Total Salary
| Player | Pos | Team | Age | Start | End | Length | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ovechkin, Alex » | F | WAS | 27 | 2008 | 2021 | 13 | $124,000,000 |
| 2. | Weber, Shea » | D | NAS | 27 | 2012 | 2026 | 14 | $110,000,000 |
| 3. | Crosby, Sidney » | F | PIT | 25 | 2013 | 2025 | 12 | $104,400,000 |
| 4. | Kovalchuk, Ilya » | F | NJD | 30 | 2010 | 2025 | 15 | $100,000,000 |
| 5. | Suter, Ryan » | D | MIN | 28 | 2012 | 2025 | 13 | $98,000,000 |
| 6. | Parise, Zach » | F | MIN | 28 | 2012 | 2025 | 13 | $98,000,000 |
| 7. | Lecavalier, Vincent » | F | TBL | 33 | 2009 | 2020 | 11 | $85,000,000 |
| 8. | Zetterberg, Henrik » | F | DET | 32 | 2009 | 2021 | 12 | $73,000,000 |
| 9. | Keith, Duncan » | D | CHI | 29 | 2010 | 2023 | 13 | $72,000,000 |
| 10. | Richards, Mike » | F | LAK | 28 | 2008 | 2020 | 12 | $69,000,000 |
| 11. | Perry, Corey » | F | ANA | 28 | 2013 | 2021 | 8 | $69,000,000 |
| 12. | DiPietro, Rick » | G | NYI | 31 | 2006 | 2021 | 15 | $67,500,000 |
| 13. | Backstrom, Nicklas » | F | WAS | 25 | 2010 | 2020 | 10 | $67,000,000 |
| 14. | Getzlaf, Ryan » | F | ANA | 28 | 2013 | 2021 | 8 | $66,000,000 |
| 15. | Luongo, Roberto » | G | VAN | 34 | 2010 | 2022 | 12 | $64,000,000 |
| 16. | Hossa, Marian » | F | CHI | 34 | 2009 | 2021 | 12 | $63,300,000 |
| 17. | Nash, Rick » | F | NYR | 29 | 2010 | 2018 | 8 | $62,400,000 |
| 18. | Staal, Jordan » | F | CAR | 24 | 2013 | 2023 | 10 | $60,000,000 |
| 19. | Richards, Brad » | F | NYR | 33 | 2011 | 2020 | 9 | $60,000,000 |
| 20. | Carter, Jeff » | F | LAK | 28 | 2011 | 2022 | 11 | $58,000,000 |
| 21. | Quick, Jonathan » | G | LAK | 27 | 2013 | 2023 | 10 | $58,000,000 |
| 22. | Staal, Eric » | F | CAR | 28 | 2009 | 2016 | 7 | $57,750,000 |
| 23. | Campbell, Brian » | D | FLA | 34 | 2008 | 2016 | 8 | $57,143,000 |
| 24. | Doughty, Drew » | D | LAK | 23 | 2011 | 2019 | 8 | $56,000,000 |
| 25. | Briere, Danny » | F | PHI | 35 | 2007 | 2015 | 8 | $52,000,000 |