36% of San Jose Sharks picks were born in Canada, against 42% for the whole league. They lean on United States more than most: 30% of their picks, against 24% league-wide.
| Country | Picks | Share of picks | vs NHL | 1st round | Made NHL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 72 |
|
-6 | 16 | 38 (53%) |
| United States | 59 |
|
+6 | 6 | 30 (51%) |
| Russia | 16 |
|
+1 | 4 | 8 (50%) |
| Sweden | 14 |
|
-3 | 3 | 4 (29%) |
| Germany | 10 |
|
+4 | 2 | 6 (60%) |
| Czechia | 6 |
|
-1 | 3 | 6 (100%) |
| Finland | 6 |
|
-3 | — | 5 (83%) |
| Switzerland | 4 |
|
+1 | 2 | 2 (50%) |
| Kazakhstan | 2 |
|
+1 | — | 2 (100%) |
| Latvia | 2 |
|
+1 | — | 1 (50%) |
| Belarus | 1 |
|
even | — | 0 (0%) |
| China | 1 |
|
+1 | — | 0 (0%) |
| Denmark | 1 |
|
+1 | — | 1 (100%) |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
|
+1 | — | 1 (100%) |
| MDA | 1 |
|
+1 | — | 0 (0%) |
| Slovakia | 1 |
|
-1 | — | 0 (0%) |
| Ukraine | 1 |
|
+1 | — | 0 (0%) |
| Draft | Picks | 1st Rd | Made NHL | Top Pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 3 | 0/6 0% | #2 Ivar Stenberg |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 1/9 11% | #2 Michael Misa C |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 3/9 33% | #1 Macklin Celebrini C |
| 2023 | 9 | 2 | 2/9 22% | #4 Will Smith C |
| 2022 | 9 | 1 | 1/9 11% | #27 Filip Bystedt |
| 2021 | 9 | 1 | 2/9 22% | #7 William Eklund L |
| 2020 | 9 | 1 | 5/9 56% | #31 Ozzy Wiesblatt R |
| 2019 | 5 | — | 2/5 40% | #48 Artemi Kniazev D |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | 4/5 80% | #21 Ryan Merkley D |
| 2017 | 6 | 1 | 5/6 83% | #19 Josh Norris C |
| 2016 | 5 | — | 3/5 60% | #60 Dylan Gambrell C |
| 2015 | 9 | 1 | 2/9 22% | #9 Timo Meier R |
| 2014 | 8 | 1 | 3/8 38% | #27 Nikolay Goldobin R |
| 2013 | 7 | 1 | 1/7 14% | #18 Mirco Mueller D |
| 2012 | 6 | 1 | 4/6 67% | #17 Tomas Hertl C |
| 2011 | 6 | — | 4/6 67% | #47 Matt Nieto L |
| 2010 | 8 | 1 | 2/8 25% | #28 Charlie Coyle C |
| 2009 | 5 | — | 1/5 20% | #43 William Wrenn |
| 2008 | 7 | — | 3/7 43% | #62 Justin Daniels |
| 2007 | 8 | 2 | 6/8 75% | #9 Logan Couture C |
| 2006 | 6 | 1 | 3/6 50% | #16 Ty Wishart D |
| 2004 | 5 | 1 | 5/5 100% | #22 Lukas Kaspar L |
| 2003 | 5 | 2 | 5/5 100% | #6 Milan Michalek L |
| 2002 | 2 | — | 2/2 100% | #139 Kris Newbury C |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 | 6/6 100% | #20 Marcel Goc C |
| 2000 | 3 | — | 3/3 100% | #104 Jon Disalvatore R |
| 1999 | 3 | 1 | 3/3 100% | #14 Jeff Jillson D |
| 1998 | 5 | 1 | 5/5 100% | #3 Brad Stuart D |
| 1997 | 4 | 2 | 4/4 100% | #2 Patrick Marleau C |
| 1996 | 3 | 2 | 3/3 100% | #2 Andrei Zyuzin D |
| 1995 | 2 | — | 2/2 100% | #90 Vesa Toskala G |
| 1994 | 3 | 1 | 3/3 100% | #11 Jeff Friesen L |
| 1993 | 3 | 1 | 3/3 100% | #6 Viktor Kozlov C |
| 1992 | 2 | 2 | 2/2 100% | #3 Mike Rathje D |
| 1991 | 1 | — | 1/1 100% | #23 Ray Whitney L |
“Made NHL” counts picks who have played at least one NHL game. Recent classes are still developing, so their conversion rises as prospects debut.