2011-12 Top 30 Salary Cap Numbers – Defensemen

List below are the Top 30 Salary Cap Numbers for defensemen heading into the 2011-12 NHL season. Due to front-loading contracts (back-loaded in some cases), and teams having to deal with the salary cap, a players cap number takes precedence over their actual salary. Drew Doughty for sure, and possibly Luke Schenn could be added to this list once they sign.

Rk. Player Team 2011-12 Cap Number 2011-12 Salary
1 Shea Weber NAS $7,500,000 $7,500,000
2 Brian Campbell FLA $7,140,000 $7,140,000
3 Zdeno Chara BOS $6,917,000 $8,500,000
4 Jay Bouwmeester CGY $6,680,000 $6,600,000
5 Dan Boyle SJS $6,667,000 $6,667,000
6 Dion Phaneuf TOR $6,500,000 $6,500,000
  Wade Redden NYR $6,500,000 $6,500,000
8 Kimmo Timonen PHI $6,333,000 $5,000,000
9 Nicklas Lidstrom DET $6,200,000 $6,200,000
10 Brent Seabrook CHI $5,800,000 $7,000,000
11 Andrei Markov MTL $5,750,000 $5,750,000
12 Lubomir Visnovsky ANA $5,600,000 $5,000,000
13 Duncan Keith CHI $5,551,000 $8,000,000
14 Sergei Gonchar OTT $5,500,000 $5,500,000
  James Wisniewski CLB $5,500,000 $7,000,000
16 Mike Green WAS $5,250,000 $5,000,000
  Keith Yandle PHX $5,250,000 $5,250,000
18 Dustin Byfuglien WPG $5,200,000 $4,250,000
19 Paul Martin PIT $5,000,000 $5,500,000
  Michal Rozsival PHX $5,000,000 $3,000,000
21 Chris Pronger PHI $4,921,000 $7,600,000
22 Kevin Bieksa VAN $4,600,000 $7,000,000
23 Joni Pitkanen CAR $4,500,000 $4,500,000
  Mike Komisarek TOR $4,500,000 $5,500,000
  Ron Hainsey WPG $4,500,000 $5,000,000
  Dan Hamhuis VAN $4,500,000 $5,000,000
27 Jack Johnson LAK $4,357,000 $3,500,000
28 Anton Volchenkov NJD $4,250,000 $4,250,000
  Tomas Kaberle CAR $4,250,000 $4,000,000
30 John-Michael Liles TOR $4,200,000 $4,550,000
  Keith Ballard VAN $4,200,000 $4,200,000