Kammala wannan jumla: McDavid an rubuta shi ne na farko a cikin jerin
2015 NHL shigarwa da Edmonton Oilers. A ranar 3 ga Yuli, 2015, McDavid ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar shiga shekaru uku tare da ƙungiyar. Ya fara buga wasan NHL a ranar 8 ga Oktoba, 2015, a cikin rashin nasara 3-1 ga St. Louis Blues. McDavid ya zira kwallaye na farko (da maki) bayan dare hudu a kan mai tsaron gida Kari Lehtonen, a cikin rashin nasara 4 zuwa 2 ga Dallas Stars. A ranar 3 ga Nuwamba, 2015, ya karya ƙashin ƙugu a lokacin wasa da Philadelphia Flyers lokacin da ya yi karo da Brandon Manning kuma ya sa ya rasa wasanni 37 na gaba. Ya dawo cikin layin a ranar 2 ga Fabrairu, 2016, inda ya zira kwallaye biyu. A wasan farko da ya buga da tawagarsa ta yara, Toronto Maple Leafs, McDavid ya sami dare na farko na maki biyar, yana yin rikodin maki a kan kowane burin a cikin nasara 5<unk>2, gami da taimako uku (a kan burin Jordan Eberle uku) da kuma kwallaye biyu. Ya gama na uku a zaben Calder Memorial Trophy a matsayin Rookie na NHL na Shekara duk da cewa ya halarci wasanni 45 ne kawai a kakar wasansa.