Career earnings of players picked in the first round of the 2003 NHL entry draft.
| Player | Pos. | Pick # | Drafted by | Career Earnings |
Rank | Career Earnings In today's $ |
Rank |
| Marc-Andre Fleury | G | 1 | Pittsburgh Penguins | $74,049,032 | 57 | $81,638,284 | 72 |
| Eric Staal | C | 2 | Carolina Hurricanes | $85,667,610 | 30 | $97,004,421 | 43 |
| Nathan Horton | C | 3 | Florida Panthers | $60,861,912 | 94 | $68,103,442 | 123 |
| Nikolai Zherdev | F | 4 | Columbus Blue Jackets | $10,442,000 | 1025 | $12,888,789 | 1033 |
| Thomas Vanek | LW | 5 | Buffalo Sabres | $68,831,141 | 68 | $79,643,007 | 77 |
| Milan Michalek | RW | 6 | San Jose Sharks | $33,915,288 | 336 | $38,974,211 | 349 |
| Ryan Suter | D | 7 | Nashville Predators | $99,380,390 | 16 | $108,279,967 | 32 |
| Braydon Coburn | D | 8 | Atlanta Thrashers | $42,197,463 | 233 | $46,777,090 | 255 |
| Dion Phaneuf | D | 9 | Calgary Flames | $75,660,878 | 54 | $85,082,051 | 65 |
| Andrei Kostitsyn | F | 10 | Montreal Canadiens | $15,511,800 | 782 | $18,288,031 | 820 |
| Jeff Carter | C | 11 | Philadelphia Flyers | $71,235,737 | 64 | $79,432,497 | 79 |
| Jessiman, Hugh | RW | 12 | New York Rangers | ||||
| Dustin Brown | RW | 13 | Los Angeles Kings | $63,890,780 | 82 | $70,135,347 | 113 |
| Brent Seabrook | D | 14 | Chicago Blackhawks | $78,924,761 | 46 | $86,401,236 | 61 |
| Robert Nilsson | F | 15 | New York Islanders | $5,384,800 | 1497 | $6,637,249 | 1529 |
| Steve Bernier | RW | 16 | San Jose Sharks | $11,303,659 | 973 | $13,387,508 | 1015 |
| Zach Parise | C | 17 | New Jersey Devils | $102,930,390 | 11 | $112,429,508 | 24 |
| Eric Fehr | RW | 18 | Washington Capitals | $17,057,970 | 723 | $19,127,740 | 796 |
| Ryan Getzlaf | C | 19 | Anaheim Ducks | $92,303,966 | 24 | $101,131,975 | 39 |
| Brent Burns | RW | 20 | Minnesota Wild | $83,097,707 | 34 | $89,955,029 | 54 |
| Mark Stuart | D | 21 | Boston Bruins | $18,362,522 | 686 | $20,767,797 | 755 |
| Marc-Antoine Pouliot | C | 22 | Edmonton Oilers | $3,747,400 | 1780 | $4,543,525 | 1861 |
| Ryan Kesler | C | 23 | Vancouver Canucks | $70,373,829 | 66 | $77,073,252 | 91 |
| Mike Richards | C | 24 | Philadelphia Flyers | $46,344,273 | 187 | $53,679,419 | 203 |
| Anthony Stewart | F | 25 | Florida Panthers | $2,540,366 | 2138 | $2,957,400 | 2263 |
| Brian Boyle | C | 26 | Los Angeles Kings | $17,885,122 | 701 | $19,429,879 | 785 |
| Jeff Tambellini | LW | 27 | Los Angeles Kings | $1,675,000 | 2554 | $2,007,391 | 2667 |
| Corey Perry | RW | 28 | Anaheim Ducks | $91,215,659 | 25 | $100,250,303 | 40 |
| Patrick Eaves | RW | 29 | Ottawa Senators | $19,586,439 | 648 | $21,506,586 | 727 |
| Shawn Belle | D | 30 | St. Louis Blues |