Chicago Bulls top pick in the NBA Draft for each season.

The team has selected 9 times one of the top 3 picks and twice the first overall draft pick. Last time it took one of the top 3 picks was in 2008.

Franchise preferred NCAA teams or countries of origin for players selected in the first 3 rounds: Maryland (6 times), Michigan State (5), Duke (5).

Chicago Bulls top NBA draft pick for each season

YEAR	ROUND	POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹
2021	2	38	Ayo Dosunmu	Illinois
2020	1	4	Patrick Williams	Florida State
2019	1	7	Coby White	North Carolina
2018	1	7	Wendell Carter Jr.	Duke
2017	1	16	Justin Patton	Creighton
2016	1	14	Denzel Valentine	Michigan State
2015	1	22	Bobby Portis	Arkansas
2014	1	16	Jusuf Nurkic	Croatia
2013	1	20	Tony Snell	New Mexico
2012	1	29	Marquis Teague	Kentucky
2011	1	28	Norris Cole	Cleveland State
2010	1	17	Kevin Seraphin	France
2009	1	16	James Johnson	Wake Forest
2008	1	1	Derrick Rose	Memphis
2007	1	9	Joakim Noah	Florida
2006	1	2	LaMarcus Aldridge	Texas
2004	1	3	Ben Gordon	Uconn
2003	1	7	Kirk Hinrich	Kansas
2002	1	2	Jay Williams	Duke
2001	1	4	Eddy Curry	Thornwood HS (IL)
2000	1	4	Marcus Fizer	Iowa State
1999	1	1	Elton Brand	Duke
1998	1	28	Corey Benjamin	Oregon State
1997	1	28	Keith Booth	Maryland
1996	1	29	Travis Knight	Uconn
1995	1	20	Jason Caffey	Alabama
1994	1	21	Dickey Simpkins	Providence
1993	1	25	Corie Blount	Cincinnati
1992	1	27	Byron Houston	Oklahoma State
1991	1	26	Mark Randall	Kansas
1990	2	29	Toni Kukoc	Croatia
1989	1	6	Stacey King	Oklahoma
1988	1	11	Will Perdue	Vanderbilt
1987	1	8	Olden Polynice	Virginia
1986	1	9	Brad Sellers	Ohio State
1985	1	11	Keith Lee	Memphis
1984	1	3	Michael Jordan	North Carolina
1983	1	5	Sidney Green	UNLV
1982	1	7	Quintin Dailey	San Francisco
1981	1	6	Orlando Woolridge	Notre Dame
1980	1	4	Kelvin Ransey	Ohio State
1979	1	2	David Greenwood	UCLA
1978	1	9	Reggie Theus	UNLV
1977	1	13	Tate Armstrong	Duke
1976	1	2	Scott May	Indiana
1975	2	30	Steve Green	Indiana
1974	1	14	Maurice Lucas	Marquette
1973	1	12	Kevin Kunnert	Iowa
1972	1	11	Ralph Simpson	Michigan State
1971	1	15	Kenny McIntosh	Eastern Michigan
1970	1	11	Jimmy Collins	New Mexico State
1969	1	5	Larry Cannon	La Salle
1968	1	4	Tom Boerwinkle	Tennessee
1967	1	3	Clem Haskins	Western Kentucky
1966	1	10	Dave Schellhase	Purdue

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