Chicago White Sox draft history

81 first-round picks

Who have the White Sox drafted?

The Chicago White Sox have made 81 first-round picks since 1965. The best of them: Frank Thomas, 7th overall in 1989, with the Hall of Fame and 6 league awards and 5 All-Stars. Their latest first-round pick is Roch Cholowsky, 1st overall in 2026. Of the 7 first-round picks from 2017 to 2023, 1 has made an All-Star team.

First-round picks

White Sox first-round picks

Chicago White Sox first-round draft picks, newest first
DraftPickPlayerPosCareer
20261Roch Cholowsky—
202634Landon Thome—
202510Billy Carlson—
20245Hagen SmithArkansasSP18 games
202315Jacob GonzalezOle MissSS81 games
202226Noah SchultzSP19 games
202122Colson MontgomerySS224 games
202011Garrett CrochetTennesseeSP142 games, 2 All-Stars
20193Andrew Vaughn1B778 games
20184Nick MadrigalOregon State3B304 games
201711Jake BurgerMissouri State1B602 games
201610Zack Collins—
201626Zack Burdi—
20158Carson FulmerVanderbiltRP127 games
20143Carlos RodónNC StateSP247 games, 3 All-Stars
201317Tim AndersonEast Central CC MSSS991 games, 2 All-Stars
201213Courtney Hawkins—
201248Keon Barnum—
201147Keenyn Walker—
201013Chris SaleFlorida Gulf CoastSP420 games, 10 All-Stars
200923Jared Mitchell—
200938Josh PhegleyIndianaC388 games
20088Gordon BeckhamGeorgiaSS1,069 games
200725Aaron PoredaSan FranciscoRP40 games
200629Kyle McCulloch—
200515Lance BroadwayTCURP27 games
200418Josh FieldsOklahoma State3B217 games
200434Tyler Lumsden—
200438Gio GonzalezSP344 games, 2 All-Stars
200315Brian Anderson—
200218Royce RingSan Diego StateRP99 games
200116Kris Honel—
200139Wyatt Allen—
200012Joe BorchardStanfordRF301 games
199915Jason Stumm—
199922Matt GinterMississippi StateSP96 games
199935Brian West—
199945Robert Purvis—
199816Kip WellsBaylorSP296 games
199835Aaron RowandCal State FullertonCF1,358 games, 1 All-Star
199715Jason DellaeroSouth FloridaSS11 games
199733Kyle Kane—
199734Brett Caradonna—
199743Aaron MyetteP47 games
199746Jim ParqueUCLASP103 games
199751Rocky BiddleLong Beach StateRP198 games
199612Bobby SeayRP261 games
199525Jeff LieferLong Beach StateOF288 games
199426Mark JohnsonC332 games
199433Chris ClemonsTexas A&MRP5 games
199317Scott Christman—
199224Eddie Pearson—
199125Scott RuffcornBaylorRP30 games
19904Alex FernandezSP263 games
19897Frank ThomasHOFAuburnDH2,322 games, 5 All-Stars
198810Robin VenturaOklahoma State1B2,079 games, 2 All-Stars
19875Jack McDowellStanfordSP277 games, 3 All-Stars
198620Grady Hall—
19855Kurt Brown—
198420Tony MenendezRP23 games
198426Thomas Hartley—
198313Joel DavisRP49 games
198328Russ MormanWichita StateRF207 games
198214Ron KarkoviceC939 games
19817Daryl Boston—
19808Cecil EspyLF546 games
19799Steve Buechele—
197919Ricky SeilheimerC21 games
19771Harold BainesHOFDH2,830 games, 6 All-Stars
19768Steve TroutRP301 games
197511Chris KnappCentral MichiganSP122 games
19748Larry MonroeP8 games
197321Steve SwisherC509 games, 1 All-Star
197212Mike Ondina—
19711Danny GoodwinSouthernDH252 games
19706Lee Richard239 games
19693Theodore Nicholson—
196814Rich McKinney341 games
196713William Haynes—
196618Carlos May1,165 games, 2 All-Stars
196517Kenneth Plesha—

First rounds and supplemental picks from MLB's records; games are the player's career on file. Later rounds are not on file.