The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. The club was founded in Kansas City, Missouri, as the Kansas City Scouts in 1974, moved to Denver, as the Colorado Rockies after only two seasons, and then settled in New Jersey in 1982.

New Jersey's first draft pick was Rocky Trottier, taken eighth overall in the 1982 NHL entry draft, while 18 picks would go on to play over 1,000 NHL games – Brendan Shanahan, Pat Verbeek, Kirk Muller, Ken Daneyko, Martin Brodeur, Scott Niedermayer, Brian Rolston, Patrik Elias, John MacLean, Bill Guerin, Eric Weinrich, Scott Gomez, Zach Parise, Travis Zajac, Brian Gionta, Petr Sykora, Steve Sullivan, and Jason Smith.

By nationality, the Devils have drafted 158 Canadians, 94 Americans, 26 Russians, 15 Swedes, 12 Finns, nine Czechs, six Slovaks, three Germans, two Belarusians, one Briton, one Kazakh, one Latvian, one Pole, one Austrian, and one Swiss. The Devils have drafted 12 players from the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), more than from any other team; the OHL also comprises the greatest number of draftees by league for the Devils, as 70 OHL players have been drafted. 187 forwards, 113 defensemen and 30 goaltenders have been drafted.

The Devils hosted the 2013 NHL entry draft at their home arena, the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey. During the draft the Devils traded their first round selection (ninth overall pick) to the Vancouver Canucks to acquire starting goaltender Cory Schneider.

The team has won the draft lottery four times, moving up in the draft order to select Adam Larsson (fourth overall) in 2011, Nico Hischier (first overall) in 2017, Jack Hughes (first overall) in 2019, and Simon Nemec (second overall) in 2022.

Key

+ General Pos Position S Supplemental draft selection + Positions G Goaltender C Center D Defenseman LW Left wing RW Right wing F Forward

+ StatisticsGeneral GP Games played Skaters G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty minutesGoaltenders W Wins L Losses T Ties OT Overtime/shootout losses GAA Goals against average 

Draft picks Statistics are complete as of the 2025–26 NHL season and show each player's career regular season totals in the NHL. Wins, losses, ties, overtime losses and goals against average apply to goaltenders and are used only for players at that position. This list does not include players drafted by the Kansas City Scouts or the Colorado Rockies. 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See also List of Kansas City Scouts draft picks List of Colorado Rockies (NHL) draft picks List of first overall NHL draft picks List of undrafted NHL players with 100 games played

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