| Forwards | Pos | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 |
| Steven Stamkos | C | 8,500,000 | 8,500,000 | 8,500,000 | 8,500,000 | 8,500,000 | 8,500,000 | UFA | |
| Ryan Callahan | RW | 5,800,000 | 5,800,000 | UFA | | | | | |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | 5,300,000 | 5,300,000 | 5,300,000 | 5,300,000 | UFA | | | |
| J.T. Miller | C | 5,250,000 | 5,250,000 | 5,250,000 | 5,250,000 | 5,250,000 | UFA | | |
| Tyler Johnson | C | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | UFA | |
| Nikita Kucherov | RW | 4,766,667 | RFA | | | | | | |
| Alex Killorn | C | 4,450,000 | 4,450,000 | 4,450,000 | 4,450,000 | 4,450,000 | UFA | | |
| Yanni Gourde | LW | 1,000,000 | UFA | | | | | | |
| Andy Andreoff | LW | 677,500 | UFA | | | | | | |
| Adam Erne | LW | RFA | | | | | | | |
| Cedric Paquette | C | RFA | | | | | | | |
| Defense | | | | | | | | | |
| Victor Hedman | D | 7,875,000 | 7,875,000 | 7,875,000 | 7,875,000 | 7,875,000 | 7,875,000 | 7,875,000 | UFA |
| Ryan McDonagh | D | 4,700,000 | 6,750,000 | 6,750,000 | 6,750,000 | 6,750,000 | 6,750,000 | 6,750,000 | 6,750,000 |
| Anton Stralman | D | 4,500,000 | UFA | | | | | | |
| Braydon Coburn | D | 3,700,000 | UFA | | | | | | |
| Dan Girardi | D | 3,000,000 | UFA | | | | | | |
| Slater Koekkoek | D | 865,000 | RFA | | | | | | |
| Jake Dotchin | D | 812,500 | RFA | | | | | | |
| Andrej Sustr | D | UFA | | | | | | | |
| Goalies | | | | | | | | | |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | G | 3,500,000 | 3,500,000 | RFA | | | | | |
| Louis Domingue | G | 1,150,000 | 1,150,000 | UFA | | | | | |
| Buyout | | | | | | | | | |
| Matthew Carle | D | 1,833,333 | 1,833,333 | | | | | | |
| Actual Payroll | | 77,208,333 | 58,833,333 | 39,105,000 | 45,150,000 | 32,660,000 | 27,650,000 | 13,930,000 | 4,200,000 |
| Salary Cap Payroll | | 72,680,000 | 55,408,333 | 43,125,000 | 43,125,000 | 37,825,000 | 28,125,000 | 14,625,000 | 6,750,000 |
| Cap Space | | 6,820,000 | | | | | | | |
