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All-Time #1 Picks
| Year | Team | Name | |
| 2009 | DET | Matthew Stafford | Georgia |
| 2008 | MIA | Jake Long | Michigan |
| 2007 | OAK | JaMarcus Russell | Louisiana State |
| 2006 | HOU | Mario Williams | North Carolina State |
| 2005 | SFO | Alex D. Smith | Utah |
| 2004 | SDG | Eli Manning | Mississippi |
| 2003 | CIN | Carson Palmer | USC |
| 2002 | HOU | David Carr | Fresno State |
| 2001 | ATL | Michael Vick | Virginia Tech |
| 2000 | CLE | Courtney Brown | Penn State |
| 1999 | CLE | Tim Couch | Kentucky |
| 1998 | IND | Peyton Manning | Tennessee |
| 1997 | STL | Orlando Pace | Ohio State |
| 1996 | NYJ | Keyshawn Johnson | USC |
| 1995 | CIN | Ki-Jana Carter | Penn State |
| 1994 | CIN | Dan Wilkinson | Ohio State |
| 1993 | NWE | Drew Bledsoe | Washington State |
| 1992 | IND | Steve Emtman | Washington |
| 1991 | DAL | Russell Maryland | Miami (FL) |
| 1990 | IND | Jeff George | Illinois |
| 1989 | DAL | Troy Aikman | UCLA |
| 1988 | ATL | Aundray Bruce | Auburn |
| 1987 | TAM | Vinny Testaverde | Miami (FL) |
| 1986 | TAM | Bo Jackson | Auburn |
| 1985 | BUF | Bruce Smith | Virginia Tech |
| 1984 | NWE | Irving Fryar | Nebraska |
| 1984 | TAM | Steve Young | Brigham Young |
| 1983 | BLC | John Elway | Stanford |
| 1982 | NWE | Kenneth Sims | Texas |
| 1981 | NOR | George Rogers | South Carolina |
| 1980 | DET | Billy Sims | Oklahoma |
| 1979 | BUF | Tom Cousineau | Ohio State |
| 1978 | HOO | Earl Campbell | Texas |
| 1977 | TAM | Ricky Bell | USC |
| 1976 | TAM | Lee Roy Selmon | Oklahoma |
| 1975 | ATL | Steve Bartkowski | California |
| 1974 | DAL | Ed (Too Tall) Jones | Tennessee State |
| 1973 | HOO | John Matuszak | Tampa |
| 1972 | BUF | Walt Patulski | Notre Dame |
| 1971 | NWE | Jim Plunkett | Stanford |
| 1970 | PIT | Terry Bradshaw | Louisiana Tech |
| 1969 | BUF | O.J. Simpson | USC |
| 1968 | MIN | Ron Yary | USC |
| 1967 | BLC | Charles (Bubba) Smith | Michigan State |
| 1966 | ATL | Tommy Nobis | Texas |
| 1965 | NYG | Tucker Frederickson | Auburn |
| 1964 | DEN | Bob Brown | Nebraska |
| 1964 | SFO | Dave Parks | Texas Tech |
| 1963 | LAM | Terry Baker | Oregon State |
| 1962 | WAS | Ernie Davis | Syracuse |
| 1961 | DEN | Bob Gaiters | New Mexico State |
| 1961 | MIN | Tommy Mason | Tulane |
| 1960 | LAM | Billy Cannon | Louisiana State |
| 1959 | GNB | Randy Duncan | Iowa |
| 1958 | CHC | King Hill | Rice |
| 1957 | GNB | Paul Hornung | Notre Dame |
| 1956 | PIT | Gary Glick | Colorado State |
| 1955 | BLC | George Shaw | Oregon |
| 1954 | CLE | Bobby Garrett | Stanford |
| 1953 | SFO | Harry Babcock | Georgia |
| 1952 | LAM | Billy Wade | Vanderbilt |
| 1951 | NYG | Kyle Rote | Southern Methodist |
| 1950 | DET | Leon Hart | Notre Dame |
| 1949 | PHI | Chuck Bednarik | Pennsylvania |
| 1948 | WAS | Harry Gilmer | Alabama |
| 1947 | CHI | Bob Fenimore | Oklahoma State |
| 1946 | BSY | Frank (Boley) Dancewicz | Notre Dame |
| 1945 | CHC | Charley Trippi | Georgia |
| 1944 | BSY | Angelo Bertelli | Notre Dame |
| 1943 | DET | Frank Sinkwich | Georgia |
| 1942 | PIT | (Bullet) Bill Dudley | Virginia |
| 1941 | CHI | Tom Harmon | Michigan |
| 1940 | CHC | George Cafego | Tennessee |
| 1939 | CHC | Ki Aldrich | Texas Christian |
| 1938 | CLR | Corbett Davis | Indiana |
| 1937 | PHI | Sam Francis | Nebraska |
| 1936 | PHI | Jay Berwanger | Chicago |
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