St. Louis Cardinals draft history

92 first-round picks

Who have the Cardinals drafted?

The St. Louis Cardinals have made 92 first-round picks since 1965. The best of them: Ted Simmons, 10th overall in 1967, with the Hall of Fame and 1 league award and 8 All-Stars. Their latest first-round pick is Trevor Condon, 13th overall in 2026. Of the 7 first-round picks from 2017 to 2023, 1 has made an All-Star team.

First-round picks

Cardinals first-round picks

St. Louis Cardinals first-round draft picks, newest first
DraftPickPlayerPosCareer
202613Trevor Condon—
202632Tegan Kuhns—
20255Liam Doyle—
20247JJ WetherholtWest Virginia2B139 games
202321Chase Davis—
202222Cooper HjerpeOregon StateSP4 games
202118Michael McGreevyUC Santa BarbaraSP52 games
202021Jordan WalkerRF437 games, 1 All-Star
201919Zack Thompson—
201819Nolan Gorman3B511 games
201843Griffin Roberts—
201623Delvin Pérez—
201633Dylan Carlson—
201634Dakota HudsonMississippi StateSP132 games
201523Nick Plummer—
201539Jake WoodfordRP130 games
201427Luke WeaverFlorida StateRP330 games
201434Jack FlahertySP216 games
201319Marco GonzalesGonzagaRP173 games
201328Rob Kaminsky—
201219Michael WachaTexas A&MSP342 games, 2 All-Stars
201223James Ramsey—
201236Stephen Piscotty—
201252Patrick WisdomSaint Mary's3B474 games
201259Steve Bean—
201122Kolten Wong—
201025Zack Cox—
201046Seth Blair—
201050Tyrell JenkinsSP14 games
200919Shelby MillerRP302 games, 1 All-Star
200813Brett WallaceArizona State3B494 games
200839Lance LynnOle MissSP364 games, 2 All-Stars
200718Pete KozmaSS344 games
200736Clayton MortensenGonzagaSP74 games
200630Adam OttavinoNortheasternRP726 games
200642Chris PerezMiamiRP393 games, 2 All-Stars
200528Colby RasmusLF1,092 games
200530Tyler GreeneGeorgia TechSS288 games
200543Mark McCormick—
200546Tyler Herron—
200419Chris LambertBoston CollegeSP14 games
200328Daric Barton1B551 games
200128Justin Pope—
200013Shaun Boyd—
200024Blake Williams—
199930Chance Caple—
199936Nick Stocks—
199946Chris DuncanLF389 games
19985J.D. DrewFlorida StateRF1,566 games, 1 All-Star
199832Ben DigginsArizonaRP5 games
199720Adam KennedyCal State Northridge3B1,691 games
19963Braden LooperWichita StateRP670 games
199512Matt MorrisSeton HallSP307 games, 2 All-Stars
199529Christopher Haas—
199419Bret Wagner—
199316Alan BenesCreightonRP115 games
199215Sean LoweArizona StateRP248 games
19914Dmitri Young1B1,365 games, 2 All-Stars
199121Allen WatsonRP206 games
199122Brian BarberRP26 games
199128Tom McKinnon—
199139Dan Cholowsky—
199013Donovan OsborneRP163 games
199018Aaron Holbert2B23 games
199030Paul Ellis—
19896Paul Coleman—
198822John EricksIllinoisRP57 games
198823Brad Duvall—
198829Brian JordanRichmond1B1,456 games, 1 All-Star
198714Cris CarpenterGeorgiaRP291 games
198623Luis AliceaFlorida State2B1,341 games
198518Joe MagraneArizonaRP190 games
19847Mike DunneBradleyP85 games
198324Jim LindemanBradleyLF351 games
198221Todd WorrellBiolaRP617 games, 3 All-Stars
19818Bobby MeachamSan Diego StateSS457 games
198015Don Collins—
19796Andy Van SlykeCF1,658 games, 3 All-Stars
197815Bob Hicks—
19776Terry KennedyFlorida StateC1,491 games, 4 All-Stars
197615Leon Durham1B1,067 games, 2 All-Stars
197516David Johnson—
197413Garry Templeton Sr.—
197312Joe EdelenRP27 games
197221Dan LarsonWhittierSP78 games
19718Edward Kurpiel—
197011James Browning—
196920Charles Minott—
196819James Hairston—
196710Ted SimmonsHOFMichigan1B2,456 games, 8 All-Stars
19667Leron Lee614 games
196520Joe DiFabio—

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