List of NHL first overall draft choices

List of players who were drafted first overall in the NHL Entry Draft.
==NHL 1963-69==
Year	Player 	Position 	Amateur Club 	Pro Team
1963	Garry Monahan 	Forward 	Peterborough (OHA) 	Montreal Canadiens
1964	Claude Gauthier	Forward 	Rosemont Midget 	Detroit Red Wings
1965	Andre Veilleux 	Forward 	Montreal Jr. B 	New York Rangers
1966	Bobby Orr 	Defenceman	Oshawa (OHL) 	Boston Bruins
1967	Rick Pagnutti 	Defenceman	Garson (NOHA) 	Los Angeles Kings
1968	Michel Plasse 	Goaltender	Drummondville (QJHL)	Montreal Canadiens
:Prior to 1969, the NHL Draft was a shorter affair. Any amateur player that was 17 years of age and older and was not already sponsored by an NHL club was eligible to be drafted. In 1969 the rules were changed so that any amateur player under the age of 20 was eligible to be drafted. 84 players (more than four times the average in each of the first six drafts) were selected that year.
==NHL 1969-present==
Year	Player 	Position 	Amateur Club 	Pro Team
1969	Rejean Houle 	Forward 	Montreal (OHA) 	Montreal Canadiens
1970	Gilbert Perreault 	Forward 	Montreal (OHA) 	Buffalo Sabres
1971	Guy Lafleur 	Forward 	Quebec (QMJHL) 	Montreal Canadiens
1972	Billy Harris 	Forward 	Peterborough (OHA) 	New York Islanders
1973	Denis Potvin 	Defenceman	Ottawa (OHA) 	New York Islanders
1974	Greg Joly 	Defenceman	Regina (WCHL) 	Washington Capitals
1975	Mel Bridgman 	Forward 	Victoria (WCHL) 	Philadelphia Flyers
1976	Rick Green 	Defenceman	London (OHA) 	Washington Capitals
1977	Dale McCourt 	Forward 	Hamilton (OHA) 	Detroit Red Wings
1978	Bobby Smith 	Forward 	Ottawa (OHA) 	Minnesota North Stars
1979	Rob Ramage 	Defenceman	London (OHA) 	Colorado Rockies
1980	Doug Wickenheiser 	Forward 	Regina (WHL) 	Montreal Canadiens
1981	Dale Hawerchuk 	Forward 	Cornwall (QMJHL) 	Winnipeg Jets
1982	Gord Kluzak 	Defenceman	Billings (WHL) 	Boston Bruins
1983	Brian Lawton 	Forward 	Mount St. Charles Academy	Minnesota North Stars
1984	Mario Lemieux 	Forward 	Laval (QMJHL) 	Pittsburgh Penguins
1985	Wendel Clark 	Forward 	Saskatoon (WHL) 	Toronto Maple Leafs
1986	Joe Murphy 	Forward 	Michigan State 	Detroit Red Wings
1987	Pierre Turgeon 	Forward 	Granby (QMJHL) 	Buffalo Sabres
1988	Mike Modano 	Forward 	Prince Albert (WHL) 	Minnesota North Stars
1989	Mats Sundin 	Forward 	Djurgårdens IF 	Quebec Nordiques
1990	Owen Nolan 	Forward 	Cornwall (OHL) 	Quebec Nordiques
1991	Eric Lindros 	Forward 	Oshawa (OHL) 	Quebec Nordiques
1992	Roman Hamrlik 	Defenceman	HC Zlín 	Tampa Bay Lightning
1993	Alexandre Daigle 	Forward 	Victoriaville (QMJHL) 	Ottawa Senators
1994	Ed Jovanovski 	Defenceman	Windsor (OHL) 	Florida Panthers
1995	Bryan Berard 	Defenceman	Detroit (OHL) 	Ottawa Senators
1996	Chris Phillips 	Defenceman	Prince Albert (WHL) 	Ottawa Senators
1997	Joe Thornton 	Forward 	Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) 	Boston Bruins
1998	Vincent Lecavalier 	Forward 	Rimouski (QMJHL) 	Tampa Bay Lightning
1999	Patrik Stefan 	Forward 	Long Beach (IHL) 	Atlanta Thrashers
2000	Rick DiPietro 	Goaltender	Boston University 	New York Islanders
2001	Ilya Kovalchuk 	Forward 	Spartak Moscow 	Atlanta Thrashers
2002	Rick Nash 	Forward 	London (OHL) 	Columbus Blue Jackets
2003	Marc-Andre Fleury 	Goaltender	Cape Breton (QMJHL) 	Pittsburgh Penguins
2004	Alexander Ovechkin 	Forward 	Dynamo Moscow 	Washington Capitals
2005	Sidney Crosby 	Forward 	Rimouski (QMJHL) 	Pittsburgh Penguins
2006	Erik Johnson 	Defenceman	USNDP 	St. Louis Blues
2007	Patrick Kane 	Forward 	London (OHL) 	Chicago Blackhawks
2008	Steven Stamkos 	Forward 	Saria (OHL) 	Tampa Bay Lightning
2009	John Tavares 	Forward 	 	
2010	Taylor Hall 	Forward 	 	
2011	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	Forward 	 	
2012	Nail Yakupov 	Forward 	 	
2013	Nathan MacKinnon 	Forward 	 	
2014	Aaron Ekblad 	Defenceman	 	
2015	Connor McDavid 	Forward 	 	
2016	Auston Matthews 	Forward 	 	
2017	Nico Hischier 	Forward 	 	
2018	Rasmus Dahlin 	Defenceman	 	
2019	Jack Hughes 	Forward 	 	
2020	Alexis Lafrenière 	Forward 	 	
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