St. Louis Hawks top pick in the NBA Draft for each season.

The team has selected 3 times one of the top 3 picks but never the first overall draft pick. Last time it took one of the top 3 picks was in 1959.

St. Louis Hawks top NBA draft pick for each season

YEAR	ROUND	POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹
1967	1	8	Tom Workman	Seattle
1966	1	4	Lou Hudson	Minnesota
1965	1	9	Jim Washington	Villanova
1964	1	7	Jeff Mullins	Duke
1963	1	6	Gerry Ward	Boston College
1962	1	5	Zelmo Beaty	Prairie View A&M
1961	1	8	Cleo Hill	Winston-Salem State
1960	1	6	Lenny Wilkens	Providence
1959	T	2	Bob Ferry	Saint Louis
1958	1	7	Dave Gambee	Oregon State
1957	1	4	Win Wilfong	Memphis
1956	1	3	Bill Russell	San Francisco
1955	1	3	Dick Ricketts	Duquesne
1954	1	2	Bob Pettit	LSU
1953	1	4	Bob Houbregs	Washington
1952	1	1	Mark Workman	West Virginia
1951	1	2	Mel Hutchins	BYU
1950	1	4	Bob Cousy	Holy Cross

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