List of Arizona Cardinals first-round draft picks

The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football franchise based in Glendale, Arizona. The Cardinals compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The Cardinals were founded as the Morgan Athletic Club in 1898, and are the oldest continuously run professional football team in the World.

Officially known as the NFL Draft, the event is the NFL's primary mechanism for distributing newly professional players finished with their college football careers to its teams. The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings; the teams with the worst win–loss records receive the earliest picks. Teams that qualified for the NFL playoffs select after non-qualifiers, and their order depends on how far they advanced. The final two selections in the first round are reserved for the Super Bowl runner-up and champion. Draft picks are tradable, and players or other picks can be acquired with them.

Key

B Back K Kicker NT Nose tackle
C Center LB Linebacker FB Fullback
DB Defensive back P Punter HB Halfback
DE Defensive end QB Quarterback WR Wide receiver
DT Defensive tackle RB Running back G Guard
E End T Offensive tackle TE Tight end
^ Indicates the player was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
 *  Selected number one overall
The Cardinals did not draft a player in the first round that year.
Year Each year links to an article about that particular NFL Draft.
Pick Indicates the number of the pick within the first round
Position Indicates the position of the player in the NFL
College The player's college football team

Player selections

Source:
Arizona Cardinals first-round draft picks
Year Pick Player name College Position
Chicago Era (1936–1959)
1936 5 Jim Lawrence TCU B
1937 3 Ray Buivid Marquette B
1938 5 Jack Robbins Arkansas B
1939 1 Ki Aldrich* TCU C
1940 1 George Cafego* Tennessee B
1941 2 John Kimbrough Texas A&M B
1942 4 Steve Lach Duke B
1943 3 Glenn Dobbs Tulsa B
1944 2 Pat Harder Wisconsin B
1945 1 Charley Trippi^ Georgia B
1946 2 Dub Jones LSU B
1947 7 Tex Coulter Army B
1948 11 Jim Spavital Oklahoma A&M B
1949 10 Bill Fischer Notre Dame G
1950 No pick
1951 6 Jerry Groom Notre Dame C
1952 3 Ollie Matson^ San Francisco B
1953 4 Johnny Olszewski California B
1954 2 Lamar McHan Arkansas B
1955 2 Max Boydston Oklahoma E
1956 7 Joe Childress Auburn B
1957 10 Jerry Tubbs Oklahoma C
1958 1 King Hill* Rice B
2 John David Crow Texas A&M B
1959 3 Billy Stacy Mississippi State B
St. Louis Era (1960–1987)
1960 2 George Izo Notre Dame QB
1961 8 Ken Rice Auburn T
1962 6 Fate Echols Northwestern DT
12 Irv Goode Kentucky C
1963 2 Jerry Stovall LSU S
13 Don Brumm Purdue DE
1964 9 Ken Kortas Louisville DT
1965 12 Joe Namath^ Alabama QB
1966 8 Carl McAdams Oklahoma LB
1967 16 Dave Williams Washington WR
1968 13 MacArthur Lane Utah State RB
1969 19 Roger Wehrli^ Missouri DB
1970 8 Larry Stegent Texas A&M RB
1971 17 Norm Thompson Utah CB
1972 4 Ahmad Rashad Oregon RB
1973 5 Dave Butz Purdue DT
1974 7 J. V. Cain Colorado TE
1975 21 Tim Gray Texas A&M DB
1976 22 Mike Dawson Arizona DT
1977 19 Steve Pisarkiewicz Missouri QB
1978 15 Steve Little Arkansas K
19 Ken Greene Washington State DB
1979 8 Ottis Anderson Miami(FL) RB
1980 6 Curtis Greer Michigan DE
1981 5 E. J. Junior Alabama LB
1982 16 Luis Sharpe UCLA T
1983 17 Leonard Smith McNeese State DB
1984 17 Clyde Duncan Tennessee WR
1985 18 Freddie Joe Nunn Ole Miss LB
1986 5 Anthony Bell Michigan State LB
1987 6 Kelly Stouffer Colorado State QB
Arizona Era (1988–Present)
1988 12 Ken Harvey California LB
1989 10 Eric Hill LSU LB
17 Joe Wolf Boston College G
1990 No Pick
1991 6 Eric Swann None DE
1992 No Pick
1993 3 Garrison Hearst Georgia RB
18 Ernest Dye South Carolina T
1994 10 Jamir Miller UCLA LB
1995 No Pick
1996 3 Simeon Rice Illinois DE
1997 9 Tom Knight Iowa DB
1998 3 Andre Wadsworth Florida State DE
1999 8 David Boston Ohio State WR
21 L. J. Shelton Eastern Michigan T
2000 7 Thomas Jones Virginia RB
2001 2 Leonard Davis Texas T
2002 12 Wendell Bryant Wisconsin DT
2003 17 Bryant Johnson Penn State WR
18 Calvin Pace Wake Forest DE
2004 3 Larry Fitzgerald Pittsburgh WR
2005 8 Antrel Rolle Miami(FL) CB
2006 10 Matt Leinart USC QB
2007 5 Levi Brown Penn State T
2008 16 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie Tennessee State CB
2009 31 Beanie Wells Ohio State RB
2010 26 Dan Williams Tennessee DT
2011 5 Patrick Peterson LSU CB
2012 13 Michael Floyd Notre Dame WR
2013 7 Jonathan Cooper North Carolina G
2014 27 Deone Bucannon Washington State S
2015 24 D. J. Humphries Florida T
2016 29 Robert Nkemdiche Ole Miss DT
2017 13 Haason Reddick Temple LB
2018 10 Josh Rosen UCLA QB
2019 1 Kyler Murray* Oklahoma QB
2020 8 Isaiah Simmons Clemson LB
2021 16 Zaven Collins Tulsa LB
2023 6 Paris Johnson Jr. Ohio State T

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