The Edmonton Oil Kings have had 26 players hear their names called at the NHL Draft since team’s modern inception in 2007. Of those 26 players, the first player to be drafted into the NHL was forward Tomas Vincour who was selected in the fifth round, 129th overall by the Dallas Stars in 2009.
The year in which the highest number of Oil Kings were drafted was 2014 – following the team’s Memorial Cup championship – when five players were selected.
Seven Oil Kings have been chosen as first round NHL Draft selections.
| YEAR | PLAYER | POSITION | ROUND | OVERALL | TEAM |
| 2009 | Tomas Vincour | RW | 5 | 129 | Dallas Stars |
| 2010 | Mark Pysyk | D | 1 | 23 | Buffalo Sabres |
| 2011 | Keegan Lowe | D | 3 | 73 | Carolina Hurricanes |
| Travis Ewanyk | C | 3 | 74 | Edmonton Oilers | |
| Michael St. Croix | C | 4 | 106 | New York Rangers | |
| Laurent Brossoit | G | 6 | 164 | Calgary Flames | |
| 2012 | Griffin Reinhart | D | 1 | 4 | New York Islanders |
| Henrik Samuelsson | C | 1 | 27 | Phoenix Coyotes | |
| Mitch Moroz | LW | 2 | 32 | Edmonton Oilers | |
| 2013 | Curtis Lazar | C | 1 | 17 | Ottawa Senators |
| Tristan Jarry | G | 2 | 44 | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
| 2014 | Brett Pollock | LW | 2 | 45 | Dallas Stars |
| Dysin Mayo | D | 5 | 133 | Arizona Coyotes | |
| Brandon Baddock | C | 6 | 161 | New Jersey Devils | |
| Aaron Irving | D | 6 | 162 | Nashville Predators | |
| Edgars Kulda | LW | 7 | 193 | Arizona Coyotes | |
| 2018 | Trey Fix-Wolansky | RW | 7 | 204 | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 2019 | Matthew Robertson | D | 2 | 49 | New York Rangers |
| 2020 | Jake Neighbours | LW | 1 | 26 | St. Louis Blues |
| 2021 | Dylan Guenther | RW | 1 | 9 | Arizona Coyotes |
| Sebastian Cossa | G | 1 | 15 | Detroit Red Wings | |
| Carson Latimer | RW | 4 | 123 | Ottawa Senators | |
| Jalen Luypen | C/LW | 7 | 216 | Chicago Blackhawks | |
| 2023 | Vojtech Port | D | 6 | 161 | Anaheim Ducks |
| 2024 | Adam Jecho | C | 3 | 95 | St. Louis Blues |
| Parker Alcos | D | 6 | 189 | Vancouver Canucks |