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NBA No. 1 picks

NEW YORK, June 26 (UPI) -- NBA top overall draft picks since 1966:

2002 -- Yao Ming, c, Houston (Shanghai Sharks)

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2001 -- Kwame Brown, f, Washington (Glynn Academy HS)

2000 -- Kenyon Martin, f, New Jersey (Cincinnati)

1999 -- Elton Brand, f, Chicago (Duke)

1998 -- Michael Olowokandi, c, LA Clippers (Pacific)

1997 -- Tim Duncan, f, San Antonio (Wake Forest)

1996 -- Allen Iverson, g, Philadelphia (Georgetown)

1995 -- Joe Smith, f, Golden State (Maryland)

1994 -- Glenn Robinson, f, Milwaukee (Purdue)

1993 -- Chris Webber, f, Orlando (Michigan)

1992 -- Shaquille O'Neal, c, Orlando (Louisiana State)

1991 -- Larry Johnson, f, Charlotte (Nevada-Las Vegas)

1990 -- Derrick Coleman, f, New Jersey (Syracuse)

1989 -- Pervis Ellison, c, Sacramento (Louisville)

1988 -- Danny Manning, f, Los Angeles Clippers (Kansas)

1987 -- David Robinson, c, San Antonio (Navy)

1986 -- Brad Daugherty, c, Cleveland (North Carolina)

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1985 -- Patrick Ewing, c, New York (Georgetown)

1984 -- Hakeem Olajuwon, c, Houston (Houston)

1983 -- Ralph Sampson, c, Houston (Virginia)

1982 -- James Worthy, f, Los Angeles Lakers (North Carolina)

1981 -- Mark Aguirre, f, Dallas (DePaul)

1980 -- Joe Barry Carroll, c, Golden State (Purdue)

1979 -- Magic Johnson, g, Los Angeles Lakers (Michigan State)

1978 -- Mychal Thompson, c-f, Portland (Minnesota)

1977 -- Kent Benson, c, Milwaukee (Indiana)

1976 -- John Lucas, g, Houston (Maryland)

1975 -- x-David Thompson, g, Atlanta (North Carolina State)

1974 -- Bill Walton, c, Portland, (UCLA)

1973 -- Doug Collins, g, Philadelphia (Illinois State)

1972 -- Larue Martin, c, Portland (Loyola-Ill.)

1971 -- Austin Carr, g-f, Cleveland (Notre Dame)

1970 -- Bob Lanier, c, Detroit (St. Bonaventure)

1969 -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, c, Milwaukee (UCLA)

1968 -- Elvin Hayes, f, Houston (Houston)

1967 -- Jimmy Walker, g, Detroit (Providence)

1966 -- Cazzie Russell, f, New York (Michigan)

x - Thompson signed with the Denver Nuggets of the ABA and did not play for Atlanta.

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