Tampa Bay Lightning draft history
292 picks since 1992 · 25 first-round picks
Who have the Lightning drafted?
The Tampa Bay Lightning have made 292 draft picks since 1992, 25 of them in the first round. The best of them: Nikita Kucherov, 58th overall in 2011, with 7 league awards. Their latest first-round pick is Isaac Howard, 31st overall in 2022.
First-round picksBy roundEvery pick by year
Lightning first-round picks
| Draft | Pick | Player | Pos | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 31 | Isaac HowardMichigan State | LW | 33 games |
| 2019 | 27 | Nolan Foote | — | |
| 2017 | 14 | Cal Foote | — | |
| 2016 | 27 | Brett Howden | C | 493 games |
| 2014 | 19 | Tony DeAngelo | D | 485 games |
| 2013 | 3 | Jonathan Drouin | — | |
| 2012 | 10 | Slater Koekkoek | — | |
| 2012 | 19 | Andrei Vasilevskiy | G | 601 games |
| 2011 | 27 | Vladislav Namestnikov | C | 850 games |
| 2010 | 6 | Brett Connolly | RW | 536 games |
| 2009 | 2 | Victor Hedman | D | 1,167 games |
| 2009 | 29 | Carter Ashton | RW | 54 games |
| 2008 | 1 | Steven Stamkos | C | 1,249 games |
| 2006 | 15 | Riku Helenius | G | 1 games |
| 2005 | 30 | Vladimir Mihalik | D | 15 games |
| 2004 | 30 | Andy Rogers | — | |
| 2001 | 3 | Alexander Svitov | C | 179 games |
| 2000 | 8 | Nikita Alexeev | RW | 159 games |
| 1998 | 1 | Vincent Lecavalier | C | 1,212 games |
| 1997 | 7 | Paul Mara | D | 735 games |
| 1996 | 16 | Mario Larocque | D | 5 games |
| 1995 | 5 | Daymond Langkow | C | 1,090 games |
| 1994 | 8 | Jason Wiemer | C | 726 games |
| 1993 | 3 | Chris Gratton | F | 1,092 games |
| 1992 | 1 | Roman Hamrlik | D | 1,395 games |
How each round turned out
| Round | Picks | Played a game |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 25 | 20 (80%) |
| 2nd | 33 | 13 (39%) |
| 3rd | 34 | 16 (47%) |
| 4th | 29 | 9 (31%) |
| 5th | 33 | 5 (15%) |
| 6th | 43 | 11 (26%) |
| 7th | 56 | 9 (16%) |
| 8th | 16 | 2 (13%) |
| 9th | 17 | 4 (24%) |
| 10th | 3 | 0 (0%) |
| 11th | 3 | 1 (33%) |
Every Lightning pick by year
| Round, pick | Overall | Player | Pos | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 2-20 | 52 | Oleg Kulebiakin | RW | — |
| 3-26 | 90 | Tomas Kralovic | — | |
| 5-6 | 134 | Morgan Anderberg | C | — |
| 5-26 | 154 | Cooper Soller | C | — |
| 6-26 | 186 | Stepan Shurygin | G | — |
| 7-26 | 218 | Max Vilen | D | — |
| 2025 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 2-24 | 56 | Ethan Czata | — | |
| 4-12 | 108 | Benjamin Rautiainen | C | — |
| 4-31 | 127 | Aiden Foster | C | — |
| 5-23 | 151 | Everett Baldwin | D | — |
| 7-1 | 193 | Caleb Heil | G | — |
| 7-14 | 206 | Roman Luttsev | — | |
| 7-20 | 212 | Grant Spada | D | — |
| 7-23 | 215 | Marco Mignosa | RW | — |
| 2024 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 4-21 | 118 | Jan Golicic | D | — |
| 4-31 | 128 | Hagen Burrows | RW | — |
| 5-20 | 149 | Joona Saarelainen | — | |
| 6-20 | 181 | Kaden Pitre | — | |
| 7-2 | 195 | Joe Connor | LW | — |
| 7-6 | 199 | Noah Steen | LW | — |
| 7-13 | 206 | Harrison Meneghin | — | |
| 2023 draft · 5 picks | ||||
| 2-5 | 37 | Ethan Gauthier | — | |
| 4-19 | 115 | Jayson Shaugabay | RW | — |
| 6-19 | 179 | Warren Clark | D | — |
| 7-1 | 193 | Jack Harvey | LW | — |
| 7-19 | 211 | Ethan Hay | C | — |
| 2022 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-31 | 31 | Isaac Howard | LW | 33 games |
| 3-21 | 86 | Lucas Edmonds | — | |
| 5-31 | 160 | Nick Malik | — | |
| 6-31 | 192 | Connor Kurth | — | |
| 7-30 | 223 | Dyllan Gill | — | |
| 7-31 | 224 | Klavs Veinbergs | LW | — |
| 2021 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 3-32 | 96 | Roman Schmidt | — | |
| 4-30 | 126 | Dylan Duke | — | |
| 5-32 | 160 | Cameron Macdonald | — | |
| 6-32 | 192 | Alex Gagne | D | — |
| 7-4 | 196 | Daniil Pylenkov | D | — |
| 7-19 | 211 | Cooper Flinton | — | |
| 7-32 | 224 | Niko Huuhtanen | — | |
| 2020 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 2-26 | 57 | Jack Finley | C | 45 games |
| 2-31 | 62 | Gage Goncalves | C | 139 games |
| 3-23 | 85 | Maxim Groshev | D | 2 games |
| 3-31 | 93 | Jack Thompson | D | 34 games |
| 4-23 | 116 | Eamon Powell | — | |
| 5-23 | 147 | Jaydon Dureau | — | |
| 6-2 | 157 | Nick Capone | — | |
| 6-31 | 186 | Amir Miftakhov | — | |
| 7-31 | 217 | Declan McDonnell | RW | — |
| 2019 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-27 | 27 | Nolan Foote | — | |
| 3-9 | 71 | Hugo Alnefelt | — | |
| 3-27 | 89 | Maxim Cajkovic | — | |
| 4-27 | 120 | Maxwell Crozier | D | 54 games |
| 6-27 | 182 | Quinn Schmiemann | — | |
| 7-12 | 198 | Mikhail Shalagin | LW | — |
| 7-27 | 213 | McKade Webster | LW | — |
| 2018 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 2-28 | 59 | Gabriel Fortier | — | |
| 3-28 | 90 | Dmitry Semykin | — | |
| 4-28 | 121 | Alexander Green | — | |
| 5-28 | 152 | Magnus Chrona | G | 9 games |
| 6-28 | 183 | Cole Koepke | LW | 167 games |
| 7-20 | 206 | Radim Salda | — | |
| 7-28 | 214 | Ty Taylor | G | — |
| 2017 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-14 | 14 | Cal Foote | — | |
| 2-17 | 48 | Alexander Volkov | — | |
| 3-14 | 76 | Alexey Lipanov | — | |
| 6-14 | 169 | Nick Perbix | D | 302 games |
| 6-25 | 180 | Cole Guttman | — | |
| 7-14 | 200 | Sammy Walker | C | 13 games |
| 2016 draft · 10 picks | ||||
| 1-27 | 27 | Brett Howden | C | 493 games |
| 2-7 | 37 | Libor Hajek | D | 110 games |
| 2-14 | 44 | Boris Katchouk | — | |
| 2-28 | 58 | Taylor Raddysh | RW | 373 games |
| 3-27 | 88 | Connor Ingram | G | 134 games |
| 4-27 | 118 | Ross Colton | C | 407 games |
| 5-27 | 148 | Christopher Paquette | — | |
| 6-27 | 178 | Oleg Sosunov | — | |
| 7-25 | 206 | Otto Somppi | — | |
| 7-27 | 208 | Ryan Lohin | — | |
| 2015 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 2-3 | 33 | Mitchell Stephens | C | 123 games |
| 2-14 | 44 | Matthew Spencer | — | |
| 3-3 | 64 | Dennis Yan | — | |
| 3-11 | 72 | Anthony Cirelli | C | 585 games |
| 4-27 | 118 | Jonne Tammela | — | |
| 4-29 | 120 | Mathieu Joseph | RW | 475 games |
| 5-29 | 150 | Ryan Zuhlsdorf | — | |
| 6-2 | 153 | Kristian Oldham | — | |
| 6-29 | 180 | Bokondji Imama | LW | 37 games |
| 2014 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-19 | 19 | Tony DeAngelo | D | 485 games |
| 2-5 | 35 | Dominik Masin | — | |
| 2-27 | 57 | Johnathan MacLeod | — | |
| 3-19 | 79 | Brayden Point | C | 723 games |
| 4-29 | 119 | Ben Thomas | — | |
| 6-20 | 170 | Cristiano Digiacinto | — | |
| 7-5 | 185 | Cameron Darcy | — | |
| 2013 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-3 | 3 | Jonathan Drouin | — | |
| 2-3 | 33 | Adam Erne | — | |
| 5-3 | 124 | Kristers Gudlevskis | — | |
| 6-3 | 154 | Henri Ikonen | — | |
| 7-3 | 184 | Saku Salminen | — | |
| 7-5 | 186 | Joel Vermin | — | |
| 2012 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-10 | 10 | Slater Koekkoek | — | |
| 1-19 | 19 | Andrei Vasilevskiy | G | 601 games |
| 2-10 | 40 | Dylan Blujus | — | |
| 2-23 | 53 | Brian Hart | — | |
| 3-10 | 71 | Tanner Richard | — | |
| 4-10 | 101 | Cedric Paquette | C | 448 games |
| 6-10 | 161 | Jake Dotchin | — | |
| 7-21 | 202 | Nikita Gusev | — | |
| 2011 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-27 | 27 | Vladislav Namestnikov | C | 850 games |
| 2-28 | 58 | Nikita Kucherov | RW | 882 games |
| 5-27 | 148 | Nikita Nesterov | — | |
| 6-27 | 178 | Adam Wilcox | — | |
| 7-20 | 201 | Matthew Peca | C | 83 games |
| 7-27 | 208 | Ondrej Palat | LW | 908 games |
| 2010 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-6 | 6 | Brett Connolly | RW | 536 games |
| 3-3 | 63 | Brock Beukeboom | — | |
| 3-6 | 66 | Radko Gudas | D | 889 games |
| 3-12 | 72 | Adam Janosik | — | |
| 4-6 | 96 | Geoffrey Schemitsch | — | |
| 4-28 | 118 | James Mullin | — | |
| 6-6 | 156 | Brendan O'Donnell | — | |
| 7-6 | 186 | Teigan Zahn | — | |
| 2009 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-2 | 2 | Victor Hedman | D | 1,167 games |
| 1-29 | 29 | Carter Ashton | RW | 54 games |
| 2-22 | 52 | Richard Panik | RW | 521 games |
| 4-2 | 93 | Alex Hutchings | — | |
| 5-28 | 148 | Michael Zador | — | |
| 6-12 | 162 | Jaroslav Janus | — | |
| 7-3 | 183 | Kirill Gotovets | — | |
| 2008 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-1 | 1 | Steven Stamkos | C | 1,249 games |
| 4-26 | 117 | James Wright | C | 146 games |
| 5-1 | 122 | Dustin Tokarski | G | 86 games |
| 5-26 | 147 | Kyle De Coste | — | |
| 6-1 | 152 | Mark Barberio | D | 272 games |
| 6-9 | 160 | Luke Witkowski | — | |
| 7-1 | 182 | Matias Sointu | — | |
| 7-22 | 203 | David Carle | — | |
| 2007 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 2-17 | 47 | Dana Tyrell | C | 135 games |
| 3-14 | 75 | Luca Cunti | — | |
| 3-16 | 77 | Alex Killorn | LW | 1,035 games |
| 4-16 | 107 | Mitch Fadden | — | |
| 5-29 | 150 | Matt Marshall | — | |
| 6-16 | 167 | Johan Harju | LW | 10 games |
| 7-2 | 183 | Torrie Jung | — | |
| 7-16 | 197 | Michael Ward | — | |
| 7-29 | 210 | Justin Courtnall | — | |
| 2006 draft · 4 picks | ||||
| 1-15 | 15 | Riku Helenius | G | 1 games |
| 3-15 | 78 | Kevin Quick | D | 6 games |
| 6-15 | 168 | Dane Crowley | — | |
| 7-15 | 198 | Denis Kazionov | — | |
| 2005 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-30 | 30 | Vladimir Mihalik | D | 15 games |
| 3-12 | 73 | Radek Smolenak | F | 7 games |
| 3-28 | 89 | Chris Lawrence | — | |
| 4-1 | 92 | Marek Bartanus | — | |
| 4-11 | 102 | Blair Jones | C | 132 games |
| 5-8 | 133 | Stanislav Lascek | — | |
| 6-1 | 163 | Marek Kvapil | — | |
| 6-3 | 165 | Kevin Beech | — | |
| 7-31 | 225 | John Wessbecker | — | |
| 2004 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-30 | 30 | Andy Rogers | — | |
| 2-35 | 65 | Mark Tobin | — | |
| 4-4 | 102 | Mike Lundin | D | 252 games |
| 5-29 | 158 | Brandon Elliott | — | |
| 5-34 | 163 | Dustin Collins | — | |
| 6-25 | 188 | Jan Zapletal | — | |
| 6-28 | 191 | Karri Ramo | G | 159 games |
| 8-18 | 245 | Justin Keller | — | |
| 2003 draft · 11 picks | ||||
| 2-4 | 34 | Mike Egener | — | |
| 2-11 | 41 | Matt Smaby | D | 122 games |
| 3-28 | 96 | Jonathan Boutin | — | |
| 6-25 | 192 | Doug O'Brien | D | 5 games |
| 7-27 | 224 | Gerald Coleman | G | 2 games |
| 7-30 | 227 | Jay Rosehill | — | |
| 8-26 | 255 | Raimonds Danilics | — | |
| 8-27 | 256 | Brady Greco | — | |
| 9-12 | 273 | Albert Vishnyakov | — | |
| 9-25 | 286 | Zbynek Hrdel | — | |
| 9-26 | 287 | Nick Tarnasky | — | |
| 2002 draft · 13 picks | ||||
| 2-30 | 60 | Adam Henrich | — | |
| 4-4 | 100 | Dimitri Kazionov | — | |
| 5-4 | 135 | Joseph Pearce | — | |
| 5-31 | 162 | Gerard Dicaire | — | |
| 6-4 | 170 | P.J. Atherton | — | |
| 6-8 | 174 | Karri Akkanen | — | |
| 6-17 | 183 | Paul Ranger | D | 323 games |
| 7-16 | 213 | Fredrik Norrena | G | 100 games |
| 8-4 | 233 | Vasily Koshechkin | — | |
| 8-26 | 255 | Ryan Craig | C | 198 games |
| 8-27 | 256 | Darren Reid | RW | 21 games |
| 9-26 | 286 | Alexei Glukhov | — | |
| 9-27 | 287 | John Toffey | — | |
| 2001 draft · 14 picks | ||||
| 1-3 | 3 | Alexander Svitov | C | 179 games |
| 2-17 | 47 | Alexander Polushin | — | |
| 2-31 | 61 | Andreas Holmqvist | — | |
| 3-31 | 94 | Evgeny Artyukhin | RW | 199 games |
| 4-26 | 123 | Aaron Lobb | — | |
| 5-7 | 138 | Paul Lynch | — | |
| 6-23 | 188 | Art Femenella | — | |
| 7-23 | 219 | Dennis Packard | — | |
| 7-26 | 222 | Jeremy Van Hoof | — | |
| 8-25 | 252 | Jean-Francois Soucy | — | |
| 8-32 | 259 | Dimitri Bezrukov | — | |
| 9-2 | 261 | Vitali Smolyninov | — | |
| 9-22 | 281 | Ilya Solarev | — | |
| 9-30 | 289 | Henrik Bergfors | — | |
| 2000 draft · 10 picks | ||||
| 1-8 | 8 | Nikita Alexeev | RW | 159 games |
| 2-4 | 34 | Ruslan Zainullin | — | |
| 3-16 | 81 | Alexandre Kharitonov | — | |
| 4-30 | 126 | Johan Hagglund | — | |
| 5-31 | 161 | Pavel Sedov | — | |
| 6-24 | 191 | Aaron Gionet | — | |
| 7-25 | 222 | Marek Priechodsky | — | |
| 7-29 | 226 | Brian Eklund | G | 1 games |
| 8-4 | 233 | Alexander Polukeyev | — | |
| 9-2 | 263 | Thomas Ziegler | C | 5 games |
| 1999 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 2-19 | 47 | Sheldon Keefe | RW | 125 games |
| 3-1 | 67 | Evgeny Konstantinov | G | 2 games |
| 3-22 | 88 | Jimmie Olvestad | LW | 111 games |
| 5-1 | 127 | Kaspars Astashenko | D | 23 games |
| 5-22 | 148 | Michal Lanicek | — | |
| 7-1 | 187 | Ivan Rachunek | — | |
| 8-1 | 216 | Erkki Rajamaki | — | |
| 9-1 | 244 | Mikko Kuparinen | — | |
| 1998 draft · 11 picks | ||||
| 1-1 | 1 | Vincent Lecavalier | C | 1,212 games |
| 3-6 | 64 | Brad Richards | C | 1,126 games |
| 3-14 | 72 | Dimitri Afanasenkov | — | |
| 4-6 | 92 | Eric Beaudoin | LW | 53 games |
| 5-7 | 121 | Curtis Rich | — | |
| 6-1 | 146 | Sergei Kuznetsov | — | |
| 7-1 | 174 | Brett Allan | — | |
| 7-21 | 194 | Oak Hewer | — | |
| 8-21 | 221 | Daniel Hulak | — | |
| 9-1 | 229 | Chris Lyness | — | |
| 9-24 | 252 | Martin Cibak | C | 154 games |
| 1997 draft · 12 picks | ||||
| 1-7 | 7 | Paul Mara | D | 735 games |
| 2-7 | 33 | Kyle Kos | — | |
| 3-8 | 61 | Matt Elich | RW | 16 games |
| 5-2 | 108 | Mark Thompson | — | |
| 5-3 | 109 | Jan Sulc | — | |
| 5-6 | 112 | Karel Betik | D | 3 games |
| 6-19 | 153 | Andrei Skopintsev | D | 40 games |
| 7-7 | 168 | Justin Jack | — | |
| 7-9 | 170 | Eero Somervuori | — | |
| 7-24 | 185 | Samuel St. Pierre | — | |
| 8-8 | 198 | Shawn Skolney | — | |
| 9-7 | 224 | Paul Comrie | C | 15 games |
| 1996 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-16 | 16 | Mario Larocque | D | 5 games |
| 3-17 | 69 | Curtis Tipler | — | |
| 5-17 | 125 | Jason Robinson | — | |
| 6-17 | 152 | Nikolai Ignatov | — | |
| 6-22 | 157 | Xavier Delisle | C | 16 games |
| 7-17 | 179 | Pavel Kubina | D | 970 games |
| 1995 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-5 | 5 | Daymond Langkow | C | 1,090 games |
| 2-4 | 30 | Mike McBain | D | 64 games |
| 5-4 | 108 | Konsta Golokhvastov | — | |
| 6-4 | 134 | Eduard Pershin | — | |
| 7-4 | 160 | Cory Murphy | D | 91 games |
| 8-4 | 186 | Joe Cardarelli | — | |
| 9-4 | 212 | Zac Bierk | G | 47 games |
| 1994 draft · 11 picks | ||||
| 1-8 | 8 | Jason Wiemer | C | 726 games |
| 2-8 | 34 | Colin Cloutier | — | |
| 3-3 | 55 | Vadim Epanchintsev | — | |
| 4-8 | 86 | Dimitri Klevakin | — | |
| 6-7 | 137 | Daniel Juden | — | |
| 6-8 | 138 | Bryce Salvador | D | 786 games |
| 7-8 | 164 | Chris Maillet | — | |
| 8-8 | 190 | Alexei Baranov | — | |
| 9-8 | 216 | Yuri Smirnov | — | |
| 10-8 | 242 | Shawn Gervais | — | |
| 11-8 | 268 | Brian White | D | 2 games |
| 1993 draft · 11 picks | ||||
| 1-3 | 3 | Chris Gratton | F | 1,092 games |
| 2-3 | 29 | Tyler Moss | G | 30 games |
| 3-3 | 55 | Allan Egeland | C | 17 games |
| 4-3 | 81 | Marian Kacir | — | |
| 5-3 | 107 | Ryan Brown | LW | — |
| 6-3 | 133 | Kiley Hill | — | |
| 7-3 | 159 | Mathieu Raby | — | |
| 8-3 | 185 | Ryan Nauss | — | |
| 9-3 | 211 | Alexandre Laporte | — | |
| 10-3 | 237 | Brett Duncan | — | |
| 11-3 | 263 | Mark Szoke | — | |
| 1992 draft · 11 picks | ||||
| 1-1 | 1 | Roman Hamrlik | D | 1,395 games |
| 2-2 | 26 | Drew Bannister | D | 164 games |
| 3-1 | 49 | Brent Gretzky | C | 13 games |
| 4-2 | 74 | Aaron Gavey | C | 360 games |
| 5-1 | 97 | Brantt Myhres | LW | 154 games |
| 6-2 | 122 | Martin Tanguay | — | |
| 7-1 | 145 | Derek Wilkinson | G | 22 games |
| 8-2 | 170 | Dennis Maxwell | — | |
| 9-1 | 193 | Andrew Kemper | — | |
| 10-2 | 218 | Marc Tardif | — | |
| 11-1 | 241 | Tom MacDonald | — | |
Games are the player's career, for any club, with the Hall of Fame; All-Star selections are not on file for this league.