The most picks were born in Canada: 50, or 50% of the class. In the first round, Canada led with 11 picks (42%).
| Country | Picks | Share of class | 1st round | Reached NHL | Top pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 50 |
|
11 | 48 | #1 Rick Nash |
| United States | 23 |
|
5 | 23 | #5 Ryan Whitney |
| Finland | 9 |
|
4 | 9 | #2 Kari Lehtonen |
| Czechia | 7 |
|
2 | 7 | #9 Petr Taticek |
| Sweden | 4 |
|
1 | 4 | #28 Jonas Johansson |
| Russia | 3 |
|
2 | 3 | #13 Alexander Semin |
| Bahamas | 1 |
|
— | 1 | #182 Andre Deveaux |
| Switzerland | 1 |
|
— | 1 | #34 Tobias Stephan |
| Denmark | 1 |
|
— | 1 | #87 Frans Nielsen |
| Norway | 1 |
|
— | 1 | #65 Ole-Kristian Tollefsen |
| Ukraine | 1 |
|
1 | 1 | #21 Anton Babchuk |
| # | Rd | Player | Pos | Age | GP | PTS | Drafted By |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Rick Nash 🇨🇦 ↗ | LW | 18 | 1060 | 805 | 🧥 CBJ |
| 2 | 1 | Kari Lehtonen 🇫🇮 ↗ | G | 18 | 648 | — | 🐦 ATL |
| 3 | 1 | Jay Bouwmeester 🇨🇦 ↗ | D | 18 | 1240 | 424 | 🐆 FLA |
| 4 | 1 | Joni Pitkanen 🇫🇮 ↗ | D | 18 | 535 | 282 | 🔔 PHI |
| 5 | 1 | Ryan Whitney 🇺🇸 ↗ | D | 19 | 481 | 259 | 🐧 PIT |
| 6 | 1 | Scottie Upshall 🇨🇦 ↗ | RW | 18 | 760 | 284 | 🐯 NSH |
| 7 | 1 | Joffrey Lupul 🇨🇦 ↗ | LW | 18 | 701 | 420 | 🦆 ANA |
| 8 | 1 | Pierre-Marc Bouchard 🇨🇦 ↗ | C | 18 | 593 | 356 | 🌲 MIN |
| 9 | 1 | Petr Taticek 🇨🇿 ↗ Bust | C | 18 | 3 | 0 | 🐆 FLA |
| 10 | 1 | Eric Nystrom 🇺🇸 ↗ | LW | 19 | 593 | 123 | 🔥 CGY |
| 11 | 1 | Keith Ballard 🇺🇸 ↗ | D | 19 | 605 | 175 | ⚔️ BUF |
| 12 | 1 | Steve Eminger 🇨🇦 ↗ | D | 18 | 488 | 99 | 🦅 WSH |
| 13 | 1 | Alexander Semin 🇷🇺 ↗ | RW | 18 | 650 | 517 | 🦅 WSH |
| 14 | 1 | Chris Higgins 🇺🇸 ↗ | LW | 19 | 711 | 333 | 🇨🇦 MTL |
| 16 | 1 | Jakub Klepis 🇨🇿 ↗ | C | 18 | 66 | 14 | 🏛️ OTT |
| 17 | 1 | Boyd Gordon 🇨🇦 ↗ | C | 18 | 706 | 160 | 🦅 WSH |
| 18 | 1 | Denis Grebeshkov 🇷🇺 ↗ | D | 18 | 234 | 85 | 👑 LAK |
| 20 | 1 | Daniel Paille 🇨🇦 ↗ | LW | 18 | 582 | 172 | ⚔️ BUF |
| 21 | 1 | Anton Babchuk 🇺🇦 ↗ | D | 18 | 289 | 107 | 🪶 CHI |
| 22 | 1 | Sean Bergenheim 🇫🇮 ↗ | LW | 18 | 506 | 180 | 🏝️ NYI |
| 23 | 1 | Ben Eager 🇨🇦 ↗ | LW | 18 | 407 | 85 | 🌵 PHX |
| 24 | 1 | Alexander Steen 🇨🇦 ↗ | LW | 18 | 1018 | 622 | 🍁 TOR |
| 25 | 1 | Cam Ward 🇨🇦 ↗ | G | 18 | 701 | — | 🌪️ CAR |
| 28 | 1 | Jonas Johansson 🇸🇪 ↗ Bust | RW | 18 | 1 | 0 | 🏔️ COL |
| 29 | 1 | Hannu Toivonen 🇫🇮 ↗ Bust | G | 18 | 61 | — | 🐻 BOS |
| 30 | 1 | Jim Slater 🇺🇸 ↗ | C | 19 | 584 | 138 | 🐦 ATL |
| 31 | 2 | Jeff Deslauriers 🇨🇦 ↗ Bust | G | 18 | 62 | — | 🛢️ EDM |
| 34 | 2 | Tobias Stephan 🇨🇭 ↗ Bust | G | 18 | 11 | — | ⭐ DAL |
| 36 | 2 | Jarret Stoll 🇨🇦 ↗ | C | 20 | 872 | 388 | 🛢️ EDM |
| 38 | 2 | Josh Harding 🇨🇦 ↗ | G | 18 | 151 | — | 🌲 MIN |
| 40 | 2 | Rob Globke 🇺🇸 ↗ Bust | RW | 19 | 47 | 2 | 🐆 FLA |
| 41 | 2 | Joakim Lindstrom 🇸🇪 ↗ | C | 18 | 150 | 43 | 🧥 CBJ |
| 43 | 2 | Trevor Daley 🇨🇦 ↗ | D | 18 | 1058 | 309 | ⭐ DAL |
| 44 | 2 | Matt Greene 🇺🇸 ↗ | D | 19 | 615 | 80 | 🛢️ EDM |
| 46 | 2 | David Leneveu 🇨🇦 ↗ Bust | G | 19 | 22 | — | 🌵 PHX |
| 47 | 2 | Alexei Kaigorodov 🇷🇺 ↗ Bust | C | 18 | 6 | 1 | 🏛️ OTT |
| 53 | 2 | Barry Tallackson 🇺🇸 ↗ Bust | RW | 19 | 20 | 2 | 😈 NJD |
| 54 | 2 | Duncan Keith 🇨🇦 ↗ Steal | D | 18 | 1256 | 646 | 🪶 CHI |
| 57 | 2 | Matt Stajan 🇨🇦 ↗ Steal | C | 18 | 1003 | 413 | 🍁 TOR |
| 58 | 2 | Jiri Hudler 🇨🇿 ↗ | RW | 18 | 708 | 428 | 🐙 DET |
| 61 | 2 | Johnny Boychuk 🇨🇦 ↗ | D | 18 | 725 | 206 | 🏔️ COL |
| 63 | 2 | Tomas Fleischmann 🇨🇿 ↗ | LW | 18 | 657 | 335 | 🐙 DET |
| 64 | 3 | Jason Ryznar 🇺🇸 ↗ Bust | LW | 19 | 8 | 0 | 😈 NJD |
| 65 | 3 | Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 🇳🇴 ↗ | D | 18 | 163 | 12 | 🧥 CBJ |
| 66 | 3 | Petr Kanko 🇨🇿 ↗ Bust | RW | 18 | 10 | 1 | 👑 LAK |
| 67 | 3 | Gregory Campbell 🇨🇦 ↗ | C | 18 | 803 | 187 | 🐆 FLA |
| 68 | 3 | Brett Skinner 🇨🇦 ↗ Bust | D | 19 | 11 | 0 | 🐋 VAN |
| 69 | 3 | Erik Christensen 🇨🇦 ↗ | C | 18 | 387 | 163 | 🐧 PIT |
| 70 | 3 | Joe Callahan 🇺🇸 ↗ | D | 19 | 46 | 4 | 🌵 PHX |
| 73 | 3 | Barry Brust 🇨🇦 ↗ Bust | G | 18 | 11 | — | 🌲 MIN |
| 80 | 3 | Matt Jones 🇺🇸 ↗ | D | 18 | 106 | 11 | 🌵 PHX |
| 87 | 3 | Frans Nielsen 🇩🇰 ↗ Steal | C | 18 | 925 | 473 | 🏝️ NYI |
| 90 | 3 | Matthew Lombardi 🇨🇦 ↗ | C | 20 | 535 | 261 | 🔥 CGY |
| 95 | 3 | Valtteri Filppula 🇫🇮 ↗ Steal | C | 18 | 1056 | 530 | 🐙 DET |
| 102 | 4 | Brandon Segal 🇨🇦 ↗ | RW | 18 | 103 | 22 | 🐯 NSH |
| 104 | 4 | Aaron Rome 🇨🇦 ↗ | D | 18 | 226 | 28 | 👑 LAK |
| 116 | 4 | Patrick Dwyer 🇺🇸 ↗ | RW | 19 | 416 | 93 | 🐦 ATL |
| 117 | 4 | Cam Janssen 🇺🇸 ↗ | RW | 18 | 336 | 14 | 😈 NJD |
| 127 | 4 | Nate Guenin 🇺🇸 ↗ | D | 19 | 205 | 28 | 🗽 NYR |
| 128 | 4 | Matt Ellison 🇨🇦 ↗ | RW | 18 | 43 | 14 | 🪶 CHI |
| 129 | 4 | Tom Gilbert 🇺🇸 ↗ Steal | D | 19 | 655 | 223 | 🏔️ COL |
| 132 | 5 | John Zeiler 🇺🇸 ↗ | RW | 19 | 88 | 5 | 🌵 PHX |
| 133 | 5 | Lasse Pirjeta 🇫🇮 ↗ | LW | 28 | 146 | 50 | 🧥 CBJ |
| 137 | 5 | Cam Paddock 🇨🇦 ↗ | C | 19 | 16 | 3 | 🐧 PIT |
| 139 | 5 | Kris Newbury 🇨🇦 ↗ | C | 20 | 76 | 10 | 🦈 SJS |
| 151 | 5 | Robert McVicar 🇨🇦 ↗ Bust | G | 20 | 1 | — | 🐋 VAN |
| 156 | 5 | James Wisniewski 🇺🇸 ↗ Steal | D | 18 | 551 | 274 | 🪶 CHI |
| 164 | 5 | Tyler Weiman 🇨🇦 ↗ Bust | G | 18 | 1 | — | 🏔️ COL |
| 172 | 6 | Mike McKenna 🇺🇸 ↗ | G | 19 | 35 | — | 🐯 NSH |
| 175 | 6 | Matt Foy 🇨🇦 ↗ | RW | 19 | 56 | 13 | 🌲 MIN |
| 176 | 6 | Curtis McElhinney 🇨🇦 ↗ | G | 19 | 249 | — | 🔥 CGY |
| 182 | 6 | Andre Deveaux 🇧🇸 ↗ | C | 18 | 31 | 2 | 🇨🇦 MTL |
| 183 | 6 | Paul Ranger 🇨🇦 ↗ | D | 17 | 323 | 106 | ⚡ TBL |
| 184 | 6 | Jaroslav Balastik 🇨🇿 ↗ | LW | 22 | 74 | 24 | 🧥 CBJ |
| 190 | 6 | DJ King 🇨🇦 ↗ | LW | 18 | 118 | 11 | 🎵 STL |
| 191 | 6 | Ian White 🇨🇦 ↗ | D | 18 | 503 | 179 | 🍁 TOR |
| 193 | 6 | Joey Mormina 🇨🇦 ↗ | D | 20 | 1 | 0 | 🔔 PHI |
| 198 | 7 | Nathan Oystrick 🇨🇦 ↗ | D | 19 | 65 | 15 | 🐦 ATL |
| 199 | 7 | Greg Mauldin 🇺🇸 ↗ | LW | 20 | 36 | 10 | 🧥 CBJ |
| 206 | 7 | David Van Der Gulik 🇨🇦 ↗ | LW | 19 | 49 | 13 | 🔥 CGY |
| 212 | 7 | Jonathan Ferland 🇨🇦 ↗ | RW | 19 | 7 | 1 | 🇨🇦 MTL |
| 213 | 7 | Fredrik Norrena 🇫🇮 ↗ | G | 28 | 100 | — | ⚡ TBL |
| 217 | 7 | Tim Conboy 🇺🇸 ↗ | D | 20 | 59 | 6 | 🦈 SJS |
| 218 | 7 | Ilkka Pikkarainen 🇫🇮 ↗ | RW | 21 | 31 | 4 | 😈 NJD |
| 225 | 7 | Steven Goertzen 🇨🇦 ↗ | RW | 18 | 68 | 4 | 🧥 CBJ |
| 226 | 7 | Joey Crabb 🇺🇸 ↗ | RW | 19 | 179 | 53 | 🗽 NYR |
| 229 | 7 | Derek Meech 🇨🇦 ↗ | D | 18 | 144 | 17 | 🐙 DET |
| 234 | 8 | Max Talbot 🇨🇦 ↗ Steal | C | 18 | 704 | 204 | 🐧 PIT |
| 240 | 8 | Petr Prucha 🇨🇿 ↗ | RW | 19 | 346 | 146 | 🗽 NYR |
| 241 | 8 | Dennis Wideman 🇨🇦 ↗ Steal | D | 19 | 815 | 387 | ⚔️ BUF |
| 244 | 8 | Dwight Helminen 🇺🇸 ↗ | C | 19 | 27 | 3 | 🛢️ EDM |
| 254 | 8 | Jarkko Immonen 🇫🇮 ↗ | C | 20 | 20 | 8 | 🍁 TOR |
| 255 | 8 | Ryan Craig 🇨🇦 ↗ | C | 20 | 198 | 63 | ⚡ TBL |
| 256 | 8 | Darren Reid 🇨🇦 ↗ | RW | 19 | 21 | 1 | ⚡ TBL |
| 259 | 8 | Yan Stastny 🇨🇦 ↗ | C | 19 | 91 | 16 | 🐻 BOS |
| 279 | 9 | Connor James 🇨🇦 ↗ | LW | 19 | 16 | 1 | 👑 LAK |
| 282 | 9 | Adam Burish 🇺🇸 ↗ | RW | 19 | 378 | 60 | 🪶 CHI |
| 285 | 9 | Staffan Kronwall 🇸🇪 ↗ | D | 19 | 66 | 4 | 🍁 TOR |
| 291 | 9 | Jonathan Ericsson 🇸🇪 ↗ Steal | D | 18 | 680 | 125 | 🐙 DET |
| 59 | 2 | Maxime Daigneault 🇨🇦 ↗ | G | 18 | — | — | 🦅 WSH |
| 74 | 3 | Todd Ford 🇨🇦 ↗ | G | 18 | — | — | 🍁 TOR |