List of Arizona Cardinals first-round draft picks

[22] The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings; the teams with the worst win–loss records receive the earliest picks.

Teams that qualified for the NFL playoffs select after non-qualifiers, and their order depends on how far they advanced, using their regular season record as a tie-breaker.

[28] In the most recent draft, held in 2024, the Cardinals selected Ohio State wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. and Missouri defensive lineman Darius Robinson.

[28] Four of the team's first-round picks—Ollie Matson, Joe Namath, Charley Trippi, and Roger Wehrli—have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

[27][29] The Cardinals have used seven first-round picks on players—Glenn Dobbs, Dub Jones, John Kimbrough, Carl McAdams, Joe Namath, Ken Rice, Jim Spavital—who chose to sign with competing leagues instead.

Larry Fitzgerald in an Arizona Cardinals jersey.
Wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald was drafted 3rd overall by the Cardinals in the 2004 NFL draft . [ 1 ] Fitzgerald spent his entire career, 17 seasons, with the team and was a three-time All-Pro , 11-time Pro Bowler , and was the 2016 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He is currently second all-time in career receiving yards and was selected for the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team . [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
Charley Trippi wearing a Chicago Cardinals jersey. Shown from the waist up with no helmet.
Charley Trippi was drafted by the Cardinals in the 1947 NFL draft and spent his whole career with the team. [ 39 ] Trippi, an All-Pro , two-time Pro Bowler , and member of the 1940s All-Decade Team , was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968. [ 40 ] [ 41 ]
Roger Wehrli in a full uniform and helmet running on a football field.
Roger Wehrli was drafted in the 1969 draft as a defensive back and spent his whole career with the Cardinals. [ 42 ] Wehrli was a five-time first-team All-Pro , seven-time Pro Bowler , member of the Arizona Cardinals Ring of Honor, and was selected to the 1970s All-Decade Team . [ 42 ] [ 43 ] [ 44 ] He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2007. [ 45 ]
Kyler Murray from the waist up in an Arizona Cardinals jersey with no helmet.
Quarterback Kyler Murray was drafted first overall in the 2019 NFL draft . Murray is a two-time Pro Bowler and was the 2019 Offensive Rookie of the Year . [ 46 ]