Career earnings of players picked in the first round of the 2001 NHL entry draft.
| Player | Pos. | Pick # | Drafted by | Career Earnings |
Rank | Career Earnings In today's $ |
Rank |
| Ilya Kovalchuk | F | 1 | Atlanta Thrashers | $105,679,024 | 9 | $122,035,052 | 10 |
| Jason Spezza | C | 2 | Ottawa Senators | $88,877,927 | 28 | $101,704,699 | 36 |
| Alexander Svitov | C | 3 | Tampa Bay Lightning | $7,060,000 | 1288 | $8,632,584 | 1321 |
| Stephen Weiss | C | 4 | Florida Panthers | $39,170,280 | 268 | $44,943,460 | 279 |
| Stanislav Chistov | F | 5 | Anaheim Ducks | $5,360,000 | 1502 | $6,793,962 | 1515 |
| Mikko Koivu | C | 6 | Minnesota Wild | $72,271,476 | 62 | $80,134,431 | 76 |
| Mike Komisarek | D | 7 | Montreal Canadiens | $22,578,567 | 583 | $27,203,159 | 582 |
| Pascal Leclaire | G | 8 | Columbus Blue Jackets | $2,727,000 | 2072 | $3,475,149 | 2100 |
| Tuomo Ruutu | F | 9 | Chicago Blackhawks | $35,599,463 | 308 | $41,101,382 | 320 |
| Dan Blackburn | G | 10 | New York Rangers | $3,390,000 | 1863 | $4,864,428 | 1801 |
| Fredrik Sjostrom | RW | 11 | Phoenix Coyotes | $4,707,000 | 1603 | $5,845,495 | 1636 |
| Dan Hamhuis | D | 12 | Nashville Predators | $44,139,545 | 209 | $50,075,298 | 229 |
| Ales Hemsky | RW | 13 | Edmonton Oilers | $49,895,886 | 161 | $58,313,372 | 170 |
| Chuck Kobasew | RW | 14 | Calgary Flames | $13,963,447 | 834 | $17,110,770 | 862 |
| Igor Knyazev | D | 15 | Carolina Hurricanes | ||||
| R.J. Umberger | C | 16 | Vancouver Canucks | $33,726,829 | 338 | $38,771,295 | 350 |
| Carlo Colaiacovo | D | 17 | Toronto Maple Leafs | $12,840,277 | 888 | $15,422,996 | 925 |
| Jens Karlsson | F | 18 | Los Angeles Kings | ||||
| Shaone Morrisonn | D | 19 | Boston Bruins | $9,623,800 | 1073 | $11,967,477 | 1087 |
| Marcel Goc | C | 20 | San Jose Sharks | $10,106,122 | 1038 | $11,887,787 | 1092 |
| Colby Armstrong | RW | 21 | Pittsburgh Penguins | $12,980,369 | 882 | $15,578,767 | 917 |
| Jiri Novotny | C | 22 | Buffalo Sabres | $1,950,000 | 2405 | $2,411,771 | 2479 |
| Tim Gleason | D | 23 | Ottawa Senators | $21,744,780 | 601 | $25,444,977 | 628 |
| Lukas Krajicek | D | 24 | Florida Panthers | $4,851,000 | 1574 | $6,003,865 | 1614 |
| Alexander Perezhogin | C | 25 | Montreal Canadiens | $8,554,000 | 1153 | $9,941,585 | 1224 |
| Jason Bacashihua | G | 26 | Dallas Stars | $585,200 | 3705 | $750,870 | 3740 |
| Jeff Woywitka | D | 27 | Philadelphia Flyers | $4,281,756 | 1669 | $5,193,272 | 1745 |
| Adrian Foster | LW | 28 | New Jersey Devils | ||||
| Adam Munro | G | 29 | Chicago Blackhawks | ||||
| David Steckel | F | 30 | Los Angeles Kings | $4,593,902 | 1619 | $5,424,873 | 1707 |