Indiana Pacers top pick in the NBA Draft for each season.

The team has selected 4 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 1988.

Franchise preferred NCAA teams or countries of origin for players selected in the first 3 rounds: UCLA (5 times), Florida State (4), Arizona (3).

Indiana Pacers top NBA draft pick for each season

YEAR	ROUND	POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹
2022	1	6	Bennedict Mathurin	Arizona
2021	1	13	Chris Duarte	Oregon
2020	2	54	Cassius Stanley	Duke
2019	1	18	Goga Bitadze	Serbia
2018	1	23	Aaron Holiday	UCLA
2017	1	18	T.J. Leaf	UCLA
2016	1	20	Caris LeVert	Michigan
2015	1	11	Myles Turner	Texas
2014	2	57	Louis Labeyrie	France
2013	1	23	Solomon Hill	Arizona
2012	1	26	Miles Plumlee	Duke
2011	1	15	Kawhi Leonard	San Diego State
2010	1	10	Paul George	Fresno State
2009	1	13	Tyler Hansbrough	North Carolina
2008	1	11	Jerryd Bayless	Arizona
2006	1	17	Shawne Williams	Memphis
2005	1	17	Danny Granger	New Mexico
2004	1	29	David Harrison	Colorado
2003	2	49	James Jones	Miami
2002	1	14	Fred Jones	Oregon
2001	2	40	Jamison Brewer	Auburn
2000	1	27	Primoz Brezec	Slovenia
1999	1	26	Vonteego Cummings	Pittsburgh
1998	1	25	Al Harrington	St. Patrick's HS (NJ)
1997	1	12	Austin Croshere	Providence
1996	1	10	Erick Dampier	Mississippi State
1995	1	23	Travis Best	Georgia Tech
1994	1	15	Eric Piatkowski	Nebraska
1993	1	14	Scott Haskin	Oregon State
1992	1	14	Malik Sealy	St. John's
1991	1	13	Dale Davis	Clemson
1990	2	45	Antonio Davis	UTEP
1989	1	7	George McCloud	Florida State
1988	1	2	Rik Smits	Marist
1987	1	11	Reggie Miller	UCLA
1986	1	4	Chuck Person	Auburn
1985	1	2	Wayman Tisdale	Oklahoma
1984	1	18	Vern Fleming	Georgia
1983	1	2	Steve Stipanovich	Missouri
1982	1	8	Clark Kellogg	Ohio State
1981	1	14	Herb Williams	Ohio State
1980	2	29	Louis Orr	Syracuse
1979	1	13	Dudley Bradley	North Carolina
1978	1	3	Rick Robey	Kentucky
1977	2	29	Alonzo Bradley	Texas Southern

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