All players selected at Pick No. 8 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 | Jake O'Brien | Seattle Kraken | - | - | - | - | - | 66 | 32 | 66 | 98 | 18 |
| 2024 | C | Berkly Catton | Seattle Kraken | 42 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 68 | 54 | 62 | 116 | 41 |
| 2023 | RW | Ryan Leonard | Washington Capitals | 62 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 41 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 18 |
| 2022 | C | Marco Kasper | Detroit Red Wings | 136 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 63 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | D | Brandt Clarke | Los Angeles Kings | 160 | 14 | 56 | 70 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | RW | Jack Quinn | Buffalo Sabres | 236 | 51 | 83 | 134 | 53 | 62 | 52 | 37 | 89 | 32 |
| 2019 | D | Philip Broberg | Edmonton Oilers | 206 | 13 | 48 | 61 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | D | Adam Boqvist | Chicago Blackhawks | 264 | 27 | 73 | 100 | 56 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | C | Casey Mittelstadt | Buffalo Sabres | 486 | 93 | 172 | 265 | 110 | 24 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 2 |
| 2016 | LW | Alexander Nylander | Buffalo Sabres | 126 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 30 | 57 | 28 | 47 | 75 | 18 |
| 2015 | D | Zach Werenski | Columbus Blue Jackets | 620 | 133 | 314 | 447 | 158 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | C/RW | William Nylander | Toronto Maple Leafs | 727 | 280 | 386 | 666 | 198 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | D | Rasmus Ristolainen | Buffalo Sabres | 797 | 57 | 253 | 310 | 387 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | D | Derrick Pouliot | Pittsburgh Penguins | 226 | 8 | 46 | 54 | 91 | 72 | 11 | 48 | 59 | 79 |
| 2011 | C | Sean Couturier | Philadelphia Flyers | 931 | 211 | 359 | 570 | 369 | 58 | 36 | 60 | 96 | 36 |
| 2010 | C | Alexander Burmistrov | Atlanta Thrashers | 348 | 37 | 64 | 101 | 139 | 62 | 22 | 43 | 65 | 49 |
| 2009 | RW | Scott Glennie | Dallas Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 28 | 42 | 70 | 25 |
| 2008 | LW | Mikkel Boedker | Phoenix Coyotes | 709 | 118 | 209 | 327 | 116 | 62 | 29 | 44 | 73 | 14 |
| 2007 | C | Zach Hamill | Boston Bruins | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 69 | 32 | 61 | 93 | 90 |
| 2006 | C | Peter Mueller | Phoenix Coyotes | 297 | 63 | 97 | 160 | 98 | 52 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 44 |
| 2005 | RW | Devin Setoguchi | San Jose Sharks | 516 | 131 | 130 | 261 | 177 | 69 | 33 | 31 | 64 | 34 |
| 2004 | LW | Alexandre Picard | Columbus Blue Jackets | 67 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 69 | 39 | 41 | 80 | 88 |
| 2003 | D | Braydon Coburn | Atlanta Thrashers | 983 | 49 | 185 | 234 | 720 | 53 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 147 |
| 2002 | C | Pierre-Marc Bouchard | Minnesota Wild | 593 | 110 | 246 | 356 | 190 | 69 | 46 | 94 | 140 | 54 |
| 2001 | G | Pascal Leclaire | Columbus Blue Jackets | 173 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | RW | Nikita Alexeev | Tampa Bay Lightning | 159 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 28 | 64 | 24 | 29 | 53 | 42 |
| 1999 | LW | Taylor Pyatt | New York Islanders | 859 | 140 | 140 | 280 | 430 | 68 | 37 | 38 | 75 | 95 |
| 1998 | LW | Mark Bell | Chicago Blackhawks | 450 | 87 | 95 | 182 | 602 | 55 | 34 | 26 | 60 | 87 |
| 1997 | LW | Sergei Samsonov | Boston Bruins | 888 | 235 | 336 | 571 | 209 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1996 | D | Johnathan Aitken | Boston Bruins | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 71 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 131 |
| 1995 | LW | Terry Ryan | Montréal Canadiens | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 70 | 50 | 60 | 110 | 207 |
| 1994 | C | Jason Wiemer | Tampa Bay Lightning | 726 | 90 | 112 | 202 | 1420 | 72 | 45 | 51 | 96 | 236 |
| 1993 | RW | Niklas Sundstrom | New York Rangers | 750 | 117 | 232 | 349 | 256 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1992 | C | Brandon Convery | Toronto Maple Leafs | 72 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 36 | 44 | 40 | 26 | 66 | 44 |
| 1991 | D | Richard Matvichuk | Minnesota North Stars | 796 | 39 | 139 | 178 | 624 | 68 | 13 | 36 | 49 | 117 |
| 1990 | D | Derian Hatcher | Minnesota North Stars | 1045 | 80 | 251 | 331 | 1581 | 64 | 14 | 38 | 52 | 81 |
| 1989 | D | Jason Herter | Vancouver Canucks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1988 | C | Jeremy Roenick | Chicago Blackhawks | 1363 | 513 | 703 | 1216 | 1463 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1987 | G | Jimmy Waite | Chicago Blackhawks | 106 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | RW | Pat Elynuik | Winnipeg Jets (1979) | 506 | 154 | 188 | 342 | 459 | 68 | 53 | 53 | 106 | 62 |
| 1985 | LW | Brent Fedyk | Detroit Red Wings | 470 | 97 | 112 | 209 | 308 | 66 | 35 | 35 | 70 | 48 |
| 1984 | LW | Shayne Corson | Montréal Canadiens | 1156 | 273 | 420 | 693 | 2357 | 66 | 25 | 46 | 71 | 165 |
| 1983 | RW | Andrew McBain | Winnipeg Jets (1979) | 608 | 129 | 172 | 301 | 631 | 67 | 33 | 87 | 120 | 61 |
| 1982 | C | Rocky Trottier | New Jersey Devils | 38 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 36 |
| 1981 | G | Grant Fuhr | Edmonton Oilers | 868 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 120 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | D | Fred Arthur | Hartford Whalers | 80 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 67 | 5 | 70 | 75 | 105 |
| 1979 | D | Ray Bourque | Boston Bruins | 1612 | 410 | 1169 | 1579 | 1141 | 63 | 22 | 71 | 93 | 44 |
| 1978 | RW | Danny Geoffrion | Montréal Canadiens | 111 | 20 | 32 | 52 | 99 | 71 | 68 | 75 | 143 | 183 |
| 1977 | C | Lucien DeBlois | New York Rangers | 993 | 249 | 276 | 525 | 814 | 72 | 56 | 78 | 134 | 131 |
| 1976 | D | Dave Shand | Atlanta Flames | 421 | 19 | 84 | 103 | 544 | 62 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 169 |
| 1975 | D | Richard Mulhern | Atlanta Flames | 303 | 27 | 93 | 120 | 217 | 70 | 26 | 64 | 90 | 152 |
| 1974 | C | Pierre Larouche | Pittsburgh Penguins | 812 | 395 | 427 | 822 | 237 | 67 | 94 | 157 | 251 | 53 |
| 1973 | LW | Bob Gainey | Montréal Canadiens | 1160 | 239 | 262 | 501 | 585 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1972 | C | Dave Gardner | Montréal Canadiens | 350 | 75 | 115 | 190 | 41 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1971 | C | Larry Wright | Philadelphia Flyers | 106 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 59 | 24 | 60 | 84 | 43 |
| 1970 | C | Darryl Sittler | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1096 | 484 | 637 | 1121 | 948 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1969 | D | Andre Dupont | New York Rangers | 810 | 59 | 185 | 244 | 1986 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1968 | RW | Lew Morrison | Philadelphia Flyers | 564 | 39 | 52 | 91 | 107 | 56 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 31 |
| 1967 | RW | Elgin McCann | Montréal Canadiens | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1966 | LW | Joey Johnston | New York Rangers | 332 | 85 | 106 | 191 | 320 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1965 | RW | Bob Birdsell | Detroit Red Wings | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1964 | C | Jim Booth | Boston Bruins | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1963 | C | Bill Cosburn | Detroit Red Wings | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |