Gaborik has been selected to the NHL All-Star Game in 2003, 2008, and 2012. He was the MVP of the 2012 NHL All-Star Game. Gaborik competes in international competition for Slovakia. He won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Junior Championships. In 2005, he opened an ice rink in Slovakia which cost him $2 million to build. He also started the Marian Gaborik Foundation to expand access to youth hockey in Slovakia. As of September 2018, he has earned $92 million in NHL salary alone. That makes him the 11th highest-earning player in the history of the NHL.
