All-Time NBA Draft History: Full list of every No. 1 overall NBA Draft picks winners through the years since 1947

The Dallas Mavericks selected Duke freshman forward Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft.

— The Dallas Mavericks selected Duke freshman forward Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft on Wednesday night, capping off a chaotic year filled with injuries, underachievement, and a mind-boggling trade that shook the league.

Dallas got in the position to select Flagg after the draft lottery on May 12, when the Mavericks, with a 1.8% chance of winning the lottery, jumped up 10 spots and had the opportunity to change their fortunes in a matter of months.

In Flagg, the Mavericks are getting an 18-year-old, 6-foot-7, 220-pound player who can score at all three levels and led the nation in box plus-minus, which is used as an estimate of a player’s contribution to the team. He can start for Dallas from the minute he arrives and will complement Anthony Davis and Kyrie Irving, whenever he gets back from his knee injury.

NBA draft No. 1 picks history: NBA draft year-by-year selections 1947-2025

2020s

2026 NBA Draft No. 1 pick — NBA Team

2025 | Cooper Flagg (Duke), (Dallas Mavericks)

2024 | Zaccharie Risacher (France) — (Atlanta Hawks)

2023 | Victor Wembanyama (France) — (San Antonio Spurs)

2022 | No. 1 pick — Paolo Banchero (Orlando Magic)

2021 | No. 1 pick — Cade Cunningham (Detroit Pistons) |

2020 | No. 1 pick — Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves) |

2010s

2019 | No. 1 pick — Zion Williamson (New Orleans Pelicans) |

2018 | No. 1 pick — Deandre Ayton (Phoenix Suns) |

2017 | No. 1 pick — Markelle Fultz (Philadelphia 76ers) |

2016 | No. 1 pick — Ben Simmons (Philadelphia 76ers) |

2015 | No. 1 pick — Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota Timberwolves) |

2014 | No. 1 pick — Andrew Wiggins (Cleveland Cavaliers) |

2013 | No. 1 pick — Anthony Bennett (Cleveland Cavaliers) |

2012 | No. 1 pick — Anthony Davis (New Orleans Hornets) |

2011 | No. 1 pick — Kyrie Irving (Cleveland Cavaliers) |

2010 | No. 1 pick — John Wall (Washington Wizards) |

2000s

2009 | No. 1 pick — Blake Griffin (LA Clippers) |

2008 | No. 1 pick — Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls) |

2007 | No. 1 pick — Greg Oden (Portland Trail Blazers) |

2006 | No. 1 pick — Andrea Bargnani (Toronto Raptors) |

2005 | No. 1 pick — Andrew Bogut (Milwaukee Bucks) |

2004 | No. 1 pick — Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic) |

2003 | No. 1 pick — LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers) |

2002 | No. 1 pick — Yao Ming (Houston Rockets) |

2001 | No. 1 pick — Kwame Brown (Washington Wizards) |

2000 | No. 1 pick — Kenyon Martin (New Jersey Nets) |

1990s

1999 | No. 1 pick — Elton Brand (Chicago Bulls) |

1998 | No. 1 pick — Michael Olowokandi (LA Clippers) |

1997 | No. 1 pick — Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs) |

1996 | No. 1 pick — Allen Iverson (Philadelphia 76ers) |

1995 | No. 1 pick — Joe Smith (Golden State Warriors) |

1994 | No. 1 pick — Glenn Robinson (Milwaukee Bucks) |

1993 | No. 1 pick — Chris Webber (Orlando Magic) |

1992 | No. 1 pick — Shaquille O’ Neal (Orlando Magic) |

1991 | No. 1 pick — Larry Johnson (Charlotte Hornets) |

1990 | No. 1 pick — Derrick Coleman (New Jersey Nets) |

1980s

1989 | No. 1 pick — Pervis Ellison (Sacramento Kings) |

1988 | No. 1 pick — Danny Manning (LA Clippers) |

1987 | No. 1 pick — David Robinson (San Antonio Spurs) |

1986 | No. 1 pick — Brad Daugherty (Cleveland Cavaliers) |

1985 | No. 1 pick — Patrick Ewing (New York Knicks) |

1984 | No. 1 pick — Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston Rockets) |

1983 | No. 1 pick — Ralph Sampson (Houston Rockets) |

1982 | No. 1 pick — James Worthy (Los Angeles Lakers) |

1981 | No. 1 pick — Mark Aguirre (Dallas Mavericks) |

1980 | No. 1 pick — Joe Barry Carroll (Golden State Warriors) |

1970s

1979 | No. 1 pick — Magic Johnson (Los Angeles Lakers) |

1978 | No. 1 pick — Mychal Thompson (Portland Trail Blazers) |

1977 | No. 1 pick — Kent Benson (Milwaukee Bucks) |

1976 | No. 1 pick — John Lucas (Houston Rockets) |

1975 | No. 1 pick — David Thompson (Atlanta Hawks) |

1974 | No. 1 pick — Bill Walton (Portland Trail Blazers) |

1973 | No. 1 pick — Doug Collins (Philadelphia 76ers) |

1972 | No. 1 pick — LaRue Martin (Portland Trail Blazers) |

1971 | No. 1 pick — Austin Carr (Cleveland Cavaliers) |

1970 | No. 1 pick — Bob Lanier (Detroit Pistons) |

1960s

1969 | No. 1 pick — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Milwaukee Bucks) |

1968 | No. 1 pick — Elvin Hayes (San Diego Rickets) |

1967 | No. 1 pick — Jimmy Walker (Detroit Pistons) |

1966 | No. 1 pick — Cazzie Russell (New York Knicks) |

1965 | No. 1 pick — Fred Hetzel (San Francisco Warriors) |

1964 | No. 1 pick — Jim Barnes (New York Knicks) |

1963 | No. 1 pick — Art Heyman (New York Knicks) |

1962 | No. 1 pick — Bill McGill (Chicago Zephyrs) |

1961 | No. 1 pick — Walt Bellamy (Chicago Zephyrs) |

1960 | No. 1 pick — Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati Royals) |

1950s

1959 | No. 1 pick — Bob Boozer (Cincinnati Royals) |

1958 | No. 1 pick — Elgin Baylor (Minneapolis Lakers) |

1957 | No. 1 pick — Hot Rod Hundley (Cincinnati Royals) |

1956 | No. 1 pick — Si Green (Rochester Royals) |

1955 | No. 1 pick — Dick Ricketts (St. Louis Hawks) |

1954 | No. 1 pick — Frank Selvy (Baltimore Bullets) |

1953 | No. 1 pick — Ray Felix (Baltimore Bullets) |

1952 | No. 1 pick — Mark Workman (Milwaukee Hawks) |

1951 | No. 1 pick — Gene Melchiorre (Baltimore Hawks) |

1950 | No. 1 pick — Chuck Share (Boston Celtics) |

1940s

1949 | No. 1 pick — Howie Shannon (Providence Steam Rollers) |

1948 | No. 1 pick — Andy Tonkovich (Providence Steam Rollers) |

1947 | No. 1 pick — Clifton McNeeley (Pittsburgh Ironmen) |

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