Minnesota Wild draft history
184 picks since 2000 · 26 first-round picks
Who have the Wild drafted?
The Minnesota Wild have made 184 draft picks since 2000, 26 of them in the first round. The best of them: Brent Burns, 20th overall in 2003, with 1 league award. Their latest first-round pick is Zeev Buium, 12th overall in 2024.
First-round picksBy roundEvery pick by year
Wild first-round picks
| Draft | Pick | Player | Pos | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | Zeev BuiumDenver | D | 80 games |
| 2023 | 21 | Charlie Stramel | C | — |
| 2022 | 19 | Liam Ohgren | LW | 101 games |
| 2022 | 24 | Danila Yurov | RW | 76 games |
| 2021 | 20 | Jesper Wallstedt | G | 43 games |
| 2021 | 26 | Carson Lambos | — | |
| 2020 | 9 | Marco Rossi | C | 239 games |
| 2019 | 12 | Matt BoldyBoston College | LW | 364 games |
| 2018 | 24 | Filip Johansson | — | |
| 2016 | 15 | Luke KuninWisconsin | C | 496 games |
| 2015 | 20 | Joel Eriksson Ek | C | 617 games |
| 2014 | 18 | Alex TuchBoston College | RW | 618 games |
| 2012 | 7 | Mathew Dumba | — | |
| 2011 | 10 | Jonas Brodin | D | 918 games |
| 2011 | 28 | Zack Phillips | — | |
| 2010 | 9 | Mikael Granlund | C | 963 games |
| 2009 | 16 | Nick LeddyMinnesota | D | 1,074 games |
| 2008 | 23 | Tyler Cuma | D | 1 games |
| 2007 | 16 | Colton Gillies | LW | 154 games |
| 2006 | 9 | James Sheppard | C | 394 games |
| 2005 | 4 | Benoit Pouliot | LW | 625 games |
| 2004 | 12 | A.J. Thelen | — | |
| 2003 | 20 | Brent Burns | D | 1,581 games |
| 2002 | 8 | Pierre-Marc Bouchard | C | 593 games |
| 2001 | 6 | Mikko Koivu | C | 1,035 games |
| 2000 | 3 | Marian Gaborik | RW | 1,035 games |
How each round turned out
| Round | Picks | Played a game |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 26 | 20 (77%) |
| 2nd | 26 | 11 (42%) |
| 3rd | 22 | 12 (55%) |
| 4th | 27 | 5 (19%) |
| 5th | 24 | 6 (25%) |
| 6th | 24 | 5 (21%) |
| 7th | 27 | 5 (19%) |
| 8th | 4 | 2 (50%) |
| 9th | 4 | 1 (25%) |
Every Wild pick by year
| Round, pick | Overall | Player | Pos | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 3-19 | 83 | Adam Andersson | — | |
| 4-16 | 112 | Kayden Lemire | RW | — |
| 5-9 | 137 | Filip Ruzicka | G | — |
| 2025 draft · 5 picks | ||||
| 2-20 | 52 | Theodor Hallquisth | — | |
| 4-6 | 102 | Adam Benak | C | — |
| 4-25 | 121 | Lirim Amidovski | — | |
| 4-27 | 123 | Carter Klippenstein | C | — |
| 5-13 | 141 | Justin Kipkie | D | — |
| 2024 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-12 | 12 | Zeev Buium | D | 80 games |
| 2-13 | 45 | Ryder Ritchie | RW | — |
| 4-25 | 122 | Aron Kiviharju | — | |
| 5-11 | 140 | Sebastian Soini | — | |
| 5-13 | 142 | Chase Wutzke | G | — |
| 6-13 | 174 | Stevie Leskovar | D | — |
| 2023 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-21 | 21 | Charlie Stramel | C | — |
| 2-21 | 53 | Rasmus Kumpulainen | — | |
| 2-32 | 64 | Riley Heidt | — | |
| 5-21 | 149 | Aaron Pionk | D | — |
| 6-21 | 181 | Kalem Parker | — | |
| 7-21 | 213 | James Clark | — | |
| 2022 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-19 | 19 | Liam Ohgren | LW | 101 games |
| 1-24 | 24 | Danila Yurov | RW | 76 games |
| 2-15 | 47 | Hunter Haight | — | |
| 2-24 | 56 | Rieger Lorenz | — | |
| 3-24 | 89 | Michael Milne | — | |
| 4-24 | 121 | Ryan Healey | D | — |
| 5-24 | 153 | David Spacek | D | 2 games |
| 6-24 | 185 | Servac Petrovsky | — | |
| 2021 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-20 | 20 | Jesper Wallstedt | G | 43 games |
| 1-26 | 26 | Carson Lambos | — | |
| 2-22 | 54 | Jack Peart | D | — |
| 3-22 | 86 | Caedan Bankier | — | |
| 4-22 | 118 | Kyle Masters | — | |
| 4-31 | 127 | Josh Pillar | — | |
| 6-22 | 182 | Nate Benoit | D | — |
| 2020 draft · 5 picks | ||||
| 1-9 | 9 | Marco Rossi | C | 239 games |
| 2-6 | 37 | Marat Khusnutdinov | C | 172 games |
| 2-8 | 39 | Ryan O'Rourke | — | |
| 3-3 | 65 | Daemon Hunt | D | 48 games |
| 5-22 | 146 | Pavel Novak | — | |
| 2019 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-12 | 12 | Matt Boldy | LW | 364 games |
| 2-11 | 42 | Vladislav Firstov | — | |
| 2-28 | 59 | Hunter Jones | G | — |
| 3-13 | 75 | Adam Beckman | LW | 23 games |
| 5-25 | 149 | Matvey Guskov | C | — |
| 6-11 | 166 | Marshall Warren | D | 8 games |
| 6-17 | 172 | Nikita Nesterenko | C | 64 games |
| 7-11 | 197 | Filip Lindberg | G | — |
| 2018 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-24 | 24 | Filip Johansson | — | |
| 3-1 | 63 | Jack McBain | C | 320 games |
| 3-24 | 86 | Alexander Khovanov | — | |
| 3-30 | 92 | Connor Dewar | C | 320 games |
| 5-24 | 148 | Simon Johansson | — | |
| 5-31 | 155 | Damien Giroux | — | |
| 6-24 | 179 | Shawn Boudrias | — | |
| 7-24 | 210 | Sam Hentges | — | |
| 2017 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 3-23 | 85 | Ivan Lodnia | — | |
| 4-4 | 97 | Mason Shaw | — | |
| 4-23 | 116 | Bryce Misley | — | |
| 5-23 | 147 | Jacob Golden | — | |
| 6-23 | 178 | Andrei Svetlakov | — | |
| 7-23 | 209 | Nick Swaney | — | |
| 2016 draft · 4 picks | ||||
| 1-15 | 15 | Luke Kunin | C | 496 games |
| 4-15 | 106 | Brandon Duhaime | RW | 379 games |
| 7-15 | 196 | Dmitry Sokolov | — | |
| 7-23 | 204 | Braydyn Chizen | — | |
| 2015 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-20 | 20 | Joel Eriksson Ek | C | 617 games |
| 2-20 | 50 | Jordan Greenway | LW | 479 games |
| 4-20 | 111 | Ales Stezka | — | |
| 5-14 | 135 | Kirill Kaprizov | LW | 400 games |
| 6-20 | 171 | Nicholas Boka | — | |
| 7-20 | 201 | Gustav Bouramman | — | |
| 7-23 | 204 | Jack Sadek | — | |
| 2014 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-18 | 18 | Alex Tuch | RW | 618 games |
| 3-20 | 80 | Louie Belpedio | D | 16 games |
| 4-19 | 109 | Kaapo Kahkonen | G | 140 games |
| 5-19 | 139 | Tanner Faith | — | |
| 6-10 | 160 | Pontus Sjalin | — | |
| 6-17 | 167 | Chase Lang | — | |
| 6-19 | 169 | Reid Duke | — | |
| 7-19 | 199 | Pavel Jenys | — | |
| 2013 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 2-16 | 46 | Gustav Olofsson | D | 63 games |
| 3-20 | 81 | Kurtis Gabriel | RW | 51 games |
| 4-16 | 107 | Dylan Labbe | — | |
| 5-16 | 137 | Carson Soucy | D | 443 games |
| 6-16 | 167 | Avery Peterson | — | |
| 7-16 | 197 | Nolan De Jong | — | |
| 7-19 | 200 | Alexandre Belanger | — | |
| 2012 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-7 | 7 | Mathew Dumba | — | |
| 2-16 | 46 | Raphael Bussieres | — | |
| 3-7 | 68 | John Draeger | — | |
| 4-7 | 98 | Adam Gilmour | — | |
| 5-7 | 128 | Daniel Gunnarsson | — | |
| 6-7 | 158 | Christoph Bertschy | — | |
| 7-7 | 188 | Louis Nanne | — | |
| 2011 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-10 | 10 | Jonas Brodin | D | 918 games |
| 1-28 | 28 | Zack Phillips | — | |
| 2-30 | 60 | Mario Lucia | — | |
| 5-10 | 131 | Nick Seeler | D | 457 games |
| 6-10 | 161 | Steve Michalek | — | |
| 7-10 | 191 | Tyler Graovac | — | |
| 2010 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-9 | 9 | Mikael Granlund | C | 963 games |
| 2-9 | 39 | Brett Bulmer | F | 17 games |
| 2-26 | 56 | Johan Larsson | — | |
| 2-29 | 59 | Jason Zucker | LW | 832 games |
| 6-9 | 159 | Johan Gustafsson | — | |
| 7-9 | 189 | Dylen McKinlay | — | |
| 2009 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-16 | 16 | Nick Leddy | D | 1,074 games |
| 3-16 | 77 | Matt Hackett | — | |
| 4-12 | 103 | Kristopher Foucault | — | |
| 4-25 | 116 | Alex Fallstrom | — | |
| 6-11 | 161 | Darcy Kuemper | G | 491 games |
| 6-13 | 163 | Jere Sallinen | — | |
| 7-2 | 182 | Erik Haula | LW | 843 games |
| 7-13 | 193 | Anthony Hamburg | — | |
| 2008 draft · 4 picks | ||||
| 1-23 | 23 | Tyler Cuma | D | 1 games |
| 2-25 | 55 | Marco Scandella | D | 784 games |
| 4-24 | 115 | Sean Lorenz | — | |
| 5-24 | 145 | Eero Elo | — | |
| 2007 draft · 5 picks | ||||
| 1-16 | 16 | Colton Gillies | LW | 154 games |
| 4-19 | 110 | Justin Falk | D | 279 games |
| 5-19 | 140 | Cody Almond | C | 25 games |
| 6-19 | 170 | Harri Ilvonen | — | |
| 7-19 | 200 | Carson McMillan | RW | 16 games |
| 2006 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-9 | 9 | James Sheppard | C | 394 games |
| 2-10 | 40 | Ondrej Fiala | — | |
| 3-9 | 72 | Cal Clutterbuck | RW | 1,064 games |
| 4-9 | 102 | Kyle Medvec | — | |
| 5-9 | 132 | Niko Hovinen | — | |
| 6-9 | 162 | Julian Walker | — | |
| 7-9 | 192 | Chris Hickey | — | |
| 2005 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-4 | 4 | Benoit Pouliot | LW | 625 games |
| 2-27 | 57 | Matt Kassian | LW | 76 games |
| 3-4 | 65 | Kristofer Westblom | — | |
| 4-19 | 110 | Kyle Bailey | — | |
| 4-31 | 122 | Morten Madsen | — | |
| 5-4 | 129 | Anthony Aiello | — | |
| 7-5 | 199 | Riley Emmerson | — | |
| 2004 draft · 12 picks | ||||
| 1-12 | 12 | A.J. Thelen | — | |
| 2-12 | 42 | Roman Voloshenko | — | |
| 3-13 | 78 | Peter Olvecky | C | 32 games |
| 3-14 | 79 | Clayton Stoner | D | 360 games |
| 4-13 | 111 | Ryan Jones | LW | 334 games |
| 4-16 | 114 | Patrick Bordeleau | — | |
| 4-19 | 117 | Julien Sprunger | — | |
| 5-32 | 161 | Jean-Claude Sawyer | — | |
| 6-12 | 175 | Aaron Boogaard | — | |
| 7-2 | 195 | Jean-Michel Rizk | — | |
| 7-13 | 206 | Anton Khudobin | G | 260 games |
| 9-14 | 272 | Kyle Wilson | C | 39 games |
| 2003 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-20 | 20 | Brent Burns | D | 1,581 games |
| 2-26 | 56 | Patrick O'Sullivan | C | 334 games |
| 3-10 | 78 | Danny Irmen | RW | 2 games |
| 5-21 | 157 | Marcin Kolusz | — | |
| 6-20 | 187 | Miroslav Kopriva | — | |
| 7-10 | 207 | Grigory Misharin | — | |
| 7-22 | 219 | Adam Courchaine | — | |
| 8-22 | 251 | Mathieu Melanson | — | |
| 9-20 | 281 | Jean-Michel Bolduc | — | |
| 2002 draft · 10 picks | ||||
| 1-8 | 8 | Pierre-Marc Bouchard | C | 593 games |
| 2-8 | 38 | Josh Harding | G | 151 games |
| 3-9 | 72 | Michael Erickson | — | |
| 3-10 | 73 | Barry Brust | G | 11 games |
| 5-24 | 155 | Armands Berzins | — | |
| 6-9 | 175 | Matt Foy | RW | 56 games |
| 7-7 | 204 | Niklas Eckerblom | — | |
| 8-8 | 237 | Christoph Brandner | RW | 35 games |
| 9-8 | 268 | Mikhail Tyulyapkin | — | |
| 9-9 | 269 | Mika Hannula | — | |
| 2001 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-6 | 6 | Mikko Koivu | C | 1,035 games |
| 2-6 | 36 | Kyle Wanvig | RW | 75 games |
| 3-11 | 74 | Chris Heid | — | |
| 3-30 | 93 | Stephane Veilleux | LW | 506 games |
| 4-6 | 103 | Tony Virta | RW | 8 games |
| 7-6 | 202 | Derek Boogaard | LW | 277 games |
| 8-12 | 239 | Jake Riddle | — | |
| 2000 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-3 | 3 | Marian Gaborik | RW | 1,035 games |
| 2-3 | 33 | Nick Schultz | D | 1,069 games |
| 4-3 | 99 | Marc Cavosie | — | |
| 5-2 | 132 | Maxim Sushinsky | RW | 30 games |
| 6-3 | 170 | Erik Reitz | D | 48 games |
| 7-2 | 199 | Brian Passmore | — | |
| 7-17 | 214 | Peter Bartos | LW | 13 games |
| 8-3 | 232 | Lubomir Sekeras | D | 213 games |
Games are the player's career, for any club, with the Hall of Fame; All-Star selections are not on file for this league.