What are Sidney Crosby's salary and contract details for the 2022–23 season?

Sidney Crosby is a Canadian professional ice hockey center and the captain of the National Hockey League's Pittsburgh Penguins. He was dubbed "The Next One" and nicknamed "Sid the Kid" by the Penguins after being selected first overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.

Sidney Crosby's salary is $3,000,000, and his cap hit is $8,700,000 for the 2022–23 season. He is a 35-year-old center who was born on August 7, 1987. In the first round of the 2005 entry draft, he was selected first overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins.

He has signed three contracts totaling $159,000,000 in value. In 18 seasons (with at least one NHL game), he has 1478 points in 1165 games and 201 playoff points in 180 games. He will be a UFA at the end of the 2024–25 season.

On May 29, 2010, he entered into the first-ever endorsement deal with Reebok, which included a salary of $1.4 per year for five to seven years. He signed a six-year contract with Adidas in 2015.

He has sponsorship agreements with Gatorade, Bell, CCM, Tim Hortons, and others. He also started the Sidney Crosby Foundation, a charity that aids underprivileged kids.

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Sidney Crosby's NHL career and stats

Sidney Crosby has more than lived up to the hype that surrounded him before he was selected as the first overall pick in the 2005 NHL Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins. He's a generational talent who was widely regarded as the best player in the world for much of the 2010s.

Crosby, according to Wayne Gretzky in 2016, "has repeatedly demonstrated that he is the best player in the game today. And it appears that the more important the game is, the more impact he has on it."

The Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, native spent one season at Shattuck-St. Mary's, a prestigious Minnesota prep school, and two seasons with Rimouski of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. In each of his seasons, he led the QMJHL in scoring and helped Rimouski reach the Memorial Cup Final in 2005.

Crosby, who finished his rookie season with 102 points (39 goals, 63 assists) in 2005-06, finished second to Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals for the Calder Trophy despite playing for a team that finished 22-46-14.

Crosby led the NHL in scoring with 120 points (36 goals, 84 assists) in 2006-07, helping the Penguins advance to the Stanley Cup Playoffs and winning the Art Ross and Hart trophies as well as the Lester B. Pearson Award (now the Ted Lindsay Award).

Sidney Crosby was still 19 years old when he was named Penguins captain on May 31, 2007. Injuries have limited him to 53 games and 72 points in 2007-08. (24 goals, 48 assists). He did, however, propel the Penguins to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1992, where they were defeated by the Detroit Red Wings.

The Penguins returned to the Stanley Cup Final in 2009, defeating the Red Wings in seven games. At the age of 21, Crosby became the NHL's youngest captain of a Cup-winning team.

Sidney Crosby joined Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin as the only active NHL player with 500 goals on February 15, 2022, when he scored against Philadelphia Flyers goalie Carter Hart in the first period of the Penguins' 5-4 overtime win at PPG Paints Arena.

In the Penguins' 3-2 win over the Nashville Predators on April 10, 2022, he scored two goals and had an assist to reach 1,400 NHL points. He was the 22nd and third active player to reach the milestone.

Crosby joined Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin as the only active NHL player with 500 goals on February 15, 2022, when he scored against Philadelphia Flyers goalie Carter Hart in the first period of the Penguins 5-4 overtime win at PPG Paints Arena.

Sidney Crosby was named an Officer of the Order of Canada on December 29, 2022, for "being one of the greatest hockey players of all time and for supporting community service initiatives for youth."

The Order of Canada is one of the country's highest honors, recognizing individuals from all walks of life who have made extraordinary and sustained contributions.