Nashville Predators draft history
238 picks since 1998 · 30 first-round picks
Who have the Predators drafted?
The Nashville Predators have made 238 draft picks since 1998, 30 of them in the first round. The best of them: Pekka Rinne, 258th overall in 2004, with the Hall of Fame and 1 league award. Their latest first-round pick is Wyatt Cullen, 10th overall in 2026.
First-round picksBy roundEvery pick by year
Predators first-round picks
| Draft | Pick | Player | Pos | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | Wyatt Cullen | LW | — |
| 2026 | 31 | Thomas Bleyl | — | |
| 2025 | 5 | Brady Martin | C | 3 games |
| 2025 | 21 | Cameron Reid | D | — |
| 2025 | 26 | Ryker Lee | RW | — |
| 2024 | 22 | Egor Surin | — | |
| 2023 | 15 | Matthew Wood | RW | 80 games |
| 2023 | 24 | Tanner Molendyk | — | |
| 2022 | 17 | Joakim Kemell | — | |
| 2021 | 19 | Fedor Svechkov | C | 125 games |
| 2021 | 27 | Zachary L'Heureux | LW | 88 games |
| 2020 | 11 | Yaroslav Askarov | G | 66 games |
| 2019 | 24 | Philip Tomasino | RW | 218 games |
| 2017 | 30 | Eeli Tolvanen | RW | 428 games |
| 2016 | 17 | Dante FabbroBoston University | D | 451 games |
| 2014 | 11 | Kevin Fiala | LW | 707 games |
| 2013 | 4 | Seth Jones | D | 916 games |
| 2010 | 18 | Austin Watson | LW | 528 games |
| 2009 | 11 | Ryan Ellis | D | 566 games |
| 2008 | 7 | Colin WilsonBoston University | C | 632 games |
| 2008 | 18 | Chet Pickard | — | |
| 2007 | 23 | Jonathon Blum | D | 110 games |
| 2005 | 18 | Ryan Parent | D | 106 games |
| 2004 | 15 | Alexander Radulov | RW | 524 games |
| 2003 | 7 | Ryan SuterWisconsin | D | 1,526 games |
| 2002 | 6 | Scottie Upshall | RW | 759 games |
| 2001 | 12 | Dan Hamhuis | D | 1,148 games |
| 2000 | 6 | Scott Hartnell | LW | 1,249 games |
| 1999 | 6 | Brian Finley | G | 4 games |
| 1998 | 2 | David Legwand | C | 1,136 games |
How each round turned out
| Round | Picks | Played a game |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 30 | 22 (73%) |
| 2nd | 33 | 14 (42%) |
| 3rd | 37 | 9 (24%) |
| 4th | 38 | 10 (26%) |
| 5th | 27 | 10 (37%) |
| 6th | 28 | 3 (11%) |
| 7th | 30 | 4 (13%) |
| 8th | 7 | 1 (14%) |
| 9th | 8 | 2 (25%) |
Every Predators pick by year
| Round, pick | Overall | Player | Pos | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-10 | 10 | Wyatt Cullen | LW | — |
| 1-31 | 31 | Thomas Bleyl | — | |
| 3-6 | 70 | Dmitri Borichev | G | — |
| 4-10 | 106 | Jakub Floris | — | |
| 4-22 | 118 | Justin Graf | — | |
| 5-10 | 138 | Philip Hemmyr | — | |
| 6-19 | 179 | Benjamin Cossette Ayotte | — | |
| 7-10 | 202 | Charlie Puglisi | — | |
| 2025 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-5 | 5 | Brady Martin | C | 3 games |
| 1-21 | 21 | Cameron Reid | D | — |
| 1-26 | 26 | Ryker Lee | RW | — |
| 2-3 | 35 | Jacob Rombach | D | — |
| 2-26 | 58 | Jack Ivankovic | G | — |
| 4-26 | 122 | Alex Huang | D | — |
| 6-3 | 163 | Daniel Nieminen | — | |
| 2024 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-22 | 22 | Egor Surin | — | |
| 2-23 | 55 | Teddy Stiga | C | — |
| 3-12 | 77 | Viggo Gustafsson | D | — |
| 3-22 | 87 | Miguel Marques | — | |
| 3-29 | 94 | Hiroki Gojsic | RW | — |
| 4-2 | 99 | Jakub Milota | G | — |
| 4-30 | 127 | Viktor Norringer | LW | — |
| 7-20 | 213 | Erik Påhlsson | C | — |
| 2023 draft · 11 picks | ||||
| 1-15 | 15 | Matthew Wood | RW | 80 games |
| 1-24 | 24 | Tanner Molendyk | — | |
| 2-11 | 43 | Felix Nilsson | — | |
| 2-14 | 46 | Kalan Lind | LW | — |
| 3-4 | 68 | Jesse Kiiskinen | — | |
| 3-19 | 83 | Dylan MacKinnon | D | — |
| 4-15 | 111 | Joey Willis | C | — |
| 4-25 | 121 | Juha Jatkola | — | |
| 5-15 | 143 | Sutter Muzzatti | — | |
| 6-15 | 175 | Austin Roest | RW | — |
| 7-26 | 218 | Aiden Fink | RW | — |
| 2022 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-17 | 17 | Joakim Kemell | — | |
| 3-17 | 82 | Adam Ingram | C | — |
| 3-19 | 84 | Kasper Kulonummi | — | |
| 4-17 | 114 | Cole O'Hara | — | |
| 5-17 | 146 | Graham Sward | — | |
| 7-17 | 210 | Ben Strinden | C | — |
| 2021 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-19 | 19 | Fedor Svechkov | C | 125 games |
| 1-27 | 27 | Zachary L'Heureux | LW | 88 games |
| 3-8 | 72 | Anton Olsson | — | |
| 4-19 | 115 | Ryan Ufko | D | 20 games |
| 4-28 | 124 | Jack Matier | — | |
| 6-19 | 179 | Simon Knak | — | |
| 2020 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-11 | 11 | Yaroslav Askarov | G | 66 games |
| 2-11 | 42 | Luke Evangelista | RW | 256 games |
| 3-11 | 73 | Luke Prokop | — | |
| 4-8 | 101 | Adam Wilsby | D | 84 games |
| 6-11 | 166 | Luke Reid | — | |
| 7-16 | 202 | Gunnarwolfe Fontaine | — | |
| 7-23 | 209 | Chase McLane | — | |
| 2019 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-24 | 24 | Philip Tomasino | RW | 218 games |
| 2-14 | 45 | Egor Afanasyev | — | |
| 3-3 | 65 | Alex Campbell | — | |
| 4-16 | 109 | Marc Del Gaizo | D | 55 games |
| 4-24 | 117 | Semyon Chystyakov | D | — |
| 5-24 | 148 | Ethan Haider | G | — |
| 6-24 | 179 | Isak Walther | RW | — |
| 7-24 | 210 | Juuso Parssinen | C | 157 games |
| 2018 draft · 4 picks | ||||
| 4-18 | 111 | Jachym Kondelik | — | |
| 5-7 | 131 | Spencer Stastney | D | 117 games |
| 5-27 | 151 | Vladislav Yeryomenko | — | |
| 7-27 | 213 | Milan Kloucek | — | |
| 2017 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-30 | 30 | Eeli Tolvanen | RW | 428 games |
| 2-30 | 61 | Grant Mismash | — | |
| 3-30 | 92 | David Farrance | — | |
| 5-30 | 154 | Tomas Vomacka | — | |
| 6-21 | 176 | Pavel Koltygin | — | |
| 7-30 | 216 | Jacob Paquette | — | |
| 2016 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-17 | 17 | Dante Fabbro | D | 451 games |
| 2-17 | 47 | Samuel Girard | D | 612 games |
| 3-15 | 76 | Rem Pitlick | — | |
| 3-17 | 78 | Frederic Allard | — | |
| 4-17 | 108 | Hardy Haman Aktell | — | |
| 5-17 | 138 | Patrick Harper | — | |
| 6-17 | 168 | Konstantin Volkov | G | — |
| 7-17 | 198 | Adam Smith | — | |
| 2015 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 2-25 | 55 | Yakov Trenin | C | 460 games |
| 3-24 | 85 | Tommy Novak | C | 289 games |
| 4-9 | 100 | Anthony Richard | — | |
| 4-24 | 115 | Alexandre Carrier | D | 372 games |
| 5-24 | 145 | Karel Vejmelka | G | 265 games |
| 6-24 | 175 | Tyler Moy | — | |
| 7-24 | 205 | Evan Smith | — | |
| 2014 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-11 | 11 | Kevin Fiala | LW | 707 games |
| 2-12 | 42 | Vladislav Kamenev | — | |
| 2-21 | 51 | Jack Dougherty | — | |
| 3-2 | 62 | Justin Kirkland | — | |
| 4-22 | 112 | Viktor Arvidsson | LW | 685 games |
| 5-12 | 132 | Joonas Lyytinen | — | |
| 6-12 | 162 | Aaron Irving | — | |
| 2013 draft · 10 picks | ||||
| 1-4 | 4 | Seth Jones | D | 916 games |
| 3-3 | 64 | Jonathan-Ismael Diaby | — | |
| 4-4 | 95 | Felix Girard | — | |
| 4-8 | 99 | Juuse Saros | G | 470 games |
| 5-4 | 125 | Saku Maenalanen | — | |
| 5-19 | 140 | Teemu Kivihalme | — | |
| 6-4 | 155 | Emil Pettersson | — | |
| 6-20 | 171 | Tommy Veilleux | — | |
| 7-4 | 185 | Wade Murphy | — | |
| 7-22 | 203 | Janne Juvonen | — | |
| 2012 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 2-7 | 37 | Pontus Aberg | — | |
| 2-20 | 50 | Colton Sissons | C | 760 games |
| 3-5 | 66 | Jimmy Vesey | — | |
| 3-28 | 89 | Brendan Leipsic | — | |
| 4-21 | 112 | Zach Stepan | — | |
| 4-27 | 118 | Mikko Vainonen | — | |
| 6-13 | 164 | Simon Fernholm | — | |
| 6-21 | 172 | Max Gortz | — | |
| 6-28 | 179 | Marek Mazanec | — | |
| 2011 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 2-8 | 38 | Magnus Hellberg | — | |
| 2-22 | 52 | Miikka Salomaki | — | |
| 4-3 | 94 | Josh Shalla | — | |
| 4-21 | 112 | Garrett Noonan | — | |
| 5-21 | 142 | Simon Karlsson | — | |
| 6-19 | 170 | Chase Balisy | — | |
| 7-21 | 202 | Brent Andrews | — | |
| 2010 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-18 | 18 | Austin Watson | LW | 528 games |
| 3-18 | 78 | Taylor Aronson | — | |
| 5-6 | 126 | Patrick Cehlin | — | |
| 6-18 | 168 | Anthony Bitetto | — | |
| 7-14 | 194 | David Elsner | — | |
| 7-18 | 198 | Joonas Rask | — | |
| 2009 draft · 10 picks | ||||
| 1-11 | 11 | Ryan Ellis | D | 566 games |
| 2-11 | 41 | Zach Budish | — | |
| 2-12 | 42 | Charles-Olivier Roussel | — | |
| 3-9 | 70 | Taylor Beck | 92 games | |
| 3-11 | 72 | Michael Latta | C | 113 games |
| 4-7 | 98 | Craig Smith | C | 987 games |
| 4-11 | 102 | Mattias Ekholm | D | 970 games |
| 4-19 | 110 | Nick Oliver | — | |
| 5-12 | 132 | Gabriel Bourque | LW | 413 games |
| 7-12 | 192 | Cameron Reid | D | — |
| 2008 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-7 | 7 | Colin Wilson | C | 632 games |
| 1-18 | 18 | Chet Pickard | — | |
| 2-8 | 38 | Roman Josi | D | 1,033 games |
| 5-15 | 136 | Taylor Stefishen | — | |
| 6-15 | 166 | Jeffrey Foss | — | |
| 7-20 | 201 | Jani Lajunen | — | |
| 7-26 | 207 | Anders Lindback | G | 130 games |
| 2007 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-23 | 23 | Jonathon Blum | D | 110 games |
| 2-24 | 54 | Jeremy Smith | — | |
| 2-28 | 58 | Nick Spaling | C | 437 games |
| 3-20 | 81 | Ryan Thang | RW | 1 games |
| 4-23 | 114 | Ben Ryan | — | |
| 4-28 | 119 | Mark Santorelli | — | |
| 5-23 | 144 | Andreas Thuresson | F | 25 games |
| 6-23 | 174 | Robert Dietrich | — | |
| 7-23 | 204 | Atte Engren | — | |
| 2006 draft · 5 picks | ||||
| 2-26 | 56 | Blake Geoffrion | C | 55 games |
| 4-12 | 105 | Niko Snellman | — | |
| 5-23 | 146 | Mark Dekanich | G | 1 games |
| 6-23 | 176 | Ryan Flynn | — | |
| 7-23 | 206 | Viktor Sjodin | — | |
| 2005 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-18 | 18 | Ryan Parent | D | 106 games |
| 3-17 | 78 | Teemu Laakso | D | 17 games |
| 3-18 | 79 | Cody Franson | D | 550 games |
| 5-25 | 150 | Cal O'Reilly | C | 145 games |
| 6-14 | 176 | Ryan Maki | — | |
| 7-19 | 213 | Scott Todd | — | |
| 7-36 | 230 | Patric Hornqvist | RW | 901 games |
| 2004 draft · 11 picks | ||||
| 1-15 | 15 | Alexander Radulov | RW | 524 games |
| 3-16 | 81 | Vaclav Meidl | — | |
| 4-9 | 107 | Nick Fugere | — | |
| 5-10 | 139 | Kyle Moir | — | |
| 5-18 | 147 | Janne Niskala | D | 6 games |
| 6-15 | 178 | Mike Santorelli | C | 406 games |
| 6-30 | 193 | Kevin Schaeffer | — | |
| 7-16 | 209 | Stanislav Balan | — | |
| 8-16 | 243 | Denis Kulyash | — | |
| 8-31 | 258 | Pekka RinneHOF | G | 683 games |
| 9-17 | 275 | Craig Switzer | — | |
| 2003 draft · 13 picks | ||||
| 1-7 | 7 | Ryan Suter | D | 1,526 games |
| 2-5 | 35 | Konstantin Glazachev | — | |
| 2-7 | 37 | Kevin Klein | D | 627 games |
| 2-19 | 49 | Shea WeberHOF | D | 1,038 games |
| 3-8 | 76 | Richard Stehlik | — | |
| 3-21 | 89 | Paul Brown | — | |
| 3-24 | 92 | Alexander Sulzer | D | 131 games |
| 3-30 | 98 | Grigory Shafigulin | — | |
| 4-16 | 117 | Teemu Lassila | — | |
| 4-32 | 133 | Rustam Sidikov | — | |
| 7-13 | 210 | Andrei Mukhachev | — | |
| 7-16 | 213 | Miroslav Hanuljak | — | |
| 9-7 | 268 | Lauris Darzins | — | |
| 2002 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-6 | 6 | Scottie Upshall | RW | 759 games |
| 4-6 | 102 | Brandon Segal | RW | 103 games |
| 5-7 | 138 | Patrick Jarrett | — | |
| 6-6 | 172 | Mike McKenna | G | 35 games |
| 7-6 | 203 | Josh Morrow | — | |
| 8-6 | 235 | Kaleb Betts | — | |
| 9-4 | 264 | Matt Davis | — | |
| 9-6 | 266 | Steven Spencer | — | |
| 2001 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-12 | 12 | Dan Hamhuis | D | 1,148 games |
| 2-3 | 33 | Timofei Shishkanov | LW | 24 games |
| 2-12 | 42 | Tomas Slovak | — | |
| 3-12 | 75 | Denis Platonov | — | |
| 3-13 | 76 | Oliver Setzinger | — | |
| 4-1 | 98 | Jordin Tootoo | RW | 723 games |
| 6-13 | 178 | Anton Lavrentiev | — | |
| 8-13 | 240 | Gustav Grasberg | — | |
| 9-12 | 271 | Mikko Lehtonen | — | |
| 2000 draft · 12 picks | ||||
| 1-6 | 6 | Scott Hartnell | LW | 1,249 games |
| 2-6 | 36 | Daniel Widing | — | |
| 3-7 | 72 | Mattias Nilsson | — | |
| 3-24 | 89 | Libor Pivko | LW | 1 games |
| 5-1 | 131 | Matt Hendricks | C | 607 games |
| 5-7 | 137 | Mike Stuart | D | 3 games |
| 5-24 | 154 | Matt Koalska | C | 3 games |
| 6-6 | 173 | Tomas Harant | — | |
| 6-30 | 197 | Zbynek Irgl | — | |
| 7-6 | 203 | Jure Penko | — | |
| 8-7 | 236 | Mats Christeen | — | |
| 9-23 | 284 | Martin Hohener | — | |
| 1999 draft · 15 picks | ||||
| 1-6 | 6 | Brian Finley | G | 4 games |
| 2-5 | 33 | Jonas Andersson | F | 9 games |
| 2-24 | 52 | Adam Hall | RW | 682 games |
| 2-26 | 54 | Andrew Hutchinson | D | 140 games |
| 2-33 | 61 | Ed Hill | — | |
| 2-37 | 65 | Jan Lasak | G | 6 games |
| 3-6 | 72 | Brett Angel | — | |
| 4-25 | 121 | Yevgeny Pavlov | — | |
| 4-28 | 124 | Alexandr Krevsun | — | |
| 5-5 | 131 | Konstantin Panov | — | |
| 6-5 | 162 | Timo Helbling | D | 11 games |
| 7-5 | 191 | Martin Erat | RW | 881 games |
| 7-19 | 205 | Kyle Kettles | — | |
| 8-5 | 220 | Miroslav Durak | — | |
| 9-5 | 248 | Darren Haydar | RW | 23 games |
| 1998 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-2 | 2 | David Legwand | C | 1,136 games |
| 3-2 | 60 | Denis Arkhipov | C | 352 games |
| 3-27 | 85 | Geoff Koch | — | |
| 4-2 | 88 | Kent Sauer | — | |
| 5-24 | 138 | Martin Beauchesne | — | |
| 8-2 | 202 | Martin Bartek | — | |
| 9-2 | 230 | Karlis Skrastins | D | 832 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.