| List of rookies coming in future WHA seasons. This list is approximate and may be missing some players | ||||
| 1989-90 | 1990-91 | 1991-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 |
| Balderis, Helmut | Agnew, Jim | Ahola, Peter | Andre, Faust | Aivazoff, Micah |
| Baron, Murray | Baker, Jamie | Amonte, Tony | Banks, Darren | Antoski, Shawn |
| Beauregard, Stephane | Berg, Bill | Audette, Donald | Bautin, Sergei | Arnott, Jason |
| Bergland, Tim | Bergeron, J.C. | Barnes, Stu | Bawa, Robin | Barnaby, Matthew |
| Bergqvist, Jonas | Blake, Rob | Beers, Bob | Belanger, Jesse | Bowen, Jason |
| Bloemberg, Jeff | Bondra, Peter | Beranek, Josef | Bennett, Adam | Brashear, Donald |
| Brady, Neil | Breault, Frank | Black, James | Berehowsky, Drake | Brathwaite, Fred |
| Brind'Amour, Rod | Brown, Greg | Boivin, Claude | Blue, John | Brodeur, Martin |
| Broten, Paul | Brunet, Benoit | Borsato, Luciano | Borschevsky, Nikolai | Burakowsky, Robert |
| Burt, Adam | Byce, John | Brisebois, Patrice | Boucher, Philippe | Byakin, Ilya |
| Capuano, Dave | Cassels, Andrew | Bure, Pavel | Bozon, Philippe | Carnback, Patrik |
| Chase, Kelly | Ciger, Zdeno | Bureau, Marc | Butsayev, Slava | Chibirev, Igor |
| Cheveldae, Tim | Cole, Danton | Carney, Keith | Ciccone, Enrico | Crowe, Phil |
| Chorske, Tom | Craig, Mike | Chapdelaine, Rene | Conroy, Allan | Crowley, Ted |
| Chynoweth, Dean | Crowder, Troy | Conroy, John | Courtenay, Ed | Cummins, Jim |
| Chyzowski, Dave | Djoos, Per | Corkum, Bob | Dahl, Kevin | Daigle, Alexandre |
| Cimetta, Rob | Domi, Tie | Craigwell, Dale | Daniels, Jeff | Dawe, Jason |
| Cronin, Shawn | Fedorov, Sergei | Crawford, Lou | Davydov, Evgeny | Demitra, Pavol |
| Dirk, Robert | Foster, Norm | Daniels, Kimbi | Donato, Ted | Dowd, Jim |
| Donatelli, Clark | Garpenlov, Johan | Day, Joe | Drake, Dallas | Draper, Kris |
| Douris, Peter | Godynyuk, Alexander | DeBrusk, Louis | Drulia, Stan | Droppa, Ivan |
| Elik, Todd | Grimson, Stu | Delguidice, Matt | Dykhuis, Karl | Drury, Ted |
| Eriksson, Peter | Gusarov, Alexei | Dionne, Gilbert | Eakins, Dallas | Dubinsky, Steve |
| Fedyk, Brent | Haller, Kevin | DiPietro, Paul | Eastwood, Mike | Eisenhut, Neil |
| Fogarty, BRyan | Hasek, Dominik | Draper, Tom | Gaudreau, Rob | Emma, David |
| Gelinas, Martin | Holik, Bobby | Emerson, Nelson | Gordiouk, Viktor | Faust, Andre |
| Gordon, Scott | Hoover, Ron | Falloon, Pat | Green, Travis | Filimonov, Dimitri |
| Horacek, Tony | Hostak, Martin | Finley, Jeff | Guerin, Bill | Fraser, Iain |
| Horava, Miloslav | Ing, Peter | Fiset, Stephane | Hamrlik, Roman | Govedaris, Chris |
| Hrivnak, Jim | Jablonski, Pat | Foote, Adam | Harkins, Todd | Gratton, Chris |
| Janssens, Mark | Jagr, Jaromir | Forslund, Thomas | Hedican, Bret | Grieve, Brent |
| Johansson, Roger | Khristich, Dmitri | Foster, Corey | Hill, Sean | Hankinson, Ben |
| Joseph, Curtis | Kron, Robert | Freer, Mark | Hiller, Jim | Herbers, Ian |
| Krygier, Todd | Kucera, Frantisek | Greig, Mark | Hirsch, Corey | Huard, Bill |
| Kypreos, Nick | Kushner, Dale | Hatcher, Derian | Hurlbut, Mike | Jackson, Dane |
| Latal, Jiri | Lazaro, Jeff | Hebert, Guy | Jelinek, Tomas | Johnson, Greg |
| Lebeau, Stephan | Leclair, John | Heinze, Steve | Jones, Keith | Kaminski, Kevin |
| Lefebvre, Sylvain | Marchment, Bryan | Hervey, Matt | Karpa, Dave | Kaminsky, Yan |
| Mallette, Troy | Matteau, Stephane | Hynes, Gord | Kasparaitis, Darius | Karamnov, Vitali |
| May, Alan | Mazur, Jay | Irbe, Arturs | Keczmer, Dan | Karpovtsev, Alexander |
| McDonough, Hubie | McKenzie, Jim | Juneau, Joe | Khmylev, Yuri | Kekalainen, Jarmo |
| McIntyre, John | McNeill, Mike | Kamensky, Valeri | King, Steven | Kesa, Dan |
| McKay, Randy | Morin, Stephane | Karjalainen, Kyosti | Klatt, Trent | Kidd, Trevor |
| Modano, Mike | Murphy, Rob | Kennedy, Sheldon | Knickle, Rick | Kroupa, Vlastimil |
| Mogilny, Alexander | Murray, Pat | Konstantinov, Vladimir | Konowalchuk, Steve | Kudashov, Alexei |
| Mokosak, John | Nedved, Peter | Kordic, Dan | Korolev, Igor | Kuntar, Les |
| Morris, Jon | Nolan, Owen | Kravchuk, Igor | Kovalenko, Andrei | Lafayette, Nathan |
| Murray, Rob | O'Connor, Myles | Kruse, Paul | Kovalev, Alexei | Lammens, Hank |
| Ojanen, Janne | Odelein, Lyle | Lachance, Scott | Kozlov, Vyacheslav | Lang, Robert |
| Pearson, Scott | Odjick, Gino | Lambert, Dan | Kvartalnov, DimitrI | Laperriere, Daniel |
| Prajsler, Petr | Parks, Greg | Lapointe, Claude | Lenarduzzi, Mike | Lapointe, Martin |
| Priakhin, Sergei | Pederson, Mark | Larose, Guy | Leveque, Guy | Laus, Paul |
| Racine, Yves | Peluso, Mike | Leach, Jamie | Lindros, Eric | Leroux, Francois |
| Ranheim, Paul | Plavsic, Adrien | Lidstrom, Nicklas | Lipuma, Chris | Levins, Scott |
| Ray, Rob | Primeau, Keith | Lindberg, Chris | Loach, Lonnie | Lilley, John |
| Richter, Mike | Racicot, Andre | Lindsay, Bill | Loewen, Darcy | Madeley, Darrin |
| Ruzicka, Vladimir | Reichel, Robert | Lomakin, Andrei | Lorenz, Danny | Malgunas, Stewart |
| Schneider, Mathieu | Ricci, Mike | Macleod, Pat | Luongo, Chris | Maltby, Kirk |
| Severyn, Brent | Sabourin, Ken | Manderville, Kent | Malakhov, Vladimir | Martin, Matt |
| Shank, Daniel | Sacco, Joe | May, Brad | Maltais, Steve | Mayer, Derek |
| Shannon, Darrin | Sandelin, Scott | McEachern, Shawn | Matvichuk, Richard | McAmmond, Dean |
| Shaw, Brad | Semenov, Anatoli | McInnis, Marty | McGill, Ryan | McCarthy, Sandy |
| Skarda, Randy | Simard, Martin | Millen, Corey | Mironov, Dimitri | McCarty, Darren |
| Smith, Geoff | Stanton, Paul | Miller, Brad | Murray, Glen | McDougall, Bill |
| Snuggerud, Dave | Stewart, Allan | Miller, Kip | Needham, Mike | McKee, Mike |
| St.Laurent, Sam | Sundin, Mats | Mongeau, Michel | Niedermayer, Scott | McKim, Andrew |
| Sweeney, Don | Sutton, Ken | More, Jay | Nylander, Michael | McLennan, Jamie |
| Thomlinson, Dave | Sweeney, Tim | Myllys, Jarmo | O'Neill, Michael | McReynolds, Brian |
| Tomlak, Mike | Tabaracci, Rick | Nemchinov, Sergei | Osborne, Kevbo | McSween, Don |
| Twist, Tony | Tatarinov, Mikhail | Odgers, Jeff | Ozolinsh, Sandis | Miehm, Kevin |
| Weinrich, Eric | Thornton, Scott | Osiecki, Mark | Panteleyev, Grigori | Mironov, Boris |
| Whitmore, Kay | Townshend, Graeme | Paek, Jim | Pederson, Tom | Modry, Jaroslav |
| Wilkinson, Neil | Valk, Garry | Pearson, Rob | Pellerin, Scott | Montgomery, Jim |
| Zettler, Rob | Vermette, Mark | Picard, Michel | Petrovicky, Robert | Namestnikov, John |
| Vial, Dennis | Roberge, Mario | Podein, Shjon | Naslund, Markus | |
| Wakaluk, Darcy | Robinson, Robert | Potvin, Felix | Niedermayer, Rob | |
| Walz, Wes | Romaniuk, Russ | Potvin, Marc | Osgood, Chris | |
| Yake, Terry | Roussel, Dominic | Poulin, Patrick | Patterson, Ed | |
| Ysebaert, Paul | Russell, Cam | Prokhorov, Vitali | Peake, Pat | |
| Sanderson, Geoff | Quintin, Jean F. | Perreault, Yanic | ||
| Semak, Alexander | Rice, Steven | Petrenko, Sergei | ||
| Shannon, Darryl | Ronan, Ed | Petrov, Oleg | ||
| Skalde, Jarrod | Rucinsky, Martin | Plante, Dan | ||
| Stevens, John | Rumble, Darren | Plante, Derek | ||
| Sullivan, Mike | Rychel, Warren | Popovic, Peter | ||
| Sydor, Darryl | Savage, Reggie | Pronger, Chris | ||
| Tanner, John | Selanne, Teemu | Rathje, Mike | ||
| Thompson, Brent | Shuchuk, Gary | Redmond, Keith | ||
| Tkachuk, Keith | Sillinger, Mike | Renberg, Mikael | ||
| Todd, Kevin | Simon, Chris | Rhodes, Damian | ||
| Ulanov, Igor | Sjodin, Tommy | Schlegel, Brad | ||
| Vaske, Dennis | Slegr, JirI | Sevigny, Pierre | ||
| Weight, Doug | Smehlik, Richard | Shantz, Jeff | ||
| Williams, David | Soderstrom, Tommy | Shtalenkov, Mikhail | ||
| Winnes, Chris | Stauber, Robb | Simon, Todd | ||
| Zelepukin, Valeri | Straka, Martin | Slaney, John | ||
| Stumpel, Jozef | Smith, Jason | |||
| Tichy, Milan | Smolinski, Bryan | |||
| Van Allen, Shaun | Smyth, Kevin | |||
| Vujtek, Vladimir | Stewart, Cam | |||
| Ward, Dixon | Storm, Jim | |||
| Werenka, Brad | Sykora, Michal | |||
| Whitney, Ray | Tamer, Chris | |||
| Whyte, Sean | Tancill, Chris | |||
| Wood, Dody | Thibault, Jocelyn | |||
| Woolley, Jason | Thomas, Scott | |||
| Young, C.J. | Titov, German | |||
| Yushkevich, Dimitri | Tomlinson, Dave | |||
| Zamuner, Rob | Trefilov, Andrei | |||
| Zhamnov, Alexei | White, Peter | |||
| Zhitnik, AlexeI | Yashin, Alexei | |||
| Zmolek, Doug | Zholtok, Sergei | |||
| Zubov, Sergei | ||||