1996-97 Detroit Red Wings payroll
| PLAYER NAME | SALARY |
| Sergei Fedorov | 4,300,000 |
| Steve Yzerman | 4,025,000 |
| x-Brendan Shanahan | 3,975,000 |
| x-Larry Murphy | 2,350,000 |
| Mike Vernon | 2,325,200 |
| Nicklas Lidstrom | 1,640,000 |
| x-Tomas Sandstrom | 1,400,000 |
| Bob Rouse | 1,350,000 |
| Vladimir Konstantinov | 1,275,000 |
| Slava Kozlov | 1,100,000 |
| Igor Larionov | 1,000,000 |
| Darren McCarty | 900,000 |
| Slava Fetisov | 825,000 |
| y-Bob Errey | 770,000 |
| Chris Osgood | 750,000 |
| Anders Eriksson | 650,000 |
| Doug Brown | 600,000 |
| y-Greg Johnson | 500,000 |
| Kris Draper | 475,000 |
| Mathieu Dandenault | 475,000 |
| Tomas Holmstrom | 475,000 |
| y-Stu Grimson | 470,000 |
| Martin Lapointe | 450,000 |
| Tim Taylor | 425,000 |
| Aaron Ward | 330,000 |
| Kirk Maltby | 296,440 |
| Jamie Pushor | 275,000 |
| Joey Kocur | 275,000 |
| TOTAL | 33,681,640 |
Other part-time players: Mike Knuble, Kevin Hodson, Mark Major, Mike Ramsey.
x -- acquired during season
y -- departed during season
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