| Round | Overall | Team | Player | Drafted From |
| 1 | 1 | Cincinnati Stingers | Claude Larose | Sherbrooke |
| 1 | 2 | Indianapolis Racers | Bryan Maxwell | Medicine Hat |
| 1 | 3 | Baltimore Blades | Don Ashby | Calgary |
| 1 | 4 | Denver Spurs | Mel Bridgman | Victoria |
| 1 | 5 | Cleveland Crusaders | Ralph Klassen | Saskatoon |
| 1 | 6 | Edmonton Oilers | Barry Dean | Medicine Hat |
| 1 | 7 | Calgary Cowboys | Denny McLean | Calgary |
| 1 | 8 | Winnipeg Jets | Brad Gassoff | Kamloops |
| 1 | 9 | Phoenix Roadrunners | Greg Vaydik | Medicine Hat |
| 1 | 10 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | Greg Hickey | Hamilton |
| 1 | 11 | Toronto Toros | Rick Lapointe | Victoria |
| 1 | 12 | San Diego Mariners | Jamie Masters | Ottawa |
| 1 | 13 | New England Whalers | Terry McDonald | Edmonton |
| 1 | 14 | Quebec Nordiques | Pierre Mondou | Montreal RWB |
| 1 | 15 | Houston Aeros | Richard Mulhern | Sherbrooke |
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| 2 | 16 | Cincinnati Stingers | Bob Sauve | Laval |
| 2 | 17 | Baltimore Blades | Don Cairns | Victoria |
| 2 | 18 | Baltimore Blades | Robin Sadler | Edmonton |
| 2 | 19 | Cleveland Crusaders | Mal Zinger | Kamloops |
| 2 | 20 | Cleveland Crusaders | Kelly Greenbank | Winnipeg |
| 2 | 21 | Edmonton Oilers | Peter Morris | Victoria |
| 2 | 22 | Winnipeg Jets | Russ Anderson | U Minnesota |
| 2 | 23 | Phoenix Roadrunners | Neil Lyseng | Kamloops |
| 2 | 24 | Phoenix Roadrunners | Mike O'Connell | Kingston |
| 2 | 25 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | Kim Clackson | Victoria |
| 2 | 26 | Toronto Toros | Jerry Rollins | Winnipeg |
| 2 | 27 | San Diego Mariners | Rick Adduono | St. Catharines |
| 2 | 28 | New England Whalers | Danny Arndt | Saskatoon |
| 2 | 29 | Quebec Nordiques | Doug Halward | Peterborough |
| 2 | 30 | Houston Aeros | Doug Jarvis | Peterborough |
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| 3 | 31 | Cincinnati Stingers | Larry Hendrick | Calgary |
| 3 | 32 | Indianapolis Racers | Clark Hamilton | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 33 | Baltimore Blades | Gord Laxton | New Westminster |
| 3 | 34 | Denver Spurs | Ron Delorme | Lethbridge |
| 3 | 35 | Cleveland Crusaders | Ed Staniowski | Regina |
| 3 | 36 | Edmonton Oilers | Barry Smith | New Westminster |
| 3 | 37 | Calgary Cowboys | Alex Pirus | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 38 | Winnipeg Jets | Glenn Richardson | Hamilton |
| 3 | 39 | Phoenix Roadrunners | Blair Davidson | Flin Flon |
| 3 | 40 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | Greg Neeld | Calgary |
| 3 | 41 | Toronto Toros | Paul Heaver | Oshawa |
| 3 | 42 | San Diego Mariners | Bob Watson | Flin Flon |
| 3 | 43 | New England Whalers | Matti Hagman | Finland |
| 3 | 44 | Quebec Nordiques | Pierre Giroux | Hull |
| 3 | 45 | Houston Aeros | Kevin Campbell | St. Lawrence U |
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| 4 | 46 | Cincinnati Stingers | Norm Lapointe | Trois-Rivieres |
| 4 | 47 | Indianapolis Racers | Blair Mackasey | Montreal RWB |
| 4 | 48 | Baltimore Blades | Rick Bourbonnais | Ottawa |
| 4 | 49 | Denver Spurs | Andre Leduc | Sherbrooke |
| 4 | 50 | Cleveland Crusaders | Peter Scamurra | Peterborough |
| 4 | 51 | Edmonton Oilers | Stu Younger | Michigan Tech |
| 4 | 52 | Calgary Cowboys | Rick Piche | Brandon |
| 4 | 53 | Winnipeg Jets | Ted Long | Hamilton |
| 4 | 54 | Phoenix Roadrunners | Roger Swanson | Flin Flon |
| 4 | 55 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | Bob Hoffmeyer | Saskatoon |
| 4 | 56 | Toronto Toros | Ken Breitenbach | St. Catharines |
| 4 | 57 | San Diego Mariners | Dan Blair | Ottawa |
| 4 | 58 | New England Whalers | Derek Spring | Brandon |
| 4 | 59 | Quebec Nordiques | Ted Bulley | Hull |
| 4 | 60 | Houston Aeros | Dave Salvian | St. Catharines |
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| 5 | 61 | Cincinnati Stingers | Paul Harrison | Oshawa |
| 5 | 62 | Indianapolis Racers | Rick Bowness | Montreal RWB |
| 5 | 63 | Baltimore Blades | Dale Ross | Ottawa |
| 5 | 64 | Denver Spurs | Nick Sanza | Sherbrooke |
| 5 | 65 | Cleveland Crusaders | Dennis Maruk | London |
| 5 | 66 | Edmonton Oilers | Jim Ofrim | U Alberta |
| 5 | 67 | Calgary Cowboys | Terry Bucyk | Lethbridge |
| 5 | 68 | Phoenix Roadrunners | Mike Sleep | New Westminster |
| 5 | 69 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | Jim Minor | Regina |
| 5 | 70 | Toronto Toros | Mario Vien | Cornwall |
| 5 | 71 | San Diego Mariners | Craig Crawford | Toronto |
| 5 | 72 | New England Whalers | Gary McFadyen | Hull |
| 5 | 73 | Quebec Nordiques | Andre LePage | Montreal RWB |
| 5 | 74 | Houston Aeros | Paul Crowley | Sudbury |
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| 6 | 75 | Cincinnati Stingers | Jack Laine | Bowling Green |
| 6 | 76 | Indianapolis Racers | Eric Sanderson | Victoria |
| 6 | 77 | Denver Spurs | Greg Miazga | Victoria |
| 6 | 78 | Cleveland Crusaders | Joe Augustine | Austin |
| 6 | 79 | Edmonton Oilers | Bob Sunderland | Boston U |
| 6 | 80 | Calgary Cowboys | Pat Hughes | U Michigan |
| 6 | 81 | Winnipeg Jets | Nick Bobstock | Acadia U |
| 6 | 82 | Phoenix Roadrunners | Dana Decker | Michigan Tech |
| 6 | 83 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | Brian Shmyr | New Westminster |
| 6 | 84 | Toronto Toros | Paul Woods | Sault Ste. Marie |
| 6 | 85 | San Diego Mariners | Alex Tidey | Lethbridge |
| 6 | 86 | New England Whalers | Terry Martin | London |
| 6 | 87 | Quebec Nordiques | Jean Trottier | Laval |
| 6 | 88 | Houston Aeros | Bill Cheropita | St. Catharines |
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| 7 | 89 | Cincinnati Stingers | Gary Carr | Toronto |
| 7 | 90 | Indianapolis Racers | Doug Young | Michigan Tech |
| 7 | 91 | Denver Spurs | Rick Martin | London |
| 7 | 92 | Cleveland Crusaders | Michel Lachance | Montreal RWB |
| 7 | 93 | Edmonton Oilers | Dave Bell | Harvard U |
| 7 | 94 | Calgary Cowboys | Greg Smith | Colorado College |
| 7 | 95 | Phoenix Roadrunners | Dale McMullin | Brandon |
| 7 | 96 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | Marc Tessier | Sherbrooke |
| 7 | 97 | Toronto Toros | Byron Shutt | Bowling Green |
| 7 | 98 | San Diego Mariners | Rick Lalonde | Calgary |
| 7 | 99 | New England Whalers | John Tweedle | Lake Superior State U |
| 7 | 100 | Quebec Nordiques | Mike Backman | Montreal RWB |
| 7 | 101 | Houston Aeros | John Glynne | U Vermont |
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| 8 | 102 | Cincinnati Stingers | Greg Clause | Hamilton |
| 8 | 103 | Indianapolis Racers | Stan Jonathan | Peterborough |
| 8 | 104 | Cleveland Crusaders | Joe Fortunato | Kitchener |
| 8 | 105 | Edmonton Oilers | Sid Veysey | Sherbrooke |
| 8 | 106 | Calgary Cowboys | Doug Lindskog | U Michigan |
| 8 | 107 | Phoenix Roadrunners | Gary Morrison | U Michigan |
| 8 | 108 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | Bob McNeice | New Westminster |
| 8 | 109 | Toronto Toros | Jean-Luc Phaneuf | Montreal RWB |
| 8 | 110 | San Diego Mariners | Kelly Secord | New Westminster |
| 8 | 111 | New England Whalers | Mike Harazny | Regina |
| 8 | 112 | Quebec Nordiques | Michel Brisebois | Sherbrooke |
| 8 | 113 | Houston Aeros | Dave Taylor | Clarkson U |
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| 9 | 114 | Cincinnati Stingers | Yvon Disotell | Cornwall |
| 9 | 115 | Indianapolis Racers | Larry Huras | Kitchener |
| 9 | 116 | Cleveland Crusaders | Viktor Khatulev | USSR |
| 9 | 117 | Edmonton Oilers | Bob Russell | Sudbury |
| 9 | 118 | Calgary Cowboys | Paul Clarke | Notre Dame |
| 9 | 119 | Winnipeg Jets | Jim Gustafson | Victoria |
| 9 | 120 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | Dave Faulkner | Regina |
| 9 | 121 | Toronto Toros | Gilles Bilodeau | Sorel |
| 9 | 122 | San Diego Mariners | Alex Forsyth | Kingston |
| 9 | 123 | New England Whalers | Dave Norris | Hamilton |
| 9 | 124 | Quebec Nordiques | Michel Hamel | Laval |
| 9 | 125 | Houston Aeros | Jim Maxfield | Sudbury |
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| 10 | 126 | Cincinnati Stingers | Gary Burns | U New Hampshire |
| 10 | 127 | Indianapolis Racers | Kari Makkonen | Finland |
| 10 | 128 | Denver Spurs | Dave Bossy | Notre Dame |
| 10 | 129 | Cleveland Crusaders | Ari Kankaanpera | Finland |
| 10 | 130 | Edmonton Oilers | Jean Thibodeau | Shawinigan |
| 10 | 131 | Calgary Cowboys | Randy Koch | U Vermont |
| 10 | 132 | Winnipeg Jets | Dag Bredberg | Sweden |
| 10 | 133 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | Denis Daigle | Montreal RWB |
| 10 | 134 | Toronto Toros | Roger Dorey | Kingston |
| 10 | 135 | San Diego Mariners | Don Edwards | Kitchener |
| 10 | 136 | New England Whalers | Paul Stevenson | Brown U |
| 10 | 137 | Quebec Nordiques | Florent Fortier | Quebec |
| 10 | 138 | Houston Aeros | Chad Campbell | Denver U |
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| 11 | 139 | Cincinnati Stingers | Bill Reber | U Vermont |
| 11 | 140 | Indianapolis Racers | Michel Blais | Kingston |
| 11 | 141 | Denver Spurs | Andy Whitby | Oshawa |
| 11 | 142 | Cleveland Crusaders | Tom McNamara | U Vermont |
| 11 | 143 | Edmonton Oilers | Brian Petrovek | Harvard U |
| 11 | 144 | Calgary Cowboys | Dan Tsuboushi | St. Louis U |
| 11 | 145 | Winnipeg Jets | Emil Meszaros | Sweden |
| 11 | 146 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | Earl Sargent | Fargo-Moorhead |
| 11 | 147 | Toronto Toros | Bob Ritchie | Sorel |
| 11 | 148 | San Diego Mariners | Dale Anderson | Brandon |
| 11 | 149 | New England Whalers | Clark Jantzie | U Alberta |
| 11 | 150 | Houston Aeros | Bill Oleschuk | Saskatoon |
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| 12 | 151 | Cincinnati Stingers | Dave McNab | U Wisconsin |
| 12 | 152 | Indianapolis Racers | Anders Steen | Sweden |
| 12 | 153 | Cleveland Crusaders | Rick Marsh | RPI |
| 12 | 154 | Edmonton Oilers | Jim Montgomery | Hull |
| 12 | 155 | Calgary Cowboys | Bill Anderson | St. Louis U |
| 12 | 156 | Winnipeg Jets | Torbjorn Nilsson | Sweden |
| 12 | 157 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | Richard Dutton | Laval |
| 12 | 158 | Toronto Toros | Bob Shaw | Clarkson U |
| 12 | 159 | San Diego Mariners | Bruce O'Grady | Sault Ste. Marie |
| 12 | 160 | Houston Aeros | Jim Lindquist | Brown U |
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| 13 | 161 | Cincinnati Stingers | Peter Shier | Cornell U |
| 13 | 162 | Indianapolis Racers | Paul Evans | Peterborough |
| 13 | 163 | Cleveland Crusaders | Dan Shearer | Hamilton |
| 13 | 164 | Edmonton Oilers | Terry Angel | Oshawa |
| 13 | 165 | Calgary Cowboys | Doug Hanson | |
| 13 | 166 | Winnipeg Jets | Bengt Lundholm | Sweden |
| 13 | 167 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | Tom Ulseth | U Wisconsin |
| 13 | 168 | Toronto Toros | Wayne Morin | Kamloops |
| 13 | 169 | Houston Aeros | Rick St. Croix | Oshawa |
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| 14 | 170 | Cincinnati Stingers | Francois Robert | Sherbrooke |
| 14 | 171 | Edmonton Oilers | Rick Shinske | New Westminster |
| 14 | 172 | Calgary Cowboys | Darrell Ferner | Kamloops |
| 14 | 173 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | Henry Taylor | Saint Paul |
| 14 | 174 | Toronto Toros | Dave Hanson | Colorado College |
| 14 | 175 | Houston Aeros | Paul Jensen | Michigan Tech |