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| Tuesday, Jun. 22 Past No. 1 picks
 
 
| YEAR | TEAM | PLAYER | COLLEGE |  
| 1947 | Pittsburgh | Clifton Neeley | Texas Western |  
| 1948 | Providence | Andy Tonkovich | Marshall |  
| 1949 | Providence | Howie Shannon | Kansas State |  
| 1950 | Boston | Charlie Share | Bowling Green |  
| 1951 | Baltimore | Gene Melchiorre | Bradley |  
| 1952 | Milwaukee | Mark Workman | West Virginia |  
| 1953 | Philadelphia | Ernie Beck | Pennsylvania |  
| 1954 | Baltimore | Frank Selvy | Furman |  
| 1955 | Milwaukee | Dick Ricketts | Duquesne |  
| 1956 | Rochester | Sihugo Green | Duquesne |  
| 1957 | Cincinnati | Rod Hundley | West Virginia |  
| 1958 | Minneapolis | Elgin Baylor | Seattle |  
| 1959 | Cincinnati | Bob Boozer | Kansas State |  
| 1960 | Cincinnati | Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati |  
| 1961 | Chicago | Walt Bellamy | Indiana |  
| 1962 | Chicago | Bill McGill | Utah |  
| 1963 | New York Knicks | Art Heyman | Duke |  
| 1964 | New York Knicks | Jim Barnes | Texas Western |  
| 1965 | San Francisco | Fred Hetzel | Davidson |  
| 1966 | New York Knicks | Cazzie Russell | Michigan |  
| 1967 | Detroit | Jimmy Walker | Providence |  
| 1968 | San Diego | Elvin Hayes | Houston |  
| 1969 | Milwaukee | Lew Alcindor | UCLA |  
| 1970 | Detroit | Bob Lanier | St. Bonaventure |  
| 1971 | Cleveland | Austin Carr | Notre Dame |  
| 1972 | Portland | LaRue Martin | Loyola (Ill.) |  
| 1973 | Philadelphia | Doug Collins | Illinois State |  
| 1974 | Portland | Bill Walton | UCLA |  
| 1975 | Atlanta | David Thompson | North Carolina State |  
| 1976 | Houston | John Lucas | Maryland |  
| 1977 | Milwaukee | Kent Benson | Indiana |  
| 1978 | Portland | Mychal Thompson | Minnesota |  
| 1979 | Los Angeles Lakers | Earvin Johnson | Michigan State |  
| 1980 | Golden State | Joe Barrry Carroll | Purdue |  
| 1981 | Dallas | Mark Aguirre | DePaul |  
| 1982 | Los Angeles Lakers | James Worthy | North Carolina |  
| 1983 | Houston | Ralph Sampson | Virginia |  
| 1984 | Houston | Akeem Olajuwon | Houston |  
| 1985 | New York Knicks | Patrick Ewing | Georgetown |  
| 1986 | Cleveland | Brad Daugherty | North Carolina |  
| 1987 | San Antonio | David Robinson | Navy |  
| 1988 | Los Angeles Clippers | Danny Manning | Kansas |  
| 1989 | Sacramento | Pervis Ellison | Louisville |  
| 1990 | New Jersey | Derrick Coleman | Syracuse |  
| 1991 | Charlotte | Larry Johnson | UNLV |  
| 1992 | Orlando | Shaquille O'Neal | LSU |  
| 1993 | Orlando | Chris Webber | Michigan |  
| 1994 | Milwaukee | Glenn Robinson | Purdue |  
| 1995 | Golden State | Joe Smith | Maryland |  
| 1996 | Philadelphia | Allen Iverson | Georgetown |  
| 1997 | San Antonio | Tim Duncan | Wake Forest |  
| 1998 | Los Angeles Clippers | Michael Olowokandi | Pacific |  
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