List of Edmonton Oilers players

For WHA Edmonton Oilers, see List of Edmonton Oilers (WHA) players.
The Oilers selected Connor McDavid first overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.
Ales Hemsky led the team in scoring points for four seasons, from 2005–06 to 2008–09.
The statue of Wayne Gretzky outside Rogers Place commemorates the Oilers' Stanley Cup victories and the all-time Oiler leader for regular season goals, assists and points and playoff assists and points.
Mark Messier, shown here at his retirement ceremony, was a member of all five Oiler teams that won the Stanley Cup.
Paul Coffey played the first seven seasons of his Hall of Fame career with the Oilers.
Craig MacTavish played 701 regular season games and 113 playoff games for the Oilers, and coached the team for another 656 regular season games and 36 playoff games.
Ryan Smyth played 770 regular season games for Edmonton from 1994 to 2007, and another 201 games from 2011 to 2014. He has represented Canada numerous times in international competition, earning the nickname "Captain Canada".
After being acquired by the Oilers at the trade deadline, Dwayne Roloson led the team to the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals.
On February 2, 2012, Sam Gagner became the 13th player (and 3rd Oiler) to score 8 or more points in a single game
Taylor Hall was the first overall selection in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

The Edmonton Oilers are a franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL), based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They originated as one of the twelve founding franchises of the World Hockey Association (WHA) in 1972, remaining with the league until it ceased operation after the 1978–79 season. The Oilers were one of four remaining WHA franchises to be admitted to the NHL as expansion teams for the 1979–80 season.[1]

As of completion of the 2022–23 season, 600 players have worn the Oilers jersey in the NHL; 539 skaters (forwards and defencemen)[2] and 61 goaltenders.[3] Sixteen of those NHL Oilers also played at least one game for the WHA Oilers.

Kevin Lowe, the Oilers' first ever NHL draft pick, is the leader for both regular season (1,037) and playoff (172) games in an Oilers uniform, for an overall Oilers-leading total of 1,209 games. Amongst goaltenders, Grant Fuhr is the overall leader for total games played as an Oiler, with 534, which includes a team-leading 111 playoff games; goaltender Bill Ranford is the leader for regular season (449) games played. There have been 27 players (18 skaters and 9 goaltenders) who have played only one game – in all cases, one regular season game – with the NHL Oilers.

The Oilers have won the Stanley Cup five times, with 48 players winning the Cup as an Oiler. Seven players (Glenn Anderson, Grant Fuhr, Randy Gregg, Charlie Huddy, Jari Kurri, Kevin Lowe and Mark Messier) were members of all five Cup-winning teams. Eight players from the NHL years have gone on to be elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame, most recently Chris Pronger in June 2015.[4] Another three ex-Oilers who only played for the WHA franchise are also in the Hall of Fame. The Oilers have retired the numbers of seven players.[5]

  1. ^ "The Edmonton Oilers—From WHA To NHL". Edmonton Oilers Heritage Foundation. Archived from the original on 2010-12-08. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
  2. ^ "Edmonton Oilers | Skaters | 1979–80 to 2022–23 | Regular Season". National Hockey League. 2024-02-29. Archived from the original on 2024-03-01. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  3. ^ "Edmonton Oilers | Goalies | 1979–80 to 2022–23 | Regular Season". National Hockey League. 2024-02-29. Archived from the original on 2024-03-01. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  4. ^ Masisak, Corey (2015-06-29). "Lidstrom, Fedorov, Pronger lead Hall of Fame class". NHL.com. National Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  5. ^ "Anderson has number retired by Oilers". TSN. 2009-01-19. Archived from the original on 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2009-02-16.