
| 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 |
| 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 |
| Other First Round Picks: |
| prior to 1969 | 1969-79 | 1980-89 | 1990-99 | 2000-present |
| 1999 | ||||
| Player | Pos | Claimed By | Amateur Club | |
| 1 | STEFAN, Patrik | C | ATL | Long Beach (IHL) |
| 2 | SEDIN, Daniel | LW | VAN | MoDo |
| 3 | SEDIN, Henrik | C | VAN | MoDo |
| 4 | BRENDL, Pavel | RW | NYR | Calgary |
| 5 | CONNOLLY, Tim | C | NYI | Erie |
| 6 | FINLEY, Brian | G | NSH | Barrie |
| 7 | BEECH, Kris | C | WSH | Calgary |
| 8 | PYATT, Taylor | LW | NYI | Sudbury |
| 9 | LUNDMARK, Jamie | C | NYR | Moose Jaw |
| 10 | MEZEI, Branislav | D | NYI | Belleville |
| 11 | SAPRYKIN, Oleg | LW | CGY | Seattle |
| 12 | SHVIDKI, Denis | RW | FLA | Barrie |
| 13 | RITA, Jani | RW | EDM | Jokerit |
| 14 | JILLSON, Jeff | D | SJ | U. of Michigan |
| 15 | KELMAN, Scott | C | PHX | Seattle |
| 16 | TANABE, David | D | CAR | U. of Wisconsin |
| 17 | JACKMAN, Barret | D | STL | Regina |
| 18 | KOLTSOV, Konstantin | LW | PIT | Cherepovec |
| 19 | SAFRONOV, Kiril | D | PHX | St. Petersburg |
| 20 | HEISTEN, Barrett | LW | BUF | U. of Maine |
| 21 | BOYNTON, Nick | D | BOS | Ottawa |
| 22 | OUELLET, Maxime | G | PHI | Quebec |
| 23 | McCARTHY, Steve | D | CHI | Kootenay |
| 24 | CEREDA, Luca | C | TOR | Ambri (SWZ) |
| 25 | KULESHOV, Mihail | LW | COL | Cherepovec |
| 26 | HAVLAT, Martin | LW | OTT | Trinec |
| 27 | AHONEN, Ari | G | NJ | Jyvaskyla |
| 28 | KUDROC, Kristian | D | NYI | Michalovce |
| 1998 | ||||
| Player | Pos | Claimed By | Amateur Club | |
| 1 | LECAVALIER, Vincent | C | TB | Rimouski |
| 2 | LEGWAND, David | C | NSH | Plymouth |
| 3 | STUART, Brad | D | SJ | Rregina |
| 4 | ALLEN, Bryan | D | VAN | Oshawa |
| 5 | VISHNEVSKY, Vitali | D | ANA | Yaroslav(2) |
| 6 | FATA, Rico | C | CGY | London |
| 7 | MALHOTRA, Manny | C | NYR | Guelph |
| 8 | BELL, Mark | LW | CHI | Ottawa |
| 9 | RUPP, Michael | LW | NYI | Erie |
| 10 | ANTROPOV, Nikolai | C | TOR | Torpedo |
| 11 | HEEREMA, Jeff | RW | CAR | Sarnia |
| 12 | TANGUAY, Alex | C | COL | Halifax |
| 13 | HENRICH, Michael | RW | EDM | Barrie |
| 14 | DESROCHERS, Patrick | G | PHX | Sarnia |
| 15 | CHOUINARD, Mathieu | G | OTT | Shawinigan |
| 16 | CHOUINARD, Eric | C | MTL | Quebec |
| 17 | SKOULA, Martin | D | COL | Barrie |
| 18 | KALININ, Dimitri | D | BUF | Traktor |
| 19 | REGEHR, Robyn | D | COL | Kamloops |
| 20 | PARKER, Scott | D | COL | Kelowna |
| 21 | BIRON, Mathieu | D | LA | Shawinigan |
| 22 | GAGNE, Simon | C | PHI | Quebec |
| 23 | KRAFT, Milan | C | PIT | Plzen |
| 24 | BACKMAN, Christian | D | STL | Frolunda |
| 25 | FISCHER, Jiri | D | DET | Hull |
| 26 | VAN RYN, Mike | D | NJ | U. of Michigan |
| 27 | GOMEZ, Scott | C | NJ | Tri-City |
| 1997 | ||||
| Player | Pos | Claimed By | Amateur Club | |
| 1 | THORNTON, Joe | C | BOS | Sault Ste-Marie |
| 2 | MARLEAU, Patrick | C | SJ | Seattle |
| 3 | JOKINEN, Olli | C | LA | HIFK Helsinki |
| 4 | LUONGO, Roberto | G | TOR-NYI | Val d'Or |
| 5 | BREWER, Eric | D | NYI | Prince George |
| 6 | TKACZUK, Daniel | C | CGY | Barrie |
| 7 | MARA, Paul | D | TB | Sudbury |
| 8 | SAMSONOV, Sergei | LW | CAR-BOS | Detroit |
| 9 | BOYNTON, Nicholas | D | WSH | Ottawa |
| 10 | FERENCE, Brad | D | VAN | Spokane |
| 11 | WARD, Jason | RW | MTL | Erie |
| 12 | HOSSA, Marian | LW | OTT | Dukla Trencin |
| 13 | CLEARY, Daniel | LW | CHI | Belleville |
| 14 | RIESEN, Michel | LW | EDM | Biel-Bienne |
| 15 | ZULTEK, Matt | LW | STL-EDM-STL-LA | Ottawa |
| 16 | JONES, Ty | RW | PHX-CHI | Spokane |
| 17 | DOME, Robert | RW | PIT | Long Beach-Las Vegas |
| 18 | HOLMQVIST, Mikael | C | ANA | Djurgarden |
| 19 | CHERNESKI, Stefan | RW | NYR | Brandon |
| 20 | BROWN, Mike | C | FLA | Red Deer |
| 21 | NORONEN, Mika | G | BUF | Tappara Tampere |
| 22 | TSELIOS, Nikos | D | DET-CAR | Belleville |
| 23 | HANNAN, Scott | D | PHI-CAR-SJ | Kelowna |
| 24 | DAMPHOUSSE, J-F. | G | NJ | Moncton |
| 25 | MORROW, Brenden | LW | DAL | Portland |
| 26 | GRIMES, Kevin | D | COL | Kingston |
| 1996 | ||||
| Player | Pos | Claimed By | Amateur Club | |
| 1 | PHILLIPS, Chris | D | OTT | Prince Albert |
| 2 | ZYUZIN, Andrei | D | SJ | Salavat Yulayev UFA |
| 3 | DUMONT, Jean-Pierre | RW | NYI | Val d'Or |
| 4 | VOLCHKOV, Alexander | C | LA-WSH | Barrie |
| 5 | JACKMAN, Richard | D | DAL | Sault Ste. Marie |
| 6 | DEVEREAUX, Boyd | C | EDM | Kitchener |
| 7 | RASMUSSEN, Erik | C | BUF | U. of Minnesota |
| 8 | AITKEN, Johnathan | D | HFD-BOS | Medicine Hat |
| 9 | SALEI, Ruslan | D | ANA | Las Vegas |
| 10 | WARD, Lance | D | NJ | Red Deer |
| 11 | FOCHT, Dan | D | PHX | Tri-City |
| 12 | HOLDEN, Josh | C | VAN | Regina |
| 13 | MORRIS, Derek | D | CGY | Regina |
| 14 | REASONER, Marty | C | STL-EDM-STL | Boston College |
| 15 | ZUBRUS, Dainius | RW | TOR-PHI | Pembroke |
| 16 | LAROCQUE, Mario | D | TB | Hull |
| 17 | SVEJKOVSKY, Jaroslav | RW | WSH | Tri-City |
| 18 | HIGGINS, Matt | C | MTL | Moose Jaw |
| 19 | DESCOTEAUX, Matthieu | D | BOS-EDM | Shawinigan |
| 20 | NILSON, Marcus | LW | FLA | Djurgarden Stockholm |
| 21 | STURM, Marco | C | CHI-SJ | Landshut |
| 22 | BROWN, Jeff | D | NYR | Sarnia |
| 23 | HILLIER, Craig | G | PIT | Ottawa |
| 24 | BRIERE, Daniel | C | PHI-PHX | Drummondville |
| 25 | RATCHUK, Peter | D | COL | Shattuck St. Mary's |
| 26 | WALLIN, Jesse | D | DET | Red Deer |
| 1995 | ||||
| Player | Pos | Claimed By | Amateur Club | |
| 1 | BERARD, Bryan | D | OTT | Detroit |
| 2 | REDDEN, Wade | D | NYI | Brandon |
| 3 | BERG, Aki-Petteri | D | LA | Kiekko-67 Turku |
| 4 | KILGER, Chad | C | ANA | Kingston |
| 5 | LANGKOW, Daymond | C | TB | Tri-City |
| 6 | KELLY, Steve | C | EDM | Prince Albert |
| 7 | DOAN, Shane | RW | WPG | Kamloops |
| 8 | RYAN, Terry | LW | MTL | Tri-City |
| 9 | MCLAREN, Kyle | D | HFD-BOS | Tacoma |
| 10 | DVORAK, Radek | LW | FLA | C Ceske-Budejovice |
| 11 | IGINLA, Jarome | RW | DAL | Kamloops |
| 12 | RIIHIJARVI, Teemu | RW | SJ | Kiekko Espoo Jr. |
| 13 | GIGUERE, J-Sebastien | G | NYR-HFD | Halifax |
| 14 | MCKEE, Jay | D | VAN-BUF | Niagara Falls |
| 15 | WARE, Jeff | D | TOR | Oshawa |
| 16 | BIRON, Martin | G | BUF | Beauport |
| 17 | CHURCH, Brad | LW | WSH | Prince Albert |
| 18 | SYKORA, Petr | C | NJ | Detroit |
| 19 | NABOKOV, Dmitri | C | CHI | Krylja Sovetov |
| 20 | GAUTHIER, Denis Jr. | D | CGY | Drummondville |
| 21 | BROWN, Sean | D | BOS | Belleville |
| 22 | BOUCHER, Brian | G | PHI | Tri-City |
| 23 | ELOMO, Miika | LW | STL-WSH | Kiekko-67 Turku |
| 24 | MOROZOV, Alexei | RW | PIT | Krylja Sovetov |
| 25 | DENIS, Marc | G | COL | Chicoutimi |
| 26 | KUZNETSOV, Maxim | D | DET | Dynamo Moscow |
| 1994 | ||||
| Player | Pos | Claimed By | Amateur Club | |
| 1 | JOVANOVSKI, Ed | D | FLA | Windsor |
| 2 | TVERDOVSKY, Oleg | D | ANA | Soviet Wings |
| 3 | BONK, Radek | C | OTT | Las Vegas |
| 4 | BONSIGNORE, Jason | C | WPG-EDM | Niagara Falls |
| 5 | O'NEILL, Jeff | C | HFD | Guelph |
| 6 | SMYTH, Ryan | LW | EDM | Moose Jaw |
| 7 | STORR, Jamie | G | LA | Owen Sound |
| 8 | WIEMER, Jason | C | TB | Portland |
| 9 | LINDROS, Brett | RW | QUE-NYI | Kingston |
| 10 | BAUMGARTNER, N. | D | PHI-QUE-TOR-WSH | Kamloops |
| 11 | FRIESEN, Jeff | C | SJ | Regina |
| 12 | BELAK, Wade | D | NYI-QUE | Saskatoon |
| 13 | OHLUND, Mattias | D | VAN | Pitea |
| 14 | MOREAU, Ethan | LW | CHI | Niagara Falls |
| 15 | KHARLAMOV, Alexander | C | WSH | CSKA Moscow |
| 16 | FICHAUD, Eric | G | STL-WSH-TOR | Chicoutimi |
| 17 | PRIMEAU, Wayne | C | BUF | Owen Sound |
| 18 | BROWN, Brad | D | MTL | North Bay |
| 19 | DINGMAN, Chris | LW | CGY | Brandon |
| 20 | BOTTERILL, Jason | LW | DAL | U of Michigan |
| 21 | RYABCHIKOV, Evgeni | G | BOS | Molot Perm |
| 22 | KEALTY, Jeffrey | D | TOR-QUE | Catholic Memorial |
| 23 | GOLUBOVSKY, Yan | D | DET | CSKA Jr. Moscow |
| 24 | WELLS, Chris | C | PIT | Seattle |
| 25 | SHARIFIJANOV, Vadim | RW | NJ | Salavat Yulayev UFA |
| 26 | CLOUTIER, Dan | G | NYR | Sault Ste. Marie |
| 1993 | ||||
| Player | Pos | Claimed By | Amateur Club | |
| 1 | DAIGLE, Alexandre | C | OTT | Victoriaville |
| 2 | PRONGER, Chris | D | SJ-HFD | Peterborough |
| 3 | GRATTON, Chris | C | TB | Kingston |
| 4 | KARIYA, Paul | LW | ANA | U of Maine |
| 5 | NIEDERMAYER, Rob | C | FLA | Medicine Hat |
| 6 | KOZLOV, Viktor | LW | HFD-SJ | Dynamo Moscow |
| 7 | ARNOTT, Jason | C | EDM | Oshawa |
| 8 | SUNDSTROM, Niklas | LW | NYR | Modo |
| 9 | HARVEY, Todd | C | DAL | Detroit |
| 10 | THIBAULT, Jocelyn | G | PHI-QUE | Sherbrooke |
| 11 | WITT, Brendan | D | STL-WSH | Seattle |
| 12 | JONSSON, Kenny | D | BUF-TOR | Rogle |
| 13 | PEDERSON, Denis | C | NJ | Prince Albert |
| 14 | DEADMARSH, Adam | C | NYI-QUE | Portland |
| 15 | LINDGREN, Mats | C | WPG | Skellftea |
| 16 | STAJDUHAR, Nick | D | LA-EDM | London |
| 17 | ALLISON, Jason | C | WSH | London |
| 18 | MATTSSON, Jesper | C | CGY | Malmo |
| 19 | WILSON, Landon | RW | TOR | Dubuque Jr. A |
| 20 | WILSON, Mike | D | VAN | Sudbury |
| 21 | KOIVU, Saku | C | MTL | TPS Turku |
| 22 | ERIKSSON, Anders | D | DET | Modo |
| 23 | BERTUZZI, Todd | C | QUE-NYI | Guelph |
| 24 | LECOMPTE, Eric | LW | CHI | Hull |
| 25 | ADAMS, Kevyn | C | BOS | Miami-Ohio |
| 26 | BERGQVIST, Stefan | D | PIT | Leksand |
| 1992 | ||||
| Player | Pos | Claimed By | Amateur Club | |
| 1 | HAMRLIK, Roman | D | TB | ZPS Zlin |
| 2 | YASHIN, Alexei | C | OTT | Dynamo Moscow |
| 3 | RATHJE, Mike | D | SJ | Medicine Hat |
| 4 | WARRINER, Todd | LW | QUE | Windsor |
| 5 | KASPARAITIS, Darius | D | TOR-NYI | Dynamo Moscow |
| 6 | STILLMAN, Cory | C | CGY | Windsor |
| 7 | SITTLER, Ryan | LW | PHI | Nichols |
| 8 | CONVERY, Brandon | C | TOR | Sudbury |
| 9 | PETROVICKY, Robert | C | HFD | Dukla Trencin |
| 10 | NAZAROV, Andrei | LW | MIN-SJ | Dynamo Moscow |
| 11 | COOPER, David | D | BUF | Medicine Hat |
| 12 | KRIVOKRASOV, Sergei | RW | WPG-CHI | CSKA Moscow |
| 13 | HULBIG, Joe | LW | EDM | St. Sebastian's |
| 14 | GONCHAR, Sergei | D | STL-WSH | Chelyabinsk |
| 15 | BOWEN, Jason | LW | LA-PIT-PHI | Tri-City |
| 16 | KVARTALNOV, Dmitri | LW | BOS | San Diego |
| 17 | BAUTIN, Sergei | D | CHI-WPG | Dynamo Moscow |
| 18 | SMITH, Jason | D | NJ | Regina |
| 19 | STRAKA, Martin | C | PIT | Skoda Plzen |
| 20 | WILKIE, David | D | MTL | Kamloops |
| 21 | POLASEK, Libor | C | VAN | TJ Vitkovice |
| 22 | BOWEN, Curtis | LW | DET | Ottawa |
| 23 | MARSHALL, Grant | RW | WSH-TOR | Ottawa |
| 24 | FERRARO, Peter | C | NYR | Waterloo Jr. A |
| 1991 | ||||
| Player | Pos | Claimed By | Amateur Club | |
| 1 | LINDROS, Eric | C | QUE | Oshawa |
| 2 | FALLOON, Pat | RW | SJ | Spokane |
| 3 | NIEDERMAYER, Scott | D | TOR-NJ | Kamloops |
| 4 | LACHANCE, Scott | D | NYI | Boston Univ. |
| 5 | WARD, Aaron | D | WPG | Univ. of Michigan |
| 6 | FORSBERG, Peter | C | PHI | MoDo |
| 7 | STOJANOV, Alex | RW | VAN | Hamilton |
| 8 | MATVICHUK, Richard | D | MIN | Saskatoon |
| 9 | POULIN, Patrick | LW | HFD | St-Hyacinthe |
| 10 | LAPOINTE, Martin | RW | DET | Laval |
| 11 | ROLSTON, Brian | C | NJ | Detroit Comp. Jr A |
| 12 | WRIGHT, Tyler | C | EDM | Swift Current |
| 13 | BOUCHER, Phillipe | D | BUF | Granby |
| 14 | PEAKE, Pat | C | WSH | Detroit |
| 15 | KOVALEV, Alexei | RW | NYR | Dynamo Moscow |
| 16 | NASLUND, Markus | RW | PIT | MoDo |
| 17 | BILODEAU, Brent | D | MTL | Seattle |
| 18 | MURRAY, Glen | RW | BOS | Sudbury |
| 19 | SUNDBLAD, Niklas | RW | CGY | AIK |
| 20 | RUCINSKY, Martin | LW | LA-EDM | CHZ Litvinov |
| 21 | HALVERSON, Trevor | LW | STL-WSH | North Bay |
| 22 | McAMMOND, Dean | C | CHI | Prince Albert |
| 1990 | ||||
| Player | Pos | Claimed By | Amateur Club | |
| 1 | NOLAN, Owen | RW | QUE | Cornwall |
| 2 | NEDVED, Petr | C | VAN | Seattle |
| 3 | PRIMEAU, Keith | C | DET | Niagara Falls |
| 4 | RICCI, Mike | C | PHI | Peterborough |
| 5 | JAGR, Jaromir | RW | PIT | Poldi Kladno |
| 6 | SCISSONS, Scott | C | NYI | Saskatoon |
| 7 | SYDOR, Daryl | D | L.A | Kamloops |
| 8 | HATCHER, Derian | D | MIN | North Bay |
| 9 | SLANEY, John | D | WSH | Cornwall |
| 10 | BEREHOWSKY, Drake | D | TOR | Kingston |
| 11 | KIDD, Trevor | G | NJ-CGY | Brandon |
| 12 | STEVENSON, Turner | RW | STL-MTL | Seattle |
| 13 | STEWART, Michael | D | NYR | Michigan State |
| 14 | MAY, Brad | LW | WPG-BUF | Niagara Falls |
| 15 | GREIG, Mark | RW | HFD | Lethbridge |
| 16 | DYKHUIS, Karl | D | CHI | Hull |
| 17 | ALLISON, Scott | C | EDM | Prince Albert |
| 18 | ANTOSKI, Shawn | LW | MTL-STL-VAN | North Bay |
| 19 | TKACHUK, Keith | LW | BUF-WPG | Malden Cath |
| 20 | BRODEUR, Martin | G | CGY-NJ | St. Hyacinthe |
| 21 | SMOLINSKI, Bryan | C | BOS | Michigan State |