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Below is a rundown of the Detroit Lions roster as of May 14. It includes all 89 players currently on the team. (The Lions' new draft picks and undrafted free agents are underlined.)
| Position | Player | 2014 cap hit | Final year | Position | Player | 2014 cap hit | Final year | |
| QB | Matthew Stafford | $15,820,000 | 2017 | DE | Ziggy Ansah | $4,226,023 | 2016+TO | |
| Dan Orlovsky | $635,000 | 2014 | Jason Jones | $3,683,333 | 2015 | |||
| Kellen Moore | $576,668 | 2014 | Devin Taylor | $570,146 | 2016 | |||
| James Franklin | 2016 | Darryl Tapp | $635,000 | 2014 | ||||
| RB | Reggie Bush | $4,500,000 | 2016 | Larry Webster | 2017 | |||
| Joique Bell | $2,300,000 | 2016 | Kourtnei Brown | $420,000 | 2015 | |||
| Theo Riddick | $517,750 | 2016 | George Johnson | $570,000 | 2014 | |||
| Mikel Leshoure | $1,092,693 | 2014 | DT | Ndamukong Suh | $22,412,500 | 2014+PO | ||
| Montell Owens | $1,330,000 | 2014 | Nick Fairley | $3,146,500 | 2014 | |||
| Steven Miller | $420,000 | 2015 | C.J. Mosley | $1,725,000 | 2014 | |||
| FB | Jed Collins | $710,000 | 2014 | Caraun Reid | 2017 | |||
| Chad Abram | 2016 | Vaughn Martin | $635,000 | 2014 | ||||
| WR | Calvin Johnson | $13,058,000 | 2019 | Andre Fluellen | $570,000 | 2014 | ||
| Golden Tate | $3,100,000 | 2018 | Corvey Irvin | $570,000 | 2014 | |||
| Ryan Broyles | $1,003,227 | 2015 | Jimmy Saddler-McQueen | $495,000 | 2015 | |||
| Kris Durham | $570,000 | 2014 | Xavier Proctor | $420,000 | 2015 | |||
| Jeremy Ross | $570,000 | 2014 | LB | DeAndre Levy | $3,250,000 | 2015 | ||
| Kevin Ogletree | $635,000 | 2014 | Stephen Tulloch | $5,050,000 | 2016 | |||
| TJ Jones | 2017 | Kyle Van Noy | 2017 | |||||
| Patrick Edwards | $495,000 | 2015 | Ashlee Palmer | $1,583,334 | 2014 | |||
| Corey Fuller | $420,000 | 2015 | Tahir Whitehead | $623,000 | 2015 | |||
| Naaman Roosevelt | $570,000 | 2014 | Travis Lewis | $584,793 | 2015 | |||
| Andrew Peacock | 2016 | Cory Greenwood | $645,000 | 2014 | ||||
| TE | Eric Ebron | 2017+TO | Julian Stanford | $570,000 | 2014 | |||
| Brandon Pettigrew | $2,200,000 | 2017 | Brandon Hepburn | $420,000 | 2015 | |||
| Joseph Fauria | $499,166 | 2015 | Justin Jackson | 2016 | ||||
| Michael Williams | $511,287 | 2016 | CB | Chris Houston | $4,800,000 | 2017 | ||
| Jordan Thompson | $420,000 | 2016 | Darius Slay | $1,202,114 | 2016 | |||
| Jacob Maxwell | 2016 | Rashean Mathis | $635,000 | 2014 | ||||
| OT | Riley Reiff | $2,180,100 | 2015+TO | Bill Bentley | $727,278 | 2015 | ||
| LaAdrian Waddle | $498,333 | 2015 | Jonte Green | $594,250 | 2015 | |||
| Corey Hilliard | $1,900,000 | 2014 | Chris Greenwood | $570,000 | 2014 | |||
| J.B. Shugarts | $420,000 | 2014 | Nevin Lawson | 2017 | ||||
| Cornelius Lucas | 2016 | Cassius Vaughn | $570,000 | 2014 | ||||
| OG | Rob Sims | $3,775,000 | 2014 | Aaron Hester | $420,000 | 2014 | ||
| Larry Warford | $714,250 | 2016 | Mohammed Seisay | 2016 | ||||
| Rodney Austin | $495,000 | 2015 | S | Glover Quin | $4,550,000 | 2017 | ||
| D.J. Morrell | 2016 | James Ihedigbo | $1,125,000 | 2015 | ||||
| Alex Bullard | 2016 | Don Carey | $930,000 | 2016 | ||||
| C | Dominic Raiola | $1,500,000 | 2014 | DeJon Gomes | $645,000 | 2014 | ||
| Travis Swanson | 2017 | Isa Abdul-Quddus | $695,000 | 2014 | ||||
| Darren Keyton | $420,000 | 2015 | Gabe Lynn | 2016 | ||||
| Jerome Couplin | 2016 | |||||||
| K | Nate Freese | 2017 | ||||||
| Giorgio Tavecchio | $420,000 | 2015 | ||||||
| P | Sam Martin | $535,075 | 2016 | |||||
| LS | Don Muhlbach | $635,000 | 2014 |