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year	top pick	top pick team	pos	rounds	picks	college	hs	mlb	signed	unsigned	college%	hs%	d1%	signed%	d1	d2	d3	naia	juco	top bonus	top bonus$	bonuses	first to mlb
2025	Eli Willits	Washington Nationals	SS	20	615	491	123	1	472	143	79.84	20.00	70.89	76.75	436	13	2	7	0	Ethan Holliday	$ 9,000,000	472
2024	Travis Bazzana	Cleveland Guardians	2B	20	615	500	113	8	563	52	81.30	18.37	73.33	91.54	451	13	3	6	25	Chase Burns	$ 9,250,000	563	Ryan Johnson
2023	Paul Skenes	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	20	614	490	124	30	567	47	79.80	20.20	69.87	92.35	429	13	2	2	44	Paul Skenes	$ 9,200,000	567	Nolan Schanuel
2022	Jackson Holliday	Baltimore Orioles	SS	20	616	496	118	74	562	54	80.52	19.16	70.45	91.23	434	17	1	3	41	Jackson Holliday	$ 8,190,000	562	Zach Neto
2021	Henry Davis	Pittsburgh Pirates	C	20	612	496	115	134	566	46	81.05	18.79	68.79	92.48	421	20	4	3	48	Jack Leiter	$ 7,922,000	566	Chase Silseth
2020	Spencer Torkelson	Detroit Tigers	3B	5	160	113	47	83	160	0	70.63	29.38	65.00	100.00	104	3	1	0	5	Spencer Torkelson	$ 8,416,300	160	Garrett Crochet
2019	Adley Rutschman	Baltimore Orioles	C	40	1217	924	293	206	959	258	75.92	24.08	56.78	78.80	691	85	11	15	120	Adley Rutschman	$ 8,100,000	960	Andrew Vaughn
2018	Casey Mize	Detroit Tigers	P	40	1214	907	305	239	962	252	74.71	25.12	55.85	79.24	678	79	15	30	105	Casey Mize	$ 7,500,000	874	Nico Hoerner
2017	Royce Lewis	Minnesota Twins	SS	40	1215	900	314	242	940	275	74.07	25.84	53.83	77.37	654	73	13	29	131	Hunter Greene	$ 7,230,000	454	Zac Reininger
2016	Mickey Moniak	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	40	1216	898	313	281	922	294	73.85	25.74	50.49	75.82	614	93	20	39	132	Nick Senzel	$ 6,200,000	610	Austin Hays
2015	Dansby Swanson	Arizona Diamondbacks	SS	40	1215	883	327	272	948	267	72.67	26.91	53.42	78.02	649	86	8	40	99	Dansby Swanson	$ 6,500,000	496	Carson Fulmer
2014	Brady Aiken	Houston Astros	P	40	1215	873	342	221	904	311	71.85	28.15	50.21	74.40	610	79	16	36	130	Carlos Rodon	$ 6,582,000	381	Brandon Finnegan
2013	Mark Appel	Houston Astros	P	40	1216	830	383	264	900	316	68.26	31.50	45.39	74.01	552	73	15	35	155	Kris Bryant	$ 6,708,400	439	Kyle Crockett
2012	Carlos Correa	Houston Astros	SS	40	1238	813	422	265	918	320	65.67	34.09	45.88	74.15	568	63	13	39	127	Byron Buxton	$ 6,000,000	453	Paco Rodriguez
2011	Gerrit Cole	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	50	1530	997	522	279	974	556	65.16	34.12	44.31	63.66	678	78	15	44	180	Gerrit Cole	$ 8,000,000	404	Trevor Bauer
2010	Bryce Harper	Washington Nationals	OF	50	1525	1021	499	250	993	532	66.95	32.72	43.21	65.11	659	81	22	36	219	Bryce Harper	$ 6,250,000	379	Chris Sale
2009	Stephen Strasburg	Washington Nationals	P	50	1521	1010	506	228	954	567	66.40	33.27	43.72	62.72	665	71	20	47	206	Stephen Strasburg	$ 7,500,000	380	Mike Leake
2008	Tim Beckham	Tampa Bay Rays	SS	50	1504	1011	486	256	968	536	67.22	32.31	44.15	64.36	664	72	20	29	223	Tim Beckham	$ 6,150,000	372	Conor Gillaspie
2007	David Price	Tampa Bay Rays	P	50	1453	970	480	222	945	508	66.76	33.04	45.56	65.04	662	72	22	40	173	Matt Wieters	$ 6,000,000	355	Ross Detwiler
2006	Luke Hochevar	Kansas City Royals	P	50	1502	965	532	239	890	612	64.25	35.42	37.75	59.25	567	72	21	23	282	Andrew Miller	$ 3,550,000	361	Andrew Miller
year	top pick	top pick team	pos	rounds	picks	college	hs	mlb	signed	unsigned	college%	hs%	d1%	signed%	d1	d2	d3	naia	juco	top bonus	top bonus$	bonuses	first to mlb
2005	Justin Upton	Arizona Diamondbacks	ss	50	1501	954	538	221	858	643	63.56	35.84	34.44	57.16	517	65	25	37	306	Justin Upton	$ 6,100,000	312	Joey Devine
2004	Matt Bush	San Diego Padres	SS	50	1498	998	497	209	914	584	66.62	33.18	38.72	61.01	580	71	16	34	295	Stephen Drew	$ 4,000,000	312	Huston Street
2003	Delmon Young	Tampa Bay Rays	OF	50	1480	929	542	195	829	651	62.77	36.62	34.86	56.01	516	44	21	38	308	Delmon Young	$ 3,700,000	313	Ryan Wagner
2002	Bryan Bullington	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	50	1482	912	566	201	851	631	61.54	38.19	33.40	57.42	495	61	19	32	301	B.J. Upton	$ 4,600,000	283	Kevin Correia
2001	Joe Mauer	Minnesota Twins	C	50	1485	838	643	198	837	648	56.43	43.30	31.38	56.36	466	60	16	40	253	Mark Prior	$ 4,600,000	294	Mark Prior
2000	Adrian Gonzalez	Florida Marlins	1B	50	1452	830	621	207	845	607	57.16	42.77	30.65	58.20	445	59	25	35	264	Joe Borchard	$ 5,300,000	285	Xavier Nady
1999	Josh Hamilton	Tampa Bay Rays	OF	50	1474	837	635	202	856	618	56.78	43.08	31.34	58.07	462	51	26	24	272	Josh Hamilton	$ 3,960,000	116	Eric Munson
1998	Pat Burrell	Philadelphia Phillies	1B	50	1446	765	672	210	824	622	52.90	46.47	33.06	56.98	478	48	14	36	187	Corey Patterson	$ 3,700,000	92	Dave Callahan
1997	Matt Anderson	Detroit Tigers	P	92	1607	826	764	180	831	776	51.40	47.54	24.64	51.71	396	53	25	34	318	Matt Anderson	$ 2,505,000	52	Jason Rakers
1996	Kris Benson	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	100	1740	949	756	221	888	852	54.54	43.45	27.13	51.03	472	58	17	44	354	Bobby Seay	$ 3,000,000	52	Mark Kotsay
1995	Darin Erstad	California Angels	OF	87	1666	881	739	181	836	830	52.88	44.36	26.53	50.18	442	62	32	40	304	Darin Erstad	$ 1,575,000	61	Ariel Prieto
1994	Paul Wilson	New York Mets	P	98	1707	926	728	177	859	848	54.25	42.65	24.60	50.32	420	65	26	47	365	Josh Booty	$ 1,600,000	62	Dustin Hermanson
1993	Alex Rodriguez	Seattle Mariners	SS	91	1721	932	747	213	918	803	54.15	43.40	27.25	53.34	469	61	23	52	325	Darren Dreifort	$ 1,300,000	71	Brian Anderson
1992	Phil Nevin	Houston Astros	3B	50	1412	832	544	210	892	520	58.92	38.53	32.01	63.17	452	63	17	43	255	Jeffrey Hammonds	$ 975,000	31	Jeffrey Hammonds
1991	Brien Taylor	New York Yankees	P	96	1600	918	628	202	869	731	57.38	39.25	29.06	54.31	465	56	21	56	319	Brien Taylor	$ 1,550,000	24	Tim Pugh
1990	Chipper Jones	Atlanta Braves	SS	99	1489	894	549	234	871	618	60.04	36.87	29.82	58.50	444	64	18	56	309	Todd Van Poppel	$ 500,000	30	Alex Fernandez
1989	Ben McDonald	Baltimore Orioles	P	87	1490	877	549	174	880	610	58.86	36.85	29.40	59.06	438	74	17	56	291	John Olerud	$ 575,000	24	John Olerud
1988	Andy Benes	San Diego Padres	P	75	1433	907	516	185	891	542	63.29	36.01	30.98	62.18	444	78	23	71	289	Andy Benes	$ 235,000	3	Ruben Rodriguez
1987	Ken Griffey	Seattle Mariners	OF	74	1263	835	423	199	801	464	66.11	33.49	35.15	63.42	444	83	27	48	233	Jack McDowell	$ 165,000	12	Jack McDowell
1986	Jeff King	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS-3B	49	891	555	334	214	610	281	62.29	37.49	44.44	68.46	396	57	15	36	50	Jeff King	$ 180,000	4	Mike Loynd
year	top pick	top pick team	pos	rounds	picks	college	hs	mlb	signed	unsigned	college%	hs%	d1%	signed%	d1	d2	d3	naia	juco	top bonus	top bonus$	bonuses	first to mlb
1985	B.J. Surhoff	Milwaukee Brewers	SS-C	39	832	589	233	170	620	212	70.79	28.00	45.91	74.52	382	82	31	54	39	Bobby Witt	$ 179,000	26	Will Clark
1984	Shawn Abner	New York Mets	OF	51	839	581	252	142	584	255	69.25	30.04	44.46	69.61	373	84	17	61	44	Shawn Abner	$ 150,500	2	Oddibe McDowell
1983	Tim Belcher	Minnesota Twins	P	50	827	548	270	151	582	245	66.26	32.65	44.98	70.37	372	57	17	57	45	Kurt Stillwell	$ 135,000	1	Jeff Robinson
1982	Shawon Dunston	Chicago Cubs	SS	47	832	522	304	155	579	253	62.74	36.54	41.83	69.59	348	59	29	46	40	Shawon Dunston	$ 135,000	1	Mike Young
1981	Mike Moore	Seattle Mariners	P	44	853	539	310	156	598	255	63.19	36.34	40.21	70.11	343	81	27	43	44	Terry Blocker	$ 127,500	3	Mike Moore
1980	Darryl Strawberry	New York Mets	OF	44	834	486	340	160	554	280	58.27	40.77	35.13	66.43	293	64	31	44	53	Darryl Strawberry	$ 152,500	2	Rich Bordi
1979	Al Chambers	Seattle Mariners	OF	44	870	487	379	149	550	320	55.98	43.56	36.44	63.22	317	58	22	41	49	Todd Demeter	$ 208,000	2	Jerry Don Gleaton
1978	Bob Horner	Atlanta Braves	3B	48	779	397	369	158	485	294	50.96	47.37	31.32	62.26	244	57	19	35	42	Bob Horner	$ 162,000	3	Mike Morgan
1977	Harold Baines	Chicago White Sox	1B-OF	42	775	377	394	143	504	271	48.65	50.84	28.13	65.03	218	56	20	28	54	Danny Ainge	$ 300,000	3	Brian Greer
1976	Floyd Bannister	Houston Astros	P	40	713	311	400	158	444	269	43.62	56.10	22.86	62.27	163	49	21	39	39	Floyd Bannister	$ 100,000	2	Bob Owchinko
1975	Danny Goodwin	California Angels	C	37	679	269	401	124	389	290	39.62	59.06	20.91	57.29	142	31	26	20	50	Danny Goodwin	$ 125,000	23	Rick Cerone
1974	Bill Almon	San Diego Padres	SS	41	689	262	422	142	411	278	38.03	61.25	19.45	59.65	134	35	15	23	55	Bill Almon	$ 90,000	2	Jack Kucek
1973	David Clyde	Texas Rangers	P	52	747	280	463	129	456	291	37.48	61.98	22.36	61.04	167	55	0	13	44	David Clyde	$ 65,000	4	Dave Winfield
1972	Dave Roberts	San Diego Padres	3B	46	791	286	498	131	441	350	36.16	62.96	18.84	55.75	149	63	3	24	46	Scott McGregor	$ 80,000	3	Dave Roberts
1971	Danny Goodwin	Chicago White Sox	C	48	803	209	587	134	432	371	26.03	73.10	12.20	53.80	98	45	0	14	49	Ed Kurpiel	$ 83,750	2	Gene Martin
1970	Mike Ivie	San Diego Padres	C	60	929	278	643	145	509	420	29.92	69.21	12.06	54.79	112	76	0	30	60	Mike Ivie	$ 75,000	2	Bob Watson
1969	Jeff Burroughs	Washington Senators	OF	90	1044	305	726	143	558	484	29.21	69.54	12.55	53.45	131	77	1	22	72	Jeff Burroughs	$ 88,000	2	Don Gullett
1968	Tim Foli	New York Mets	SS	71	913	263	635	131	482	431	28.81	69.55	15.22	52.79	139	51	2	19	50	Lloyd Allen	$ 75,000	6	Roger Nelson
1967	Ron Blomberg	New York Yankees	1B	77	975	230	735	140	487	488	23.59	75.38	10.97	49.95	107	39	0	17	67	Ron Blomberg	$ 65,000	8	Ken Henderson
1966	Steve Chilcott	New York Mets	C	63	833	346	470	134	419	414	41.54	56.42	25.33	50.30	211	60	2	28	44	Ken Brett	$ 85,000	5	Rich Nye
year	top pick	top pick team	pos	rounds	picks	college	hs	mlb	signed	unsigned	college%	hs%	d1%	signed%	d1	d2	d3	naia	juco	top bonus	top bonus$	bonuses	first to mlb
1965	Rick Monday	Kansas City Athletics	OF	72	824	354	453	139	425	399	42.96	54.98	28.76	51.58	237	60	1	22	34	Rick Monday	$ 100,000	21	Ken Holtzman
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