Connor McDavid was born on the 13th January 1997, in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, and is a professional ice hockey player, who is best known for being the center and the captain of the National Hockey League’s (NHL) Edmonton Oilers team.
Have you ever wondered how much wealth this young athlete has accumulated so far? How rich Connor McDavid is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total of Connor McDavid’s net worth, as of early 2018, revolves around the sum of $30 million, acquired primarily through his professional ice hockey career that has been active since 2015.
Connor McDavid Net Worth $30 Million
Connor is the younger son of Kelly and Brian Mc David. He stepped on the ice for the first time at the age of three, while at the age of four he had already begun training for the sport. After a couple of years, Connor became a member of the York-Simcoe Express club in Aurora, Ontario, with which he won four Ontario Minor Hockey Association Championship titles. In 2011 he joined the Toronto Marlboros, while in 2012, at the age of 15 McDavid was granted with an Exceptional Player status, as he was still at a non-eligible age, and transferred to the Ontario Hockey League as a member of the Erie Otters. In the course of the next three seasons with the Otters, Connor was honored with the Jack Ferguson Award, the Emms Family Award as well as becoming team captain, and winning the CHL Player of the Year Award.
McDavid turned pro in 2015 when he was selected by the Edmonton Oilers as the pick No. 1 overall at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. By the beginning of the 2016 season, he was already named the Oilers’ captain, becoming the youngest team leader in the history of the NHL. In October 2016, he won the Art Ross Trophy for being the league’s top scorer with 30 goals and 70 assists, and in addition won the Hart Memorial Trophy as well as the Ted Lindsay Award for being the league’s MVP and its most outstanding player of the season. In July 2017, Connor extended his playing contract with the Edmonton Oilers by signing an eight-year contract with a total worth of $100 million. All these accomplishments have helped Connor McDavid to significantly increase the size of his net worth.
Apart from all those already mentioned, besides NHL, Connor McDavid has also left his mark in the national jersey – he debuted at the International Ice Hockey Federation’s World U18 Championship in Russia in 2013 where he helped his team to win the gold medal. As a member of Canada’s U20 national team, he won another gold medal at the 2015 World Junior Championship which took place in Canada. Besides these, he added another gold medal to his professional portfolio from the 2016 IIHF World Championships in Russia. Doubtlessly, all these achievements helped Connor McDavid to increase the total of his revenues by a large margin.
When it comes to his personal life, Connor McDavid has managed to keep it quite private as there aren’t many details about it, except that he is currently dating Lauren Kyle.
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