Career earnings of players picked in the first round of the 1998 NHL entry draft.
| Player | Pos. | Pick # | Drafted by | Career Earnings |
Rank | Career Earnings In today's $ |
Rank |
| Vincent Lecavalier | C | 1 | Tampa Bay Lightning | $90,403,659 | 27 | $110,171,354 | 27 |
| David Legwand | C | 2 | Nashville Predators | $41,525,463 | 238 | $50,174,291 | 228 |
| Brad Stuart | D | 3 | San Jose Sharks | $40,382,317 | 248 | $48,845,701 | 239 |
| Bryan Allen | D | 4 | Vancouver Canucks | $26,040,221 | 499 | $30,581,538 | 506 |
| Vitaly Vishnevsky | D | 5 | Anaheim Ducks | $10,867,250 | 996 | $14,625,521 | 958 |
| Rico Fata | LW | 6 | Calgary Flames | $3,963,500 | 1726 | $5,783,595 | 1645 |
| Manny Malhotra | C | 7 | New York Rangers | $17,805,915 | 704 | $22,606,818 | 702 |
| Mark Bell | LW | 8 | Chicago Blackhawks | $10,095,000 | 1039 | $13,090,821 | 1025 |
| Nik Antropov | C | 10 | Toronto Maple Leafs | $26,304,488 | 491 | $32,130,988 | 470 |
| Jeff Heerema | RW | 11 | Carolina Hurricanes | $500,000 | 3856 | $703,033 | 3856 |
| Alex Tanguay | LW | 12 | Colorado Avalanche | $44,553,780 | 202 | $54,555,745 | 197 |
| Henrich, Michael | RW | 13 | Edmonton Oilers | ||||
| Patrick Desrochers | G | 14 | Phoenix Coyotes | $1,335,000 | 2820 | $1,906,918 | 2708 |
| Mathieu Chouinard | G | 15 | Ottawa Senators | ||||
| Eric Chouinard | C | 16 | Montreal Canadiens | $1,100,000 | 2957 | $1,509,965 | 2986 |
| Martin Skoula | D | 17 | Colorado Avalanche | $12,700,000 | 898 | $17,084,249 | 865 |
| Dmitri Kalinin | D | 18 | Buffalo Sabres | $12,815,000 | 889 | $16,542,028 | 885 |
| Robyn Regehr | D | 19 | Colorado Avalanche | $35,540,963 | 311 | $43,536,537 | 289 |
| Scott Parker | RW | 20 | Colorado Avalanche | $4,747,450 | 1599 | $6,721,537 | 1519 |
| Mathieu Biron | D | 21 | Los Angeles Kings | $3,762,500 | 1777 | $5,466,020 | 1697 |
| Simon Gagne | LW | 22 | Philadelphia Flyers | $42,438,415 | 231 | $53,356,246 | 207 |
| Milan Kraft | C | 23 | Pittsburgh Penguins | $1,690,500 | 2546 | $2,509,725 | 2439 |
| Christian Backman | D | 24 | St. Louis Blues | $7,812,000 | 1206 | $9,705,239 | 1238 |
| Jiri Fischer | D | 25 | Detroit Red Wings | $7,951,500 | 1192 | $11,218,484 | 1134 |
| Mike Van Ryn | D | 26 | New Jersey Devils | $13,685,000 | 848 | $17,114,783 | 861 |
| Scott Gomez | C | 27 | New Jersey Devils | $65,425,000 | 75 | $79,247,561 | 81 |