- History
| Arizona Cardinals | ||||
| YEAR | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 2012 | 13 | Michael Floyd | WR | Notre Dame |
| 2011 | 5 | Patrick Peterson | DB | LSU |
| 2010 | 26 | Dan Williams | DT | Tennessee |
| 2009 | 31 | Beanie Wells | RB | Ohio State |
| 2008 | 16 | Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie | CB | Tennessee State |
| 2007 | 5 | Levi Brown | OT | Penn State |
| 2006 | 10 | Matt Leinart | QB | USC |
| 2005 | 8 | Antrel Rolle | DB | Miami (Fla.) |
| 2004 | 3 | Larry Fitzgerald | WR | Pittsburgh |
| 2003 | 17 | Bryant Johnson | WR | Penn State |
| 2003 | 18 | Calvin Pace | DE | Wake Forest |
| 2002 | 12 | Wendell Bryant | DT | Wisconsin |
| 2001 | 2 | Leonard Davis | G | Texas |
| 2000 | 7 | Thomas Jones | RB | Virginia |
| 1999 | 8 | David Boston | WR | Ohio State |
| 1999 | 21 | L.J. Shelton | T | Eastern Michigan |
| 1998 | 3 | Andre Wadsworth | DE | Florida State |
| 1997 | 9 | Tom Knight | CB | Iowa |
| 1996 | 3 | Simeon Rice | DE | Illinois |
| 1995 | No Pick | -- | ||
| 1994 | 10 | Jamir Miller | LB | UCLA |
| 1993 | 3 | Garrison Hearst | RB | Georgia |
| 1993 | 18 | Ernest Dye | T | South Carolina |
| 1992 | No Pick | -- | ||
| 1991 | 6 | Eric Swann | DE | No College |
| 1990 | No Pick | -- | ||
| 1989 | 10 | Eric Hill | LB | Louisiana State |
| 1989 | 17 | Joe Wolf | G | Boston College |
| 1988 | 12 | Ken Harvey | LB | California |
| 1987 | 6 | Kelly Stouffer | QB | Colorado State |
| 1986 | 5 | Anthony Bell | LB | Michigan State |
| 1985 | 18 | Freddie Joe Nunn | DE | Mississippi |
| 1984 | 17 | Clyde Duncan | WR | Tennessee |
| 1983 | 17 | Leonard Smith | DB | McNeese State |
| 1982 | 16 | Luis Sharpe | T | UCLA |
| 1981 | 5 | E.J. Junior | LB | Alabama |
| 1980 | 6 | Curtis Greer | DE | Michigan |
| 1979 | 8 | Ottis Anderson | RB | Miami (Fla.) |
| 1978 | 15 | Steve Little | P | Arkansas |
| 1978 | 19 | Ken Greene | DB | Washington State |
| 1977 | 19 | Steve Pisarkiewicz | QB | Missouri |
| 1976 | 22 | Mike Dawson | DT | Arizona |
| 1975 | 21 | Tim Gray | DB | Texas A&M |
| 1974 | 7 | J.V. Cain | WR | Colorado |
| 1973 | 5 | Dave Butz | DT | Purdue |
| 1972 | 4 | Ahmad Rashad | WR | Oregon |
| 1971 | 17 | Norm Thompson | DB | Utah |
| 1970 | 8 | Larry Stegent | RB | Texas A&M |
| 1969 | 19 | Roger Wehrli | DB | Missouri |
| 1968 | 13 | MacArthur Lane | RB | Utah State |
| 1967 | 16 | Dave Williams | WR | Washington |
| 1966 | No Pick | -- | ||
| 1965 | No Pick | -- | ||
| 1964 | Ken Kortas | DT | Louisville | |
| 1963 | Don Brumm | DE | Purdue | |
| 1963 | Jerry Stovall | DB | Louisiana State | |
| 1962 | Irv Goode | G | Kentucky | |
| 1962 | Fate Echols | T | Northwestern | |
| 1961 | No Pick | -- | ||
| 1960 | George Izo | QB | Notre Dame | |
| 1959 | Billy Stacy | DB | Mississippi State | |
| 1958 | 1 | King Hill | QB | Rice |
| 1958 | John David Crow | HB | Texas A&M | |
| 1957 | Jerry Tubbs | LB | Oklahoma | |
| 1956 | Joe Childress | HB | Auburn | |
| 1955 | Max Boydston | OE | Oklahoma | |
| 1954 | Lamar McHan | QB | Arkansas | |
| 1953 | Johnny Olszewski | FB | California | |
| 1952 | Ollie Matson | RB | San Francisco | |
| 1951 | Jerry Groom | DT | Notre Dame | |
| 1950 | No Pick | -- | ||
| 1949 | Bill Fischer | OT | Notre Dame | |
| 1948 | Jim Spavital | FB | Oklahoma State | |
| 1947 | Tex Coulter | OT | Army | |
| 1946 | Dub Jones | HB | Tulane | |
| 1945 | 1 | Charlie Trippi | HB | Georgia |
| 1944 | 2 | Pat Harder | FB | Wisconsin |
| 1943 | No Pick | -- | ||
| 1942 | Steve Lach | FB | Duke | |
| 1941 | No Pick | -- | ||
| 1940 | 1 | George Cafego | QB | Tennessee |
| 1939 | 1 | Ki Aldrich | C | Texas Christian |
| 1938 | Milt Popovich | FB | Montana | |
| 1938 | Jack Robbins | TB | Arkansas | |
| 1937 | Ray Buivid | QB | Marquette | |
| 1936 | Jimmy Lawrence | WB | Texas Christian | |
