| 1963 |
Montreal Canadiens |
Garry Monahan |
 Canada |
Forward |
St. Michael's Buzzers |
CJBHL |
| 1964 |
Detroit Red Wings |
Claude Gauthier ¤ |
Canada |
Forward |
Comité des jeunes (Rosemont) |
QC Midget |
| 1965 |
New York Rangers |
Andre Veilleux ¤ |
 Canada |
Forward |
Montreal Rangers Jr. B |
QC Jr. B |
| 1966 |
Boston Bruins |
Barry Gibbs |
Canada |
Defenceman |
Estevan Bruins |
SJHL |
| 1967 |
Los Angeles Kings‡ |
Rick Pagnutti ¤ |
Canada |
Defenceman |
Garson Native Sons |
NOHA |
| 1968 |
Montreal Canadiens |
Michel Plasse |
Canada |
Goaltender |
Drummondville Rangers |
QMJHL |
| 1969 |
Montreal Canadiens |
Rejean Houle |
Canada |
Forward |
Montreal Junior Canadiens |
OHA |
| 1970 |
Buffalo Sabres‡ |
Gilbert Perreault # |
Canada |
Forward |
Montreal Junior Canadiens |
OHA |
| 1971 |
Montreal Canadiens |
Guy Lafleur * |
Canada |
Forward |
Quebec Remparts |
QMJHL |
| 1972 |
New York Islanders‡ |
Billy Harris |
Canada |
Forward |
Peterborough Petes |
OHA |
| 1973 |
New York Islanders |
Denis Potvin # |
Canada |
Defenceman |
Ottawa 67's |
OHA |
| 1974 |
Washington Capitals |
Greg Joly |
Canada |
Defenceman |
Regina Pats |
WCHL |
| 1975 |
Philadelphia Flyers |
Mel Bridgman |
Canada |
Forward |
Victoria Cougars |
WCHL |
| 1976 |
Washington Capitals |
Rick Green |
Canada |
Defenceman |
London Knights |
OHA |
| 1977 |
Detroit Red Wings |
Dale McCourt |
Canada |
Forward |
Hamilton Fincups |
OHA |
| 1978 |
Minnesota North Stars |
Bobby Smith ^ |
Canada |
Forward |
Ottawa 67's |
OHA |
| 1979 |
Colorado Rockies |
Rob Ramage |
Canada |
Defenceman |
London Knights |
OHA |
| 1980 |
Montreal Canadiens |
Doug Wickenheiser |
Canada |
Forward |
Regina Pats |
WHL |
| 1981 |
Winnipeg Jets |
Dale Hawerchuk # |
Canada |
Forward |
Cornwall Royals |
QMJHL |
| 1982 |
Boston Bruins |
Gord Kluzak |
Canada |
Defenceman |
Billings Bighorns |
WHL |
| 1983 |
Minnesota North Stars |
Brian Lawton |
 United States |
Forward |
Mount Saint Charles Mounties |
USHS-RI |
| 1984 |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
Mario Lemieux # |
Canada |
Forward |
Laval Voisins |
QMJHL |
| 1985 |
Toronto Maple Leafs |
Wendel Clark |
Canada |
Defenceman1 |
Saskatoon Blades |
WHL |
| 1986 |
Detroit Red Wings |
Joe Murphy |
Canada |
Forward |
Michigan State Spartans |
CCHA |
| 1987 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Pierre Turgeon * |
Canada |
Forward |
Granby Bisons |
QMJHL |
| 1988 |
Minnesota North Stars |
Mike Modano * |
United States |
Forward |
Prince Albert Raiders |
WHL |
| 1989 |
Quebec Nordiques |
Mats Sundin * |
 Sweden |
Forward |
Nacka HK |
Swe-2 |
| 1990 |
Quebec Nordiques |
Owen Nolan |
Canada |
Forward |
Cornwall Royals |
OHL |
| 1991 |
Quebec Nordiques |
Eric Lindros * |
Canada |
Forward |
Oshawa Generals |
OHL |
| 1992 |
Tampa Bay Lightning‡ |
Roman Hamrlik |
 Czechoslovakia |
Defenceman |
HC Zlin |
CS-1HL |
| 1993 |
Ottawa Senators |
Alexandre Daigle |
Canada |
Forward |
Victoriaville Tigres |
QMJHL |
| 1994 |
Florida Panthers |
Ed Jovanovski |
Canada |
Defenceman |
Windsor Spitfires |
OHL |
| 1995 |
Ottawa Senators |
Bryan Berard ^ |
United States |
Defenceman |
Detroit Junior Red Wings |
OHL |
| 1996 |
Ottawa Senators |
Chris Phillips |
Canada |
Defenceman |
Prince Albert Raiders |
WHL |
| 1997 |
Boston Bruins |
Joe Thornton |
Canada |
Forward |
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds |
OHL |
| 1998 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Vincent Lecavalier |
Canada |
Forward |
Rimouski Oceanic |
QMJHL |
| 1999 |
Atlanta Thrashers‡ |
Patrik Stefan |
Czech Republic |
Forward |
Long Beach Ice Dogs |
IHL |
| 2000 |
New York Islanders |
Rick DiPietro |
United States |
Goaltender |
Boston University Terriers |
HEA |
| 2001 |
Atlanta Thrashers |
Ilya Kovalchuk |
 Russia |
Forward |
Spartak Moscow |
RUS-2 |
| 2002 |
Columbus Blue Jackets |
Rick Nash |
Canada |
Forward |
London Knights |
OHL |
| 2003 |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
Marc-Andre Fleury |
Canada |
Goaltender |
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles |
QMJHL |
| 2004 |
Washington Capitals |
Alexander Ovechkin ^ |
Russia |
Forward |
Dynamo Moscow |
RSL |
| 2005 |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
Sidney Crosby |
Canada |
Forward |
Rimouski Océanic |
QMJHL |
| 2006 |
St. Louis Blues |
Erik Johnson |
United States |
Defenceman |
U.S. NTDP |
NAHL |
| 2007 |
Chicago Blackhawks |
Patrick Kane ^ |
United States |
Forward |
London Knights |
OHL |
| 2008 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Steven Stamkos |
Canada |
Forward |
Sarnia Sting |
OHL |
| 2009 |
New York Islanders |
John Tavares |
Canada |
Forward |
London Knights |
OHL |
| 2010 |
Edmonton Oilers |
Taylor Hall |
Canada |
Forward |
Windsor Spitfires |
OHL |
| 2011 |
Edmonton Oilers |
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins |
Canada |
Forward |
Red Deer Rebels |
WHL |
| 2012 |
Edmonton Oilers |
Nail Jakupov |
Russia |
Forward |
Sarnia Sting |
OHL |
| 2013 |
Colorado Avalanche |
Nathan MacKinnon |
Canada |
Forward |
Halifax Mooseheads |
QMJHL |
| 2014 |
Florida Panthers |
Aaron Ekblad |
Canada |
Defenceman |
Barrie Colts |
OHL |
| 2015 |
Edmonton Oilers |
Connor McDavid |
Canada |
Forward |
Erie Otters |
OHL |
| 2016 |
Toronto Maple Leafs |
Auston Matthews |
United States |
Forward |
ZSC Lions |
NLA |
| 2017 |
New Jersey Devils |
Nico Hischier |
 Switzerland |
Forward |
Halifax Mooseheads |
QMJHL |
| 2018 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Rasmus Dahlin |
Sweden |
Defenceman |
Frolunda HC |
SHL |
| 2019 |
New Jersey Devils |
Jack Hughes |
United States |
Forward |
U.S. NTDP |
USHL |
| 2020 |
New York Rangers |
Alexis Lafreniere |
Canada |
Forward |
Rimouski Océanic |
QMJHL |
| 2021 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Owen Power |
Canada |
Defenceman |
Michigan Wolverines |
Big Ten |
| 2022 |
Montreal Canadiens |
Juraj Slafkovský |
 Slovakia |
Forward |
TPS |
Liiga |
| 2023 |
Chicago Blackhawks |
Connor Bedard |
Canada |
Forward |
Regina Pats |
WHL |
| 2024 |
San Jose Sharks |
Macklin Celebrini |
Canada |
Forward |
Boston University Terriers |
Hockey East |
| 2025 |
New York Islanders |
Matthew Schaefer |
Canada |
Defenceman |
Erie Otters |
OHL |
