Primeres eleccions del draft de l'NBA

Aquests són les primeres eleccions en els drafts de l'NBA. Els quinze pitjors equips de la temporada regular accedeixen al sorteig on s'otorga el dret a primera elecció. Els quinze millors resten en ordre invers a la posició asolida l'any anterior. Així, el millor equip de la temporada regular de l'NBA escollirà en última posició.

Draft	Equip NBA	Jugador	College/high school/club
1947	Pittsburgh Ironmen	Clifton Neeley	Texas Western
1948	Providence Steamrollers	Andy Tonkovich	Marshall
1949	Providence Steamrollers	Howie Shannon	Kansas State
1950	Boston Celtics	Charlie Share	Bowling Green
1951	Baltimore Bullets	Gene Melchiorre	Bradley
1952	Milwaukee Hawks	Mark Workman	West Virginia
1953	Philadelphia Warriors	Ernie Beck	Penn
1954	Baltimore Bullets	Frank Selvy	Furman
1955	Milwaukee Hawks	Dick Ricketts	Duquesne
1956	Rochester Royals	Sihugo Green	Duquesne
1957	Cincinnati Royals	Rod Hundley	West Virginia
1958	Minneapolis Lakers	Elgin Baylor	Seattle
1959	Cincinnati Royals	Bob Boozer	Kansas State
1960	Cincinnati Royals	Oscar Robertson	Cincinnati
1961	Chicago Packers	Walt Bellamy	Indiana
1962	Chicago Zephyrs	Bill McGill	Utah
1963	New York Knicks	Art Heyman	Duke
1964	New York Knicks	Jim Barnes	Texas Western
1965	San Francisco Warriors	Fred Hetzel	Davidson
1966	New York Knicks	Cazzie Russell	Michigan
1967	Detroit Pistons	Jimmy Walker	Providence
1968	San Diego Rockets	Elvin Hayes	Houston
1969	Milwaukee Bucks	Lew Alcindor	UCLA
1970	Detroit Pistons	Bob Lanier	St. Bonaventure
1971	Cleveland Cavaliers	Austin Carr	Notre Dame
1972	Portland Trail Blazers	LaRue Martin	Loyola (Chicago)
1973	Philadelphia 76ers	Doug Collins	Illinois State
1974	Portland Trail Blazers	Bill Walton	UCLA
1975	Atlanta Hawks	David Thompson	NC State
1976	Houston Rockets	John Lucas	Maryland
1977	Milwaukee Bucks	Kent Benson	Indiana
1978	Portland Trail Blazers	Mychal Thompson	Minnesota
1979	Los Angeles Lakers	Earvin Johnson	Michigan State
1980	Golden State Warriors	Joe Barry Carroll	Purdue
1981	Dallas Mavericks	Mark Aguirre	DePaul
1982	Los Angeles Lakers	James Worthy	North Carolina
1983	Houston Rockets	Ralph Sampson	Virginia
1984	Houston Rockets	Hakeem Olajuwon	Houston
1985	New York Knicks	Patrick Ewing	Georgetown
1986	Cleveland Cavaliers	Brad Daugherty	North Carolina
1987	San Antonio Spurs	David Robinson	Navy
1988	Los Angeles Clippers	Danny Manning	Kansas
1989	Sacramento Kings	Pervis Ellison	Louisville
1990	New Jersey Nets	Derrick Coleman	Syracuse
1991	Charlotte Hornets	Larry Johnson	UNLV
1992	Orlando Magic	Shaquille O'Neal	LSU
1993	Orlando Magic	Chris Webber	Michigan
1994	Milwaukee Bucks	Glenn Robinson	Purdue
1995	Golden State Warriors	Joe Smith	Maryland
1996	Philadelphia 76ers	Allen Iverson	Georgetown
1997	San Antonio Spurs	Tim Duncan	Wake Forest
1998	Los Angeles Clippers	Michael Olowokandi	Pacific
1999	Chicago Bulls	Elton Brand	Duke
2000	New Jersey Nets	Kenyon Martin	Cincinnati
2001	Washington Wizards	Kwame Brown	Glynn Academy High School (Brunswick, GA)
2002	Houston Rockets	Yao Ming	Shanghai Sharks (Xina)
2003	Cleveland Cavaliers	LeBron James	St. Vincent-St. Mary High School (Akron, OH)
2004	Orlando Magic	Dwight Howard	Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy (Atlanta)
2005	Milwaukee Bucks	Andrew Bogut	Utah
2006	Toronto Raptors	Andrea Bargnani	Benetton Treviso
2007	Portland Trail Blazers	Greg Oden	Ohio State
2008	Chicago Bulls	Derrick Rose	Memphis
2009	Los Angeles Clippers	Blake Griffin	Oklahoma
2010	Washington Wizards	John Wall	Kentucky