Tyler Seguin is now the best-paid NHLer, after being second in 2021-22 and 26th in 2020-21!
| vs previous season | ||||
| Rank | Player | NHL Salary ($US) | +/- ($) | +/- (%) |
| 1 | Tyler Seguin | $13,000,000 | ||
| 2 | Aleksander Barkov | $12,000,000 | $4,250,000 | 55% |
| 3 | Adam Fox | $11,000,000 | $10,075,000 | 1089% |
| 4 | Mathew Barzal | $10,000,000 | $3,000,000 | 43% |
| 4 | Filip Forsberg | $10,000,000 | $4,000,000 | 67% |
| 4 | Kirill Kaprizov | $10,000,000 | $5,000,000 | 100% |
| 4 | Timo Meier | $10,000,000 | $4,000,000 | 67% |
| 4 | Alex Ovechkin | $10,000,000 | $5,000,000 | 100% |
| 9 | Johnny Gaudreau | $9,750,000 | $3,000,000 | 44% |
| 9 | Roman Josi | $9,750,000 | -$1,000,000 | -9% |
| 11 | Gary Bettman | $9,600,000 | ||
| 12 | Zach Werenski | $9,583,000 | $2,583,000 | 37% |
| 13 | Seth Jones | $9,500,000 | $4,100,000 | 76% |
| 13 | Charlie McAvoy | $9,500,000 | $2,200,000 | 30% |
| 13 | Matthew Tkachuk | $9,500,000 | $500,000 | 6% |
| 16 | Darnell Nurse | $9,250,000 | $3,650,000 | 65% |
| 17 | Elias Pettersson | $9,025,000 | $5,025,000 | 126% |
| 18 | Alex DeBrincat | $9,000,000 | $3,900,000 | 76% |
| 18 | Cale Makar | $9,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 13% |
| 18 | Brayden Point | $9,000,000 | ||
| 21 | Miro Heiskanen | $8,942,857 | $3,942,857 | 79% |
| 22 | Patrik Laine | $8,700,000 | $1,200,000 | 16% |
| 23 | Quinn Hughes | $8,620,000 | $4,620,000 | 116% |
| 24 | Mika Zibanejad | $8,500,000 | $3,750,000 | 79% |
| 25 | Thomas Chabot | $8,333,333 | $1,333,333 | 19% |