# List of Atlanta Flames draft picks

This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Atlanta Flames franchise. It includes every player who was drafted, from 1972 to 1979, regardless of whether they played for the team.

## Key

# Played at least one game with the Flames  ↑ Spent entire NHL career with the Flames
General terms and abbreviations :
| Term or abbreviation | Definition |
| Draft | The year that the player was selected |
| Round | The round of the draft in which the player was selected |
| Pick | The overall position in the draft at which the player was selected |
Position abbreviations :
| Abbreviation | Definition |
| G | Goaltender |
| D | Defense |
| LW | Left wing |
| C | Center |
| RW | Right wing |
| F | Forward |
Abbreviations for statistical columns :
| Abbreviation | Definition |
| Pos | Position |
| GP | Games played |
| G | Goals |
| A | Assists |
| Pts | Points |
| PIM | Penalties in minutes |
| W | Wins |
| L | Losses |
| T | Ties |
| GAA | Goals against average |
| — | Does not apply |

## Draft picks

| Draft | Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | W | L | T | GAA |
| 1972 | 1 | 2 | Jacques Richard# | Canada | C | 556 | 160 | 187 | 347 | 307 | — | — | — | — |
| 1972 | 2 | 18 | Dwight Bialowas# | Canada | D | 164 | 11 | 46 | 57 | 46 | — | — | — | — |
| 1972 | 3 | 34 | Jean Lemieux# | Canada | D | 204 | 23 | 63 | 86 | 39 | — | — | — | — |
| 1972 | 4 | 50 | Don Martineau# | Canada | RW | 90 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 63 | — | — | — | — |
| 1972 | 5 | 78 | John Martin | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1972 | 6 | 82 | Frank Blum | Canada | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1972 | 7 | 98 | Scott Smith | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1972 | 8 | 114 | Dave Murphy | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1972 | 9 | 130 | Pierre Roy | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1972 | 9 | 132 | Jean Lamarre | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 1 | 2 | Tom Lysiak# | Canada | F | 919 | 292 | 551 | 843 | 569 | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 1 | 16 | Vic Mercredi↑ | Canada | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 2 | 21 | Eric Vail# | Canada | F | 591 | 216 | 260 | 476 | 281 | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 4 | 53 | Dean Talafous# | United States | F | 497 | 104 | 154 | 258 | 163 | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 5 | 69 | John Flesch | Canada | LW | 124 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 112 | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 6 | 85 | Ken Houston# | Canada | D | 570 | 161 | 167 | 328 | 624 | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 7 | 101 | Tom Machowski | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 8 | 117 | Bob Law | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 9 | 133 | Bob Bilodeau | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 10 | 148 | Glen Surbey | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 10 | 149 | Guy Ross | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 11 | 162 | Greg Fox# | Canada | D | 494 | 14 | 93 | 107 | 637 | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 2 | 28 | Guy Chouinard# | Canada | F | 578 | 205 | 370 | 575 | 120 | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 3 | 46 | Dick Spannbauer | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 4 | 58 | Pat Ribble# | Canada | D | 349 | 19 | 60 | 79 | 365 | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 4 | 64 | Cam Botting↑ | Canada | RW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 5 | 82 | Jerry Badiuk | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 6 | 100 | Bill Moen | United States | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 7 | 118 | Peter Brown | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 8 | 135 | Tom Lindskog | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 9 | 152 | Larry Hopkins | Canada | LW | 60 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 26 | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 10 | 167 | Louis Loranger | Canada | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 11 | 182 | Randy Montgomery | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 1 | 8 | Richard Mulhern# | Canada | D | 303 | 27 | 93 | 120 | 217 | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 2 | 26 | Rick Bowness# | Canada | C | 173 | 18 | 37 | 55 | 191 | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 4 | 62 | Dale Ross | Canada | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 5 | 80 | Willi Plett# | Canada | RW | 834 | 222 | 215 | 437 | 2572 | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 6 | 98 | Paul Heaver | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 7 | 116 | Dale McMullin | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 8 | 134 | Rick Piche | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 9 | 150 | Nick Sanza | Canada | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 10 | 167 | Brian O'Connell | Canada | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 11 | 181 | Joe Augustine | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 12 | 192 | Torbjorn Nilsson | Sweden | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 16 | 216 | Gary Gill | Canada | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1976 | 1 | 8 | David Shand# | Canada | D | 421 | 19 | 84 | 103 | 544 | — | — | — | — |
| 1976 | 1 | 10 | Harold Phillipoff# | Canada | W | 141 | 26 | 57 | 83 | 267 | — | — | — | — |
| 1976 | 2 | 28 | Bobby Simpson# | Canada | LW | 175 | 35 | 29 | 64 | 98 | — | — | — | — |
| 1976 | 3 | 46 | Rick Hodgson | Canada | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| 1976 | 4 | 64 | Kent Nilsson# | Sweden | F | 553 | 264 | 422 | 686 | 116 | — | — | — | — |
| 1976 | 5 | 82 | Mark Earp | Canada | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 2 | 20 | Miles Zaharko# | Canada | D | 129 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 84 | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 2 | 28 | Don Laurence# | Canada | C | 79 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 14 | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 2 | 31 | Brian Hill | Canada | RW | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 4 | 72 | Jim Craig# | United States | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3.78 |
| 1977 | 5 | 82 | Curt Christopherson | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 6 | 100 | Bernie Harbec | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 7 | 118 | Bob Gould# | Canada | F | 697 | 145 | 159 | 304 | 572 | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 8 | 133 | Jimmy Bennett | United States | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 9 | 148 | Tim Harrer↑ | United States | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 1 | 11 | Brad Marsh# | Canada | D | 1086 | 23 | 175 | 198 | 1241 | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 3 | 47 | Tim Bernhardt# | Canada | G | 67 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 36 | 7 | 4.27 |
| 1978 | 4 | 64 | Jim MacRae | Canada | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 5 | 80 | Gord Wappel↑ | Canada | D | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 6 | 97 | Greg Meredith↑ | Canada | F | 38 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 7 | 114 | Dave Hindmarch↑ | Canada | F | 99 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 25 | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 8 | 131 | Dave Morrison | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 9 | 148 | Doug Todd | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 10 | 165 | Mark Green | United States | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 11 | 180 | Bob Sullivan | Canada | LW | 62 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 18 | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 12 | 196 | Bernhard Engelbrecht | Germany | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1979 | 1 | 12 | Paul Reinhart# | Canada | D | 648 | 133 | 427 | 560 | 277 | — | — | — | — |
| 1979 | 2 | 23 | Mike Perovich | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1979 | 2 | 33 | Pat Riggin# | Canada | G | 350 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 153 | 120 | 52 | 3.43 |
| 1979 | 3 | 54 | Tim Hunter# | Canada | F | 815 | 62 | 76 | 138 | 3146 | — | — | — | — |
| 1979 | 4 | 75 | Jim Peplinski↑ | Canada | F | 711 | 161 | 263 | 424 | 1467 | — | — | — | — |
| 1979 | 5 | 96 | Brad Kempthorne | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1979 | 6 | 117 | Glenn Johnson | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
* The Flames selected Eric Vail 21st overall in the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft.
* The Flames selected Brad Marsh 11th overall in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.