This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Minnesota Wild franchise. It includes every player who was drafted, regardless of whether they played for the team.
This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Minnesota Wild franchise. It includes every player who was drafted, regardless of whether they played for the team.
Played at least one game with the Wild
Spent entire NHL career with the Wild
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Statistics are complete as of the 2022–23 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.
| Draft | Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | W | L | OT | GAA |
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| 2000 | 1 | 3 | Marian Gaborik |  Slovakia | LW | 1035 | 407 | 408 | 815 | 492 | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 2 | 33 | Nick Schultz |  Canada | D | 1069 | 30 | 145 | 175 | 483 | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 4 | 99 | Marc Cavosie |  United States | W | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 5 | 132 | Maxim Sushinski |  Russia | RW | 30 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 29 | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 6 | 170 | Erik Reitz | United States | D | 48 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 69 | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 7 | 199 | Brian Passmore | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 7 | 214 | Peter Bartos | Slovakia | LW | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 8 | 232 | Lubomir Sekeras | Slovakia | D | 213 | 18 | 53 | 71 | 122 | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 8 | 255 | Eric Johansson | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 1 | 6 | Mikko Koivu |  Finland | C | 1035 | 206 | 505 | 711 | 592 | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 2 | 36 | Kyle Wanvig | Canada | RW | 75 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 94 | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 3 | 74 | Chris Heid | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 3 | 93 | Stephane Veilleux | Canada | LW | 506 | 50 | 56 | 106 | 348 | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 4 | 103 | Tony Virta | Finland | RW | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 7 | 202 | Derek Boogaard | Canada | LW | 277 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 589 | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 8 | 239 | Jake Riddle | United States | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 1 | 8 | Pierre-Marc Bouchard | Canada | C | 593 | 110 | 246 | 356 | 190 | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 2 | 38 | Josh Harding | Canada | G | 151 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 60 | 59 | 11 | 2.45 |
| 2002 | 3 | 72 | Mike Erickson | United States | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 3 | 73 | Barry Brust | Canada | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3.70 |
| 2002 | 5 | 155 | Armands Berzins |  Latvia | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 6 | 175 | Matt Foy | Canada | RW | 56 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 48 | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 7 | 204 | Niklas Eckerblom |  Sweden | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 8 | 237 | Christoph Brandner |  Austria | LW | 35 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 9 | 268 | Mikhail Tyulyapkin | Russia | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 9 | 269 | Mika Hannula | Sweden | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 1 | 20 | Brent Burns | Canada | D | 1333 | 245 | 593 | 838 | 807 | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 2 | 56 | Patrick O'Sullivan | United States | C | 334 | 58 | 103 | 161 | 116 | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 3 | 78 | Danny Irmen | United States | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 5 | 157 | Marcin Kolusz |  Poland | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 6 | 187 | Miroslav Kopriva |  Czech Republic | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 7 | 207 | Georgi Misharin | Russia | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 7 | 219 | Adam Courchaine | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 8 | 251 | Mathieu Melanson | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 9 | 281 | Jean-Michel Bolduc | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 1 | 12 | A. J. Thelen | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 2 | 42 | Roman Voloshenko | Russia | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 3 | 78 | Peter Olvecky | Slovakia | LW | 32 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 3 | 79 | Clayton Stoner | Canada | D | 360 | 7 | 41 | 48 | 459 | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 4 | 111 | Ryan Jones | Canada | F | 334 | 54 | 46 | 100 | 181 | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 4 | 114 | Patrick Bordeleau | Canada | LW | 129 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 185 | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 4 | 117 | Julien Sprunger |  Switzerland | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 5 | 161 | Jean-Claude Sawyer | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 6 | 175 | Aaron Boogaard | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 7 | 195 | Jean-Michel Rizk | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 7 | 206 | Anton Khudobin | Russia | G | 260 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 114 | 92 | 33 | 2.52 |
| 2004 | 9 | 272 | Kyle Wilson | Canada | C | 39 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 12 | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 | Benoit Pouliot | Canada | LW | 625 | 130 | 133 | 263 | 371 | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 2 | 57 | Matt Kassian | Canada | LW | 76 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 177 | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 3 | 65 | Kristofer Westblom | Canada | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 4 | 110 | Kyle Bailey | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 4 | 122 | Morten Madsen |  Denmark | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 5 | 129 | Anthony Aiello | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 7 | 199 | Riley Emmerson | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 1 | 9 | James Sheppard | Canada | C | 394 | 23 | 68 | 91 | 192 | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 2 | 40 | Ondrej Fiala | Czech Republic | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 3 | 72 | Cal Clutterbuck | Canada | RW | 982 | 136 | 138 | 274 | 666 | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 4 | 102 | Kyle Medvec | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 5 | 132 | Niko Hovinen | Finland | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 6 | 162 | Julian Walker | Switzerland | W | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 7 | 192 | Chris Hickey | United States | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 1 | 16 | Colton Gillies | Canada | LW | 154 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 72 | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 4 | 110 | Justin Falk | Canada | D | 279 | 3 | 30 | 33 | 219 | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 5 | 140 | Cody Almond | Switzerland | C | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26 | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 6 | 170 | Harri Ilvonen | Finland | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 7 | 200 | Carson McMillan | Canada | RW | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 1 | 23 | Tyler Cuma | Canada | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 2 | 55 | Marco Scandella | Canada | D | 719 | 49 | 113 | 162 | 279 | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 4 | 115 | Sean Lorenz | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 5 | 145 | Eero Elo | Finland | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 1 | 16 | Nick Leddy | United States | D | 929 | 70 | 313 | 383 | 187 | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 3 | 77 | Matt Hackett | Canada | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 3.11 |
| 2009 | 4 | 103 | Kris Foucault | Canada | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 4 | 116 | Alexander Fallstrom | Sweden | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 6 | 161 | Darcy Kuemper | Canada | G | 356 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 165 | 121 | 43 | 2.55 |
| 2009 | 6 | 163 | Jere Sallinen | Finland | W | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 7 | 182 | Erik Haula | Finland | LW | 614 | 126 | 155 | 281 | 290 | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 7 | 193 | Anthony Hamburg | United States | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 1 | 9 | Mikael Granlund | Finland | C | 750 | 145 | 339 | 484 | 217 | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 2 | 39 | Brett Bulmer | Canada | LW | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 2 | 56 | Johan Larsson | Sweden | C | 488 | 53 | 79 | 132 | 246 | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 2 | 59 | Jason Zucker | United States | F | 628 | 182 | 156 | 338 | 256 | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 6 | 159 | Johan Gustafsson | Sweden | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 7 | 189 | Dylen McKinlay | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 1 | 10 | Jonas Brodin | Sweden | D | 741 | 47 | 166 | 213 | 228 | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 1 | 28 | Zack Phillips | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 2 | 60 | Mario Lucia | United States | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 5 | 131 | Nick Seeler | United States | D | 225 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 185 | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 6 | 161 | Stephen Michalek | United States | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 7 | 191 | Tyler Graovac | Canada | C | 84 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 20 | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 1 | 7 | Mathew Dumba | Canada | D | 598 | 79 | 157 | 236 | 399 | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 2 | 46 | Raphael Bussieres | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 3 | 68 | John Draeger | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 4 | 98 | Adam Gilmour | United States | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 5 | 128 | Daniel Gunnarsson | Sweden | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 6 | 158 | Christopher Bertschy | Switzerland | C | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 7 | 188 | Louis Nanne | United States | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 2 | 46 | Gustav Olofsson | Sweden | D | 62 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 18 | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 3 | 81 | Kurtis Gabriel | Canada | RW | 51 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 153 | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 4 | 107 | Dylan Labbe | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 5 | 137 | Carson Soucy | Canada | D | 250 | 21 | 47 | 68 | 186 | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 6 | 167 | Avery Peterson | United States | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 7 | 197 | Nolan DeJong | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 7 | 200 | Alexandre Belanger | Canada | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 18 | Alex Tuch | United States | RW | 379 | 109 | 147 | 256 | 105 | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 3 | 80 | Louis Belpedio | United States | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 4 | 109 | Kaapo Kahkonen | Finland | G | 102 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 43 | 12 | 3.23 |
| 2014 | 5 | 139 | Tanner Faith | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 6 | 160 | Pontus Sjalin | Sweden | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 6 | 167 | Chase Lang | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 6 | 169 | Reid Duke | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 7 | 199 | Pavel Jenys | Czech Republic | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 20 | Joel Eriksson Ek | Sweden | C | 421 | 92 | 114 | 206 | 160 | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 2 | 50 | Jordan Greenway | United States | LW | 334 | 42 | 82 | 123 | 227 | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 4 | 111 | Ales Stezka | Czech Republic | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 5 | 135 | Kirill Kaprizov | Russia | RW | 203 | 114 | 120 | 234 | 95 | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 6 | 171 | Nicholas Boka | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 7 | 201 | Gustav Bouramman | Sweden | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 7 | 204 | Jack Sadek | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 15 | Luke Kunin | United States | C | 282 | 51 | 55 | 106 | 249 | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 4 | 106 | Brandon Duhaime | United States | LW | 131 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 164 | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 7 | 196 | Dmitry Sokolov | Russia | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 7 | 204 | Brayden Chizen | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 3 | 85 | Ivan Lodnia | United States | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 4 | 97 | Mason Shaw | Canada | C | 62 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 84 | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 4 | 116 | Bryce Misley | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 5 | 147 | Jacob Golden | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 6 | 178 | Andrei Svetlakov | Russia | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 7 | 209 | Nick Swaney | United States | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 24 | Filip Johansson | Sweden | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 3 | 63 | Jack McBain | Canada | C | 92 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 70 | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 3 | 86 | Alexander Khovanov | Russia | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 3 | 92 | Connor Dewar | Canada | C/LW | 116 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 75 | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 5 | 148 | Simon Johansson | Sweden | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 5 | 155 | Damien Giroux | Canada | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 6 | 179 | Shawn Boudrias | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 7 | 210 | Sam Hentges | United States | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 1 | 12 | Matthew Boldy | United States | LW | 128 | 46 | 56 | 102 | 49 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 2 | 42 | Vladislav Firstov | Russia | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 2 | 59 | Hunter Jones | Canada | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 3 | 75 | Adam Beckman | Canada | LW | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 5 | 149 | Matvey Guskov | Russia | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 6 | 166 | Marshall Warren | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 6 | 172 | Nikita Nesterenko | United States | C | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 7 | 197 | Filip Lindberg | Finland | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 1 | 9 | Marco Rossi | Austria | C | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 2 | 37 | Marat Khusnutdinov | Russia | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 2 | 39 | Ryan O'Rourke | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 3 | 65 | Daemon Hunt | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 5 | 146 | Pavel Novak | Czech Republic | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | 20 | Jesper Wallstedt | Sweden | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | 26 | Carson Lambos | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 2 | 54 | Jack Peart | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 3 | 86 | Caedan Bankier | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 4 | 118 | Kyle Masters | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 4 | 127 | Josh Pillar | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 6 | 182 | Nate Benoit | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 1 | 19 | Liam Öhgren | Sweden | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 1 | 24 | Danila Yurov | Russia | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 2 | 47 | Hunter Haight | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 2 | 56 | Reiger Lorenz | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 3 | 89 | Michael Milne | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 4 | 121 | Ryan Healey | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 5 | 153 | David Spacek | Czech Republic | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 6 | 185 | Servac Petrovsky | Slovakia | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 21 | Charlie Stramel | United States | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 2 | 53 | Rasmus Kumpulainen | Finland | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 2 | 64 | Riley Heidt | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 5 | 149 | Aaron Pionk | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 6 | 181 | Kalem Parker | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 7 | 213 | James Clark | United States | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Some draft picks who have played for the team
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