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Connor McDavid contract

#97CenterAge 29Edmonton Oilers
Cap hit 2026-27
$12.50M$12,500,000
EDMEdmonton Oilers · Oct 2025 – present

2 years · $25.0M total

Year 1 of 2 · expires after 2027-28 as a UFA at age 31

Contract timeline

UFA 2028 · age 31

2026-27 · EDM · Cap hit $12.50M · Salary $12.50M

Annual pay vs. cap hit

26/27: pay $12,500,000, cap hit $12,500,000$12.5M26/2727/28: pay $12,500,000, cap hit $12,500,000$12.5M27/28
Total pay Cap hit

Year-by-year pay not confirmed; shown as an even split of the AAV.

Year by year

Connor McDavid contract by season
Season2026-272027-28
TeamEDMEDM
Cap hit$12.50M$12.50M
% of cap12.0%11.0%*
Total salary$12.50M$12.50M
Clause——

* Based on the projected salary cap for that season.

Signed Oct 6, 2025 with EDM. Source announcement

Contract history

EDMStandard · 2018-19 to 2025-268 years · $12.50M AAV · signed Jul 5, 2017
Contract 2018-19 to 2025-26 by season
Season2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26
TeamEDMEDMEDMEDMEDMEDMEDMEDM
Cap hit$12.50M$12.50M$12.50M$12.50M$12.50M$12.50M$12.50M$12.50M
% of cap15.7%15.3%15.3%15.3%15.2%15.0%14.2%13.1%
Total salary$15.00M$15.00M$14.00M$13.00M$12.00M$11.00M$10.00M$10.00M
Base salary$2.00M$2.00M$1.00M$1.00M$1.00M$1.00M$3.00M$3.00M
Signing bonus$13.00M$13.00M$13.00M$12.00M$11.00M$10.00M$7.00M$7.00M
Perf. bonus$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K$0K
Minors salary$15.00M$15.00M$14.00M$13.00M$12.00M$11.00M$10.00M$10.00M
Clause————NMCNMCNMCNMC

Signed Jul 5, 2017 with EDM. Source announcement

EDMEntry-level · 2015-16 to 2017-183 years · $925K AAV · signed Jul 3, 2015
Contract 2015-16 to 2017-18 by season
Season2015-162016-172017-18
TeamEDMEDMEDM
Cap hit$925K$925K$925K
% of capcap not set yetcap not set yetcap not set yet
Total salary$925K$925K$925K
Base salary$833K$833K$833K
Signing bonus$93K$93K$93K
Perf. bonus$2.85M$2.85M$2.85M
Minors salary$70K$70K$70K
Clause———

Signed Jul 3, 2015 with EDM. Source announcement