NHL DRAFT HISTORY First and second overall draft picks since 1969
Last Updated: 11/09/2002
| Year | Player | Drafted by |
| 2001 | Ilya Kovalchuk | Atlanta |
| Jason Spezza | Ottawa | |
| 2000 | Rick DiPietro | NY Islanders |
| Dany Heatley | Atlanta | |
| 1999 | Patrick Stephan | Atlanta |
| Daniel Sedin | Vancouver | |
| 1998 | Vincent Lacavalier | Tampa Bay |
| David Legwand | Nashville | |
| 1997 | Joe Thornton | Boston |
| Patrick Marleau | San Jose | |
| 1996 | Chris Phillips | Ottawa |
| Andrei Zyrizin | NY Islanders | |
| 1995 | Bryan Berard | Ottawa |
| Wade Redden | NY Islanders | |
| 1994 | Ed Jovanovski | Florida |
| Oleg Tverdosky | Anaheim | |
| 1993 | Alexandre Daigle | Ottawa |
| Chris Pronger | Hartford | |
| 1992 | Roman Hamrlik | Tampa Bay |
| Alexi Yashin | Ottawa | |
| 1991 | Eric Lindros | Quebec |
| Pat Fallon | San Jose | |
| 1990 | Owen Nolan | Quebec |
| Petr Nedved | Vancouver | |
| 1989 | Mats Sundin | Quebec |
| Dave Chyzowski | NY Islanders | |
| 1988 | Mike Modano | Minnesota |
| Trevor Linden | Vancouver | |
| 1987 | Pierre Turgeon | Buffalo |
| Brendan Shanahan | New Jersey | |
| 1986 | Joe Murphy | Detroit |
| Jimmy Carson | Los Angeles | |
| 1985 | Wendall Clark | Toronto |
| Craig Simpson | Pittsburgh | |
| 1984 | Mario Lemieux | Pittsburgh |
| Kirk Muller | New Jersey | |
| 1983 | Brian Lawton | Minnesota |
| Sylvain Turgeon | Hartford | |
| 1982 | Gord Kluzak | Boston |
| Brian Bellows | Minnesota | |
| 1981 | Dale Hawerchuk | Winnipeg |
| Doug Smith | Los Angeles | |
| 1980 | Doug Wickenheiser | Montreal |
| Dave Babych | Winnipeg | |
| 1979 | Rob Ramage | Colorado |
| Perry Turnball | St. Louis | |
| 1978 | Bobby Smith | Minnesota |
| Ryan Walter | Washington | |
| 1977 | Dale McCourt | Detroit |
| Barry Beck | Colorado | |
| 1976 | Rich Green | Washington |
| Blair Chapman | Pittsburgh | |
| 1975 | Mel Bridgman | Philadelphia |
| Barry Dean | Kansas City | |
| 1974 | Greg Joly | Washington |
| Wilf Paiement | Kansas City | |
| 1973 | Denis Potvin | NY Islanders |
| Tom Lysiak | Atlanta | |
| 1972 | Billy Harris | NY Islanders |
| Jacques Richard | Atlanta | |
| 1971 | Guy Lafleur | Montreal |
| Marcel Dionne | Detroit | |
| 1970 | Gilbert Perrault | Buffalo |
| Dale Tallon | Vancouver | |
| 1969 | Rejean Houle | Montreal |
| Marc Tardiff | Montreal |