NFL Draft Results - Historical #1 Overall Picks
Below you will find a historical listing of all No. 1 overall picks in the NFL Draft.
All-time No. 1 picks from other sports:
| Year | Player | Pos. | School | NFL Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Caleb Williams | QB | USC | Chicago Bears |
| 2023 | Bryce Young | QB | Alabama | Carolina Panthers |
| 2022 | Travon Walker | EDGE | Georgia | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 2021 | Trevor Lawrence | QB | Clemson | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 2020 | Joe Burrow | QB | LSU | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 2019 | Kyler Murray | QB | Oklahoma | Arizona Cardinals |
| 2018 | Baker Mayfield | QB | Oklahoma | Cleveland Browns |
| 2017 | Myles Garrett | DE | Texas A&M | Cleveland Browns |
| 2016 | Jared Goff | QB | California | Los Angeles Rams |
| 2015 | Jameis Winston | QB | Florida State | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 2014 | Jadeveon Clowney | DE | South Carolina | Houston Texans |
| 2013 | Eric Fisher | OT | Central Michigan | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 2012 | Andrew Luck | QB | Stanford | Indianapolis Colts |
| 2011 | Cam Newton | QB | Auburn | Carolina Panthers |
| 2010 | Sam Bradford | QB | Oklahoma | St. Louis Rams |
| 2009 | Matthew Stafford | QB | Georgia | Detroit Lions |
| 2008 | Jake Long | OT | Michigan | Miami Dolphins |
| 2007 | JaMarcus Russell | QB | LSU | Oakland Raiders |
| 2006 | Mario Williams | DE | North Carolina State | Houston Texans |
| 2005 | Alex Smith | QB | Utah | San Francisco 49ers |
| 2004 | Eli Manning | QB | Mississippi | San Diego Chargers |
| 2003 | Carson Palmer | QB | USC | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 2002 | David Carr | QB | Fresno State | Houston Texans |
| 2001 | Michael Vick | QB | Virginia Tech | Atlanta Falcons |
| 2000 | Courtney Brown | DE | Penn State | Cleveland Browns |
| 1999 | Tim Couch | QB | Kentucky | Cleveland Browns |
| 1998 | Peyton Manning | QB | Tennessee | Indianapolis Colts |
| 1997 | Orlando Pace | OT | Ohio State | St. Louis Rams |
| 1996 | Keyshawn Johnson | WR | USC | New York Jets |
| 1995 | Ki-Jana Carter | RB | Penn State | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 1994 | Dan Wilkinson | DT | Ohio State | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 1993 | Drew Bledsoe | QB | Washington State | New England Patriots |
| 1992 | Steve Emtman | DT | Washington | Indianapolis Colts |
| 1991 | Russell Maryland | DT | Miami (FL) | Dallas Cowboys |
| 1990 | Jeff George | QB | Illinois | Indianapolis Colts |
| 1989 | Troy Aikman | QB | UCLA | Dallas Cowboys |
| 1988 | Aundray Bruce | LB | Auburn | Atlanta Falcons |
| 1987 | Vinny Testaverde | QB | Miami (FL) | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1986 | Bo Jackson | RB | Auburn | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1985 | Bruce Smith | DE | Virginia Tech | Buffalo Bills |
| 1984 | Irving Fryar | WR | Nebraska | New England Patriots |
| 1983 | John Elway | QB | Stanford | Baltimore Colts |
| 1982 | Kenneth Sims | DT | Texas | New England Patriots |
| 1981 | George Rogers | RB | South Carolina | New Orleans Saints |
| 1980 | Bill Sims | RB | Oklahoma | Detroit Lions |
| 1979 | Tom Cousineau | LB | Ohio State | Buffalo Bills |
| 1978 | Earl Campbell | RB | Texas | Houston Oilers |
| 1977 | Ricky Bell | RB | USC | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1976 | Lee Roy Selmon | DE | Oklahoma | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1975 | Steve Bartkowski | QB | California | Atlanta Falcons |
| 1974 | Ed "Too Tall" Jones | DE | Tennessee State | Dallas Cowboys |
| 1973 | John Matuszak | DE | Tampa | Houston Oilers |
| 1972 | Walt Patulski | DT | Notre Dame | Buffalo Bills |
| 1971 | Jim Plunkett | QB | Stanford | New England Patriots |
| 1970 | Terry Bradshaw | QB | Louisiana Tech | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1969 | O.J. Simpson | RB | USC | Buffalo Bills |
| 1968 | Ron Yary | OT | USC | Minnesota Vikings |
| 1967 | Bubba Smith | DE | Michigan State | Baltimore Colts |
| 1966 | Tommy Nobis | LB | Texas | Atlanta Falcons (NFL) |
| 1966 | Jim Grabowski | RB | Illinois | Miami Dolphins (AFL) |
| 1965 | Lawrence Elkins | WR | Baylor | Houston Oilers (AFL) |
| 1965 | T. Frederickson | RB | Auburn | New York Giants (NFL) |
| 1964 | Jack Concannon | QB | Boston College | Boston Patriots (AFL) |
| 1964 | Dave Parks | WR | Texas Tech | San Francisco 49ers (NFL) |
| 1963 | Buck Buchanan | DT | Grambling | Kansas City Chiefs (AFL) |
| 1963 | Terry Baker | QB | Oregon State | Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 1962 | Roman Gabriel | QB | North Carolina State | Oakland Raiders (AFL) |
| 1962 | Ernie Davis | RB | Syracuse | Washington (NFL) |
| 1961 | Ken Rice | G | Auburn | Buffalo Bills (AFL) |
| 1961 | Tommy Mason | RB | Tulane | Minnesota Vikings (NFL) |
| 1960 | Billy Cannon | RB | LSU | Los Angeles Rams |
| 1959 | Randy Duncan | QB | Iowa | Green Bay Packers |
| 1958 | King Hill | QB | Rice | Chicago Cardinals |
| 1957 | Paul Hornung | HB | Notre Dame | Green Bay Packers |
| 1956 | Gary Glick | DB | Colorado A&M | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1955 | George Shaw | QB | Oregon | Baltimore Colts |
| 1954 | Bobby Garrett | QB | Stanford | Cleveland Browns |
| 1953 | Harry Babcock | E | Georgia | San Francisco 49ers |
| 1952 | Bill Wade | QB | Vanderbilt | Los Angeles Rams |
| 1951 | Kyle Rote | HB | SMU | New York Giants |
| 1950 | Leon Hart | E | Notre Dame | Detroit Lions |
| 1949 | Chuck Bednarik | C/LB | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1948 | Harry Gilmer | QB | Alabama | Washington |
| 1947 | Bob Fenimore | HB | Oklahoma State | Chicago Bears |
| 1946 | Frank Dancewicz | QB | Notre Dame | Boston Yanks |
| 1945 | Charley Trippi | HB | Georgia | Chicago Cardinals |
| 1944 | Angelo Bertelli | QB | Notre Dame | Boston Yanks |
| 1943 | Frank Sinkwich | HB | Georgia | Detroit Lions |
| 1942 | Bill Dudley | HB | Virginia | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1941 | Tom Harmon | HB | Michigan | Chicago Bears |
| 1940 | George Cafego | HB | Tennessee | Chicago Cardinals |
| 1939 | Ki Aldrich | C | TCU | Chicago Cardinals |
| 1938 | Corbett Davis | FB | Indiana | Cleveland Rams |
| 1937 | Sam Francis | FB | Nebraska | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1936 | Jay Berwanger | HB | Chicago | Philadelphia Eagles |