Summary statistics

POSITION SPLITNATIONALITY SPLIT
ROUNDTO NHLGPFWDDEFGOA..CAUSSERUFIOTH
Round 196.30%555.655.6%37.0%7.4%59.3%14.8%3.7%7.4%0.0%14.8%
Round 277.42%176.364.5%29.0%6.5%64.5%9.7%3.2%6.5%6.5%9.7%
Round 357.14%223.357.1%28.6%14.3%46.4%25.0%7.1%10.7%3.6%7.1%
Round 457.14%123.360.7%25.0%14.3%57.1%10.7%7.1%3.6%7.1%14.3%
Round 541.94%99.154.8%38.7%6.5%51.6%16.1%9.7%9.7%0.0%12.9%
Round 646.43%187.767.9%25.0%7.1%50.0%3.6%3.6%14.3%10.7%17.9%
Round 729.63%23.059.3%29.6%11.1%48.1%25.9%3.7%7.4%3.7%11.1%
Round 825.00%40.860.7%32.1%7.1%39.3%17.9%10.7%3.6%7.1%21.4%
Round 930.00%54.060.0%30.0%10.0%33.3%16.7%10.0%13.3%3.3%23.3%
TOTAL1162.360.1%30.6%9.3%50.0%15.5%6.6%8.5%4.7%14.7%
TO NHL251.16%51.6%53.2%41.7%48.1%55.0%52.9%45.5%41.7%63.2%
1) Percentage of drafted players in each category (e.g. 50.0% of all drafted players were Canadian).
2) Percentage of players that made it to NHL (e.g. 48.1% of all drafted Canadians have played in NHL).

Summary statistics on team draft performance

OVERALLPER DRAFT PICK
RkTEAMWAPP1PICKSTO NHLGPGAPGPGAP
1Tampa Bay Lightning10.191145.5%277275412151969252.068.5110.5179.0
2Nashville Predators14.21837.5%2320316576892290.039.572.0111.5
3San Jose Sharks21.03966.7%25794046281032286.644.969.8114.7
4Colorado Avalanche28.461070.0%34303899321321343.038.993.2132.1
5Mighty Ducks of Anaheim30.11850.0%1195125189314149.415.623.639.3
6Vancouver Canucks33.241225.0%1601112224336133.49.318.728.0
7Calgary Flames35.32955.6%813698014990.37.78.916.6
8New York Rangers40.49977.8%1477124203327164.113.822.636.3
9Chicago Blackhawks52.02933.3%1255188307495139.420.934.155.0
10Toronto Maple Leafs53.251040.0%1539334462796153.933.446.279.6
11New York Islanders53.581040.0%777737815177.77.37.815.1
12Carolina Hurricanes58.651050.0%1721367405772172.136.740.577.2
13Buffalo Sabres60.071080.0%1357179283462135.717.928.346.2
14Phoenix Coyotes62.611060.0%68823739668.82.37.39.6
15Ottawa Senators63.361060.0%2267408472880226.740.847.288.0
16Edmonton Oilers68.461030.0%1214188335523121.418.833.552.3
17New Jersey Devils70.921258.3%271854910171566226.545.884.8130.5
18Montreal Canadiens72.821070.0%400167114962167400.167.1149.6216.7
19Los Angeles Kings75.14955.6%42526477347.22.95.28.1
20Boston Bruins75.35580.0%48310405096.62.08.010.0
21St. Louis Blues77.07837.5%7314410314791.45.512.918.4
22Dallas Stars83.18666.7%101157144201168.59.524.033.5
23Florida Panthers84.05955.6%128292305397142.410.233.944.1
24Detroit Red Wings84.721127.3%1260325653978114.529.559.488.9
25Pittsburgh Penguins87.281040.0%140984193277140.98.419.327.7
26Philadelphia Flyers88.711346.2%114429632061688.022.824.647.4
27Washington Capitals108.801050.0%41012243641.01.22.43.6
1) The Weighted Average Pick Position (WAPP) is determined using a harmonic mean, which gives the highest weight to the first overall pick, the second highest to the second overall pick, etc. The thinking behind this approach is that the relative difference between the first and the fifth pick is much higher than the difference between e.g. the 130th and 135th pick. The smallest number is granted to the team with the lowest overall pick position in the draft.

Round 1

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
1CAVincent Lecavalier1980Tampa Bay LightningF1212421528949848-140
2USDavid Legwand1980Nashville PredatorsF11362283906185517
3CABrad Stuart1979San Jose SharksD1056802553355658
4CABryan Allen1980Vancouver CanucksD7212910713683926
5RUVitaly Vishnevski1980Mighty Ducks of AnaheimD552165268494-27
6CARico Fata1980Calgary FlamesF230273663104-60
7CAManny Malhotra1980New York RangersF991116179295451-26
8CAMark Bell1980Chicago BlackhawksF4508795182602-45
9USMichael Rupp1980New York IslandersF610544599855-28
10KZNikolai Antropov1980Toronto Maple LeafsF78819327246562755
11CAJeff Heerema1980Carolina HurricanesF324266-7
12CAAlex Tanguay1979Colorado AvalancheF1088283580863527163
13CAMichael Henrich1980Edmonton OilersF
14CAPatrick Desrochers1979Phoenix CoyotesG110002
15CAMathieu Chouinard1980Ottawa SenatorsG10000
16CAEric Chouinard1980Montreal CanadiensF9011112216-8
17CZMartin Skoula1979Colorado AvalancheD7764415219632816
18RUDmitri Kalinin1980Buffalo SabresD539361261623212
19CARobyn Regehr1980Colorado AvalancheD10893616319997230
20USScott Parker1978Colorado AvalancheF308714216994
21CAMathieu Biron1980Los Angeles KingsD253123244177-69
22CASimon Gagne1980Philadelphia FlyersF822291310601328129
23CZMilan Kraft1980Pittsburgh PenguinsF20741418252-45
24SEChristian Bäckman1980St. Louis BluesD3022356791821
25CZJirí Fischer1980Detroit Red WingsD30511496029529
26CAMike Van Ryn1979New Jersey DevilsD35330991292605
27USScott Gomez1979New Jersey DevilsF1079181575756655-1

Round 2

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
28CARamzi Abid1980Colorado AvalancheF6814163078-11
29CAJonathan Cheechoo1980San Jose SharksF50117013530532429
30CAKyle Rossiter1980Florida PanthersD110119-3
31RUArtem Chubarov1979Vancouver CanucksF22825335840-3
32CAStephen Peat1980Mighty Ducks of AnaheimF1308210234-16
33CABlair Betts1980Calgary FlamesF477413778118-18
34CAAndrew Peters1980Buffalo SabresF229437650-17
35CZPetr Svoboda1980Toronto Maple LeafsD1812310-5
36CAChris Nielsen1980New York IslandersF52681481
37SEChristian Berglund1980New Jersey DevilsF8611162742-6
38USPhilippe Sauve1980Colorado AvalancheG3200023
39CAJohn Erskine1980Dallas StarsD491153954865-17
40CARandy Copley1979New York RangersF
41UAMaxim Linnik1979St. Louis BluesD
42CAJason Beckett1980Philadelphia FlyersD
43FIOssi Väänänen1980Phoenix CoyotesD47913556848226
44CAMike Fisher1980Ottawa SenatorsF110427831158981527
45CAMike Ribeiro1980Montreal CanadiensF10742285657935775
46CAJustin Papineau1980Los Angeles KingsF8111819122
47CANorm Milley1980Buffalo SabresF2924612-4
48CAJonathan Girard1980Boston BruinsD150103444466
49CAJomar Cruz1980Washington CapitalsG
50CZJaroslav Kristek1980Buffalo SabresF60004-2
51CAIan Forbes1980Philadelphia FlyersD
52USBobby Allen1978Boston BruinsD5103312-3
53CASteve Moore1978Colorado AvalancheF69571241-9
54RUAlexander Zevakhin1980Pittsburgh PenguinsF
55CARyan Barnes1980Detroit Red WingsF200000
56FITomek Valtonen1980Detroit Red WingsF
57CATyler Bouck1980Dallas StarsF91481293-9
58USChris Bala1978Ottawa SenatorsF601101

Round 3

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
59CATodd Hornung1980Washington CapitalsF
60RUDenis Arkhipov1979Nashville PredatorsF3525682138128-51
61CAJoe Dipenta1979Florida PanthersD1746172311015
62CAPaul Manning1979Calgary FlamesD800020
63CALance Ward1978Florida PanthersD20941216391-30
64CABrad Richards1980Tampa Bay LightningF1126298634932251-66
65CAEric LaPlante1979San Jose SharksF
66CAJason LaBarbera1980New York RangersG18702210
67CAAlex Henry1979Edmonton OilersD1772911269-7
68FIJarkko Ruutu1975Vancouver CanucksF65258841421078-21
69CAJamie Hodson1980Toronto Maple LeafsG
70USKevin Holdridge1980Carolina HurricanesD
71USErik Cole1978Carolina HurricanesF892265267532659-7
72RUDmitry Afanasenkov1980Tampa Bay LightningF22727275452-36
73USPat O'Leary1979Phoenix CoyotesF
74CHJulien Vauclair1979Ottawa SenatorsD100021
75CAFrancois Beauchemin1980Montreal CanadiensD9037621228849014
76RUAlexei Volkov1980Los Angeles KingsG
77USMike Pandolfo1979Buffalo SabresF30000-2
78SEPeter Nordström1974Boston BruinsF20000-1
79UAEvgeny Lazarev1980Colorado AvalancheF
80CADavid Cameron1980Pittsburgh PenguinsF
81USJustin Morrison1979Vancouver CanucksF
82USBrian Gionta1979New Jersey DevilsF102629130459537735
83CAMatt Walker1980St. Louis BluesD31442630464-9
84CAJake McCracken1980Detroit Red WingsG
85USGeoff Koch1979Nashville PredatorsF
86SEGabriel Karlsson1980Dallas StarsF

Round 4

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
87UAAlexei Ponikarovsky1980Toronto Maple LeafsF67813918432341947
88USKent Sauer1979Nashville PredatorsD
89CARyan Jardine1980Florida PanthersF802220
90CARegan Darby1980Vancouver CanucksD
91CZJosef Vasícek1980Carolina HurricanesF46077106183311-38
92CAEric Beaudoin1980Tampa Bay LightningF53381141-15
93SETommy Westlund1974Carolina HurricanesF2039132248-27
94ATMatthias Trattnig1979Chicago BlackhawksF
95CAAndy Burnham1980New York IslandersF
96FIMikko Jokela1980New Jersey DevilsD100000
97USChris Madden1979Carolina HurricanesG
98CARob Davison1980San Jose SharksD21931518321-5
99CAShawn Horcoff1978Edmonton OilersF1008186325511624-27
100CARyan Van Buskirk1980Phoenix CoyotesD
101RUPetr Schastlivy1979Ottawa SenatorsF129182240303
102CAShaun Sutter1980Calgary FlamesF
103CAKip Brennan1980Los Angeles KingsF61112222-2
104SKMiroslav Zalesak1980San Jose SharksF121230-3
105CAPierre Dagenais1978New Jersey DevilsF142352358580
106CAKrys Barch1980Washington CapitalsF381122335812-16
107USChris Corrinet1978Washington CapitalsF80116-4
108CADany Sabourin1980Calgary FlamesG570114
109CAJean-Philippe Morin1980Philadelphia FlyersD
110CAScott Myers1979Pittsburgh PenguinsG
111CABrent Hobday1979Detroit Red WingsF
112SEViktor Wallin1980Mighty Ducks of AnaheimD
113FIKristian Antila1980Edmonton OilersG
114CABoyd Kane1978New York RangersF3103339-8

Round 5

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
115USJay Leach1979Phoenix CoyotesD70123603
116USJosh Blackburn1978Phoenix CoyotesG
117CZJaroslav Spacek1974Florida PanthersD8808227335561849
118CAMike Siklenka1979Washington CapitalsF200000
119RUAnton But1980New Jersey DevilsF
120CABrent Gauvreau1980Calgary FlamesF
121CACurtis Rich1979Tampa Bay LightningD
122USPat Leahy1979New York RangersF5044819-1
123CZJirí Dopita1968New York IslandersF73122133195
124CAFrancis Belanger1978Philadelphia FlyersF1000029-3
125USErik Wendell1979Washington CapitalsF
126CAMorgan Warren1980Toronto Maple LeafsF
127CABrandon Coalter1978San Jose SharksF
128CAPaul Elliott1980Edmonton OilersD
129CZRobert Schnabel1978Phoenix CoyotesD22033346
130CAGavin McLeod1980Ottawa SenatorsD
131CZTomas Kloucek1980New York RangersD1412810250-9
132RUAndre Bashkirov1970Montreal CanadiensF300330-5
133CAJoe Rullier1980Los Angeles KingsD
134USRob Scuderi1978Pittsburgh PenguinsD783810211019825
135CAAndrew Raycroft1980Boston BruinsG28003314
136SEDavid Ytfeldt1979Vancouver CanucksD
137CAAaron Goldade1980Buffalo SabresF
138CAMartin Beauchesne1980Nashville PredatorsD
139CAGarrett Prosofsky1980Philadelphia FlyersF
140CARick Bertran1980Vancouver CanucksD
141CAK.C. Timmons1980Colorado AvalancheF
142SECarl Steen1980Detroit Red WingsF
143CARyan Flinn1980New Jersey DevilsF31101840
144RUOleg Smirnov1980Edmonton OilersF
145SEMikael Samuelsson1976San Jose SharksF69914919734637050

Round 6

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
146RUSergei Kuznetsov1980Tampa Bay LightningF
147CACraig Brunel1979Nashville PredatorsF
148CAChris Ovington1980Florida PanthersD
149CAPaul Cabana1978Vancouver CanucksF
150CATrent Hunter1980Mighty Ducks of AnaheimF497101135236209-5
151CAAdam DeLeeuw1980Detroit Red WingsF
152CAGordie Dwyer1978Montreal CanadiensF108055394-20
153CZPavel Patera1971Dallas StarsF322798-9
154CAAllan Rourke1980Toronto Maple LeafsD55145314
155USKevin Clauson1978New York IslandersD
156CAKent Huskins1979Chicago BlackhawksD31813556817346
157CABrad Voth1980St. Louis BluesF
158FIJari Viuhkola1980Chicago BlackhawksF
159CATrevor Ettinger1980Edmonton OilersF
160SERickard Wallin1980Phoenix CoyotesF798111934-5
161CAChris Neil1979Ottawa SenatorsF10261121382502522-19
162RUAndrei Markov1978Montreal CanadiensD99011945357250564
163CZTomas Zizka1979Los Angeles KingsD2526816-8
164CZAles Kotalik1978Buffalo SabresF542136148284348-46
165CARyan Milanovic1980Boston BruinsF
166CAJonathan Pelletier1980Chicago BlackhawksG
167RUAlexander Ryazantsev1980Colorado AvalancheD
168FIAntero Niittymäki1980Philadelphia FlyersG2340336
169CZJan Fadrny1980Pittsburgh PenguinsF
170KZAndrei Troshchinski1978St. Louis BluesF
171RUPavel Datsyuk1978Detroit Red WingsF953314604918228249
172CAJacques Lariviere1979New Jersey DevilsF
173FINiko Kapanen1978Dallas StarsF3973690126160-25

Round 7

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
174CABrett Allan1980Tampa Bay LightningF
175CACam Ondrik1980Philadelphia FlyersG
176CAB.J. Ketcheson1980Florida PanthersD
177USVince Malts1978Vancouver CanucksF
178CAJesse Fibiger1978Mighty Ducks of AnaheimD160002-5
179CANate Forster1980Washington CapitalsD
180SEStefan Lundqvist1978New York RangersF
181CAJonathan Gagnon1980Toronto Maple LeafsF
182RUEvgeny Korolev1978New York IslandersD4214520-10
183USTyler Arnason1979Chicago BlackhawksF48788157245140-33
184USDon Smith1979Carolina HurricanesF
185CARobert Mulick1979San Jose SharksD
186USMike Morrison1979Edmonton OilersG290112
187USErik Westrum1979Phoenix CoyotesF2712322-4
188CAMichel Periard1979Ottawa SenatorsD
189RUAndrei Kruchinin1978Montreal CanadiensD
190FITommi Hannus1980Los Angeles KingsF
191CABrad Moran1979Buffalo SabresF81234-1
192CZRadek Duda1979Calgary FlamesF
193SKRastislav Stana1980Washington CapitalsG60000
194CAOak Hewer1979Tampa Bay LightningF
195CZTomas Divisek1979Philadelphia FlyersF510100
196CAJoel Scherban1980Pittsburgh PenguinsF
197CABrad Twordik1979St. Louis BluesF
198CAJeremy Goetzinger1980Detroit Red WingsD
199USErik Jensen1979New Jersey DevilsF
200USScott Perry1978Dallas StarsF

Round 8

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
201CACraig Murray1979Montreal CanadiensF
202SKMartin Bartek1980Nashville PredatorsF
203CAIan Jacobs1980Florida PanthersD
204USGraig Mischler1978Vancouver CanucksF
205CADavid Bernier1978Mighty Ducks of AnaheimF
206SEJonas Frögren1980Calgary FlamesD41167280
207SEJohan Witehall1972New York RangersF5425716-5
208CZJaroslav Svoboda1980Carolina HurricanesF13412172962-5
209CAFrederick Brind'Amour1979New York IslandersG
210CASean Griffin1980Chicago BlackhawksD
211CAMark Kosick1979Carolina HurricanesF
212USJim Fahey1979San Jose SharksD921242567-16
213CAChristian Lefebvre1978Edmonton OilersD
214CAJustin Hansen1980Phoenix CoyotesF
215CADwight Wolfe1980Toronto Maple LeafsD
216CAMichael Ryder1980Montreal CanadiensF80623724748435318
217USJim Henkel1979Los Angeles KingsF
218CZDavid Moravec1973Buffalo SabresF10000-1
219USCurtis Valentine1979Vancouver CanucksF
220USMike Farrell1978Washington CapitalsD1300020
221CADan Hulak1980Tampa Bay LightningD
222SKLubomir Pistek1980Philadelphia FlyersF
223RUSergei Verenikin1979Ottawa SenatorsF
224FIMika Lehto1979Pittsburgh PenguinsG
225UAEvgeny Pastukh1979St. Louis BluesF
226SEDavid Petrasek1976Detroit Red WingsD
227FIMarko Ahosilta1980New Jersey DevilsF
228CZMichal Travnicek1980Toronto Maple LeafsF

Round 9

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
229CAChris Lyness1980Tampa Bay LightningD
230LVKarlis Skrastins1974Nashville PredatorsD83232104136375-45
231CHAdrian Wichser1980Florida PanthersF
232CAJason Metcalfe1978Vancouver CanucksD
233SEPelle Prestberg1975Mighty Ducks of AnaheimF
234USKevin Mitchell1980Calgary FlamesD
235SEJan Mertzig1970New York RangersD230228-5
236RUSergei Rostov1980Toronto Maple LeafsG
237USBen Blais1978New York IslandersD
238CAAlexandre Couture1980Chicago BlackhawksF
239CABrent McDonald1979Carolina HurricanesF
240RUAndrei Yershov1976Chicago BlackhawksD
241RUMaxim Spiridonov1978Edmonton OilersF
242CAJason Doyle1978New York IslandersF
243CZPetr Hubácek1979Philadelphia FlyersF61012-1
244USToby Petersen1978Pittsburgh PenguinsF39833488150-40
245SEAndreas Andersson1979Mighty Ducks of AnaheimG
246SKRastislav Pavlikovsky1977Ottawa SenatorsF
247CADarcy Harris1978Montreal CanadiensF
248CAMatt Yeats1979Los Angeles KingsG50002
249SIEdo Terglav1980Buffalo SabresF
250CZRadek Matejovsky1977New York IslandersF
251CABlake Evans1980Washington CapitalsF
252SKMartin Cibak1980Tampa Bay LightningF1545182360-16
253CABruno St. Jacques1980Philadelphia FlyersD67371047-6
254USMatt Hussey1979Pittsburgh PenguinsF212242-6
255USJohn Pohl1979St. Louis BluesF11517213824-8
256FIPetja Pietiläinen1980Detroit Red WingsF
257CARyan Held1980New Jersey DevilsF
258RUSergei Skrobot1980Philadelphia FlyersD

Current season NHL stats last updated: November 12, 2025
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