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Historical Draft Breakdown - Pick #1

 

Positional Breakdown

Position Total GP Min Pts Rbds Asts PER EWA
G 6 676.0 32.9 19.0 3.8 5.4 18.0 6.60
F 16 724.2 27.5 15.3 6.3 2.7 16.7 7.67
C 11 711.7 25.8 12.8 8.0 1.5 17.2 7.78

Career Stats

Year Team Player POS GP Min Pts Rbds Asts PER EWA Role
2023 Spurs 2023 NBA Draft Pick #1 Spurs Victor Wembanyama - 60 29.0 20.8 10.4 3.5 22.9 10.44 too early to tell
2022 Magic 2022 NBA Draft Pick #1 Magic Paolo Banchero - 138 34.3 21.3 6.8 4.5 16.2 6.39 too early to tell
2021 Pistons 2021 NBA Draft Pick #1 Pistons Cade Cunningham - 133 33.1 19.7 5.0 6.4 14.6 2.75 too early to tell
2020 Timberwolves 2020 NBA Draft Pick #1 Timberwolves Anthony Edwards - 301 34.6 23.0 5.1 4.0 17.0 7.99 too early to tell
2019 Pelicans 2019 NBA Draft Pick #1 Pelicans Zion Williamson PF 170 31.7 24.7 6.6 4.1 25.1 7.67 all star
2018 Suns 2018 NBA Draft Pick #1 Suns Deandre Ayton C 392 31.2 16.5 10.5 1.6 20.1 9.45 starter
2017 76ers 2017 NBA Draft Pick #1 76ers Markelle Fultz PG 229 25.5 11.2 3.4 4.7 14.4 1.32 starter
2016 76ers 2016 NBA Draft Pick #1 76ers Ben Simmons SF/PF 366 32.7 14.3 7.9 7.4 18.9 6.00 all star
2015 Timberwolves 2015 NBA Draft Pick #1 Timberwolves Karl Towns PF/C 590 34.0 22.8 10.9 3.1 23.7 14.30 all star
2014 Cavaliers 2014 NBA Draft Pick #1 Cavaliers Andrew Wiggins SG/SF 733 34.2 18.5 4.6 2.3 14.5 4.21 starter
2013 Cavaliers 2013 NBA Draft Pick #1 Cavaliers Anthony Bennett PF 151 12.6 4.4 3.1 0.5 10.1 -0.18 end of bench
2012 Pelicans 2012 NBA Draft Pick #1 Pelicans Anthony Davis PF 782 34.7 24.2 10.7 2.5 26.7 17.92 all star
2011 Cavaliers 2011 NBA Draft Pick #1 Cavaliers Kyrie Irving PG 774 34.5 23.5 4.0 5.6 22.5 11.09 all star
2010 Wizards 2010 NBA Draft Pick #1 Wizards John Wall PG 660 35.0 18.7 4.2 8.9 19.1 7.33 all star
2009 Clippers 2009 NBA Draft Pick #1 Clippers Blake Griffin PF 800 31.8 18.9 8.0 4.0 21.1 8.71 all star
2008 Bulls 2008 NBA Draft Pick #1 Bulls Derrick Rose PG 746 30.5 17.4 3.2 5.2 18.1 4.57 all star
2007 Trailblazers 2007 NBA Draft Pick #1 Trailblazers Greg Oden C 105 19.3 8.0 6.2 0.5 18.9 2.03 end of bench
2006 Raptors 2006 NBA Draft Pick #1 Raptors Andrea Bargnani PF 550 28.7 14.3 4.6 1.2 14.4 2.77 starter
2005 Bucks 2005 NBA Draft Pick #1 Bucks Andrew Bogut C 765 27.2 9.2 8.4 2.1 16.4 3.88 starter
2004 Magic 2004 NBA Draft Pick #1 Magic Dwight Howard C 1294 31.4 15.4 11.7 1.3 21.2 11.71 all star
2003 Cavaliers 2003 NBA Draft Pick #1 Cavaliers LeBron James SF 1589 38.1 27.2 7.7 7.4 27.2 23.41 all star
2002 Rockets 2002 NBA Draft Pick #1 Rockets Yao Ming C 486 32.6 19.0 9.2 1.6 23.0 12.02 all star
2001 Wizards 2001 NBA Draft Pick #1 Wizards Kwame Brown C 607 22.0 6.6 5.5 0.9 12.5 0.81 backup
2000 Nets 2000 NBA Draft Pick #1 Nets Kenyon Martin PF 757 30.6 12.3 6.8 1.9 15.0 3.22 starter
1999 Bulls 1999 NBA Draft Pick #1 Bulls Elton Brand PF 1061 32.9 15.9 8.5 2.1 20.5 9.94 all star
1998 Clippers 1998 NBA Draft Pick #1 Clippers Michael Olowokandi C 500 26.3 8.3 6.8 0.7 10.7 -0.08 starter
1997 Spurs 1997 NBA Draft Pick #1 Spurs Tim Duncan C 1409 34.0 18.9 10.8 3.0 24.1 16.67 all star
1996 76ers 1996 NBA Draft Pick #1 76ers Allen Iverson PG/SG 914 37.8 24.7 3.4 5.5 19.4 11.06 all star
1995 Warriors 1995 NBA Draft Pick #1 Warriors Joe Smith PF 1031 20.5 8.2 5.0 0.8 11.7 2.33 backup
1994 Bucks 1994 NBA Draft Pick #1 Bucks Glenn Robinson SF/PF 688 23.3 13.3 3.9 1.7 11.4 7.15 all star
1993 Warriors 1993 NBA Draft Pick #1 Warriors Chris Webber PF 831 27.7 15.6 7.3 3.1 15.4 8.70 all star
1992 Magic 1992 NBA Draft Pick #1 Magic Shaquille O'Neal C 1207 23.9 15.9 7.3 1.8 18.1 14.77 all star
1991 Pelicans 1991 NBA Draft Pick #1 Pelicans Larry Johnson F 707 11.9 4.3 2.0 0.8 4.4 2.76 all star
1990 Nets 1990 NBA Draft Pick #1 Nets Derrick Coleman F 781 14.2 6.1 3.7 0.9 6.9 3.74 backup
1989 Kings 1989 NBA Draft Pick #1 Kings Pervis Ellison C 474 1.6 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.7 0.04 end of bench

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Notes

  • Complete year-by-year NBA Draft History can be found here.
  • The stats here include the 2015/16 NBA season.
  • Only the past 25 NBA drafts are included in the highest, lowest and median rankings.
  • Median PER (or other stat) simply denotes the mid-point PER value when observing the entire list of players drafted at this spot. It attempts to portray a realistic expectation of what a team can expect to draft at this spot based on historical outcomes.
  • All Best, Worst & Typical rankings are based on career PER.
  • If a player's position is G/F he is included in both the guards and forwards for the positional breakdown.

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