| Past First-Round Picks | NBA Career Averages | ||||
| YEAR | PICK | PLAYER | PPG | RPG | APG |
| 2009 | 30 | Christian Eyenga | 6.3 | 2.7 | 0.8 |
| 2008 | 19 | J.J. Hickson | 9.0 | 5.8 | 0.7 |
| 2006 | 25 | Shannon Brown | 7.7 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| 2004 | 10 | Luke Jackson | 3.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| 2003 | 1 | Lebron James | 27.6 | 7.2 | 6.9 |
| 2002 | 6 | Dajuan Wagner | 9.4 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| 2001 | 8 | DeSagana Diop | 2.0 | 3.7 | 0.4 |
| 2001 | 20 | Brendan Haywood | 7.2 | 6.2 | 0.6 |
| 2000 | 8 | Jamal Crawford | 15.3 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
| 1999 | 11 | Trajan Langdon | 5.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 1999 | 8 | Andre Miller | 14.1 | 4.0 | 7.2 |
| 1997 | 13 | Derek Anderson | 12.0 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 1997 | 16 | Brevin Knight | 7.3 | 2.4 | 6.1 |
| 1996 | 20 | Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 13.0 | 7.3 | 1.1 |
| 1996 | 12 | Vitaly Potapenko | 6.5 | 4.5 | 0.7 |
| 1995 | 17 | Bob Sura | 8.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 1993 | 22 | Chris Mills | 11.2 | 4.9 | 1.9 |
| 1991 | 11 | Terrell Brandon | 13.8 | 3.0 | 6.1 |
| 1989 | 25 | John Morton | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1988 | 22 | Randolph Keys | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1987 | 7 | Kevin Johnson | 17.9 | 3.3 | 9.1 |
| 1986 | 8 | Ron Harper | 13.8 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 1986 | 1 | Brad Daugherty | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1985 | 9 | Charles Oakley | 9.7 | 9.5 | 2.5 |
| 1984 | 12 | Tim McCormick | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1983 | 20 | Roy Hinson | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1983 | 24 | Stewart Granger | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1982 | 12 | John Bagley | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1980 | 22 | Chad Kinch | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1978 | 15 | Mike Mitchell | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1976 | 15 | Chuckie Williams | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1975 | 15 | John Lambert | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1974 | 8 | Campy Russell | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1973 | 2 | Jim Brewer | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1972 | 3 | Dwight Davis | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1971 | 1 | Austin Carr | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1970 | 7 | John Johnson | N/A | N/A | N/A |