Career earnings of players picked in the first round of the 2008 NHL entry draft.
| Player | Pos. | Pick # | Drafted by | Career Earnings |
Rank | Career Earnings In today's $ |
Rank |
| Steven Stamkos | C | 1 | Tampa Bay Lightning | $84,307,927 | 33 | $90,404,699 | 51 |
| Drew Doughty | D | 2 | Los Angeles Kings | $77,929,878 | 49 | $83,235,200 | 69 |
| Zach Bogosian | D | 3 | Atlanta Thrashers | $43,081,098 | 224 | $46,372,354 | 261 |
| Alex Pietrangelo | D | 4 | St. Louis Blues | $53,498,476 | 136 | $56,901,127 | 175 |
| Luke Schenn | D | 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | $22,535,976 | 584 | $25,088,493 | 640 |
| Nikita Filatov | LW | 6 | Columbus Blue Jackets | $875,000 | 3216 | $1,054,943 | 3343 |
| Colin Wilson | C | 7 | Nashville Predators | $26,353,049 | 488 | $28,415,291 | 557 |
| Mikkel Boedker | LW | 8 | Phoenix Coyotes | $28,302,439 | 447 | $30,530,398 | 508 |
| Josh Bailey | C | 9 | New York Islanders | $38,685,976 | 273 | $41,059,949 | 321 |
| Cody Hodgson | C | 10 | Vancouver Canucks | $9,673,476 | 1068 | $10,763,700 | 1162 |
| LW | 11 | Chicago Blackhawks | |||||
| Tyler Myers | D | 12 | Buffalo Sabres | $48,149,390 | 178 | $51,770,690 | 219 |
| D | 13 | Los Angeles Kings | |||||
| Zach Boychuk | C | 14 | Carolina Hurricanes | $600,000 | 3670 | $655,555 | 4024 |
| Joe Colborne | C | 16 | Boston Bruins | $5,650,000 | 1453 | $6,144,916 | 1586 |
| Jake Gardiner | D | 17 | Anaheim Ducks | $29,187,195 | 417 | $30,833,872 | 502 |
| Chet Pickard | G | 18 | Nashville Predators | $787,500 | 3337 | $905,551 | 3541 |
| Luca Sbisa | D | 19 | Philadelphia Flyers | $23,470,732 | 554 | $25,543,808 | 625 |
| Michael Del Zotto | D | 20 | New York Rangers | $22,437,805 | 587 | $24,270,180 | 660 |
| C | 21 | Washington Capitals | |||||
| Jordan Eberle | C | 22 | Edmonton Oilers | $50,210,976 | 160 | $53,391,822 | 205 |
| D | 23 | Minnesota Wild | |||||
| Mattias Tedenby | LW | 24 | New Jersey Devils | $1,750,000 | 2511 | $2,044,082 | 2656 |
| C | 25 | Calgary Flames | |||||
| Tyler Ennis | C | 26 | Buffalo Sabres | $27,462,500 | 463 | $29,888,582 | 523 |
| John Carlson | D | 27 | Washington Capitals | $55,886,890 | 120 | $58,659,728 | 167 |
| Viktor Tikhonov | F | 28 | Phoenix Coyotes | $7,390,000 | 1250 | $8,289,156 | 1349 |
| C | 29 | Atlanta Thrashers | |||||
| Tom McCollum | G | 30 | Detroit Red Wings | $1,256,731 | 2871 | $1,417,939 | 3069 |