The son of former German National Team Player, Peter, Draisaitl, Leon made history as the highest drafted player who was born and trained in Germany when the Oilers took him 3rd overall in 2014. He didn't do much in his rookie year, scoring only 9 Points in 37 Games, but he would accrue 51 in 2015-16 and followed that with a pair of 70 Point campaigns. Last year (2018-19), Draisaitl exploded with 50 Goals, 55 Assists, and 105 Points, which were numbers that placed him 2nd, 9th, and 4th respectively in those respective metrics. He would also go to his first All-Star Game and would lead the NHL in Shooting Percentage. Draisaitl's game elevated to an elite level in 2019-20, scoring 110 Points, where he won the Hart Trophy and Art Ross Trophy, becoming the first German to win these awards. He would also win the Pearson Award. After another solid year in 2020-21 (31-53-84), Draistl matched his Hart Trophy season in Points (110) and set a personal best in Goals with 55, though that was only good enough for ninth in Hart voting that year.
If the Oilers land some strong deep playoff runs and Draisaitl continues his ascension in hockey, he will not only rise on this list but the growing ladder of great German hockey players. In fact, he is already at the top.
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