All players selected at Pick No. 6 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 | R | Porter Martone | Philadelphia Flyers | - | - | - | - | - | 57 | 37 | 61 | 98 | 74 |
| 2024 | C | Tij Iginla | Utah | - | - | - | - | - | 64 | 47 | 37 | 84 | 35 |
| 2023 | D | Dmitriy Simashev | Arizona Coyotes | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | D | David Jiricek | Columbus Blue Jackets | 84 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | D | Simon Edvinsson | Detroit Red Wings | 152 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 144 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | D | Jamie Drysdale | Anaheim Ducks | 272 | 22 | 71 | 93 | 78 | 49 | 9 | 38 | 47 | 24 |
| 2019 | D | Moritz Seider | Detroit Red Wings | 387 | 36 | 183 | 219 | 208 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | RW | Filip Zadina | Detroit Red Wings | 262 | 41 | 50 | 91 | 40 | 57 | 44 | 38 | 82 | 36 |
| 2017 | C | Cody Glass | Vegas Golden Knights | 299 | 48 | 64 | 112 | 93 | 69 | 32 | 62 | 94 | 36 |
| 2016 | LW | Matthew Tkachuk | Calgary Flames | 653 | 244 | 401 | 645 | 721 | 57 | 30 | 77 | 107 | 80 |
| 2015 | C | Pavel Zacha | New Jersey Devils | 683 | 140 | 239 | 379 | 193 | 37 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 56 |
| 2014 | RW | Jake Virtanen | Vancouver Canucks | 317 | 55 | 45 | 100 | 219 | 71 | 45 | 26 | 71 | 100 |
| 2013 | C | Sean Monahan | Calgary Flames | 871 | 273 | 349 | 622 | 213 | 58 | 31 | 47 | 78 | 24 |
| 2012 | D | Hampus Lindholm | Anaheim Ducks | 806 | 77 | 255 | 332 | 485 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2011 | C | Mika Zibanejad | Ottawa Senators | 987 | 337 | 455 | 792 | 267 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2010 | RW | Brett Connolly | Tampa Bay Lightning | 536 | 101 | 94 | 195 | 241 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 8 |
| 2009 | D | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | Phoenix Coyotes | 1118 | 156 | 379 | 535 | 722 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2008 | LW | Nikita Filatov | Columbus Blue Jackets | 53 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 | F | Sam Gagner | Edmonton Oilers | 1043 | 197 | 332 | 529 | 450 | 53 | 35 | 83 | 118 | 36 |
| 2006 | C | Derick Brassard | Columbus Blue Jackets | 1013 | 215 | 330 | 545 | 465 | 58 | 44 | 72 | 116 | 92 |
| 2005 | C | Gilbert Brule | Columbus Blue Jackets | 299 | 43 | 52 | 95 | 156 | 70 | 39 | 48 | 87 | 169 |
| 2004 | G | Al Montoya | New York Rangers | 168 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2003 | RW | Milan Michalek | San Jose Sharks | 747 | 208 | 238 | 446 | 394 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2002 | RW | Scottie Upshall | Nashville Predators | 759 | 138 | 146 | 284 | 615 | 61 | 32 | 51 | 83 | 139 |
| 2001 | C | Mikko Koivu | Minnesota Wild | 1035 | 206 | 505 | 711 | 594 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2000 | RW | Scott Hartnell | Nashville Predators | 1249 | 327 | 380 | 707 | 1809 | 62 | 27 | 55 | 82 | 124 |
| 1999 | G | Brian Finley | Nashville Predators | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | LW | Rico Fata | Calgary Flames | 230 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 104 | 64 | 43 | 33 | 76 | 110 |
| 1997 | C | Daniel Tkaczuk | Calgary Flames | 19 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 62 | 45 | 48 | 93 | 49 |
| 1996 | C | Boyd Devereaux | Edmonton Oilers | 627 | 67 | 112 | 179 | 205 | 66 | 20 | 38 | 58 | 35 |
| 1995 | C | Steve Kelly | Edmonton Oilers | 149 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 83 | 68 | 31 | 41 | 72 | 153 |
| 1994 | LW | Ryan Smyth | Edmonton Oilers | 1270 | 386 | 456 | 842 | 976 | 72 | 50 | 55 | 105 | 88 |
| 1993 | C | Viktor Kozlov | San Jose Sharks | 897 | 198 | 339 | 537 | 248 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1992 | LW | Cory Stillman | Calgary Flames | 1025 | 278 | 449 | 727 | 489 | 53 | 29 | 61 | 90 | 59 |
| 1991 | C | Peter Forsberg | Philadelphia Flyers | 708 | 249 | 636 | 885 | 690 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | C | Scott Scissons | New York Islanders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 40 | 47 | 87 | 81 |
| 1989 | D | Adam Bennett | Chicago Blackhawks | 69 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 69 | 66 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 133 |
| 1988 | LW | Scott Pearson | Toronto Maple Leafs | 292 | 56 | 42 | 98 | 615 | 46 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 117 |
| 1987 | C | Dave Archibald | Minnesota North Stars | 323 | 57 | 67 | 124 | 139 | 65 | 50 | 57 | 107 | 40 |
| 1986 | C | Vincent Damphousse | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1378 | 432 | 773 | 1205 | 1188 | 69 | 45 | 110 | 155 | 70 |
| 1985 | RW | Brad Dalgarno | New York Islanders | 321 | 49 | 71 | 120 | 332 | 66 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 86 |
| 1984 | D | Craig Redmond | Los Angeles Kings | 191 | 16 | 68 | 84 | 134 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1983 | RW | John MacLean | New Jersey Devils | 1194 | 413 | 429 | 842 | 1328 | 66 | 47 | 51 | 98 | 138 |
| 1982 | D | Phil Housley | Buffalo Sabres | 1495 | 338 | 894 | 1232 | 822 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1981 | D | Jim Benning | Toronto Maple Leafs | 605 | 52 | 191 | 243 | 461 | 72 | 28 | 111 | 139 | 61 |
| 1980 | D | Paul Coffey | Edmonton Oilers | 1409 | 396 | 1135 | 1531 | 1802 | 75 | 29 | 73 | 102 | 193 |
| 1979 | D | Craig Hartsburg | Minnesota North Stars | 570 | 98 | 315 | 413 | 815 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1978 | D | Behn Wilson | Philadelphia Flyers | 601 | 98 | 261 | 359 | 1480 | 52 | 18 | 58 | 76 | 186 |
| 1977 | D | Doug Wilson | Chicago Blackhawks | 1024 | 237 | 590 | 827 | 830 | 43 | 25 | 54 | 79 | 85 |
| 1976 | RW | Don Murdoch | New York Rangers | 320 | 121 | 117 | 238 | 155 | 70 | 88 | 77 | 165 | 202 |
| 1975 | C | Don Ashby | Toronto Maple Leafs | 188 | 40 | 56 | 96 | 40 | 70 | 52 | 68 | 120 | 71 |
| 1974 | D | Doug Hicks | Minnesota North Stars | 561 | 37 | 131 | 168 | 442 | 68 | 13 | 48 | 61 | 102 |
| 1973 | C | Andre Savard | Boston Bruins | 790 | 211 | 271 | 482 | 411 | 56 | 67 | 84 | 151 | 147 |
| 1972 | G | Michel Larocque | Montréal Canadiens | 312 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1971 | D | Ron Jones | Boston Bruins | 54 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 63 | 11 | 40 | 51 | 46 |
| 1970 | RW | Chuck Lefley | Montréal Canadiens | 407 | 128 | 164 | 292 | 137 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| 1969 | RW | Bob Currier | Philadelphia Flyers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1968 | G | Gary Edwards | St. Louis Blues | 286 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 48 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1967 | LW | Bob Dickson | New York Rangers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1966 | RW | Steve Atkinson | Detroit Red Wings | 302 | 60 | 51 | 111 | 104 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1965 | G | George Surmay | New York Rangers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1964 | D | Claude Chagnon | Montréal Canadiens | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1963 | C | Walt McKechnie | Toronto Maple Leafs | 955 | 214 | 392 | 606 | 469 | - | - | - | - | - |