| Year |
Pos |
Player |
Team |
Drafted From |
| 1970 |
C |
Gilbert Perreault |
Buffalo |
Montreal Jr. Canadiens |
| 1971 |
RW |
Guy Lafleur |
Montreal |
Quebec Remparts |
| 1972 |
RW |
Bill Harris |
NY Islanders |
Toronto Marlboros |
| 1973 |
D |
Denis Potvin |
NY Islanders |
Ottawa 67's |
| 1974 |
D |
Greg Joly |
Washington |
Regina Pats |
| 1975 |
C |
Mel Bridgman |
Philadelphia |
Victoria Cougars |
| 1976 |
D |
Rick Green |
Washington |
London Knights |
| 1977 |
C |
Dale McCourt |
Detroit |
St. Catharines Fincups |
| 1978 |
C |
Bobby Smith |
Minnesota |
Ottawa 67's |
| 1979 |
D |
Rob Ramage |
Colorado |
London Knights |
| 1980 |
C |
Doug Wickenheiser |
Montreal |
Regina Pats |
| 1981 |
C |
Dale Hawerchuk |
Winnipeg |
Cornwall Royals |
| 1982 |
D |
Gord Kluzak |
Boston |
Nanaimo Islanders |
| 1983 |
C |
Brian Lawton |
Minnesota |
Mount St. Charles HS |
| 1984 |
C |
Mario Lemieux |
Pittsburgh |
Laval Voisins |
| 1985 |
LW/D |
Wendel Clark |
Toronto |
Saskatoon Blades |
| 1986 |
C |
Joe Murphy |
Detroit |
Michigan State |
| 1987 |
C |
Pierre Turgeon |
Buffalo |
Granby Bisons |
| 1988 |
C |
Mike Modano |
Minnesota |
Prince Albert Raiders |
| 1989 |
RW |
Mats Sundin |
Quebec |
Nacka (Sweden) |
| 1990 |
RW |
Owen Nolan |
Quebec |
Cornwall Royals |
| 1991 |
C |
Eric Lindros |
Quebec |
Oshawa Generals |
| 1992 |
D |
Roman Hamrlik |
Tampa |
ZPS Zlin (Czechoslovakia) |
| 1993 |
C |
Alexandre Daigle |
Ottawa |
Victoriaville Tigres |
| 1994 |
D |
Ed Jovanovski |
Florida |
Windsor Spitfires |
| 1995 |
D |
Bryan Berard |
Ottawa |
Detroit Jr. Red Wings |
| 1996 |
D |
Chris Phillips |
Ottawa |
Prince Albert Raiders |
| 1997 |
C |
Joe Thornton |
Boston |
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds |
| 1998 |
C |
Vincent Lecavalier |
Tampa |
Rimouski Oceanic |
| 1999 |
C |
Patrik Stefan |
Atlanta |
Long Beach Ice Dogs (IHL) |
| 2000 |
G |
Rick DiPietro |
NY Islanders |
Boston University |
| 2001 |
LW |
Ilya Kovalchuk |
Atlanta |
Spartak (Rus.) |
| 2002 |
LW |
Rick Nash |
Columbus |
London Knights (OHL) |
| 2003 |
G |
Marc-Andre Fleury |
Pittsburgh |
Cape Breton (QMJHL) |
| 2004 |
LW |
Alexander Ovechkin |
Washington |
Dynamo Moscow (Russia) |
| 2005 |
C |
Sidney Crosby |
Pittsburgh |
Rimouski Oceanic |
| 2006 |
D |
Erik Johnson |
St. Louis |
US National Under 18 |
| 2007 |
RW |
Patrick Kane |
Chicago |
London Knights (OHL) |
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