National Draft Pick #1

Year Club Player Games Goals Votes Honours
1981 Melbourne Alan Johnson 135 95 45 B&F: 1983, 1989
1982 Western Bulldogs Andrew Purser 112 16 34 B&F: 1984
1986 Brisbane Martin Leslie 107 11 7 AA: 1988; B&F: 1990
1987 Richmond Richard Lounder 4 5 0
1988 Hawthorn Alex McDonald 107 (46) 44 6
1989 Richmond Anthony Banik 49 0 1
1990 Geelong Stephen Hooper 21 0 0
1991 Brisbane John Hutton 36 (18) 79 2
1992 Priority West Coast Drew Banfield 265 76 21 B&F: 1996; Prem: 1994, 2006
1993 Priority Sydney Darren Gaspar 228 (21) 23 33 AA: 2000, 2001; B&F: 2001
1994 Priority Fremantle Jeff White 268 (32) 113 53 AA: 2004; B&F: 2004
1995 Fremantle Clive Waterhouse 106 178 13
1996 Comp West Coast Michael Gardiner 181 (129) 110 30 AA: 2003
1997 Priority Melbourne Travis Johnstone 209 (160) 135 62 B&F: 2005
1998 Brisbane Des Headland 166 (52) 177 42 Prem: 2002
1999 Priority Collingwood Josh Fraser 218 (200) 168 32
2000 Priority St Kilda Nick Riewoldt 336 718 153 AA: 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014; Rising Star: 2002; MVP: 2004; B&F: 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014; AA40: 2007, 2012, 2013
2001 Priority Hawthorn Luke Hodge 346 (305) 194 131 AA: 2005, 2008, 2010; B&F: 2005, 2010; Norm Smith: 2008, 2014; AA40: 2007, 2013; Prem: 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015
2002 St Kilda Brendon Goddard 334 (205) 160 77 AA: 2009, 2010; B&F: 2013
2003 Priority Western Bulldogs Adam Cooney 250 (219) 202 86 AA: 2008; Brownlow: 2008; AFLCA Young: 2005; AA40: 2010
2004 Priority Richmond Brett Deledio 275 (243) 197 78 AA: 2012, 2015; Rising Star: 2005; B&F: 2008, 2009; AFLPA 1st: 2005; AA40: 2008, 2010, 2011
2005 Priority Carlton Marc Murphy 300 197 114 AA: 2011; AFLCA: 2011; B&F: 2011, 2017; AFLPA 1st: 2006; AA40: 2009
2006 Carlton Bryce Gibbs 268 (231) 152 89 B&F: 2014; Magarey: 2021; AA40: 2014
2007 Priority Carlton Matthew Kreuzer 189 94 27 AA40: 2017
2008 Melbourne Jack Watts 174 (153) 161 15
2009 Priority Melbourne Tom Scully 187 (31) 89 23 AA40: 2016, 2017
2010 Gold Coast David Swallow 223 101 25 B&F: 2014
2011 GWS Jonathon Patton 95 (89) 133 11
2012 GWS Lachie Whitfield 212 71 56 AA: 2018; B&F: 2018, 2020
2013 GWS Tom Boyd 61 (9) 50 0 Prem: 2016
2014 St Kilda Paddy McCartin 63 (35) 35 0
2015 Carlton Jacob Weitering 159 11 9 B&F: 2020, 2023; AA40: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
2016 Essendon Andrew McGrath 136 19 11 Rising Star: 2017; AFLPA 1st: 2017
2017 Brisbane Cam Rayner 115 105 11
2018 Carlton Sam Walsh 99 37 63 AA: 2021; Rising Star: 2019; B&F: 2021; Ayres: 2023; AFLCA Young: 2020; AFLPA 1st: 2019; AA40: 2022
2019 Gold Coast Matt Rowell 65 18 25
2020 Western Bulldogs Jamarra Ugle-Hagan 47 63 7
2021 North Melbourne Jason Horne-Francis 42 (17) 22 16
2022 GWS Aaron Cadman 15 13 0
2023 West Coast Harley Reid 0 0 0