List of first overall NBA draft picks
List of first overall picks

List of first overall NBA draft picks

Section Title: List of first overall picks
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Draft	Selected by	Player	Nationality	Position	College/high school/former club	NBA rookie statistics	Ref.

PPG	RPG	APG

1947	Pittsburgh Ironmen	Clifton McNeely	USA	Guard	Texas Wesleyan	—	—	—

1948	Providence Steamrollers	Andy Tonkovich	USA	Guard/Forward	Marshall	2.6	—	0.6

1949	Providence Steamrollers	Howie Shannon	USA	Center	Kansas State	13.4	—	2.3

1950	Boston Celtics	Charlie Share	USA	Center	Bowling Green	3.9	5.3	1.0

1951	Baltimore Bullets	Gene Melchiorre	USA	Guard	Bradley	—	—	—

1952	Milwaukee Hawks	Mark Workman	USA	Center	West Virginia	5.1	3.0	0.6

1953	Baltimore Bullets	Ray Felix^	USA	Guard/Forward	Long Island	17.6	13.3	1.1

1954	Baltimore Bullets	Frank Selvy^	USA	Forward/Center	Furman	19.0	5.5	3.5

1955	Milwaukee Hawks	Dick Ricketts	USA	Guard/Forward	Duquesne	8.9	7.2	3.0

1956	Rochester Royals	Sihugo Green	USA	Guard/Forward	Duquesne	11.5	5.2	3.6

1957	Cincinnati Royals	Rod Hundley^	USA	Guard	West Virginia	7.0	2.9	1.9

1958	Minneapolis Lakers	Elgin Baylor^*	USA	Forward	Seattle	24.9	15.0	4.1

1959	Cincinnati Royals	Bob Boozer^	USA	Forward	Kansas State	8.4	6.2	1.4

1960	Cincinnati Royals	Oscar Robertson^*	USA	Guard/Forward	Cincinnati	30.5	10.1	9.7

1961	Chicago Packers	Walt Bellamy^*	USA	Center	Indiana	31.6	19.0	2.7

1962	Chicago Zephyrs	Bill McGill	USA	Forward/Center	Utah	7.4	2.7	0.6

1963	New York Knicks	Art Heyman	USA	Forward/Guard	Duke	15.4	4.0	3.4

1964	New York Knicks	Jim Barnes	USA	Center/Forward	Texas Western	15.5	9.7	1.2

1965	San Francisco Warriors	Fred Hetzel	USA	Forward/Center	Davidson	6.8	5.2	0.5

1966	New York Knicks	Cazzie Russell^	USA	Forward/Guard	Michigan	11.3	3.3	2.4

1967	Detroit Pistons	Jimmy Walker^	USA	Guard	Providence	8.8	1.7	2.8

1968	San Diego Rockets	Elvin Hayes^*	USA	Center/Forward	Houston	28.4	17.1	1.4

1969	Milwaukee Bucks	Lew Alcindor^*	USA	Center	UCLA	28.8	14.5	4.1

1970	Detroit Pistons	Bob Lanier^*	USA	Center	St. Bonaventure	15.6	8.1	1.8

1971	Cleveland Cavaliers	Austin Carr^	USA	Guard	Notre Dame	21.2	3.5	3.4

1972	Portland Trail Blazers	LaRue Martin	USA	Center	Loyola (Illinois)	4.4	4.6	0.5

1973	Philadelphia 76ers	Doug Collins^	USA	Guard/Forward	Illinois State	8.0	1.8	1.6

1974	Portland Trail Blazers	Bill Walton^*	USA	Center	UCLA	12.8	12.6	4.8

1975	Atlanta Hawks	David Thompson^*	USA	Forward/Guard	NC State	26.0	6.3	3.7

1976	Houston Rockets	John Lucas	USA	Guard	Maryland	11.1	2.7	5.6

1977	Milwaukee Bucks	Kent Benson	USA	Center	Indiana	7.7	4.3	1.4

1978	Portland Trail Blazers	Mychal Thompson	BAH	Forward/Center	Minnesota	14.7	8.3	2.4

1979	Los Angeles Lakers	Magic Johnson^*	USA	Guard/Forward	Michigan State	18.0	7.7	7.3

1980	Golden State Warriors	Joe Barry Carroll^	USA	Center	Purdue	18.9	9.3	1.4

1981	Dallas Mavericks	Mark Aguirre^	USA	Forward	DePaul	18.7	4.9	3.2

1982	Los Angeles Lakers	James Worthy^*	USA	Forward	North Carolina	13.4	5.2	1.7

1983	Houston Rockets	Ralph Sampson^*	USA	Center	Virginia	21.0	11.1	2.0

1984	Houston Rockets	Hakeem Olajuwon^*	NGA	Center	Houston	20.6	11.9	1.4

1985	New York Knicks	Patrick Ewing^*	USA	Center	Georgetown	20.0	9.0	2.0

1986	Cleveland Cavaliers	Brad Daugherty^	USA	Center	North Carolina	15.7	8.1	3.8

1987	San Antonio Spurs	David Robinson^*	USA	Center	Navy	24.3	12.0	2.0

1988	Los Angeles Clippers	Danny Manning^	USA	Forward	Kansas	16.7	6.6	3.1

1989	Sacramento Kings	Pervis Ellison	USA	Center	Louisville	8.0	5.8	1.9

1990	New Jersey Nets	Derrick Coleman^	USA	Forward/Center	Syracuse	18.4	10.3	2.2

1991	Charlotte Hornets	Larry Johnson^	USA	Forward	UNLV	19.2	11.0	3.6

1992	Orlando Magic	Shaquille O'Neal^*	USA	Center	LSU	23.4	13.9	1.9

1993	Orlando Magic	Chris Webber^	USA	Forward	Michigan	17.5	9.1	3.6

1994	Milwaukee Bucks	Glenn Robinson^	USA	Forward	Purdue	21.9	6.4	2.5

1995	Golden State Warriors	Joe Smith	USA	Forward	Maryland	15.3	8.7	1.0

1996	Philadelphia 76ers	Allen Iverson^*	USA	Guard	Georgetown	23.5	4.1	7.5

1997	San Antonio Spurs	Tim Duncan^	USA	Forward/Center	Wake Forest	21.1	11.9	2.7

1998	Los Angeles Clippers	Michael Olowokandi	NGA	Center	Pacific	8.9	7.9	0.6

1999	Chicago Bulls	Elton Brand^	USA	Forward	Duke	20.1	10.0	1.9

2000	New Jersey Nets	Kenyon Martin^	USA	Forward	Cincinnati	12.0	7.4	1.9

2001	Washington Wizards	Kwame Brown	USA	Center	Glynn Academy HS (Brunswick, Georgia)	4.5	3.5	0.8

2002	Houston Rockets	Yao Ming^*	CHN	Center	Shanghai Sharks (China)	13.5	8.2	1.7

2003	Cleveland Cavaliers	LeBron James^	USA	Forward	St. Vincent–St. Mary HS (Akron, Ohio)	20.9	5.5	5.9

2004	Orlando Magic	Dwight Howard^	USA	Center	SACA (Atlanta)	12.0	10.0	0.9

2005	Milwaukee Bucks	Andrew Bogut^	AUS	Center	Utah	9.4	7.0	2.3

2006	Toronto Raptors	Andrea Bargnani	ITA	Forward/Center	Benetton Treviso (Italy)	11.6	3.9	0.8

2007	Portland Trail Blazers	Greg Oden	USA	Center	Ohio State	8.9	7.0	0.5

2008	Chicago Bulls	Derrick Rose^	USA	Guard	Memphis	16.8	3.9	6.3

2009	Los Angeles Clippers	Blake Griffin^	USA	Forward	Oklahoma	22.5	12.1	3.8

2010	Washington Wizards	John Wall^	USA	Guard	Kentucky	16.4	4.6	8.3

2011	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kyrie Irving^	USA	Guard	Duke	18.5	3.7	5.4

2012	New Orleans Hornets	Anthony Davis^	USA	Forward/Center	Kentucky	13.5	8.2	1.0

2013	Cleveland Cavaliers	Anthony Bennett	CAN	Forward	UNLV	4.2	3.0	0.3

2014	Cleveland Cavaliers	Andrew Wiggins	CAN	Forward/Guard	Kansas	16.9	4.6	2.1

2015	Minnesota Timberwolves	Karl-Anthony Towns^	DOM	Center	Kentucky	18.3	10.4	2.0

2016	Philadelphia 76ers	Ben Simmons^	AUS	Forward/Guard	LSU	15.8	8.1	8.2

2017	Philadelphia 76ers	Markelle Fultz	USA	Guard	Washington	7.1	3.1	3.8

2018	Phoenix Suns	Deandre Ayton	BAH	Center	Arizona	16.3	10.3	1.8

2019	—	—	—

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McNeely was selected with the first pick of the inaugural 1947 draft by the Pittsburgh Ironmen, becoming the first player drafted in the National Basketball Association.

final_sentence: McNeely was selected with the first pick of the inaugural 1947 draft by the Pittsburgh Ironmen, becoming the first player drafted in the National Basketball Association.