Career earnings of players picked in the first round of the 1996 NHL entry draft.
| Player | Pos. | Pick # | Drafted by | Career Earnings |
Rank | Career Earnings In today's $ |
Rank |
| Chris Phillips | D | 1 | Ottawa Senators | $38,753,689 | 271 | $48,218,765 | 243 |
| Andrei Zyuzin | D | 2 | San Jose Sharks | $10,545,000 | 1019 | $14,948,278 | 945 |
| Jean-Pierre Dumont | RW | 3 | New York Islanders | $24,221,000 | 536 | $31,244,252 | 488 |
| Alexandre Volchkov | LW | 4 | Washington Capitals | $875,000 | 3216 | $1,442,955 | 3047 |
| Richard Jackman | D | 5 | Dallas Stars | $2,995,640 | 1968 | $4,258,270 | 1913 |
| Boyd Devereaux | C | 6 | Edmonton Oilers | $10,545,000 | 1019 | $15,328,629 | 931 |
| Erik Rasmussen | C | 7 | Buffalo Sabres | $6,688,250 | 1339 | $9,902,063 | 1226 |
| Johnathan Aitken | D | 8 | Boston Bruins | ||||
| Ruslan Salei | D | 9 | Anaheim Ducks | $22,974,000 | 570 | $30,677,273 | 504 |
| Dan Focht | D | 11 | Phoenix Coyotes | $1,050,000 | 2987 | $1,492,316 | 2996 |
| Josh Holden | C | 12 | Vancouver Canucks | $875,000 | 3216 | $1,388,427 | 3109 |
| Derek Morris | D | 13 | Calgary Flames | $38,591,098 | 276 | $49,646,816 | 234 |
| Marty Reasoner | C | 14 | St. Louis Blues | $12,694,512 | 900 | $16,684,907 | 879 |
| Dainius Zubrus | RW | 15 | Philadelphia Flyers | $36,850,244 | 289 | $46,251,268 | 263 |
| Mario Larocque | D | 16 | Tampa Bay Lightning | ||||
| Jaroslav Svejkovsky | RW | 17 | Washington Capitals | $3,150,000 | 1926 | $4,983,445 | 1782 |
| Matt Higgins | C | 18 | Montreal Canadiens | $1,625,000 | 2591 | $2,550,452 | 2419 |
| Matthieu Descoteaux | D | 19 | Edmonton Oilers | ||||
| Marcus Nilson | LW | 20 | Florida Panthers | $7,361,000 | 1254 | $10,064,879 | 1213 |
| Marco Sturm | LW | 21 | San Jose Sharks | $27,945,000 | 454 | $36,168,801 | 393 |
| Jeff Brown | D | 22 | New York Rangers | $9,069,429 | 1114 | $15,510,161 | 920 |
| Jeff Brown | D | 22 | New York Rangers | $800,000 | 3304 | $1,201,672 | 3246 |
| Craig Hillier | G | 23 | Pittsburgh Penguins | ||||
| Daniel Briere | C | 24 | Phoenix Coyotes | $64,303,561 | 80 | $78,247,059 | 86 |
| Peter Ratchuk | D | 25 | Colorado Avalanche | ||||
| Jesse Wallin | D | 26 | Detroit Red Wings | $1,886,000 | 2429 | $2,711,105 | 2360 |