{"id":3835,"date":"2025-06-18T02:44:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T02:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/sports\/which-colleges-have-produced-the-most-no-1-nba-draft-picks\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T02:44:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T02:44:27","slug":"which-colleges-have-produced-the-most-no-1-nba-draft-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/sports\/which-colleges-have-produced-the-most-no-1-nba-draft-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Which colleges have produced the most No.1 NBA draft picks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><span class=\"timestamp \">Jun 17, 2025, 09:43 PM ET<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Not many players can claim they were the No. 1 overall pick in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/draft\/news\">NBA draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The exclusive club doesn&#8217;t include all-time greats like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/1035\/michael-jordan\">Michael Jordan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/110\/kobe-bryant\">Kobe Bryant<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3202\/kevin-durant\">Kevin Durant<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3032977\/giannis-antetokounmpo\">Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> or 2024 NBA champion and Finals MVP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3917376\/jaylen-brown\">Jaylen Brown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The list of colleges who have produced a first-overall NBA draft pick is even shorter. Here&#8217;s a look at the college programs that have churned out the most No. 1 overall picks in the history of the NBA draft; a history that dates back to 1947.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duke: 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Duke Blue Devils have produced five top NBA draft picks in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/blog\/new-york\/knicks\/post\/_\/id\/23938\/ex-knicks-top-draft-pick-art-heyman-dies\">Art Heyman<\/a> (1963), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/91\/elton-brand\">Elton Brand<\/a> (1999), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/6442\/kyrie-irving\">Kyrie Irving<\/a> (2011), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4395628\/zion-williamson\">Zion Williamson<\/a> (2019) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4432573\/paolo-banchero\">Paolo Banchero<\/a> (2022).<\/p>\n<p>Duke&#8217;s first-overall picks have combined for three NBA Rookie of the Year awards and 13 NBA All-Star selections. While all five earned NBA All-Rookie first-team nods, Irving is the only one who eventually led his team to an NBA championship.<\/p>\n<p>Duke phenom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/5041939\/cooper-flagg\">Cooper Flagg<\/a> is widely projected to take the No. 1 overall pick ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/45515479\/2025-nba-mock-draft-59-picks-trade-talks-heat-30-teams\">2025 NBA draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kentucky: 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kentucky has produced three No. 1 overall NBA draft picks in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4237\/john-wall\">John Wall<\/a> (2010), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/6583\/anthony-davis\">Anthony Davis<\/a> (2012) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3136195\/karl-anthony-towns\">Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a> (2015). All three former Wildcats earned NBA All-Rookie first-team selections, while Towns was named the 2015-16 NBA Rookie of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Davis, who was drafted by New Orleans, won an NBA title with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>16 schools tied with 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/classic\/biography\/s\/Robertson_Oscar.html\">Oscar Robertson<\/a>, 1960; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/stats\/_\/id\/4431828\/kj-martin\">Kenyon Martin<\/a>, 2000)<\/p>\n<p>Duquesne (Dick Ricketts, 1955; Si Green, 1956)<\/p>\n<p>Georgetown (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/237\/patrick-ewing\">Patrick Ewing<\/a>, 1985; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/stats\/_\/id\/366\/allen-iverson\">Allen Iverson<\/a>, 1996)<\/p>\n<p>Houston (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4134\/elvin-hayes\">Elvin Hayes<\/a>, 1968; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/619\/hakeem-olajuwon\">Hakeem Olajuwon<\/a>, 1984)<\/p>\n<p>Indiana (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/stats\/_\/id\/4510\/walt-bellamy\">Walt Bellamy<\/a>, 1961; Kent Benson, 1977)<\/p>\n<p>Kansas (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/stats\/_\/id\/506\/danny-manning\">Danny Manning<\/a>, 1988; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3059319\/andrew-wiggins\">Andrew Wiggins<\/a>, 2014)<\/p>\n<p>Kansas State (Howie Shannon, 1949; Bob Boozer, 1959)<\/p>\n<p>LSU (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/614\/shaquille-oneal\">Shaquille O&#8217;Neal<\/a>, 1992; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3907387\/ben-simmons\">Ben Simmons<\/a>, 2016)<\/p>\n<p>Maryland (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/stats\/_\/id\/5473\/john-lucas\">John Lucas<\/a>, 1976; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/stats\/_\/id\/788\">Joe Smith<\/a>, 1995)<\/p>\n<p>Michigan (Cazzie Russell, 1966; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/897\/chris-webber\">Chris Webber<\/a>, 1993)<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3547\/james-worthy\">James Worthy<\/a>, 1982; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/stats\/_\/id\/3678\/brad-daugherty\">Brad Daugherty<\/a>, 1986)<\/p>\n<p>Purdue (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/stats\/_\/id\/4670\/joe-barry-carroll\">Joe Barry Carroll<\/a>, 1980; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/717\/glenn-robinson\">Glenn Robinson<\/a>, 1994)<\/p>\n<p>UCLA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/stats\/_\/id\/4145\/kareem-abdul-jabbar\">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar<\/a>, 1969; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/stats\/_\/id\/4127\/bill-walton\">Bill Walton<\/a>, 1974)<\/p>\n<p>UNLV (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/392\/larry-d-johnson\">Larry Johnson<\/a>, 1991; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/2991473\/anthony-bennett\">Anthony Bennett<\/a>, 2013)<\/p>\n<p>Utah (Bill McGill, 1962; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/2747\/andrew-bogut\">Andrew Bogut<\/a>, 2005)<\/p>\n<p>West Virginia (Mark Workman, 1952; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/12573590\/hot-rod-hundley-voice-utah-jazz-dies-age-80\">Hot Rod Hundley<\/a>, 1957)<\/p>\n<p><strong>31 schools tied with 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arizona (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4278129\/deandre-ayton\">Deandre Ayton<\/a>, 2018)<\/p>\n<p>Bowling Green (Chuck Share, 1950)<\/p>\n<p>Bradley (Gene Melchiorre, 1951)<\/p>\n<p>Davidson (Fred Hetzel, 1965)<\/p>\n<p>DePaul (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3621\/mark-aguirre\">Mark Aguirre<\/a>, 1981)<\/p>\n<p>Furman (Frank Selvy, 1954)<\/p>\n<p>Georgia (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4594268\/anthony-edwards\">Anthony Edwards<\/a>, 2020)<\/p>\n<p>Illinois State (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/splits\/_\/id\/4718\/doug-collins\">Doug Collins<\/a>, 1973)<\/p>\n<p>LIU Brooklyn (Ray Felix, 1953)<\/p>\n<p>Louisville (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/233\/pervis-ellison\">Pervis Ellison<\/a>, 1989)<\/p>\n<p>Loyola Chicago (LaRue Martin, 1972)<\/p>\n<p>Marshall (Andy Tonkovich, 1948)<\/p>\n<p>Memphis (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3456\/derrick-rose\">Derrick Rose<\/a>, 2008)<\/p>\n<p>Michigan State (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/2334\/magic-johnson\">Earvin Magic Johnson<\/a>, 1979)<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/6180\/mychal-thompson\">Mychal Thompson<\/a>, 1978)<\/p>\n<p>Navy (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/715\/david-robinson\">David Robinson<\/a>, 1987)<\/p>\n<p>NC State (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/6177\/david-thompson\">David Thompson<\/a>, 1975)<\/p>\n<p>Notre Dame (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/splits\/_\/id\/4666\/austin-carr\">Austin Carr<\/a>, 1971)<\/p>\n<p>Ohio State (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3225\/greg-oden\">Greg Oden<\/a>, 2007)<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3989\/blake-griffin\">Blake Griffin<\/a>, 2009)<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma State (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4432166\/cade-cunningham\">Cade Cunningham<\/a>, 2021)<\/p>\n<p>Pacific (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/621\/michael-olowokandi\">Michael Olowokandi<\/a>, 1998)<\/p>\n<p>Providence (Jimmy Walker, 1967)<\/p>\n<p>Seattle (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4135\/elgin-baylor\">Elgin Baylor<\/a>, 1958)<\/p>\n<p>St. Bonaventure (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/5410\/bob-lanier\">Bob Lanier<\/a>, 1970)<\/p>\n<p>Syracuse (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/156\/derrick-coleman\">Derrick Coleman<\/a>, 1990)<\/p>\n<p>Texas Wesleyan (Clifton McNeely, 1947)<\/p>\n<p>Texas Western (Jim Barnes, 1964)<\/p>\n<p>Virginia (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/stats\/_\/id\/5964\/ralph-sampson\">Ralph Sampson<\/a>, 1983)<\/p>\n<p>Wake Forest (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/215\/tim-duncan\">Tim Duncan<\/a>, 1997)<\/p>\n<p>Washington (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4066636\/markelle-fultz\">Markelle Fultz<\/a>, 2017)<\/p>\n<p>For more NBA updates, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/\">ESPN hub page<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/40429502\/celtics-kristaps-porzingis-surgery-rare-leg-injury\">breaking news<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/stats\">stats<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/transactions\">transactions<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/story\/_\/id\/40430005\/which-colleges-produced-most-no1-nba-draft-picks\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jun 17, 2025, 09:43 PM ET Not many players can claim they were the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft. 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