Kansas City Chiefs
Battle card · first-round draft history, season-by-season record, and how Chiefs top picks have shaped the franchise.
R1 Picks
53
Hall of Famers
2
3.8% hit rate
Avg pick slot
16.6
Highest pick
#1
Eric Fisher · 2013
All-time record
466–404–7
0.535 win %
Playoff seasons
23
of 56
The Story
- Kansas City Chiefs have made 53 first-round selections and produced 2 Hall of Famers (3.8% hit rate).
- Their highest selection on record is #1 overall in 2013, when they took Eric Fisher.
- Across 56 seasons in this dataset they have a 466-404-7 record (0.535) and reached the playoffs 23 times.
- In seasons after holding at least one top-10 pick, Kansas City Chiefs added an average of 2.1 wins versus the prior year (14 such seasons in the data).
- Their most-drafted position group is DL, taken 12 times in Round 1.
- LSU is their go-to talent pipeline, supplying 6 first-round picks.
- Their best season was 2024: 15-2-0 (+59 point differential).
- Their worst was 2008: 2-14-0 (-149 point differential).
Wins per Season
R1 Pick Slot by Year
Position Breakdown
Point Differential by Season
Impact of Top-10 Picks (Next-Season Wins Delta)
| Draft Year | Pick | Player | Prior-Year Wins | New-Year Wins | Delta | HoF? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | #10 | Gary Green | 5 | 2 | -3 | |
| 1978 | #2 | Art Still | 2 | 4 | +2 | |
| 1979 | #2 | Mike Bell | 4 | 7 | +3 | |
| 1983 | #7 | Todd Blackledge | 3 | 6 | +3 | |
| 1984 | #5 | Bill Maas | 6 | 8 | +2 | |
| 1986 | #7 | Brian Jozwiak | 6 | 10 | +4 | |
| 1988 | #2 | Neil Smith | 4 | 4 | +0 | |
| 1989 | #4 | Derrick Thomas | 4 | 8 | +4 | HoF |
| 2002 | #6 | Ryan Sims | 6 | 8 | +2 | |
| 2008 | #5 | Glenn Dorsey | 4 | 2 | -2 | |
| 2009 | #3 | Tyson Jackson | 2 | 4 | +2 | |
| 2010 | #5 | Eric Berry | 4 | 10 | +6 | |
| 2013 | #1 | Eric Fisher | 2 | 11 | +9 | |
| 2017 | #10 | Patrick Mahomes | 12 | 10 | -2 |
Hall of Fame Selections
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | #4 | Derrick Thomas | LB | Alabama |
| 1997 | #13 | Tony Gonzalez | TE | California |
Every First-Round Pick
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | College | HoF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | #26 | Sid Smith | C | USC | |
| 1971 | #16 | Elmo Wright | WR | Houston | |
| 1972 | #23 | Jeff Kinney | RB | Nebraska | |
| 1974 | #16 | Woody Green | RB | Arizona St. | |
| 1976 | #14 | Rod Walters | G | Iowa | |
| 1977 | #10 | Gary Green | DB | Baylor | |
| 1978 | #2 | Art Still | DE | Kentucky | |
| 1979 | #2 | Mike Bell | DE | Colorado St. | |
| 1979 | #23 | Steve Fuller | QB | Clemson | |
| 1980 | #11 | Brad Budde | G | USC | |
| 1981 | #14 | Willie Scott | TE | South Carolina | |
| 1982 | #11 | Anthony Hancock | WR | Tennessee | |
| 1983 | #7 | Todd Blackledge | QB | Penn St. | |
| 1984 | #5 | Bill Maas | NT | Pittsburgh | |
| 1984 | #21 | John Alt | T | Iowa | |
| 1985 | #15 | Ethan Horton | TE | North Carolina | |
| 1986 | #7 | Brian Jozwiak | G | West Virginia | |
| 1987 | #19 | Paul Palmer | RB | Temple | |
| 1988 | #2 | Neil Smith | DE | Nebraska | |
| 1989 | #4 | Derrick Thomas | LB | Alabama | HoF |
| 1990 | #13 | Percy Snow | LB | Michigan St. | |
| 1991 | #21 | Harvey Williams | RB | LSU | |
| 1992 | #20 | Dale Carter | DB | Tennessee | |
| 1994 | #25 | Greg Hill | RB | Texas A&M | |
| 1995 | #31 | Trezelle Jenkins | T | Michigan | |
| 1996 | #28 | Jerome Woods | DB | Memphis | |
| 1997 | #13 | Tony Gonzalez | TE | California | HoF |
| 1998 | #27 | Victor Riley | T | Auburn | |
| 1999 | #14 | John Tait | T | BYU | |
| 2000 | #21 | Sylvester Morris | WR | Jackson St. | |
| 2002 | #6 | Ryan Sims | DT | North Carolina | |
| 2003 | #27 | Larry Johnson | RB | Penn St. | |
| 2005 | #15 | Derrick Johnson | LB | Texas | |
| 2006 | #20 | Tamba Hali | DE | Penn St. | |
| 2007 | #23 | Dwayne Bowe | WR | LSU | |
| 2008 | #5 | Glenn Dorsey | DT | LSU | |
| 2008 | #15 | Branden Albert | G | Virginia | |
| 2009 | #3 | Tyson Jackson | DE | LSU | |
| 2010 | #5 | Eric Berry | DB | Tennessee | |
| 2011 | #26 | Jonathan Baldwin | WR | Pittsburgh | |
| 2012 | #11 | Dontari Poe | DT | Memphis | |
| 2013 | #1 | Eric Fisher | T | Central Michigan | |
| 2014 | #23 | Dee Ford | LB | Auburn | |
| 2015 | #18 | Marcus Peters | CB | Washington | |
| 2017 | #10 | Patrick Mahomes | QB | Texas Tech | |
| 2020 | #32 | Clyde Edwards-Helaire | RB | LSU | |
| 2022 | #21 | Trent McDuffie | CB | Washington | |
| 2022 | #30 | George Karlaftis III | DE | Purdue | |
| 2023 | #31 | Felix Anudike-Uzomah | DE | Kansas St. | |
| 2024 | #28 | Xavier Worthy | WR | Texas | |
| 2025 | #32 | Josh Simmons | OL | Ohio St. | |
| 2026 | #6 | Mansoor Delane | CB | LSU | |
| 2026 | #29 | Peter Woods | DT | Clemson |