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Year	No. 1 pick	Team	School	WS
1947	Clifton McNeeley	Pittsburgh Ironmen	Texas-El Paso	N/A
1948	Andy Tonkovich	Providence Steamrollers	Marshall	-0.4
1949	Vern Mikkelsen	Minneapolis Lakers	Hamline	83.4
1950	Paul Arizin	Philadelphia Warriors	Villanova	108.8
1951	Whitey Skoog	Minneapolis Lakers	Minnesota	14.3
1952	Bill Mlkvy	Philadelphia Warriors	Temple	-1
1953	Walter Dukes	New York Knicks	Seton Hall	24
1954	Frank Selvy	Baltimore Bullets	Furman	17.9
1955	Dick Garmaker	Minneapolis Lakers	Minnesota	25.6
1956	Tom Heinsohn	Boston Celtics	Holy Cross	60
1957	Hot Rod Hundley	Cincinnati Royals	West Virginia	4.3
1958	Guy Rodgers	Philadelphia Warriors	Temple	33.3
1959	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia Warriors	Kansas	247.3
1960	Oscar Robertson	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati	189.2
1961	Walt Bellamy	Chicago Packers	Indiana	130
1962	Jerry Lucas	Cincinnati Royals	Ohio State	98.4
1963	Tom Thacker	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati	-0.6
1964	George Wilson	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati	0.5
1965	Bill Buntin	Detroit Pistons	Michigan	0.9
1966	Cazzie Russell	New York Knicks	Michigan	51.7
1967	Jimmy Walker	Detroit Pistons	Providence	42.9
1968	Elvin Hayes	San Diego Rockets	Houston	120.8
1969	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Milwaukee Bucks	UCLA	273.4
1970	Bob Lanier	Detroit Pistons	St. Bonaventure	117.1
1971	Austin Carr	Cleveland Cavaliers	Notre Dame	23.9
Year	No. 1 pick	Team	School	WS
1972	LaRue Martin	Portland Trail Blazers	Loyola Chicago	1.8
1973	Doug Collins	Philadelphia 76ers	Illinois State	38
1974	Bill Walton	Portland Trail Blazers	UCLA	39.3
1975	David Thompson	Atlanta Hawks	NC State	50.8
1976	John Lucas	Houston Rockets	Maryland	53.7
1977	Kent Benson	Milwaukee Bucks	Indiana	33.6
1978	Mychal Thompson	Portland Trail Blazers	Minnesota	59.1
1979	Magic Johnson	Los Angeles Lakers	Michigan State	155.8
1980	Joe Barry Carroll	Golden State Warriors	Purdue	35.6
1981	Mark Aguirre	Dallas Mavericks	DePaul	67.8
1982	James Worthy	Los Angeles Lakers	UNC	81.2
1983	Ralph Sampson	Houston Rockets	Virginia	20.1
1984	Hakeem Olajuwon	Houston Rockets	Houston	162.8
1985	Patrick Ewing	New York Knicks	Georgetown	126.4
1986	Brad Daugherty	Cleveland Cavaliers	UNC	65.2
1987	David Robinson	San Antonio Spurs	Naval Academy	178.7
1988	Danny Manning	Los Angeles Clippers	Kansas	55.1
1989	Pervis Ellison	Sacramento Kings	Louisville	21.8
1990	Derrick Coleman	New Jersey Nets	Syracuse	64.3
1991	Charlotte Hornets	Larry Johnson	UNLV	69.7
1992	Shaquille O’Neal	Orlando Magic	LSU	181.7
1993	Chris Webber	Orlando Magic	Michigan	84.7
1994	Glenn Robinson	Milwaukee Bucks	Purdue	39.8
1995	Joe Smith	Golden State Warriors	Maryland	60.3
1996	Allen Iverson	Philadelphia 76ers	Georgetown	99
Year	No. 1 pick	Team	School	WS
1997	Tim Duncan	San Antonio Spurs	Wake Forest	206.4
1998	Michael Olowokandi	Los Angeles Clippers	U of the Pacific	2.5
1999	Elton Brand	Chicago Bulls	Duke	109.6
2000	Kenyon Martin	New Jersey Nets	Cincinnati	48
2001	Kwame Brown	Washington Wizards	High School	20.8
2002	Yao Ming	Houston Rockets	High School	65.9
2003	LeBron James	Cleveland Cavaliers	High School	236.1
2004	Dwight Howard	Orlando Magic	High School	133.9
2005	Andrew Bogut	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah	50.6
2006	Andrea Bargani	Toronto Raptors	High School	18.9
2007	Greg Oden	Portland Trail Blazers	Ohio State	7.3
2008	Derrick Rose	Chicago Bulls	Memphis	39.7
2009	Blake Griffin	Los Angeles Clippers	Oklahoma	75.2
2010	John Wall	Washington Wizards	Kentucky	44.3
2011	Kyrie Irving	Cleveland Cavaliers	Duke	61.3
2012	Anthony Davis	New Orleans Hornets	Kentucky	82.3
2013	Anthony Bennett	Cleveland Cavaliers	UNLV	0.5
2014	Andrew Wiggins	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kansas	15
2015	Karl-Anthony Towns	Minnesota Timberwolves	Kentucky	50.4
2016	Ben Simmons	Philadelphia 76ers	LSU	24.4
2017	Markelle Fultz	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington	3.2
2018	Deandre Ayton	Phoenix Suns	Arizona	8.3
2019	Zion Williamson	New Orleans Pelicans	Duke	1.8

WS is short for win shares, in case you’re wondering.