All players selected at Pick No. 4 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 | C | Caleb Desnoyers | Utah Mammoth | - | - | - | - | - | 56 | 35 | 49 | 84 | 39 |
| 2024 | C | Cayden Lindstrom | Columbus Blue Jackets | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | 27 | 19 | 46 | 66 |
| 2023 | C | Will Smith | San Jose Sharks | 116 | 35 | 49 | 84 | 32 | 20 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 20 |
| 2022 | C | Shane Wright | Seattle Kraken | 151 | 35 | 38 | 73 | 28 | 63 | 32 | 62 | 94 | 22 |
| 2021 | D | Luke Hughes | New Jersey Devils | 204 | 22 | 97 | 119 | 68 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 |
| 2020 | LW | Lucas Raymond | Detroit Red Wings | 376 | 117 | 197 | 314 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | D | Bowen Byram | Colorado Avalanche | 303 | 43 | 95 | 138 | 202 | 67 | 26 | 45 | 71 | 80 |
| 2018 | LW | Brady Tkachuk | Ottawa Senators | 549 | 205 | 236 | 441 | 784 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | D | Cale Makar | Colorado Avalanche | 450 | 131 | 354 | 485 | 130 | 54 | 24 | 51 | 75 | 18 |
| 2016 | RW | Jesse Puljujarvi | Edmonton Oilers | 387 | 58 | 70 | 128 | 139 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | C | Mitchell Marner | Toronto Maple Leafs | 714 | 237 | 562 | 799 | 214 | 63 | 44 | 82 | 126 | 53 |
| 2014 | C | Sam Bennett | Calgary Flames | 748 | 181 | 197 | 378 | 742 | 57 | 36 | 55 | 91 | 118 |
| 2013 | D | Seth Jones | Nashville Predators | 900 | 105 | 360 | 465 | 324 | 61 | 14 | 42 | 56 | 33 |
| 2012 | D | Griffin Reinhart | New York Islanders | 37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 58 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 38 |
| 2011 | D | Adam Larsson | New Jersey Devils | 986 | 57 | 199 | 256 | 567 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2010 | C | Ryan Johansen | Columbus Blue Jackets | 905 | 202 | 376 | 578 | 546 | 71 | 25 | 44 | 69 | 53 |
| 2009 | C | Evander Kane | Atlanta Thrashers | 986 | 335 | 307 | 642 | 1262 | 61 | 48 | 48 | 96 | 89 |
| 2008 | D | Alex Pietrangelo | St. Louis Blues | 1087 | 148 | 489 | 637 | 355 | 60 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 94 |
| 2007 | D | Thomas Hickey | Los Angeles Kings | 456 | 22 | 95 | 117 | 190 | 68 | 9 | 41 | 50 | 70 |
| 2006 | C | Nicklas Backstrom | Washington Capitals | 1105 | 271 | 762 | 1033 | 504 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2005 | LW | Benoit Pouliot | Minnesota Wild | 625 | 130 | 133 | 263 | 371 | 67 | 29 | 38 | 67 | 102 |
| 2004 | LW | Andrew Ladd | Carolina Hurricanes | 1001 | 256 | 294 | 550 | 615 | 71 | 30 | 45 | 75 | 119 |
| 2003 | F | Nikolay Zherdev | Columbus Blue Jackets | 421 | 115 | 146 | 261 | 225 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2002 | D | Joni Pitkanen | Philadelphia Flyers | 535 | 57 | 225 | 282 | 484 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2001 | C | Stephen Weiss | Florida Panthers | 732 | 156 | 267 | 423 | 341 | 62 | 40 | 47 | 87 | 45 |
| 2000 | D | Rostislav Klesla | Columbus Blue Jackets | 659 | 48 | 111 | 159 | 620 | 67 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 174 |
| 1999 | RW | Pavel Brendl | New York Rangers | 78 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 16 | 68 | 73 | 61 | 134 | 40 |
| 1998 | D | Bryan Allen | Vancouver Canucks | 721 | 29 | 107 | 136 | 839 | 48 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 126 |
| 1997 | G | Roberto Luongo | New York Islanders | 1044 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 46 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | LW | Alexander Volchkov | Washington Capitals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 37 | 27 | 64 | 36 |
| 1995 | LW | Chad Kilger | Anaheim Ducks | 714 | 107 | 111 | 218 | 363 | 65 | 42 | 53 | 95 | 95 |
| 1994 | C | Jason Bonsignore | Edmonton Oilers | 79 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 34 | 58 | 22 | 64 | 86 | 63 |
| 1993 | LW | Paul Kariya | Anaheim Ducks | 989 | 402 | 587 | 989 | 399 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1992 | LW | Todd Warriner | Quebec Nordiques | 453 | 65 | 89 | 154 | 249 | 50 | 41 | 41 | 82 | 64 |
| 1991 | D | Scott Lachance | New York Islanders | 819 | 31 | 112 | 143 | 567 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | C | Mike Ricci | Philadelphia Flyers | 1099 | 243 | 362 | 605 | 974 | 60 | 52 | 64 | 116 | 39 |
| 1989 | C | Stu Barnes | Winnipeg Jets (1979) | 1136 | 261 | 336 | 597 | 438 | 70 | 59 | 82 | 141 | 117 |
| 1988 | LW | Darrin Shannon | Pittsburgh Penguins | 506 | 87 | 163 | 250 | 344 | 43 | 33 | 41 | 74 | 49 |
| 1987 | D | Wayne McBean | Los Angeles Kings | 211 | 10 | 39 | 49 | 168 | 71 | 12 | 41 | 53 | 163 |
| 1986 | D | Zarley Zalapski | Pittsburgh Penguins | 637 | 99 | 285 | 384 | 684 | 27 | 20 | 33 | 53 | 46 |
| 1985 | RW | Jim Sandlak | Vancouver Canucks | 549 | 110 | 119 | 229 | 821 | 58 | 40 | 24 | 64 | 128 |
| 1984 | D | Al Iafrate | Toronto Maple Leafs | 799 | 152 | 311 | 463 | 1301 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 1983 | C | Steve Yzerman | Detroit Red Wings | 1514 | 692 | 1063 | 1755 | 924 | 56 | 42 | 49 | 91 | 33 |
| 1982 | C | Ron Sutter | Philadelphia Flyers | 1093 | 205 | 330 | 535 | 1354 | 59 | 38 | 54 | 92 | 207 |
| 1981 | C | Ron Francis | Hartford Whalers | 1731 | 549 | 1249 | 1798 | 977 | 64 | 26 | 43 | 69 | 33 |
| 1980 | D | Larry Murphy | Los Angeles Kings | 1615 | 288 | 929 | 1217 | 1084 | 68 | 21 | 68 | 89 | 88 |
| 1979 | RW | Mike Gartner | Washington Capitals | 1432 | 708 | 627 | 1335 | 1159 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1978 | C | Bill Derlago | Vancouver Canucks | 555 | 189 | 227 | 416 | 247 | 52 | 89 | 63 | 152 | 105 |
| 1977 | LW | Jere Gillis | Vancouver Canucks | 386 | 78 | 95 | 173 | 230 | 72 | 55 | 85 | 140 | 80 |
| 1976 | RW | Fred Williams | Detroit Red Wings | 44 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 72 | 31 | 87 | 118 | 129 |
| 1975 | D | Bryan Maxwell | Minnesota North Stars | 330 | 18 | 77 | 95 | 745 | 63 | 14 | 50 | 64 | 288 |
| 1974 | LW | Clark Gillies | New York Islanders | 958 | 319 | 378 | 697 | 1025 | 65 | 46 | 66 | 112 | 179 |
| 1973 | RW | Lanny McDonald | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1111 | 500 | 506 | 1006 | 899 | 68 | 62 | 77 | 139 | 84 |
| 1972 | LW | Steve Shutt | Montréal Canadiens | 930 | 424 | 393 | 817 | 410 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1971 | C | Gene Carr | St. Louis Blues | 465 | 79 | 136 | 215 | 365 | 62 | 36 | 68 | 104 | 150 |
| 1970 | C | Rick MacLeish | Boston Bruins | 846 | 349 | 410 | 759 | 434 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1969 | RW | Frank Spring | Boston Bruins | 61 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 12 | 41 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 60 |
| 1968 | C | Garry Swain | Pittsburgh Penguins | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1967 | D | Wayne Cheesman | Minnesota North Stars | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1966 | C | John Wright | Toronto Maple Leafs | 127 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 67 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1965 | F | Joe Bailey | Boston Bruins | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1964 | C | Richie Bayes | Chicago Blackhawks | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1963 | RW | Al Osborne | New York Rangers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |