39% of Detroit Red Wings picks were born in Canada, against 42% for the whole league. They lean on Sweden more than most: 21% of their picks, against 10% league-wide.
| Country | Picks | Share of picks | vs NHL | 1st round | Made NHL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 79 |
|
-3 | 12 | 35 (44%) |
| Sweden | 42 |
|
+11 | 5 | 21 (50%) |
| United States | 36 |
|
-6 | 3 | 8 (22%) |
| Czechia | 13 |
|
+2 | 2 | 9 (69%) |
| Finland | 9 |
|
-2 | — | 4 (44%) |
| Russia | 9 |
|
-3 | 1 | 5 (56%) |
| Slovakia | 6 |
|
+1 | — | 3 (50%) |
| Germany | 2 |
|
even | 1 | 1 (50%) |
| Austria | 1 |
|
even | 1 | 1 (100%) |
| Switzerland | 1 |
|
-1 | — | 0 (0%) |
| Denmark | 1 |
|
even | — | 0 (0%) |
| France | 1 |
|
even | — | 1 (100%) |
| Norway | 1 |
|
even | 1 | 1 (100%) |
| Poland | 1 |
|
even | — | 0 (0%) |
| Slovenia | 1 |
|
even | — | 1 (100%) |
| Draft | Picks | 1st Rd | Made NHL | Top Pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 1 | 0/7 0% | #23 Jeffrey (JP) Hurlbert |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 0/8 0% | #13 Carter Bear |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 | 1/8 12% | #15 Michael Brandsegg-Nygård R |
| 2023 | 11 | 2 | 3/11 27% | #9 Nate Danielson C |
| 2022 | 9 | 1 | 1/9 11% | #8 Marco Kasper C |
| 2021 | 8 | 2 | 3/8 38% | #6 Simon Edvinsson D |
| 2020 | 12 | 1 | 5/12 42% | #4 Lucas Raymond L |
| 2019 | 11 | 1 | 4/11 36% | #6 Moritz Seider D |
| 2018 | 10 | 2 | 4/10 40% | #6 Filip Zadina R |
| 2017 | 11 | 1 | 2/11 18% | #9 Michael Rasmussen C |
| 2016 | 7 | 1 | 3/7 43% | #20 Dennis Cholowski D |
| 2015 | 6 | 1 | 2/6 33% | #19 Evgeny Svechnikov L |
| 2014 | 7 | 1 | 3/7 43% | #15 Dylan Larkin C |
| 2013 | 8 | 1 | 3/8 38% | #20 Anthony Mantha R |
| 2012 | 6 | — | 2/6 33% | #49 Martin Frk R |
| 2011 | 8 | — | 4/8 50% | #35 Tomas Jurco R |
| 2010 | 7 | 1 | 4/7 57% | #21 Riley Sheahan C |
| 2009 | 7 | — | 6/7 86% | #32 Landon Ferraro C |
| 2008 | 6 | 1 | 2/6 33% | #30 Tom McCollum G |
| 2007 | 5 | 1 | 2/5 40% | #27 Brendan Smith D |
| 2006 | 7 | — | 3/7 43% | #41 Cory Emmerton C |
| 2004 | 1 | — | 1/1 100% | #97 Johan Franzen R |
| 2003 | 2 | — | 2/2 100% | #64 Jimmy Howard G |
| 2002 | 5 | — | 5/5 100% | #58 Jiri Hudler R |
| 2001 | 1 | — | 1/1 100% | #121 Drew MacIntyre G |
| 2000 | 3 | 1 | 2/3 67% | #29 Niklas Kronwall D |
| 1999 | 1 | — | 1/1 100% | #210 Henrik Zetterberg C |
| 1998 | 2 | 1 | 2/2 100% | #25 Jiri Fischer D |
| 1997 | 2 | — | 2/2 100% | #76 Petr Sykora C |
| 1994 | 2 | — | 2/2 100% | #49 Mathieu Dandenault R |
| 1993 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 100% | #22 Anders Eriksson D |
| 1992 | 2 | — | 2/2 100% | #46 Darren McCarty R |
| 1991 | 4 | 1 | 4/4 100% | #10 Martin Lapointe R |
| 1990 | 3 | 1 | 3/3 100% | #3 Keith Primeau C |
| 1989 | 5 | 1 | 5/5 100% | #11 Mike Sillinger C |
“Made NHL” counts picks who have played at least one NHL game. Recent classes are still developing, so their conversion rises as prospects debut.