History of the #1 Overall Pick

Every player selected 1st overall in the NFL Draft (59 players)

All #1 Overall Picks

YearRdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
2025 1 1 TEN Cam Ward QB Miami, Washington State, Incarnate Word
2024 1 1 CHI Caleb Williams QB USC, Oklahoma
2023 1 1 CAR Bryce Young QB Alabama
2022 1 1 JAX Travon Walker DE Georgia
2021 1 1 JAX Trevor Lawrence QB Clemson
2020 1 1 CIN Joe Burrow QB LSU, Ohio State
2019 1 1 ARI Kyler Murray QB Oklahoma, Texas A&M
2018 1 1 CLE Baker Mayfield QB Oklahoma, Texas Tech
2017 1 1 CLE Myles Garrett DE Texas A&M
2016 1 1 LA Jared Goff QB California
2015 1 1 TB Jameis Winston QB Florida State
2014 1 1 HOU Jadeveon Clowney OLB South Carolina
2013 1 1 KC Eric Fisher OT Central Michigan
2012 1 1 IND Andrew Luck QB Stanford
2011 1 1 CAR Cam Newton QB Auburn, Blinn College, Florida
2010 1 1 LA Sam Bradford QB Oklahoma
2009 1 1 DET Matthew Stafford QB Georgia
2008 1 1 MIA Jake Long OT Michigan
2007 1 1 LV JaMarcus Russell QB LSU
2006 1 1 HOU Mario Williams DE N.C. State
2005 1 1 SF Alex Smith QB Utah
2004 1 1 LAC Eli Manning QB Mississippi
2003 1 1 CIN Carson Palmer QB USC
2002 1 1 HOU David Carr QB Fresno State
2001 1 1 ATL Mike Vick QB Virginia Tech
2000 1 1 CLE Courtney Brown DE Penn State
1999 1 1 CLE Tim Couch QB Kentucky
1998 1 1 IND Peyton Manning QB Tennessee
1997 1 1 LA Orlando Pace OT Ohio State
1996 1 1 NYJ Keyshawn Johnson WR USC, West Los Angeles College
1995 1 1 CIN Ki-Jana Carter RB Penn State
1994 1 1 CIN Dan Wilkinson DT Ohio State
1993 1 1 NE Drew Bledsoe QB Washington State
1992 1 1 NYG Dave Brown QB Duke
1991 1 1 DAL Russell Maryland NT Miami
1990 1 1 IND Jeff George QB Illinois, Purdue
1989 1 1 DAL Troy Aikman QB UCLA, Oklahoma
1988 1 1 ATL Aundray Bruce DE Auburn
1987 1 1 SEA Brian Bosworth ILB Oklahoma
1986 1 2 ATL Tony Casillas DT Oklahoma
1985 1 1 CLE Bernie Kosar QB Miami
1984 1 1 NE Irving Fryar WR Nebraska
1983 1 1 BAL John Elway QB Stanford
1982 1 1 NE Kenneth Sims DE Texas
1981 1 1 NO George Rogers RB South Carolina
1980 1 1 DET Billy Sims RB Oklahoma
1979 1 1 BUF Tom Cousineau LB Ohio State
1978 1 1 HOU Earl Campbell RB Texas
1977 1 1 TB Ricky Bell RB USC
1976 1 1 TB Lee Roy Selmon DE Oklahoma
1975 1 1 ATL Steve Bartkowski QB California
1974 1 1 DAL Too Tall Jones DE Tennessee State
1973 1 1 TEN John Matuszak DE Tampa
1972 1 1 BUF Walt Patulski DE Notre Dame
1971 1 1 NE Jim Plunkett QB Stanford
1970 1 1 PIT Terry Bradshaw QB Louisiana Tech
1969 1 1 BUF O.J. Simpson RB USC
1968 1 1 MIN Ron Yary OT USC
1967 1 1 IND Bubba Smith DE Michigan State