| OVERALL | PLAYER | TEAM | POSITION |
| 1 | Brian Lawton | MNS | C |
| 2 | Sylvain Turgeon | HFD | L |
| 3 | Pat LaFontaine | NYI | C |
| 4 | Steve Yzerman | DET | C |
| 5 | Tom Barrasso | BUF | G |
| 6 | John MacLean | NJD | R |
| 7 | Russ Courtnall | TOR | R |
| 8 | Andrew Mcbain | WIN | R |
| 9 | Cam Neely | VAN | R |
| 10 | Normand Lacombe | BUF | R |
| 11 | Adam Creighton | BUF | C |
| 12 | Dave Gagner | NYR | C |
| 13 | Dan Quinn | CGY | C |
| 14 | Bob Dollas | WIN | D |
| 15 | Bob Errey | PIT | L |
| 16 | Gerald Diduck | NYI | D |
| 17 | Alfie Turcotte | MTL | C |
| 18 | Bruce Cassidy | CHI | D |
| 19 | Jeff Beukeboom | EDM | D |
| 20 | David Jensen | HFD | C |
| 21 | Nevin Markwart | BOS | L |