Philippine Basketball Association Draft - List of First Overall Picks

List of First Overall Picks

Flags indicate the country were the player studied college; all players are Filipinos until proven otherwise, like Sonny Alvarado's case where he fled the country as his citizenship was being questioned.

Draft Name PBA team College End-of-season awards of the first overall pick for the season
1985 Sonny Cabatu Shell De La Salle none
1986 Reynaldo Cuenco Alaska Arellano none
1987 Allan Caidic Great Taste UE Rookie of the Year, Mythical Team
1988 Jack Tanuan Purefoods FEU none
1989 Benjie Paras Shell UP Diliman Most Valuable Player, Rookie of the Year, Mythical Five
1990 Peter Jao Great Taste USJ-R none
1991 Alejandro Araneta Alaska Ateneo none
1992 Vergel Meneses Presto-Tivoli JRC none
1993 Jun Limpot Sta. Lucia De La Salle Rookie of the Year, Mythical Second Team, All-Defensive Team
1994 Noli Locsin Tondeña De La Salle* none
1995 Dennis Espino Sta. Lucia UST none
1996 Marlou Aquino Ginebra Adamson Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Mythical Five, All-Defensive Team, Best Player of the Governors' Cup
1997 Andy Seigle Mobiline New Orleans Rookie of the Year
1998 Danny Ildefonso San Miguel NU Rookie of the Year, Mythical Second Team
1999 Sonny Alvarado Tanduay Texas Mythical Five
2000 Paolo Mendoza Sta. Lucia UP Diliman none
2001 Willie Miller Red Bull Letran none
2002 Yancy de Ocampo FedEx St. Francis none
2003 Mike Cortez Alaska De La Salle Mythical Second Team
2004 Rich Alvarez Shell Ateneo Rookie of the Year, All-Defensive Team
2005 Jay Washington Air21 Eckerd none
2006 Kelly Williams Sta. Lucia Oakland Rookie of the Year, Mythical Team
2007 Joe Devance Welcoat Texas-El Paso none
2008 Gabe Norwood Rain or Shine George Mason Rookie of the Year
2009 Japeth Aguilar Burger King WKU** none
2010 Nonoy Baclao Air21 Ateneo none
2011 JV Casio Powerade De La Salle Sportsmanship Award
2012 Junmar Fajardo Petron University of Cebu TBD

*Locsin while playing for the De La Salle studied at Saint Benilde.
**Aguilar played for Ateneo before playing for WKU.

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