Best and Worst All-Time Selection at Every Draft Position

Since I’m bored and have some time on my hands I figured I’d take a stab at this. We’ll see how far I make it.
I will start with the first pick. Keep in mind that I ranked this based on the overall value that each player provided to the team that drafted them. Feel free to weigh in with any disagreements or opinions.

Best: Tim Duncan (1997)
There’s obviously quite a bit of competition here. I was torn between Magic Johnson and Duncan. Both played their entire careers with a single franchise. They each won a championship and were named finals MVP within 2 years of being drafted, and their teams remained contenders throughout their careers. I ultimately went with duncan as his career lasted longer than Magic. He was such an unselfish leader and was able to alter his game to whatever the team needed him to be without complaint. Lebron would have definitely been considered as well but he left Cleveland twice.
Other contenders: Oscar Robertson (1960) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1969) Magic Johnson (1979) Hakeem Olajuwon (1984) Shaquille O’Neal (1992) Allen Iverson (1996) Lebron James (2003)

Worst: Markelle Fultz (2017)
I’m not saying fultz is necessarily the worst player to be selected first overall and he’s still too young to accurately judge his career. But the circumstances surrounding this pick make it the worst overall selection. Unlike other teams who just flat out made bad decisions with the first pick, the sixers actually traded up and gave up valuable assets to select fultz. He basically provided nothing of value to the franchise in 1.5 injury plagued seasons and they winded up selling him off for a quarter of a season from jonathan simmons and a future second round pick. You can’t do much worse when it comes to return on investment than that. Fultz may still go on to have a totally respectable career, but the damage is already done for philadelphia.
Other contenders: Anthony Bennett (2013) Greg Oden (2007) Kwame Brown (2001) Michael Olowakandi (1998) LaRue Martin (1972) Bill McGill (1962)