List of all-time firsts at the NBA Draft

Overview of all basketball players selected in position 1 in the NBA Draft .

First overall in the NBA Draft

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