[3] Since the institution of MLB's Rule 4 draft, the Brewers have selected 69 players in the first round.
The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings, with the team possessing the worst record receiving the first pick.
[5] In addition, teams which lost free agents in the previous off-season may be awarded compensatory or supplementary picks.
Two Brewers first-round picks have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame: Robin Yount (1973) was inducted in 1999 and Paul Molitor (1977) in 2004.
[15] The Brewers have failed to sign four of their first-round picks: Bill Bordley (1976),[16] Alex Fernandez (1988),[17] Kenny Henderson (1991),[18] and Dylan Covey (2010).