ZDENO CHARA #33

Washington Capitals

Left Defense

Cap Hit: $795,000

Daily Cap Hit: $6,853

Accumulated Daily Cap Hit

: $41,121

Remaining Daily Cap Hit

: $753,879

Estimated Career Earnings : $98,034,816

BORN: March 18, 1977

BIRTHPLACE: Trencin, Slovakia

NATIONALITY:

Slovakia

HEIGHT:

6'9"

206cm

WEIGHT:

250 lbs

113kg

SHOOTS:Left

AGE: 43

ELC SIGNING AGE: -

WAIVERS SIGNING AGE: -

DRAFT YEAR: 1996

DRAFTED OVERALL: 56

DRAFT ROUND: 3

DRAFTED BY: New York Islanders

NYI

Trade History (1)

Transactions (10)

CURRENT CONTRACT

35+ CONTRACT

COMPARE THIS CONTRACT

LENGTH: 1 YEAR

EXPIRY STATUS: UFA

SIGNING TEAM:

Washington Capitals

VALUE: $1,525,000
C.H.% : 0.98
SIGNING DATE: December 30, 2020

SEASON	CLAUSE	CAP HIT	AAV	P. BONUSES	S. BONUSES	BASE SALARY	TOTAL SALARY	MINORS SALARY
2020-21	NMC	$795,000	$1,525,000	$730,000	$0	$795,000	$795,000	$795,000
TOTAL		$795,000	$1,525,000	$730,000	$0	$795,000	$795,000	$795,000

P. BONUS DETAILS: Games Played Bonus: $230,000 (10 gms) + Playoff Qualification Bonus: $250,000 (club qualifies for the playoffs) + Stanley Cup Bonus: $250,000 (club wins the Stanley Cup)

CONTRACT HISTORY

HISTORICAL SALARY

SOURCE: The Hockey News; USA Today

SEASON	CLAUSE	CAP HIT	AAV	P. BONUSES	S. BONUSES	BASE SALARY	TOTAL SALARY	MINORS SALARY
1999-00		–	–	–	–	$875,000	$875,000	–
2000-01		–	–	–	–	$632,500	$632,500	–
2001-02		–	–	–	–	$1,100,000	$1,100,000	–
2002-03		–	–	–	–	$1,750,000	$1,750,000	–
2003-04		–	–	–	–	$2,400,000	$2,400,000	–
TOTAL		$0	$0	$0	$0	$6,757,500	$6,757,500	$0

STANDARD CONTRACT

COMPARE THIS CONTRACT

LENGTH: 2 YEARS

EXPIRY STATUS: UFA

SIGNING TEAM:

Ottawa Senators

VALUE: $3,724,000
C.H.% : 4.77
SIGNING DATE: August 10, 2004
SOURCE: CapGeek

SEASON	CLAUSE	CAP HIT	AAV	P. BONUSES	S. BONUSES	BASE SALARY	TOTAL SALARY	MINORS SALARY
2004-05		NHL LOCKOUT / 24% ROLLBACK FOLLOWS
2005-06		$1,862,000	$1,862,000	$0	$0	$3,724,000	$3,724,000	$3,724,000
TOTAL		$3,724,000	$3,724,000	$0	$0	$3,724,000	$3,724,000	$3,724,000

STANDARD CONTRACT

COMPARE THIS CONTRACT

LENGTH: 5 YEARS

EXPIRY STATUS: UFA

SIGNING TEAM:

Boston Bruins

VALUE: $37,500,000
C.H.% : 17.05
SIGNING DATE: July  2, 2006
SOURCE: CapGeek

SEASON	CLAUSE	CAP HIT	AAV	P. BONUSES	S. BONUSES	BASE SALARY	TOTAL SALARY	MINORS SALARY
2006-07	NTC	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$0	$0	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000
2007-08	NTC	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$0	$0	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000
2008-09	NTC	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$0	$0	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000
2009-10	NTC	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$0	$0	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000
2010-11	NTC	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$0	$0	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000
TOTAL		$37,500,000	$37,500,000	$0	$0	$37,500,000	$37,500,000	$37,500,000

CLAUSE SOURCE: CapGeek

STANDARD CONTRACT (EXTENSION)

COMPARE THIS CONTRACT

LENGTH: 7 YEARS

EXPIRY STATUS: UFA

SIGNING TEAM:

Boston Bruins

VALUE: $45,500,000
C.H.% : 11.64
SIGNING DATE: October 10, 2010
SOURCE: CapGeek

SEASON	CLAUSE	CAP HIT	AAV	P. BONUSES	S. BONUSES	BASE SALARY	TOTAL SALARY	MINORS SALARY
2011-12	NMC	$6,916,667	$6,916,667	$0	$1,000,000	$7,500,000	$8,500,000	$8,500,000
2012-13	NMC	$6,916,667	$6,916,667	$0	$0	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000
2013-14	NMC	$6,916,667	$6,916,667	$0	$0	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000
2014-15	NMC	$6,916,667	$6,916,667	$0	$0	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000
2015-16	NMC	$6,916,667	$6,916,667	$0	$0	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000
2016-17	NMC	$6,916,667	$6,916,667	$0	$0	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000
2017-18	NMC	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$0	$0	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000
TOTAL		$45,500,002	$45,500,002	$0	$1,000,000	$44,500,000	$45,500,000	$45,500,000

CLAUSE SOURCE: CapGeek

CONTRACT NOTE: Due to the "Kovalchuk rule", Chara's final year cap hit is equal to his salary as he is aged 40 or older. This rule was removed in the 2012 CBA

35+ CONTRACT (EXTENSION)

COMPARE THIS CONTRACT

LENGTH: 1 YEAR

EXPIRY STATUS: UFA

SIGNING TEAM:

Boston Bruins

VALUE: $6,750,000
C.H.% : 6.67
SIGNING DATE: March 28, 2018
SOURCE: CapFriendly

SEASON	CLAUSE	CAP HIT	AAV	P. BONUSES	S. BONUSES	BASE SALARY	TOTAL SALARY	MINORS SALARY
2018-19	NMC	$5,000,000	$6,750,000	$1,750,000	$0	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000
TOTAL		$5,000,000	$6,750,000	$1,750,000	$0	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000

P. BONUS DETAILS: Games Played Bonus: $1,250,000 (10 gms) + Playoff Qualification Bonus: $250,000 (club qualifies for the playoffs) + Stanley Cup Bonus: $250,000 (club wins the Stanley Cup)

CLAUSE SOURCE: CapFriendly

35+ CONTRACT (EXTENSION)

COMPARE THIS CONTRACT

LENGTH: 1 YEAR

EXPIRY STATUS: UFA

SIGNING TEAM:

Boston Bruins

VALUE: $3,750,000
C.H.% : 2.52
SIGNING DATE: March 23, 2019
SOURCE: CapFriendly

SEASON	CLAUSE	CAP HIT	AAV	P. BONUSES	S. BONUSES	BASE SALARY	TOTAL SALARY	MINORS SALARY
2019-20	NMC	$2,000,000	$3,750,000	$1,750,000	$0	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000
TOTAL		$2,000,000	$3,750,000	$1,750,000	$0	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000

P. BONUS DETAILS: Games Played Bonus: $1,250,000 (10 gms) + Playoff Qualification Bonus: $250,000 (club qualifies for the playoffs) + Stanley Cup Bonus: $250,000 (club wins the Stanley Cup)

CLAUSE SOURCE: CapFriendly

SALARY PROGRESSION

CURRENT SEASON STATS

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SEASON	TEAM	LEAGUE		GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM		PLAYOFFS	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	G	ixG	xG±/60	RelxG±/60	C±/60	RelC±/60		TOI	G	ixG	xG±/60	RelxG±/60	C±/60	RelC±/60
2020-21	Washington Capitals	NHL		3	0	0	0	4	2	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

CAREER STATS

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ADVANCED

SEASON	TEAM	LEAGUE	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM		PLAYOFFS	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	G	ixG	xG±/60	RelxG±/60	C±/60	RelC±/60		TOI	G	ixG	xG±/60	RelxG±/60	C±/60	RelC±/60
1994-95	HK Dukla Trencin U18	Slovakia U18	30	22	22	44	-	113	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HK Dukla Trencin U20	Slovakia U20	2	0	0	0	-	0	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995-96	HC Sparta Praha	Czech Extraliga	1	0	0	0	-	0	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HC Sparta Praha U20	Czech U20	15	1	2	3	-	42	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	SHK 37 Piestany	Slovakia2	10	1	3	4	-	10	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HK Dukla Trencin II	Slovakia2	5	1	1	2	2	6	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HK Dukla Trencin U20	Slovakia U20	22	1	13	14	-	80	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996-97	Prince George Cougars	WHL	49	3	19	22	-5	120	\|	PLAYOFFS	15	1	7	8	6	45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997-98	New York Islanders	NHL	25	0	1	1	1	50	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Kentucky Thoroughblades	AHL	48	4	9	13	0	125	\|	PLAYOFFS	1	0	0	0	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998-99	New York Islanders	NHL	59	2	6	8	-8	83	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Lowell Lock Monsters	AHL	23	2	2	4	5	47	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Slovakia (all)	International	6	1	0	1	4	6	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Slovakia	WC	6	1	0	1	4	6	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999-00	New York Islanders	NHL	65	2	9	11	-27	57	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Slovakia (all)	International	9	0	0	0	1	12	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Slovakia	WC	9	0	0	0	1	12	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000-01	New York Islanders	NHL	82	2	7	9	-27	157	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Slovakia (all)	International	7	0	1	1	1	10	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Slovakia	WC	7	0	1	1	1	10	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001-02	Ottawa Senators	NHL	75	10	13	23	30	156	\|	PLAYOFFS	10	0	1	1	4	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HK Dukla Trencin	Slovak Extraliga	8	2	2	4	1	32	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002-03	Ottawa Senators	NHL	74	9	30	39	29	116	\|	PLAYOFFS	18	1	6	7	4	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003-04	Ottawa Senators	NHL	79	16	25	41	33	147	\|	PLAYOFFS	7	1	1	2	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Slovakia (all)	International	13	2	2	4	1	10	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Slovakia	WC	9	2	0	2	6	2	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004-05	Färjestad BK	SHL	33	10	15	25	24	132	\|	PLAYOFFS	13	3	5	8	3	82	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Slovakia (all)	International	7	0	2	2	1	2	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Slovakia	WC	7	0	2	2	1	2	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Slovakia	WCup	4	0	2	2	-5	8	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	Ottawa Senators	NHL	71	16	27	43	17	135	\|	PLAYOFFS	10	1	3	4	0	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Slovakia (all)	International	6	1	1	2	6	2	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Slovakia	OG	6	1	1	2	6	2	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006-07	Boston Bruins	NHL	80	11	32	43	-21	100	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Slovakia (all)	International	8	3	1	4	-	-	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Slovakia	WC	7	3	1	4	4	4	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007-08	Boston Bruins	NHL	77	17	34	51	14	114	\|	PLAYOFFS	7	1	1	2	-1	12	18:37	6	2.37	0.15	0.24	9.36	5.63	\|	17:10	0	0.15	-0.04	0.00	1.29	-1.22
2008-09	Boston Bruins	NHL	80	19	31	50	23	95	\|	PLAYOFFS	11	1	3	4	1	12	18:46	6	3.84	0.19	0.08	5.99	2.48	\|	18:56	0	0.43	0.04	-0.03	-5.54	-3.89
2009-10	Boston Bruins	NHL	80	7	37	44	19	87	\|	PLAYOFFS	13	2	5	7	1	29	19:13	2	5.38	0.45	0.21	11.81	4.53	\|	21:18	2	0.54	-0.15	0.10	6.14	1.60
	Slovakia (all)	International	7	0	3	3	0	6	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Slovakia	OG	7	0	3	3	0	6	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010-11	Boston Bruins	NHL	81	14	30	44	33	88	\|	PLAYOFFS	24	2	7	9	16	34	19:23	5	5.53	0.23	0.14	11.17	6.29	\|	20:49	1	1.30	0.43	0.33	6.22	2.94
2011-12	Boston Bruins	NHL	79	12	40	52	33	86	\|	PLAYOFFS	7	1	2	3	-1	8	19:27	4	4.98	0.76	0.35	18.35	6.92	\|	21:42	0	0.31	0.68	0.21	27.78	8.98
	Slovakia (all)	International	10	2	2	4	4	4	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Slovakia	WC	10	2	2	4	4	4	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012-13	Boston Bruins	NHL	48	7	12	19	14	70	\|	PLAYOFFS	22	3	12	15	7	20	19:03	4	2.46	0.49	0.09	15.29	1.12	\|	23:22	3	1.42	0.14	-0.01	-0.11	-3.25
	HC Lev Praha	KHL	25	4	6	10	5	24	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013-14	Boston Bruins	NHL	77	17	23	40	25	66	\|	PLAYOFFS	12	2	2	4	4	14	18:58	7	4.59	0.56	0.08	14.36	0.94	\|	18:55	0	0.28	0.22	-0.21	9.47	-1.02
	Slovakia (all)	International	4	0	1	1	-1	4	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Slovakia	OG	4	0	1	1	-1	4	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014-15	Boston Bruins	NHL	63	8	12	20	0	42	\|								18:17	3	2.59	0.18	0.01	10.58	3.75	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015-16	Boston Bruins	NHL	80	9	28	37	12	71	\|								19:19	6	3.46	-0.05	-0.07	0.34	-1.08	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016-17	Boston Bruins	NHL	75	10	19	29	18	59	\|	PLAYOFFS	6	0	1	1	-3	2	19:28	6	3.87	0.35	-0.06	7.20	-3.86	\|	24:07	0	0.19	-0.19	-0.07	2.02	2.27
	Team Europe	WCup	6	2	0	2	0	6	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017-18	Boston Bruins	NHL	73	7	17	24	22	60	\|	PLAYOFFS	12	1	2	3	7	4	19:20	6	5.66	0.39	-0.02	9.08	-0.90	\|	20:23	1	0.59	-0.28	-0.07	-8.31	-5.55
2018-19	Boston Bruins	NHL	62	5	9	14	22	57	\|	PLAYOFFS	23	2	4	6	11	16	18:32	4	3.10	0.56	0.18	10.94	1.75	\|	18:46	1	0.43	-0.09	-0.19	-4.32	-7.48
2019-20	Boston Bruins	NHL	68	5	9	14	26	60	\|	PLAYOFFS	13	0	2	2	-4	8	18:08	4	2.25	0.04	-0.21	-3.94	-7.98	\|	16:12	0	0.06	-0.78	-0.39	-26.54	-19.89
2020-21	Washington Capitals	NHL	3	0	0	0	4	2	\|								-	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NHL TOTAL		NHL	1556	205	451	656	292	1958	\|	PLAYOFFS	195	18	52	70	49	216										PLAYOFFS

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ZDENO CHARA #33

Washington Capitals

Left Defense

Estimated Career Earnings : $98,034,816

CURRENT CONTRACT

35+ CONTRACT

CONTRACT HISTORY

STANDARD CONTRACT

STANDARD CONTRACT

STANDARD CONTRACT (EXTENSION)

35+ CONTRACT (EXTENSION)

35+ CONTRACT (EXTENSION)

SALARY PROGRESSION

CURRENT SEASON STATS

CAREER STATS