| vs previous season | |||||
| Rank | Player | NHL Salary ($US) | In today's $ | +/- ($) | +/- (%) |
| 1 | Auston Matthews | $15,900,000 | $16,606,530 | ||
| 2 | Mitch Marner | $15,000,000 | $15,666,538 | -$1,000,000 | -6% |
| 3 | Connor McDavid | $14,000,000 | $14,622,102 | -$1,000,000 | -7% |
| 4 | Artemi Panarin | $13,000,000 | $13,577,666 | -$1,000,000 | -7% |
| 5 | John Tavares | $12,000,000 | $12,533,230 | -$3,900,000 | -25% |
| 5 | Erik Karlsson | $12,000,000 | $12,533,230 | -$2,500,000 | -17% |
| 5 | Mark Stone | $12,000,000 | $12,533,230 | ||
| 5 | Mikko Rantanen | $12,000,000 | $12,533,230 | ||
| 5 | Sergei Bobrovsky | $12,000,000 | $12,533,230 | $500,000 | 4% |
| 5 | Nicklas Backstrom | $12,000,000 | $12,533,230 | $4,000,000 | 50% |
| 5 | Andrei Vasilevskiy | $12,000,000 | $12,533,230 | $8,000,000 | 200% |
| 12 | Roman Josi | $11,750,000 | $12,272,121 | $7,750,000 | 194% |
| 13 | Sebastian Antero Aho | $10,570,000 | $11,039,687 | -$1,430,000 | -12% |
| 14 | Drew Doughty | $10,000,000 | $10,444,359 | -$2,000,000 | -17% |
| 14 | Jacob Trouba | $10,000,000 | $10,444,359 | -$2,000,000 | -17% |
| 14 | Alex Ovechkin | $10,000,000 | $10,444,359 | ||
| 14 | Brent Burns | $10,000,000 | $10,444,359 | ||
| 14 | Jack Eichel | $10,000,000 | $10,444,359 | ||
| 14 | Jeff Skinner | $10,000,000 | $10,444,359 | ||
| 14 | Chris Kreider | $10,000,000 | $10,444,359 | $6,000,000 | 150% |
| 21 | Carey Price | $9,750,000 | $10,183,250 | -$5,250,000 | -35% |
| 22 | Gary Bettman | $9,600,000 | $10,026,584 | ||
| 22 | Sidney Crosby | $9,600,000 | $10,026,584 | $600,000 | 7% |
| 24 | Evgeni Malkin | $9,500,000 | $9,922,141 | ||
| 24 | Steven Stamkos | $9,500,000 | $9,922,141 | ||
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