List of Team With Most Number One Draft Picks

Last Modified Apr 3, 2025 08:44 GMT
Most Number One Draft Picks by Team
Caleb Williams was picked No.1 overall by the Chicago Bears in the 2024 NFL Draft. Source: Getty Images

While the NFL season comes to a halt in February for fans, teams start to prepare for the NFL Scouting Combine, and Pro Day to gauge college athletes participating in the NFL draft. The NFL draft is an opportunity for franchises to add players on rookie deals (usually cheaper than players making in free agency) and make the team better in a salary cap era. Unlike its counterpart leagues (NHL, NBA, MLB), the NFL does not have a lottery-based draft.

The upcoming 2025 NFL draft will have 257 total selections in seven rounds. The location of the draft has continually changed over the years with early years, from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s, saw various cities being host to the event. New York City hosted the event for half a decade before future draft locations started being determined through a yearly bidding process in 2015.

How many No.1 overall picks have each team received?

Here is the list of all the number one overall draft picks by team:

TeamNo. of players draftedYears
Indianapolis Colts71955, 1967, 1983, 1990, 1992, 1998, 2012
Los Angeles Rams71938, 1952, 1960, 1963, 1997, 2010, 2016
Arizona Cardinals51939, 1940, 1945, 1958, 2019
Tampa Bay Buccaneers51976, 1977, 1986, 1987, 2015
Cleveland Browns51954, 1999, 2000, 2017, 2018
Atlanta Falcons41966, 1975, 1988, 2001
Buffalo Bills41969, 1972, 1979, 1985
Detroit Lions41943, 1950, 1980, 2009
New England Patriots41971, 1982, 1984, 1993
Cincinnati Bengals41994, 1995, 2003, 2020
Dallas Cowboys31974, 1989, 1991
Houston Texans32002, 2006, 2014
Philadelphia Eagles31936, 1937, 1949
Pittsburgh Steelers31942, 1956, 1970
San Francisco 49ers31953, 1964, 2005
Chicago Bears31941, 1947, 2024
Tennessee Titans31973, 1978, 2025
Boston Yanks21944, 1946
Minnesota Vikings21961, 1968
New York Giants21951, 1965
Washington Commanders21948, 1962
Green Bay Packers21957, 1959
Carolina Panthers22011, 2023
Jacksonville Jaguars22021, 2022
Kansas City Chiefs12013
Miami Dolphins12008
New Orleans Saints11981
New York Jets11996
Las Vegas Raiders12007
Los Angeles Chargers12004

*a defunct franchise as of 2025

Also Read: How much do NFL Draft picks get paid?

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NFL Draft Results 2017

NFL Draft Results 2018

NFL Draft Results 2019

NFL Draft Results 2020

NFL Draft Results 2021

NFL Draft Results 2022

NFL Draft Results 2023

NFL Draft Results 2024

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