Basketball Almanac › No. 1 overall picks, 1984-2023
No. 1 overall picks, 1984-2023
Four decades of first names off the board — franchise saviors and famous what-ifs alike.
| Year | No. 1 overall pick |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Victor Wembanyama |
| 2022 | Paolo Banchero |
| 2021 | Cade Cunningham |
| 2020 | Anthony Edwards |
| 2019 | Zion Williamson |
| 2018 | Deandre Ayton |
| 2017 | Markelle Fultz |
| 2016 | Ben Simmons |
| 2015 | Karl-Anthony Towns |
| 2014 | Andrew Wiggins |
| 2013 | Anthony Bennett |
| 2012 | Anthony Davis |
| 2011 | Kyrie Irving |
| 2010 | John Wall |
| 2009 | Blake Griffin |
| 2008 | Derrick Rose |
| 2007 | Greg Oden |
| 2006 | Andrea Bargnani |
| 2005 | Andrew Bogut |
| 2004 | Dwight Howard |
| 2003 | LeBron James |
| 2002 | Yao Ming |
| 2001 | Kwame Brown |
| 2000 | Kenyon Martin |
| 1999 | Elton Brand |
| 1998 | Michael Olowokandi |
| 1997 | Tim Duncan |
| 1996 | Allen Iverson |
| 1995 | Joe Smith |
| 1994 | Glenn Robinson |
| 1993 | Chris Webber |
| 1992 | Shaquille O’Neal |
| 1991 | Larry Johnson |
| 1990 | Derrick Coleman |
| 1989 | Pervis Ellison |
| 1988 | Danny Manning |
| 1987 | David Robinson |
| 1986 | Brad Daugherty |
| 1985 | Patrick Ewing |
| 1984 | Hakeem Olajuwon |