40% of New York Islanders picks were born in Canada, against 42% for the whole league.
| Country | Picks | Share of picks | vs NHL | 1st round | Made NHL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 74 |
|
-2 | 21 | 51 (69%) |
| United States | 46 |
|
+1 | 7 | 15 (33%) |
| Sweden | 21 |
|
+1 | 3 | 10 (48%) |
| Finland | 16 |
|
+3 | 2 | 8 (50%) |
| Russia | 11 |
|
-1 | — | 4 (36%) |
| Slovakia | 6 |
|
+1 | 1 | 5 (83%) |
| Czechia | 5 |
|
-1 | — | 3 (60%) |
| Lithuania | 2 |
|
+1 | 1 | 2 (100%) |
| Switzerland | 1 |
|
even | 1 | 1 (100%) |
| China | 1 |
|
+1 | — | 0 (0%) |
| Denmark | 1 |
|
+1 | — | 1 (100%) |
| Draft | Picks | 1st Rd | Made NHL | Top Pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 1 | 0/5 0% | #13 Malte Gustafsson |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 2/9 22% | #1 Matthew Schaefer D |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 0/6 0% | #20 Cole Eiserman |
| 2023 | 5 | — | 0/5 0% | #49 Danny Nelson |
| 2022 | 5 | — | 1/5 20% | #65 Calle Odelius |
| 2021 | 6 | — | 2/6 33% | #52 Aatu Raty C |
| 2020 | 5 | — | 1/5 20% | #90 Alexander Ljungkrantz |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | 2/5 40% | #23 Simon Holmstrom R |
| 2018 | 8 | 2 | 4/8 50% | #11 Oliver Wahlstrom R |
| 2017 | 5 | — | 3/5 60% | #46 Robin Salo D |
| 2016 | 6 | 1 | 2/6 33% | #19 Kieffer Bellows L |
| 2015 | 7 | 2 | 3/7 43% | #16 Mathew Barzal C |
| 2014 | 7 | 2 | 4/7 57% | #5 Michael Dal Colle L |
| 2013 | 7 | 1 | 3/7 43% | #15 Ryan Pulock D |
| 2012 | 7 | 1 | 3/7 43% | #4 Griffin Reinhart D |
| 2011 | 7 | 1 | 6/7 86% | #5 Ryan Strome C |
| 2010 | 6 | 2 | 2/6 33% | #5 Nino Niederreiter R |
| 2009 | 7 | 2 | 7/7 100% | #1 John Tavares C |
| 2008 | 13 | 1 | 9/13 69% | #9 Josh Bailey R |
| 2007 | 5 | — | 1/5 20% | #62 Mark Katic D |
| 2006 | 13 | 1 | 5/13 38% | #7 Kyle Okposo R |
| 2004 | 5 | 1 | 5/5 100% | #16 Petteri Nokelainen C |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 | 3/3 100% | #15 Robert Nilsson C |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 2/2 100% | #22 Sean Bergenheim L |
| 2000 | 4 | 2 | 4/4 100% | #1 Rick DiPietro G |
| 1999 | 7 | 3 | 7/7 100% | #5 Tim Connolly C |
| 1997 | 2 | 2 | 2/2 100% | #4 Roberto Luongo G |
| 1996 | 3 | 1 | 3/3 100% | #3 J-P Dumont R |
| 1995 | 3 | 1 | 3/3 100% | #2 Wade Redden D |
| 1994 | 3 | — | 3/3 100% | #63 Jason Strudwick D |
| 1993 | 2 | 1 | 2/2 100% | #23 Todd Bertuzzi R |
| 1992 | 2 | 1 | 2/2 100% | #5 Darius Kasparaitis D |
| 1991 | 2 | — | 2/2 100% | #26 Ziggy Palffy R |
| 1989 | 2 | — | 2/2 100% | #23 Travis Green 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.