Pick No. 1 from 2025 to 1963 in the NHL Entry Draft

All players selected at Pick No. 1 in the NHL Entry Draft from 2025 to 1963. Includes NHL games, goals, assists, points, PIM, and junior totals.

Year	POS	Player	Drafted Team	NHL GP	NHL G	NHL A	NHL PTS	NHL PIM	JR GP	JR G	JR A	JR PTS	JR PIM
2025	D	Matthew Schaefer	New York Islanders	79	23	36	59	36	17	7	15	22	8
2024	C	Macklin Celebrini	San Jose Sharks	148	67	104	171	72	-	-	-	-	-
2023	C	Connor Bedard	Chicago Blackhawks	216	75	125	200	142	57	71	72	143	62
2022	LW	Juraj Slafkovsky	Montréal Canadiens	279	72	110	182	185	-	-	-	-	-
2021	D	Owen Power	Buffalo Sabres	321	27	110	137	86	-	-	-	-	-
2020	LW	Alexis Lafrenière	New York Rangers	459	116	132	248	176	52	35	77	112	50
2019	C	Jack Hughes	New Jersey Devils	426	167	257	424	70	24	12	36	48	4
2018	D	Rasmus Dahlin	Buffalo Sabres	585	102	330	432	452	-	-	-	-	-
2017	C	Nico Hischier	New Jersey Devils	606	197	287	484	154	57	38	48	86	24
2016	C	Auston Matthews	Toronto Maple Leafs	689	428	352	780	152	-	-	-	-	-
2015	C	Connor McDavid	Edmonton Oilers	791	408	807	1215	324	47	44	76	120	48
2014	D	Aaron Ekblad	Florida Panthers	804	122	284	406	560	58	23	30	53	91
2013	C	Nathan MacKinnon	Colorado Avalanche	947	419	722	1141	428	44	32	43	75	45
2012	RW	Nail Yakupov	Edmonton Oilers	350	62	74	136	142	42	31	38	69	30
2011	C	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	Edmonton Oilers	1028	290	513	803	353	69	31	75	106	51
2010	LW	Taylor Hall	Edmonton Oilers	988	302	485	787	526	57	40	66	106	56
2009	C	John Tavares	New York Islanders	1263	524	659	1183	549	56	58	46	104	54
2008	C	Steven Stamkos	Tampa Bay Lightning	1243	621	630	1251	733	61	58	47	105	88
2007	RW	Patrick Kane	Chicago Blackhawks	1366	508	891	1399	470	58	62	83	145	52
2006	D	Erik Johnson	St. Louis Blues	1023	95	253	348	555	11	4	11	15	10
2005	C	Sidney Crosby	Pittsburgh Penguins	1419	654	1107	1761	896	62	66	102	168	84
2004	LW	Alex Ovechkin	Washington Capitals	1570	928	756	1684	857	-	-	-	-	-
2003	G	Marc-Andre Fleury	Pittsburgh Penguins	1051	0	22	0	86	51	0	0	0	0
2002	LW	Rick Nash	Columbus Blue Jackets	1060	437	368	805	750	54	32	40	72	88
2001	F	Ilya Kovalchuk	Atlanta Thrashers	926	443	433	876	546	-	-	-	-	-
2000	G	Rick DiPietro	New York Islanders	318	0	19	0	129	-	-	-	-	-
1999	C	Patrik Stefan	Atlanta Thrashers	455	64	124	188	158	-	-	-	-	-
1998	C	Vincent Lecavalier	Tampa Bay Lightning	1212	421	528	949	848	58	44	71	115	117
1997	C	Joe Thornton	Boston Bruins	1714	430	1109	1539	1272	59	41	81	122	123
1996	D	Chris Phillips	Ottawa Senators	1179	71	217	288	758	61	10	30	40	97
1995	D	Bryan Berard	Ottawa Senators	619	76	247	323	500	58	20	55	75	97
1994	D	Ed Jovanovski	Florida Panthers	1128	137	363	500	1491	62	15	36	51	221
1993	C	Alexandre Daigle	Ottawa Senators	616	129	198	327	186	53	45	92	137	85
1992	D	Roman Hamrlik	Tampa Bay Lightning	1395	155	483	638	1408	-	-	-	-	-
1991	C	Eric Lindros	Quebec Nordiques	760	372	493	865	1398	57	71	78	149	189
1990	RW	Owen Nolan	Quebec Nordiques	1200	422	463	885	1793	58	51	59	110	240
1989	RW	Mats Sundin	Quebec Nordiques	1346	564	785	1349	1093	-	-	-	-	-
1988	C	Mike Modano	Minnesota North Stars	1499	561	813	1374	926	65	47	80	127	80
1987	C	Pierre Turgeon	Buffalo Sabres	1294	515	812	1327	452	58	69	85	154	8
1986	C	Joe Murphy	Detroit Red Wings	779	233	295	528	810	-	-	-	-	-
1985	LW/D	Wendel Clark	Toronto Maple Leafs	793	330	234	564	1690	64	32	55	87	253
1984	C	Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	915	690	1033	1723	834	70	133	149	282	92
1983	C	Brian Lawton	Minnesota North Stars	483	112	154	266	401	-	-	-	-	-
1982	D	Gord Kluzak	Boston Bruins	299	25	98	123	541	38	9	24	33	110
1981	C	Dale Hawerchuk	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	1188	518	891	1409	740	72	81	102	183	69
1980	C	Doug Wickenheiser	Montréal Canadiens	556	111	166	277	286	71	89	81	170	99
1979	D	Rob Ramage	Colorado Rockies	1044	139	425	564	2226	-	-	-	-	-
1978	C	Bobby Smith	Minnesota North Stars	1077	357	679	1036	919	61	69	123	192	44
1977	C	Dale McCourt	Detroit Red Wings	532	194	284	478	124	66	60	79	139	26
1976	D	Rick Green	Washington Capitals	845	43	220	263	588	61	13	47	60	69
1975	C	Mel Bridgman	Philadelphia Flyers	977	252	449	701	1625	66	66	91	157	175
1974	D	Greg Joly	Washington Capitals	365	21	76	97	250	67	21	71	92	103
1973	D	Denis Potvin	New York Islanders	1060	310	742	1052	1356	-	-	-	-	-
1972	RW	Billy Harris	New York Islanders	897	231	327	558	394	-	-	-	-	-
1971	RW	Guy Lafleur	Montréal Canadiens	1126	560	793	1353	399	62	130	79	209	135
1970	C	Gilbert Perreault	Buffalo Sabres	1191	512	814	1326	500	-	-	-	-	-
1969	LW	Rejean Houle	Montréal Canadiens	634	161	247	408	395	-	-	-	-	-
1968	G	Michel Plasse	Montréal Canadiens	298	0	9	0	62	30	0	0	0	0
1967	D	Rick Pagnutti	Los Angeles Kings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	D	Barry Gibbs	Boston Bruins	797	58	224	282	945	59	3	23	26	45
1965	RW	Andre Veilleux	New York Rangers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	F	Claude Gauthier	Detroit Red Wings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1963	LW	Garry Monahan	Montréal Canadiens	748	116	169	285	486	-	-	-	-	-