List of Edmonton Oilers players

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, but that league 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.

As of the 2007–08 season, 396 different players have worn the Oilers jersey in the NHL. Sixteen of those players also played at least one game for the WHA Oilers.The Oilers have won the Stanley Cup five times, with 48 different 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. Five players from the NHL years have gone on to be elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame, with a sixth player, Glenn Anderson, announced to be inducted in November 2008. [cite web |title=Anderson, Larionov lead Hall class |work=NHL.com |publisher=National Hockey League |url=http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=366192 |accessdate=2008-06-17] 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 six players.

This list includes all players that have played at least one regular season or playoff game for the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL since the 1979–80 season. It does not include any players who only played for the team as a franchise in the WHA from 1972 to 1979.

Key

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;Seasons: Lists the first year of the season of the player's first game and the last year of the season of the player's last game. For example, a player who played one game in the 2000–01 NHL season would be listed as playing with the team from 2000–2001, regardless of what calendar year the game occurred within.
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Goaltenders

"Note: Statistics are complete through the 2007-08 season"

katers

"Note: Statistics are complete through the 2007-08 season"

References

*cite book |title=Edmonton Oilers 2007–08 Media Guide |publisher=Edmonton Oilers |author=(ed.) Steve Knowles |year=2007 |pages=pp.186–191, 209, 274
*cite web |title=Edmonton Oilers - Statistics - 2007–2008 Regular Season |work=NHL.com |publisher=National Hockey League |url=http://oilers.nhl.com/team/app?service=page&page=Stats |accessdate=2008-05-13
*cite book |title=National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2008 |author=(ed.) Dan Diamond |publisher=Triumph Books |year=2007 |month=October |isbn=978-1600780370
*cite web |title=All-time roster for the Edmonton Oilers (NHL) |work=The Internet Hockey Database |url=http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/ttotdisplay.php3?tid=41 |accessdate=2008-05-13
*cite web |title=NHL Player Search - Edmonton Oilers |work=Legends of Hockey |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayersByTeam.jsp?team=Edmonton+Oilers |accessdate=2008-05-13