NFL/AFL Yearly Draft Statistics

The following includes the total number of players drafted, the number who were credited with at least one game played in the NFL, and a breakdown of draftees by position.

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Draft Stats

Draft Stats Table
Year	Lg	Drafted	Played	HOF	AP	AV	QB	RB	WR	TE	OL	DL	LB	DB	ST
2023	NFL	259	228	0	0	568	14	18	33	15	43	48	24	58	6
2022	NFL	262	249	0	6	1392	9	23	28	19	49	43	30	56	5
2021	NFL	259	251	0	6	1988	10	20	35	11	46	50	24	59	4
2020	NFL	255	246	0	7	2735	13	18	35	12	47	41	33	50	6
2019	NFL	254	236	0	6	3242	11	25	28	16	40	45	32	52	5
2018	NFL	256	252	0	22	4311	13	21	34	15	38	44	38	46	7
2017	NFL	253	248	0	25	4451	10	30	32	14	33	42	32	56	4
2016	NFL	253	239	0	25	4831	15	23	31	11	41	42	34	51	5
2015	NFL	256	233	0	11	4476	7	22	34	20	46	43	36	46	2
2014	NFL	256	252	0	25	4878	14	21	34	10	45	41	35	53	3
2013	NFL	254	250	0	25	4640	11	26	28	16	41	50	26	52	4
2012	NFL	253	251	0	28	5491	11	21	33	12	44	44	32	50	6
2011	NFL	254	251	0	34	5258	12	29	28	13	40	43	34	53	2
2010	NFL	255	243	0	35	5314	13	15	31	19	38	54	29	53	3
2009	NFL	256	249	0	6	4612	11	23	34	19	41	38	30	55	5
2008	NFL	252	250	0	14	4910	13	27	35	16	40	38	34	46	3
2007	NFL	255	226	4	33	4846	11	24	34	13	40	45	33	49	6
2006	NFL	255	227	1	23	5958	13	19	30	15	49	46	30	49	4
2005	NFL	255	221	1	21	5352	14	25	31	10	49	39	32	50	5
2004	NFL	255	228	0	15	5340	17	19	31	16	42	42	34	48	6
2003	NFL	262	237	2	25	5586	13	25	36	12	45	48	32	48	3
2002	NFL	261	228	3	17	5019	15	27	34	23	37	40	28	52	5
2001	NFL	246	220	3	22	5733	11	19	34	15	41	46	30	45	5
2000	NFL	254	219	1	23	5374	12	23	35	14	36	45	33	52	4
1999	NFL	253	225	2	12	5017	13	26	30	13	41	44	33	46	7
1998	NFL	241	204	4	29	5508	8	29	30	14	46	39	32	43	0
1997	NFL	240	212	5	29	5167	11	22	24	15	34	41	39	52	2
1996	NFL	254	216	6	43	5898	8	31	33	16	47	44	30	44	1
1995	NFL	249	208	6	25	4813	14	25	28	15	45	40	34	44	4
1994	NFL	222	192	5	20	4851	9	28	28	13	36	37	33	35	3
1993	NFL	224	208	5	23	5930	8	21	28	13	36	28	39	42	9
1992	NFL	336	231	0	8	5007	21	32	43	23	57	56	42	57	5
1991	NFL	334	221	2	21	5237	13	41	44	21	57	51	39	59	8
1990	NFL	331	229	5	32	5316	20	42	44	18	51	55	43	53	5
1989	NFL	335	228	5	25	4672	16	46	40	16	50	47	51	62	7
1988	NFL	333	219	5	31	5707	13	41	40	19	52	49	45	63	11
1987	NFL	335	284	1	25	5437	19	55	36	17	46	49	53	50	10
1986	NFL	333	262	1	14	4992	16	48	36	17	54	49	56	49	8
1985	NFL	336	240	5	37	5076	11	34	41	23	60	40	47	69	10
1984	NFL	336	243	0	26	4734	15	48	40	18	55	42	59	49	10
1983	NFL	335	248	8	41	6658	16	46	42	23	61	42	42	54	9
1982	NFL	334	223	4	16	4278	15	43	35	21	55	45	58	51	11
1981	NFL	332	227	7	36	5319	16	45	41	24	50	50	44	55	7
1980	NFL	333	208	4	23	4750	17	47	39	10	56	49	48	59	8
1979	NFL	330	237	3	17	5016	15	47	36	19	53	48	54	47	11
1978	NFL	334	217	3	14	4521	14	43	41	19	65	43	52	45	12
1977	NFL	335	225	2	19	5588	18	49	36	19	69	42	43	45	14
1976	NFL	487	237	5	6	5778	26	67	59	21	86	67	59	83	18
1975	NFL	442	206	4	32	5341	20	73	52	26	71	67	53	67	13
1974	NFL	442	219	6	27	4687	20	76	45	21	82	56	61	66	14
1973	NFL	442	221	4	27	5720	22	61	49	26	87	62	58	69	8
1972	NFL	442	196	2	13	4314	19	59	52	23	69	71	60	80	9
1971	NFL	442	217	5	23	5592	21	62	54	21	84	61	52	79	8
1970	NFL	442	209	2	12	4767	14	63	52	22	82	71	48	74	15
1969	NFL	442	206	6	36	5338	17	67	50	27	88	64	47	71	11
1968	NFL	462	227	8	24	5026	19	69	50	18	113	61	57	67	8
1967	NFL	445	197	8	31	4726	20	61	36	19	106	57	54	80	12
1966	NFL	305	162	1	6	2934	14	53	25	9	103	42	25	30	4
1966	AFL	180	103	0	6	2065	5	31	8	9	52	26	19	26	4
1965	NFL	280	169	5	30	4339	17	72	11	8	80	31	28	28	5
1965	AFL	160	106	4	31	2931	10	24	10	6	42	21	22	22	3
1964	NFL	280	148	10	32	4432	13	60	13	10	119	21	21	21	2
1964	AFL	208	119	9	30	3791	13	34	11	9	81	18	20	21	1
1963	NFL	280	139	6	28	4217	8	65	8	8	112	21	28	29	1
1963	AFL	232	123	4	28	3624	13	47	9	8	91	20	25	19	0
1962	NFL	280	126	2	23	3162	15	66	15	2	126	24	15	15	2
1962	AFL	272	137	3	28	3478	17	63	12	5	116	22	22	13	2
1961	NFL	280	154	7	57	4987	14	71	6	12	119	19	14	21	4
1961	AFL	240	115	6	53	4423	17	61	7	6	109	13	8	17	2
1960	NFL	240	134	3	45	4223	13	52	7	6	103	21	15	23	0
1960	AFL	419	167	4	59	4762	27	92	6	6	209	27	23	28	1
1959	NFL	360	142	1	11	3239	12	89	6	2	182	24	19	24	2
1958	NFL	360	111	6	31	3249	11	108	5	0	185	17	15	19	0
1957	NFL	360	111	9	47	3176	14	101	3	0	194	20	14	12	2
1956	NFL	360	102	5	28	2118	19	121	1	1	174	20	10	14	0
1955	NFL	360	103	1	13	1156	8	121	0	0	187	18	11	15	0
1954	NFL	360	91	1	13	839	7	123	0	0	191	13	6	19	1
1953	NFL	361	111	8	33	1108	12	113	0	0	197	12	12	15	0
1952	NFL	360	134	7	36	905	12	115	0	0	173	28	13	18	1
1951	NFL	362	140	8	41	490	5	132	0	0	174	22	6	20	0
1950	NFL	391	125	3	18	191	11	138	0	0	205	17	8	12	0
1949	NFL	251	90	5	16	209	10	85	0	1	117	13	15	10	0
1948	NFL	298	110	3	19	68	11	99	0	0	164	10	6	8	0
1947	NFL	300	131	3	9	22	5	107	0	0	164	7	7	9	0
1946	NFL	300	68	1	7		3	123	0	0	167	2	0	5	0
1945	NFL	330	105	5	21	6	7	134	0	0	180	6	1	2	0
1944	NFL	330	107	3	15		9	116	0	0	191	7	4	2	0
1943	NFL	300	128	0	13		1	105	0	0	186	6	0	1	0
1942	NFL	200	102	2	11		5	85	0	0	103	2	1	0	0
1941	NFL	204	103	1	4		6	77	0	0	115	0	0	1	0
1940	NFL	200	92	2	10		2	78	0	0	114	2	0	0	0
1939	NFL	200	97	1	10		7	68	0	0	120	1	0	1	0
1938	NFL	110	71	2	15		0	41	0	0	69	0	0	0	0
1937	NFL	100	43	2	12		2	31	0	0	62	1	0	1	0
1936	NFL	81	28	4	11		0	33	0	0	47	0	0	0	0

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