New Orleans Saints
Battle card · first-round draft history, season-by-season record, and how Saints top picks have shaped the franchise.
R1 Picks
57
Hall of Famers
1
1.8% hit rate
Avg pick slot
14.6
Highest pick
#1
George Rogers · 1981
All-time record
411–462–4
0.471 win %
Playoff seasons
14
of 56
The Story
- New Orleans Saints have made 57 first-round selections and produced 1 Hall of Famers (1.8% hit rate).
- Their highest selection on record is #1 overall in 1981, when they took George Rogers.
- Across 56 seasons in this dataset they have a 411-462-4 record (0.471) and reached the playoffs 14 times.
- In seasons after holding at least one top-10 pick, New Orleans Saints added an average of 0.7 wins versus the prior year (16 such seasons in the data).
- Their most-drafted position group is OL, taken 14 times in Round 1.
- Ohio St. is their go-to talent pipeline, supplying 6 first-round picks.
- Their best season was 2009: 13-3-0 (+169 point differential).
- Their worst was 1980: 1-15-0 (-196 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | #2 | Archie Manning | 2 | 4 | +2 | |
| 1972 | #8 | Royce Smith | 4 | 2 | -2 | |
| 1975 | #7 | Larry Burton | 5 | 2 | -3 | |
| 1976 | #3 | Chuck Muncie | 2 | 4 | +2 | |
| 1977 | #7 | Joe Campbell | 4 | 3 | -1 | |
| 1978 | #3 | Wes Chandler | 3 | 7 | +4 | |
| 1981 | #1 | George Rogers | 1 | 4 | +3 | |
| 1986 | #6 | Jim Dombrowski | 5 | 7 | +2 | |
| 1993 | #8 | Willie Roaf | 12 | 8 | -4 | HoF |
| 1997 | #10 | Chris Naeole | 3 | 6 | +3 | |
| 1998 | #7 | Kyle Turley | 6 | 6 | +0 | |
| 1999 | #5 | Ricky Williams | 6 | 3 | -3 | |
| 2003 | #6 | Johnathan Sullivan | 9 | 8 | -1 | |
| 2006 | #2 | Reggie Bush | 3 | 10 | +7 | |
| 2008 | #7 | Sedrick Ellis | 7 | 8 | +1 | |
| 2025 | #9 | Kelvin Banks | 5 | 6 | +1 |
Hall of Fame Selections
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | #8 | Willie Roaf | T | Louisiana Tech |
Every First-Round Pick
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | College | HoF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | #10 | Ken Burrough | WR | Texas Southern | |
| 1971 | #2 | Archie Manning | QB | Mississippi | |
| 1972 | #8 | Royce Smith | G | Georgia | |
| 1974 | #13 | Rick Middleton | LB | Ohio St. | |
| 1975 | #7 | Larry Burton | WR | Purdue | |
| 1975 | #12 | Kurt Schumacher | G | Ohio St. | |
| 1976 | #3 | Chuck Muncie | RB | California | |
| 1977 | #7 | Joe Campbell | DE | Maryland | |
| 1978 | #3 | Wes Chandler | WR | Florida | |
| 1979 | #11 | Russell Erxleben | P | Texas | |
| 1980 | #12 | Stan Brock | T | Colorado | |
| 1981 | #1 | George Rogers | RB | South Carolina | |
| 1982 | #13 | Lindsay Scott | WR | Georgia | |
| 1985 | #24 | Alvin Toles | LB | Tennessee | |
| 1986 | #6 | Jim Dombrowski | G | Virginia | |
| 1987 | #11 | Shawn Knight | DE | BYU | |
| 1988 | #24 | Craig Heyward | RB | Pittsburgh | |
| 1989 | #19 | Wayne Martin | DE | Arkansas | |
| 1990 | #14 | Renaldo Turnbull | DE | West Virginia | |
| 1992 | #21 | Vaughn Dunbar | RB | Indiana | |
| 1993 | #8 | Willie Roaf | T | Louisiana Tech | HoF |
| 1993 | #20 | Irv Smith | TE | Notre Dame | |
| 1994 | #13 | Joe Johnson | DE | Louisville | |
| 1995 | #13 | Mark Fields | LB | Washington St. | |
| 1996 | #11 | Alex Molden | DB | Oregon | |
| 1997 | #10 | Chris Naeole | G | Colorado | |
| 1998 | #7 | Kyle Turley | T | San Diego St. | |
| 1999 | #5 | Ricky Williams | RB | Texas | |
| 2001 | #23 | Deuce McAllister | RB | Mississippi | |
| 2002 | #13 | Donte' Stallworth | WR | Tennessee | |
| 2002 | #25 | Charles Grant | DE | Georgia | |
| 2003 | #6 | Johnathan Sullivan | DT | Georgia | |
| 2004 | #18 | Will Smith | DE | Ohio St. | |
| 2005 | #13 | Jammal Brown | T | Oklahoma | |
| 2006 | #2 | Reggie Bush | RB | USC | |
| 2007 | #27 | Robert Meachem | WR | Tennessee | |
| 2008 | #7 | Sedrick Ellis | DT | USC | |
| 2009 | #14 | Malcolm Jenkins | DB | Ohio St. | |
| 2010 | #32 | Patrick Robinson | DB | Florida St. | |
| 2011 | #24 | Cameron Jordan | DE | California | |
| 2011 | #28 | Mark Ingram | RB | Alabama | |
| 2013 | #15 | Kenny Vaccaro | DB | Texas | |
| 2014 | #20 | Brandin Cooks | WR | Oregon St. | |
| 2015 | #13 | Andrus Peat | T | Stanford | |
| 2015 | #31 | Stephone Anthony | ILB | Clemson | |
| 2016 | #12 | Sheldon Rankins | DT | Louisville | |
| 2017 | #11 | Marshon Lattimore | CB | Ohio St. | |
| 2017 | #32 | Ryan Ramczyk | T | Wisconsin | |
| 2018 | #14 | Marcus Davenport | DE | Texas-San Antonio | |
| 2020 | #24 | Cesar Ruiz | C | Michigan | |
| 2021 | #28 | Payton Turner | DE | Houston | |
| 2022 | #11 | Chris Olave | WR | Ohio St. | |
| 2022 | #19 | Trevor Penning | T | Northern Iowa | |
| 2023 | #29 | Bryan Bresee | DT | Clemson | |
| 2024 | #14 | Taliese Fuaga | OL | Oregon St. | |
| 2025 | #9 | Kelvin Banks | OL | Texas | |
| 2026 | #8 | Jordyn Tyson | WR | Arizona St. |