A heat exchanger plate for a plate package for a plate heat exchanger for receiving a first medium and a second medium, wherein the heat exchanger plate has a central extension plane (p-p) and comprises a first end area, a second end area, a central heat transfer area, which extends between the first end area and the second end area, wherein a centre axis (x) extends along the heat exchanger plate through the first end area, the central heat transfer area and the second end area, a first distribution area which extends on the first end area and adjoins the central heat transfer area along a first borderline, wherein the first distribution area in relation to the extension plane (p-p) has projections and depressions which are adapted to abut depressions and projections, respectively, on a distribution area of adjacent heat exchanger plates in the plate package for providing a uniform distribution of said media along the first borderline, and a second distribution area which extends on the second end area and adjoins the central heat transfer area along a second borderline, wherein the second distribution area in relation to the extension plane (p-p) has projections and depressions which are adapted to abut depressions and projections, respectively, on a distribution area of adjacent heat exchanger plates in the plate package for providing a uniform distribution of said media along the second borderline, wherein the central heat transfer area comprises a central area, a first transition area, which adjoins the first distribution area along the first borderline, and a second transition area, which adjoins the second distribution area along the second borderline, wherein the central area in relation to the extension plane (p-p) has projections and depressions which are adapted to abut depressions and projections, respectively, on a central heat transfer area of adjacent heat exchanger plates in the plate package for forming first contact surfaces which are positioned at a first distance from each other along a first direction which is substantially parallel with the first borderline, and wherein the first transition area and the second transition area in relation to the extension plane (p-p) have projections and depressions which are adapted to abut depressions (62, 52) and projections (61, 51), respectively, of a central heat transfer area of adjacent heat exchanger plates in the plate package for forming second contact surfaces which are positioned at a second distance from each other along said first direction which is substantially parallel with the first borderline and the second borderline, respectively, wherein the central area has a corrugation, which forms said projections and depressions and which extends along an inclination direction forming an acute first angle (α) with the centre axis (x), wherein the first transition area has a corrugation, which forms said projections and depressions and which extends along an inclination direction forming an acute second angle (β) with the centre axis (x), wherein the central area adjoins the first transition area and the second transition area, characterized in that the first angle (α) is significantly larger that the second angle (β) and in that the second distance is significantly shorter than the first distance when the adjacent heat exchanger plates are identical and turned 180° in the central extension plane (p-p).