The Consistency of
the NBA’s Number One Picks
1991-2005
After First Year WP48 is career WP48
calculated without a player’s first year performance
WP48 = Wins Produced per 48 minutes
|
Number One Pick |
Draft |
Rank First Year |
Rank After First Year |
First Year WP48 |
After First Year WP48 |
|
Tim Duncan |
1997 |
2 |
1 |
0.304 |
0.336 |
|
Shaquille
O'Neal |
1992 |
1 |
2 |
0.339 |
0.330 |
|
Dwight Howard |
2004 |
3 |
3 |
0.234 |
0.303 |
|
LeBron
James |
2003 |
10 |
4 |
0.099 |
0.287 |
|
Yao Ming |
2002 |
5 |
5 |
0.218 |
0.237 |
|
Elton Brand |
1999 |
7 |
6 |
0.162 |
0.230 |
|
Chris Webber |
1993 |
4 |
7 |
0.233 |
0.170 |
|
Andrew Bogut |
2005 |
8 |
8 |
0.140 |
0.145 |
|
Larry Johnson |
1991 |
6 |
9 |
0.193 |
0.108 |
|
Allen Iverson |
1996 |
13 |
10 |
0.023 |
0.092 |
|
Kenyon Martin |
2000 |
12 |
11 |
0.049 |
0.087 |
|
Glenn Robinson |
1994 |
11 |
12 |
0.055 |
0.080 |
|
Kwame
Brown |
2001 |
15 |
13 |
-0.017 |
0.073 |
|
Joe Smith |
1995 |
9 |
14 |
0.124 |
0.057 |
|
Michael Olowokandi |
1998 |
14 |
15 |
0.016 |
-0.022 |
|
Andrea Bargnani |
2006 |
16 |
??? |
-0.037 |
??? |