| Player | Total Contract | Contract Duration | Free Agent | 1999/2000 | 2000/2001 | 2001/2002 | 2002/2003 | 2003/2004 | 2004/2005 | 2005/2006 |
| Anderson | 6,600,000 | 3 | 2002 | 2,000,000 | 2,200,000 | 2,400,000 | ||||
| Bullard | 6,075,000 | 3 | 2001 | 1,750,000 | 2,100,000 | 4,200,000 | ||||
| Cato | 42,000,000 | 6 | 2005 | 1,300,000 | 5,333,333 | 5,999,999 | 6,666,666 | 7,333,333 | 7,999,999 | 8,666,665 |
| Collier | 1,190,760 | 1,280,040 | 1,369,440 | 2,519,222 | ||||||
| Colson | 1 | 316,969 | 380,363 | |||||||
| Dan Langhi | 316,969 | 465,850 | ||||||||
| Francis | 14,124,000 | 4 | 2003 | 3,020,520 | 3,246,960 | 3,473,520 | 4,383,582 | |||
| Mobley | 31,800,000 | 6 | 2006 | 301,875 | 3,920,400 | 4,410,450 | 4,900,500 | 5,390,550 | 5,880,600 | 6,370,650 |
| Norris | 1 | 2000 | 301,875 | 362,250 | 434,700 | |||||
| Olajuwon | 45,000,000 | 3 | 2001 | 14,300,000 | 16,000,000 | 24,000,000 | ||||
| Rogers | 13,300,000 | 5 | 2002 | 2,660,000 | 3,192,000 | 3,830,400 | ||||
| Taylor | 2,250,000 | 1 | 2001 | 2,250,000 | 2,700,000 | |||||
| Thomas | 4,213,000 | 4 | 2003 | 858,000 | 921,600 | 986,400 | 1,263,900 | |||
| Williams | 20,000,000 | 5 | 2002 | 3,875,000 | 4,650,000 | 5,580,000 | ||||
| Predicted Players | ||||||||||
| 2001 Rookie(12th) | 1,452,000 | 1,560,840 | 1,669,800 | 2,686,781 | ||||||
| 2001 Rookie(22) | 901,800 | 969,480 | 1,037,160 | 1,780,153 | ||||||
| 2001 Rookie(43) | 332,817 | 349,458 | ||||||||
| 2001 Mid Level Ex | 4,100,000 | |||||||||
| 2001 $1mil Ex | 1,300,000 | |||||||||
| 2001 Trade Exc | 1,200,000 | |||||||||
| Ex players | ||||||||||
| Drew | 5,130,000 | 4 | 2002 | 1,163,760 | ||||||
| Gray,Devin | 1 | 2000 | 301,875 | |||||||
| Hamilton | 1 | 2000 | 500,000 | |||||||
| Miller | 1 | 2000 | 635,000 | |||||||
| Barkley | 9,000,000 | 1 | 2000 | 9,000,000 | ||||||
| Massenburg | 2,700,000 | 3 | 2000 | 900,000 | ||||||
| Johnson | 1,000,000 | |||||||||
| Maloney | 15,000,000 | 7 | ? | 1,790,000 | 1,790,000 | 2,600,000 | ||||
| Augmon | 6,400,000 | 2 | 2000 | 2,475,000 | ||||||
| Shaw,B | 850,000 | 1 | ? | 500,000 | ||||||
| McClean | 2,460,000 | 2 | ? | 2,460,000 | 2,380,000 | |||||
| Gray,Ed | 832,400 | 1 | ? | 832,400 | ||||||
| Total Estimated Rockets Salary | 51,925,305 | 50,171,241 | 71,695,522 | 21,447,225 | 18,299,523 | 18,347,533 | 15,037,315 | |||
| Estimated NBA Salary CAP | 34,000,000 | 35,500,000 | 43,000,000 | 44,000,000 | 48,000,000 | 53,000,000 | 53,000,001 |