{"id":416570,"date":"2023-02-22T06:36:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T11:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&p=416570"},"modified":"2023-02-22T06:38:06","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T11:38:06","slug":"what-is-the-average-nhl-salary-updated-2022-23","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/what-is-the-average-nhl-salary-updated-2022-23\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the minimum NHL salary?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NHL functions on a cap-based system when it comes to player salaries while the minimum salary for the 2022-23 season is fixed at $750,000 USD. <\/span><\/p>\n

The maximum for any one player is tied to upper cap limit and ea<\/span>ch year, the NHL sets a minimum and maximum spending cap in relation to overall league profits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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A player\u2019s salary cannot exceed 20% of the maximum limit, which was set to $82.5 million USD for the 2022-23 NHL season.<\/span><\/p>\n

It means that the highest salary any individual player can make for this year is $16.5 million USD.<\/span><\/p>\n

The NHL minimum is scheduled to rise to $775,000 USD in 2023-24<\/span>\u00a0as set in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).<\/span><\/p>\n

The average NHL player salary is $3,196,767 USD as of the start of the 2022-23 season – a value, based on 773 player signings, including all buried and two-way contracts.<\/p>\n

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The highest paid player is Dallas Stars’ Tyler Seguin at $13,000,000 USD, while 82 players are paid the league minimum of $750,000 USD.<\/p>\n

Some 544 players (70.3%) earn $1,000,000 USD or more, while 329 players (or 42.6%) make above the league average.<\/p>\n

The record for the highest single-season salary belongs to Mitch Marner from the Toronto Maple Leafs, who set the record in 2019 at $16,000,000 USD.<\/p>\n

Highest-paid NHL Players of 2022-23:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Tyler Seguin (Dallas Stars): $13,000,000<\/p>\n

2. Artemi Panarin (New York Rangers): $12,500,000<\/p>\n

3. Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers): $12,000,000<\/p>\n

3. Erik Karlsson (San Jose Sharks): $12,000,000<\/p>\n

3. Sergei Bobrovsky (Florida Panthers): $12,000,000<\/p>\n

3. Darnell Nurse (Edmonton Oilers): $12,000,000<\/p>\n

3. Aleksander Barkov (Florida Panthers): $12,000,000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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