Est. 2023 · ESPN League 1227546734 · Head-to-Head Points
Every NBA draft from 1947 to 2026, pick by pick — Basketball-Reference draft pages (1947-2025) + site draft ledger (2026). The No. 1 pick of every year is tabled below; pick any year for the full draft.
| Year | No. 1 pick | Team | College | Picks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | AJ Dybantsa | Washington Wizards | BYU | 60 |
| 2025 | Cooper Flagg | DAL | Duke | 60 |
| 2024 | Zaccharie Risacher | ATL | 60 | |
| 2023 | Victor Wembanyama | SAS | 58 | |
| 2022 | Paolo Banchero | ORL | Duke | 58 |
| 2021 | Cade Cunningham | DET | Oklahoma State | 60 |
| 2020 | Anthony Edwards | MIN | Georgia | 60 |
| 2019 | Zion Williamson | NOP | Duke | 60 |
| 2018 | Deandre Ayton | PHO | Arizona | 60 |
| 2017 | Markelle Fultz | PHI | Washington | 60 |
| 2016 | Ben Simmons | PHI | LSU | 60 |
| 2015 | Karl-Anthony Towns | MIN | Kentucky | 60 |
| 2014 | Andrew Wiggins | CLE | Kansas | 60 |
| 2013 | Anthony Bennett | CLE | UNLV | 60 |
| 2012 | Anthony Davis | NOH | Kentucky | 60 |
| 2011 | Kyrie Irving | CLE | Duke | 60 |
| 2010 | John Wall | WAS | Kentucky | 60 |
| 2009 | Blake Griffin | LAC | Oklahoma | 60 |
| 2008 | Derrick Rose | CHI | Memphis | 60 |
| 2007 | Greg Oden | POR | Ohio State | 60 |
| 2006 | Andrea Bargnani | TOR | 60 | |
| 2005 | Andrew Bogut | MIL | Utah | 60 |
| 2004 | Dwight Howard | ORL | 59 | |
| 2003 | LeBron James | CLE | 58 | |
| 2002 | Yao Ming | HOU | 57 | |
| 2001 | Kwame Brown | WAS | 57 | |
| 2000 | Kenyon Martin | NJN | Cincinnati | 58 |
| 1999 | Elton Brand | CHI | Duke | 58 |
| 1998 | Michael Olowokandi | LAC | University of the Pacific | 58 |
| 1997 | Tim Duncan | SAS | Wake Forest | 57 |
| 1996 | Allen Iverson | PHI | Georgetown | 58 |
| 1995 | Joe Smith | GSW | Maryland | 58 |
| 1994 | Glenn Robinson | MIL | Purdue | 54 |
| 1993 | Chris Webber | ORL | Michigan | 54 |
| 1992 | Shaquille O'Neal | ORL | LSU | 54 |
| 1991 | Larry Johnson | CHH | UNLV | 54 |
| 1990 | Derrick Coleman | NJN | Syracuse | 54 |
| 1989 | Pervis Ellison | SAC | Louisville | 54 |
| 1988 | Danny Manning | LAC | Kansas | 75 |
| 1987 | David Robinson | SAS | United States Naval Academy | 161 |
| 1986 | Brad Daugherty | CLE | UNC | 162 |
| 1985 | Patrick Ewing | NYK | Georgetown | 162 |
| 1984 | Hakeem Olajuwon | HOU | Houston | 228 |
| 1983 | Ralph Sampson | HOU | Virginia | 226 |
| 1982 | James Worthy | LAL | UNC | 225 |
| 1981 | Mark Aguirre | DAL | DePaul | 223 |
| 1980 | Joe Barry Carroll | GSW | Purdue | 214 |
| 1979 | Magic Johnson | LAL | Michigan State | 202 |
| 1978 | Mychal Thompson | POR | Minnesota | 202 |
| 1977 | Kent Benson | MIL | Indiana | 170 |
| 1976 | John Lucas | HOU | Maryland | 173 |
| 1975 | David Thompson | ATL | NC State | 174 |
| 1974 | Bill Walton | POR | UCLA | 178 |
| 1973 | Doug Collins | PHI | Illinois State | 211 |
| 1972 | LaRue Martin | POR | Loyola Chicago | 198 |
| 1971 | Austin Carr | CLE | Notre Dame | 237 |
| 1970 | Bob Lanier | DET | St. Bonaventure | 239 |
| 1969 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | MIL | UCLA | 218 |
| 1968 | Elvin Hayes | SDR | Houston | 214 |
| 1967 | Jimmy Walker | DET | Providence | 162 |
| 1966 | Cazzie Russell | NYK | Michigan | 112 |
| 1965 | Fred Hetzel | SFW | Davidson | 112 |
| 1964 | Jim Barnes | NYK | Texas-El Paso | 101 |
| 1963 | Art Heyman | NYK | Duke | 84 |
| 1962 | Billy McGill | CHZ | Utah | 102 |
| 1961 | Walt Bellamy | CHP | Indiana | 107 |
| 1960 | Oscar Robertson | CIN | Cincinnati | 101 |
| 1959 | Bob Boozer | CIN | Kansas State | 85 |
| 1958 | Elgin Baylor | MNL | Seattle University | 88 |
| 1957 | Hot Rod Hundley | CIN | West Virginia | 85 |
| 1956 | Si Green | ROC | Duquesne | 92 |
| 1955 | Dick Ricketts | STL | Duquesne | 95 |
| 1954 | Frank Selvy | BLB | Furman University | 100 |
| 1953 | Ernie Beck | PHW | Penn | 122 |
| 1952 | Mark Workman | MLH | West Virginia | 106 |
| 1951 | Gene Melchiorre | BLB | Bradley | 87 |
| 1950 | Chuck Share | BOS | Bowling Green | 121 |
| 1949 | Howie Shannon | PRO | Kansas State | 83 |
| 1948 | Andy Tonkovich | PRO | Marshall | 113 |
| 1947 | Clifton McNeely | PIT | Texas Wesleyan University | 78 |