List of Los Angeles Kings draft picks explained

The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey franchise based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The franchise was founded in 1967.^[1] Since arriving in Los Angeles, the Kings have drafted 463 players.^[2] The 2020 draft was the 54th in which Los Angeles participated.

The NHL Entry Draft is held each June, allowing teams to select players who have turned 18 years old by September 15 in the year the draft is held. The draft order is determined by the previous season's order of finish, with non-playoff teams drafting first, followed by the teams that made the playoffs, with the specific order determined by the number of points earned by each team.^[3] The NHL holds a weighted lottery for the 14 non-playoff teams, the winner of the lottery will pick first overall as of 2013.^[4] Prior to 2013, the winning team could only move up a maximum of four positions in the entry draft.^[5] The team with the fewest points has the best chance of winning the lottery, with each successive team given a lower chance of moving up in the draft. The Kings have won the lottery once in 1995 – the team moved up from the seventh pick overall to the third pick, which they used to select Aki Berg.^[6] Between 1986 and 1994, the NHL also held a Supplemental Draft for players in American colleges.^[7]

Los Angeles' first draft pick was Rick Pagnutti, taken first overall in the 1967 NHL Amateur Draft; this is also the highest pick that Los Angeles has ever drafted. Thirteen picks went on to play over 1,000 NHL games: Larry Murphy, Luc Robitaille, Darryl Sydor, Martin Gelinas, Rob Blake, Garry Galley, Bernie Nicholls, Dave Taylor, Butch Goring, Jay Wells, Olli Jokinen, Alexei Zhitnik, and Kimmo Timonen. Four of Los Angeles' draft picks, Billy Smith, Larry Murphy, Luc Robitaille, and Rob Blake, have been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame.^[8] Kings' 1984 draft pick Tom Glavine was also drafted by Major League Baseball (MLB)'s Atlanta Braves, choosing a career in MLB over the NHL.^[9]

Key

†	Selected to the Hockey Hall of Fame
	Selected number one overall
-		Played in at least one NHL game with the Kings
	Played in at least one NHL All-Star Game

General

Pos	Position
S	Supplemental draft selection

Positions

G	Goaltender	C	Centre
D	Defenceman	LW	Left wing
RW	Right wing	F	Forward

Statistics

GP	Games played	G	Goals
A	Assists	Pts	Points
PIM	Penalties in minutes	GAA	Goals against average
W	Wins	L	Losses
T	Ties	OT	Overtime/Shootout losses
GAA	Goals against average

Draft picks

Statistics are complete as of the 2023–24 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. This list includes players drafted by the team in Los Angeles only.^[10]

Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	OT	GAA
1967	1	1			D
1968	1	7			D
1969	2	16			D	344	13	77	90	186
1969	3	27			D	273	23	44	67	263
1969	4	39			G
1969	5	51			C	1107	375	513	888	102
1970	2	24			RW	237	73	88	161	73
1970	3	38			RW	43	3	6	9	4
1970	5	59			G	680	1	12	13	489	305	233	105	–	3.17
1970	6	73			C
1970	7	86			LW	5	1	0	1	0
1970	8	98			C
1971	3	34			C	430	61	101	162	66
1971	4	48			D	502	16	76	92	632
1971	5	62			C
1971	6	76			C
1971	7	89			LW
1971	7	90			LW	57	8	10	18	54
1971	8	103			LW	116	14	11	25	16
1972	2	30			RW	437	96	86	182	480
1972	3	36			D	584	19	97	116	1550
1972	4	52			D
1972	5	68			G
1972	6	84			LW
1972	7	100			LW
1973	3	38			RW	17	1	0	1	41
1973	4	54			D	2	0	0	0	0
1973	5	70			RW	13	0	2	2	4
1973	6	86			RW	219	91	100	191	65
1973	7	102			G
1974	3	48			D	402	61	161	222	273
1974	4	66			C
1974	5	84			C	103	14	25	39	34
1974	6	102			LW
1974	7	120			G
1974	8	137			D
1974	9	154			G	240	0	6	6	30	92	97	39	—	3.74
1974	10	169			RW
1974	11	184			C
1974	12	197			C
1974	13	207			C
1974	14	217			LW
1975	1	16			C	628	195	341	536	438
1975	2	33			RW
1975	4	69			D
1975	5	87			D
1975	6	105			C
1975	7	123			C
1975	8	141			RW
1975	9	157			D
1975	10	172			G
1975	11	186			RW
1975	12	197			G
1975	13	203			C
1975	14	207			LW
1975	15	210			RW	1111	431	638	1069	1589
1975	15	213			D
1976	2	21			LW	19	1	2	3	9
1976	3	49			C
1976	4	67			G
1976	5	85			D	320	9	101	110	115
1976	6	103			G
1977	5	84			G
1977	5	85			C	45	8	18	26	7
1977	6	103			RW
1977	7	120			D
1978	5	77			LW
1978	6	94			G	210	0	6	6	53	96	64	26	–	3.51
1978	7	111			C	1	0	0	0	0
1978	8	128			C
1978	9	145			RW
1978	10	162			C
1978	11	177			LW
1978	12	193			C
1979	1	16			D	1098	47	216	263	2359
1979	2	29			RW	223	23	51	74	306
1979	2	30			D	915	62	306	368	1293
1979	3	50			LW	400	54	70	124	366
1979	4	71			C	48	0	2	2	120
1979	5	92			D	3	0	1	1	5
1979	6	113			D
1980	1	4			D	1615	287	929	1216	1084
1980	1	10			RW	578	186	293	479	143
1980	2	33			C	561	93	150	243	339
1980	2	34			RW	39	3	3	6	4
1980	3	52			LW	641	164	167	331	309
1980	4	73			C	1127	475	734	1209	1292
1980	5	94			LW
1980	6	115			G	89	0	2	2	24	25	41	12	—	4.59
1980	7	136			D
1980	8	157			C	120	9	13	22	108
1980	9	178			RW	113	22	30	52	25
1980	10	199			LW
1981	1	2			C	535	115	138	253	624
1981	2	39			D	717	26	110	136	1118
1981	4	81			C	6	0	1	1	0
1981	6	123			D
1981	7	134			D
1981	7	144			D
1981	8	165			LW	8	0	1	1	9
1981	9	186			D	57	1	1	2	208
1981	10	207			C
1982	2	27			D	6	0	1	1	7
1982	3	48			RW	5	0	0	0	9
1982	4	64			C	6	0	0	0	2
1982	4	82			G
1982	5	90			LW
1982	5	95			LW	50	7	15	22	10
1982	7	132			C	3	1	0	1	0
1982	8	153			D	7	0	1	1	0
1982	9	174			D
1982	10	195			G
1982	11	216			C
1982	12	237			RW
1983	3	47			D	35	1	4	5	53
1983	4	67			C
1983	5	87			RW	5	1	0	1	2
1983	5	100			D	1149	125	475	600	1218
1983	6	107			D
1983	6	108			LW	874	329	397	726	1470
1983	7	127			D
1983	8	147			D	193	18	29	47	290
1983	9	167			C
1983	10	187			D
1983	11	207			RW
1983	12	227			C
1984	1	6			D	191	16	68	84	134
1984	2	24			C	48	4	8	12	27
1984	3	48			D	3	1	3	4	4
1984	4	69			C
1984	5	87			RW
1984	6	108			G
1984	7	129			C
1984	8	150			C
1984	9	171			LW	1431	668	726	1394	1177
1984	10	191			C
1984	11	212			G
1984	12	232			LW
1985	1	9			RW	38	5	4	9	61
1985	1	10			C	7	1	0	1	5
1985	2	30			LW
1985	4	72			D
1985	5	93			D	46	3	10	13	51
1985	7	135			RW
1985	8	156			G
1985	9	177			RW
1985	11	219			RW
1985	12	240			F
1986	1	2			C	626	275	286	561	254
1986	3	44			D	8	0	1	1	18
1986	4	65			C	33	4	5	9	4
1986	5	86			C
1986	6	107			G	62	0	2	2	22	21	23	9	—	3.81
1986	7	128			RW
1986	8	149			D	32	0	2	2	32
1986	9	170			D
1986	10	191			D
1986	11	212			D
1986	12	233			LW
1986	S	1			C	442	139	102	241	218
1987	1	4			D	211	10	39	49	168
1987	2	27			G	329	0	12	12	87	113	136	49	—	3.12
1987	3	43			RW
1987	5	90			C
1987	6	111			RW
1987	7	132			LW	28	1	8	9	12
1987	9	174			LW
1987	10	195			C
1987	11	216			RW
1987	12	237			C	18	2	2	4	2
1987	S	10			D
1988	1	7			LW	1273	309	351	660	820
1988	2	28			D
1988	3	49			D
1988	4	70			D	1270	240	537	777	1679
1988	5	91			D
1988	6	109			C	92	4	6	10	46
1988	6	112			D
1988	7	133			G
1988	8	154			RW
1988	9	175			LW
1988	10	196			D
1988	11	217			RW
1988	12	238			C
1988	S	12			LW
1989	2	39			D	121	1	10	11	352
1989	4	81			D
1989	5	102			D
1989	5	103			G
1989	6	123			C
1989	7	144			RW
1989	8	165			RW	21	0	2	2	12
1989	9	182			LW
1989	9	186			D
1989	10	207			RW	63	8	12	20	116
1989	11	228			D
1989	12	249			D
1989	S	23			G
1990	1	7			D	1291	98	409	507	755
1990	2	28			RW	1	0	0	0	0
1990	3	49			LW
1990	5	91			G	5	0	1	1	0	1	4	0	–	6.25
1990	6	112			RW	12	2	1	3	8
1990	7	133			C	989	261	442	703	422
1990	8	154			RW
1990	9	175			C
1990	10	196			RW
1990	11	217			C
1990	12	238			D
1990	S	12			D
1991	2	42			C	17	2	2	4	21
1991	4	79			LW	12	1	0	1	20
1991	4	81			D	1085	96	375	471	1268
1991	5	180			G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00
1991	6	130			C
1991	7	152			C	34	2	3	5	6
1991	9	196			G
1991	10	218			D
1991	11	240			G
1991	12	262			D	3	0	0	0	4
1991	S	26			D
1992	2	39			D	1	0	0	0	0
1992	3	63			G
1992	4	87			RW	64	7	9	16	28
1992	5	111			LW	32	5	9	14	8
1992	6	135			LW	560	94	121	215	161
1992	9	207			RW
1992	10	231			RW
1992	11	255			RW
1993	2	42			RW	3	0	0	0	7
1993	3	68			RW	7	0	0	0	7
1993	4	94			C	5	0	0	0	0
1993	5	105			G
1993	5	117			G
1993	5	120			LW	10	1	3	4	2
1993	6	146			D	149	8	19	27	97
1993	7	172			RW
1993	8	198			LW
1993	9	224			D	49	5	11	16	46
1993	10	250			D	1108	117	454	571	654
1993	11	276			LW
1994	1	7			G	219	0	3	3	26	85	86	23	0	2.54
1994	2	33			LW	473	23	20	43	1523
1994	3	59			LW	487	83	133	216	88
1994	5	111			C	10	0	2	2	5
1994	7	163			F
1994	8	189			C
1994	9	215			D	7	1	0	1	4
1994	10	241			LW
1994	S	7			D
1995	1	3			D	606	15	70	85	374
1995	2	33			C	41	8	5	13	6
1995	2	50			RW	36	5	13	18	6
1995	3	59			LW	331	69	101	170	90
1995	5	118			C	44	2	5	7	18
1995	6	137			F
1995	7	157			D
1995	7	163			F
1995	9	215			D
1996	2	30			RW	341	36	40	76	206
1996	2	37			RW	73	13	17	30	57
1996	3	57			RW
1996	4	84			RW
1996	4	96			C	820	138	220	358	361
1996	5	120			D
1996	5	123			D
1996	8	190			G	46	0	1	1	4	16	14	0	5	2.74
1996	8	193			F	69	17	11	28	24
1996	9	219			F
1997	1	3			C	1231	321	429	750	1071
1997	1	15			LW
1997	2	29			RW	27	5	6	11	4
1997	4	83			D	708	92	218	310	241
1997	4	99			D
1997	6	137			D
1997	6	150			D
1997	8	193			LW
1997	9	220			D
1998	1	21			D	253	12	32	44	177
1998	2	46			C	81	11	8	19	12
1998	3	76			G
1998	4	103			LW	61	1	1	2	222
1998	5	133			D
1998	6	163			D	25	2	6	8	16
1998	7	190			F
1998	8	217			C
1998	9	248			G	5	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	3.03
1999	2	43			LW
1999	3	74			D
1999	3	76			D	523	29	164	193	218
1999	3	92			G
1999	4	104		Canada	RW	317	10	17	27	609
1999	4	125			D
1999	5	133			G
1999	7	193			RW
1999	8	222			RW	474	18	18	36	1092
1999	9	250			LW	21	3	1	4	4
2000	1	20			LW	579	175	222	397	218
2000	2	54			D	580	16	71	87	563
2000	3	86			C	10	2	2	4	6
2000	4	118			D	883	128	367	495	373
2000	5	165			G
2000	7	201			C
2000	7	206			LW
2000	7	218			D
2000	8	245			F
2000	8	250			F
2000	9	282			G
2001	1	18			LW
2001	1	30			C	425	33	46	79	129
2001	2	49			C	906	294	348	642	425
2001	2	51			RW	102	10	25	35	30
2001	3	83			LW
2001	4	116			D	15	0	3	3	25
2001	5	152			G
2001	5	153			D
2001	7	214		France	G	272	0	3	3	10	129	90	11	21	2.46
2001	8	237			D
2001	9	277			G
2002	1	18			D	234	17	68	85	114
2002	2	50			LW
2002	3	66			D	10	1	0	1	0
2002	4	104			D	226	6	22	28	185
2002	4	115			LW
2002	5	152			C
2002	5	157			D
2002	6	185			RW
2002	7	215			D
2002	8	248			F
2002	9	279			C	16	1	0	1	2
2003	1	13		United States	RW	1296	325	387	712	738
2003	1	26		United States	C	871	141	111	252	615
2003	1	27			LW	242	27	36	63	88
2003	2	44			RW	17	2	3	5	8
2003	3	82			G
2003	5	152			F	4	1	0	1	6
2003	6	174			C	57	3	8	11	12
2003	8	231			G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.56
2003	8	244			C
2003	9	274			F
2004	1	11			RW	5	0	0	0	0
2004	3	95			D
2004	4	110			LW
2004	5	143			RW
2004	6	174			RW	73	14	16	30	36
2004	7	205			LW
2004	7	221			G	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.63
2004	8	238			G	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.37
2004	9	264			C
2005	1	11		Slovenia	C	1373	419	792	1211	344
2005	2	50			LW
2005	2	60			D
2005	3	72		United States	G	780	0	21	21	76	393	283	0	86	2.47
2005	5	139			D
2005	6	184			D
2005	7	206			D
2005	7	226			LW
2006	1	11			G	404	0	8	8	14	165	163	0	40	2.78
2006	1	17			C	974	98	127	225	223
2006	2	48			D
2006	3	74			G	48	0	1	1	0	18	21	0	4	2.72
2006	3	86			LW	1	0	0	0	0
2006	4	114			D
2006	5	134			LW
2006	5	144			D
2006	6	164			LW
2007	1	4			D	456	22	95	117	190
2007	2	52			C	87	12	14	26	22
2007	2	61			RW	1037	263	263	526	1313
2007	3	82			C
2007	4	95			D	818	83	194	277	242
2007	4	109			C	365	53	56	109	98
2007	5	124			G
2007	5	137			D
2007	7	184			D
2007	7	188			LW
2008	1	2			D	1177	156	513	669	769
2008	1	13			D	24	0	1	1	25
2008	2	32			D	190	18	63	81	72
2008	3	63			F
2008	3	74			D	42	0	2	2	12
2008	3	88			LW
2008	5	123			C	155	22	26	48	22
2008	6	153			C
2008	7	183			LW
2009	1	5			C	940	260	375	635	531
2009	2	35			LW	753	66	78	144	905
2009	3	84			D	646	51	50	101	746
2009	4	95			G	40	0	1	1	0	12	12	0	4	3.50
2009	4	96			RW	138	14	30	44	24
2009	5	126			D
2009	6	156			F
2009	6	179			RW	20	2	2	4	6
2009	7	186			C	375	24	28	52	347
2009	7	198			C	500	70	79	149	251
2010	1	15			D	496	17	78	95	299
2010	2	47			RW	812	260	261	521	230
2010	3	70			C	218	32	37	69	56
2010	5	148			D	132	1	13	14	16
2010	6	158			LW
2011	2	49			G	16	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	3	3.33
2011	3	80			C	188	14	13	27	225
2011	3	82			C	299	18	41	59	98
2011	4	110			LW	17	1	2	3	0
2011	5	140			LW
2011	7	200			LW
2012	1	30			LW	644	138	147	285	230
2012	4	121			LW	43	4	10	14	6
2012	5	151			D	512	39	127	166	324
2012	6	171			RW	27	2	5	7	2
2012	6	181			D	70	5	13	18	22
2012	7	211			D
2013	2	37			LW	55	7	10	17	10
2013	4	103			RW	2	0	0	0	0
2013	4	118			RW	132	15	21	36	24
2013	5	146			G
2013	5	148			RW	158	15	21	36	40
2013	6	178			D
2013	7	191			LW	357	93	83	176	93
2014	1	29			C	549	159	169	328	335
2014	2	50			D	16	0	3	3	27
2014	2	60			D
2014	3	90			C	369	57	55	112	71
2014	4	120			D
2014	5	150			G
2014	6	157			C
2014	6	180			LW
2014	7	209			RW
2014	7	210			D	239	14	43	57	244
2015	2	43			D	365	20	68	88	317
2015	3	74			C
2015	4	99			LW	178	23	19	42	70
2015	5	134			RW
2015	7	187			D
2015	7	194			D	369	24	82	106	118
2016	2	51			D	94	2	19	21	52
2016	4	112			D	45	1	2	3	8
2016	5	142			C	136	16	24	40	167
2016	7	202			D
2017	1	11			C	199	63	51	114	50
2017	2	41			C	127	15	13	28	18
2017	3	72			G	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.17
2017	4	103			D	268	11	47	58	96
2017	4	118			D
2017	5	134			D
2017	5	138			C	1	0	0	0	0
2018	1	20			C	158	9	21	30	36
2018	2	51			C	7	3	1	4	2
2018	3	82			LW
2018	4	113			C
2018	5	144			G
2018	6	165			RW
2018	6	175			G
2019	1	5			C	32	1	3	4	13
2019	1	22			D	120	1	14	15	28
2019	2	33			RW	188	35	36	71	63
2019	2	50			LW	21	3	1	4	0
2019	3	87			G
2019	4	95			D	101	4	29	33	14
2019	4	119			D
2019	6	157			D
2019	7	188			LW
2020	1	2			C	179	28	60	88	94
2020	2	35			D
2020	2	45			D	84	8	39	47	26
2020	3	66			RW
2020	3	83			RW	81	12	11	23	46
2020	4	112			G
2020	5	128			RW
2020	5	140			D
2020	7	190			RW
2021	1	8			D	25	2	6	8	16
2021	2	42			C
2021	2	59			C
2021	3	84			D
2022	2	51			C
2022	4	103			C
2022	4	116			D
2022	5	148			D
2022	6	169			RW
2022	6	180			D
2022	7	215			C
2023	2	54			D
2023	3	78			RW
2023	4	118			G
2023	5	150			D
2023	6	182			RW
2024	1	26			RW
2024	2	57			G
2024	6	164			D
2024	7	198			RW

See also

• List of Los Angeles Kings players
• 1967 NHL Expansion Draft

References

• Web site: All-time roster for the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL. The Internet Hockey Database. 2008-07-03.
• Web site: Los Angeles Kings Draft History. The Internet Hockey Database. 2008-07-03.
• Web site: Los Angeles Kings Draft History. Hockey Draft Central. 2008-07-03.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The History of the Los Angeles Kings . . July 23, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140813070535/http://kings.nhl.com/club/page.htm?bcid=4183 . August 13, 2014 .
2. Book: 2012–13 Los Angeles Kings Media Guide. Los Angeles Kings. 2013. 228–231.
3. Web site: NHL FAQ – Hockey Operations Guidelines. National Hockey League. July 23, 2013.
4. Web site: 2013 NHL Draft Lottery and NHL Draft information. National Hockey League. July 23, 2013. March 4, 2013.
5. Web site: Lightning win NHL draft lottery . Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. April 7, 2008. July 23, 2013.
6. Web site: The Draft Lottery. TSN. 2013-07-23.
7. Book: Podnieks, Andrew. The Complete Hockey Dictionary. Fenn Publishing. 2007. 211. 978-1-55168-309-6.
8. Web site: Players by Induction Year. July 23, 2013.
9. Web site: Trade in a Cy Young Award for spot on the Cup? Glavine's game. ESPN. July 23, 2013. March 28, 2008.
10. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/teams/dr00006664.html Los Angeles Kings Draft History