Washington Capitals Draft History
134
Total picks
across 21 drafts
22
1st-round picks
40%
Made the NHL
54 of 134
| 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 |
“Made NHL” counts picks who have played at least one NHL game. Recent classes are still developing, so their conversion rises as prospects debut.