Florida Panthers draft history
272 picks since 1993 · 31 first-round picks
Who have the Panthers drafted?
The Florida Panthers have made 272 draft picks since 1993, 31 of them in the first round. The best of them: Aleksander Barkov, 2nd overall in 2013, with 4 league awards. Their latest first-round pick is Mackie Samoskevich, 24th overall in 2021.
First-round picksBy roundEvery pick by year
Panthers first-round picks
How each round turned out
| Round | Picks | Played a game |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 31 | 29 (94%) |
| 2nd | 36 | 16 (44%) |
| 3rd | 40 | 17 (43%) |
| 4th | 42 | 10 (24%) |
| 5th | 29 | 3 (10%) |
| 6th | 32 | 4 (13%) |
| 7th | 35 | 5 (14%) |
| 8th | 12 | 2 (17%) |
| 9th | 11 | 2 (18%) |
| 10th | 2 | 0 (0%) |
| 11th | 2 | 1 (50%) |
Every Panthers pick by year
| Round, pick | Overall | Player | Pos | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 2-8 | 40 | Simas Ignatavicius | RW | — |
| 2-16 | 48 | Ryder Cali | C | — |
| 4-2 | 98 | Jonas Kemps | — | |
| 6-8 | 168 | Vilho Vanhatalo | — | |
| 6-21 | 181 | Cole Zurawski | — | |
| 7-25 | 217 | Louis-Antoine Denault | — | |
| 2025 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 4-16 | 112 | Mads Kongsbak Klyvo | — | |
| 4-32 | 128 | Shea Busch | LW | — |
| 5-1 | 129 | Shamar Moses | RW | — |
| 6-32 | 192 | Arvid Drott | — | |
| 7-5 | 197 | Brendan Dunphy | — | |
| 7-32 | 224 | Yegor Midlak | G | — |
| 2024 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 2-26 | 58 | Linus Eriksson | — | |
| 3-32 | 97 | Matvei Shuravin | D | — |
| 4-32 | 129 | Simon Zether | — | |
| 6-8 | 169 | Stepan Gorbunov | — | |
| 6-32 | 193 | Hunter St. Martin | LW | — |
| 7-8 | 201 | Denis Gabdrakhmanov | G | — |
| 2023 draft · 5 picks | ||||
| 2-31 | 63 | Gracyn Sawchyn | C | — |
| 4-31 | 127 | Albert Wikman | D | — |
| 5-31 | 159 | Olof Glifford | G | — |
| 6-31 | 191 | Luke Coughlin | D | — |
| 7-6 | 198 | Stepan Zvyagin | LW | — |
| 2022 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 3-28 | 93 | Marek Alscher | D | 4 games |
| 4-28 | 125 | Ludvig Jansson | D | 4 games |
| 5-28 | 157 | Sandis Vilmanis | LW | 23 games |
| 6-25 | 186 | Josh Davies | — | |
| 6-28 | 189 | Tyler Muszelik | G | — |
| 7-21 | 214 | Liam Arnsby | — | |
| 7-28 | 221 | Jack Devine | RW | 6 games |
| 2021 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-24 | 24 | Mackie Samoskevich | RW | 159 games |
| 2-24 | 56 | Evan Nause | D | — |
| 4-24 | 120 | Vladislav Lukashevich | D | — |
| 5-24 | 152 | Kirill Gerasimyuk | G | — |
| 6-24 | 184 | Jakub Kos | — | |
| 7-18 | 210 | Braden Hache | D | — |
| 2020 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-12 | 12 | Anton Lundell | C | 363 games |
| 2-12 | 43 | Emil Heineman | LW | 151 games |
| 3-12 | 74 | Ty Smilanic | C | — |
| 3-25 | 87 | Justin Sourdif | RW | 85 games |
| 4-2 | 95 | Mike Benning | — | |
| 4-12 | 105 | Zachary Uens | D | — |
| 5-29 | 153 | Kasper Puutio | — | |
| 7-12 | 198 | Elliot Ekmark | — | |
| 7-26 | 212 | Devon Levi | G | 42 games |
| 2019 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-13 | 13 | Spencer Knight | G | 153 games |
| 2-21 | 52 | Vladislav Kolyachonok | D | 87 games |
| 3-7 | 69 | John Ludvig | — | |
| 3-19 | 81 | Cole Schwindt | RW | 78 games |
| 4-13 | 106 | Carter Berger | — | |
| 5-12 | 136 | Henrik Rybinski | RW | — |
| 5-13 | 137 | Owen Lindmark | — | |
| 6-13 | 168 | Greg Meireles | — | |
| 7-13 | 199 | Matthew Wedman | — | |
| 2018 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-15 | 15 | Grigori Denisenko | — | |
| 2-3 | 34 | Serron Noel | — | |
| 3-27 | 89 | Logan Hutsko | — | |
| 6-15 | 170 | Justin Schutz | — | |
| 7-15 | 201 | Cole Krygier | — | |
| 7-21 | 207 | Santtu Kinnunen | — | |
| 2017 draft · 5 picks | ||||
| 1-10 | 10 | Owen Tippett | RW | 432 games |
| 2-9 | 40 | Aleksi Heponiemi | — | |
| 3-4 | 66 | Max Gildon | — | |
| 5-9 | 133 | Tyler Inamoto | — | |
| 6-29 | 184 | Sebastian Repo | — | |
| 2016 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-23 | 23 | Henrik Borgstrom | — | |
| 3-28 | 89 | Linus Nassen | — | |
| 4-3 | 94 | Jonathan Ang | — | |
| 4-23 | 114 | Riley Stillman | — | |
| 6-24 | 175 | Maxim Mamin | — | |
| 7-14 | 195 | Ben Finkelstein | — | |
| 2015 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-11 | 11 | Lawson Crouse | LW | 670 games |
| 3-16 | 77 | Samuel Montembeault | — | |
| 3-27 | 88 | Thomas Schemitsch | — | |
| 4-11 | 102 | Denis Malgin | — | |
| 5-11 | 132 | Karch Bachman | — | |
| 6-11 | 162 | Christopher Wilkie | — | |
| 7-11 | 192 | Patrick Shea | — | |
| 7-25 | 206 | Ryan Bednard | — | |
| 2014 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-1 | 1 | Aaron Ekblad | D | 806 games |
| 2-2 | 32 | Jayce Hawryluk | — | |
| 3-5 | 65 | Juho Lammikko | — | |
| 4-2 | 92 | Joe Wegwerth | — | |
| 5-23 | 143 | Miguel Fidler | — | |
| 7-2 | 182 | Hugo Fagerblom | — | |
| 2013 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-2 | 2 | Aleksander Barkov | C | 806 games |
| 2-1 | 31 | Ian McCoshen | — | |
| 4-1 | 92 | Evan Cowley | — | |
| 4-6 | 97 | Michael Downing | — | |
| 4-7 | 98 | Matt Buckles | — | |
| 5-1 | 122 | Christopher Clapperton | — | |
| 6-1 | 152 | Joshua Brown | D | 300 games |
| 7-25 | 206 | MacKenzie Weegar | D | 633 games |
| 2012 draft · 5 picks | ||||
| 1-23 | 23 | Mike Matheson | D | 708 games |
| 3-23 | 84 | Steven Hodges | — | |
| 4-23 | 114 | Alexander Delnov | — | |
| 6-23 | 174 | Francis Beauvillier | — | |
| 7-13 | 194 | Jonatan Nielsen | — | |
| 2011 draft · 10 picks | ||||
| 1-3 | 3 | Jonathan Huberdeau | LW | 962 games |
| 2-3 | 33 | Rocco Grimaldi | — | |
| 2-29 | 59 | Rasmus Bengtsson | — | |
| 3-3 | 64 | Vincent Trocheck | C | 872 games |
| 3-15 | 76 | Logan Shaw | RW | 232 games |
| 3-26 | 87 | Jonathan Racine | — | |
| 3-30 | 91 | Kyle Rau | — | |
| 5-3 | 124 | Yaroslav Kosov | — | |
| 6-3 | 154 | Edward Wittchow | — | |
| 7-3 | 184 | Iiro Pakarinen | — | |
| 2010 draft · 13 picks | ||||
| 1-3 | 3 | Erik Gudbranson | D | 844 games |
| 1-19 | 19 | Nick Bjugstad | C | 821 games |
| 1-25 | 25 | Quinton Howden | C | 97 games |
| 2-3 | 33 | John McFarland | — | |
| 2-6 | 36 | Alexander Petrovic | D | 323 games |
| 2-20 | 50 | Connor Brickley | — | |
| 3-9 | 69 | Joe Basaraba | — | |
| 4-2 | 92 | Sam Brittain | — | |
| 4-3 | 93 | Benjamin Gallacher | — | |
| 4-9 | 99 | Joonas Donskoi | — | |
| 5-3 | 123 | Zach Hyman | LW | 712 games |
| 6-3 | 153 | Corey Durocher | — | |
| 7-3 | 183 | Ronald Boyd | — | |
| 2009 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-14 | 14 | Dmitry Kulikov | D | 1,041 games |
| 2-14 | 44 | Drew Shore | — | |
| 3-6 | 67 | Josh Birkholz | — | |
| 4-16 | 107 | Garrett Wilson | LW | 87 games |
| 5-15 | 135 | Corban Knight | — | |
| 5-18 | 138 | Wade Megan | — | |
| 6-15 | 165 | Scott Timmins | C | 24 games |
| 2008 draft · 5 picks | ||||
| 2-1 | 31 | Jacob Markstrom | G | 581 games |
| 2-16 | 46 | Colby Robak | D | 47 games |
| 3-19 | 80 | Adam Comrie | — | |
| 4-9 | 100 | AJ Jenks | — | |
| 7-9 | 190 | Matt Bartkowski | D | 256 games |
| 2007 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-10 | 10 | Keaton Ellerby | D | 212 games |
| 2-10 | 40 | Michal Repik | RW | 72 games |
| 3-10 | 71 | Evgenii Dadonov | LW | 641 games |
| 4-10 | 101 | Matt Rust | — | |
| 5-10 | 131 | John Lee | — | |
| 6-30 | 181 | Corey Syvret | — | |
| 7-10 | 191 | Ryan Watson | — | |
| 7-21 | 202 | Sergei Gayduchenko | — | |
| 2006 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-10 | 10 | Michael Frolik | RW | 858 games |
| 3-10 | 73 | Brady Calla | — | |
| 4-10 | 103 | Michael Caruso | D | 2 games |
| 4-23 | 116 | Derrick Lapoint | — | |
| 6-2 | 155 | Peter Aston | — | |
| 7-10 | 193 | Marc Cheverie | — | |
| 2005 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-20 | 20 | Kenndal McArdle | LW | 42 games |
| 2-2 | 32 | Tyler Plante | — | |
| 3-29 | 90 | Dan Collins | — | |
| 4-2 | 93 | Olivier Legault | — | |
| 4-13 | 104 | Matt Duffy | — | |
| 5-36 | 161 | Brian Foster | — | |
| 6-2 | 164 | Roman Derlyuk | — | |
| 7-30 | 224 | Zach Bearson | — | |
| 2004 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-7 | 7 | Rostislav Olesz | LW | 365 games |
| 2-7 | 37 | David Shantz | — | |
| 2-23 | 53 | David Booth | LW | 530 games |
| 4-7 | 105 | Evan Schafer | — | |
| 5-23 | 152 | Bret Nasby | — | |
| 9-9 | 267 | Spencer Dillon | — | |
| 9-25 | 283 | Luke Beaverson | — | |
| 2003 draft · 12 picks | ||||
| 1-3 | 3 | Nathan Horton | RW | 627 games |
| 1-25 | 25 | Anthony Stewart | RW | 262 games |
| 2-8 | 38 | Kamil Kreps | C | 232 games |
| 2-25 | 55 | Stefan Meyer | LW | 20 games |
| 4-4 | 105 | Martin Lojek | D | 5 games |
| 4-23 | 124 | James Pemberton | — | |
| 5-5 | 141 | Dan Travis | — | |
| 5-26 | 162 | Martin Tuma | — | |
| 6-4 | 171 | Denis Stasyuk | — | |
| 8-5 | 234 | Petr Kadlec | — | |
| 9-3 | 264 | John Hecimovic | — | |
| 9-4 | 265 | Tanner Glass | LW | 527 games |
| 2002 draft · 10 picks | ||||
| 1-3 | 3 | Jay Bouwmeester | D | 1,240 games |
| 1-9 | 9 | Petr Taticek | C | 3 games |
| 2-10 | 40 | Rob Globke | C | 46 games |
| 3-4 | 67 | Gregory Campbell | C | 803 games |
| 5-3 | 134 | Topi Jaakola | — | |
| 5-27 | 158 | Vince Bellissimo | — | |
| 6-3 | 169 | Jeremy Swanson | — | |
| 6-30 | 196 | Mikael Vuorio | — | |
| 7-3 | 200 | Denis Yachmenev | — | |
| 8-3 | 232 | Peter Hafner | — | |
| 2001 draft · 12 picks | ||||
| 1-4 | 4 | Stephen Weiss | C | 732 games |
| 1-24 | 24 | Lukas Krajicek | D | 328 games |
| 2-4 | 34 | Greg Watson | — | |
| 3-1 | 64 | Tomas Malec | D | 46 games |
| 3-5 | 68 | Grant McNeill | D | 3 games |
| 4-20 | 117 | Michael Woodford | — | |
| 5-5 | 136 | Billy Thompson | — | |
| 6-4 | 169 | Dustin Johner | — | |
| 7-4 | 200 | Toni Koivisto | — | |
| 8-4 | 231 | Kyle Bruce | — | |
| 9-4 | 263 | Jan Blanar | — | |
| 9-8 | 267 | Ivan Majesky | D | 202 games |
| 2000 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 2-28 | 58 | Vladimir Sapozhnikov | — | |
| 3-12 | 77 | Robert Fried | — | |
| 3-17 | 82 | Sean O'Connor | — | |
| 4-19 | 115 | Chris Eade | — | |
| 4-24 | 120 | Davis Parley | — | |
| 6-23 | 190 | Josh Olson | LW | 5 games |
| 8-5 | 234 | Janis Sprukts | C | 14 games |
| 8-24 | 253 | Mathew Sommerfeld | — | |
| 1999 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-12 | 12 | Denis Shvidki | RW | 76 games |
| 2-12 | 40 | Alex Auld | G | 237 games |
| 3-4 | 70 | Niklas Hagman | LW | 770 games |
| 3-14 | 80 | Jean-Francois Laniel | — | |
| 4-7 | 103 | Morgan McCormick | — | |
| 4-13 | 109 | Rod Sarich | — | |
| 6-12 | 169 | Brad Woods | — | |
| 7-12 | 198 | Travis Eagles | — | |
| 8-12 | 227 | Jonathan Charron | — | |
| 1998 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 2-3 | 30 | Kyle Rossiter | D | 11 games |
| 3-3 | 61 | Joe Dipenta | D | 174 games |
| 3-5 | 63 | Lance Ward | D | 209 games |
| 4-3 | 89 | Ryan Jardine | LW | 8 games |
| 5-3 | 117 | Jaroslav Spacek | D | 880 games |
| 6-3 | 148 | Chris Ovington | — | |
| 7-3 | 176 | B.J. Ketcheson | — | |
| 8-3 | 203 | Ian Jacobs | — | |
| 9-3 | 231 | Adrian Wischer | — | |
| 1997 draft · 10 picks | ||||
| 1-20 | 20 | Mike Brown | LW | 34 games |
| 2-21 | 47 | Kristian Huselius | F | 662 games |
| 3-3 | 56 | Vratislav Cech | — | |
| 3-21 | 74 | Nick Smith | C | 15 games |
| 4-15 | 95 | Ivan Novoseltsev | LW | 234 games |
| 5-21 | 127 | Pat Parthenais | — | |
| 6-21 | 155 | Keith Delaney | — | |
| 7-22 | 183 | Tyler Palmer | — | |
| 8-21 | 211 | Doug Schueller | — | |
| 9-20 | 237 | Benoit Cote | — | |
| 1996 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-20 | 20 | Marcus Nilson | RW | 521 games |
| 3-8 | 60 | Chris Allen | D | 2 games |
| 3-13 | 65 | Oleg Kvasha | LW | 493 games |
| 4-2 | 82 | Joey Tetarenko | RW | 73 games |
| 5-21 | 129 | Andrew Long | — | |
| 6-21 | 156 | Gaetan Poirier | — | |
| 7-21 | 183 | Alexandre Couture | — | |
| 8-20 | 209 | Denis Khloptonov | — | |
| 9-20 | 235 | Russell Smith | — | |
| 1995 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-10 | 10 | Radek Dvorak | RW | 1,260 games |
| 2-10 | 36 | Aaron MacDonald | — | |
| 3-10 | 62 | Mike O'Grady | — | |
| 4-2 | 80 | Dave Duerden | LW | 2 games |
| 4-10 | 88 | Daniel Tjarnqvist | D | 352 games |
| 5-10 | 114 | Francois Cloutier | — | |
| 7-10 | 166 | Peter Worrell | LW | 391 games |
| 8-10 | 192 | Filip Kuba | D | 836 games |
| 9-10 | 218 | David Lemanowicz | — | |
| 1994 draft · 10 picks | ||||
| 1-1 | 1 | Ed Jovanovski | D | 1,128 games |
| 2-1 | 27 | Rhett Warrener | D | 714 games |
| 2-5 | 31 | Jason Podollan | RW | 41 games |
| 2-10 | 36 | Ryan Johnson | — | |
| 4-6 | 84 | David Nemirovsky | RW | 91 games |
| 5-1 | 105 | Dave Geris | — | |
| 7-1 | 157 | Matt O'Dette | — | |
| 8-1 | 183 | Jasson Boudrias | — | |
| 10-1 | 235 | Tero Lehtera | — | |
| 11-1 | 261 | Per Gustafsson | D | 89 games |
| 1993 draft · 12 picks | ||||
| 1-5 | 5 | Rob Niedermayer | C | 1,153 games |
| 2-15 | 41 | Kevin Weekes | G | 348 games |
| 3-5 | 57 | Chris Armstrong | D | 7 games |
| 3-15 | 67 | Mikael Tjallden | — | |
| 3-26 | 78 | Steve Washburn | C | 93 games |
| 5-5 | 109 | Todd MacDonald | — | |
| 6-5 | 135 | Alain Nasreddine | D | 74 games |
| 7-5 | 161 | Trevor Doyle | — | |
| 8-5 | 187 | Briane Thompson | — | |
| 9-5 | 213 | Chad Cabana | — | |
| 10-5 | 239 | John Demarco | — | |
| 11-5 | 265 | Eric Montreuil | — | |
Games are the player's career, for any club, with the Hall of Fame; All-Star selections are not on file for this league.