The Career Performance of the Number One Choices in the NBA Draft (1991-2006)

Players are Ranked in Terms of Career WP48

WP48 – Wins Produced per 48 minutes

Rank in

Draft Class

Player

Draft

Years in

the NBA

Career

Games

Career

Minutes

 

Career

WP48

Career

Wins Produced

1

Tim Duncan

1997

10

746

27,959

0.333

193.8

1

Shaquille O'Neal

1992

15

981

35,925

0.331

247.7

1

Dwight Howard

2004

3

246

8,718

0.282

51.2

1

LeBron James

2003

4

316

13,061

0.242

65.9

2

Yao Ming

2002

5

349

11,091

0.233

53.8

2

Elton Brand

1999

8

606

23,223

0.221

106.9

1

Chris Webber

1993

14

822

30,721

0.175

112.2

3

Andrew Bogut

2005

2

148

4,606

0.143

13.7

5

Larry Johnson

1991

10

707

25,677

0.118

63.2

10

Allen Iverson

1996

11

747

31,202

0.085

55.3

7

Kenyon Martin

2000

7

411

13,538

0.081

22.8

10

Glenn Robinson

1994

11

688

25,346

0.077

40.7

13

Joe Smith

1995

12

816

23,532

0.065

31.9

19

Kwame Brown

2001

6

366

8,848

0.065

11.9

53

Michael Olowokandi

1998

9

500

13,129

-0.018

-4.9

44

Andrea Bargnani

2006

1

65

1,629

-0.037

-1.2