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NHL Players selected at the 1st draft position

Draft Home -> Picks 1-20 -> Position 1
This is a list of all the players selected with the 1st pick across all NHL drafts. You can click on the player to get his career statistics. You may also click on the table headers to sort by each category.
Year Player Position Team GP G A Pts PIM
2021 Owen Power DEFENSE Buffalo Sabres 87 6 32 38 26
2018 Rasmus Dahlin DEFENSE Buffalo Sabres 355 46 187 233 258
2014 Aaron Ekblad DEFENSE Florida Panthers 625 111 218 329 402
2006 Erik Johnson DEFENSE St. Louis Blues 920 88 249 337 514
1996 Chris Phillips DEFENSE Ottawa Senators 1179 71 217 288 756
1995 Bryan Berard DEFENSE Ottawa Senators 619 76 247 323 500
1994 Ed Jovanovski DEFENSE Florida Panthers 1128 137 363 500 1491
1992 Roman Hamrlik DEFENSE Tampa Bay Lightning 1395 155 483 638 1408
1982 Gord Kluzak DEFENSE Boston Bruins 299 25 98 123 543
1979 Rob Ramage DEFENSE Colorado Rockies 1044 139 425 564 2224
1976 Rick Green DEFENSE Washington Capitals 845 43 220 263 588
1974 Greg Joly DEFENSE Washington Capitals 365 21 76 97 250
1973 Denis Potvin DEFENSE New York Islanders 1060 310 742 1052 1356
1967 Rick Pagnutti DEFENSE Los Angeles Kings
1966 Barry Gibbs DEFENSE Boston Bruins 796 58 224 282 945
2023 Connor Bedard FORWARD Chicago Blackhawks
2022 Juraj Slafkovsky FORWARD Montreal Canadiens 39 4 6 10 33
2020 Alexis Lafreniere FORWARD New York Rangers 216 47 44 91 78
2019 Jack Hughes FORWARD New Jersey Devils 244 87 120 207 32
2017 Nico Hischier FORWARD New Jersey Devils 381 109 177 286 93
2016 Auston Matthews FORWARD Toronto Maple Leafs 481 299 243 542 94
2015 Connor McDavid FORWARD Edmonton Oilers 569 303 547 850 219
2013 Nathan MacKinnon FORWARD Colorado Avalanche 709 284 475 759 306
2012 Nail Yakupov FORWARD Edmonton Oilers 350 62 74 136 142
2011 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins FORWARD Edmonton Oilers 801 233 399 632 274
2010 Taylor Hall FORWARD Edmonton Oilers 822 264 429 693 442
2009 John Tavares FORWARD New York Islanders 1029 427 548 975 445
2008 Steven Stamkos FORWARD Tampa Bay Lightning 1003 515 541 1056 597
2007 Patrick Kane FORWARD Chicago Blackhawks 1180 451 786 1237 426
2005 Sidney Crosby FORWARD Pittsburgh Penguins 1190 550 952 1502 783
2004 Alex Ovechkin FORWARD Washington Capitals 1347 822 663 1485 797
2002 Rick Nash FORWARD Columbus Blue Jackets 1060 437 368 805 750
2001 Ilya Kovalchuk FORWARD Atlanta Thrashers 926 443 433 876 544
1999 Patrik Stefan FORWARD Atlanta Thrashers 455 64 124 188 158
1998 Vincent Lecavalier FORWARD Tampa Bay Lightning 1212 421 528 949 848
1997 Joe Thornton FORWARD Boston Bruins 1714 430 1109 1539 1272
1993 Alexandre Daigle FORWARD Ottawa Senators 616 129 198 327 186
1991 Eric Lindros FORWARD Quebec Nordiques 760 372 493 865 1398
1990 Owen Nolan FORWARD Quebec Nordiques 1200 422 463 885 1793
1989 Mats Sundin FORWARD Quebec Nordiques 1346 564 785 1349 1093
1988 Mike Modano FORWARD Minnesota North Stars 1499 561 813 1374 926
1987 Pierre Turgeon FORWARD Buffalo Sabres 1294 515 812 1327 452
1986 Joe Murphy FORWARD Detroit Red Wings 779 233 295 528 810
1985 Wendel Clark FORWARD Toronto Maple Leafs 793 330 234 564 1690
1984 Mario Lemieux FORWARD Pittsburgh Penguins 915 690 1033 1723 834
1983 Brian Lawton FORWARD Minnesota North Stars 483 112 154 266 401
1981 Dale Hawerchuk FORWARD Winnipeg Jets 1188 518 891 1409 740
1980 Doug Wickenheiser FORWARD Montreal Canadiens 556 111 165 276 286
1978 Bobby Smith FORWARD Minnesota North Stars 1077 357 679 1036 917
1977 Dale McCourt FORWARD Detroit Red Wings 532 194 284 478 124
1975 Mel Bridgman FORWARD Philadelphia Flyers 977 252 449 701 1625
1972 Billy Harris FORWARD New York Islanders 897 231 327 558 394
1971 Guy Lafleur FORWARD Montreal Canadiens 1126 560 793 1353 399
1970 Gilbert Perreault FORWARD Buffalo Sabres 1191 512 814 1326 500
1969 Rejean Houle FORWARD Montreal Canadiens 635 161 247 408 395
1965 Andre Veilleux FORWARD New York Rangers
1964 Claude Gauthier FORWARD Detroit Red Wings
1963 Garry Monahan FORWARD Montreal Canadiens 748 116 169 285 486
2003 Marc-Andre Fleury GOALIE Pittsburgh Penguins 985 0 21 21 80
2000 Rick DiPietro GOALIE New York Islanders 318 0 19 19 129
1968 Michel Plasse GOALIE Montreal Canadiens 299 0 9 9 52

Year Player Position Team GP SvPct WinPct GAA
2003 Marc-Andre Fleury GOALIE Pittsburgh Penguins 986 0.913 0.621 2.58
2000 Rick DiPietro GOALIE New York Islanders 319 0.902 0.490 2.87
1968 Michel Plasse GOALIE Montreal Canadiens 299 0.883 0.422 3.79