Career earnings of players picked in the first round of the 2002 NHL entry draft.
| Player | Pos. | Pick # | Drafted by | Career Earnings |
Rank | Career Earnings In today's $ |
Rank |
| Rick Nash | LW | 1 | Columbus Blue Jackets | $96,818,780 | 19 | $111,056,928 | 25 |
| Kari Lehtonen | G | 2 | Atlanta Thrashers | $48,988,405 | 173 | $55,401,727 | 186 |
| Jay Bouwmeester | D | 3 | Florida Panthers | $73,454,415 | 60 | $83,677,981 | 67 |
| Joni Pitkanen | D | 4 | Philadelphia Flyers | $28,934,746 | 426 | $34,257,083 | 418 |
| Ryan Whitney | D | 5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | $22,620,112 | 580 | $26,812,836 | 589 |
| Scottie Upshall | RW | 6 | Nashville Predators | $24,034,380 | 539 | $27,780,836 | 571 |
| Joffrey Lupul | F | 7 | Anaheim Ducks | $50,508,405 | 157 | $57,832,033 | 172 |
| Pierre-Marc Bouchard | C | 8 | Minnesota Wild | $26,387,073 | 485 | $32,158,567 | 469 |
| Petr Taticek | C | 9 | Florida Panthers | ||||
| Eric Nystrom | LW | 10 | Calgary Flames | $12,687,974 | 901 | $14,393,849 | 974 |
| Keith Ballard | D | 11 | Buffalo Sabres | $24,409,737 | 531 | $28,849,940 | 548 |
| Steve Eminger | D | 12 | Washington Capitals | $8,826,936 | 1127 | $11,036,742 | 1149 |
| Alexander Semin | LW | 13 | Washington Capitals | $44,598,161 | 201 | $51,618,978 | 221 |
| Chris Higgins | C | 14 | Montreal Canadiens | $19,335,775 | 657 | $22,494,237 | 705 |
| Jesse Niinimaki | C | 15 | Edmonton Oilers | ||||
| Jacub Klepis | C | 16 | Ottawa Senators | ||||
| Boyd Gordon | RW | 17 | Washington Capitals | $16,077,094 | 765 | $18,546,344 | 812 |
| Denis Grebeshkov | D | 18 | Los Angeles Kings | $6,474,000 | 1358 | $7,942,632 | 1392 |
| Kacub Koreis | C | 19 | Phoenix Coyotes | ||||
| Daniel Paille | LW | 20 | Buffalo Sabres | $8,346,176 | 1166 | $9,668,619 | 1243 |
| Anton Babchuk | D | 21 | Chicago Blackhawks | $9,264,015 | 1100 | $10,761,728 | 1164 |
| Sean Bergenheim | F | 22 | New York Islanders | $12,784,756 | 892 | $14,564,255 | 963 |
| Ben Eager | LW | 23 | Phoenix Coyotes | $4,776,000 | 1593 | $5,753,951 | 1650 |
| Alexander Steen | C | 24 | Toronto Maple Leafs | $53,911,499 | 135 | $58,909,910 | 166 |
| Cam Ward | G | 25 | Carolina Hurricanes | $53,114,341 | 140 | $59,894,987 | 158 |
| Martin Vagner | D | 26 | Dallas Stars | ||||
| Mike Morris | RW | 27 | San Jose Sharks | $730,600 | 3412 | $911,435 | 3533 |
| Hannu Toivonen | G | 29 | Boston Bruins | $2,432,900 | 2182 | $3,083,317 | 2220 |
| Jim Slater | C | 30 | Atlanta Thrashers | $9,427,185 | 1085 | $10,977,352 | 1151 |