| Past First-Round Picks | NBA Career Averages | ||||
| YEAR | PICK | PLAYER | PPG | RPG | APG |
| 2010 | 9 | Gordon Hayward | 8.5 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 2009 | 20 | Eric Maynor | 4.5 | 1.5 | 3.1 |
| 2008 | 23 | Kosta Koufos | 3.8 | 3.1 | 0.3 |
| 2007 | 25 | Morris Almond | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 |
| 2006 | 14 | Ronnie Brewer | 9.0 | 3.0 | 1.8 |
| 2005 | 3 | Deron Williams | 17.6 | 3.3 | 9.2 |
| 2004 | 14 | Kris Humphries | 6.7 | 5.5 | 0.7 |
| 2004 | 21 | Pavel Podkolzin | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| 2004 | 16 | Kirk Snyder | 6.3 | 2.3 | 1.1 |
| 2003 | 19 | Aleksandar Pavlovic | 5.1 | 1.8 | 0.9 |
| 2002 | 18 | Curtis Borchardt | 3.1 | 3.3 | 0.8 |
| 2001 | 24 | Raul Lopez | 6.5 | 1.7 | 3.8 |
| 2000 | 23 | DeShawn Stevenson | 7.4 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 1999 | 28 | Scott Padgett | 4.2 | 2.7 | 0.7 |
| 1999 | 24 | Andrei Kirilenko | 12.4 | 5.6 | 2.8 |
| 1999 | 19 | Quincy Lewis | 3.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 |
| 1998 | 29 | Nazr Mohammed | 6.6 | 5.2 | 0.4 |
| 1997 | 27 | Jacque Vaughn | 4.5 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| 1996 | 25 | Martin Muursepp | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 1995 | 28 | Greg Ostertag | 4.6 | 5.5 | 0.6 |
| 1993 | 18 | Luther Wright | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| 1991 | 21 | Eric Murdock | 10.1 | 2.5 | 4.9 |
| 1989 | 21 | Blue Edwards | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1988 | 17 | Eric Leckner | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1987 | 15 | Jose Ortiz | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1986 | 15 | Dell Curry | 11.7 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 1985 | 13 | Karl Malone | 25.0 | 10.1 | 3.6 |
| 1984 | 16 | John Stockton | 13.1 | 2.7 | 10.5 |
| 1983 | 7 | Thurl Bailey | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1982 | 3 | Dominique Wilkins | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1981 | 13 | Danny Schayes | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1980 | 2 | Darrell Griffith | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1980 | 19 | John Duren | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1979 | 20 | Larry Knight | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1978 | 11 | James Hardy | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1975 | 7 | Rich Kelley | N/A | N/A | N/A |