| MLB First Round Draft Picks - Texas Rangers | ||||
| SEASON | PLAYER | POS | SCHOOL/HOMETOWN | PICK |
| 2016 | Cole Ragans | LHP | North Florida Christian (Tallahassee, Fla.) | 30 |
| 2015 | Dillon Tate | RHP | UC Santa Barbara | 4 |
| 2013 | Travis Demeritte | SS | Winder-Barrow High School, Winder, Ga. | 30 |
| 2013 | Alex Gonzalez | RHP | Oral Roberts | 23 |
| 2012 | Lewis Brinson | CF | Coral Springs (Fla.) High School | 29 |
| 2011 | Kevin Matthews | LHP | Richmond Hill High School | 33 |
| 2010 | Luke Jackson | RHP | Calvary Christian, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. | 45 |
| 2010 | Kellin Deglan | C | Langley High School, British Columbia | 22 |
| 2010 | Jake Skole | OF | Blessed Trinity HS, Woodstock, Ga. | 15 |
| 2009 | Matt Purke | LHP | Klein High School, Spring, Texas | 14 |
| 2008 | Justin Smoak | 1B | Univ. of South Carolina | 11 |
| 2007 | Michael Main | RHP | Deland (Fla.) HS | 24 |
| 2007 | Blake Beavan | RHP | Irving (Texas) HS | 17 |
| 2006 | Kasey Kiker | LHP | Russell County HS, (Phenix City, Ala) | 12 |
| 2005 | John Mayberry | RF | Stanford | 19 |
| 2004 | Eric Hurley | RHP | Wolfson HS, Jacksonville | 30 |
| 2004 | Thomas Diamond | RHP | New Orleans | 10 |
| 2003 | John Danks | LHP | Round Rock HS | 9 |
| 2002 | Drew Meyer | SS | South Carolina | 10 |
| 2001 | Mark Teixeira | 3B | Georgia Tech | 5 |
| 2000 | Scott Heard | C | San Diego, CA | 25 |
| 1998 | Carlos Pena | 1B | Northeastern U. | 10 |
| 1996 | Sam Marsonek | RHP | Tampa, FL | 24 |
| 1996 | R.A. Dickey | RHP | U of Tennessee | 18 |
| 1995 | Jonathan Johnson | RHP | Florida State U | 7 |
| 1992 | Ricky Helling | RHP | Stanford U | 22 |
| 1991 | Benjamin Gil | SS | San Diego, CA | 19 |
| 1990 | Daniel Smith | LHP | Creighton U | 16 |
| 1989 | Donald Harris | OF | Texas Tech | 5 |
| 1988 | Monty Fariss | SS | Oklahoma State U | 6 |
| 1987 | Bill Haselman | C | UCLA | 23 |
| 1987 | Brian Bohanon | LHP | Houston, TX | 19 |
| 1986 | Kevin Brown | RHP | Georgia Tech | 4 |
| 1985 | Bobby Witt | RHP | U of Oklahoma | 3 |
| 1984 | Oddibe McDowell | OF | Arizona State U | 12 |
| 1983 | Jeff Kunkel | SS | Rider College | 3 |
| 1981 | Al Lachowicz | RHP | U of Pittsburgh | 24 |
| 1981 | Ron Darling | RHP | Yale U | 9 |
| 1980 | Tim Maki | RHP | Humtertown, IN | 14 |
| 1979 | Jerry Don Gleaton | LHP | U of Texas | 17 |
| 1977 | David Hibner | SS | Howell, MI | 9 |
| 1976 | Billy Simpson | OF | Lakewood, CA | 12 |
| 1975 | Jim Gideon | RHP | U of Texas | 17 |
| 1974 | Tommy Boggs | RHP | Austin, TX | 2 |
| 1973 | David Clyde | LHP | Houston, TX | 1 |
| 1972 | Roy Howell | 3B | Lompoc, CA | 4 |
| 1971 | Roger Quiroga | RHP | Galveston, TX | 7 |
| 1970 | Charles Maxwell | 3B-SS | Kingston, OH | 14 |
| 1969 | Jeff Burroughs | OF | Long Beach, CA | 1 |
| 1968 | Donnie Castle | LHP-O | Coldwater, MS | 8 |
| 1967 | John Jones | C | St. Joseph, TN | 5 |
| 1966 | Tom Grieve | OF | Pittsfield, MA | 6 |
| 1965 | Joe Coleman | RHP | Natick, MA | 3 |