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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 | 2008 | 1 | 3 | Matt Ryan | QB | ATL | 2008 | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 30 | 528 | 885 | 6356 | 38 | 25 | 85 | 153 | 2 | Boston College |
| 2 | 2007 | 1 | 1 | JaMarcus Russell | QB | OAK | 2007 | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 31 | 354 | 680 | 4083 | 18 | 23 | 40 | 175 | 1 | LSU |
| 3 | 2006 | 1 | 3 | Vince Young | QB | TEN | 2006 | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 45 | 596 | 1034 | 6843 | 32 | 39 | 239 | 1255 | 12 | Texas |
| 4 | 2006 | 1 | 10 | Matt Leinart | QB | ARI | 2006 | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 29 | 340 | 595 | 3893 | 14 | 20 | 46 | 90 | 2 | USC |
| 5 | 2005 | 1 | 1 | Alex Smith | QB | SFO | 2005 | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 660 | 1172 | 7029 | 37 | 43 | 111 | 390 | 2 | Utah |
| 6 | 2004 | 1 | 1 | Eli Manning | QB | SDG | 2004 | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 89 | 1593 | 2793 | 18644 | 125 | 88 | 126 | 280 | 3 | Mississippi |
| 7 | 2004 | 1 | 4 | Philip Rivers | QB | NYG | 2004 | 2009 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 68 | 1207 | 1914 | 14951 | 106 | 45 | 139 | 210 | 2 | North Carolina State |
| 8 | 2003 | 1 | 1 | Carson Palmer | QB | CIN | 2004 | 2009 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 52 | 81 | 1662 | 2631 | 18724 | 128 | 80 | 147 | 266 | 5 | USC |
| 9 | 2003 | 1 | 7 | Byron Leftwich | QB | JAX | 2003 | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 57 | 900 | 1545 | 10218 | 58 | 41 | 136 | 384 | 9 | Marshall |
| 10 | 2002 | 1 | 1 | David Carr | QB | HOU | 2002 | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 43 | 91 | 1346 | 2251 | 14366 | 65 | 70 | 302 | 1331 | 9 | Fresno State |
| 11 | 2002 | 1 | 3 | Joey Harrington | QB | DET | 2002 | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 81 | 1424 | 2538 | 14693 | 79 | 85 | 142 | 402 | 0 | Oregon |
| 12 | 2001 | 1 | 1 | Michael Vick | QB | ATL | 2001 | 2009 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 62 | 86 | 936 | 1743 | 11591 | 72 | 52 | 553 | 3954 | 23 | Virginia Tech |
| 13 | 1999 | 1 | 1 | Tim Couch | QB | CLE | 1999 | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 62 | 1025 | 1714 | 11131 | 64 | 67 | 124 | 556 | 2 | Kentucky |
| 14 | 1999 | 1 | 2 | Donovan McNabb | QB | PHI | 1999 | 2009 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 95 | 148 | 2801 | 4746 | 32873 | 216 | 100 | 573 | 3249 | 28 | Syracuse |
| 15 | 1999 | 1 | 3 | Akili Smith | QB | CIN | 1999 | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 215 | 461 | 2212 | 5 | 13 | 70 | 371 | 1 | Oregon |
| 16 | 1998 | 1 | 1 | Peyton Manning | QB | IND | 1998 | 2009 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 144 | 192 | 4232 | 6531 | 50128 | 366 | 181 | 328 | 704 | 17 | Tennessee |
| 17 | 1998 | 1 | 2 | Ryan Leaf | QB | SDG | 1998 | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 317 | 655 | 3666 | 14 | 36 | 59 | 127 | 0 | Washington State |
| 18 | 1995 | 1 | 3 | Steve McNair | QB | HOU | 1995 | 2007 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 100 | 161 | 2733 | 4544 | 31304 | 174 | 119 | 669 | 3590 | 37 | Alcorn State |
| 19 | 1995 | 1 | 5 | Kerry Collins | QB | CAR | 1995 | 2009 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 83 | 185 | 3279 | 5885 | 38618 | 192 | 187 | 362 | 686 | 10 | Penn State |
| 20 | 1994 | 1 | 3 | Heath Shuler | QB | WAS | 1994 | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 292 | 593 | 3691 | 15 | 33 | 67 | 198 | 1 | Tennessee |
| 21 | 1994 | 1 | 6 | Trent Dilfer | QB | TAM | 1994 | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 52 | 130 | 1759 | 3172 | 20518 | 113 | 129 | 248 | 853 | 5 | Fresno State |
| 22 | 1993 | 1 | 1 | Drew Bledsoe | QB | NWE | 1993 | 2006 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 103 | 194 | 3839 | 6717 | 44611 | 251 | 206 | 385 | 764 | 10 | Washington State |
| 23 | 1993 | 1 | 2 | Rick Mirer | QB | SEA | 1993 | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 80 | 1088 | 2043 | 11969 | 50 | 76 | 242 | 1130 | 9 | Notre Dame |
| 24 | 1992 | 1 | 6 | David Klingler | QB | CIN | 1992 | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 33 | 389 | 718 | 3994 | 16 | 22 | 74 | 456 | 0 | Houston |
| 25 | 1990 | 1 | 1 | Jeff George | QB | IND | 1990 | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 65 | 131 | 2298 | 3967 | 27602 | 154 | 113 | 168 | 307 | 2 | Illinois |
| 26 | 1990 | 1 | 7 | Andre Ware | QB | DET | 1990 | 1993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 83 | 161 | 1112 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 217 | 0 | Houston |