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| Rk | Year | Rnd | Pick | Pos | Tm | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | CarAV | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 2009 | 1 | 1 | Matthew Stafford | QB | DET | 2009 | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 282 | 506 | 3107 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 119 | 3 | Georgia |
| 2 | 2007 | 1 | 1 | JaMarcus Russell | QB | OAK | 2007 | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 354 | 680 | 4083 | 18 | 23 | 40 | 175 | 1 | LSU |
| 3 | 2005 | 1 | 1 | Alex Smith | QB | SFO | 2005 | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 38 | 55 | 879 | 1534 | 9523 | 51 | 53 | 136 | 472 | 3 | Utah |
| 4 | 2004 | 1 | 1 | Eli Manning | QB | SDG | 2004 | 2011 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 86 | 106 | 1950 | 3364 | 22914 | 156 | 114 | 159 | 352 | 4 | Mississippi |
| 5 | 2003 | 1 | 1 | Carson Palmer | QB | CIN | 2004 | 2010 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 81 | 97 | 2024 | 3217 | 22694 | 154 | 100 | 179 | 316 | 5 | USC |
| 6 | 2002 | 1 | 1 | David Carr | QB | HOU | 2002 | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 44 | 92 | 1351 | 2264 | 14433 | 65 | 71 | 302 | 1331 | 9 | Fresno St. |
| 7 | 2001 | 1 | 1 | Michael Vick | QB | ATL | 2001 | 2011 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 88 | 99 | 1183 | 2147 | 14796 | 95 | 58 | 663 | 4728 | 32 | Virginia Tech |
| 8 | 1999 | 1 | 1 | Tim Couch | QB | CLE | 1999 | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 62 | 1025 | 1714 | 11131 | 64 | 67 | 124 | 556 | 2 | Kentucky |
| 9 | 1998 | 1 | 1 | Peyton Manning | QB | IND | 1998 | 2010 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 165 | 208 | 4682 | 7210 | 54828 | 399 | 198 | 346 | 722 | 17 | Tennessee |
| 10 | 1993 | 1 | 1 | Drew Bledsoe | QB | NWE | 1993 | 2006 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 103 | 194 | 3839 | 6717 | 44611 | 251 | 206 | 385 | 764 | 10 | Washington St. |
| 11 | 1990 | 1 | 1 | Jeff George | QB | IND | 1990 | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 65 | 131 | 2298 | 3967 | 27602 | 154 | 113 | 168 | 307 | 2 | Illinois |
| 12 | 1989 | 1 | 1 | Troy Aikman HOF | QB | DAL | 1989 | 2000 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 97 | 165 | 2898 | 4715 | 32942 | 165 | 141 | 327 | 1016 | 9 | UCLA |
| 13 | 1987 | 1 | 1 | Vinny Testaverde | QB | TAM | 1987 | 2007 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 97 | 233 | 3787 | 6701 | 46233 | 275 | 267 | 430 | 1661 | 15 | Miami (FL) |
| 14 | 1983 | 1 | 1 | John Elway HOF | QB | BAL | 1983 | 1998 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 138 | 234 | 4123 | 7250 | 51475 | 300 | 226 | 774 | 3407 | 33 | Stanford |