Washington Wizards top pick in the NBA Draft for each season.

The team has selected 10 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 2024.

Franchise preferred NCAA teams or countries of origin for players selected in the first 3 rounds: Indiana (6 times), Wisconsin (4), Spain (4).

Washington Wizards top NBA draft pick for each season

YEAR	ROUND	POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹
2024	1	2	Alex Sarr	Australia
2023	1	8	Jarace Walker	Houston
2022	1	10	Johnny Davis	Wisconsin
2021	1	15	Corey Kispert	Gonzaga
2020	1	9	Deni Avdija	Israel
2019	1	9	Rui Hachimura	Gonzaga
2018	1	15	Troy Brown	Oregon
2015	1	19	Jerian Grant	Notre Dame
2014	2	46	Jordan Clarkson	Missouri
2013	1	3	Otto Porter	Georgetown
2012	1	3	Bradley Beal	Florida
2011	1	6	Jan Vesely	Serbia
2010	1	1	John Wall	Kentucky
2009	2	32	Jermaine Taylor	UCF
2008	1	18	JaVale McGee	Nevada
2007	1	16	Nick Young	USC
2006	1	18	Oleksiy Pecherov	France
2005	2	49	Andray Blatche	South Kent Prep (CT)
2004	1	5	Devin Harris	Wisconsin
2003	1	10	Jarvis Hayes	Georgia
2002	1	11	Jared Jeffries	Indiana
2001	1	1	Kwame Brown	Glynn Academy (GA)
2000	2	35	Mike Smith	UL Monroe
1999	1	7	Richard Hamilton	Uconn
1998	2	43	Jahidi White	Georgetown
1997	2	45	God Shammgod	Providence
1996	2	55	Ronnie Henderson	LSU
1995	1	4	Rasheed Wallace	North Carolina
1994	1	5	Juwan Howard	Michigan
1993	1	6	Calbert Cheaney	Indiana
1992	1	6	Tom Gugliotta	NC State
1991	1	19	LaBradford Smith	Louisville
1990	2	35	Greg Foster	UTEP
1989	1	9	Tom Hammonds	Georgia Tech
1988	1	12	Harvey Grant	Oklahoma
1987	1	12	Muggsy Bogues	Wake Forest
1986	1	12	John Williams	LSU
1985	1	12	Kenny Green	Wake Forest
1984	2	34	Tony Costner	Saint Joseph's
1983	1	10	Jeff Malone	Mississippi State
1982	2	25	Bryan Warrick	Saint Joseph's
1981	1	11	Frank Johnson	Wake Forest
1980	1	14	Wes Matthews	Wisconsin
1979	2	44	Joe DeSantis	Fairfield
1978	1	14	Roger Phegley	Bradley
1977	1	4	Greg Ballard	Oregon
1976	1	13	Mitch Kupchak	North Carolina
1975	1	18	Kevin Grevey	Kentucky
1974	1	13	Len Elmore	Maryland
1973	1	13	Nick Weatherspoon	Illinois
1972	2	25	Tom Patterson	Ouachita Baptist
1971	1	9	Stan Love	Oregon
1970	1	9	George Johnson	Stephen F. Austin
1969	1	14	Mike Davis	Virginia Union
1968	1	2	Wes Unseld	Louisville
1967	1	2	Earl Monroe	Winston-Salem State
1966	1	5	Jack Marin	Duke
1965	1	7	Jerry Sloan	Evansville
1964	1	5	Gary Bradds	Ohio State
1963	1	3	Rod Thorn	West Virginia
1962	1	3	Bill McGill	Utah
1961	1	1	Walt Bellamy	Indiana

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