List of D.C. United first-round draft picks

This is a list of first-round draft picks made by D.C. United of Major League Soccer.

D.C. United were an original MLS franchise, joining the league in its inaugural 1996 season.

United have selected number one overall three times: Freddy Adu, Alecko Eskandarian and Jason Moore.

D.C. United's first selection as an MLS team was Raúl Díaz Arce, a Salvadoran international striker who previously played for Firpo of the Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador.

The team's most-recent first-round selection was Michael DeShields, a defender from Wake Forest.

Chris Ponitus , first-round draft pick in 2009, plays as a winger for D.C. United . He was selected from the University of California at Santa Barbara .