Career earnings of players picked in the first round of the 2004 NHL entry draft.
| Player | Pos. | Pick # | Drafted by | Career Earnings |
Rank | Career Earnings In today's $ |
Rank |
| Alex Ovechkin | LW | 1 | Washington Capitals | $123,220,893 | 3 | $135,997,004 | 6 |
| Evgeni Malkin | F | 2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | $108,641,373 | 8 | $118,985,046 | 11 |
| Cam Barker | D | 3 | Chicago Blackhawks | $10,628,156 | 1014 | $12,710,414 | 1044 |
| Andrew Ladd | LW | 4 | Carolina Hurricanes | $58,052,546 | 107 | $63,175,761 | 141 |
| Blake Wheeler | RW | 5 | Phoenix Coyotes | $58,051,220 | 108 | $62,017,515 | 147 |
| Al Montoya | G | 6 | New York Rangers | $7,478,805 | 1242 | $8,175,290 | 1361 |
| Rostislav Olesz | C | 7 | Florida Panthers | $10,052,600 | 1041 | $12,286,739 | 1066 |
| Alexandre Picard | LW | 8 | Columbus Blue Jackets | $2,750,000 | 2066 | $3,343,264 | 2144 |
| Ladislav Smid | D | 9 | Anaheim Ducks | $22,824,413 | 571 | $25,769,813 | 613 |
| Boris Valabik | D | 10 | Atlanta Thrashers | $1,650,000 | 2574 | $1,985,385 | 2678 |
| Lauri Tukonen | RW | 11 | Los Angeles Kings | ||||
| A.J. Thelen | D | 12 | Minnesota Wild | ||||
| Drew Stafford | RW | 13 | Buffalo Sabres | $30,419,863 | 397 | $34,109,840 | 420 |
| Devan Dubnyk | G | 14 | Edmonton Oilers | $34,052,439 | 332 | $36,362,587 | 387 |
| Alexander Radulov | RW | 15 | Nashville Predators | $74,623,140 | 55 | $80,647,398 | 74 |
| Petteri Nokelainen | F | 16 | New York Islanders | $3,654,985 | 1801 | $4,504,136 | 1866 |
| Marek Schwarz | G | 17 | St. Louis Blues | ||||
| Kyle Chipchura | C | 18 | Montreal Canadiens | $6,564,322 | 1350 | $7,593,458 | 1423 |
| Lauri Korpikoski | F | 19 | New York Rangers | $13,217,127 | 872 | $14,845,918 | 951 |
| Travis Zajac | C | 20 | New Jersey Devils | $57,512,356 | 111 | $62,586,939 | 143 |
| Wojtek Wolski | LW | 21 | Colorado Avalanche | $16,379,620 | 750 | $19,645,842 | 778 |
| Lukas Kaspar | RW | 22 | San Jose Sharks | ||||
| Andrej Meszaros | D | 23 | Ottawa Senators | $29,108,088 | 421 | $33,806,655 | 431 |
| Kris Chucko | LW | 24 | Calgary Flames | ||||
| Rob Schremp | C | 25 | Edmonton Oilers | $1,465,750 | 2717 | $1,752,569 | 2824 |
| Cory Schneider | G | 26 | Vancouver Canucks | $43,048,780 | 225 | $46,064,880 | 265 |
| Jeff Schultz | D | 27 | Washington Capitals | $8,896,098 | 1125 | $10,428,454 | 1190 |
| Mark Fistric | D | 28 | Dallas Stars | $6,513,415 | 1355 | $7,482,588 | 1438 |
| Mike Green | D | 29 | Washington Capitals | $67,187,195 | 71 | $74,805,964 | 98 |
| Andy Rogers | D | 30 | Tampa Bay Lightning |