Did the 90's have the best hit rate of any 1st pick in the NBA Draft?

Most everyone played 3 or more years of college before 1998, so it was a lot easier to evaluate.

In current times the NBA scouts are still projecting what they think an 18 -19 year old kid will become in the future.

1990's to 2005 was the peak time for high school kids to enter the NBA, the NBA stopped it in 2005

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Did the 90's have the best hit rate of any 1st pick in the NBA Draft?

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Not even close


the current decade is already better

Anthony Edwards
Cade Cunningham
Paolo Banchero
Wemby
Zaccharie Risacher
Cooper Flagg



5 of the 6 are already on hall of fame career paths
Risacher might not make an all-star team, but he's going to have a long career.


80's
Joe Barry Carroll - All-star 10+ yr career averaging 18ppg
Mark Aguirre - 3x all star, 2x champion 10+ yr career averaging 20ppg
James Worthy - Hall of Fame
Ralph Sampson - Hall of Fame
Hakeem Olajuwon - Hall of Fame
Patrick Ewing - Hall of Fame
Brad Daugherty - 5x all-star averaging 19ppg, only played 8 years and retired due to back issues
David Robinson - Hall of Fame
Danning Manning - 2x all star, 15 year career averaging 14ppg
Pervis Ellison - 11 yr career, MIP in 1992 averaging 20ppg. 9.5ppg for his career

Nervous Pervis was the worst player in that decade and he was never the same after 4 years in the league dealing with knee issues, but was all-star caliber player before his injuries.

which decade had the best 2nd overall picks?

90s were pretty damn solid there as well:

90 - Gary Payton [Hall of Fame, 9x All-Star, 9x All-NBA, DPOY]
91 - Kenny Anderson [1x All-star]
92 - Alonzo Mourning [Hall of Fame, 7x All-Star, 2x All-NBA, 2x DPOY]
93 - Shawn Bradley [Monstar]
94 - Jason Kidd [Hall of Fame, 10x All-Star, 6x All-NBA]
95 - Antonio McDyess [1x All-Star, 1x All-NBA]
96 - Marcus Camby [DPOY]
97 - Keith Van Horn
98 - Mike Bibby
99 - Steve Francis [3x All-Star]


2000s were Stromile Swift, Tyson Chandler, Jay Williams, Darko Milicic, Emeka Okafor, Marvin Williams, LaMarcus Aldridge, Kevin Durant, Michael Beasley, Hasheem Thabeet

2 great players, 2 good players, and a whole lot of busts.

the 2010s had: Evan Turner, Derrick Williams, MKG, Victor Oladipo, Jabari Parker, D'Angelo Russell, Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Marvin Bagley III, Ja Morant

and the 80s had: Darrell Griffith, Isiah Thomas, Terry Cummings, Steve Stipanovich, Sam Bowie, Wayman Tisdale, Len Bias, Armen Gilliam, Rik Smits, Danny Ferry
I think they are safely out of the running for best decade.

I really don't think people understand the 90's had the the most high school players in it, that after 2005 they couldn't declare anymore.

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Plus, very little Europeans.

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Spud and Mugsy were from Europe?

Most of the European players I remember from that time frame were on the taller side.