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NHL/Hockey Fortune: $2,386,000

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Bobby Clarke’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $2,386,000 (US $11,151,557 in today's dollars), ranking #2847 in NHL / hockey career earnings.

Birthdate: August 13, 1949
Country of birth: Canada
Position: C
NHL Draft:
Salary History - Bobby Clarke
All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted.
Season   Earnings
(US$)
In today's
US$
Rank
1969-70 $19,000 $173,217
Signed a two-way contract with the Philadelphia Flyers for $14,000 in the NHL, $10,000 in the minors, and a $5,000 signing bonus. Played the whole season, his first, in the NHL.
Source(s): Book: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly / Bobby Clarke on My Dad Used to Play Hockey podcast
1970-71 $17,000 $146,440
Source(s): Bobby Clarke on My Dad Used to Play Hockey podcast
1972-73 $100,000 $799,617
Prior to the season, signed a five-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers for $100,000 per season. (Was for $80,000 according to another edition of The Hockey News and $125,000 according to another edition of La Presse.)
Source(s): Book: Power Plays / The Sporting News / La Presse / The Hockey News / Book: Hockey Stars of 1974 / Book: Le Colisee contre le Forum
1973-74 $150,000 $1,129,730
Prior to the season, because of his performances and the overall salaries going up in the NHL and WHA, negotiated a new seven-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers for $150,000 per season. The contract also included monthly defered payments until 1994 or 1996 (payments of $50,000 according to The Sporting News).
Source(s): La Presse
1974-75 $150,000 $1,017,238
Source(s): La Presse
1975-76 $150,000 $931,996
Source(s): La Presse / The Hockey News
1976-77 $150,000 $881,392
Source(s): La Presse
1977-78 $150,000 $827,586
(Earned $160,000 in Base salary, not including bonuses, deferred payments and other extras, according to The Gazette / Globe and Mail / Book: Avantage numerique: l'argent et la LNH.)
Source(s): La Presse
1978-79 $150,000 $768,971
Source(s): La Presse
1979-80 $150,000 $691,099
Source(s): La Presse
1980-81 $150,000 $608,664
Estimated minimum salary based on his documented salary for 1979-80.
Source(s): HockeyZonePlus
1981-82 $150,000 $551,694
Estimated minimum salary based on his documented salary for 1979-80.
Source(s): HockeyZonePlus
1982-83 $150,000 $519,793
Estimated minimum salary based on his documented salary for 1979-80.
Source(s): HockeyZonePlus
1983-84 $150,000 $503,614
Estimated minimum salary based on his documented salary for 1979-80. Retired as a pro-hockey player after the season.
Source(s): HockeyZonePlus
1984-85 $50,000 $160,955
Defered payment to be paid until 1994 or 1996, per his 1973-74 contract.
Source(s): The Sporting News / La Presse
1985-86 $50,000 $155,434
Defered payment to be paid until 1994 or 1996, per his 1973-74 contract.
Source(s): The Sporting News / La Presse
1986-87 $50,000 $152,541
Defered payment to be paid until 1994 or 1996, per his 1973-74 contract.
Source(s): The Sporting News / La Presse
1987-88 $50,000 $147,157
Defered payment to be paid until 1994 or 1996, per his 1973-74 contract.
Source(s): The Sporting News / La Presse
1988-89 $50,000 $141,383
Defered payment to be paid until 1994 or 1996, per his 1973-74 contract.
Source(s): The Sporting News / La Presse
1989-90 $50,000 $134,871 558
Defered payment to be paid until 1994 or 1996, per his 1973-74 contract.
Source(s): The Sporting News / La Presse
1990-91 $50,000 $127,966 665
Defered payment to be paid until 1994 or 1996, per his 1973-74 contract.
Source(s): The Sporting News / La Presse
1991-92 $50,000 $122,770 636
Defered payment to be paid until 1994 or 1996, per his 1973-74 contract.
Source(s): The Sporting News / La Presse
1992-93 $50,000 $119,156 1101
Defered payment to be paid until 1994 or 1996, per his 1973-74 contract.
Source(s): The Sporting News / La Presse
1993-94 $50,000 $115,741 668
Defered payment to be paid until 1994 or 1996, per his 1973-74 contract.
Source(s): The Sporting News / La Presse
1994-95 $50,000 $112,805 699
Defered payment to be paid until 1994 or 1996, per his 1973-74 contract.
Source(s): The Sporting News / La Presse
1995-96 $50,000 $109,726 755
Defered payment to be paid until 1994 or 1996, per his 1973-74 contract.
Source(s): The Sporting News / La Presse
Career Total: US $2,386,000
(In today's dollars: US $11,151,557)

NHL Rank: 2847
(In today's dollars: 1706)