Career earnings of players picked in the first round of the 2010 NHL entry draft.
| Player | Pos. | Pick # | Drafted by | Career Earnings |
Rank | Career Earnings In today's $ |
Rank |
| Taylor Hall | LW | 1 | Edmonton Oilers | $52,326,829 | 143 | $55,509,749 | 184 |
| Tyler Seguin | C | 2 | Boston Bruins | $59,326,829 | 101 | $62,401,015 | 146 |
| Erik Gudbranson | D | 3 | Florida Panthers | $26,326,829 | 489 | $27,740,549 | 572 |
| Ryan Johansen | C | 4 | Columbus Blue Jackets | $42,710,000 | 228 | $44,450,719 | 281 |
| Nino Niederreiter | RW | 5 | New York Islanders | $30,485,000 | 393 | $31,899,942 | 474 |
| Brett Connolly | RW | 6 | Tampa Bay Lightning | $13,625,500 | 851 | $14,167,824 | 989 |
| Jeff Skinner | C | 7 | Carolina Hurricanes | $56,676,829 | 112 | $59,724,659 | 159 |
| Alexander Burmistrov | C | 8 | Atlanta Thrashers | $10,426,829 | 1027 | $11,564,574 | 1116 |
| Mikael Granlund | F | 9 | Minnesota Wild | $29,326,829 | 414 | $30,612,091 | 505 |
| Dylan McIlrath | D | 10 | New York Rangers | $1,780,488 | 2492 | $1,945,608 | 2698 |
| Jack Campbell | G | 11 | Dallas Stars | $4,150,000 | 1688 | $4,273,007 | 1911 |
| Cam Fowler | D | 12 | Anaheim Ducks | $42,076,829 | 234 | $44,468,142 | 280 |
| Brandon Gormley | D | 13 | Phoenix Coyotes | $2,560,500 | 2132 | $2,880,718 | 2288 |
| Jaden Schwartz | C | 14 | St. Louis Blues | $33,566,829 | 341 | $35,235,101 | 405 |
| Derek Forbort | D | 15 | Los Angeles Kings | $8,250,000 | 1176 | $8,519,089 | 1329 |
| Vladimir Tarasenko | RW | 16 | St. Louis Blues | $47,326,829 | 181 | $49,636,807 | 235 |
| Joey Hishon | C | 17 | Colorado Avalanche | $900,000 | 3194 | $1,034,916 | 3356 |
| Austin Watson | LW | 18 | Nashville Predators | $5,950,000 | 1412 | $6,149,571 | 1585 |
| Nick Bjugstad | C | 19 | Florida Panthers | $26,926,829 | 476 | $28,097,297 | 566 |
| Beau Bennett | RW | 20 | Pittsburgh Penguins | $3,151,829 | 1925 | $3,449,546 | 2108 |
| Riley Sheahan | C | 21 | Detroit Red Wings | $11,390,000 | 967 | $12,130,678 | 1078 |
| Jarred Tinordi | D | 22 | Montreal Canadiens | $4,237,329 | 1674 | $4,484,442 | 1871 |
| Mark Pysyk | D | 23 | Buffalo Sabres | $12,100,000 | 927 | $12,619,187 | 1050 |
| Kevin Hayes | RW | 24 | Chicago Blackhawks | $28,675,000 | 433 | $29,447,358 | 534 |
| Quinton Howden | C | 25 | Florida Panthers | $1,377,329 | 2790 | $1,521,686 | 2977 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 26 | Washington Capitals | $44,285,000 | 207 | $46,261,149 | 262 |
| Mark Visentin | G | 27 | Phoenix Coyotes | ||||
| Charlie Coyle | C/RW | 28 | San Jose Sharks | $26,326,829 | 489 | $27,307,612 | 580 |
| Emerson Etem | RW | 29 | Anaheim Ducks | $2,186,829 | 2292 | $2,406,139 | 2481 |
| Brock Nelson | C | 30 | New York Islanders | $27,276,829 | 470 | $28,272,359 | 563 |