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All-Time No. 1 Draft Picks
2000 - Kenyon Martin, New Jersey (Cincinnati)
1999 - Elton Brand, Chicago (Duke)
1998 - Michael Olowokandi, LA Clippers (Pacific)
1997 - Tim Duncan, San Antonio (Wake Forest)
1996 - Allen Iverson, Philadelphia (Georgetown)
1995 - Joe Smith, Golden State (Maryland)
1994 - Glenn Robinson, Milwaukee (Purdue)
1993 - *Chris Webber, Orlando (Michigan)
1992 - Shaquille O'Neal, Orlando (Louisiana State)
1991 - Larry Johnson, Charlotte (Nevada-Las Vegas)
1990 - Derrick Coleman, New Jersey (Syracuse)
1989 - Pervis Ellison, Sacramento (Louisville)
1988 - Danny Manning, Los Angeles Clippers (Kansas)
1987 - David Robinson, San Antonio (Navy)
1986 - Brad Daugherty, Cleveland (North Carolina)
1985 - Patrick Ewing, New York (Georgetown)
1984 - Akeem (Hakeem) Olajuwon, Houston (Houston)
1983 - Ralph Sampson, Houston (Virginia)
1982 - James Worthy, Los Angeles Lakers (North Carolina)
1981 - Mark Aguirre, Dallas (DePaul)
1980 - Joe Barry Carroll, Golden State (Purdue)
1979 - Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers (Michigan State)
1978 - Mychal Thompson, Portland (Minnesota)
1977 - Kent Benson, Milwaukee (Indiana)
1976 - John Lucas, Houston (Maryland)
1975 - x-David Thompson, Atlanta (North Carolina State)
1974 - Bill Walton, Portland, (UCLA)
1973 - Doug Collins, Philadelphia (Illinois State)
1972 - Larue Martin, Portland (Loyola-Illinois)
1971 - Austin Carr, Cleveland (Notre Dame)
1970 - Bob Lanier, Detroit (St. Bonaventure)
1969 - Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), Milwaukee (UCLA)
1968 - Elvin Hayes, Houston (Houston)
1967 - Jimmy Walker, Detroit (Providence)
1966 - Cazzie Russell, New York (Michigan)

* - rights traded to Golden State
x - signed with the Denver Nuggets of the American Basketball Association and did not play for Atlanta 
 

 

   
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