NBA - Top 6 picks - last 20 years - Win Shares - Does where you draft matter?

Here are the top 6 players drafted in each of the last 20 years (1996-2015).

Does getting the 1st pick matter? Twice you could say yes. LeBron James and Tim Duncan. In both cases, both players were the consensus #1 and every team would have drafted James and Duncan first.

However, when there is no consensus 1st pick being in the Top 6 drafting position doesn't guarantee a thing.

Here are the last 20 drafts, first 6 picks, based on their Win Shares.

YEAR	Pick	Tm	Player	YEARS	G	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	VORP
1997	1	SAS	Tim Duncan	19	1392	19	10.8	3	206.4	89.3
1998	9	MIL	Dirk Nowitzki	18	1340	22	7.9	2.5	198.8	65.7
2003	1	CLE	LeBron James	13	987	27.2	7.2	6.9	192.5	108.6
1996	13	CHH	Kobe Bryant	20	1346	25	5.2	4.7	172.7	72.1
1998	10	BOS	Paul Pierce	18	1318	20	5.7	3.6	149.9	61.7
1996	5	MIN	Ray Allen	18	1300	18.9	4.1	3.4	145.1	58.1
2005	4	NOH	Chris Paul	11	773	18.8	4.4	9.9	144.1	66.4
2001	3	ATL	Pau Gasol	15	1055	18.2	9.5	3.3	130.6	51.8
1996	15	PHO	Steve Nash	18	1217	14.3	3	8.5	129.7	31.2
1999	9	PHO	Shawn Marion	16	1163	15.2	8.7	1.9	124.9	52.1
1997	3	BOS	Chauncey Billups	17	1043	15.2	2.9	5.4	120.8	37.6
1998	5	GSW	Vince Carter	18	1274	18.8	4.6	3.4	118.4	53.2
2003	5	MIA	Dwyane Wade	13	855	23.7	4.8	5.8	113.8	56.4
2004	1	ORL	Dwight Howard	12	880	17.8	12.7	1.5	113.2	36.5
1999	1	CHI	Elton Brand	17	1058	15.9	8.5	2.1	109.6	45.2
2007	2	SEA	Kevin Durant	9	641	27.4	7	3.7	107.9	41.7
2003	4	TOR	Chris Bosh	13	893	19.2	8.5	2	106	27.5
2001	28	SAS	Tony Parker	15	1080	16.6	2.9	5.9	105.9	27.5
1999	57	SAS	Manu Ginobili	14	923	14	3.7	4	101.2	45.5
1999	8	CLE	Andre Miller	17	1304	12.5	3.7	6.5	100.8	31.7
1999	10	ATL	Jason Terry	17	1285	14.3	2.4	4.1	99.1	33.8
1996	1	PHI	Allen Iverson	14	914	26.7	3.7	6.2	99	44.1
1997	9	TOR	Tracy McGrady	15	938	19.6	5.6	4.4	97.3	50.6
2001	2	LAC	Tyson Chandler	15	986	8.7	9.3	0.9	92.7	26.2
2002	9	PHO	Amar'e Stoudemire	14	846	18.9	7.8	1.2	92.5	16.8
2003	3	DEN	Carmelo Anthony	13	902	24.9	6.6	3.2	92.3	28.6
1998	32	SEA	Rashard Lewis	16	1049	14.9	5.2	1.7	90.9	34.1
1998	4	TOR	Antawn Jamison	16	1083	18.5	7.5	1.6	87.8	17.4
1996	14	SAC	Peja Stojakovic	13	804	17	4.7	1.8	82.6	23.9
2004	9	PHI	Andre Iguodala	12	900	13.5	5.4	4.6	82	40.5
1996	2	TOR	Marcus Camby	17	973	9.5	9.8	1.9	81.6	35.6
2001	13	HOU	Richard Jefferson	15	1082	13.3	4.2	2.1	80.8	20.1
2002	34	CLE	Carlos Boozer	13	861	16.2	9.5	2.2	80.3	22.1
2003	18	NOH	David West	13	893	14.8	6.9	2.2	79.7	23.6
2006	2	CHI	LaMarcus Aldridge	10	722	19.2	8.4	1.9	79.5	20.7
2001	10	BOS	Joe Johnson	15	1143	16.9	4.1	4.2	78.1	26.2
1999	4	LAC	Lamar Odom	14	961	13.3	8.4	3.7	77	36.3
2001	19	POR	Zach Randolph	15	984	17	9.4	1.8	76.4	13.5
2009	3	OKC	James Harden	7	534	21.1	4.6	4.9	76.3	32.6
2005	3	UTA	Deron Williams	11	781	16.8	3.2	8.3	74.9	23.9
1998	2	VAN	Mike Bibby	14	1001	14.7	3.1	5.5	73.2	21.2
2006	47	UTA	Paul Millsap	10	768	13.9	7.4	2.2	73.1	30.8
2004	7	PHO	Luol Deng	12	823	15.5	6.2	2.4	72.3	22.6
2009	7	GSW	Stephen Curry	7	495	22.4	4.3	6.9	71.6	35.6
2005	30	NYK	David Lee	11	750	14.2	9.2	2.3	70.3	20.3
2004	15	BOS	Al Jefferson	12	813	16.7	8.9	1.5	67.1	15.1
2008	4	SEA	Russell Westbrook	8	587	21.5	5.6	7.6	67	36.1
2002	1	HOU	Yao Ming	8	486	19	9.2	1.6	65.9	17
2002	7	NYK	Nene Hilario	14	804	12.2	6.5	2	65.2	23.4
2007	3	ATL	Al Horford	9	578	14.3	8.9	2.7	64.2	24.4
2008	5	MEM	Kevin Love	8	516	18.3	11.5	2.4	64.2	22.1
2000	16	SAC	Hedo Turkoglu	15	997	11.1	4	2.8	63.3	21.4
2002	23	DET	Tayshaun Prince	14	1017	11.1	4.3	2.4	63.1	16.6
2007	48	LAL	Marc Gasol	8	569	14.3	7.8	3.1	61.8	27.2
2003	51	NJN	Kyle Korver	13	964	10	3.1	1.8	61.6	19.4
2004	26	SAC	Kevin Martin	12	714	17.4	3.2	1.9	61.3	11.3
2000	5	ORL	Mike Miller	16	1011	10.8	4.3	2.6	60.7	20.4
2006	24	MEM	Kyle Lowry	10	653	13.5	4	5.7	59.8	26.6
2007	9	CHI	Joakim Noah	9	572	9.3	9.4	3	57.3	26.7
2000	8	CLE	Jamal Crawford	16	1100	15.5	2.4	3.6	57.3	11.5
2002	3	GSW	Mike Dunleavy	14	933	11.5	4.4	2.3	57	15.9
2000	43	MIL	Michael Redd	12	629	19	3.8	2.1	55.9	14.9
2008	35	LAC	DeAndre Jordan	8	592	8.7	9.6	0.6	55.1	15.6
2009	1	LAC	Blake Griffin	6	410	21.5	9.6	4	54.7	22.2
2007	4	MEM	Mike Conley	9	637	13.6	2.9	5.6	52.8	18.1
2006	21	PHO	Rajon Rondo	10	645	11	4.8	8.7	51.2	20.9
2004	17	ATL	Josh Smith	12	891	14.6	7.5	3.1	51	30
2005	1	MIL	Andrew Bogut	11	644	10.3	8.9	2.3	49.2	21.2
2005	2	ATL	Marvin Williams	11	785	10.5	5.2	1.3	48.9	8.6
2005	17	IND	Danny Granger	10	586	16.8	4.9	1.9	48.5	16.1
2008	26	SAS	George Hill	8	550	11.3	3.2	3.3	48	15.8
2000	1	NJN	Kenyon Martin	15	757	12.3	6.8	1.9	48	15.5
2008	24	SEA	Serge Ibaka	7	524	11.6	7.4	0.6	47.6	11.1
1997	4	VAN	Antonio Daniels	13	872	7.6	1.8	3.4	47	4.1
2006	8	HOU	Rudy Gay	10	723	18.4	5.9	2.3	45.5	16.1
2008	10	NJN	Brook Lopez	8	487	18.3	7.4	1.4	44.7	11.2
1997	13	CLE	Derek Anderson	11	615	12	3.2	3.4	43.9	13.3
2007	12	PHI	Thaddeus Young	9	665	13.9	5.9	1.5	42.6	11.7
2011	15	IND	Kawhi Leonard	5	324	14.3	6.3	2	41.8	19.2
1997	2	PHI	Keith Van Horn	9	575	16	6.8	1.6	41.7	8.4
2006	11	ORL	J.J. Redick	10	612	11.5	1.9	1.9	41.7	8.1
2010	7	DET	Greg Monroe	6	457	14.5	9.1	2.3	39.7	14.3
2009	18	MIN	Ty Lawson	7	482	13.1	2.8	6.2	38.9	10.6
2012	1	NOH	Anthony Davis	4	260	20.8	9.7	1.7	37.7	13.8
2010	10	IND	Paul George	6	373	16.9	6.2	3.1	37.4	18.1
2000	21	TOR	Morris Peterson	11	711	10.7	3.5	1.5	35.7	9.7
2011	30	CHI	Jimmy Butler	5	323	13.6	4.5	2.6	35.5	13
2009	9	TOR	DeMar DeRozan	7	521	18.1	3.9	2.6	35.4	3.6
2012	6	POR	Damian Lillard	4	321	21.4	3.8	6.3	35.2	14.4
2009	26	CHI	Taj Gibson	7	507	9.2	6.3	1	33.6	6.6
2011	60	SAC	Isaiah Thomas	5	365	17.1	2.6	5	32.9	10.1
2010	9	UTA	Gordon Hayward	6	443	14.6	4	3.4	32.6	12.4
2010	1	WAS	John Wall	6	422	18	4.5	9	31.7	16
2011	1	CLE	Kyrie Irving	5	309	20.8	3.4	5.5	31.4	13.3
2010	3	NJN	Derrick Favors	6	429	11.7	7.3	1.1	30.8	8.1
2011	22	DEN	Kenneth Faried	5	348	12.3	8.7	1.1	30.1	8.3
2011	11	GSW	Klay Thompson	5	386	18.4	3.3	2.3	29.5	8.1
2012	9	DET	Andre Drummond	4	304	13.2	12.6	0.6	29.4	6
2010	5	SAC	DeMarcus Cousins	6	415	20.2	10.8	2.7	29.3	12.8
2012	35	GSW	Draymond Green	4	321	8.7	6.5	3.4	24.7	11.9
2012	7	GSW	Harrison Barnes	4	307	10.1	4.6	1.5	17.7	2.8
2012	39	DET	Khris Middleton	4	267	13.6	3.8	2.7	16.4	4.1
2013	27	DEN	Rudy Gobert	3	188	7.2	8.5	1.1	16.1	6.8
2013	22	BRK	Mason Plumlee	3	234	8.5	6.2	1.5	15.5	5.2
2013	15	MIL	Giannis Antetokounmpo	3	238	12.2	6.3	2.9	14.5	4.9
2013	12	OKC	Steven Adams	3	231	6.2	6	0.7	13.5	3.8
2013	21	UTA	Gorgui Dieng	3	215	8.5	6.9	1.5	13	5.5
2013	4	CHA	Cody Zeller	3	217	7.4	5.4	1.2	12.7	2.5
2015	1	MIN	Karl-Anthony Towns	1	82	18.3	10.4	2	8.3	3.1
2014	23	UTA	Rodney Hood	2	129	12.3	3	2.3	8.1	2
2014	41	DEN	Nikola Jokic	1	80	10	7	2.4	6.7	3
2014	4	ORL	Aaron Gordon	2	125	7.7	5.4	1.3	6.4	1.6
2014	1	CLE	Andrew Wiggins	2	163	18.8	4.1	2	6.2	-0.3
2014	6	BOS	Marcus Smart	2	128	8.4	3.7	3.1	5.8	2.6
2014	2	MIL	Jabari Parker	2	101	13.6	5.3	1.7	4.9	-0.1
2015	4	NYK	Kristaps Porzingis	1	72	14.3	7.3	1.3	4.3	1.1
2015	6	SAC	Willie Cauley-Stein	1	66	7	5.3	0.6	3.8	1
2015	9	CHO	Frank Kaminsky	1	81	7.5	4.1	1.2	3.3	0.3
2015	11	IND	Myles Turner	1	60	10.3	5.5	0.7	3.1	-0.1
2015	10	MIA	Justise Winslow	1	78	6.4	5.2	1.5	2.5	0.8