List of Buffalo Sabres draft picks

This list features every player drafted by the Sabres and his regular season stats for his career.

Thirteen picks have gone on to play over 1,000 NHL games: Dave Andreychuk, Phil Housley, Pierre Turgeon, Gilbert Perreault, Calle Johansson, Mike Ramsey, Craig Ramsay, Keith Carney, Brad May and Sean O'Donnell.

1974: The 183rd pick of the draft was an invalid claim for the fictional player Taro Tsujimoto of the Tokyo Katanas.

The pick stood as valid for several weeks until it was revealed that the player was made up.

1984: The 186th pick of the draft was an invalid claim for Eric Weinrich, who had yet to clear the minimum age restriction for eligible draftees.

Several Sabres players during warm-up prior to a game.
Maxim Afinogenov led the Sabres in scoring in 2005–06 with 73 points. [ 1 ]
Martin Biron played for the Sabres for nine seasons before being traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in 2007 . [ 2 ]
Brian Campbell was elected to the 2007 NHL All-Star Game as a starting defenceman. [ 3 ]
Jack Eichel was the second-overall pick in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft .
Jhonas Enroth , a Swedish goaltender, was drafted by the Sabres in the second round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft .
Zemgus Girgensons was the 14th-overall pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft , making him the highest drafted Latvian in NHL history. [ 4 ]
Mikhail Grigorenko was the 12th-overall pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft .
Alexander Mogilny , shown here as a member of the AHL 's Albany River Rats , holds the Sabre record for goals in a season: 76 in 1992–93 . [ 5 ]
Sam Reinhart was the second-overall pick in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft .
Defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen was the eighth-overall pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft .
Derek Roy was one of three second-round draft picks made by the Sabres in 2001 . [ 6 ]
Lindy Ruff , who played for the Sabres from 1979 to 1989, served as the team's head coach from 1997 to 2013. [ 7 ]
Thomas Vanek scored 43 goals for the Sabres in 2006–07 , just his second NHL season. [ 8 ]