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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