2024 NHL Draft
Igor Chernyshov in the 2024 NHL Draft
San Jose Sharks selected Igor Chernyshov 33rd overall in the 2024 NHL Draft, with the 1st pick of round 2.
He was the fifth of the 27 Russians selected that year. It was the third of the 9 picks San Jose Sharks made in the draft. Of the 225 players selected in 2024, 23 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 9 of them have played more games than his 39, and only 7 have scored more points than his 23.
- Overall pick
- 33
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 1
- Drafting team
- SJSSan Jose Sharks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 30–36 in the 2024 draft
- 30EJ EmeryDNYRNew York Rangers
- 31Ben DanfordDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 32Sam O'ReillyREDMEdmonton Oilers
- 33Igor ChernyshovL39 GP · 23 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 34Dominik BadinkaDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 35Lucas PetterssonCANAAnaheim Ducks
- 36Charlie ElickDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2024 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 5Ivan DemidovR86 GP · 66 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 10Anton SilayevDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 22Egor SurinCNSHNashville Predators
- 28Matvei GridinR55 GP · 30 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 33Igor ChernyshovL39 GP · 23 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 38Ilya NabokovGCOLColorado Avalanche
- 49Mikhail YegorovGNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 50Nikita ArtamonovLCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 84Kirill ZarubinGCGYCalgary Flames
- 97Matvei ShuravinDFLAFlorida Panthers
+ 17 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Igor Chernyshov made his NHL debut on December 16, 2025, 1 year and 170 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
San Jose Sharks picks in the 2024 draft
- 1Macklin CelebriniC169 GP · 199 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 11Sam DickinsonD89 GP · 17 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 33Igor ChernyshovL39 GP · 23 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 53Leo Sahlin WalleniusDSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 82Carson WetschRSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 116Christian KirschGSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 131Colton RobertsDSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 143Nate MisskeyDSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 194Yaroslav KorostelyovGSJSSan Jose Sharks