That says nothing of European and early era forwards obviously, but I did make a table for my bio of Tord Lundstrom of Europeans at the international level who were drafted recently.
I left some Europeans who played in the NHL off, or ones who seemed to be more valued for their checking skills. Let me know though and I can look them or anyone I forgot up.
|Intl Finishes
Nils Nilsson|1, 2, 6, 7, 9
Vladimir Ruzicka|1, 3, 5, 5
Tord Lundstrom|6, 6, 6, 8
Ville Peltonen|2, 2, 4, 6
Raimo Helminen|1, 6, 7
Ronald Pettersson|2, 6, 10
Vladimir Golikov|4, 6, 10
Mats Ahlberg|3, 10, 10
Viktor Polupanov|2, 2
Alexander Golikov|3, 3
Viktor Zhluktov|1, 10
Roland Eriksson|3, 9
Thomas Rundqvist|4, 9
Sergei Shepelev|8, 9
Jiri Novak|2
Jan Klapac|3
Alexander Martynyuk|4
Alexander Bodunov|5
Lars-Eric Lundvall|6
Willy Lindstrom|6
Matti Hagman|10
The following drafted players never had a top 10 finish: Pelle Eklund, Jorgen Jonsson, Evgeny Mishakov, Eduard Novak, Alexander Skvortsov, Sergei Svetlov, Evgeny Zimin
This table combines World Championships, Olympics, and Canada Cups. The Canada Cups were a higher level of competition, but this doesn't acknowledge that. For example, Svetlov's 11th place finish in the Canada Cup is probably more impressive than Hagman's 10th place finish in the World Championships. This also highlights the problem with stopping at top 10, but I had to draw an arbitrary line somewhere.
You also need to consider the era these finishes were accumulated in too.