| MLB First Round Draft Picks - Washington Nationals | ||||
| SEASON | PLAYER | POS | SCHOOL/HOMETOWN | PICK |
| 2016 | Dane Dunning | RHP | Florida | 29 |
| 2016 | Carter Kieboom | 3B | Walton High School (Marietta, Georgia) | 28 |
| 2014 | Erik Fedde | RHP | UNLV | 18 |
| 2012 | Luc Giolito | RHP | Harvard-Westlake H.S., Studio City, Calif. | 16 |
| 2011 | Alex Meyer | RHP | Kentucky | 23 |
| 2011 | Anthony Rendon | 3B | Rice | 6 |
| 2010 | Bryce Harper | C | College of Southern Nevada | 1 |
| 2009 | Drew Storen | RHP | Stanford | 10 |
| 2009 | Stephen Strasburg | RHP | San Diego State | 1 |
| 2008 | Aaron Crow | RHP | Univ. of Missouri | 9 |
| 2007 | Ross Detwiler | LHP | Missouri State | 6 |
| 2006 | Colton Willems | RHP | John Carroll HS (Fort Pierce, Fla.) | 22 |
| 2006 | Christopher Marrero | OF | Monsignor Edward Pace HS (Hialeah Gardens, Fla.) | 15 |
| 2005 | Ryan Zimmerman | 3B | Virginia | 4 |
| 2004 | Bill Bray | LHP | William and Mary | 13 |
| 2003 | Chad Cordero | RHP | California State U. | 20 |
| 2002 | Clint Everts | RHP | Houston, TX | 5 |
| 2001 | Josh Karp | RHP | UCLA | 6 |
| 2000 | Justin Wayne | RHP | Honolulu, HI | 5 |
| 1999 | Josh Girdley | LHP | Jasper, Texas | 6 |
| 1998 | Josh McKinley | SS | Dowingtown, PA | 11 |
| 1997 | Donnie Bridges | RHP | Hattiesburg, MS | 23 |
| 1996 | John Patterson | RHP | Orange, TX | 5 |
| 1995 | Michael Barrett | SS | Pace Academy | 28 |
| 1994 | Hiram Bocachica | SS | Bayamon, PR | 21 |
| 1993 | Chris Schwab | OF | Eagan, MN | 18 |
| 1992 | Billy Wallace | LHP | Mississippi State U | 3 |
| 1991 | Cornelius Floyd | 1B | Markham, IL | 14 |
| 1990 | Rondell White | OF | Gray, GA | 24 |
| 1990 | Darrell Andrews | SS-RH | Carlsbad, NM | 11 |
| 1989 | *-Charles Johnson | C | Fort Pierce, FL | 10 |
| 1988 | David Wainhouse | RHP | Washington State U | 19 |
| 1987 | Delino DeShields | SS-2B | Seaford, DE | 12 |
| 1986 | Kevin Dean | OF | Vallejo, CA | 15 |
| 1985 | Pete Incaviglia | OF | Oklahoma State U | 8 |
| 1984 | Bob Caffrey | C | Cal State Fullerton | 13 |
| 1983 | Brian Holman | RHP | Wichita, KA | 16 |
| 1983 | Rich Stoll | RHP | U of Michigan | 14 |
| 1981 | Darren Dilks | LHP | Oklahoma State U | 18 |
| 1980 | Terry Francona | OF | U of Arizona | 22 |
| 1979 | Tim Wallach | 1B | Cal State Fullerton | 10 |
| 1978 | Glenn Franklin | SS | Chipola (FL) JC | 9 |
| 1977 | Bill Gullickson | RHP | Orland Park, IL | 2 |
| 1976 | Bob James | RHP | Sunland, CA | 9 |
| 1975 | Art Miles | SS | Austin, TX | 10 |
| 1974 | Ron Sorey | 3B | Dayton, OH | 9 |
| 1973 | Gary Roenicke | SS | West Covina, CA | 8 |
| 1972 | Bob Goodman | C | Memphis, TN | 5 |
| 1971 | *-C. Holloway | SS | Huntsville, AL | 4 |
| 1970 | Barry Foote | C | Smithfield, NC | 3 |
| 1969 | Balor Moore | LHP | Deer Park, TX | 22 |