Summary statistics

POSITION SPLITNATIONALITY SPLIT
ROUNDTO NHLGPFWDDEFGOA..CAUSSERUFIOTH
Round 196.67%463.970.0%23.3%6.7%33.3%16.7%10.0%26.7%0.0%13.3%
Round 265.71%211.854.3%37.1%8.6%31.4%11.4%8.6%20.0%5.7%22.9%
Round 345.16%83.667.7%22.6%9.7%35.5%12.9%9.7%22.6%3.2%16.1%
Round 420.59%51.247.1%41.2%11.8%38.2%20.6%14.7%11.8%5.9%8.8%
Round 532.43%86.251.4%37.8%10.8%27.0%27.0%2.7%21.6%2.7%18.9%
Round 623.33%53.946.7%40.0%13.3%30.0%26.7%3.3%0.0%6.7%33.3%
Round 728.13%86.262.5%25.0%12.5%31.3%18.8%12.5%12.5%12.5%12.5%
Round 825.00%10.156.3%28.1%15.6%25.0%28.1%6.3%6.3%12.5%21.9%
Round 928.13%8.146.9%43.8%9.4%37.5%6.3%6.3%6.3%9.4%34.4%
TOTAL1115.455.6%33.4%10.9%32.1%18.8%8.2%14.3%6.5%20.1%
TO NHL240.27%45.4%32.7%37.5%44.7%40.0%41.7%31.0%31.6%42.4%
1) Percentage of drafted players in each category (e.g. 32.1% of all drafted players were Canadian).
2) Percentage of players that made it to NHL (e.g. 44.7% of all drafted Canadians have played in NHL).

Summary statistics on team draft performance

OVERALLPER DRAFT PICK
RkTEAMWAPP1PICKSTO NHLGPGAPGPGAP
1New York Islanders7.22944.4%981137142279109.015.215.831.0
2Minnesota Wild22.22966.7%24084676131080267.651.968.1120.0
3Atlanta Thrashers22.651421.4%1459398447845104.228.431.960.4
4Columbus Blue Jackets35.291127.3%8265915020975.15.413.619.0
5Mighty Ducks of Anaheim38.38560.0%55531922111.00.63.84.4
6Boston Bruins42.161266.7%529519114244.14.37.611.8
7Nashville Predators45.361241.7%1863381442823155.331.836.868.6
8Calgary Flames46.49966.7%2086250447697231.827.849.777.4
9Tampa Bay Lightning49.221040.0%23627325923.62.73.25.9
10Montreal Canadiens52.681127.3%138791287378126.18.326.134.4
11Chicago Blackhawks52.701546.7%18624355912.41.62.33.9
12Washington Capitals62.52650.0%890106107213148.317.717.835.5
13Buffalo Sabres66.70825.0%7288914223191.011.117.828.9
14Colorado Avalanche69.681346.2%1348105326431103.78.125.133.2
15New Jersey Devils69.781346.2%2583148442590198.711.434.045.4
16Edmonton Oilers72.781030.0%92813819233092.813.819.233.0
17Ottawa Senators73.711040.0%2236259451710223.625.945.171.0
18Phoenix Coyotes74.71825.0%21734387227.14.34.89.0
19Vancouver Canucks79.64728.6%392465.60.30.60.9
20Pittsburgh Penguins81.361050.0%147581253334147.58.125.333.4
21Toronto Maple Leafs83.871040.0%97921230051297.921.230.051.2
22Dallas Stars84.681040.0%1733213337550173.321.333.755.0
23Los Angeles Kings91.121136.4%2052321662983186.529.260.289.4
24St. Louis Blues92.01955.6%38836437943.14.04.88.8
25Detroit Red Wings94.301118.2%1531151455606139.213.741.455.1
26Carolina Hurricanes98.44837.5%8104084124101.35.010.515.5
27Philadelphia Flyers108.34837.5%1515322482804189.440.360.3100.5
28Florida Panthers109.68825.0%192242.40.30.30.5
29San Jose Sharks115.69742.9%221123.10.10.10.3
30New York Rangers132.89933.3%1801106203309200.111.822.634.3
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+/-
1USRick DiPietro1981New York IslandersG31801919129
2CADany Heatley1981Atlanta ThrashersF86937241979162038
3SKMarian Gaborik1982Minnesota WildF103540740881549295
4CZRostislav Klesla1982Columbus Blue JacketsD65948111159620-46
5CARaffi Torres1981New York IslandersF6351371232604972
6CAScott Hartnell1982Nashville PredatorsF1249327380707180966
7SELars Jonsson1982Boston BruinsD80226-4
8RUNikita Alexeyev1981Tampa Bay LightningF15920173728-8
9CABrent Krahn1982Calgary FlamesG10000
10RUMikhail Yakubov1982Chicago BlackhawksF532101220-13
11RUPavel Vorobiev1982Chicago BlackhawksF5710152538-1
12RUAlexei Smirnov1982Mighty Ducks of AnaheimF5233620-1
13USRon Hainsey1981Montreal CanadiensD113259252311443-21
14CZVáclav Nedorost1982Colorado AvalancheF9910102034-2
15RUArtem Kryukov1982Buffalo SabresF
16SKMarcel Hossa1981Montreal CanadiensF237313061106-6
17RUAlexei Mikhnov1982Edmonton OilersF200000
18USBrooks Orpik1980Pittsburgh PenguinsD10351817619497279
19CAKrys Kolanos1981Phoenix CoyotesF149202242940
20RUAlexander Frolov1982Los Angeles KingsF57917522239721827
21RUAnton Volchenkov1982Ottawa SenatorsD6961911413343873
22USDavid Hale1981New Jersey DevilsD3274252924211
23CANathan Smith1982Vancouver CanucksF2600014-5
24CABrad Boyes1982Toronto Maple LeafsF822211294505251-18
25CASteve Ott1982Dallas StarsF8481091792881555-66
26CABrian Sutherby1982Washington CapitalsF460414990533-32
27SEMartin Samuelsson1982Boston BruinsF140112-2
28CAJustin Williams1981Philadelphia FlyersF1264320477797766110
29SENiklas Kronwall1981Detroit Red WingsD95383349432564-5
30USJeff Taffe1981St. Louis BluesF18021254640-20

Round 2

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
31RUIlya Nikulin1982Atlanta ThrashersD
32CZTomas Kurka1981Carolina HurricanesF1732521
33CANick Schultz1982Minnesota WildD106930145175483-18
34RURuslan Zaynullin1982Tampa Bay LightningF
35USBrad Winchester1981Edmonton OilersF390373168552-42
36SEDaniel Widing1982Nashville PredatorsF
37USAndy Hilbert1981Boston BruinsF30742621041329
38SKTomas Kopecky1982Detroit Red WingsF57868106174307-54
39FITeemu Laine1982New Jersey DevilsF
40CAKurtis Foster1981Calgary FlamesD40542118160308-31
41FITero Määttä1982San Jose SharksD
42CZLibor Ustrnul1982Atlanta ThrashersD
43CAMatt Pettinger1980Washington CapitalsF4226558123210-55
44RUIlya Bryzgalov1980Mighty Ducks of AnaheimG4650121220
45CAMathieu Chouinard1980Ottawa SenatorsG10000
46CAJarret Stoll1982Calgary FlamesF8721442443886182
47CAJared Aulin1982Colorado AvalancheF172240-3
48CAGerard Dicaire1982Buffalo SabresD
49SEJonas Nordqvist1982Chicago BlackhawksF302221
50RUSergei Soin1982Colorado AvalancheF
51USKris Vernarsky1982Toronto Maple LeafsF171012-3
52CAShane Endicott1981Pittsburgh PenguinsF4512347-10
53RUAlexander Tatarinov1982Phoenix CoyotesF
54SEAndreas Lilja1975Los Angeles KingsD58016718756332
55CAAntoine Vermette1982Ottawa SenatorsF1046228287515622-49
56RUAlexander Suglobov1982New Jersey DevilsF181014-9
57ITMatt DeMarchi1981New Jersey DevilsD
58RUVladimir Sapozhnikov1982Florida PanthersD
59CZIvan Huml1981Boston BruinsF4961218362
60CADan Ellis1980Dallas StarsG2120666
61CZJakub Cutta1981Washington CapitalsD80000-5
62USPaul Martin1981New Jersey DevilsD87050270320238126
63LVAgris Saviels1982Colorado AvalancheD
64CZFilip Novák1982New York RangersD170006-1
65CADavid Morisset1981St. Louis BluesF40005-7

Round 3

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
66FITuukka Mäkelä1982Boston BruinsD
67KZMax Birbraer1980New Jersey DevilsF
68SEJoel Lundqvist1982Dallas StarsF1347192656-17
69CABen Knopp1982Columbus Blue JacketsF
70SEMikael Tellqvist1979Toronto Maple LeafsG1130222
71CAThatcher Bell1982Vancouver CanucksF
72SEMattias Nilsson1982Nashville PredatorsD
73RUSergei Zinovjev1980Boston BruinsF1001121
74RUIgor Radulov1982Chicago BlackhawksF43971622-5
75CAJustin Papineau1980St. Louis BluesF8111819122
76USMichael Rupp1980New Jersey DevilsF610544599855-28
77USRobert Fried1981Florida PanthersF
78SKJozef Balej1982Montreal CanadiensF1815640
79CATyler Hanchuck1982Montreal CanadiensD
80CARyan Bayda1980Carolina HurricanesF17916244094-20
81RUAlexander Kharitonov1976Tampa Bay LightningF717152212-10
82CASean O'Connor1981Florida PanthersF
83RUAlexander Lyubimov1980Edmonton OilersD
84SKPeter Hamerlik1982Pittsburgh PenguinsG
85CARamzi Abid1980Phoenix CoyotesF6814163078-11
86CAYanick Lehoux1982Los Angeles KingsF1022460
87CZJan Bohac1982Ottawa SenatorsF
88USKurt Sauer1981Colorado AvalancheD35752833250-15
89CZLibor Pivko1980Nashville PredatorsF100000
90CAJean-Francois Racine1982Toronto Maple LeafsG
91RUAlexei Tereshenko1980Dallas StarsF
92RUSergei Klyazmin1982Colorado AvalancheF
93USTim Branham1981Vancouver CanucksD
94RUAlexander Drozdetsky1981Philadelphia FlyersF
95CADominic Moore1980New York RangersF897106176282487-23
96CAAntoine Bergeron1981St. Louis BluesD

Round 4

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
97SENiclas Wallin1975Carolina HurricanesD614215879460-61
98SEJonas Rönnqvist1973Mighty Ducks of AnaheimF3804414-7
99USMarc Cavosie1981Minnesota WildF
100CAMiguel Delisle1982Toronto Maple LeafsF
101FIArto Tukio1981New York IslandersD
102SEStefan Liv1980Detroit Red WingsG
103USBrett Nowak1981Boston BruinsF
104USJon Disalvatore1981San Jose SharksF60004-1
105RUVladimir Gorbunov1982New York IslandersF
106CAScott Balan1982Chicago BlackhawksD
107CACarl Mallette1981Atlanta ThrashersF
108CABlake Robson1982Atlanta ThrashersF
109SEJohan Eneqvist1982Montreal CanadiensF
110USJared Newman1982Carolina HurricanesD
111CAGhyslain Rousseau1982Buffalo SabresG
112CZPremysl Duben1981New York RangersD
113CALou Dickenson1982Edmonton OilersF
114CAChristian Larrivee1982Montreal CanadiensF
115CAChris Eade1982Florida PanthersD
116HULevente Szuper1980Calgary FlamesG
117FIOlli Malmivaara1982Chicago BlackhawksD200002
118SKLubomir Visnovsky1976Los Angeles KingsD88312836749537340
119USBrian Fahey1981Colorado AvalancheD70112-1
120CADavis Parley1982Florida PanthersG
121CARyan Van Buskirk1980Washington CapitalsD
122USDerrick Byfuglien1980Ottawa SenatorsD
123RUVadim Khomitsky1982Dallas StarsD
124CAMichel Ouellet1982Pittsburgh PenguinsF190526411658-4
125CAPhil Cole1982New Jersey DevilsD
126SEJohan Hägglund1982Tampa Bay LightningF
127RUDmitri Semenov1982Detroit Red WingsF
128RUAlexander Seluyanov1982Detroit Red WingsD
129USTroy Riddle1981St. Louis BluesF
130CAAaron Van Leusen1981Detroit Red WingsF

Round 5

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
131USMatt Hendricks1981Nashville PredatorsF6075462116722-41
132RUMaxim Sushinsky1974Minnesota WildF30741129-7
133FIPetteri Nummelin1972Columbus Blue JacketsD1399364534-28
134SKPeter Podhradsky1979Mighty Ducks of AnaheimD
135PLMike Danton1980New Jersey DevilsF879514182-8
136KZDmitry Upper1978New York IslandersF
137USMike Stuart1980Nashville PredatorsD300000
138CAScott Heffernan1982Columbus Blue JacketsD
139RURuslan Bernikov1977Dallas StarsF
140HUNathan Martz1981New York RangersF
141CAWade Davis1982Calgary FlamesD
142CZMichal Pinc1981San Jose SharksF
143USBrandon Snee1980New York RangersG
144RUPavel Duma1981Vancouver CanucksF
145CARyan Glenn1980Montreal CanadiensD
146CZDavid Kocí1981Pittsburgh PenguinsF142314461-13
147CAMatthew McRae1981Atlanta ThrashersF
148SEKristofer Ottosson1976New York IslandersF
149RUDenis Denisov1981Buffalo SabresD
150USTyler Kolarik1981Columbus Blue JacketsF
151RUAlexander Barkunov1981Chicago BlackhawksD
152CAPaul Flache1982Edmonton OilersD
153USBill Cass1980Mighty Ducks of AnaheimD
154USMatt Koalska1980Nashville PredatorsF30002-1
155CATravis Moen1982Calgary FlamesF7475977136801-66
156CAGreg Zanon1980Ottawa SenatorsD493125062230-9
157USGrant Potulny1980Ottawa SenatorsF
158USSean Connolly1980Ottawa SenatorsD
159USJohn-Michael Liles1980Colorado AvalancheD83687283370286-44
160USNate Kiser1982Phoenix CoyotesD
161RUPavel Sedov1982Tampa Bay LightningF
162RUArtem Chernov1982Dallas StarsF
163RUIvan Nepryayev1982Washington CapitalsF
164SKMatus Kostur1980New Jersey DevilsG
165CANathan Marsters1980Los Angeles KingsG
166CANolan Schaefer1980San Jose SharksG70002
167CACraig Weller1981St. Louis BluesF9541014127-10

Round 6

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
168CZZdenek Smid1980Atlanta ThrashersG
169CAShane Bendera1982Columbus Blue JacketsG
170USErik Reitz1982Minnesota WildD4811269-7
171CZRoman Cechmánek1971Philadelphia FlyersG21201124
172USScott Selig1981Montreal CanadiensF
173SKTomas Harant1980Nashville PredatorsD
174FIJarno Kultanen1973Boston BruinsD1022111359-3
175CHSven Helfenstein1982New York RangersF
176FIJukka Hentunen1974Calgary FlamesF384594-9
177USMike Ayers1980Chicago BlackhawksG
178USJeff Dwyer1980Atlanta ThrashersD
179KZVadim Sozinov1981Toronto Maple LeafsF
180CADarcy Hordichuk1980Atlanta ThrashersF5422021411140-25
181USJustin Forrest1981Carolina HurricanesD
182CZPetr Chvojka1982Montreal CanadiensD
183SKMichal Macho1982San Jose SharksF
184CAShaun Norrie1982Edmonton OilersF
185USPatrick Foley1981Pittsburgh PenguinsF
186CABrent Gauvreau1980Phoenix CoyotesF
187SEPär Bäcker1982Detroit Red WingsF
188CAJason Maleyko1980Ottawa SenatorsD
189CAChris Bahen1980Colorado AvalancheD
190USJosh Olson1981Florida PanthersF510101
191CAAaron Gionet1982Tampa Bay LightningD
192CZLadislav Vlcek1981Dallas StarsF
193USJoey Martin1981Chicago BlackhawksD
194CADeryk Engelland1982New Jersey DevilsD67130971275794
195GBColin Shields1980Philadelphia FlyersF
196CAPaul Ballantyne1982Detroit Red WingsD
197CZZbynek Irgl1980Nashville PredatorsF

Round 7

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
198CAKen Magowan1981New Jersey DevilsF
199CABrian Passmore1980Minnesota WildF
200FIJanne Jokila1982Columbus Blue JacketsF
201RUEvgeny Fedorov1980Los Angeles KingsF
202CARyan Caldwell1981New York IslandersD40004-2
203SIJure Penko1981Nashville PredatorsG
204CAChris Berti1981Boston BruinsF
205SEHenrik Lundqvist1982New York RangersG8870272718
206SETim Eriksson1982Los Angeles KingsF
207USCliff Loya1981Chicago BlackhawksD
208CABrandon Reid1981Vancouver CanucksF1324604
209FIMarkus Seikola1982Toronto Maple LeafsD
210USJohn Eichelberger1981Philadelphia FlyersF
211USJoe Cullen1981Edmonton OilersF
212SEMagnus Kahnberg1980Carolina HurricanesF
213RUVasily Bizyayev1982Buffalo SabresF
214SKPeter Bartos1973Minnesota WildF1342662
215CAMatthew Lombardi1982Edmonton OilersF5361011612622936
216USJim Abbott1980Pittsburgh PenguinsF
217RUIgor Samoilov1982Phoenix CoyotesD
218CACraig Olynick1982Los Angeles KingsD
219FIMarco Tuokko1979Dallas StarsF
220USPaul Gaustad1982Buffalo SabresF7278914223177810
221CAAaron Molnar1981Colorado AvalancheG
222SKMarek Priechodsky1979Tampa Bay LightningD
223SKLubos Velebny1982Toronto Maple LeafsD
224FIAntti Miettinen1980Dallas StarsF53997133230234-24
225RUVladislav Luchkin1982Chicago BlackhawksF
226USBrian Eklund1980Tampa Bay LightningG10000
227CAGuillaume Lefebvre1981Philadelphia FlyersF3924613-2
228SEJimmie Svensson1982Detroit Red WingsD
229CABrett Lutes1982St. Louis BluesF

Round 8

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
230FISamu Isosalo1981Atlanta ThrashersF
231USPeter Zingoni1981Columbus Blue JacketsF
232SKLubomir Sekeras1968Minnesota WildD213185371122-27
233RUAlexander Polukeyev1981Tampa Bay LightningG
234LVJanis Sprukts1982Florida PanthersF1412321
235USCraig Kowalski1981Carolina HurricanesG
236SEMats Christéen1982Nashville PredatorsD
237CZZdenek Kutlak1980Boston BruinsD161234-4
238USDanny Eberly1980New York RangersD
239CZDavid Hajek1980Calgary FlamesD
240USAdam Berkhoel1981Chicago BlackhawksG90000
241CANathan Barrett1981Vancouver CanucksF
242USEvan Nielsen1981Atlanta ThrashersD
243FIJoni Puurula1982Montreal CanadiensG
244USEric Bowen1981Atlanta ThrashersF
245USDan Welch1981Los Angeles KingsF
246CAChad Wiseman1981San Jose SharksF91128-1
247USJason Platt1981Edmonton OilersD
248CASteve Crampton1982Pittsburgh PenguinsF
249FISami Venäläinen1981Phoenix CoyotesF
250CHFlavien Conne1980Los Angeles KingsF
251USTodd Jackson1981Detroit Red WingsF
252CADarryl Bootland1981Colorado AvalancheF3212385-3
253CAMatt Sommerfeld1982Florida PanthersF
254RUAlexander Shinkar1981Toronto Maple LeafsF
255SEEric Johansson1982Minnesota WildF
256FIPasi Saarinen1977San Jose SharksD
257CAWarren McCutcheon1982New Jersey DevilsF
258CASean McMorrow1982Buffalo SabresF100000
259CARegan Kelly1981Philadelphia FlyersD
260KZEvgeni Bumagin1982Detroit Red WingsF
261ATReinhard Divis1975St. Louis BluesG280002

Round 9

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
262CAPeter Flache1982Chicago BlackhawksF
263CHThomas Ziegler1978Tampa Bay LightningF50000-2
264RUDmitri Altaryev1980New York IslandersF
265CAJean-Philippe Cote1982Toronto Maple LeafsD27044262
266USSean Kotary1981Colorado AvalancheD
267FITomi Pettinen1977New York IslandersD2400018-3
268CZPavel Kolarík1972Boston BruinsD2300010-2
269CZMartin Richter1977New York RangersD
270CAMicki Dupont1980Calgary FlamesD2313412-7
271CHReto Von Arx1976Chicago BlackhawksF193144-4
272CATim Smith1981Vancouver CanucksF
273CZRoman Simicek1971Pittsburgh PenguinsF637101759-8
274RUEvgeny Muratov1981Edmonton OilersF
275CAJonathan Gauthier1980Montreal CanadiensD
276USTroy Ferguson1980Carolina HurricanesF
277CARyan Courtney1982Buffalo SabresF
278CZMartin Paroulek1979Columbus Blue JacketsF
279SEAndreas Lindström1982Boston BruinsF
280CANick Boucher1980Pittsburgh PenguinsG
281SKPeter Fabus1979Phoenix CoyotesF
282FICarl Grahn1981Los Angeles KingsG
283CAJames DeMone1982Ottawa SenatorsD
284CHMartin Höhener1980Nashville PredatorsD
285CABlake Ward1982Colorado AvalancheG
286SKAndrej Nedorost1980Columbus Blue JacketsF2823512-9
287CZMilan Kopecky1981Philadelphia FlyersF
288CAMark McRae1981Atlanta ThrashersD
289SEBjörn Nord1972Washington CapitalsD
290CASimon Gamache1981Atlanta ThrashersF48671318-10
291CHArne Ramholt1976Chicago BlackhawksD
292CALouis Mandeville1982Columbus Blue JacketsD
293FILauri Kinos1980St. Louis BluesD

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