Career earnings of players picked in the first round of the 2006 NHL entry draft.
| Player | Pos. | Pick # | Drafted by | Career Earnings |
Rank | Career Earnings In today's $ |
Rank |
| Erik Johnson | D | 1 | St. Louis Blues | $51,402,439 | 151 | $55,256,433 | 189 |
| Jordan Staal | C | 2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | $64,684,146 | 78 | $70,499,619 | 110 |
| Jonathan Toews | F | 3 | Chicago Blackhawks | $101,762,195 | 13 | $109,762,206 | 31 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 4 | Washington Capitals | $79,062,195 | 45 | $85,214,643 | 64 |
| Phil Kessel | C | 5 | Boston Bruins | $85,435,366 | 31 | $93,301,291 | 47 |
| Derick Brassard | C | 6 | Columbus Blue Jackets | $40,246,707 | 251 | $44,096,139 | 284 |
| Kyle Okposo | RW | 7 | New York Islanders | $49,635,732 | 163 | $52,802,522 | 213 |
| Peter Mueller | C | 8 | Phoenix Coyotes | $7,559,756 | 1233 | $8,898,031 | 1305 |
| James Sheppard | C | 9 | Minnesota Wild | $6,691,177 | 1337 | $7,778,869 | 1403 |
| Michael Frolik | F | 10 | Florida Panthers | $34,236,268 | 330 | $37,128,136 | 370 |
| Jonathan Bernier | G | 11 | Los Angeles Kings | $28,482,683 | 442 | $30,453,010 | 512 |
| Bryan Little | C | 12 | Atlanta Thrashers | $49,206,098 | 170 | $52,917,984 | 212 |
| Jiri Tlusty | F | 13 | Toronto Maple Leafs | $8,203,049 | 1180 | $9,230,135 | 1281 |
| Michael Grabner | RW | 14 | Vancouver Canucks | $29,050,732 | 424 | $31,145,272 | 490 |
| Riku Helenius | G | 15 | Tampa Bay Lightning | ||||
| Ty Wishart | D | 16 | San Jose Sharks | ||||
| Trevor Lewis | C | 17 | Los Angeles Kings | $15,853,006 | 770 | $17,100,258 | 864 |
| Chris Stewart | RW | 18 | Colorado Avalanche | $22,456,098 | 585 | $24,993,996 | 641 |
| Mark Mitera | D | 19 | Anaheim Ducks | ||||
| David Fischer | D | 20 | Montreal Canadiens | ||||
| Bobby Sanguinetti | D | 21 | New York Rangers | $709,756 | 3439 | $789,028 | 3684 |
| Claude Giroux | RW | 22 | Philadelphia Flyers | $73,463,780 | 59 | $78,484,027 | 84 |
| Semyon Varlamov | G | 23 | Washington Capitals | $48,371,098 | 176 | $51,762,527 | 220 |
| Dennis Persson | D | 24 | Buffalo Sabres | ||||
| Patrik Berglund | C | 25 | St. Louis Blues | $29,719,878 | 408 | $32,428,360 | 464 |
| Leland Irving | G | 26 | Calgary Flames | $402,439 | 4068 | $453,395 | 4414 |
| Ivan Vishnevskiy | D | 27 | Dallas Stars | $781,250 | 3343 | $804,739 | 3645 |
| Nick Foligno | LW | 28 | Ottawa Senators | $45,643,415 | 194 | $48,799,893 | 240 |
| Chris Summers | D | 29 | Phoenix Coyotes | $2,925,000 | 1992 | $3,283,463 | 2159 |
| Matthew Corrente | D | 30 | New Jersey Devils | $1,567,317 | 2641 | $1,816,879 | 2770 |