Ukrainian players in the NHL Draft

32 Ukrainian players have been picked in 15 NHL Drafts from 1988 to 2021, 5 of them in the first round and 1 among the first three picks. The highest pick of all time is Oleg Tverdovsky (1994), at number 2. Close behind come Nikolay Zherdev (2003), at number 4. The biggest class came in 1998, with 5.