A high current connector for transmitting electric currents, having a housing made of electrically conductive material for mechanical and electrical connection to a cable, an open side for the insertion of a matching plug connector made of an electrically conductive material, and a contact element disposed and formed in the housing such that it produces an electrical contact with a contact surface and contact pressure between the housing and the matching plug connector inserted therein, wherein the contact element has at least one annular helical spring.