Seattle SuperSonics top pick in the NBA Draft for each season.

The team has selected 5 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 2007.

Seattle SuperSonics top NBA draft pick for each season

YEAR	ROUND	POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹
2008	1	4	Russell Westbrook	UCLA
2007	1	2	Kevin Durant	Texas
2006	1	10	Mouhamed Sene	Belgium
2005	1	25	Johan Petro	France
2004	1	12	Robert Swift	Bakersfield HS (CA)
2003	1	12	Nick Collison	Kansas
2002	2	48	Peter Fehse	Germany
2001	1	12	Vladimir Radmanovic	Serbia
2000	1	17	Desmond Mason	Oklahoma State
1999	1	13	Corey Maggette	Duke
1998	1	27	Vladimir Stepania	Slovenia
1997	1	23	Bobby Jackson	Minnesota
1996	2	35	Joseph Blair	Arizona
1995	1	26	Sherrell Ford	UIC
1994	1	11	Carlos Rogers	Tennessee State
1993	1	23	Ervin Johnson	New Orleans
1992	1	17	Doug Christie	Pepperdine
1991	1	14	Rich King	Nebraska
1990	1	2	Gary Payton	Oregon State
1989	1	16	Dana Barros	Boston College
1988	3	65	Corey Gaines	Loyola Marymount
1987	1	5	Scottie Pippen	Central Arkansas
1986	2	30	Nate McMillan	NC State
1985	1	4	Xavier McDaniel	Wichita State
1984	1	12	Tim McCormick	Michigan
1983	1	16	Jon Sundvold	Missouri
1982	3	65	John Greig	Oregon
1981	1	5	Danny Vranes	Utah
1980	1	20	Bill Hanzlik	Notre Dame
1979	1	6	James Bailey	Rutgers
1978	2	39	James Lee	Kentucky
1977	1	8	Jack Sikma	Illinois Wesleyan
1976	1	11	Bob Wilkerson	Indiana
1975	1	12	Frank Oleynick	Seattle
1974	1	3	Tom Burleson	NC State
1973	1	4	Mike Green	Louisiana Tech
1972	1	7	Bud Stallworth	Kansas
1971	1	6	Fred Brown	Iowa
1970	1	6	Jim Ard	Cincinnati
1969	1	3	Lucius Allen	UCLA
1968	1	3	Bob Kauffman	Guilford
1967	1	6	Al Tucker	Oklahoma Baptist

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