Every NBA No. 1 Overall Pick
Browse the first overall pick from every NBA Draft class using NBA.com data when available and Basketball-Reference fallback data when needed.
| Year | No. 1 Pick | Team | College/Org | Draft Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Cooper Flagg | DAL | Duke | View Draft |
| 2024 | Zaccharie Risacher | ATL | View Draft | |
| 2023 | Victor Wembanyama | SAS | View Draft | |
| 2022 | Paolo Banchero | ORL | Duke | View Draft |
| 2021 | Cade Cunningham | DET | Oklahoma State | View Draft |
| 2020 | Anthony Edwards | MIN | Georgia | View Draft |
| 2019 | Zion Williamson | NOP | Duke | View Draft |
| 2018 | Deandre Ayton | PHO | Arizona | View Draft |
| 2017 | Markelle Fultz | PHI | Washington | View Draft |
| 2016 | Ben Simmons | PHI | LSU | View Draft |
| 2015 | Karl-Anthony Towns | MIN | Kentucky | View Draft |
| 2014 | Andrew Wiggins | CLE | Kansas | View Draft |
| 2013 | Anthony Bennett | CLE | UNLV | View Draft |
| 2012 | Anthony Davis | NOH | Kentucky | View Draft |
| 2011 | Kyrie Irving | CLE | Duke | View Draft |
| 2010 | John Wall | WAS | Kentucky | View Draft |
| 2009 | Blake Griffin | LAC | Oklahoma | View Draft |
| 2008 | Derrick Rose | CHI | Memphis | View Draft |
| 2007 | Greg Oden | POR | Ohio State | View Draft |
| 2006 | Andrea Bargnani | TOR | View Draft | |
| 2005 | Andrew Bogut | MIL | Utah | View Draft |
| 2004 | Dwight Howard | ORL | View Draft | |
| 2003 | LeBron James | CLE | View Draft | |
| 2002 | Yao Ming | HOU | View Draft | |
| 2001 | Kwame Brown | WAS | View Draft | |
| 2000 | Kenyon Martin | NJN | Cincinnati | View Draft |
| 1999 | Elton Brand | CHI | Duke | View Draft |
| 1998 | Michael Olowokandi | LAC | University of the Pacific | View Draft |
| 1997 | Tim Duncan | SAS | Wake Forest | View Draft |
| 1996 | Allen Iverson | PHI | Georgetown | View Draft |
| 1995 | Joe Smith | GSW | Maryland | View Draft |
| 1994 | Glenn Robinson | MIL | Purdue | View Draft |
| 1993 | Chris Webber | ORL | Michigan | View Draft |
| 1992 | Shaquille O'Neal | ORL | LSU | View Draft |
| 1991 | Larry Johnson | CHH | UNLV | View Draft |
| 1990 | Derrick Coleman | NJN | Syracuse | View Draft |
| 1989 | Pervis Ellison | SAC | Louisville | View Draft |
| 1988 | Danny Manning | LAC | Kansas | View Draft |
| 1987 | David Robinson | SAS | United States Naval Academy | View Draft |
| 1986 | Brad Daugherty | CLE | UNC | View Draft |
| 1985 | Patrick Ewing | NYK | Georgetown | View Draft |
| 1984 | Hakeem Olajuwon | HOU | Houston | View Draft |
| 1983 | Ralph Sampson | HOU | Virginia | View Draft |
| 1982 | James Worthy | LAL | UNC | View Draft |
| 1981 | Mark Aguirre | DAL | DePaul | View Draft |
| 1980 | Joe Barry Carroll | GSW | Purdue | View Draft |
| 1979 | Magic Johnson | LAL | Michigan State | View Draft |
| 1978 | Mychal Thompson | POR | Minnesota | View Draft |
| 1977 | Kent Benson | MIL | Indiana | View Draft |
| 1976 | John Lucas | HOU | Maryland | View Draft |
| 1975 | David Thompson | ATL | NC State | View Draft |
| 1974 | Bill Walton | POR | UCLA | View Draft |
| 1973 | Doug Collins | PHI | Illinois State | View Draft |
| 1972 | LaRue Martin | POR | Loyola Chicago | View Draft |
| 1971 | Austin Carr | CLE | Notre Dame | View Draft |
| 1970 | Bob Lanier | DET | St. Bonaventure | View Draft |
| 1969 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | MIL | UCLA | View Draft |
| 1968 | Elvin Hayes | SDR | Houston | View Draft |
| 1967 | Jimmy Walker | DET | Providence | View Draft |
| 1966 | Cazzie Russell | NYK | Michigan | View Draft |
| 1965 | Fred Hetzel | SFW | Davidson | View Draft |
| 1964 | Jim Barnes | NYK | Texas-El Paso | View Draft |
| 1963 | Art Heyman | NYK | Duke | View Draft |
| 1962 | Billy McGill | CHZ | Utah | View Draft |
| 1961 | Walt Bellamy | CHP | Indiana | View Draft |
| 1960 | Oscar Robertson | CIN | Cincinnati | View Draft |
| 1959 | Bob Boozer | CIN | Kansas State | View Draft |
| 1958 | Elgin Baylor | MNL | Seattle University | View Draft |
| 1957 | Hot Rod Hundley | CIN | West Virginia | View Draft |
| 1956 | Si Green | ROC | Duquesne | View Draft |
| 1955 | Dick Ricketts | STL | Duquesne | View Draft |
| 1954 | Frank Selvy | BLB | Furman University | View Draft |
| 1953 | Ernie Beck | PHW | Penn | View Draft |
| 1952 | Mark Workman | MLH | West Virginia | View Draft |
| 1951 | Gene Melchiorre | BLB | Bradley | View Draft |
| 1950 | Chuck Share | BOS | Bowling Green | View Draft |