The Edmonton Oilers selected Red Deer Rebels centre Ryan Nugent-Hopkins first overall at the 2011 NHL Draft.
The Red Deer Rebels have had 66 players selected at the NHL Draft since the club’s inaugural season in the Western Hockey League in 1992-93.
A total of 14 former Rebels have been selected in round one of the NHL Draft, including Ryan Nugent-Hopkins who was selected first overall by the Edmonton Oilers.
| Player | Pos | Draft Year | Drafted By | Round | Overall |
| Ollie Josephson | C | 2024 | Seattle | 4 | 105 |
| Chase Wutzke | G | 2024 | Minnesota | 5 | 142 |
| Kalan Lind | C | 2023 | Nashville | 2 | 46 |
| Ben King | C | 2022 | Anaheim | 4 | 107 |
| Jayden Grubbe | C | 2021 | NY Rangers | 3 | 65 |
| Kyle Masters | D | 2021 | Minnesota | 4 | 118 |
| Alexander Alexeyev | D | 2018 | Washington | 1 | 31 |
| Dawson Barteaux | D | 2018 | Dallas | 6 | 168 |
| Lane Zablocki | R | 2017 | Detroit | 3 | 79 |
| Josh Mahura | D | 2016 | Anaheim | 3 | 85 |
| Conner Bleackley | C | 2016 | St. Louis | 5 | 144 |
| Brandon Hagel | L | 2016 | Buffalo | 6 | 159 |
| Adam Musil | C | 2015 | St. Louis | 4 | 94 |
| Haydn Fleury | D | 2014 | Carolina | 1 | 7 |
| Conner Bleackley | C | 2014 | Colorado | 1 | 23 |
| Lukas Sutter | C | 2014 | NY Islanders | 7 | 200 |
| Patrik Bartosak | G | 2013 | Los Angeles | 5 | 146 |
| Matt Dumba | D | 2012 | Minnesota | 1 | 7 |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | C | 2011 | Edmonton | 1 | 1 |
| John Persson | L | 2011 | NY Islanders | 5 | 125 |
| Alexander Petrovic | D | 2010 | Florida | 2 | 36 |
| Landon Ferraro | C | 2009 | Detroit | 2 | 32 |
| Justin Weller | D | 2009 | Phoenix | 4 | 105 |
| Darcy Kuemper | G | 2009 | Minnesota | 6 | 161 |
| Tommi Kivisto | D | 2009 | Carolina | 7 | 208 |
| Morgan Clark | G | 2008 | Vancouver | 7 | 191 |
| Brandon Sutter | C | 2007 | Carolina | 1 | 11 |
| James Reimer | G | 2006 | Toronto | 4 | 99 |
| John Flatters | D | 2005 | Philadelphia | 6 | 174 |
| Jared Walker | L | 2004 | Chicago | 7 | 223 |
| Dion Phaneuf | D | 2003 | Calgary | 1 | 9 |
| Masi Marjamaki | L | 2003 | Boston | 2 | 66 |
| Colin Fraser | C | 2003 | Philadelphia | 3 | 69 |
| Shay Stephenson | L | 2003 | Carolina | 7 | 198 |
| Boyd Gordon | C | 2002 | Washington | 1 | 17 |
| Cam Ward | G | 2002 | Carolina | 1 | 25 |
| Ladislav Kouba | L | 2002 | Phoenix | 7 | 216 |
| Derek Meech | D | 2001 | Detroit | 7 | 229 |
| Colby Armstrong | L | 2001 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 21 |
| Jeff Woywitka | D | 2001 | Philadelphia | 1 | 27 |
| Kyle Wanvig | R | 2001 | Minnesota | 2 | 36 |
| Doug Lynch | D | 2001 | Edmonton | 2 | 43 |
| Joel Stepp | C | 2001 | Anaheim | 3 | 69 |
| Shay Stephenson | L | 2001 | Edmonton | 9 | 278 |
| Shane Bendera | G | 2000 | Columbus | 6 | 169 |
| Justin Mapletoft | C | 1999 | NY Islanders | 5 | 130 |
| Stephen Peat | R | 1998 | Anaheim | 2 | 32 |
| Lance Ward | D | 1998 | Florida | 3 | 63 |
| Robert Schnabel | D | 1998 | Phoenix | 5 | 129 |
| Chris Ovington | D | 1998 | Florida | 6 | 148 |
| Brent McDonald | R | 1998 | Carolina | 9 | 239 |
| Mike Brown | W | 1997 | Florida | 1 | 20 |
| Kyle Kos | D | 1997 | Tampa Bay | 2 | 33 |
| B.J. Young | R | 1997 | Detroit | 6 | 157 |
| Lance Ward | D | 1996 | New Jersey | 1 | 10 |
| Jesse Wallin | D | 1996 | Detroit | 1 | 26 |
| Arron Asham | R | 1996 | Montreal | 3 | 71 |
| Jon Zukiwsky | C | 1996 | St. Louis | 4 | 95 |
| Mike McBain | D | 1995 | Tampa Bay | 2 | 30 |
| Peter Leboutillier | R | 1995 | Anaheim | 6 | 133 |
| Craig Reichert | R | 1994 | Anaheim | 3 | 67 |
| Byron Briske | D | 1994 | Anaheim | 4 | 80 |
| Chris Kibermanis | D | 1994 | Winnipeg | 6 | 146 |
| Chris Maillet | D | 1994 | Tampa Bay | 7 | 164 |
| Chris Wickenheiser | G | 1994 | Edmonton | 7 | 179 |
| Peter Leboutillier | R | 1993 | NY Islanders | 6 | 144 |
| Darren Van Impe | D | 1993 | NY Islanders | 7 | 170 |
| Sean Selmser | L | 1993 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 182 |
As of May 2024, 68 former Red Deer Rebels have gone on to play in the NHL…
| Player | NHL Teams |
| Alexander Alexeyev | WSH |
| Colby Armstrong | PIT/ATL/TOR/MTL |
| Arron Asham | MTL/NYI/NJ/PHI/PIT/NYR |
| Arshdeep Bains | VAN |
| Ryan Bonni | VAN |
| Mike Brown | VAN/ANA/CHI |
| Jake DeBrusk | BOS |
| Mathew Dumba | MIN/ARI/TB |
| Matt Ellison | CHI/PHI |
| Turner Elson | CGY |
| Martin Erat | NSH/WSH/ARI |
| Landon Ferraro | DET/BOS/MIN |
| Haydn Fleury | CAR/ANA/SEA/TB |
| Colin Fraser | CHI/EDM/LA/STL |
| Matt Fraser | DAL/BOS/EDM |
| Byron Froese | TOR/TB/MTL/CGY/VGK |
| Michael Garnett | ATL |
| Carsen Germyn | CGY |
| Boyd Gordon | WSH/PHO/EDM/ARI/PHI |
| Brandon Hagel | CHI/TB |
| Martin Hanzal | PHO/ARI/MIN/DAL |
| Jay Henderson | BOS |
| Reese Johnson | CHI |
| Blair Jones | TB/CGY/PHI |
| Matt Keith | CHI/NYI |
| Darcy Kuemper | MIN/LA/ARI/COL/WSH |
| Peter Leboutillier | ANA |
| Brad Leeb | VAN/TOR |
| Brian Loney | VAN |
| Ross Lupaschuk | PIT |
| Doug Lynch | EDM |
| Steve MacIntyre | EDM/FLA/PIT/ |
| Josh Mahura | ANA/FLA |
| Justin Mapletoft | NYI |
| Masi Marjamaki | NYI |
| Mike McBain | TB |
| Derek Meech | DET/WPG |
| Vladimir Mihalik | TB |
| Nelson Nogier | WPG |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | EDM |
| Stephen Peat | WSH |
| Lane Pederson | ARI/SJ/VAN/CBJ |
| John Persson | NYI |
| Alex Petrovic | FLA/EDM/DAL |
| Dion Phaneuf | CGY/TOR/OTT/LA |
| Luke Philp | CHI |
| Kristian Reichel | WPG |
| Craig Reichert | ANA |
| James Reimer | TOR/SJ/FLA/CAR/SJ/DET |
| Terry Ryan | MTL/NYI/NJ/PHI/PIT/NYR |
| Robert Schnabel | NSH |
| Sean Selmser | CBJ |
| Shay Stephenson | LA |
| Austin Strand | LA/ANA |
| Brandon Sutter | CAR/PIT/VAN |
| Brett Sutter | CGY/CAR/MIN |
| Jim Vandermeer | PHI/CHI/PHI/CGY/PHO/EDM/SJ |
| Pete Vandermeer | PHO/ARI/MIN/DAL |
| Darren Van Impe | ANA/BOS/NYR/FLA/NYI/CBJ |
| Kris Versteeg | CHI/TOR/PHI/FLA/CHI/CAR/LA/CGY |
| Jesse Wallin | DET |
| Kyle Wanvig | MIN/TB |
| Cam Ward | CAR/CHI |
| Lance Ward | FLA/ANA |
| Roman Wick | OTT |
| Jeff Woywitka | STL/DAL/NYR |
| Mikhail Yakubov | CHI/FLA |
| B. J. Young | DET |