NBA 1st Round Draft Picks
Last Updated: 08/24/2003
| The top player selected in the NBA Draft since the open draft began in 1966: | |||
| Player | Team | ||
| 2003 | LaBron James | Cleveland | St.Vincent-St.Mary HS |
| 2002 | Yao Ming | Houston | China |
| 2001 | Kwame Brown | Washington | Glynn Academy HS |
| 2000 | Kenyon Martin | New Jersey Nets | Cincinnati |
| 1999 | Elton Brand | Chicago Bulls | Duke |
| 1998 | Michael Olowokandi | Los Angeles Clippers | Pacific University |
| 1997 | Tim Duncan | San Antonio | Wake Forest |
| 1996 | Allen Iverson | Philadelphia | Georgetown |
| 1995 | Joe Smith | Golden State | Maryland |
| 1994 | Glenn Robinson | Milwaukee | Purdue |
| 1993 | Chris Webber | Orlando | Michigan |
| 1992 | Shaquille O'Neal | Orlando | Louisiana State |
| 1991 | Larry Johnson | Charlotte | UNLV |
| 1990 | Derrick Coleman | New Jersey | Syracuse |
| 1989 | Pervis Ellison | Sacramento | Louisville |
| 1988 | Danny Manning | Los Angeles Clippers | Kansas |
| 1987 | David Robinson | San Antonio | Navy |
| 1986 | Brad Daugherty | Cleveland | North Carolina |
| 1985 | Patrick Ewing | New York | Georgetown |
| 1984 | Akeem Olajuwon | Houston | Houston |
| 1983 | Ralph Sampson | Houston | Virginia |
| 1982 | James Worthy | Los Angeles Lakers | North Carolina |
| 1981 | Mark Aguirre | Dallas | DePaul |
| 1980 | Joe Barry Carroll | Golden State | Purdue |
| 1979 | Earvin Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers | Michigan State |
| 1978 | Mychal Thompson | Portland | Minnesota |
| 1977 | Kent Benson | Milwaukee | Indiana |
| 1976 | John Lucas | Houston | Maryland |
| 1975 | David Thompson | Atlanta | North Carolina State |
| 1974 | Bill Walton | Portland | UCLA |
| 1973 | Doug Collins | Philadelphia | Illinois State |
| 1972 | LaRue Martin | Portland | Loyola - Chicago |
| 1971 | Austin Carr | Cleveland | Notre Dame |
| 1970 | Bob Lanier | Detroit | St. Bonaventure |
| 1969 | Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) | Milwaukee | UCLA |
| 1968 | Elvin Hayes | Houston | Houston |
| 1967 | Jimmy Walker | Detroit | Providence |
| 1966 | Cazzie Russell | New York | Michigan |