FIRST OVERALL DRAFT PICKS

Season	Player	Team
1947	Walt Dropo	Providence Steamrollers
1948	Andy Tonkovich	Providence Steamrollers
1949	Ed Macauley	Saint Louis Bombers
1950	Charlie Share	Boston Celtics
1951	Gene Melchiorre	Baltimore Bullets
1952	Mark Workman	Milwaukee Hawks
1953	Ray Felix	Baltimore Bullets
1954	Frank Selvy	Baltimore Bullets
1955	Dick Ricketts	Milwaukee Hawks
1956	Sihugo Green	Rochester Royals
1957	Rod Hundley	Cincinnati Royals
1958	Elgin Baylor	Minneapolis Lakers
1959	Bob Boozer	Cincinnati Royals
1960	Oscar Robertson	Cincinnati Royals
1961	Walt Bellamy	Chicago Packers
1962	Bill McGill	Chicago Zephyrs
1963	Art Heyman	New York Knicks
1964	Jim Barnes	New York Knicks
1965	Fred Hetzel	San Francisco Warriors
1966	Cazie Russell	New York Knicks
1967	Jimmy Walker	Detroit Pistons
1968	Elvin Hayes	San Diego Rockets
1969	Lew Alcindor	Milwaukee Bucks
1970	Bob Lanier	Detroit Pistons
1971	Austin Carr	Cleveland Cavaliers
1972	LaRue Martin	Portland Trail Blazers
1973	Doug Collins	Philadelphia 76ers
1974	Bill Walton	Portland Trail Blazers
1975	David Thomson	Atlanta Hawks
1976	John Lucas	Houston Rockets
1977	Kent Benson	Milwaukee Bucks
1978	Mychal Thompson	Portland Trail Blazers
1979	Earvin Magic Johnson	Los Angeles Lakers
1980	Joe Barry Carroll	Golden State Warriors
1981	Mark Aguirre	Dallas Mavericks
1982	James Worhty	Los Angeles Lakers
1983	Ralph Sampson	Houston Rockets
1984	Hakeem Olajuwon	Houston Rockets
1985	Patrick Ewing	New York Knicks
1986	Brad Daugherty	Cleveland Cavaliers
1987	David Robinson	San Antonio Spurs
1988	Danny Manning	Los Angeles Clippers
1989	Pervis Ellison	Sacramento Kings
1990	Derrick Coleman	New Jersey Nets
1991	Larry Johnson	Charlotte Hornets
1992	Shaquille O'Neal	Orlando Magic
1993	Chris Webber	Orlando Magic
1994	Glenn Robinson	Milwaukee Bucks
1995	Joe Smith	Golden State Warriors
1996	Allen Iverson	Philadelphia 76ers
1997	Tim Duncan	San Antonio Spurs
1998	Michael Olowokandi	Milwaukee Bucks
1999	Elton Brand	Chicago Bulls
2000	Kenyon Martin	New Jersey Nets
2001	Kwame Brown	Washington Wizards
2002	Yao Ming	Houston Rockets
2003	LeBron James	Cleveland Cavaliers
2004	Dwight Howard	Orlando Magic
2005	Andrew Bogut	Milwaukee Bucks
2006	Andrea Bargnani	Toronto Raptors
2007	Greg Oden	Portland Trail Blazers
2008	Derrick Rose	Chicago Bulls
2009	Blake Griffin	Los Angeles Clippers
2010	John Wall	Washington Wizards
2011	Kyrie Irving	Cleveland Cavaliers
2012	Anthony Davis	New Orleans Hornets
2013	Anthony Bennett	Cleveland Cavaliers
2014	Andrew Wiggins	Cleveland Cavaliers
2015	Karl Anthony Towns	Minnesota Timberwolves
2016	Ben Simmons	Philadelphia 76ers
2017	Markelle Fultz	Philadelphia 76ers
2018	DeAndre Ayton	Phoenix Suns
2019	Zion Williamson	New Orleans Pelicans