Tyler Seguin, for the first time, is the best-paid player in the NHL!
| vs previous season | ||||||
| Rank | Player | NHL Salary ($US) | In today's $ | +/- ($) | +/- (%) | |
| 1 | Tyler Seguin | $13,000,000 | $13,453,024 | |||
| 2 | Artemi Panarin | $12,500,000 | $12,935,600 | -$500,000 | -4% | |
| 3 | Aleksander Barkov | $12,000,000 | $12,418,176 | $4,250,000 | 55% | |
| 3 | Connor McDavid | $12,000,000 | $12,418,176 | -$1,000,000 | -8% | |
| 3 | Darnell Nurse | $12,000,000 | $12,418,176 | $6,400,000 | 114% | |
| 3 | Erik Karlsson | $12,000,000 | $12,418,176 | -$2,500,000 | -17% | |
| 3 | Sergei Bobrovsky | $12,000,000 | $12,418,176 | |||
| 8 | Adam Fox | $11,000,000 | $11,383,328 | $10,075,000 | 1089% | |
| 8 | Andrei Vasilevskiy | $11,000,000 | $11,383,328 | |||
| 8 | Drew Doughty | $11,000,000 | $11,383,328 | |||
| 11 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | $10,500,000 | $10,865,904 | |||
| 12 | Alex Ovechkin | $10,000,000 | $10,348,480 | $5,000,000 | 100% | |
| 12 | Filip Forsberg | $10,000,000 | $10,348,480 | $4,000,000 | 67% | |
| 12 | Jeff Skinner | $10,000,000 | $10,348,480 | |||
| 12 | Kirill Kaprizov | $10,000,000 | $10,348,480 | $5,000,000 | 100% | |
| 12 | Mathew Barzal | $10,000,000 | $10,348,480 | $3,000,000 | 43% | |
| 12 | Nick Suzuki | $10,000,000 | $10,348,480 | $9,167,500 | 1101% | |
| 12 | Seth Jones | $10,000,000 | $10,348,480 | $4,600,000 | 85% | |
| 12 | Timo Meier | $10,000,000 | $10,348,480 | $4,000,000 | 67% | |
| 12 | Zach Werenski | $10,000,000 | $10,348,480 | $3,000,000 | 43% | |
| 21 | Johnny Gaudreau | $9,750,000 | $10,089,768 | $3,000,000 | 44% | |
| 21 | Roman Josi | $9,750,000 | $10,089,768 | -$1,000,000 | -9% | |
| 23 | Gary Bettman | $9,600,000 | $9,934,540 | |||
| 24 | Charlie McAvoy | $9,250,000 | $9,572,344 | $1,950,000 | 27% | |
| 25 | Alex DeBrincat | $9,000,000 | $9,313,632 | $3,900,000 | 76% | |
| 25 | Brayden Point | $9,000,000 | $9,313,632 | |||
| 25 | Cale Makar | $9,000,000 | $9,313,632 | $1,000,000 | 13% | |
| 25 | Jack Hughes | $9,000,000 | $9,313,632 | $8,075,000 | 873% | |
| 25 | Matthew Tkachuk | $9,000,000 | $9,313,632 | |||
| 25 | Nikita Kucherov | $9,000,000 | $9,313,632 | -$3,000,000 | -25% | |