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Below is a rundown of the Detroit Lions roster as of April 30. It includes all of the players who are under contract going into the 2015 NFL Draft. Check it out:
| Position | Player | 2015 cap hit | Final year | Position | Player | 2015 cap hit | Final year | |
| QB | Matthew Stafford | $17,721,250 | 2017 | DE | Ziggy Ansah | $5,071,228 | 2016+TO | |
| Dan Orlovsky | $665,000 | 2015 | Jason Jones | $3,983,334 | 2015 | |||
| Kellen Moore | $830,000 | 2016 | Darryl Tapp | $665,000 | 2015 | |||
| RB | Joique Bell | $3,500,000 | 2016 | Devin Taylor | $660,146 | 2016 | ||
| Theo Riddick | $607,750 | 2016 | Larry Webster | $585,146 | 2017 | |||
| George Winn | $510,000 | 2015 | Phillip Hunt | $585,000 | 2015 | |||
| FB | Emil Igwenagu | $585,000 | 2016 | DT | Haloti Ngata | $8,500,000 | 2015 | |
| WR | Calvin Johnson | $20,558,000 | 2019 | Tyrunn Walker | $1,750,000 | 2015 | ||
| Golden Tate | $5,350,000 | 2018 | Caraun Reid | $557,220 | 2017 | |||
| Jeremy Ross | $660,000 | 2015 | Jermelle Cudjo | $660,000 | 2015 | |||
| Corey Fuller | $510,000 | 2015 | Xavier Proctor | $435,000 | 2016 | |||
| Ryan Broyles | $1,170,432 | 2015 | Roy Philon | $435,000 | 2016 | |||
| TJ Jones | $536,550 | 2017 | Kerry Hyder | $435,000 | 2016 | |||
| Andrew Peacock | $435,000 | 2016 | LB | DeAndre Levy | $4,500,000 | 2015 | ||
| Skye Dawson | $510,000 | 2016 | Stephen Tulloch | $5,800,000 | 2016 | |||
| TE | Brandon Pettigrew | $3,800,000 | 2017 | Tahir Whitehead | $713,000 | 2015 | ||
| Eric Ebron | $2,783,897 | 2017+TO | Josh Bynes | $785,000 | 2016 | |||
| Joseph Fauria | $589,168 | 2015 | Kyle Van Noy | $1,159,569 | 2017 | |||
| Jordan Thompson | $435,000 | 2016 | Julian Stanford | $660,000 | 2015 | |||
| OT | Riley Reiff | $2,543,450 | 2016 | Travis Lewis | $674,793 | 2015 | ||
| LaAdrian Waddle | $588,334 | 2015 | Brandon Copeland | $460,000 | 2015 | |||
| Cornelius Lucas | $516,666 | 2016 | Jerrell Harris | $435,000 | 2016 | |||
| Michael Williams | $435,000 | 2016 | CB | Darius Slay | $1,442,537 | 2016 | ||
| OG | Larry Warford | $849,250 | 2016 | Rashean Mathis | $1,625,000 | 2016 | ||
| C | Travis Swanson | $699,868 | 2017 | Bill Bentley | $817,278 | 2015 | ||
| Darren Keyton | $435,000 | 2016 | Nevin Lawson | $510,146 | 2017 | |||
| Taylor Boggs | $585,000 | 2016 | Josh Wilson | $665,000 | 2015 | |||
| Braxston Cave | $435,000 | 2016 | Mohammed Seisay | $510,000 | 2015 | |||
| K | Matt Prater | $1,512,500 | 2016+TO | Crezdon Butler | $587,500 | 2015 | ||
| P | Sam Martin | $625,075 | 2016 | S | Glover Quin | $5,742,500 | 2017 | |
| LS | Don Muhlbach | $665,000 | 2015 | James Ihedigbo | $1,975,000 | 2015 | ||
| Don Carey | $995,000 | 2016 | ||||||
| Isa Abdul-Quddus | $1,500,000 | 2015 | ||||||
| Nate Ness | $585,000 | 2015 |