Average player expenses of National Hockey League teams 2005-2024

Published by
Christina Gough,
Apr 4, 2025

The average team payroll of National Hockey League teams increased by almost 19 percentage points in the 2023/24 season over the previous one. In the 2023/24 season, NHL teams spent an average of 99.78 million U.S. dollars on player salaries.

National Hockey League average team payroll from 2005/06 to 2023/24 (in million U.S. dollars)

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April 2025

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2005/06 to 2023/24

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