NBA Number 1 Draft Picks: Players Career Data
Career data of all the players ever selected with the first pick in the NBA Draft, including seasons played, Championships won, honors, awards and some stats.
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Ch = NBA Champion / ASG = All-Star Games / HOF = Hall of Fame as player / FMVP = Finals MVP / All-NBA = All-NBA Teams / All-Def = All-Defensive Teams / ROY = Rookie of the Year
NBA Draft 1st Picks - Players Career Data
| Honors & Awards | Season Leaders | Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year First Pick | Yrs | Ch |
ASG | HOF | MVP | FMPV | All-NBA | All-Def | ROY | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | Pts |
Reb |
Ast |
| 2025 Cooper Flagg | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17.0 | 6.6 | 3.4 |
| 2024 Zaccharie Risacher | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12.3 | 3.4 | 1.3 |
| 2023 Victor Wembanyama | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 22.9 | 11.0 | 3.8 |
| 2022 Paolo Banchero | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 22.3 | 7.1 | 4.6 |
| 2021 Cade Cunningham | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22.5 | 5.5 | 7.5 |
| 2020 Anthony Edwards | 6 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24.1 | 5.3 | 4.2 |
| 2019 Zion Williamson | 6 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24.6 | 6.6 | 4.3 |
| 2018 Deandre Ayton | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16.4 | 10.4 | 1.6 |
| 2017 Markelle Fultz | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.4 | 3.2 | 4.4 |
| 2016 Ben Simmons | 7 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 13.1 | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| 2015 Karl-Anthony Towns | 11 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 23.0 | 11.1 | 3.2 |
| 2014 Andrew Wiggins | 12 | 1
|
1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 18.5 | 4.5 | 2.3 |
| 2013 Anthony Bennett | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.4 | 3.1 | 0.5 |
| 2012 Anthony Davis | 14 | 1
|
10 | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 24.1 | 10.7 | 2.6 |
| 2011 Kyrie Irving | 14 | 1
|
9 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 23.7 | 4.1 | 5.6 |
| Honors & Awards | Season Leaders | Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year First Pick | Yrs | Ch |
ASG | HOF | MVP | FMPV | All-NBA | All-Def | ROY | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | Pts |
Reb |
Ast |
| 2010 John Wall | 11 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18.7 | 4.2 | 8.9 |
| 2009 Blake Griffin | 13 | - | 6 | - | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 19.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 |
| 2008 Derrick Rose | 15 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 17.4 | 3.2 | 5.2 |
| 2007 Greg Oden | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 6.2 | 0.5 |
| 2006 Andrea Bargnani | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14.3 | 4.6 | 1.2 |
| 2005 Andrew Bogut | 14 | 1
|
- | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 2.2 |
| 2004 Dwight Howard | 18 | 1
|
8 | HOF | - | - | 8 | 5 | - | - | 5 | - | - | 2 | 15.7 | 11.8 | 1.3 |
| 2003 LeBron James | 23 | 4
|
21 | - | 4 | 4 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 27.0 | 7.5 | 7.4 |
| 2002 Yao Ming | 8 | - | 8 | HOF | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19.0 | 9.2 | 1.6 |
| 2001 Kwame Brown | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.6 | 5.5 | 0.9 |
| 2000 Kenyon Martin | 15 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12.3 | 6.8 | 1.9 |
| 1999 Elton Brand | 17 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 15.9 | 8.5 | 2.1 |
| 1998 Michael Olowokandi | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.3 | 6.8 | 0.7 |
| 1997 Tim Duncan | 19 | 5
|
15 | HOF | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 19.0 | 10.8 | 3.0 |
| 1996 Allen Iverson | 14 | - | 11 | HOF | 1 | - | 7 | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | 3 | - | 26.7 | 3.7 | 6.2 |
| Honors & Awards | Season Leaders | Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year First Pick | Yrs | Ch |
ASG | HOF | MVP | FMPV | All-NBA | All-Def | ROY | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | Pts |
Reb |
Ast |
| 1995 Joe Smith | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.9 | 6.4 | 1.0 |
| 1994 Glenn Robinson | 11 | 1
|
2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20.7 | 6.1 | 2.7 |
| 1993 Chris Webber | 15 | - | 5 | HOF | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 20.7 | 9.8 | 4.2 |
| 1992 Shaquille O'Neal | 19 | 4
|
15 | HOF | 1 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 23.7 | 10.9 | 2.5 |
| 1991 Larry Johnson | 10 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 16.2 | 7.5 | 3.3 |
| 1990 Derrick Coleman | 15 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 16.5 | 9.3 | 2.5 |
| 1989 Pervis Ellison | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.5 | 6.7 | 1.5 |
| 1988 Danny Manning | 15 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14.0 | 5.2 | 2.3 |
| 1987 David Robinson | 14 | 2
|
10 | HOF | 1 | - | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 21.1 | 10.6 | 2.5 |
| 1986 Brad Daugherty | 8 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19.0 | 9.5 | 3.7 |
| 1985 Patrick Ewing | 17 | - | 11 | HOF | - | - | 7 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 21.0 | 9.8 | 1.9 |
| 1984 Hakeem Olajuwon | 18 | 2
|
12 | HOF | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | 21.8 | 11.1 | 2.5 |
| 1983 Ralph Sampson | 9 | - | 4 | HOF | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 15.4 | 8.8 | 2.3 |
| 1982 James Worthy | 12 | 3
|
7 | HOF | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17.6 | 5.1 | 3.0 |
| 1981 Mark Aguirre | 13 | 2
|
3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20.0 | 5.0 | 3.1 |
| Honors & Awards | Season Leaders | Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year First Pick | Yrs | Ch |
ASG | HOF | MVP | FMPV | All-NBA | All-Def | ROY | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | Pts |
Reb |
Ast |
| 1980 Joe Barry Carroll | 10 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17.7 | 7.7 | 1.8 |
| 1979 Magic Johnson | 13 | 5
|
12 | HOF | 3 | 3 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | 19.5 | 7.2 | 11.2 |
| 1978 Mychal Thompson | 12 | 2
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13.7 | 7.4 | 2.3 |
| 1977 Kent Benson | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.1 | 5.7 | 1.8 |
| 1976 John Lucas | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.7 | 2.3 | 7.0 |
| 1975 David Thompson | 8 | - | 4 | HOF | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22.1 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
| 1974 Bill Walton | 10 | 2
|
2 | HOF | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 13.3 | 10.5 | 3.4 |
| 1973 Doug Collins | 8 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| 1972 LaRue Martin | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.3 | 4.6 | 0.7 |
| 1971 Austin Carr | 10 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15.4 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 1970 Bob Lanier | 14 | - | 8 | HOF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20.1 | 10.1 | 3.1 |
| 1969 K. Abdul-Jabbar | 20 | 6
|
19 | HOF | 6 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 24.6 | 11.2 | 3.6 |
| 1968 Elvin Hayes | 16 | 1
|
12 | HOF | - | - | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 21.0 | 12.5 | 1.8 |
| 1967 Jimmy Walker | 9 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16.7 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
| 1966 Cazzie Russell | 12 | 1
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1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15.1 | 3.8 | 2.2 |
| Honors & Awards | Season Leaders | Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year First Pick | Yrs | Ch |
ASG | HOF | MVP | FMPV | All-NBA | All-Def | ROY | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | Pts |
Reb |
Ast |
| 1965 Fred Hetzel | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11.2 | 5.9 | 1.1 |
| 1964 Jim Barnes | 7 | 1
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.8 | 6.5 | 0.8 |
| 1963 Art Heyman | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.3 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 1962 Bill McGill | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.2 | 3.9 | 1.1 |
| 1961 Walt Bellamy | 14 | - | 4 | HOF | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 20.1 | 13.7 | 2.4 |
| 1960 Oscar Robertson | 14 | 1
|
12 | HOF | 1 | - | 11 | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | - | - | 25.7 | 7.5 | 9.5 |
| 1959 Bob Boozer | 11 | 1
|
1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14.8 | 8.1 | 1.4 |
| 1958 Elgin Baylor | 14 | - | 11 | HOF | - | - | 10 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 27.4 | 13.5 | 4.3 |
| 1957 Hot Rod Hundley | 6 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 1956 Si Green | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
| 1955 Dick Ricketts | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.3 | 6.3 | 2.1 |
| 1954 Frank Selvy | 9 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.8 | 3.7 | 2.8 |
| 1953 Ray Felix | 9 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 10.9 | 8.9 | 0.7 |
| 1952 Mark Workman | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.9 | 2.9 | 0.6 |
| 1951 Gene Melchiorre | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Honors & Awards | Season Leaders | Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year First Pick | Yrs | Ch |
ASG | HOF | MVP | FMPV | All-NBA | All-Def | ROY | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | Pts |
Reb |
Ast |
| 1950 Chuck Share | 9 | 1
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.3 | 8.4 | 1.4 |
| 1949 Howie Shannon | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.8 | - | 2.5 |
| 1948 Andy Tonkovich | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.6 | - | 0.6 |
| 1947 Clifton McNeeley | - | ||||||||||||||||
Total 1st Picks: 79