Philippine Basketball Association Draft
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The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Draft is an annual event in the PBA calendar in which teams can acquire new players outside the league which are not free agents in an agreed-upon order.
The draft began on 1985, prior to that, teams recruited rookies on a direct-hire basis.
[edit] List of number 1 draft picks
A boldfaced entry denotes the player also won the Rookie of the Year award. An italicized entry won the Most Valuable Player award in their rookie year.
Flags indicate the country were the player studied college; all players are Filipinos until proven otherwise, like Sonny Alvarado's case.
| Draft | Name | PBA team | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Sonny Cabatu | Shell |  La Salle-Manila |
| 1986 | Reynaldo Cuenco | Alaska | Arellano |
| 1987 | Allan Caidic | Great Taste | East |
| 1988 | Jack Tanuan | Purefoods | Far Eastern |
| 1989 | Benjie Paras | Shell | UP Diliman |
| 1990 | Peter Jao | Great Taste | San Jose-Recoletos |
| 1991 | Alexander Araneta | Alaska | Ateneo de Manila |
| 1992 | Vergel Meneses | Presto-Tivoli | José Rizal |
| 1993 | Jun Limpot | Sta. Lucia | La Salle-Manila |
| 1994 | Noli Locsin | Tondeña | Saint Benilde* |
| 1995 | Dennis Espino | Sta. Lucia | Santo Tomas |
| 1996 | Marlou Aquino | Gordon's | Adamson |
| 1997 | Andy Seigle | Mobiline |  New Orleans |
| 1998 | Danny Ildefonso | San Miguel | National |
| 1999 |  Sonny Alvarado |
Tanduay | Texas |
| 2000 | Paolo Mendoza | Sta. Lucia | UP Diliman |
| 2001 | Willie Miller | Red Bull | Letran |
| 2002 | Yancy de Ocampo | FedEx | St. Francis |
| 2003 | Mike Cortez | Alaska | La Salle-Manila |
| 2004 | Rich Alvarez | Shell | Ateneo de Manila |
| 2005 | Jay Washington | Air21 | Eckerd |
| 2006 | Kelly Williams | Sta. Lucia | Oakland |
| 2007 | Joe Devance | Welcoat | Texas-El Paso |
*Locsin while playing for the La Salle-Manila studied at Saint Benilde.
