<page_title> List of first overall NBA draft picks </page_title> <section_title> List of first overall picks </section_title> <table> <cell> 1973 <col_header> Draft </col_header> <col_header> PPG </col_header> </cell> <cell> Doug Collins^ <col_header> Player </col_header> <col_header> APG </col_header> <col_header> Clifton McNeely </col_header> <col_header> Andy Tonkovich </col_header> <col_header> Howie Shannon </col_header> <col_header> Charlie Share </col_header> <col_header> Gene Melchiorre </col_header> <col_header> Mark Workman </col_header> <col_header> Ray Felix^ </col_header> <col_header> Frank Selvy^ </col_header> <col_header> Dick Ricketts </col_header> <col_header> Sihugo Green </col_header> <col_header> Rod Hundley^ </col_header> <col_header> Elgin Baylor^* </col_header> <col_header> Bob Boozer^ </col_header> <col_header> Oscar Robertson^* </col_header> <col_header> Walt Bellamy^* </col_header> <col_header> Bill McGill </col_header> <col_header> Art Heyman </col_header> <col_header> Jim Barnes </col_header> <col_header> Fred Hetzel </col_header> <col_header> Cazzie Russell^ </col_header> <col_header> Jimmy Walker^ </col_header> <col_header> Elvin Hayes^* </col_header> <col_header> Lew Alcindor^* </col_header> <col_header> Bob Lanier^* </col_header> <col_header> Austin Carr^ </col_header> <col_header> LaRue Martin </col_header> </cell> </table>
Doug Collins was the first overall pick of the 1973 NBA draft.