| OVERALL | PLAYER | TEAM | POSITION |
| 1 | Gregory Joly | WSH | D |
| 2 | Wilf Paiement | KCS | R |
| 3 | Richard Hampton | CSE | D |
| 4 | Clark Gillies | NYI | L |
| 5 | Cam Connor | MTL | R |
| 6 | Douglas Hicks | MNS | D |
| 7 | Douglas Risebrough | MTL | C |
| 8 | Pierre Larouche | PIT | C |
| 9 | Bill Lochead | DET | L |
| 10 | Rick Chartraw | MTL | D |
| 11 | Lee Fogolin | BUF | D |
| 12 | Mario Tremblay | MTL | R |
| 13 | John (Jack) Valiquette | TOR | C |
| 14 | Dave Maloney | NYR | D |
| 15 | Gord McTavish | MTL | C |
| 16 | Grant Mulvey | CHI | R |
| 17 | Ronald Chipperfield | CSE | C |
| 18 | Don Larway | BOS |