Career earnings of players picked in the first round of the 2000 NHL entry draft.
| Player | Pos. | Pick # | Drafted by | Career Earnings |
Rank | Career Earnings In today's $ |
Rank |
| Rick DiPietro | G | 1 | New York Islanders | $45,316,646 | 196 | $53,376,894 | 206 |
| Dany Heatley | LW | 2 | Atlanta Thrashers | $60,237,195 | 98 | $72,847,637 | 104 |
| Marian Gaborik | LW | 3 | Minnesota Wild | $93,419,244 | 23 | $107,819,942 | 34 |
| Rostislav Klesla | D | 4 | Columbus Blue Jackets | $15,472,598 | 785 | $19,154,891 | 795 |
| Raffi Torres | LW | 5 | New York Islanders | $19,349,390 | 656 | $22,956,731 | 690 |
| Scott Hartnell | RW | 6 | Nashville Predators | $56,030,671 | 117 | $65,623,162 | 135 |
| Lars Jonsson | D | 7 | Boston Bruins | $833,500 | 3271 | $1,069,463 | 3326 |
| Nikita Alexeev | RW | 8 | Tampa Bay Lightning | $2,600,000 | 2119 | $3,659,253 | 2043 |
| Brent Krahn | G | 9 | Calgary Flames | $105,000 | 4903 | $126,593 | 5223 |
| Mikhail Yakubov | C | 10 | Chicago Blackhawks | ||||
| Pavel Vorobiev | RW | 11 | Chicago Blackhawks | $817,000 | 3294 | $1,082,110 | 3322 |
| Alexei Smirnov | LW | 12 | Anaheim Ducks | $2,150,000 | 2304 | $3,057,327 | 2233 |
| Ron Hainsey | D | 13 | Montreal Canadiens | $43,806,098 | 214 | $49,778,451 | 232 |
| Vaclav Nedorost | C | 14 | Colorado Avalanche | $1,925,000 | 2412 | $2,790,319 | 2327 |
| Artem Kryukov | C | 15 | Buffalo Sabres | ||||
| Marcel Hossa | C | 16 | Montreal Canadiens | $3,040,200 | 1956 | $4,029,536 | 1958 |
| Alexei Mikhnov | LW | 17 | Edmonton Oilers | $800,000 | 3304 | $1,026,479 | 3366 |
| Brooks Orpik | D | 18 | Pittsburgh Penguins | $47,670,122 | 179 | $53,773,869 | 202 |
| Krys Kolanos | C | 19 | Phoenix Coyotes | $3,768,400 | 1776 | $5,347,392 | 1723 |
| Alexander Frolov | LW | 20 | Los Angeles Kings | $26,450,000 | 484 | $32,309,615 | 465 |
| Anton Volchenkov | D | 21 | Ottawa Senators | $28,337,805 | 446 | $33,889,193 | 429 |
| David Hale | D | 22 | New Jersey Devils | $3,190,000 | 1916 | $3,987,695 | 1967 |
| Brad Boyes | C | 24 | Toronto Maple Leafs | $23,935,366 | 542 | $28,330,687 | 559 |
| Steve Ott | F | 25 | Dallas Stars | $22,405,120 | 588 | $25,983,417 | 608 |
| Brian Sutherby | C | 26 | Washington Capitals | $5,397,900 | 1496 | $6,826,248 | 1511 |
| Martin Samuelsson | LW | 27 | Boston Bruins | ||||
| Justin Williams | RW | 28 | Philadelphia Flyers | $52,105,427 | 146 | $60,857,721 | 152 |
| Niklas Kronwall | D | 29 | Detroit Red Wings | $47,224,146 | 183 | $53,126,460 | 210 |
| Jeff Taffe | C | 30 | St. Louis Blues | $1,185,200 | 2911 | $1,486,805 | 3002 |