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.

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	Alejandro 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
2008	Gabe Norwood	Rain or Shine	George Mason

*Locsin while playing for the La Salle-Manila studied at Saint Benilde.