1st Pick RD Pick Overall Year Name Pos. College/Team 1 1 1 1950 Charlie Share C Bowling Green St. 1 1 1 1951 Gene Melchiorre G Bradley 1 1 1 1952 Mark Workman C West Virginia 1 1 1 1953 Ernie Beck F Penn 1 1 1 1954 Frank Selvy F Furman 1 1 1 1955 Dick Ricketts F Duquesne 1 1 1 1956 Sihugo Green G Duquesne 1 1 1 1957 Rod Hundley G West Virginia 1 1 1 1958 Elgin Baylor F Seattle 1 1 1 1959 Bob Boozer F Kansas State 1 1 1 1960 Oscar Robertson G Cincinnati 1 1 1 1961 Walt Bellamy C Indiana 1 1 1 1962 Bill McGill C/F Utah 1 1 1 1963 Art Heyman G/F Duke 1 1 1 1964 Jim Barnes F TX. Western 1 1 1 1965 Fred Hetzel F Davidson 1 1 1 1966 Cazzie Russell F Michigan 1 1 1 1967 Jimmy Walker G Providence 1 1 1 1968 Elvin Hayes F Houston 1 1 1 1969 Lew Alcindor C UCLA 1 1 1 1970 Bob Lanier C St. Bonaventure 1 1 1 1971 Austin Carr G Notre Dame 1 1 1 1972 LaRue Martin C Loyola (IL) 1 1 1 1973 Doug Collins G Illinois State 1 1 1 1974 Bill Walton C UCLA 1 1 1 1975 David Thompson SG North Carolina State 1 1 1 1976 John Lucas PG Maryland 1 1 1 1977 Kent Benson C Indiana 1 1 1 1978 Mychal Thompson C/F Minnesota 1 1 1 1979 Earvin Johnson PG Michigan State 1 1 1 1980 Joe Barry Carroll C Purdue 1 1 1 1981 Mark Aguirre SF DePaul 1 1 1 1982 James Worthy SF North Carolina 1 1 1 1983 Ralph Sampson C Virginia 1 1 1 1984 Akeem Olajuwon C Houston 1 1 1 1985 Patrick Ewing C Georgetown 1 1 1 1986 Brad Daugherty C North Carolina 1 1 1 1987 David Robinson C Navy 1 1 1 1988 Danny Manning SF Kansas 1 1 1 1989 Pervis Ellison PF Louisville 1 1 1 1990 Derrick Coleman PF Syracuse 1 1 1 1991 Larry Johnson PF UNLV 1 1 1 1992 Shaquille O'Neal C Louisiana State 1 1 1 1993 Chris Webber PF Michigan 1 1 1 1994 Glenn Robinson SF Purdue 1 1 1 1995 Joe Smith PF Maryland 1 1 1 1996 Allen Iverson PG Georgetown 1 1 1 1997 Tim Duncan PF/C Wake Forest 1 1 1 1998 Michael Olowokandi C Pacific 1 1 1 1999 Elton Brand PF Duke 1 1 1 2000 Kenyon Martin PF Cincinnati 1 1 1 2001 Kwame Brown PF (High School) 1 1 1 2002 Yao Ming C (China) 1 1 1 2003 Lebron James SG (High School) 1 1 1 2004 Dwight Howard PF (High School) 1 1 1 2005 Andrew Bogut PF/C Utah 1 1 1 2006 Andrea Bargnani PF (Italy) 1 1 1 2007 Greg Oden C Ohio State 1 1 1 2008 Derrick Rose PG Memphis 1 1 1 2009 Blake Griffin PF LA Clippers 1 1 1 2010 John Wall PG Kentucky 1 1 1 2011 Kyrie Irving PG Duke 1 1 1 2012 Anthony Davis PF Kentucky 1 1 1 2013 Anthony Bennett PF UNLV 1 1 1 2014 Andrew Wiggins SF Kansas 1 1 1 2015 Karl-Anthony Towns C Kentucky 1 1 1 2016 Ben Simmons PF LSU 1 1 1 2017 Markelle Fultz SG Washington 1 1 1 2018 DeAndre Ayton C Arizona 1 1 1 2019 Zion Williamson PF Duke 1 1 1 2020 Anthony Edwards SG Georgia
