List of Texas Rangers first-round draft picks

The Texas Rangers are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area.

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.

[4] With the Exception of Josh Jung, none of the Rangers' first-round picks have won a World Series championship with the team.

[3] Clyde made his debut for the Rangers 20 days after he pitched his high school team to the state finals in the franchise's first sellout at Arlington Stadium.

Mark Teixeira (2001) played 162 games for the Rangers in back-to-back seasons and finished second in the MVP voting in 2009.
Jeff Burroughs was the number one overall draft pick in 1969.
David Clyde was the number one overall draft pick in 1973.
Ron Darling (1980) is the only player drafted by the Rangers in the first round from an Ivy League school.
R. A. Dickey (1996) is one of two players drafted by the Rangers from the University of Tennessee .
Colby Lewis (1999) is the only player drafted from a junior college by the Rangers in the first round.
John Danks (2003) is one of seven high school players from Texas selected in the first round by the Rangers.
Eric Hurley (2004) is one of five players the Rangers drafted from Florida.
Julio Borbón (2007) is one of five players drafted by the Rangers in the first round of the 2007 draft.
Kellin Deglan (2010) is the only first-round pick drafted by the Rangers from a school outside the United States.