Select Season
| Round 1 Draft | |||||||||||
| Season | Round | Pick # | Name | Position | College | ||||||
| 2025 | 1 | 12 | Tyler Booker | G | Alabama | ||||||
| 2024 | 1 | 29 | Tyler Guyton | T | Oklahoma | ||||||
| 2023 | 1 | 26 | Mazi Smith | DT | Michigan | ||||||
| 2022 | 1 | 24 | Tyler Smith | T | Tulsa | ||||||
| 2021 | 1 | 12 | Micah Parsons | DL | Penn State | ||||||
| 2020 | 1 | 17 | CeeDee Lamb | WR | Oklahoma | ||||||
| 2018 | 1 | 19 | Leighton Vander Esch | LB | Boise State | ||||||
| 2017 | 1 | 28 | Taco Charlton | DE | Michigan | ||||||
| 2016 | 1 | 4 | Ezekiel Elliott | RB | Ohio State | ||||||
| 2015 | 1 | 27 | Byron Jones | CB | Connecticut | ||||||
| 2014 | 1 | 16 | Zack Martin | G | Notre Dame | ||||||
| 2013 | 1 | 31 | Travis Frederick | C | Wisconsin | ||||||
| 2012 | 1 | 6 | Morris Claiborne | CB | LSU | ||||||
| 2011 | 1 | 9 | Tyron Smith | T | USC | ||||||
| 2010 | 1 | 24 | Dez Bryant | WR | Oklahoma State | ||||||
| 2008 | 1 | 22 | Felix Jones | RB | Arkansas | ||||||
| 2008 | 1 | 25 | Mike Jenkins | CB | South Florida | ||||||
| 2007 | 1 | 26 | Anthony Spencer | LB | Purdue | ||||||
| 2006 | 1 | 18 | Bobby Carpenter | LB | Ohio State | ||||||
| 2005 | 1 | 11 | DeMarcus Ware | LB | Troy | HOF - 2023 | |||||
| 2005 | 1 | 20 | Marcus Spears | DE | LSU | ||||||
| 2003 | 1 | 5 | Terrence Newman | CB | Kansas State | ||||||
| 2002 | 1 | 8 | Roy Williams | S | Oklahoma | ||||||
| 1999 | 1 | 20 | Ebenezer Ekuban | DE | North Carolina | ||||||
| 1998 | 1 | 8 | Greg Ellis | LB | North Carolina | ||||||
| 1997 | 1 | 22 | David LaFleur | TE | LSU | ||||||
| 1994 | 1 | 23 | Shante Carver | DE | Arizona State | ||||||
| 1992 | 1 | 17 | Kevin Smith | CB | Texas A&M | ||||||
| 1992 | 1 | 24 | Robert Jones | LB | East Carolina | ||||||
| 1991 | 1 | 1 | Russell Maryland | DT | Miami (FL) | ||||||
| 1991 | 1 | 12 | Alvin Harper | WR | Tennessee | ||||||
| 1991 | 1 | 20 | Kelvin Pritchett | DT | Mississippi | ||||||
| 1990 | 1 | 17 | Emmitt Smith | RB | Florida | HOF - 2010 | |||||
| 1989 | 1 | 1 | Troy Aikman | QB | UCLA | HOF - 2006 | |||||
| 1988 | 1 | 11 | Michael Irvin | WR | Miami | HOF - 2007 | |||||
| 1987 | 1 | 12 | Danny Noonan | DT | Nebraska | ||||||
| 1986 | 1 | 18 | Mike Sherrard | WR | UCLA | ||||||
| 1985 | 1 | 17 | Kevin Brooks | DE | Michigan | ||||||
| 1984 | 1 | 25 | Billy Cannon Jr. | LB | Texas A&M | ||||||
| 1983 | 1 | 23 | Jim Jeffcoat | DE | Arizona State | ||||||
| 1982 | 1 | 25 | Rod Hill | CB | Kentucky State | ||||||
| 1981 | 1 | 26 | Howard Richards | T | Missouri | ||||||
| 1979 | 1 | 27 | Robert Shaw | C | Tennessee | ||||||
| 1978 | 1 | 28 | Larry Bethea | DE | Michigan State | ||||||
| 1977 | 1 | 2 | Tony Dorsett | RB | Pittsburgh | HOF - 1994 | |||||
| 1976 | 1 | 27 | Aaron Kyle | CB | Wyoming | ||||||
| 1975 | 1 | 2 | Randy White | DT | Maryland | HOF - 1994 | |||||
| 1975 | 1 | 18 | Tom Henderson | LB | Langston | ||||||
| 1974 | 1 | 1 | Ed Jones | DE | Tennessee State | ||||||
| 1974 | 1 | 22 | Charley Young | RB | North Carolina State | ||||||
| 1973 | 1 | 20 | Billy Joe Dupree | TE | Michigan State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1 | 26 | Bill Thomas | RB | Boston College | ||||||
| 1971 | 1 | 25 | Tody Smith | DE | USC | ||||||
| 1970 | 1 | 23 | Duane Thomas | RB | West Texas State | ||||||
| 1969 | 1 | 24 | Calvin Hill | RB | Yale | ||||||
| 1968 | 1 | 20 | Dennis Homan | WR | Alabama | ||||||
| 1966 | 1 | 5 | John Niland | G | Iowa | ||||||
| 1965 | 1 | 5 | Craig Morton | QB | California | ||||||
| 1964 | 1 | 4 | Scott Appleton | T | Texas | ||||||
| 1963 | 1 | 6 | Lee Roy Jordan | LB | Alabama | ||||||
| 1961 | 1 | 13 | Bob Lilly | T | TCU | HOF - 1980 | |||||