List of New Jersey Devils draft picks

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.

[citation needed] The Devils hosted the 2013 NHL entry draft at their home arena, the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey.

[1] During the draft the Devils traded their first round selection (ninth overall pick) to the Vancouver Canucks to acquire starting goaltender Cory Schneider.

This list does not include players drafted by the Kansas City Scouts or the Colorado Rockies.