List of Tampa Bay Rays first-round draft picks

The Tampa Bay Rays are a Major League Baseball franchise based in St. Petersburg, Florida.

The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings, with the team possessing the worst record receiving the first pick.

[1] In addition, teams which lost free agents in the previous off-season may be awarded compensatory or supplementary picks.

In addition to these, one player (2017 pick Brendan McKay) was drafted as both a left-handed pitcher and a first baseman.

[7] The Rays have failed to sign one of their first-round picks, LeVon Washington (2009), a client of Scott Boras who could not come to an agreed contract with the team.

Evan Longoria (2008) is the only Rays' first-round pick to win a Rookie of the Year Award with the team.
Josh Hamilton (1999) was the first of the Rays' first overall selections in the draft.
Delmon Young (2003) was one of six outfielders selected by the Rays in the first round.
David Price (2007) was the third of the Rays' first overall selections in the draft.