On Thursday night, another name will be added to the long list of players who have been selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft. The Cleveland Cavaliers hold the top pick for the third time in four years, but there is no guarantee they will be the team making the selection when the draft begins.
Regardless of a trade, many believe Andrew Wiggins will become the top pick in this year’s draft, which would make him the first Kansas Jayhawks player to go with in the top spot since Danny Manning in 1988.
It would be the second straight year that a Canadian was taken with the first pick in the draft.
We will find out who will be the latest player to join the list of No. 1 overall picks in just a matter of hours.
Until then, let’s take a full look back at history.
You can check out the full list of previous No. 1 draft picks in the list below:
| Year | Name | Team | School/Country |
| 2013 | Anthony Bennett | Cleveland | UNLV |
| 2012 | Anthony Davis | New Orleans | Kentucky |
| 2011 | Kyrie Irving | Cleveland | Duke |
| 2010 | John Wall | Washington | Kentucky |
| 2009 | Blake Griffin | Los Angeles Cippers | Oklahoma |
| 2008 | Derrick Rose | Chicago | Memphis |
| 2007 | Greg Oden | Portland | Ohio State |
| 2006 | Andrea Bargnani | Toronto | Italy |
| 2005 | Andrew Bogut | Milwaukee | Utah |
| 2004 | Dwight Howard | Orlando | SW Atlanta Christian Academy (GA) |
| 2003 | LeBron James | Cleveland | St. Vincent-St. Mary HS (OH) |
| 2002 | Yao Ming | Houston | China |
| 2001 | Kwame Brown | Washington | Glynn Academy |
| 2000 | Kenyon Martin | New Jersey Nets | Cincinnati |
| 1999 | Elton Brand | Chicago Bulls | Duke |
| 1998 | Michael Olowokandi | Los Angeles Clippers | Pacific (Cal.) |
| 1997 | Tim Duncan | San Antonio | Wake Forest |
| 1996 | Allen Iverson | Philadelphia | Georgetown |
| 1995 | Joe Smith | Golden State | Maryland |
| 1994 | Glenn Robinson | Milwaukee | Purdue |
| 1993 | Chris Webber | Orlando | Michigan |
| 1992 | Shaquille O’Neal | Orlando | Louisiana State |
| 1991 | Larry Johnson | Charlotte | Nevada-Las Vegas |
| 1990 | Derrick Coleman | New Jersey | Syracuse |
| 1989 | Pervis Ellison | Sacramento | Louisville |
| 1988 | Danny Manning | L.A. Clippers | Kansas |
| 1987 | David Robinson | San Antonio | Navy |
| 1986 | Brad Daugherty | Cleveland | North Carolina |
| 1985 | Patrick Ewing | New York | Georgetown |
| 1984 | Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston | Houston |
| 1983 | Ralph Sampson | Houston | Virginia |
| 1982 | James Worthy | L.A. Lakers | North Carolina |
| 1981 | Mark Aguirre | Dallas | DePaul |
| 1980 | Joe Barry Carroll | Golden State | Purdue |
| 1979 | Magic Johnson | L.A. Lakers | Michigan State |
| 1978 | Mychal Thompson | Portland | Minnesota |
| 1977 | Kent Benson | Milwaukee | Indiana |
| 1976 | John Lucas | Houston | Maryland |
| 1975 | David Thompson | Atlanta | North Carolina State |
| 1974 | Bill Walton | Portland | UCLA |
| 1973 | Doug Collins | Philadelphia | Illinois State |
| 1972 | LaRue Martin | Portland | Loyola-Chicago |
| 1971 | Austin Carr | Cleveland | Notre Dame |
| 1970 | Bob Lanier | Detroit | St. Bonaventure |
| 1969 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Milwaukee | UCLA |
| 1968 | Elvin Hayes | Houston | Houston |
| 1967 | Jimmy Walker | Detroit | Providence |
| 1966 | Cazzie Russell | New York | Michigan |
Who will join that list tonight? Sound off in the comments section below with your thoughts.
Be sure to stay tuned to FanSided.com throughout the remainder of the night for the latest news and results from the NBA Draft.