List of Miami Dolphins first-round draft picks

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Dan Marino, drafted by the Dolphins in 1983, became a Hall of Famer in 2005.

The Miami Dolphins, a professional American football team based in Miami, Florida, are part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Dolphins were founded by Joseph Robbie and Danny Thomas in 1965. They began playing in the American Football League (AFL) as an expansion team in 1966 and joined the NFL as part of the AFL–NFL merger in 1967.

They first participated in the 1966 AFL Annual Player Selection Meeting, more commonly known as the NFL draft. In the annual NFL Draft, each franchise seeks to add new players to its roster. Teams are ranked in reverse order based on the previous season's record, with the worst record picking first, the second worst picking second and so on. The two exceptions to this order are made for teams that appeared in the previous Super Bowl; the Super Bowl champion always picks 32nd, and the Super Bowl loser always picks 31st. Teams have the option of trading away their picks to other teams for different picks, players, cash, or a combination thereof. Thus, it is not uncommon for a team's actual draft pick to differ from their assigned draft pick, or for a team to have extra or no draft picks in any round due to these trades.

As an expansion team in the AFL, the Dolphins were granted the first two picks in the 1966 American Football League Draft. They selected Jim Grabowski and Rick Norton with the first and second picks, respectively. The Dolphins' first selection as an NFL team was Bob Griese, a quarterback from Purdue. The team's most recent first-round selections were Jaylen Waddle, a wide receiver from Alabama and Jaelan Phillips, a defensive end from the University of Miami in 2021.

Key

Table key

^	Indicates the player was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
*	Selected number one overall
—	The Dolphins did not draft a player in the first round that year.
Year	Each year links to an article about that particular AFL or NFL Draft.
Pick	Indicates the number of the pick within the first round
Position	Indicates the position of the player in the NFL
†	Indicates the player was selected for the Pro Bowl
College	The player's college football team

Player selections

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Ronnie Brown was selected in the 2005 NFL Draft.

Miami Dolphins first-round draft picks

Year	Pick	Player name	Position	College	Notes
1966	Template:Nts	*	RB	Illinois	Template:Efn
	Template:Nts		QB	Kentucky
1967	Template:Nts	^		Purdue
1968	Template:Nts	^	FB	Syracuse
	Template:Nts		OT	Indiana	Template:Efn
1969	Template:Nts	†	DE	Georgia
1970	—	— No pick	—	—	Template:Efn
1971					Template:Efn
1972	Template:Nts		DT	Notre Dame
1973	—	— No pick	—	—	Template:Efn
1974	Template:Nts		DE	Jackson State
1975	Template:Nts		OT	Tampa
1976	Template:Nts		LB	Arizona State	Template:Efn
	Template:Nts	†		San Jose State
1977	Template:Nts	†	DE	Louisiana State
1978	—	— No pick	—	—	Template:Efn
1979	Template:Nts		OT	Michigan
1980	Template:Nts		DB	Alabama
1981	Template:Nts		RB	Oklahoma
1982	Template:Nts	†	G	USC
1983	Template:Nts	^	QB	Pittsburgh
1984	Template:Nts		LB	Oklahoma	Template:Efn
1985	Template:Nts		RB	Florida
1986	—	— No pick	—	—	Template:Efn
1987	Template:Nts		DE	Boston College	Template:Efn
1988	Template:Nts			Ohio State
1989	Template:Nts		RB	Florida State
	Template:Nts		S	Florida	Template:Efn
1990	Template:Nts	†	OT	Texas A&M
1991	Template:Nts		WR	Miami (FL)
1992	Template:Nts	†	DB	Wisconsin	Template:Efn
	Template:Nts		LB	Georgia Tech
1993	Template:Nts		WR	Penn State
1994	Template:Nts	†	DT	Mississippi	Template:Efn
1995	Template:Nts		OT	Houston
1996	Template:Nts		DT	Baylor
1997	Template:Nts		WR	Miami (FL)
1998	Template:Nts		RB	Mississippi	Template:Efn
1999	—	— No pick	—	—	Template:Efn
2000					Template:Efn
2001	Template:Nts		DB	Wisconsin
2002	—	— No pick	—	—	Template:Efn
2003
2004	Template:Nts		OT	Miami (FL)	Template:Efn
2005	Template:Nts	†	RB	Auburn
2006	Template:Nts		DB	Tennessee
2007	Template:Nts		WR	Ohio State
2008	Template:Nts	* †	OT	Michigan
2009	Template:Nts	†	CB	Illinois
2010	Template:Nts		DT	Penn State	Template:Efn
2011	Template:Nts	†	C	Florida
2012	Template:Nts	†	QB	Texas A&M
2013	Template:Nts		DE	Oregon	Template:Efn
2014	Template:Nts		OT	Tennessee
2015	Template:Nts		WR	Louisville
2016	Template:Nts	†	T	Mississippi	Template:Efn
2017	Template:Nts		DE	Missouri
2018	Template:Nts	†	S	Alabama
2019	Template:Nts		DT	Clemson
2020	Template:Nts	†	QB	Alabama
	Template:Nts		OT	USC
	Template:Nts		CB	Auburn	Template:Efn
2021	Template:Nts		WR	Alabama
	Template:Nts		DE	Miami (FL)
2022	—	— No pick	—	—	Template:Efn
2023					Template:Efn
2024	Template:Nts		DE	Penn State
2025	Template:Nts	Kenneth Grant	DT	Michigan

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