Columbus Blue Jackets draft history
209 picks since 2000 · 31 first-round picks
Who have the Blue Jackets drafted?
The Columbus Blue Jackets have made 209 draft picks since 2000, 31 of them in the first round. The best of them: Rick Nash, 1st overall in 2002, with 1 league award. Their latest first-round pick is Oscar Hemming, 14th overall in 2026.
First-round picksBy roundEvery pick by year
Blue Jackets first-round picks
| Draft | Pick | Player | Pos | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | Oscar Hemming | — | |
| 2025 | 14 | Jackson Smith | — | |
| 2025 | 20 | Pyotr Andreyanov | G | — |
| 2024 | 4 | Cayden Lindstrom | C | — |
| 2023 | 3 | Adam FantilliMichigan | C | 215 games |
| 2022 | 6 | David Jiricek | D | 87 games |
| 2022 | 12 | Denton Mateychuk | D | 122 games |
| 2021 | 5 | Kent JohnsonMichigan | C | 276 games |
| 2021 | 12 | Cole Sillinger | C | 369 games |
| 2021 | 25 | Corson Ceulemans | — | |
| 2020 | 21 | Egor Chinakhov | RW | 251 games |
| 2018 | 18 | Liam Foudy | — | |
| 2016 | 3 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | LW | 630 games |
| 2015 | 8 | Zach WerenskiMichigan | D | 644 games |
| 2015 | 29 | Gabriel Carlsson | — | |
| 2014 | 16 | Sonny Milano | — | |
| 2013 | 14 | Alexander Wennberg | C | 872 games |
| 2013 | 19 | Kerby Rychel | — | |
| 2013 | 27 | Marko Dano | — | |
| 2012 | 2 | Ryan Murray | — | |
| 2010 | 4 | Ryan Johansen | C | 905 games |
| 2009 | 21 | John Moore | D | 544 games |
| 2008 | 6 | Nikita Filatov | LW | 53 games |
| 2007 | 7 | Jakub Voracek | RW | 1,058 games |
| 2006 | 6 | Derick Brassard | C | 1,013 games |
| 2005 | 6 | Gilbert Brule | C | 299 games |
| 2004 | 8 | Alexandre Picard | D | 320 games |
| 2003 | 4 | Nikolay Zherdev | RW | 421 games |
| 2002 | 1 | Rick Nash | LW | 1,060 games |
| 2001 | 8 | Pascal Leclaire | G | 173 games |
| 2000 | 4 | Rostislav Klesla | D | 659 games |
How each round turned out
| Round | Picks | Played a game |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 31 | 20 (65%) |
| 2nd | 26 | 13 (50%) |
| 3rd | 28 | 10 (36%) |
| 4th | 26 | 8 (31%) |
| 5th | 28 | 8 (29%) |
| 6th | 30 | 7 (23%) |
| 7th | 28 | 5 (18%) |
| 8th | 7 | 1 (14%) |
| 9th | 5 | 2 (40%) |
Every Blue Jackets pick by year
| Round, pick | Overall | Player | Pos | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-14 | 14 | Oscar Hemming | — | |
| 3-30 | 94 | Alessandro Di Iorio | — | |
| 4-25 | 121 | Evan Jardine | — | |
| 5-14 | 142 | Parker Snell | G | — |
| 6-22 | 182 | Anttoni Uronen | — | |
| 6-25 | 185 | Jonas Woo | — | |
| 7-14 | 206 | Filip Novak | — | |
| 2025 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-14 | 14 | Jackson Smith | — | |
| 1-20 | 20 | Pyotr Andreyanov | G | — |
| 3-12 | 76 | Malte Vass | — | |
| 5-32 | 160 | Owen Griffin | C | — |
| 6-13 | 173 | Victor Raftheim | — | |
| 7-6 | 198 | Jeremy Loranger | — | |
| 2024 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-4 | 4 | Cayden Lindstrom | C | — |
| 2-4 | 36 | Charlie Elick | — | |
| 2-28 | 60 | Evan Gardner | G | — |
| 3-21 | 86 | Luca Marrelli | D | — |
| 4-4 | 101 | Tanner Henricks | — | |
| 6-4 | 165 | Luke Ashton | — | |
| 2023 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-3 | 3 | Adam Fantilli | C | 215 games |
| 2-2 | 34 | Gavin Brindley | C | 57 games |
| 3-2 | 66 | William Whitelaw | — | |
| 4-2 | 98 | Andrew Strathmann | — | |
| 4-18 | 114 | Luca Pinelli | C | 3 games |
| 5-28 | 156 | Melvin Strahl | G | — |
| 7-2 | 194 | Oiva Keskinen | — | |
| 7-32 | 224 | Tyler Peddle | — | |
| 2022 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-6 | 6 | David Jiricek | D | 87 games |
| 1-12 | 12 | Denton Mateychuk | D | 122 games |
| 2-12 | 44 | Luca Del Bel Belluz | C | 30 games |
| 3-31 | 96 | Jordan Dumais | RW | — |
| 4-12 | 109 | Kirill Dolzhenkov | — | |
| 5-9 | 138 | Sergei Ivanov | — | |
| 7-10 | 203 | James Fisher | RW | — |
| 2021 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-5 | 5 | Kent Johnson | C | 276 games |
| 1-12 | 12 | Cole Sillinger | C | 369 games |
| 1-25 | 25 | Corson Ceulemans | — | |
| 3-5 | 69 | Stanislav Svozil | — | |
| 4-5 | 101 | Guillaume Richard | — | |
| 5-4 | 132 | Nikolai Makarov | — | |
| 5-5 | 133 | James Malatesta | LW | 13 games |
| 6-5 | 165 | Ben Boyd | — | |
| 7-5 | 197 | Martin Rysavy | — | |
| 2020 draft · 5 picks | ||||
| 1-21 | 21 | Egor Chinakhov | RW | 251 games |
| 3-16 | 78 | Samuel Knazko | — | |
| 4-21 | 114 | Mikael Pyyhtia | LW | 71 games |
| 5-21 | 145 | Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm | — | |
| 6-21 | 176 | Samuel Johannesson | — | |
| 2019 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 4-11 | 104 | Eric Hjorth | — | |
| 4-21 | 114 | Dmitri Voronkov | LW | 213 games |
| 7-26 | 212 | Tyler Angle | — | |
| 2018 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-18 | 18 | Liam Foudy | — | |
| 2-18 | 49 | Kirill Marchenko | RW | 296 games |
| 3-18 | 80 | Marcus Karlberg | — | |
| 6-4 | 159 | Tim Berni | — | |
| 6-18 | 173 | Veini Vehvilainen | — | |
| 7-18 | 204 | Trey Fix-Wolansky | — | |
| 2017 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 2-14 | 45 | Alexandre Texier | LW | 286 games |
| 3-24 | 86 | Daniil Tarasov | G | 98 games |
| 4-24 | 117 | Emil Bemstrom | — | |
| 5-24 | 148 | Kale Howarth | — | |
| 6-15 | 170 | Jonathan Davidsson | — | |
| 6-24 | 179 | Carson Meyer | RW | 41 games |
| 7-24 | 210 | Robbie Stucker | — | |
| 2016 draft · 5 picks | ||||
| 1-3 | 3 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | LW | 630 games |
| 2-4 | 34 | Andrew Peeke | D | 390 games |
| 3-4 | 65 | Vitaly Abramov | — | |
| 6-4 | 155 | Peter Thome | — | |
| 7-4 | 185 | Calvin Thurkauf | — | |
| 2015 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-8 | 8 | Zach Werenski | D | 644 games |
| 1-29 | 29 | Gabriel Carlsson | — | |
| 2-8 | 38 | Paul Bittner | — | |
| 2-28 | 58 | Kevin Stenlund | C | 372 games |
| 3-8 | 69 | Keegan Kolesar | RW | 442 games |
| 5-8 | 129 | Sam Ruopp | — | |
| 5-20 | 141 | Veeti Vainio | — | |
| 6-8 | 159 | Vladislav Gavrikov | D | 522 games |
| 7-8 | 189 | Markus Nutivaara | — | |
| 2014 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-16 | 16 | Sonny Milano | — | |
| 2-17 | 47 | Ryan Collins | — | |
| 3-16 | 76 | Elvis Merzlikins | G | 274 games |
| 3-17 | 77 | Blake Siebenaler | — | |
| 4-17 | 107 | Julien Pelletier | — | |
| 5-17 | 137 | Tyler Bird | — | |
| 7-17 | 197 | Olivier Leblanc | — | |
| 2013 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-14 | 14 | Alexander Wennberg | C | 872 games |
| 1-19 | 19 | Kerby Rychel | — | |
| 1-27 | 27 | Marko Dano | — | |
| 2-20 | 50 | Dillon Heatherington | — | |
| 3-28 | 89 | Oliver Bjorkstrand | RW | 709 games |
| 4-14 | 105 | Nick Moutrey | — | |
| 6-14 | 165 | Markus Soberg | — | |
| 7-14 | 195 | Peter Quenneville | C | — |
| 2012 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-2 | 2 | Ryan Murray | — | |
| 2-1 | 31 | Oscar Dansk | — | |
| 3-1 | 62 | Joonas Korpisalo | G | 334 games |
| 4-4 | 95 | Josh Anderson | RW | 691 games |
| 6-1 | 152 | Daniel Zaar | — | |
| 7-1 | 182 | Gianluca Curcuruto | — | |
| 2011 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 2-7 | 37 | Boone Jenner | C | 811 games |
| 3-5 | 66 | T.J. Tynan | C | 31 games |
| 4-7 | 98 | Mike Reilly | D | 462 games |
| 5-7 | 128 | Seth Ambroz | — | |
| 6-7 | 158 | Lukas Sedlak | — | |
| 7-7 | 188 | Anton Forsberg | G | 227 games |
| 2010 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-4 | 4 | Ryan Johansen | C | 905 games |
| 2-4 | 34 | Dalton Smith | — | |
| 2-25 | 55 | Petr Straka | — | |
| 4-4 | 94 | Brandon Archibald | — | |
| 4-12 | 102 | Mathieu Corbeil | — | |
| 5-4 | 124 | Austin Madaisky | — | |
| 6-4 | 154 | Dalton Prout | D | 264 games |
| 7-4 | 184 | Martin Ouellette | — | |
| 2009 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-21 | 21 | John Moore | D | 544 games |
| 2-26 | 56 | Kevin Lynch | — | |
| 4-3 | 94 | David Savard | D | 870 games |
| 5-17 | 137 | Thomas Larkin | — | |
| 6-17 | 167 | Anton Blomqvist | — | |
| 7-17 | 197 | Kyle Neuber | — | |
| 2008 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-6 | 6 | Nikita Filatov | LW | 53 games |
| 2-7 | 37 | Cody Goloubef | D | 160 games |
| 4-16 | 107 | Steven Delisle | — | |
| 4-27 | 118 | Drew Olson | — | |
| 5-6 | 127 | Matt Calvert | LW | 566 games |
| 5-14 | 135 | Tomas Kubalik | RW | 12 games |
| 5-16 | 137 | Brent Regner | D | 7 games |
| 6-6 | 157 | Cam Atkinson | RW | 809 games |
| 7-6 | 187 | Sean Collins | D | 27 games |
| 2007 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-7 | 7 | Jakub Voracek | RW | 1,058 games |
| 2-7 | 37 | Stefan Legein | — | |
| 2-23 | 53 | Will Weber | — | |
| 3-7 | 68 | Jake Hansen | — | |
| 4-3 | 94 | Maksim Mayorov | — | |
| 6-7 | 158 | Allen York | G | 11 games |
| 7-30 | 211 | Trent Vogelhuber | — | |
| 2006 draft · 10 picks | ||||
| 1-6 | 6 | Derick Brassard | C | 1,013 games |
| 3-6 | 69 | Steve Mason | G | 476 games |
| 3-22 | 85 | Tom Sestito | LW | 154 games |
| 4-20 | 113 | Ben Wright | — | |
| 5-6 | 129 | Robert Nyholm | — | |
| 5-13 | 136 | Nick Sucharski | — | |
| 5-19 | 142 | Maxime Frechette | — | |
| 6-6 | 159 | Jesse Dudas | — | |
| 7-6 | 189 | Derek Dorsett | RW | 515 games |
| 7-11 | 194 | Matt Marquardt | — | |
| 2005 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-6 | 6 | Gilbert Brule | C | 299 games |
| 2-25 | 55 | Adam McQuaid | D | 512 games |
| 3-6 | 67 | Kris Russell | D | 912 games |
| 4-10 | 101 | Jared Boll | RW | 579 games |
| 5-6 | 131 | Tomas Popperle | G | 2 games |
| 6-15 | 177 | Derek Reinhart | — | |
| 6-27 | 189 | Kirill Starkov | — | |
| 7-7 | 201 | Trevor Hendrikx | — | |
| 2004 draft · 12 picks | ||||
| 1-8 | 8 | Alexandre Picard | D | 320 games |
| 2-16 | 46 | Adam Pineault | RW | 3 games |
| 2-29 | 59 | Kyle Wharton | — | |
| 3-28 | 93 | Daniel Lacosta | — | |
| 3-31 | 96 | Andrey Plekhanov | — | |
| 5-4 | 133 | Petr Pohl | — | |
| 6-4 | 167 | Rob Page | — | |
| 6-27 | 190 | Lennart Petrell | — | |
| 7-5 | 198 | Justin Vienneau | — | |
| 8-4 | 231 | Brian McGuirk | — | |
| 8-6 | 233 | Matt Greer | — | |
| 9-13 | 271 | Grant Clitsome | D | 205 games |
| 2003 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-4 | 4 | Nikolay Zherdev | RW | 421 games |
| 2-16 | 46 | Dan Fritsche | C | 256 games |
| 3-3 | 71 | Dmitri Kosmachev | — | |
| 4-2 | 103 | Kevin Jarman | — | |
| 4-3 | 104 | Philippe Dupuis | C | 116 games |
| 5-2 | 138 | Arsi Piispanen | — | |
| 6-1 | 168 | Marc Methot | D | 624 games |
| 7-3 | 200 | Alexander Guskov | — | |
| 8-4 | 233 | Mathieu Gravel | — | |
| 2002 draft · 13 picks | ||||
| 1-1 | 1 | Rick Nash | LW | 1,060 games |
| 2-11 | 41 | Joakim Lindstrom | F | 150 games |
| 3-2 | 65 | Ole-Kristian Tollefsen | D | 163 games |
| 3-33 | 96 | Jeff Genovy | — | |
| 4-2 | 98 | Ivan Tkachenko | — | |
| 4-23 | 119 | Jekabs Redlihs | — | |
| 5-2 | 133 | Lasse Pirjeta | C | 146 games |
| 6-2 | 168 | Tim Konsorada | — | |
| 6-18 | 184 | Jaroslav Balastik | LW | 74 games |
| 7-2 | 199 | Greg Mauldin | C | 36 games |
| 7-28 | 225 | Steven Goertzen | RW | 68 games |
| 8-2 | 231 | Jaroslav Kracik | — | |
| 9-3 | 263 | Sergei Mozyakin | — | |
| 2001 draft · 11 picks | ||||
| 1-8 | 8 | Pascal Leclaire | G | 173 games |
| 2-8 | 38 | Tim Jackman | RW | 483 games |
| 2-23 | 53 | Kiel McLeod | — | |
| 3-22 | 85 | Aaron Johnson | — | |
| 3-24 | 87 | Per Mars | — | |
| 5-10 | 141 | Cole Jarrett | D | 1 games |
| 6-8 | 173 | Justin Aikins | — | |
| 6-22 | 187 | Artem Vostrikov | — | |
| 7-8 | 204 | Raffaele Sannitz | — | |
| 8-9 | 236 | Ryan Bowness | — | |
| 8-15 | 242 | Andrew Murray | C | 221 games |
| 2000 draft · 11 picks | ||||
| 1-4 | 4 | Rostislav Klesla | D | 659 games |
| 3-4 | 69 | Ben Knopp | — | |
| 5-3 | 133 | Petteri Nummelin | D | 139 games |
| 5-8 | 138 | Scott Heffernan | — | |
| 5-20 | 150 | Tyler Kolarik | — | |
| 6-2 | 169 | Shane Bendera | — | |
| 7-3 | 200 | Janne Jokila | — | |
| 8-2 | 231 | Peter Zingoni | — | |
| 9-17 | 278 | Martin Paroulek | — | |
| 9-25 | 286 | Andrej Nedorost | LW | 28 games |
| 9-31 | 292 | Louis Mandeville | — | |
Games are the player's career, for any club, with the Hall of Fame; All-Star selections are not on file for this league.