List of first overall NBA draft picks

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LeBron James, a high school draftee, was one of the most anticipated first overall draft picks.

The first overall pick in the National Basketball Association (NBA) is the player who is selected first among all eligible draftees by a team during the league's annual draft. The first pick is awarded to the team that wins the NBA draft lottery; in most cases, that team had a losing record in the previous season. The NBA team that garners the top overall draft pick selection generates significant media attention,[1] as does the respective player who eventually gets selected with that first pick.

Eleven first picks have won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Oscar Robertson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (record six-time winner), Bill Walton, Magic Johnson (three-time winner), Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson, Shaquille O'Neal, Allen Iverson, Tim Duncan (two-time winner), LeBron James (four-time winner), and Derrick Rose (youngest winner).

China's Yao Ming (2002), Italy's Andrea Bargnani (2006), France's Victor Wembanyama (2023) and Zaccharie Risacher (2024) are the only players without competitive experience in the United States to be drafted first overall. Eleven other international players with U.S. college experience have been drafted first overall—Mychal Thompson (Bahamas) in 1978, Olajuwon (Nigeria) in 1984, Patrick Ewing (Jamaica) in 1985, Duncan (U.S. Virgin Islands) in 1997, Michael Olowokandi (Nigeria) in 1998, Andrew Bogut (Australia) in 2005, Kyrie Irving (Australia) in 2011, Anthony Bennett (Canada) in 2013, Andrew Wiggins (Canada) in 2014, Ben Simmons (Australia) in 2016, and Deandre Ayton (Bahamas) in 2018. Duncan is an American citizen, but is considered an "international" player by the NBA because he was not born in one of the fifty states or the District of Columbia.[2] Ewing[3] had dual Jamaican—American citizenship when he was drafted, and Irving[4] and Simmons[5] had dual Australian—American citizenship when they were drafted.

Note that the drafts between 1947 and 1949 were held by the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The Basketball Association of America became the National Basketball Association after absorbing teams from the National Basketball League in the fall of 1949. Official NBA publications include the BAA Drafts as part of the NBA's draft history.

Key

^ Denotes players who have been selected to the All-Star Game or All-NBA Team
^* Denotes Hall of Famers
PPG Points per game[lower-alpha 1]
APG Assists per game[lower-alpha 1]
RPG Rebounds per game[lower-alpha 1]
Player
(in italic text) 		Rookie of the Year
Player
(in bold text) 		Denotes a player who is currently active in the NBA

List of first overall picks

Draft Selected by Player Nationality Position College/
high school/
former club 		NBA rookie statistics Ref.
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1947 Pittsburgh Ironmen Template:Sortname[lower-alpha 2] Template:Country data United States Template:Sort Texas Wesleyan Template:Ntsh— Template:Ntsh— Template:Ntsh— [lower-alpha 2]
1948 Providence Steamrollers Template:Sortname Template:Flagu Template:Sort Marshall Template:Nts Template:Ntsh— Template:Nts [8]
1949 Providence Steamrollers Template:Sortname[lower-alpha 3] Template:Flagu Center Kansas State Template:Nts Template:Ntsh— Template:Nts [10]
1950 Boston Celtics Template:Sortname[lower-alpha 4] Template:Flagu Center Bowling Green Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [11]
1951 Baltimore Bullets Template:Sortname[lower-alpha 5] Template:Flagu Guard Bradley Template:Ntsh— Template:Ntsh— Template:Ntsh— [lower-alpha 5]
1952 Milwaukee Hawks Template:Sortname[lower-alpha 6] Template:Flagu Center West Virginia Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [16]
1953 Baltimore Bullets Template:Sortname^[lower-alpha 7] Template:Flagu Template:Sort Manchester British-Americans (ABL) Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [18]
1954 Baltimore Bullets Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Template:Sort Furman Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [19]
1955 Milwaukee Hawks Template:Sortname[lower-alpha 8] Template:Flagu Template:Sort Duquesne Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [21]
1956 Rochester Royals Template:Sortname[lower-alpha 9] Template:Flagu Template:Sort Duquesne Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [23]
1957 Cincinnati Royals Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Guard West Virginia Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [24]
1958 Minneapolis Lakers Template:Sortname^*[lower-alpha 10] Template:Flagu Forward Seattle Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [26]
1959 Cincinnati Royals Template:Sortname^[lower-alpha 11] Template:Flagu Forward Kansas State Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [28]
1960 Cincinnati Royals Template:Sortname^*[lower-alpha 12] Template:Flagu Template:Sort Cincinnati Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [31]
1961 Chicago Packers Template:Sortname^* Template:Flagu Center Indiana Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [32]
1962 Chicago Zephyrs Template:Sortname[lower-alpha 13] Template:Flagu Template:Sort Utah Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [34]
1963 New York Knicks Template:Sortname[lower-alpha 14] Template:Flagu Forward/guard Duke Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [36]
1964 New York Knicks Template:Sortname[lower-alpha 15] Template:Flagu Center/forward Texas Western Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [38]
1965 San Francisco Warriors Template:Sortname[lower-alpha 16] Template:Flagu Template:Sort Davidson Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [40]
1966 New York Knicks Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Forward/guard Michigan Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [41]
1967 Detroit Pistons Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Guard Providence Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [42]
1968 San Diego Rockets Template:Sortname^* Template:Flagu Center/forward Houston Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [43]
1969 Milwaukee Bucks Template:Sortname^*[lower-alpha 17] Template:Flagu Center UCLA Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [45]
1970 Detroit Pistons Template:Sortname^* Template:Flagu Center St. Bonaventure Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [46]
1971 Cleveland Cavaliers Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Guard Notre Dame Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [47]
1972 Portland Trail Blazers Template:Sortname Template:Flagu Center Loyola (Illinois) Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [48]
1973 Philadelphia 76ers Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Template:Sort Illinois State Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [49]
1974 Portland Trail Blazers Template:Sortname^* Template:Flagu Center UCLA Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [50]
1975 Atlanta Hawks Template:Sortname^*[lower-alpha 18] Template:Flagu Forward/guard NC State Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [51]
1976 Houston Rockets Template:Sortname Template:Flagu Guard Maryland Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [52]
1977 Milwaukee Bucks Template:Sortname Template:Flagu Center Indiana Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [53]
1978 Portland Trail Blazers Template:Sortname Template:Country data Bahamas Template:Sort Minnesota Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [54]
1979 Los Angeles Lakers Template:Sortname^* Template:Flagu Template:Sort Michigan State Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [55]
1980 Golden State Warriors Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Center Purdue Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [56]
1981 Dallas Mavericks Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Forward DePaul Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [57]
1982 Los Angeles Lakers Template:Sortname^* Template:Flagu Forward North Carolina Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [58]
1983 Houston Rockets Template:Sortname^* Template:Flagu Center Virginia Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [59]
1984 Houston Rockets Template:Sortname^*[lower-alpha 19] Template:Country data Nigeria[lower-alpha 19] Center Houston Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [62]
1985 New York Knicks Template:Sortname^* Template:Flagu[lower-alpha 20] Center Georgetown Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [65]
1986 Cleveland Cavaliers Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Center North Carolina Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [66]
1987 San Antonio Spurs Template:Sortname^*[lower-alpha 21] Template:Flagu Center Navy Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [68]
1988 Los Angeles Clippers Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Forward Kansas Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [69]
1989 Sacramento Kings Template:Sortname Template:Flagu Center Louisville Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [70]
1990 New Jersey Nets Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Template:Sort Syracuse Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [71]
1991 Charlotte Hornets Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Forward UNLV Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [72]
1992 Orlando Magic Template:Sortname^* Template:Flagu Center LSU Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [73]
1993 Orlando Magic Template:Sortname^* Template:Flagu Forward Michigan Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [74]
1994 Milwaukee Bucks Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Forward Purdue Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [75]
1995 Golden State Warriors Template:Sortname Template:Flagu Forward Maryland Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [76]
1996 Philadelphia 76ers Template:Sortname^* Template:Flagu Guard Georgetown Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [77]
1997 San Antonio Spurs Template:Sortname^* Template:Flagu[lower-alpha 22] Template:Sort Wake Forest Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [79]
1998 Los Angeles Clippers Template:Sortname Template:Flagu Center Pacific Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [80]
1999 Chicago Bulls Template:Sortname^[lower-alpha 23] Template:Flagu Forward Duke Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [82]
2000 New Jersey Nets Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Forward Cincinnati Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [83]
2001 Washington Wizards Template:Sortname Template:Flagu Center Glynn Academy HS (Brunswick, Georgia) Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [84]
2002 Houston Rockets Template:Sortname^* Template:Country data China Center Shanghai Sharks (China) Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [85]
2003 Cleveland Cavaliers Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Forward St. Vincent–St. Mary HS (Akron, Ohio) Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [86]
2004 Orlando Magic Template:Sortname^* Template:Flagu Center SACA (Atlanta) Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [87]
2005 Milwaukee Bucks Template:Sortname^ Template:Country data Australia Center Utah Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [88]
2006 Toronto Raptors Template:Sortname Template:Country data Italy Template:Sort Benetton Treviso (Italy) Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [89]
2007 Portland Trail Blazers Template:Sortname[lower-alpha 24] Template:Flagu Center Ohio State Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [91]
2008 Chicago Bulls Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Guard Memphis Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [92]
2009 Los Angeles Clippers Template:Sortname^[lower-alpha 25] Template:Flagu Forward Oklahoma Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [94]
2010 Washington Wizards Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Guard Kentucky Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [95]
2011 Cleveland Cavaliers Template:Sortname^ Template:FlaguTemplate:Refn Guard Duke Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [96]
2012 New Orleans Hornets Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Template:Sort Kentucky Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [97]
2013 Cleveland Cavaliers Template:Sortname Template:Country data Canada Forward UNLV Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [98]
2014 Cleveland Cavaliers Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Forward/guard Kansas Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [99]
2015 Minnesota Timberwolves Template:Sortname^ Template:FlaguTemplate:Refn Template:Sort Kentucky Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [100]
2016 Philadelphia 76ers Template:Sortname^[lower-alpha 26] Template:FlaguTemplate:Refn Guard LSU Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [101]
2017 Philadelphia 76ers Template:Sortname Template:Flagu Template:Sort Washington Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [102]
2018 Phoenix Suns Template:Sortname Template:Flagu Center Arizona Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [103]
2019 New Orleans Pelicans Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Forward Duke Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [104]
2020 Minnesota Timberwolves Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Guard Georgia Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [105]
2021 Detroit Pistons Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Guard Oklahoma State Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [106]
2022 Orlando Magic Template:Sortname^ Template:Flagu Forward Duke Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [107]
2023 San Antonio Spurs Template:Sortname^ Template:Country data France Center Metropolitans 92 (France) Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [108]
2024 Atlanta Hawks Template:Sortname Template:Flagu Forward JL Bourg (France) Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [109]
2025 Dallas Mavericks Template:Sortname Template:Flagu Forward Duke

See also

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Notes

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