List of New York Rangers draft picks explained

This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the New York Rangers franchise. It includes every player who was drafted, regardless of whether they played for the team.

Key

General

S	Supplemental draft selection
RS	Total NHL regular season games played
PO	Total NHL post season games played

Positions

G	Goaltender	C	Center
D	Defenseman	LW	Left wing
RW	Right wing	F	Forward

Bold indicates currently active in the Rangers organization or the Rangers own their NHL rights.

Draft picks

Note: Stats are updated through 18 April 2023

Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	Pos	RS	PO
1963	1	4		Canada	RW
1963	2	10		Canada	C
1963	3	15		Canada	F
1963	4	20		Canada	D
1964	1	3		Canada	D
1964	2	9		Canada	RW	692	48
1964	3	15		Canada	D
1964	4	21		Canada	C	727	23
1965	1	1		Canada	RW
1965	2	6		Canada	G
1965	3	10		Canada	LW	58
1966	1	2		Canada	D	1113	161
1966	2	8		Canada	LW	331
1966	3	14		Canada	C	894	71
1966	4	20		Canada	RW	284	32
1967	1	6		Canada	LW
1967	2	15		Canada	D
1968	2	19		Canada	D
1969	1	8		Canada	D	810	140
1969	1	12		Canada	LW	344	5
1969	2	23		Canada	LW	478	21
1969	3	35		Canada	LW	41
1969	4	47		Canada	LW
1969	5	59		Canada	D	299
1970	1	11		Canada	RW	201	6
1970	2	25		Canada	RW	831	66
1970	3	39		Canada	RW
1970	4	53		Canada	D
1970	5	67		Canada	RW	34
1970	6	81		United States	C	14
1970	7	94		Canada	G
1970	8	106		Canada	LW
1971	1	10		Canada	LW	698	68
1971	1	13		Canada	D	220	5
1971	2	27		Canada	LW	399	29
1971	3	41		Canada	C
1971	4	55		Canada	RW	643	48
1971	5	69		Canada	D
1971	6	83		Canada	G
1971	7	96		Canada	C
1971	7	97		Canada	D
1971	8	109		Canada	LW	1
1971	9	110		Canada	D
1971	10	111		France	C	9
1971	11	112		Canada	C
1971	12	114		Canada	D
1971	13	115		Canada	LW
1971	14	116		Canada	D
1972	1	10		Canada	LW
1972	1	15		Canada	C	753	31
1972	2	21		Canada	D	151	2
1972	2	31		Canada	LW
1972	3	47		Canada	C
1972	4	63		Canada	LW	4
1972	5	79		Canada	D
1972	6	95		Canada	C
1972	7	111		Canada	LW
1972	8	127		Canada	D
1972	9	137		Canada	D
1973	1	14		Canada	RW	1,005	114
1973	2	30		Canada	LW	644	55
1973	3	46		Canada	LW
1973	4	62		Canada	D
1973	5	78		Canada	RW
1973	6	94		Canada	D
1974	1	14		Canada	D	657	49
1974	2	32		Canada	D	982	84
1974	3	50		Canada	LW	37
1974	4	68		Canada	LW
1974	5	86		Canada	C
1974	6	104		Canada	RW	426	55
1974	7	122		Canada	G
1974	8	139		Canada	C	11
1974	9	156		Canada	C
1974	10	171		Canada	LW
1974	11	186		Canada	LW
1974	12	198		Canada	RW
1974	13	208		Canada	LW
1974	14	218		Canada	C
1974	15	224		Canada	RW
1974	16	227		Canada	G
1974	17	230		Canada	RW
1974	18	233		Canada	C
1974	19	236		Canada	D
1974	20	239		Canada	RW	4
1974	21	241		United States	RW	262	6
1974	22	243		Canada	D
1974	23	245		United States	RW	32
1975	1	12		Canada	C	229	3
1975	2	30		Canada	G	284	5
1975	3	48		Canada	LW	1
1975	4	66		Canada	G
1975	5	84		Canada	D	2
1975	6	102		United States	LW
1975	7	120		Canada	LW	25	2
1975	8	138		Canada	C
1975	9	154		Canada	C	1
1975	10	169		Canada	LW
1975	11	184		United States	C
1975	12	195		United States	G
1975	13	200		United States	D
1975	13	201		Canada	D
1975	14	205		United States	LW
1975	15	209		United States	RW
1975	16	212		United States	LW
1976	1	6		Canada	RW	320	24
1976	2	24		Canada	D	430	14
1976	3	42		Canada	D	716	78
1976	4	60		Canada	LW
1976	5	78		Canada	C
1976	6	96		Canada	RW
1976	7	112		Canada	C
1977	1	8		Canada	RW	993	52
1977	1	13		Canada	C	860	89
1977	2	26		Canada	LW	1
1977	3	44		United States	G	57	14
1977	4	62		Canada	D	955	100
1977	5	80		Canada	LW	7
1977	6	98		Canada	LW	17
1977	7	116		Canada	LW	62
1977	8	131		Canada	C	41	14
1977	9	146		Canada	C
1977	10	157		Canada	LW
1977	11	164		United States	RW
1977	12	171		Canada	LW
1978	2	26		Canada	LW	765	94
1978	3	43		Canada	C	14	7
1978	3	44		United States	D	35
1978	4	59		United States	RW	249	13
1978	4	60		Canada	D	257	23
1978	5	76		United States	RW	61
1978	6	93		Canada	D	705	69
1978	7	110		Canada	D	4
1978	8	127		Canada	D
1978	9	144		Canada	D
1978	10	161		United States	G
1978	11	176		Canada	G	290	12
1978	12	192		Canada	LW
1978	13	206		United States	D
1978	14	217		United States	C
1978	15	223		Canada	C	5
1979	1	13		Canada	LW	631	16
1979	2	34		United States	D	450	44
1979	4	76		Canada	C	521	67
1979	5	97		Canada	RW
1979	6	118		Canada	C
1980	1	14		Canada	F
1980	2	35		Canada	RW	499	82
1980	4	77		United States	C
1980	5	98		United States	D	281	26
1980	6	119		Finland	D	446	86
1980	7	140		Canada	C
1980	8	161		Canada	D
1980	9	182		United States	RW
1980	10	203		Sweden	D
1981	1	9		Canada	D	1,280	117
1981	2	30		Sweden	LW	556	58
1981	3	50		Sweden	LW	338	23
1981	3	51		Canada	C	10
1981	4	72		United States	G	882	71
1981	6	114		United States	C
1981	7	135		United States	D
1981	8	156		Finland	RW
1981	9	177		United States	C
1981	10	198		Canada	G
1982	1	15		Canada	C	230	20
1982	2	36		Sweden	RW	983	139
1982	3	57		United States	C	335	47
1982	4	78		Canada	RW	74
1982	6	120		United States	C	774	79
1982	7	141			LW
1982	8	160		United States	C
1982	8	162		Sweden	D
1982	9	183		United States	LW	1,048	119
1982	10	193		Finland	D	8
1982	10	204		Canada	C
1982	11	225		United States	D
1982	12	246		Canada	D
1983	1	12		Canada	C	946	57
1983	2	33		Canada	LW	13
1983	3	49		Finland	D
1983	3	53		Canada	LW	31
1983	4	73		Sweden	D	47
1983	5	93		United States	RW
1983	6	113		United States	D
1983	7	133		United States	C
1983	8	153		Canada	LW
1983	9	173		Canada	RW	5
1983	11	213		Canada	D
1983	12	233		Sweden	G
1984	1	14		Canada	D	858	54
1984	2	35		Finland	C	117	2
1984	4	77		United States	C	322	38
1984	5	98		United States	LW	35	2
1984	6	119		Sweden	D	813	123
1984	7	140		Canada	LW
1984	8	161		United States	C
1984	9	182		Finland	LW
1984	9	188		Denmark	C
1984	10	202		United States	C	620	61
1984	11	223		United States	C
1984	12	243		Canada	G
1985	1	7		Sweden	RW	966	85
1985	2	28		United States	G	666	76
1985	3	49		Sweden	G
1985	4	70		Canada	D
1985	5	91		Canada	LW
1985	6	112		Canada	C	30
1985	7	133		Canada	D
1985	8	154		Canada	LW
1985	9	175		Canada	D	1
1985	10	196		Canada	RW	12
1985	11	217		Sweden	RW	23
1985	12	238		Canada	D	364	5
1986	1	9		United States	D	1,205	95
1986	3	51		Canada	C
1986	3	53		Canada	C
1986	4	72		Canada	C	711	27
1986	5	93		Canada	D	43	7
1986	6	114		United States	C	635	35
1986	7	135		United States	RW
1986	8	156		Canada	C
1986	9	177		United States	LW
1986	10	198		Canada	D
1986	11	219		Canada	D
1986	12	240		Denmark	LW
1987	1	10		Canada	D	406	31
1987	2	31		Canada	LW	188	16
1987	3	46		Canada	RW
1987	4	69		United States	C	709	34
1987	5	94		United States	C
1987	6	115			D
1987	7	136		United States	D
1987	8	157		United States	RW
1987	9	178		United States	RW
1987	10	199		United States	F
1987	10	205		Canada	LW
1987	11	220		United States	D
1988	2	22		Canada	LW	456	15
1988	2	26		Canada	D
1988	4	68		United States	RW	1,174	99
1988	5	99		Canada	C
1988	6	110		Canada	D	242
1988	7	131		Canada	G	1
1988	8	152		Canada	LW
1988	10	194		Canada	C
1988	10	202		United States	RW
1988	11	215		Canada	D	1
1988	12	236		United States	RW
1989	1	20		Canada	RW	329	2
1989	2	40		Canada	RW
1989	3	45		Canada	LW	798	34
1989	3	49		Canada	LW	401	15
1989	4	67		United States	RW	511	37
1989	5	88		United States	D	677	80
1989	6	118		Canada	D	25
1989	7	139		United States	F
1989	8	160		Canada	D
1989	9	181		United States	LW
1989	10	202			RW	153	10
1989	11	223		Canada	D
1989	12	244		Canada	LW
1990	1	13		Canada	D
1990	2	34		United States	C	1,238	97
1990	3	55		Canada	D
1990	4	69		United States	RW	252	4
1990	4	76		United States	LW
1990	5	85			D	1,068	164
1990	5	99			C
1990	6	118		United States	D
1990	7	139		United States	D
1990	8	160		United States	RW
1990	9	181		United States	D
1990	10	202		United States	G
1990	11	223		United States	C
1990	12	244			C	761	105
1991	1	15			RW	1,300	116
1991	2	37		Canada	D
1991	5	96		United States	D
1991	6	125		Sweden	RW
1991	6	128		United Kingdom	D
1991	7	147		United States	C
1991	8	169		Canada	G	108	6
1991	9	191			D
1991	10	213		Canada	G	1
1991	11	235			C
1991	12	257		Canada	C	3
1992	1	24		United States	C	92	2
1992	2	48		Sweden	D	903	56
1992	3	72		Canada	LW	457	16
1992	4	85		United States	C	74
1992	5	120		Belarus	RW
1992	6	144		Canada	D
1992	7	168		Canada	LW
1992	8	192		Canada	D
1992	9	216		United States	D
1992	10	240			RW	33	1
1993	1	8		Sweden	LW	750	59
1993	2	34		Canada	D	3
1993	3	61			D	122	1
1993	4	86		Belarus	LW
1993	5	112		Canada	D
1993	6	138		Canada	G
1993	7	162			LW
1993	7	164		United States	LW	1,195	95
1993	8	190		United States	D
1993	9	216		Canada	G
1993	10	242			C
1993	11	261			D
1993	11	268			LW
1994	1	26		Canada	G	351	8
1994	2	52		Slovakia	LW
1994	3	78		Canada	D
1994	4	100			D
1994	4	104		Canada	LW	115
1994	5	130		Canada	D
1994	6	135			C
1994	6	156		Canada	RW
1994	7	182		Ukraine	RW
1994	8	208		United States	D
1994	9	209		Kazakhstan	G	4
1994	9	234		Canada	LW	547	4
1994	10	260		Slovakia	F
1994	11	267		Canada	LW
1994	11	286		Sweden	D	739	43
1995	2	39		Canada	RW	33	3
1995	3	65		Canada	D
1995	4	91		Canada	C	807	25
1995	5	110			D	1
1995	5	117		United States	D	181
1995	6	143		Slovakia	RW
1995	7	169		United States	G
1995	8	195			D
1995	9	221		Canada	C
1996	1	22		Canada	D
1996	2	48		Canada	LW	53
1996	3	76			LW
1996	5	131		Canada	LW
1996	6	158		Sweden	D
1996	7	185		United States	D
1996	8	211		Canada	D
1996	9	237		Sweden	D	1
1997	1	19		Canada	RW
1997	2	46		Canada	D
1997	3	73		Canada	D	39
1997	4	93		Finland	D
1997	5	126		Canada	G
1997	5	134		Sweden	RW	38
1997	6	136		United States	C	579	6
1997	6	154		Canada	G
1997	7	175		Sweden	G	99	6
1997	7	182		United States	D	321	19
1997	8	210		Canada	LW
1997	9	236		United States	D
1998	1	7		Canada	C	991	35
1998	2	40		Canada	LW
1998	3	66		Canada	G	187
1998	4	114		Canada	LW	31
1998	5	122		United States	RW	50
1998	5	131		Czech Republic	D	141
1998	7	180		Sweden	RW
1998	8	207		Sweden	LW	54
1998	9	235		Sweden	D	23
1999	1	4		Czech Republic	RW	78	2
1999	1	9		Canada	C	295	6
1999	2	59		Canada	LW
1999	3	79		Sweden	G
1999	3	90		United States	D
1999	5	137		Canada	RW
1999	6	177		United States	C
1999	7	197		Finland	D
1999	8	226			LW
1999	9	251		Sweden	RW
1999	9	254			LW
2000	2	64		Czech Republic	D	17
2000	3	95		Canada	C	897	101
2000	4	112		Czech Republic	D
2000	5	140		Canada	C
2000	5	143		United States	G
2000	6	175		Czech Republic	C/RW
2000	7	205		Sweden	G	887	130
2000	8	238		United States	D
2000	9	269		Czech Republic	D
2001	1	10		Canada	G	63
2001	2	40			D	872	32
2001	3	79		Canada	C	116	6
2001	4	113		United States	D	10
2001	5	139		Canada	RW
2001	6	176		Czech Republic	D	836	49
2001	7	206		Czech Republic	LW
2001	7	226		Sweden	LW
2001	8	230			D
2001	8	238		United States	C	228	14
2001	9	269		Latvia	C
2002	2	33		United States	C
2002	3	81		Sweden	LW
2002	4	127		United States	D	205	7
2002	5	143		United States	LW
2002	6	177		United States	D
2002	6	194		Finland	C
2002	7	226		United States	RW	179
2002	8	240		Czech Republic	LW	346	24
2002	9	270		United States	RW
2003	1	12		United States	RW	2
2003	2	50		Slovakia	D	1
2003	3	75		United States	C
2003	4	122		United States	D	130	3
2003	5	149		Canada	LW	212	11
2003	6	176		Slovakia	C
2003	6	179		Switzerland	D
2003	6	180		United States	G	2
2003	7	209		United States	D	78
2003	8	243		Czech Republic	F
2004	1	6		United States	G	168
2004	1	19		Finland	LW	609	30
2004	2	36		Canada	C
2004	2	48		Canada	LW	14
2004	2	51		Canada	C
2004	2	60		United States	C	823	58
2004	3	73		Czech Republic	RW
2004	3	80		United States	C
2004	4	127		United States	RW	757	121
2004	5	135		Czech Republic	LW
2004	6	169		Canada	LW
2004	8	247		Canada	D
2004	9	266		Czech Republic	RW	2
2005	1	12		Canada	D	1101	108
2005	2	40		United States	D	98	5
2005	2	56		Canada	RW	151	7
2005	3	66		Canada	C	1
2005	3	77		Canada	D
2005	4	107		Canada	C	445	40
2005	5	147		Canada	D
2005	6	178		Canada	F
2005	7	211		Canada	C	41
2006	1	21		United States	D	45
2006	2	54			C	771	43
2006	3	84		Canada	LW
2006	4	104		Czech Republic	RW
2006	5	137		Slovakia	LW
2006	6	174		Canada	C
2006	7	204		Slovakia	C
2007	1	17			RW
2007	2	48		Canada	G
2007	5	138		Canada	C
2007	6	168		Sweden	LW	713	141
2007	7	193		Slovakia	C
2007	7	198		Canada	F
2008	1	20		Canada	D	736	32
2008	2	51		United States	C	889	109
2008	3	75			C	34
2008	3	90		Czech Republic	D	30
2008	4	111		Canada	RW	513	45
2008	5	141		Canada	C
2008	6	171		Canada	D
2009	1	19		United States	LW	733	101
2009	2	47		Canada	C
2009	3	80		United States	C	1
2009	5	127		Czech Republic	C	84
2009	5	140		Canada	G
2009	6	170		Canada	D
2009	7	200			D
2010	1	10		Canada	D	72	1
2010	2	40		Canada	RW	27
2010	4	100		United States	C/LW
2010	5	130		Canada	LW
2010	6	157		Sweden	RW	630	66
2010	7	190		Canada	F
2011	1	15		United States	LW	718	78
2011	3	72		United States	C	31	1
2011	4	106		Canada	C
2011	5	134		United States	RW
2011	5	136		Canada	D
2011	6	172		Slovakia	D
2012	1	28		United States	D	529	51
2012	2	59		United States	C	76
2012	4	119		Sweden	D
2012	5	142		Denmark	RW
2013	3	65		Canada	C
2013	3	75			LW	437	20
2013	3	80		Canada	LW	490	15
2013	4	110		Canada	D	301	25
2013	6	170		Canada	G	2
2014	2	59		United States	G	1
2014	3	85		United States	C
2014	4	104		United States	D
2014	4	118			G	158	22
2014	5	122		Czech Republic	RW
2014	5	140		Canada	D	1
2014	5	142		United States	D
2015	2	41		Canada	LW
2015	3	62		Sweden	RW
2015	3	79			D
2015	3	89		Finland	C	9	2
2015	4	113		Canada	C
2015	4	119		Sweden	RW
2015	7	184		Slovakia	G	1
2016	3	81		Canada	D	2
2016	4	98		Finland	D	4
2016	5	141		United States	LW	16
2016	6	171		Canada	C
2016	6	174		Canada	G
2016	7	201		Canada	RW
2017	1	7		Sweden	C	110
2017	1	21		Czech Republic	C	327	24
2017	4	123		United States	D
2017	5	145		Sweden	D
2017	6	157		Czech Republic	C
2017	6	174		Canada	C	99
2017	7	207		Finland	C
2018	1	9			RW	63
2018	1	22		United States	D	214	21
2018	1	28		Sweden	D	85
2018	2	39		Sweden	G
2018	3	70		Sweden	D
2018	3	88		United States	D	2
2018	4	101		Switzerland	D
2018	5	132		Finland	RW
2018	6	163		Sweden	D
2018	7	216		United States	RW
2019	1	2		Finland	RW	239	23
2019	2	49		Canada	D
2019	2	58		Sweden	C
2019	3	68		United States	D	38
2019	4	112		United States	D
2019	5	130		Finland	RW
2019	6	161		Sweden	C
2019	7	205		Canada	RW
2020	1	1		Canada	LW	216	21
2020	1	19		Canada	D	124	21
2020	2	60		Canada	LW	4
2020	3	92		Sweden	C
2020	4	103		Canada	G
2020	5	127		Canada	C
2020	5	134		United States	LW
2020	6	165		Canada	C
2020	7	197		Sweden	G
2021	1	16		Canada	LW
2021	3	65		Canada	C
2021	3	75		Canada	C
2021	4	104		United States	RW
2021	4	106		Finland	LW
2021	4	112		Canada	G
2021	5	144		Czech Republic	RW
2021	7	208		United States	D
2022	2	63		Slovakia	LW
2022	3	97		Canada	LW
2022	4	111		United States	C
2022	5	159		United States	D
2022	5	161			LW
2022	6	191		United States	C
2023	1	23		United States	RW
2023	3	90		United States	D
2023	5	152		Sweden	D
2023	6	178		Canada	C
2023	6	183		United States	C
2024	1	30		United States	D
2024	4	119		Canada	C
2024	5	159		Canada	LW
2024	6	191		Switzerland	LW

Supplemental Draft picks

Draft	Player	Nationality	Pos	RS	PO
1986		Canada	C	3
1987		United States	RW
1988		United States	D	29
1988		United States	LW
1989		Canada	C
1990		United States	G
1991		United States	RW	67
1993		Canada	RW

See also

• List of New York Rangers players

References

• Web site: All-time roster for the New York Rangers of the NHL. The Internet Hockey Database. 2008-07-03.
• Web site: New York Rangers Draft History. The Internet Hockey Database. 2008-07-03.
• Web site: New York Rangers Draft History. Hockey Draft Central. 2008-07-03.