| vs previous season | ||||
| Rank | Player | NHL Salary ($US) | +/- ($) | +/- (%) |
| 1 | Erik Karlsson | $14,500,000 | $2,500,000 | 21% |
| 2 | Connor McDavid | $13,000,000 | -$1,000,000 | -7% |
| 2 | Artemi Panarin | $13,000,000 | ||
| 2 | Carey Price | $13,000,000 | $3,250,000 | 33% |
| 2 | Tyler Seguin | $13,000,000 | $4,000,000 | 44% |
| 6 | Sergei Bobrovsky | $12,000,000 | ||
| 6 | Nikita Kucherov | $12,000,000 | $3,000,000 | 33% |
| 8 | Andrei Vasilevskiy | $11,000,000 | -$1,000,000 | -8% |
| 8 | Drew Doughty | $11,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 10% |
| 10 | Roman Josi | $10,750,000 | -$1,000,000 | -9% |
| 11 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | $10,500,000 | $2,500,000 | 31% |
| 12 | Auston Matthews | $10,470,000 | -$5,430,000 | -34% |
| 13 | Mitch Marner | $10,358,000 | -$4,642,000 | -31% |
| 14 | Mikko Rantanen | $10,000,000 | -$2,000,000 | -17% |
| 14 | Nicklas Backstrom | $10,000,000 | -$2,000,000 | -17% |
| 14 | Jack Eichel | $10,000,000 | ||
| 14 | Jeff Skinner | $10,000,000 | ||
| 14 | Matt Duchene | $10,000,000 | $2,000,000 | 25% |
| 14 | Blake Wheeler | $10,000,000 | $3,500,000 | 54% |
| 14 | Cory Schneider | $10,000,000 | $6,000,000 | 150% |
| 21 | Gary Bettman | $9,600,000 | ||
| 22 | Chris Kreider | $9,500,000 | -$500,000 | -5% |
| 22 | Evgeni Malkin | $9,500,000 | ||
| 22 | Vladimir Tarasenko | $9,500,000 | $4,000,000 | 73% |
| 25 | John Tavares | $9,350,000 | -$2,650,000 | -22% |
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