This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Vegas Golden Knights franchise. It includes every player who was drafted, regardless of whether they played for the team. The Golden Knights franchise was founded as an expansion team in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2017.
Played at least one game with the Golden Knights.
Spent entire NHL career with the Golden Knights.
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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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2017 | 1 | 6 | Cody Glass | Canada | C | 146 | 23 | 35 | 58 | 34 | — | — | — | — |
2017 | 1 | 13 | Nick Suzuki | Canada | C | 291 | 75 | 134 | 209 | 95 | — | — | — | — |
2017 | 1 | 15 | Erik Brannstrom | Sweden | D | 190 | 4 | 45 | 49 | 109 | — | — | — | — |
2017 | 2 | 34 | Nicolas Hague | Canada | D | 223 | 13 | 46 | 59 | 152 | — | — | — | — |
2017 | 2 | 62 | Jake Leschyshyn | Canada | C | 76 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | — | — | — | — |
2017 | 3 | 65 | Jonas Rondbjerg | Denmark | RW | 43 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | — | — | — | — |
2017 | 4 | 96 | Maxim Zhukov | Russia | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2017 | 5 | 127 | Lucas Elvenes | Sweden | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2017 | 5 | 142 | Jack Dugan | United States | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2017 | 6 | 158 | Nick Campoli | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2017 | 6 | 161 | Jiri Patera | Czech Republic | G | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.50 |
2017 | 7 | 189 | Ben Jones | Canada | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
2018 | 2 | 61 | Ivan Morozov | Russia | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2018 | 4 | 99 | Slava Demin | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2018 | 4 | 115 | Paul Cotter | United States | C | 62 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 21 | — | — | — | — |
2018 | 5 | 135 | Brandon Kruse | United States | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2018 | 5 | 154 | Connor Corcoran | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2018 | 6 | 180 | Peter Diliberatore | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2018 | 6 | 185 | Xavier Bouchard | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2018 | 7 | 208 | Jordon Kooy | Canada | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2019 | 1 | 17 | Peyton Krebs | Canada | C | 135 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 72 | — | — | — | — |
2019 | 2 | 41 | Kaedan Korczak | Canada | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
2019 | 3 | 79 | Pavel Dorofeyev | Russia | LW | 20 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 8 | — | — | — | — |
2019 | 3 | 86 | Layton Ahac | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2019 | 4 | 110 | Ryder Donovan | United States | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2019 | 5 | 135 | Isaiah Saville | United States | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2019 | 5 | 139 | Marcus Kallionkieli | Finland | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2019 | 5 | 141 | Mason Primeau | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2020 | 1 | 29 | Brendan Brisson | United States | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2020 | 3 | 68 | Lukas Cormier | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2020 | 3 | 91 | Jackson Hallum | United States | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2020 | 5 | 125 | Jesper Vikman | Sweden | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2020 | 6 | 184 | Noah Ellis | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2020 | 7 | 215 | Maxim Marushev | Russia | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2021 | 1 | 30 | Zach Dean | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2021 | 2 | 38 | Daniil Chayka | Russia | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2021 | 4 | 102 | Jakub Brabenec | Czech Republic | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2021 | 4 | 128 | Jakub Demek | Slovakia | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2021 | 6 | 190 | Artur Cholach | Ukraine | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2021 | 7 | 222 | Carl Lindbom | Sweden | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2022 | 2 | 48 | Matyas Sapovaliv | Czech Republic | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2022 | 3 | 79 | Jordan Gustafson | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2022 | 4 | 128 | Cameron Whitehead | Canada | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2022 | 5 | 145 | Patrick Guay | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2022 | 6 | 177 | Ben Hemmerling | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2022 | 7 | 209 | Abram Wiebe | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2023 | 1 | 32 | David Edstrom | Sweden | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2023 | 3 | 77 | Matheiu Cataford | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2023 | 3 | 96 | Arttu Karki | Finland | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2023 | 6 | 192 | Tuomas Uronen | Finland | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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