NBA Number 1 Draft Picks Since 1947
Information about all the first selections in NBA Draft history, including player, team and college or country
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Here you have the complete list of number 1 NBA Draft picks since the beginnig of the league in 1947. Total Drafts: 79
NBA Draft - All the First Picks since 1947
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| Year | First Pick | NBA Team | From (College/Club) |
| 2025 | Cooper Flagg | Dallas Mavericks | Duke |
| 2024 | Zaccharie Risacher | Atlanta Hawks | JL Bourg (France) |
| 2023 | Victor Wembanyama | San Antonio Spurs | Metropolitans 92 (France) |
| 2022 | Paolo Banchero | Orlando Magic | Duke |
| 2021 | Cade Cunningham | Detroit Pistons | Oklahoma State |
| 2020 | Anthony Edwards | Minnesota Timberwolves | Georgia |
| 2019 | Zion Williamson | New Orleans Pelicans | Duke University |
| 2018 | Deandre Ayton | Phoenix Suns | Arizona |
| 2017 | Markelle Fultz | Philadelphia 76ers | Washington |
| 2016 | Ben Simmons | Philadelphia 76ers | Louisiana State University |
| Year | First Pick | NBA Team | From (College/Club) |
| 2015 | Karl-Anthony Towns | Minnesota Timberwolves | University of Kentucky |
| 2014 | Andrew Wiggins | Cleveland Cavaliers | Kansas |
| 2013 | Anthony Bennett | Cleveland Cavaliers | UNLV |
| 2012 | Anthony Davis | New Orleans Hornets | University of Kentucky |
| 2011 | Kyrie Irving | Cleveland Cavaliers | Duke University |
| 2010 | John Wall | Washington Wizards | University of Kentucky |
| 2009 | Blake Griffin | Los Angeles Clippers | University of Oklahoma |
| 2008 | Derrick Rose | Chicago Bulls | University of Memphis |
| 2007 | Greg Oden | Portland Trail Blazers | Ohio State University |
| 2006 | Andrea Bargnani | Toronto Raptors | |
| 2005 | Andrew Bogut | Milwaukee Bucks | University of Utah |
| 2004 | Dwight Howard | Orlando Magic | |
| 2003 | LeBron James | Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| 2002 | Yao Ming | Houston Rockets | |
| 2001 | Kwame Brown | Washington Wizards |
| Year | First Pick | NBA Team | From (College/Club) |
| 2000 | Kenyon Martin | New Jersey Nets | University of Cincinnati |
| 1999 | Elton Brand | Chicago Bulls | Duke University |
| 1998 | Michael Olowokandi | Los Angeles Clippers | University of the Pacific |
| 1997 | Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs | Wake Forest University |
| 1996 | Allen Iverson | Philadelphia 76ers | Georgetown University |
| 1995 | Joe Smith | Golden State Warriors | University of Maryland |
| 1994 | Glenn Robinson | Milwaukee Bucks | Purdue University |
| 1993 | Chris Webber | Orlando Magic | University of Michigan |
| 1992 | Shaquille O'Neal | Orlando Magic | Louisiana State University |
| 1991 | Larry Johnson | Charlotte Hornets | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| 1990 | Derrick Coleman | New Jersey Nets | Syracuse University |
| 1989 | Pervis Ellison | Sacramento Kings | University of Louisville |
| 1988 | Danny Manning | Los Angeles Clippers | University of Kansas |
| 1987 | David Robinson | San Antonio Spurs | United States Naval Academy |
| 1986 | Brad Daugherty | Cleveland Cavaliers | University of North Carolina |
| Year | First Pick | NBA Team | From (College/Club) |
| 1985 | Patrick Ewing | New York Knicks | Georgetown University |
| 1984 | Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston Rockets | University of Houston |
| 1983 | Ralph Sampson | Houston Rockets | University of Virginia |
| 1982 | James Worthy | Los Angeles Lakers | University of North Carolina |
| 1981 | Mark Aguirre | Dallas Mavericks | DePaul University |
| 1980 | Joe Barry Carroll | Golden State Warriors | Purdue University |
| 1979 | Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers | Michigan State University |
| 1978 | Mychal Thompson | Portland Trail Blazers | University of Minnesota |
| 1977 | Kent Benson | Milwaukee Bucks | Indiana University |
| 1976 | John Lucas | Houston Rockets | University of Maryland |
| 1975 | David Thompson | Atlanta Hawks | North Carolina State University |
| 1974 | Bill Walton | Portland Trail Blazers | University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1973 | Doug Collins | Philadelphia 76ers | Illinois State University |
| 1972 | LaRue Martin | Portland Trail Blazers | Loyola University of Chicago |
| 1971 | Austin Carr | Cleveland Cavaliers | University of Notre Dame |
| Year | First Pick | NBA Team | From (College/Club) |
| 1970 | Bob Lanier | Detroit Pistons | St. Bonaventure University |
| 1969 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Milwaukee Bucks | University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1968 | Elvin Hayes | San Diego Rockets | University of Houston |
| 1967 | Jimmy Walker | Detroit Pistons | Providence College |
| 1966 | Cazzie Russell | New York Knicks | University of Michigan |
| 1965 | Fred Hetzel | San Francisco Warriors | Davidson College |
| 1964 | Jim Barnes | New York Knicks | University of Texas at El Paso |
| 1963 | Art Heyman | New York Knicks | Duke University |
| 1962 | Bill McGill | Chicago Zephyrs | University of Utah |
| 1961 | Walt Bellamy | Chicago Packers | Indiana University |
| 1960 | Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati Royals | University of Cincinnati |
| 1959 | Bob Boozer | Cincinnati Royals | Kansas State University |
| 1958 | Elgin Baylor | Minneapolis Lakers | Seattle University |
| 1957 | Hot Rod Hundley | Cincinnati Royals | West Virginia University |
| 1956 | Si Green | Rochester Royals | Duquesne University |
| Year | First Pick | NBA Team | From (College/Club) |
| 1955 | Dick Ricketts | St. Louis Hawks | Duquesne University |
| 1954 | Frank Selvy | Baltimore Bullets (1st) | Furman University |
| 1953 | Ray Felix | Baltimore Bullets (1st) | Long Island University |
| 1952 | Mark Workman | Milwaukee Hawks | West Virginia University |
| 1951 | Gene Melchiorre | Baltimore Bullets (1st) | Bradley University |
| 1950 | Chuck Share | Boston Celtics | Bowling Green State University |
| 1949 | Howie Shannon | Providence Steamrollers | Kansas State University |
| 1948 | Andy Tonkovich | Providence Steamrollers | Marshall University |
| 1947 | Clifton McNeeley | Pittsburgh Ironmen | University of Texas at El Paso |
* The NBA was officially BAA from 1947 to 1949.