Rostislav Klesla, selected 4th overall in 2000, was the first draft pick in franchise history.

This is a list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets franchise. It includes every player who was drafted, regardless of whether they played for the team.

Key

  Played at least one game with the Blue Jackets
  Spent entire NHL career with the Blue Jackets

Draft picks

The Blue Jackets selected Rick Nash first overall in 2002.
The Blue Jackets selected Pascal Leclaire eighth overall in 2001.
The Blue Jackets selected Andrew Murray 242nd overall in 2001.
The Blue Jackets selected Marc Methot 168th overall in 2003.
The Blue Jackets selected Alexandre Picard eighth overall in 2004.
The Blue Jackets selected Kris Russell 67th overall in 2005.
The Blue Jackets selected Jared Boll 101st overall in 2005.
The Blue Jackets selected Steve Mason 69th overall in 2006.
The Blue Jackets selected Jakub Voracek seventh overall in 2007.
Steven Delisle, shown here with the Chicago Express, was drafted in the fourth round in 2008

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. A player listed with a blank under the games played column has not played in the NHL.

Year Round Pick Player Nationality Pos GP G A Pts PIM W L OT SV% GAA
2000 1 4 Rostislav Klesla  Czech Republic D 659 48 111 159 620
2000 3 69 Ben Knopp  Canada F
2000 5 133 Petteri Nummelin  Finland D 139 9 36 45 34
2000 5 138 Scott Heffernan  Canada D
2000 5 150 Tyler Kolarik  United States C
2000 6 169 Shane Bendera  Canada G
2000 7 200 Janne Jokila  Finland F
2000 8 231 Pete Zingoni  United States C
2000 9 278 Martin Paroulek  Czech Republic LW
2000 9 286 Andrej Nedorost  Slovakia C 28 2 3 5 12
2000 9 292 Louis Mandeville  Canada D
2001 1 8 Pascal Leclaire  Canada G 173 0 4 4 8 61 76 15 .904 2.89
2001 2 38 Tim Jackman  United States RW 483 32 43 75 806
2001 2 53 Kiel McLeod  Canada RW
2001 3 85 Aaron Johnson  Canada D 291 17 45 62 227
2001 3 87 Per Mars  Sweden F
2001 5 141 Cole Jarrett  Canada D 1 0 0 0 0
2001 6 173 Justin Aikins  Canada RW
2001 6 187 Artem Vostrikov  Russia C
2001 7 204 Raffaele Sannitz   Switzerland C
2001 8 236 Ryan Bowness  Canada RW
2001 8 242 Andrew Murray  Canada C 221 24 16 40 36
2002 1 1 Rick Nash  Canada LW 1060 437 368 805 750
2002 2 41 Joakim Lindstrom  Sweden LW 150 19 24 43 58
2002 3 65 Ole-Kristian Tollefsen  Norway D 163 4 8 12 296
2002 3 96 Jeff Genovy  United States C
2002 4 98 Ivan Tkachenko  Russia RW
2002 4 119 Jekabs Redlihs  Latvia D
2002 5 133 Lasse Pirjeta  Finland LW 146 23 27 50 50
2002 6 168 Tim Konsorada  Canada RW
2002 6 184 Jaroslav Balastik  Czech Republic LW 74 13 11 24 30
2002 7 199 Greg Mauldin  United States RW 36 5 5 10 12
2002 7 225 Steven Goertzen  Canada RW 68 2 2 4 83
2002 8 231 Jaroslav Kracik  Czech Republic RW
2002 9 263 Sergei Mozyakin  Russia F
2003 1 4 Nikolay Zherdev  Ukraine RW 421 115 146 261 225
2003 2 46 Dan Fritsche  United States C 256 34 42 76 103
2003 3 71 Dmitri Kosmachev  Russia D
2003 4 103 Kevin Jarman  Canada F
2003 4 104 Philippe Dupuis  Canada C 116 6 12 18 62
2003 5 138 Arsi Piispanen  Finland F
2003 6 168 Marc Methot  Canada D 624 22 101 123 380
2003 7 200 Alexander Guskov  Russia D
2003 8 233 Mathieu Gravel  Canada RW
2003 9 283 Trevor Hendrikx  Canada D
2004 1 8 Alexandre Picard  Canada LW 67 0 2 2 58
2004 2 46 Adam Pineault  United States RW 3 0 0 0 0
2004 2 59 Kyle Wharton  Canada D
2004 3 93 Dan LaCosta  Canada G 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .953 1.42
2004 3 96 Andrei Plekhanov  Russia D
2004 5 133 Petr Pohl  Czech Republic RW
2004 6 167 Robert Page  United States D
2004 6 190 Lennart Petrell  Finland LW 95 7 11 18 49
2004 7 198 Justin Vinneau  Canada D
2004 8 231 Brian McGuirk  United States LW
2004 8 233 Matt Greer  United States F
2004 9 271 Grant Clitsome  Canada D 205 15 56 71 98
2005 1 6 Gilbert Brule  Canada C 299 43 52 95 156
2005 2 55 Adam McQuaid  Canada D 512 16 57 73 694
2005 3 67 Kris Russell  Canada D 912 48 206 254 271
2005 4 101 Jared Boll  United States RW 579 28 38 66 1298
2005 5 131 Tomas Popperle  Czech Republic G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .929 1.33
2005 6 177 Derek Reinhart  Canada D
2005 6 189 Kirill Starkov  Denmark RW
2005 7 201 Trevor Hendrikx  Canada D
2006 1 6 Derick Brassard  Canada C 1013 215 330 545 465
2006 3 69 Steve Mason  Canada G 476 0 12 12 22 205 183 64 .911 2.70
2006 3 85 Tom Sestito  United States LW 154 10 11 21 499
2006 4 113 Ben Wright  Canada D
2006 5 129 Robert Nyholm  Finland LW
2006 5 136 Nick Sucharski  Canada LW
2006 5 142 Maxime Frechette  Canada D
2006 6 159 Jesse Dudas  Canada D
2006 7 189 Derek Dorsett  Canada RW 515 51 76 127 1314
2006 7 194 Matt Marquardt  Canada LW
2007 1 7 Jakub Voracek  Czech Republic RW 1058 223 583 806 525
2007 2 37 Stefan Legein  Canada RW
2007 2 53 Will Weber  United States D
2007 3 68 Jake Hansen  United States F
2007 4 94 Maxim Mayorov  Russia LW 22 2 1 3 2
2007 6 158 Allen York  Canada G 11 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 .920 2.30
2007 7 211 Trent Vogelhuber  United States RW
2008 1 6 Nikita Filatov  Russia LW 53 6 8 14 20
2008 2 37 Cody Goloubef  Canada D 160 3 22 25 76
2008 4 107 Steven Delisle  Canada D
2008 4 118 Drew Olson  United States D
2008 5 127 Matt Calvert  Canada LW 566 95 108 203 376
2008 5 135 Tomas Kubalik  Czech Republic RW 12 1 3 4 6
2008 5 137 Brent Regner  Canada D 7 0 0 0 4
2008 6 157 Cam Atkinson  United States RW 700 236 216 452 156
2008 7 187 Sean Collins  Canada C 21 0 3 3 10
2009 1 21 John Moore  Canada D 544 38 80 118 227
2009 2 56 Kevin Lynch  United States C
2009 4 94 David Savard  Canada D 735 47 156 203 407
2009 5 137 Thomas Larkin  Italy D
2009 6 167 Anton Blomqvist  Sweden D
2009 7 197 Kyle Neuber  Canada RW
2010 1 4 Ryan Johansen  Canada C 842 189 366 555 512
2010 2 34 Dalton Smith  Canada LW 1 0 0 0 2
2010 2 55 Petr Straka  Czech Republic LW 3 0 2 2 0
2010 4 94 Brandon Archibald  United States D
2010 4 102 Mathieu Corbeil-Theriault  Canada G
2010 5 124 Austin Madaisky  Canada D
2010 6 154 Dalton Prout  Canada D 264 7 31 38 321
2010 7 184 Martin Ouellette  Canada G
2011 2 37 Boone Jenner  Canada C 657 170 159 329 382
2011 3 66 T. J. Tynan  United States C 21 0 1 1 2
2011 4 98 Mike Reilly  United States D 339 12 86 98 132
2011 5 128 Seth Ambroz  United States LW
2011 6 158 Lukas Sedlak  Czech Republic C 192 18 17 35 68
2011 7 188 Anton Forsberg  Sweden G 130 0 1 1 4 48 57 11 .908 3.08
2012 1 2 Ryan Murray  Canada D 445 15 116 131 118
2012 2 31 Oscar Dansk  Sweden G 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 .906 3.10
2012 3 62 Joonas Korpisalo  Finland G 221 0 2 2 6 96 84 26 .904 3.03
2012 4 95 Josh Anderson  Canada LW 457 122 81 203 387
2012 6 152 Daniel Zaar  Sweden RW
2012 7 182 Gianluca Curcuruto  Canada D
2013 1 14 Alexander Wennberg  Sweden C 633 81 224 305 141
2013 1 19 Kerby Rychel  Canada LW 43 3 11 14 19
2013 1 27 Marko Dano  Slovakia RW 141 19 26 45 49
2013 2 50 Dillon Heatherington  Canada D 23 0 2 2 33
2013 3 89 Oliver Bjorkstrand  Denmark RW 463 131 148 279 90
2013 4 105 Nick Moutrey  Canada C
2013 6 165 Markus Soeberg  Norway LW
2013 7 195 Peter Quenneville  Canada C
2014 1 16 Sonny Milano  United States LW 261 47 67 114 64
2014 2 47 Ryan Collins  United States D
2014 3 76 Elvis Merzlikins  Latvia G 150 0 4 4 12 55 62 22 .906 3.13
2014 3 77 Blake Siebenaler  United States D
2014 4 107 Julien Pelletier  Canada LW
2014 5 137 Tyler Bird  United States RW
2014 7 197 Olivier Leblanc  Canada D
2015 1 8 Zach Werenski  United States D 416 79 166 245 93
2015 1 29 Gabriel Carlsson  Sweden D 81 3 15 18 22
2015 2 38 Paul Bittner  United States LW
2015 2 58 Kevin Stenlund  Sweden C 125 17 12 29 42
2015 3 69 Keegan Kolesar  Canada RW 196 18 37 55 166
2015 5 129 Sam Ruopp  Canada D
2015 5 141 Veeti Vainio  Finland D
2015 6 159 Vladislav Gavrikov  Russia D 276 18 64 82 138
2015 7 189 Markus Nutivaara  Finland D 275 17 54 71 42
2016 1 3 Pierre-Luc Dubois  Canada C 434 129 173 302 383
2016 2 34 Andrew Peeke  United States D 195 9 25 34 90
2016 3 65 Vitalii Abramov  Russia RW 5 1 0 1 2
2016 6 155 Peter Thome  United States G
2016 7 185 Calvin Thurkauf   Switzerland LW 3 0 0 0 0
2017 2 45 Alexandre Texier  France C 123 22 27 49 44
2017 3 86 Daniil Tarasov  Russia G 21 0 1 1 0 4 13 1 .900 3.66
2017 4 117 Emil Bemstrom  Sweden C 172 26 32 58 18
2017 5 148 Kale Howarth  United States LW
2017 6 170 Jonathan Davidsson  Sweden RW 6 0 1 1 0
2017 6 179 Carson Meyer  United States RW 27 1 3 4 12
2017 7 210 Robbie Stucker  United States D
2018 1 18 Liam Foudy  Canada C 89 7 12 19 14
2018 2 49 Kirill Marchenko  Russia RW 59 21 4 25 16
2018 3 80 Marcus Karlberg  Sweden LW
2018 6 159 Tim Berni   Switzerland D 59 1 2 3 34
2018 6 173 Veini Vehvilainen  Finland G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 5.63
2018 7 205 Trey Fix-Wolansky  Canada RW 15 2 1 3 0
2019 4 104 Eric Hjorth  Sweden D
2019 4 114 Dmitri Voronkov  Russia LW
2019 7 212 Tyler Angle  Canada C 2 1 0 1 0
2020 1 21 Yegor Chinakhov  Russia RW 92 11 16 27 26
2020 3 78 Samuel Knazko  Slovakia D 2 0 0 0 0
2020 4 114 Mikael Pyyhtia  Finland LW 2 0 1 1 2
2020 5 145 Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm  Norway D
2020 6 176 Samuel Johannesson  Sweden D
2021 1 5 Kent Johnson  Canada C 88 16 27 43 16
2021 1 12 Cole Sillinger  Canada C 143 19 23 42 59
2021 1 25 Corson Ceulemans  Canada D
2021 3 69 Stanislav Svozil  Czech Republic D 2 0 1 1 2
2021 4 101 Guillaume Richard  Canada D
2021 5 132 Nikolai Makarov  Russia D
2021 5 133 James Malatesta  Canada C
2021 6 165 Ben Boyd  Canada C
2021 7 197 Martin Rysavy  Czech Republic LW
2022 1 6 David Jiricek  Czech Republic D 4 0 0 0 2
2022 1 12 Denton Mateychuk  Canada D
2022 2 44 Luca Del Bel Belluz  Canada C
2022 3 96 Jordan Dumais  Canada RW
2022 4 109 Kirill Dolzhenkov  Russia RW
2022 5 138 Sergei Ivanov  Russia G
2022 7 203 James Fisher  United States RW
2023 1 3 Adam Fantilli  Canada C
2023 2 34 Gavin Brindley  United States C
2023 3 66 William Whitelaw  United States RW
2023 4 98 Andrew Strathmann  United States D
2023 4 114 Luca Pinelli  Canada C
2023 5 156 Melvin Strahl  Sweden G
2023 7 194 Oiva Keskinen  Finland C
2023 7 224 Tyler Peddle  Canada LW

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