40% of Washington Capitals picks were born in Canada, against 42% for the whole league.
| Country | Picks | Share of picks | vs NHL | 1st round | Made NHL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 67 |
|
-2 | 17 | 37 (55%) |
| United States | 42 |
|
+1 | 2 | 16 (38%) |
| Russia | 15 |
|
+2 | 8 | 11 (73%) |
| Sweden | 13 |
|
-2 | 4 | 6 (46%) |
| Czechia | 7 |
|
even | 1 | 5 (71%) |
| Switzerland | 4 |
|
+1 | — | 1 (25%) |
| Germany | 3 |
|
+1 | — | 1 (33%) |
| Finland | 3 |
|
-4 | 1 | 2 (67%) |
| Belarus | 2 |
|
even | — | 2 (100%) |
| Norway | 2 |
|
+1 | — | 0 (0%) |
| Slovakia | 2 |
|
-1 | — | 2 (100%) |
| Austria | 1 |
|
+1 | 1 | 1 (100%) |
| France | 1 |
|
+1 | — | 0 (0%) |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
|
+1 | — | 1 (100%) |
| Italy | 1 |
|
+1 | — | 1 (100%) |
| Latvia | 1 |
|
+1 | — | 0 (0%) |
| Thailand | 1 |
|
+1 | — | 0 (0%) |
| Ukraine | 1 |
|
+1 | — | 1 (100%) |
| South Africa | 1 |
|
+1 | 1 | 1 (100%) |
| Draft | Picks | 1st Rd | Made NHL | Top Pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 1 | 0/4 0% | #18 Oliver Suvanto |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 0/5 0% | #27 Lynden Lakovic |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 | 2/8 25% | #17 Terik Parascak |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | 2/6 33% | #8 Ryan Leonard R |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | 1/7 14% | #20 Ivan Miroshnichenko L |
| 2021 | 6 | — | 1/6 17% | #55 Vincent Iorio D |
| 2020 | 5 | 1 | 2/5 40% | #22 Hendrix Lapierre C |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 3/4 75% | #25 Connor McMichael C |
| 2018 | 7 | 1 | 2/7 29% | #31 Alexander Alexeyev D |
| 2017 | 4 | — | 0/4 0% | #120 Tobias Geisser |
| 2016 | 7 | 1 | 5/7 71% | #28 Lucas Johansen D |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 | 2/4 50% | #22 Ilya Samsonov G |
| 2014 | 7 | 2 | 4/7 57% | #13 Jakub Vrana L |
| 2013 | 6 | 1 | 5/6 83% | #23 Andre Burakovsky L |
| 2012 | 10 | 2 | 7/10 70% | #11 Filip Forsberg L |
| 2011 | 4 | — | 1/4 25% | #117 Steffen Soberg |
| 2010 | 5 | 1 | 3/5 60% | #26 Evgeny Kuznetsov C |
| 2009 | 7 | 1 | 5/7 71% | #24 Marcus Johansson L |
| 2008 | 8 | 2 | 3/8 38% | #21 Anton Gustafsson |
| 2007 | 10 | 1 | 1/10 10% | #5 Karl Alzner D |
| 2006 | 10 | 2 | 5/10 50% | #4 Nicklas Backstrom C |
| 2004 | 7 | 3 | 7/7 100% | #1 Alex Ovechkin L |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 2/2 100% | #18 Eric Fehr C |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 | 3/4 75% | #12 Steve Eminger D |
| 2001 | 1 | — | 1/1 100% | #221 Johnny Oduya D |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 2/2 100% | #26 Brian Sutherby C |
| 1999 | 2 | 1 | 2/2 100% | #7 Kris Beech C |
| 1998 | 1 | — | 1/1 100% | #106 Krys Barch R |
| 1996 | 1 | — | 1/1 100% | #43 Jan Bulis C |
| 1994 | 2 | 1 | 2/2 100% | #10 Nolan Baumgartner D |
| 1993 | 3 | 2 | 3/3 100% | #11 Brendan Witt D |
| 1992 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 100% | #14 Sergei Gonchar D |
| 1991 | 1 | — | 1/1 100% | #58 Steve Konowalchuk L |
| 1990 | 2 | — | 2/2 100% | #156 Peter Bondra R |
| 1989 | 2 | 1 | 2/2 100% | #19 Olie Kolzig G |
| 1988 | 1 | — | 1/1 100% | #36 Tim Taylor C |
| 1982 | 1 | — | 1/1 100% | #58 Milan Novy C |
| 1981 | 2 | — | 2/2 100% | #45 Eric Calder D |
“Made NHL” counts picks who have played at least one NHL game. Recent classes are still developing, so their conversion rises as prospects debut.