List of first overall National Football League draft picks

Table columns:
Year
Name
Position
College
Team
Notes

Table rows:
cells: 1936
Jay Berwanger[A 2]
HB
Chicago
Philadelphia Eagles
Heisman Trophy (1935)
cells: 1937
Sam Francis
FB
Nebraska
Philadelphia Eagles
—
cells: 1938
Corbett Davis
FB
Indiana
Cleveland Rams
—
cells: 1939
Ki Aldrich*
C
TCU
Chicago Cardinals
NFL All-Star Game (1939, 1942)[7]
cells: 1940
George Cafego
HB
Tennessee
Chicago Cardinals
—
cells: 1941
Tom Harmon
HB
Michigan
Chicago Bears
Heisman Trophy (1940)
cells: 1942
Bill Dudley‡
HB
Virginia
Pittsburgh Steelers
NFL All-Star Game (1950, 1951)[8]Pro Football Hall of Fame (1966)[8]NFL MVP (1946)[8]
cells: 1943
Frank Sinkwich
HB
Georgia
Detroit Lions
Heisman Trophy (1942)
cells: 1944
Angelo Bertelli
QB
Notre Dame
Boston Yanks
Heisman Trophy (1943)
cells: 1945
Charley Trippi‡
HB
Georgia
Chicago Cardinals
Pro Bowl (1952, 1953)[9]Pro Football Hall of Fame (1968)[9]NFL Champion (1947)[10]
cells: 1946
Frank Dancewicz
QB
Notre Dame
Boston Yanks
—
cells: 1947
Bob Fenimore
HB
Oklahoma A&M
Chicago Bears
—
cells: 1948
Harry Gilmer*
QB
Alabama
Washington Redskins
Pro Bowl (1950, 1952)[11]
cells: 1949
Chuck Bednarik‡
C, LB
Penn
Philadelphia Eagles
Pro Bowl (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960)[12]Pro Football Hall of Fame (1967)[12]NFL Champion (1949, 1960)[13][14]
cells: 1950
Leon Hart*
E
Notre Dame
Detroit Lions
Heisman Trophy (1949) Pro Bowl (1951)[15]
cells: 1951
Kyle Rote*
HB
SMU
New York Giants
Pro Bowl (1953, 1954, 1955, 1956)[16]
cells: 1952
Bill Wade*
QB
Vanderbilt
Los Angeles Rams
Pro Bowl (1958, 1963)[17]
cells: 1953
Harry Babcock
E
Georgia
San Francisco 49ers
—
cells: 1954
Bobby Garrett
QB
Stanford
Cleveland Browns
—
cells: 1955
George Shaw
QB
Oregon
Baltimore Colts
NFL Champion (1958)[18]
cells: 1956
Gary Glick
DB
Colorado A&M
Pittsburgh Steelers
—
cells: 1957
Paul Hornung‡
HB
Notre Dame
Green Bay Packers
Heisman Trophy (1956)Pro Bowl (1959, 1960)[19]Pro Football Hall of Fame (1986)[19]NFL Champion (1961, 1962, 1965)[20][21][22]Super Bowl champion (I)[23]NFL MVP (1961)[19]
cells: 1958
King Hill
QB
Rice
Chicago Cardinals
—
cells: 1959
Randy Duncan
QB
Iowa
Green Bay Packers
—
cells: 1960
Billy Cannon[A 3]
RB
LSU
Los Angeles Rams
Heisman Trophy (1959)
cells: 1961
Tommy Mason*
RB
Tulane
Minnesota Vikings
Pro Bowl (1962, 1963, 1964)[24]
cells: 1962
Ernie Davis[A 4]
RB
Syracuse
Washington Redskins
Heisman Trophy (1961)
cells: 1963
Terry Baker
QB
Oregon State
Los Angeles Rams
Heisman Trophy (1962)
cells: 1964
Dave Parks*
WR
Texas Tech
San Francisco 49ers
Pro Bowl (1964, 1965, 1966)[25]
cells: 1965
Tucker Frederickson*
RB
Auburn
New York Giants
Pro Bowl (1965)[26]
cells: 1966
Tommy Nobis*
LB
Texas
Atlanta Falcons
Pro Bowl (1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972)[27]
cells: 1967[A 5]
Bubba Smith*
DE
Michigan State
Baltimore Colts
Pro Bowl (1970, 1971)[28]Super Bowl champion (V)[29]
cells: 1968[A 5]
Ron Yary‡
T
USC
Minnesota Vikings
Pro Bowl (1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977)[30]Pro Football Hall of Fame (2001)[30]
cells: 1969[A 5]
O. J. Simpson‡
RB
USC
Buffalo Bills[A 6]
Heisman Trophy (1968)Pro Bowl (1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976)[31]Pro Football Hall of Fame (1985)[31]NFL MVP (1973)[31]
cells: 1970
Terry Bradshaw‡
QB
Louisiana Tech
Pittsburgh Steelers
Pro Bowl (1975, 1978, 1979)[32]Pro Football Hall of Fame (1989)[32]Super Bowl champion (IX, X, XIII, XIV)[33][34][35][36]Super Bowl MVP (XIII, XIV)[32]NFL MVP (1978)[32]
cells: 1971
Jim Plunkett
QB
Stanford
New England Patriots
Heisman Trophy (1970)Super Bowl champion (XV, XVIII)[37][38]Super Bowl MVP (XV)[39]
cells: 1972
Walt Patulski
DE
Notre Dame
Buffalo Bills
—
cells: 1973
John Matuszak
DE
Tampa
Houston Oilers
Super Bowl champion (XI, XV)[37][40]
cells: 1974
Ed Jones*
DE
Tennessee State
Dallas Cowboys
Pro Bowl (1981, 1982, 1983)[41]Super Bowl champion (XII)[42]
cells: 1975
Steve Bartkowski*
QB
California
Atlanta Falcons
Pro Bowl (1980, 1981)[43]
cells: 1976
Lee Roy Selmon‡
DE
Oklahoma
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Pro Bowl (1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984)[44]Pro Football Hall of Fame (1995)[44]
cells: 1977
Ricky Bell
RB
USC
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
—
cells: 1978
Earl Campbell‡
RB
Texas
Houston Oilers
Heisman Trophy (1977)Pro Bowl (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983)[45]Pro Football Hall of Fame (1991)[45]NFL MVP (1979)[45] Rookie of the Year (1978)
cells: 1979
Tom Cousineau[A 7]
LB
Ohio State
Buffalo Bills
—
cells: 1980
Billy Sims*
RB
Oklahoma
Detroit Lions
Heisman Trophy (1978)Pro Bowl (1980, 1981, 1982)[46] Rookie of the Year (1980)
cells: 1981
George Rogers*
RB
South Carolina
New Orleans Saints
Heisman Trophy (1980)Pro Bowl (1981, 1982)[47]Super Bowl champion (XXII)[48] Rookie of the Year (1981)
cells: 1982
Kenneth Sims
DE
Texas
New England Patriots
—
cells: 1983
John Elway‡[A 8]
QB
Stanford
Baltimore Colts
Pro Bowl (1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998)[49]Pro Football Hall of Fame (2004)[49]Super Bowl champion (XXXII, XXXIII)[50][51]Super Bowl MVP (XXXIII)[49]NFL MVP (1987)[49]
cells: 1984[A 9]
Irving Fryar*
WR
Nebraska
New England Patriots
Pro Bowl (1985, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997)[52]
cells: 1985
Bruce Smith‡
DE
Virginia Tech
Buffalo Bills
Pro Bowl (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)[53]Pro Football Hall of Fame (2009)[53]
cells: 1986
Bo Jackson*[A 10]
RB
Auburn
Tampa Bay Buccaneers[A 11]
Heisman Trophy (1985)Pro Bowl (1990)[54]
cells: 1987
Vinny Testaverde*
QB
Miami (FL)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Heisman Trophy (1986)Pro Bowl (1996, 1998)[55]
cells: 1988
Aundray Bruce
LB
Auburn
Atlanta Falcons
—
cells: 1989
Troy Aikman‡
QB
UCLA
Dallas Cowboys
Pro Bowl (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996)[56]Pro Football Hall of Fame (2006)[56]Super Bowl champion (XXVII, XXVIII, XXX)[57][58][59]Super Bowl MVP (XXVII)[56]
cells: 1990
Jeff George
QB
Illinois
Indianapolis Colts[A 12]
—
cells: 1991
Russell Maryland*
DT
Miami (FL)
Dallas Cowboys
Pro Bowl (1993)[60]Super Bowl champion (XXVII, XXVIII, XXX)[57][58][59]
cells: 1992
Steve Emtman
DE
Washington
Indianapolis Colts
—
cells: 1993
Drew Bledsoe*
QB
Washington State
New England Patriots
Pro Bowl (1994, 1996, 1997, 2002)[61]Super Bowl champion (XXXVI)[62]
cells: 1994
Dan Wilkinson
DT
Ohio State
Cincinnati Bengals
—
cells: 1995
Ki-Jana Carter
RB
Penn State
Cincinnati Bengals
—
cells: 1996
Keyshawn Johnson*
WR
USC
New York Jets
Pro Bowl (1998, 1999, 2001)[63]Super Bowl champion (XXXVII)[64]
cells: 1997
Orlando Pace‡
T
Ohio State
St. Louis Rams
Pro Bowl (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)[65]Pro Football Hall of Fame (2016)[65]Super Bowl champion (XXXIV)[66]
cells: 1998
Peyton Manning*
QB
Tennessee
Indianapolis Colts
Pro Bowl (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014)[67]Super Bowl champion (XLI, 50)[68]Super Bowl MVP (XLI)[67]NFL MVP (2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013)[67]
cells: 1999
Tim Couch
QB
Kentucky
Cleveland Browns
—
cells: 2000
Courtney Brown
DE
Penn State
Cleveland Browns
—
cells: 2001
Michael Vick*
QB
Virginia Tech
Atlanta Falcons
Pro Bowl (2002, 2004, 2005, 2010)[69]
cells: 2002
David Carr
QB
Fresno State
Houston Texans
Super Bowl champion (XLVI)
cells: 2003
Carson Palmer*
QB
USC
Cincinnati Bengals
Heisman Trophy (2002)Pro Bowl (2005, 2006, 2015)[70]
cells: 2004
Eli Manning*[A 13]
QB
Ole Miss
San Diego Chargers
Pro Bowl (2008, 2011, 2012, 2015)[71]Super Bowl champion (XLII, XLVI)[72][73]Super Bowl MVP (XLII, XLVI)[71]
cells: 2005
Alex Smith*
QB
Utah
San Francisco 49ers
Pro Bowl (2013, 2016, 2017)
cells: 2006
Mario Williams*
DE
North Carolina State
Houston Texans
Pro Bowl (2008, 2009, 2013,2014)[74]
cells: 2007
JaMarcus Russell
QB
LSU
Oakland Raiders
—
cells: 2008
Jake Long*
T
Michigan
Miami Dolphins
Pro Bowl (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)[75]
cells: 2009
Matthew Stafford*
QB
Georgia
Detroit Lions
Pro Bowl (2014)
cells: 2010
Sam Bradford
QB
Oklahoma
St. Louis Rams
Heisman Trophy (2008) Rookie of the Year (2010)
cells: 2011
Cam Newton*
QB
Auburn
Carolina Panthers
Heisman Trophy (2010)Pro Bowl (2011, 2013, 2015)[76] Rookie of the Year (2011)NFL MVP (2015)
cells: 2012
Andrew Luck*
QB
Stanford
Indianapolis Colts
Pro Bowl (2012, 2013, 2014)[77]
cells: 2013
Eric Fisher
T
Central Michigan
Kansas City Chiefs
—
cells: 2014
Jadeveon Clowney*
DE
South Carolina
Houston Texans
Pro Bowl (2016, 2017)
cells: 2015
Jameis Winston*
QB
Florida State
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Heisman Trophy (2013) Pro Bowl (2015)
cells: 2016
Jared Goff*
QB
California
Los Angeles Rams
Pro Bowl (2017)
cells: 2017
Myles Garrett
DE
Texas A&M
Cleveland Browns
—
cells: 2018
Baker Mayfield
QB
Oklahoma
Cleveland Browns
Heisman Trophy (2017)

Questions about this table:
originalText: who went number 1 overall in the nfl draft
answer: answerTexts: Baker Mayfield