# List of Columbus Blue Jackets draft picks

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

## Key

Played at least one game with the Blue Jackets  Spent entire NHL career with the Blue Jackets
Statistics :
| Pos | Position | GP | Games played |
| G | Goals | A | Assists |
| Pts | Points | PIM | Penalties in minutes |
| GAA | Goals against average | W | Wins |
| L | Losses | OT | Overtime or shootout losses |
| SV% | Save percentage | | Does not apply |
Positions :
| G | Goaltender |
| D | Defenseman |
| LW | Left wing |
| C | Center |
| RW | Right wing |
| F | Forward |

## Draft picks

Statistics are complete as of 2025-01-31 and show each player's career regular season totals in the NHL. Wins, losses, ties, overtime losses and goals against average apply to goaltenders and are used only for players at that position. A player listed with a blank under the games played column has not played in the NHL.
| Year | Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | W | L | OT | SV% | GAA |
| 2000 | 1 | 4 | Rostislav Klesla | Czech Republic | D | 659 | 48 | 111 | 159 | 620 | | | | | |
| 2000 | 3 | 69 | Ben Knopp | Canada | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2000 | 5 | 133 | Petteri Nummelin | Finland | D | 139 | 9 | 36 | 45 | 34 | | | | | |
| 2000 | 5 | 138 | Scott Heffernan | Canada | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2000 | 5 | 150 | Tyler Kolarik | United States | C | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2000 | 6 | 169 | Shane Bendera | Canada | G | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2000 | 7 | 200 | Janne Jokila | Finland | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2000 | 8 | 231 | Pete Zingoni | United States | C | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2000 | 9 | 278 | Martin Paroulek | Czech Republic | LW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2000 | 9 | 286 | Andrej Nedorost | Slovakia | C | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | | | | | |
| 2000 | 9 | 292 | Louis Mandeville | Canada | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2001 | 1 | 8 | Pascal Leclaire | Canada | G | 173 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 61 | 76 | 15 | .904 | 2.89 |
| 2001 | 2 | 38 | Tim Jackman | United States | RW | 483 | 32 | 43 | 75 | 806 | | | | | |
| 2001 | 2 | 53 | Kiel McLeod | Canada | RW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2001 | 3 | 85 | Aaron Johnson | Canada | D | 291 | 17 | 45 | 62 | 227 | | | | | |
| 2001 | 3 | 87 | Per Mars | Sweden | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2001 | 5 | 141 | Cole Jarrett | Canada | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 2001 | 6 | 173 | Justin Aikins | Canada | RW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2001 | 6 | 187 | Artem Vostrikov | Russia | C | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2001 | 7 | 204 | Raffaele Sannitz | Switzerland | C | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2001 | 8 | 236 | Ryan Bowness | Canada | RW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2001 | 8 | 242 | Andrew Murray | Canada | C | 221 | 24 | 16 | 40 | 36 | | | | | |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | Rick Nash | Canada | LW | 1060 | 437 | 368 | 805 | 750 | | | | | |
| 2002 | 2 | 41 | Joakim Lindstrom | Sweden | LW | 150 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 58 | | | | | |
| 2002 | 3 | 65 | Ole-Kristian Tollefsen | Norway | D | 163 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 296 | | | | | |
| 2002 | 3 | 96 | Jeff Genovy | United States | C | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2002 | 4 | 98 | Ivan Tkachenko | Russia | RW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2002 | 4 | 119 | Jekabs Redlihs | Latvia | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2002 | 5 | 133 | Lasse Pirjeta | Finland | LW | 146 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 50 | | | | | |
| 2002 | 6 | 168 | Tim Konsorada | Canada | RW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2002 | 6 | 184 | Jaroslav Balastik | Czech Republic | LW | 74 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 30 | | | | | |
| 2002 | 7 | 199 | Greg Mauldin | United States | RW | 36 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | | | | | |
| 2002 | 7 | 225 | Steven Goertzen | Canada | RW | 68 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 83 | | | | | |
| 2002 | 8 | 231 | Jaroslav Kracik | Czech Republic | RW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2002 | 9 | 263 | Sergei Mozyakin | Russia | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 | Nikolay Zherdev | Ukraine | RW | 421 | 115 | 146 | 261 | 225 | | | | | |
| 2003 | 2 | 46 | Dan Fritsche | United States | C | 256 | 34 | 42 | 76 | 103 | | | | | |
| 2003 | 3 | 71 | Dmitri Kosmachev | Russia | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2003 | 4 | 103 | Kevin Jarman | Canada | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2003 | 4 | 104 | Philippe Dupuis | Canada | C | 116 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 62 | | | | | |
| 2003 | 5 | 138 | Arsi Piispanen | Finland | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2003 | 6 | 168 | Marc Methot | Canada | D | 624 | 22 | 101 | 123 | 380 | | | | | |
| 2003 | 7 | 200 | Alexander Guskov | Russia | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2003 | 8 | 233 | Mathieu Gravel | Canada | RW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2003 | 9 | 283 | Trevor Hendrikx | Canada | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2004 | 1 | 8 | Alexandre Picard | Canada | LW | 67 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 58 | | | | | |
| 2004 | 2 | 46 | Adam Pineault | United States | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 2004 | 2 | 59 | Kyle Wharton | Canada | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2004 | 3 | 93 | Dan LaCosta | Canada | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .953 | 1.42 |
| 2004 | 3 | 96 | Andrei Plekhanov | Russia | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2004 | 5 | 133 | Petr Pohl | Czech Republic | RW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2004 | 6 | 167 | Robert Page | United States | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2004 | 6 | 190 | Lennart Petrell | Finland | LW | 95 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 49 | | | | | |
| 2004 | 7 | 198 | Justin Vinneau | Canada | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2004 | 8 | 231 | Brian McGuirk | United States | LW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2004 | 8 | 233 | Matt Greer | United States | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2004 | 9 | 271 | Grant Clitsome | Canada | D | 205 | 15 | 56 | 71 | 98 | | | | | |
| 2005 | 1 | 6 | Gilbert Brule | Canada | C | 299 | 43 | 52 | 95 | 156 | | | | | |
| 2005 | 2 | 55 | Adam McQuaid | Canada | D | 512 | 16 | 57 | 73 | 694 | | | | | |
| 2005 | 3 | 67 | Kris Russell | Canada | D | 912 | 48 | 206 | 254 | 271 | | | | | |
| 2005 | 4 | 101 | Jared Boll | United States | RW | 579 | 28 | 38 | 66 | 1298 | | | | | |
| 2005 | 5 | 131 | Tomas Popperle | Czech Republic | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .929 | 1.33 |
| 2005 | 6 | 177 | Derek Reinhart | Canada | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2005 | 6 | 189 | Kirill Starkov | Denmark | RW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2005 | 7 | 201 | Trevor Hendrikx | Canada | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2006 | 1 | 6 | Derick Brassard | Canada | C | 1013 | 215 | 330 | 545 | 465 | | | | | |
| 2006 | 3 | 69 | Steve Mason | Canada | G | 476 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 205 | 183 | 64 | .911 | 2.70 |
| 2006 | 3 | 85 | Tom Sestito | United States | LW | 154 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 499 | | | | | |
| 2006 | 4 | 113 | Ben Wright | Canada | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2006 | 5 | 129 | Robert Nyholm | Finland | LW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2006 | 5 | 136 | Nick Sucharski | Canada | LW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2006 | 5 | 142 | Maxime Frechette | Canada | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2006 | 6 | 159 | Jesse Dudas | Canada | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2006 | 7 | 189 | Derek Dorsett | Canada | RW | 515 | 51 | 76 | 127 | 1314 | | | | | |
| 2006 | 7 | 194 | Matt Marquardt | Canada | LW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2007 | 1 | 7 | Jakub Voracek | Czech Republic | RW | 1058 | 223 | 583 | 806 | 525 | | | | | |
| 2007 | 2 | 37 | Stefan Legein | Canada | RW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2007 | 2 | 53 | Will Weber | United States | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2007 | 3 | 68 | Jake Hansen | United States | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2007 | 4 | 94 | Maxim Mayorov | Russia | LW | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| 2007 | 6 | 158 | Allen York | Canada | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 2.30 |
| 2007 | 7 | 211 | Trent Vogelhuber | United States | RW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2008 | 1 | 6 | Nikita Filatov | Russia | LW | 53 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 20 | | | | | |
| 2008 | 2 | 37 | Cody Goloubef | Canada | D | 160 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 76 | | | | | |
| 2008 | 4 | 107 | Steven Delisle | Canada | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2008 | 4 | 118 | Drew Olson | United States | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2008 | 5 | 127 | Matt Calvert | Canada | LW | 566 | 95 | 108 | 203 | 376 | | | | | |
| 2008 | 5 | 135 | Tomas Kubalik | Czech Republic | RW | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| 2008 | 5 | 137 | Brent Regner | Canada | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | | | | | |
| 2008 | 6 | 157 | Cam Atkinson | United States | RW | 801 | 252 | 234 | 486 | 187 | | | | | |
| 2008 | 7 | 187 | Sean Collins | Canada | C | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | | | | | |
| 2009 | 1 | 21 | John Moore | Canada | D | 544 | 38 | 80 | 118 | 227 | | | | | |
| 2009 | 2 | 56 | Kevin Lynch | United States | C | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2009 | 4 | 94 | David Savard | Canada | D | 840 | 54 | 183 | 237 | 457 | | | | | |
| 2009 | 5 | 137 | Thomas Larkin | Italy | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2009 | 6 | 167 | Anton Blomqvist | Sweden | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2009 | 7 | 197 | Kyle Neuber | Canada | RW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 | Ryan Johansen | Canada | C | 905 | 202 | 376 | 578 | 546 | | | | | |
| 2010 | 2 | 34 | Dalton Smith | Canada | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| 2010 | 2 | 55 | Petr Straka | Czech Republic | LW | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | | | | | |
| 2010 | 4 | 94 | Brandon Archibald | United States | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2010 | 4 | 102 | Mathieu Corbeil-Theriault | Canada | G | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2010 | 5 | 124 | Austin Madaisky | Canada | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2010 | 6 | 154 | Dalton Prout | Canada | D | 264 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 321 | | | | | |
| 2010 | 7 | 184 | Martin Ouellette | Canada | G | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2011 | 2 | 37 | Boone Jenner | Canada | C | 715 | 192 | 172 | 364 | 410 | | | | | |
| 2011 | 3 | 66 | T. J. Tynan | United States | C | 29 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| 2011 | 4 | 98 | Mike Reilly | United States | D | 339 | 12 | 86 | 98 | 132 | | | | | |
| 2011 | 5 | 128 | Seth Ambroz | United States | LW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2011 | 6 | 158 | Lukas Sedlak | Czech Republic | C | 192 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 68 | | | | | |
| 2011 | 7 | 188 | Anton Forsberg | Sweden | G | 179 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 70 | 78 | 12 | .904 | 3.08 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | Ryan Murray | Canada | D | 445 | 15 | 116 | 131 | 118 | | | | | |
| 2012 | 2 | 31 | Oscar Dansk | Sweden | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .906 | 3.10 |
| 2012 | 3 | 62 | Joonas Korpisalo | Finland | G | 294 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 124 | 112 | 31 | .901 | 3.05 |
| 2012 | 4 | 95 | Josh Anderson | Canada | LW | 586 | 139 | 102 | 241 | 515 | | | | | |
| 2012 | 6 | 152 | Daniel Zaar | Sweden | RW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2012 | 7 | 182 | Gianluca Curcuruto | Canada | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2013 | 1 | 14 | Alexander Wennberg | Sweden | C | 764 | 99 | 259 | 358 | 163 | | | | | |
| 2013 | 1 | 19 | Kerby Rychel | Canada | LW | 43 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 19 | | | | | |
| 2013 | 1 | 27 | Marko Dano | Slovakia | RW | 141 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 49 | | | | | |
| 2013 | 2 | 50 | Dillon Heatherington | Canada | D | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 | | | | | |
| 2013 | 3 | 89 | Oliver Bjorkstrand | Denmark | RW | 597 | 166 | 206 | 372 | 111 | | | | | |
| 2013 | 4 | 105 | Nick Moutrey | Canada | C | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2013 | 6 | 165 | Markus Soeberg | Norway | LW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2013 | 7 | 195 | Peter Quenneville | Canada | C | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2014 | 1 | 16 | Sonny Milano | United States | LW | 313 | 62 | 75 | 137 | 74 | | | | | |
| 2014 | 2 | 47 | Ryan Collins | United States | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2014 | 3 | 76 | Elvis Merzlikins | Latvia | G | 224 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 87 | 90 | 33 | .903 | 3.15 |
| 2014 | 3 | 77 | Blake Siebenaler | United States | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2014 | 4 | 107 | Julien Pelletier | Canada | LW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2014 | 5 | 137 | Tyler Bird | United States | RW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2014 | 7 | 197 | Olivier Leblanc | Canada | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2015 | 1 | 8 | Zach Werenski | United States | D | 537 | 106 | 251 | 357 | 142 | | | | | |
| 2015 | 1 | 29 | Gabriel Carlsson | Sweden | D | 81 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 22 | | | | | |
| 2015 | 2 | 38 | Paul Bittner | United States | LW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2015 | 2 | 58 | Kevin Stenlund | Sweden | C | 256 | 35 | 21 | 56 | 126 | | | | | |
| 2015 | 3 | 69 | Keegan Kolesar | Canada | RW | 327 | 36 | 58 | 94 | 247 | | | | | |
| 2015 | 5 | 129 | Sam Ruopp | Canada | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2015 | 5 | 141 | Veeti Vainio | Finland | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2015 | 6 | 159 | Vladislav Gavrikov | Russia | D | 402 | 26 | 95 | 121 | 176 | | | | | |
| 2015 | 7 | 189 | Markus Nutivaara | Finland | D | 275 | 17 | 54 | 71 | 42 | | | | | |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Canada | C | 567 | 156 | 227 | 383 | 491 | | | | | |
| 2016 | 2 | 34 | Andrew Peeke | United States | D | 280 | 11 | 45 | 56 | 110 | | | | | |
| 2016 | 3 | 65 | Vitalii Abramov | Russia | RW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| 2016 | 6 | 155 | Peter Thome | United States | G | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2016 | 7 | 185 | Calvin Thurkauf | Switzerland | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 2017 | 2 | 45 | Alexandre Texier | France | C | 225 | 37 | 50 | 87 | 88 | | | | | |
| 2017 | 3 | 86 | Daniil Tarasov | Russia | G | 58 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 31 | 6 | .897 | 3.50 |
| 2017 | 4 | 117 | Emil Bemstrom | Sweden | C | 228 | 34 | 40 | 74 | 30 | | | | | |
| 2017 | 5 | 148 | Kale Howarth | United States | LW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2017 | 6 | 170 | Jonathan Davidsson | Sweden | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| 2017 | 6 | 179 | Carson Meyer | United States | RW | 41 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | | | | | |
| 2017 | 7 | 210 | Robbie Stucker | United States | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2018 | 1 | 18 | Liam Foudy | Canada | C | 104 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 16 | | | | | |
| 2018 | 2 | 49 | Kirill Marchenko | Russia | RW | 188 | 64 | 56 | 120 | 42 | | | | | |
| 2018 | 3 | 80 | Marcus Karlberg | Sweden | LW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2018 | 6 | 159 | Tim Berni | Switzerland | D | 59 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 34 | | | | | |
| 2018 | 6 | 173 | Veini Vehvilainen | Finland | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 | 5.63 |
| 2018 | 7 | 205 | Trey Fix-Wolansky | Canada | RW | 26 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | |
| 2019 | 4 | 104 | Eric Hjorth | Sweden | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2019 | 4 | 114 | Dmitri Voronkov | Russia | LW | 117 | 36 | 31 | 67 | 91 | | | | | |
| 2019 | 7 | 212 | Tyler Angle | Canada | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| 2020 | 1 | 21 | Yegor Chinakhov | Russia | RW | 166 | 34 | 36 | 70 | 34 | | | | | |
| 2020 | 3 | 78 | Samuel Knazko | Slovakia | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 2020 | 4 | 114 | Mikael Pyyhtia | Finland | LW | 60 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | | | | | |
| 2020 | 5 | 145 | Ole Julian Bjørgvik Holm | Norway | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2020 | 6 | 176 | Samuel Johannesson | Sweden | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2021 | 1 | 5 | Kent Johnson | Canada | C | 167 | 36 | 55 | 91 | 34 | | | | | |
| 2021 | 1 | 12 | Cole Sillinger | Canada | C | 266 | 40 | 58 | 98 | 136 | | | | | |
| 2021 | 1 | 25 | Corson Ceulemans | Canada | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2021 | 3 | 69 | Stanislav Svozil | Czech Republic | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| 2021 | 4 | 101 | Guillaume Richard | Canada | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2021 | 5 | 132 | Nikolai Makarov | Russia | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2021 | 5 | 133 | James Malatesta | Canada | C | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| 2021 | 6 | 165 | Ben Boyd | Canada | C | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2021 | 7 | 197 | Martin Rysavy | Czech Republic | LW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2022 | 1 | 6 | David Jiricek | Czech Republic | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| 2022 | 1 | 12 | Denton Mateychuk | Canada | D | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| 2022 | 2 | 44 | Luca Del Bel Belluz | Canada | C | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | | | | | |
| 2022 | 3 | 96 | Jordan Dumais | Canada | RW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2022 | 4 | 109 | Kirill Dolzhenkov | Russia | RW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2022 | 5 | 138 | Sergei Ivanov | Russia | G | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2022 | 7 | 203 | James Fisher | United States | RW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 | Adam Fantilli | Canada | C | 100 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 30 | | | | | |
| 2023 | 2 | 34 | Gavin Brindley | United States | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 2023 | 3 | 66 | William Whitelaw | United States | RW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2023 | 4 | 98 | Andrew Strathmann | United States | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2023 | 4 | 114 | Luca Pinelli | Canada | C | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2023 | 5 | 156 | Melvin Strahl | Sweden | G | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2023 | 7 | 194 | Oiva Keskinen | Finland | C | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2023 | 7 | 224 | Tyler Peddle | Canada | LW | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 | Cayden Lindstrom | Canada | C | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2024 | 2 | 34 | Charlie Elick | Canada | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2024 | 2 | 60 | Evan Gardner | Canada | G | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2024 | 3 | 86 | Luca Marrelli | Canada | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2024 | 4 | 101 | Tanner Henricks | United States | D | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2024 | 6 | 165 | Luke Ashton | Canada | D | | | | | | | | | | |