| First Selections |
| |
| Year |
Player |
Pos. |
Team |
Drafted From |
Age |
| 1963 |
Garry Monaham |
LW |
Montreal |
St. Michael's Juveniles |
16.7 |
| 1964 |
Claude Gauthier |
RW |
Detroit |
Comite des jeunes (Rosemont) |
16.9 |
| 1965 |
Andre Veilleux |
RW |
NY Rangers |
Montreal Ranger Jr. B |
-- |
| 1966 |
Barry Gibbs |
D |
Boston |
Estevan Bruins |
17.7 |
| 1967 |
Rick Pagnutti |
D |
Los Angeles |
Garson Native Sons |
20.6 |
| 1968 |
Michel Plasse |
G |
Montreal |
Drummondville Rangers |
20.0 |
| 1969 |
Rejean Houle |
LW |
Montreal |
Montreal Jr. Canadiens |
19.8 |
| 1970 |
Gilbert Perreault |
C |
Buffalo |
Montreal Jr. Canadiens |
19.7 |
| 1971 |
Guy Lafleur |
RW |
Montreal |
Quebec Remparts |
19.9 |
| 1972 |
Billy Harris |
RW |
NY Islanders |
Toronto Marlboros |
20.4 |
| 1973 |
Denis Potvin |
D |
NY Islanders |
Ottawa 67's |
19.7 |
| 1974 |
Greg Joly |
D |
Washington |
Regina Pats |
20.0 |
| 1975 |
Mel Bridgman |
C |
Philadelphia |
Victoria Cougars |
20.1 |
| 1976 |
Rick Green |
D |
Washington |
London Knights |
20.3 |
| 1977 |
Dale McCourt |
C |
Detroit |
St. Catharines Fincups |
20.4 |
| 1978 |
Bobby Smith |
C |
Minnesota |
Ottawa 67's |
20.4 |
| 1979 |
Rob Ramage |
D |
Colorado |
London Knights |
20.5 |
| 1980 |
Doug Wickenheiser |
C |
Montreal |
Regina Pats |
19.2 |
| 1981 |
Dale Hawerchuk |
C |
Winnipeg |
Cornwall Royals |
18.2 |
| 1982 |
Gord Fluzak |
D |
Boston |
Nanaimo Islanders |
18.3 |
| 1983 |
Brian Lawton |
C |
Minnesota |
Mount St. Charles HS |
18.11 |
| 1984 |
Mario Lemieux |
C |
Pittsburgh |
Lavel Voisins |
18.8 |
| 1985 |
Wendel Clark |
LW/D |
Toronto |
Saskatoon Blades |
18.7 |
| 1986 |
Joe Murphy |
C |
Detroit |
Michigan State Spartens |
18.8 |
| 1987 |
Pierre Turgeon |
C |
Buffalo |
Granby Bisons |
17.10 |
| 1988 |
Mike Modano |
C |
Minnesota |
Prince Albert Raiders |
18.0 |
| 1989 |
Mats Sundin |
RW |
Quebec |
Nacke (Sweden) |
18.4 |
| 1990 |
Owen Nolan |
RW |
Quebec |
Cornwall Royals |
18.4 |
| 1991 |
Eric Lindros |
C |
Quebec |
Oshawa Generals |
18.3 |
| 1992 |
Roman Hamrlik |
D |
Tampa Bay |
ZPS Zlin (Czech.) |
18.2 |
| 1993 |
Alexandre Daigle |
C |
Ottawa |
Victoriaville Tigers |
18.5 |
| 1994 |
Ed Jovanovski |
D |
Florida |
Windsor Spitfires |
18.0 |
| 1995 |
Bryan Berard |
D |
Ottawa |
Detroit Jr. Red Wings |
18.4 |
| 1996 |
Chris Phillips |
D |
Ottawa |
Prince Albert Raiders |
18.3 |
| 1997 |
Joe Thornton |
C |
Boston |
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds |
17.11 |
| 1998 |
Vincent Lecavalier |
C |
Tampa Bay |
Rimouski Oceanic |
18.2 |
| 1999 |
Patrik Stefan |
C |
Atlanta |
Lond Beach Ice Dogs (IHL) |
18.9 |
| 2000 |
Rick DiPietro |
G |
NY Islanders |
Boston University Terriers |
18.9 |
| 2001 |
Ilya Kovalchuk |
LW |
Atlanta |
Spartek (Russia) |
18.2 |
| 2002 |
Rick Nash |
LW |
Columbus |
London Knights |
18.0 |
| 2003 |
Marc-Andre Fleury |
G |
Pittsburgh |
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles |
18.0 |
| 2004 |
Alex Ovechkin |
LW |
Washington |
Dynamo Moscow (Russia) |
18.9 |
| 2005 |
Sidney Crosby |
C |
Pittsburgh |
Rimouski Oceanic |
17.11 |
| 2006 |
Erik Johnson |
D |
St. Louis |
U.S. National U-18 |
18.3 |
| 2007 |
Patrick Kane |
RW |
Chicago |
London Knights |
18.7 |
| 2008 |
Steven Stamkos |
C |
Tampa Bay |
Sarnia Sting |
18.4 |
| 2009 |
John Tavares |
C |
NY Islanders |
London Knights |
18.9 |
| 2010 |
Taylor Hall |
LW |
Edmonton |
Windsor Spitfires |
18.7 |
| 2011 |
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins |
C |
Edmonton |
Red Deer Rebels |
18.2 |
