NBA Draft All-Time Top (#1) Picks
Draft First Pick List | June 14, 2006
Each year the annual NBA Draft produces a #1 pick, and that top player has plenty of pressure on his shoulders to live up to top NBA draft picks of the past. Below is a list of all-time NBA draft first players selected:
This is every single NBA draft #1 pick ever:
Year
NBA Team
Player
School
2006
Toronto
Andrea Bargnani
Italy
2005
Milwaukee
Andrew Bogut
U of Utah
2004
Orlando
Dwight Howard
SW Atlanta Christian Academy (GA) (High School)
2003
Cleveland
LeBron James
St. Vincent-St. Mary HS (OH) (High School)
2002
Houston
Yao Ming
China
2001
Washington
Kwame Brown
Glynn Academy (High School)
2000
New Jersey
Kenyon Martin
Cincinnati
1999
Chicago
Elton Brand
Duke
1998
LA Clippers
Michael Olowokandi
Pacific
1997
San Antonio
Tim Duncan
Wake Forest
1996
Philadelphia
Allen Iverson
Georgetown
1995
Golden State
Joe Smith
Maryland
1994
Milwaukee
Glenn Robinson
Purdue
1993
Orlando
Chris Webber
Michigan
1992
Orlando
Shaquille O'Neal
LSU
1991
Charlotte
Larry Johnson
UNLV
1990
New Jersey
Derrick Coleman
Syracuse
1989
Sacramento
Pervis Ellison
Louisville
1988
LA Clippers
Danny Manning
Kansas
1987
San Antonio
David Robinson
Navy
1986
Cleveland
Brad Daugherty
North Carolina
1985
New York
Patrick Ewing
Georgetown
1984
Houston
Akeem Olajuwon
Houston
1983
Houston
Ralph Sampson
Virginia
1982
LA Lakers
James Worthy
North Carolina
1981
Dallas
Mark Aguirre
DePaul
1980
Golden State
Joe Barrry Carroll
Purdue
1979
LA Lakers
Earvin Johnson
Michigan State
1978
Portland
Mychal Thompson
Minnesota
1977
Milwaukee
Kent Benson
Indiana
1976
Houston
John Lucas
Maryland
1975
Atlanta
David Thompson
North Carolina State
1974
Portland
Bill Walton
UCLA
1973
Philadelphia
Doug Collins
Illinois State
1972
Portland
LaRue Martin
Loyola (Ill.)
1971
Cleveland
Austin Carr
Notre Dame
1970
Detroit
Bob Lanier
St. Bonaventure
1969
Milwaukee
Lew Alcindor
UCLA
1968
San Diego
Elvin Hayes
Houston
1967
Detroit
Jimmy Walker
Providence
1966
New York
Cazzie Russell
Michigan
1965
San Francisco
Fred Hetzel
Davidson
1964
New York
Jim Barnes
Texas Western
1963
New York
Art Heyman
Duke
1962
Chicago
Bill McGill
Utah
1961
Chicago
Walt Bellamy
Indiana
1960
Cincinnati
Oscar Robertson
Cincinnati
1959
Cincinnati
Bob Boozer
Kansas State
1958
Minneapolis
Elgin Baylor
Seattle
1957
Cincinnati
Rod Hundley
West Virginia
1956
Rochester
Sihugo Green
Duquesne
1955
Milwaukee
Dick Ricketts
Duquesne
1954
Baltimore
Frank Selvy
Furman
1953
Philadelphia
Ernie Beck
Pennsylvania
1952
Milwaukee
Mark Workman
West Virginia
1951
Baltimore
Gene Melchiorre
Bradley
1950
Boston
Charlie Share
Bowling Green
1949
Providence
Howie Shannon
Kansas State
1948
Providence
Andy Tonkovich
Marshall
1947
Pittsburgh
Clifton Neeley
Texas Western