Cincinnati Royals top pick in the NBA Draft for each season.

The team has selected 8 times one of the top 3 picks and 3 times the first overall draft pick. Last time it took one of the top 3 picks was in 1964.

Cincinnati Royals top NBA draft pick for each season

YEAR	ROUND	POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹
1972	2	19	Sam Sibert	Kentucky State
1971	1	4	Ken Durrett	La Salle
1970	1	5	Sam Lacey	New Mexico State
1969	1	8	Herm Gilliam	Purdue
1968	1	5	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Iowa State
1967	1	9	Mel Daniels	New Mexico
1966	1	6	Walt Wesley	Kansas
1965	1	10	Nate Bowman	Wichita State
1964	T	2	George Wilson	Cincinnati
1963	T	1	Tom Thacker	Cincinnati
1962	T	2	Jerry Lucas	Ohio State
1961	1	3	Larry Siegfried	Ohio State
1960	1	1	Oscar Robertson	Cincinnati
1959	1	3	Bob Boozer	Kansas State
1958	1	3	Archie Dees	Indiana
1957	1	1	Rod Hundley	West Virginia
1956	1	2	Sihugo Green	Duquesne
1955	1	4	Maurice Stokes	St. Francis (PA)
1954	1	7	Tom Marshall	Western Kentucky
1953	1	6	Richie Regan	Seton Hall
1952	1	9	Chuck Darling	Iowa
1951	1	8	Sam Ranzino	NC State
1950	1	10	Joe McNamee	San Francisco
1949	1	12	Pep Saul	Seton Hall
1948	1	10	Bobby Wanzer	Seton Hall

(1) Non NCAA international players are listed by the country in which they were playing when drafted or signed if undrafted.