| ROUND: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||
| Round 1 | ||||||
| No. | Team | Player | Pos. | Last team | League | Nationality |
| 1. | Pittsburgh | Marc-Andre Fleury | G | Cape Breton | QMJHL | Canada |
| 2. | Carolina | Eric Staal | C | Peterborough | OHL | Canada |
| 3. | Florida | Nathan Horton | C | Oshawa | OHL | Canada |
| 4. | Columbus | Nikolai Zherdev | RW | Moscow CSKA | Superleague | Ukraine |
| 5. | Buffalo | Thomas Vanek | LW | Minnesota | WCHA | Austria |
| 6. | San Jose | Milan Michalek | RW | Ceske Budejovice | Czech Extraliga | Czech |
| 7. | Nashville | Ryan Suter | D | U.S. NTDP | NAHL | USA |
| 8. | Atlanta | Braydon Coburn | D | Portland | WHL | Canada |
| 9. | Calgary | Dion Phaneuf | D | Red Deer | WHL | Canada |
| 10. | Montreal | Andrei Kostitsyn | LW | Moscow CSKA | Superleague | Belarus |
| 11. | Philadelphia | Jeff Carter | C | Sault Ste. Marie | OHL | Canada |
| 12. | N.Y. Rangers | Hugh Jessiman | RW | Dartmouth | ECAC | USA |
| 13. | Los Angeles | Dustin Brown | RW | Guelph | OHL | USA |
| 14. | Chicago | Brent Seabrook | D | Lethbridge | WHL | Canada |
| 15. | N.Y. Islanders | Robert Nilsson | C | Leksand | Elitserien | Sweden |
| 16. | San Jose | Steve Bernier | RW | Moncton | QMJHL | Canada |
| 17. | New Jersey | Zach Parise | C | North Dakota | WCHA | USA |
| 18. | Washington | Eric Fehr | RW | Brandon | WHL | Canada |
| 19. | Anaheim | Ryan Getzlaf | C | Calgary | WHL | Canada |
| 20. | Minnesota | Brent Burns | RW | Brampton | OHL | Canada |
| 21. | Boston | Mark Stuart | D | Colorado College | WCHA | USA |
| 22. | Edmonton | Marc-Antoine Pouliot | C | Rimouski | QMJHL | Canada |
| 23. | Vancouver | Ryan Kesler | C | Ohio State | CCHA | USA |
| 24. | Philadelphia | Mike Richards | C | Kitchener | OHL | Canada |
| 25. | Florida | Anthony Stewart | RW | Kingston | OHL | Canada |
| 26. | Los Angeles | Brian Boyle | C | St. Sebastian's | Mass. HS | USA |
| 27. | Los Angeles | Jeff Tambellini | LW | Michigan | CCHA | Canada |
| 28. | Anaheim | Corey Perry | RW | London | OHL | Canada |
| 29. | Ottawa | Patrick Eaves | RW | Boston College | Hockey East | USA |
| 30. | St. Louis | Shawn Belle | D | Tri-City | WHL | Canada |
