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William Nylander contract

#88Right WingAge 30Toronto Maple Leafs
Cap hit 2026-27
$11.50M$11,500,000
TORToronto Maple Leafs · Jan 2024 – present
NMCNo-movement clause

8 years · $92.0M total

Year 3 of 8 · expires after 2031-32 as a UFA at age 36

Contract timeline

UFA 2032 · age 36

2026-27 · TOR · Cap hit $11.50M · Salary $12.50M · NMC

Annual pay vs. cap hit

24/25: pay $13,500,000, cap hit $11,500,000$13.5M24/2525/26: pay $13,500,000, cap hit $11,500,000$13.5M25/2626/27: pay $12,500,000, cap hit $11,500,000$12.5M26/2727/28: pay $11,500,000, cap hit $11,500,000$11.5M27/2828/29: pay $11,000,000, cap hit $11,500,000$11.0M28/2929/30: pay $11,000,000, cap hit $11,500,000$11.0M29/3030/31: pay $10,000,000, cap hit $11,500,000$10.0M30/3131/32: pay $9,000,000, cap hit $11,500,000$9.0M31/32
Total pay (darker: salary, lighter: signing bonus) Cap hit

Paid most heavily in the early years: $13.5M from 2024-25 through 2025-26, dropping to $9.0M in the final season.

Year by year

William Nylander contract by season
Season2024-252025-262026-272027-282028-292029-302030-312031-32
TeamTORTORTORTORTORTORTORTOR
Cap hit$11.50M$11.50M$11.50M$11.50M$11.50M$11.50M$11.50M$11.50M
% of cap13.1%12.0%11.1%10.1%*cap not set yetcap not set yetcap not set yetcap not set yet
Total salary$13.50M$13.50M$12.50M$11.50M$11.00M$11.00M$10.00M$9.00M
Base salary$3.50M$3.50M$1.00M$1.00M$6.00M$6.00M$1.00M$1.00M
Signing bonus$10.00M$10.00M$11.50M$10.50M$5.00M$5.00M$9.00M$8.00M
Perf. bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Minors salary$13.50M$13.50M$12.50M$11.50M$11.00M$11.00M$10.00M$9.00M
ClauseNMCNMCNMCNMCNMCNMCNMCNMC

* Based on the projected salary cap for that season.

Signed Jan 8, 2024 with TOR. Source announcement

Contract history

TORStandard · 2018-19 to 2023-246 years · $6.90M AAV · signed Dec 1, 2018
Contract 2018-19 to 2023-24 by season
Season2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-24
TeamTORTORTORTORTORTOR
Cap hit$10.28M$6.96M$6.96M$6.96M$6.96M$6.96M
% of cap12.9%8.5%8.5%8.5%8.4%8.3%
Total salary$12.00M$9.00M$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M
Base salary$10.00M$700K$2.50M$2.50M$2.50M$2.50M
Signing bonus$2.00M$8.30M$3.50M$3.50M$3.50M$3.50M
Perf. bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0
Minors salary$12.00M$9.00M$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M$6.00M
Clause—————NMC

Signed Dec 1, 2018 with TOR. Source announcement

TOREntry-level · 2015-16 to 2017-183 years · $894K AAV · signed Aug 18, 2014
Contract 2015-16 to 2017-18 by season
Season2015-162016-172017-18
TeamTORTORTOR
Cap hit$894K$894K$894K
% of capcap not set yetcap not set yetcap not set yet
Total salary$925K$925K$833K
Base salary$833K$833K$833K
Signing bonus$93K$93K$0
Perf. bonus$850K$850K$850K
Minors salary$70K$70K$70K
Clause———

Signed Aug 18, 2014 with TOR. Source announcement