Career earnings of players picked in the first round of the 1990 NHL entry draft.
| Player | Pos. | Pick # | Drafted by | Career Earnings |
Rank | Career Earnings In today's $ |
Rank |
| Owen Nolan | RW | 1 | Quebec Nordiques | $43,625,134 | 216 | $63,736,029 | 140 |
| Petr Nedved | C | 2 | Vancouver Canucks | $27,799,966 | 458 | $41,569,870 | 312 |
| Keith Primeau | C | 3 | Detroit Red Wings | $39,447,857 | 263 | $57,496,840 | 173 |
| Mike Ricci | C | 4 | Philadelphia Flyers | $19,863,349 | 643 | $29,869,105 | 524 |
| Jaromir Jagr | RW | 5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | $139,276,863 | 1 | $191,241,186 | 1 |
| Scott Scissons | C | 6 | New York Islanders | $225,000 | 4445 | $414,756 | 4483 |
| Darryl Sydor | D | 7 | Los Angeles Kings | $31,738,143 | 370 | $45,514,736 | 271 |
| Derian Hatcher | D | 8 | Minnesota North Stars | $43,552,143 | 218 | $62,651,776 | 142 |
| John Slaney | D | 9 | Washington Capitals | $2,386,429 | 2199 | $3,921,647 | 1985 |
| Drake Berehowsky | D | 10 | Toronto Maple Leafs | $6,978,934 | 1304 | $10,748,961 | 1165 |
| Trevor Kidd | G | 11 | Calgary Flames | $12,446,317 | 913 | $19,274,108 | 790 |
| Turner Stevenson | RW | 12 | Montreal Canadiens | $8,942,648 | 1122 | $13,335,142 | 1016 |
| Michael Stewart | D | 13 | New York Rangers | ||||
| Brad May | LW | 14 | Buffalo Sabres | $15,525,943 | 781 | $23,458,518 | 681 |
| Mark Greig | RW | 15 | Hartford Whalers | $962,779 | 3053 | $1,672,203 | 2869 |
| Karl Dykhuis | D | 16 | Chicago Blackhawks | $8,255,000 | 1175 | $12,501,661 | 1058 |
| Scott Allison | C | 17 | Edmonton Oilers | $157,130 | 4658 | $289,647 | 4817 |
| Shawn Antoski | LW | 18 | Vancouver Canucks | $1,435,147 | 2745 | $2,417,092 | 2474 |
| Keith Tkachuk | C | 19 | Winnipeg Jets | $80,190,946 | 43 | $116,138,533 | 14 |
| Martin Brodeur | G | 20 | New Jersey Devils | $81,523,224 | 38 | $109,887,565 | 28 |
| Bryan Smolinski | C | 21 | Boston Bruins | $21,051,401 | 621 | $30,512,712 | 509 |