Following the eight-year contract he signed in September 2022, starting in 2023-24, Nathan MacKinnon is now the best-paid player in the NHL.
| vs previous season | ||||||
| Rank | Player | NHL Salary ($US) | In today's $ | +/- ($) | +/- (%) | |
| 1 | Nathan MacKinnon | $16,500,000 | $16,500,000 | $9,650,000 | 141% | |
| 2 | David Pastrnak | $13,000,000 | $13,000,000 | $6,600,000 | 103% | |
| 3 | Dougie Hamilton | $12,600,000 | $12,600,000 | $6,300,000 | 100% | |
| 4 | Alex Ovechkin | $12,500,000 | $12,500,000 | $2,500,000 | 25% | |
| 4 | Kirill Kaprizov | $12,500,000 | $12,500,000 | $2,500,000 | 25% | |
| 4 | Seth Jones | $12,500,000 | $12,500,000 | $2,500,000 | 25% | |
| 7 | Alex Pietrangelo | $12,300,000 | $12,300,000 | $4,300,000 | 54% | |
| 8 | Adam Fox | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 9% | |
| 8 | Aleksander Barkov | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | |||
| 8 | Timo Meier | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | $2,000,000 | 20% | |
| 8 | Zach Werenski | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | $2,000,000 | 20% | |
| 12 | Erik Karlsson | $11,500,000 | $11,500,000 | -$500,000 | -4% | |
| 12 | Roope Hintz | $11,500,000 | $11,500,000 | $7,050,000 | 158% | |
| 14 | Brayden Point | $11,250,000 | $11,250,000 | $2,250,000 | 25% | |
| 14 | Matthew Tkachuk | $11,250,000 | $11,250,000 | $2,250,000 | 25% | |
| 16 | Mikhail Sergachev | $11,050,000 | $11,050,000 | $3,850,000 | 53% | |
| 17 | Artemi Panarin | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | -$1,500,000 | -12% | |
| 17 | Cale Makar | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $2,000,000 | 22% | |
| 17 | Charlie McAvoy | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $1,750,000 | 19% | |
| 17 | Connor McDavid | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | -$1,000,000 | -8% | |
| 17 | Drew Doughty | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | |||
| 22 | Brady Tkachuk | $10,500,000 | $10,500,000 | $4,000,000 | 62% | |
| 22 | Jonathan Huberdeau | $10,500,000 | $10,500,000 | $4,300,000 | 69% | |
| 24 | Darnell Nurse | $10,400,000 | $10,400,000 | -$1,600,000 | -13% | |
| 25 | Elias Pettersson | $10,250,000 | $10,250,000 | $2,450,000 | 31% | |