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Each year the annual NBA Draft produces a #1 pick, and that top player has plenty of pressure on his shoulders to live up to top NBA draft picks of the past. Below is a list of all-time NBA draft first players selected:

This is every single NBA draft #1 pick ever:

Year	NBA Team	Player	School
2006	Toronto	Andrea Bargnani	Italy
2005	Milwaukee	Andrew Bogut	U of Utah
2004	Orlando	Dwight Howard	SW Atlanta Christian Academy (GA) (High School)
2003	Cleveland	LeBron James	St. Vincent-St. Mary HS (OH) (High School)
2002	Houston	Yao Ming	China
2001	Washington	Kwame Brown	Glynn Academy (High School)
2000	New Jersey	Kenyon Martin	Cincinnati
1999	Chicago	Elton Brand	Duke
1998	LA Clippers	Michael Olowokandi	Pacific
1997	San Antonio	Tim Duncan	Wake Forest
1996	Philadelphia	Allen Iverson	Georgetown
1995	Golden State	Joe Smith	Maryland
1994	Milwaukee	Glenn Robinson	Purdue
1993	Orlando	Chris Webber	Michigan
1992	Orlando	Shaquille O'Neal	LSU
1991	Charlotte	Larry Johnson	UNLV
1990	New Jersey	Derrick Coleman	Syracuse
1989	Sacramento	Pervis Ellison	Louisville
1988	LA Clippers	Danny Manning	Kansas
1987	San Antonio	David Robinson	Navy
1986	Cleveland	Brad Daugherty	North Carolina
1985	New York	Patrick Ewing	Georgetown
1984	Houston	Akeem Olajuwon	Houston
1983	Houston	Ralph Sampson	Virginia
1982	LA Lakers	James Worthy	North Carolina
1981	Dallas	Mark Aguirre	DePaul
1980	Golden State	Joe Barrry Carroll	Purdue
1979	LA Lakers	Earvin Johnson	Michigan State
1978	Portland	Mychal Thompson	Minnesota
1977	Milwaukee	Kent Benson	Indiana
1976	Houston	John Lucas	Maryland
1975	Atlanta	David Thompson	North Carolina State
1974	Portland	Bill Walton	UCLA
1973	Philadelphia	Doug Collins	Illinois State
1972	Portland	LaRue Martin	Loyola (Ill.)
1971	Cleveland	Austin Carr	Notre Dame
1970	Detroit	Bob Lanier	St. Bonaventure
1969	Milwaukee	Lew Alcindor	UCLA
1968	San Diego	Elvin Hayes	Houston
1967	Detroit	Jimmy Walker	Providence
1966	New York	Cazzie Russell	Michigan
1965	San Francisco	Fred Hetzel	Davidson
1964	New York	Jim Barnes	Texas Western
1963	New York	Art Heyman	Duke
1962	Chicago	Bill McGill	Utah
1961	Chicago	Walt Bellamy	Indiana
1960	Cincinnati	Oscar Robertson	Cincinnati
1959	Cincinnati	Bob Boozer	Kansas State
1958	Minneapolis	Elgin Baylor	Seattle
1957	Cincinnati	Rod Hundley	West Virginia
1956	Rochester	Sihugo Green	Duquesne
1955	Milwaukee	Dick Ricketts	Duquesne
1954	Baltimore	Frank Selvy	Furman
1953	Philadelphia	Ernie Beck	Pennsylvania
1952	Milwaukee	Mark Workman	West Virginia
1951	Baltimore	Gene Melchiorre	Bradley
1950	Boston	Charlie Share	Bowling Green
1949	Providence	Howie Shannon	Kansas State
1948	Providence	Andy Tonkovich	Marshall
1947	Pittsburgh	Clifton Neeley	Texas Western