List Of Cincinnati Bengals First-round Draft Picks
The NFL draft, officially known as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment. The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings; the teams with the worst win–loss records receive the earliest picks. Teams that qualified for the NFL playoffs select after non-qualifiers, and their order depends on how far they advanced, using their regular season record as a tie-breaker. The final two selections in the first round are reserved for the Super Bowl runner-up and champion. Draft picks are tradable and players or other picks can be acquired with them.
Since the team's first draft in 1968, the Bengals have selected 68 players in the first round. The team's first-round pick in their inaugural draft was Bob Johnson, a center from the University of Tennessee; he was the second overall selection. The Bengals have drafted number one overall four times and selected Dan Wilkinson in 1994, Ki-Jana Carter in 1995, Carson Palmer in 2003, and Joe Burrow in 2020. In the most recent draft, held in 2024, the Bengals chose Georgia tackle Amarius Mims.
The Bengals have drafted at least one player in the first round every year except for 1989. Only one of the team's first-round picks—Anthony Muñoz—has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Player selections
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| † | Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| * | Selected number one overall |
| Position abbreviations | |
|---|---|
| C | Center |
| DB | Defensive back |
| DE | Defensive end |
| DL | Defensive line |
| DT | Defensive tackle |
| G | Guard |
| LB | Linebacker |
| NT | Nose tackle |
| QB | Quarterback |
| RB | Running back |
| T | Tackle |
| TE | Tight end |
| WR | Wide receiver |
See also
- Cincinnati Bengals draft history
- History of the Cincinnati Bengals
- List of Cincinnati Bengals seasons