2023 NHL Draft
Will Smith in the 2023 NHL Draft
San Jose Sharks selected Will Smith 4th overall in the 2023 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 9 picks San Jose Sharks made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2023, 47 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 5 of them have played more games than his 159, and only 4 have scored more points than his 114.
- Overall pick
- 4
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 4
- Drafting team
- SJSSan Jose Sharks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–7 in the 2023 draft
- 1Connor BedardC229 GP · 213 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 2Leo CarlssonC216 GP · 163 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 3Adam FantilliC226 GP · 146 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 4Will SmithC159 GP · 114 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 5David ReinbacherD3 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 6Dmitri SimashevD44 GP · 6 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 7Matvei MichkovR178 GP · 127 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2023 class
4th
of 224 players selected
4th
of 129 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Connor BedardC229 GP · 213 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 2Leo CarlssonC216 GP · 163 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 3Adam FantilliC226 GP · 146 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 4Will SmithC159 GP · 114 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 5David ReinbacherD3 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 6Dmitri SimashevD44 GP · 6 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 7Matvei MichkovR178 GP · 127 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 8Ryan LeonardR98 GP · 56 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 9Nate DanielsonC40 GP · 9 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 10Dalibor DvorskyR88 GP · 25 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
+ 214 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Will Smith made his NHL debut on October 10, 2024, 1 year and 104 days after the draft.
159
Games
48
Goals
66
Assists
114
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
San Jose Sharks picks in the 2023 draft
- 4Will SmithC159 GP · 114 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 26Quentin MustyLSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 36Kasper HalttunenRSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 71Brandon SvobodaCSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 123Luca CagnoniD18 GP · 4 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 130Axel LandenDSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 132Eric PohlkampDNo NHL gamesSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 196David KleeCSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 203Yegor RimashevskiyRSJSSan Jose Sharks