a rookie, signed a two-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins for a total of $600,000 plus a one-year option and a $150,000 bonus. (According to the book A Season in Time, he signed a two-year contract for $350,000 per season plus bonus clauses that, if achieved, would add up to $1M. According to the books Mario Lemieux - Overcoming Adversity and Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey, it was a two-year contract for $700,000. According to The Sporting News, signed a two-year plus one option year contract for $700,000: Signing bonus of $175,000 plus salary of $150,000 / $175,000 / $200,000.) | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News 1985 Yearbook | ||||
| 1985-86 | $300,000 | $876,824 | ||
| In December 1985, was rumored by La Presse to be on the verge of signing a five-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins for $2.5M plus bonuses. In early 1986, according to the book Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey, signed a five-year contract, starting in 1986-87, for $3.25M. | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News 1985 Yearbook | ||||
| 1986-87 | $550,000 | $1,577,593 | ||
| Source(s): Sport Magazine | ||||
| 1987-88 | $867,000 | $2,399,092 | ||
| Also earned C $175,000 for french commercials for Diet Coke and Snickers. (Earned a salary of $567,000, $600,000 or $700,000 according to different editions of La Presse.) | ||||
| Source(s): The Sporting News | ||||
| 1988-89 | $2,000,000 | $5,317,098 | ||
| On November 29, 1988, signed a one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins for a base salary of $1.6M plus bonuses increasing total earnings to nearly $2M. (Earned $1.5M according to La Presse.) | ||||
| Source(s): The Sporting News / La Presse | ||||
| 1989-90 | $2,500,000 | $6,340,244 | 1 | |
| On August 22, 1989, signed a five-year contract worth $12M: yearly salary of $2M, a signing bonus of $500,000 and $1.5M in deferred payments. (or $3M in bonuses per another edition of The Sporting News.) | ||||
| Source(s): The Sporting News / Canadian Press / Book: Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey / La Presse | ||||
| 1990-91 | $2,500,000 | $6,015,613 | 2 | |
| One-way contract. Also got a team bonus of $500,000 for winning the Stanley Cup. (Made $2,177,000 according to the Canadian Press) | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News | ||||
| 1991-92 | $2,338,000 | $5,397,365 | 3 | |
| 1992-93 | $3,600,000 | $8,066,135 | 1 | |
| Amount includes salary and any signing bonus paid in 1992-93. On October 5, 1992, signed a seven-year guaranteed contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins for $42M weighted to the back end with the largest annual salaries in the final 3 years. There were some deferrals of salary payments that would come due after the actual playing life of the contract. | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News / Book: Slim and None / Book: A Season in Time / Book: Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey / Book: Mario Lemieux - Overcoming Adversity | ||||
| 1993-94 | $5,000,000 | $10,881,905 | 1 | |
| Includes base salary and any signing bonus and deferred payments allocated to the 1993-94 season. | ||||
| Source(s): The Hockey News | ||||
| 1994-95 | $2,326,531 | $4,934,970 | 6 | |
| Because of the lockout, his NHL salary of $4,071,429 was prorated for the 48-game season. | ||||
| Source(s): Guide Hockey 1995-1996 | ||||
| 1995-96 | $4,571,429 | $9,432,060 | 4 | |
| Source(s): La Presse | ||||
| 1996-97 | $11,321,000 | $22,692,524 | 1 | |
| Scheduled to make $15M, including bonuses. | ||||
| Source(s): La Presse / Maclean's | ||||
| 1997-98 | $0 | $0 | 767 | |
| Did not play. | ||||
| 1998-99 | $0 | $0 | 812 | |
| Did not play. | ||||
| 1999-00 | $0 | $0 | 782 | |
| Did not play. In September 1999, he acquired about 35% of the bankrupt Pittsburgh Penguins for $5M cash and the $20M he was owed in deferred money. The investment was worth hundreds of millions twenty years later. | ||||
| Source(s): Sports Illustrated / The Hockey News | ||||
| 2000-01 | $1,410,000 | $2,574,355 | 223 | |
| Came out of retirement. As he was now a team owner and technically not a member of the NHL Players Association, it was agreed in negotiations with the players association that he would be paid the league's average salary of $1.41M. | ||||
| Source(s): ABC News | ||||
| 2001-02 | $5,250,000 | $9,321,737 | 36 | |
| 2002-03 | $5,250,000 | $9,176,117 | 41 | |
| Does not include signing bonuses, performance bonuses and deferred payments. | ||||
| Source(s): La Presse | ||||
| 2003-04 | $5,250,000 | $8,972,603 | 45 | |
| 2004-05 | NHL lockout year: Season cancelled - no NHL salary paid. | |||
| 2005-06 | $3,000,000 | $4,829,740 | 84 | |
| Retired from pro-hockey after the season. | ||||
| Source(s): La Presse | ||||
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Career Total: US $58,487,791 (In today's dollars: US $120,180,547) NHL Rank: 175 (In today's dollars: 58) |
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