| Players Picked at #6 | ||||||||||
| Season | Pick # | Team | Name | Position | College | |||||
| 2025 | 6 | Las Vegas Raiders | Ashton Jeanty | RB | Boise State | |||||
| 2024 | 6 | New York Giants | Malik Nabers | WR | LSU | |||||
| 2023 | 6 | Arizona Cardinals | Paris Johnson | T | Ohio State | |||||
| 2022 | 6 | Carolina Panthers | Ikem Ekwonu | T | North Carolina State | |||||
| 2021 | 6 | Miami Dolphins | Jaylen Waddle | WR | Alabama | |||||
| 2020 | 6 | Los Angeles Chargers | Justin Herbert | QB | Oregon | |||||
| 2019 | 6 | New York Giants | Daniel Jones | QB | Duke | |||||
| 2018 | 6 | Indianapolis Colts | Quenton Nelson | G | Notre Dame | |||||
| 2017 | 6 | New York Jets | Jamal Adams | S | LSU | |||||
| 2016 | 6 | Baltimore Ravens | Ronnie Stanley | T | Notre Dame | |||||
| 2015 | 6 | New York Jets | Leonard Williams | DE | USC | |||||
| 2014 | 6 | Atlanta Falcons | Jake Matthews | T | Texas A&M | |||||
| 2013 | 6 | Cleveland Browns | Barkevious Mingo | DE | LSU | |||||
| 2012 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys | Morris Claiborne | CB | LSU | |||||
| 2011 | 6 | Atlanta Falcons | Julio Jones | WR | Alabama | |||||
| 2010 | 6 | Seattle Seahawks | Russell Okung | T | Oklahoma State | |||||
| 2009 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals | Andre Smith | T | Alabama | |||||
| 2008 | 6 | New York Jets | Vernon Gholston | DE | Ohio State | |||||
| 2007 | 6 | Washington Redskins | LaRon Landry | S | LSU | |||||
| 2006 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers | Vernon Davis | TE | Maryland | |||||
| 2005 | 6 | Tennessee Titans | Adam Jones | CB | West Virginia | |||||
| 2004 | 6 | Cleveland Browns | Kellen Winslow II | TE | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 2003 | 6 | New Orleans Saints | Johnathan Sullivan | DT | Georgia | |||||
| 2002 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs | Ryan Sims | DT | North Carolina | |||||
| 2001 | 6 | New England Patriots | Richard Seymour | DT | Georgia | HOF - 2022 | ||||
| 2000 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles | Corey Simon | DT | Florida State | |||||
| 1999 | 6 | St Louis Rams | Torry Holt | WR | North Carolina State | |||||
| 1998 | 6 | St Louis Rams | Grant Wistrom | DE | Nebraska | |||||
| 1997 | 6 | Seattle Seahawks | Walter Jones | T | Florida State | HOF - 2014 | ||||
| 1996 | 6 | St Louis Rams | Lawrence Phillips | RB | Nebraska | |||||
| 1995 | 6 | St Louis Rams | Kevin Carter | DE | Florida | |||||
| 1994 | 6 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Trent Dilfer | QB | Fresno State | |||||
| 1993 | 6 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Eric Curry | DE | Alabama | |||||
| 1992 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals | David Klingler | QB | Houston | |||||
| 1991 | 6 | Phoenix Cardinals | Eric Swann | DT | None | |||||
| 1990 | 6 | Chicago Bears | Mark Carrier | S | USC | |||||
| 1989 | 6 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Broderick Thomas | LB | Nebraska | |||||
| 1988 | 6 | Los Angeles Raiders | Tim Brown | WR | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1987 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals | Kelly Stouffer | QB | Colorado State | |||||
| 1986 | 6 | New Orleans Saints | Jim Dombrowski | T | Virginia | |||||
| 1985 | 6 | Detroit Lions | Lomas Brown | T | Florida | |||||
| 1984 | 6 | San Diego Chargers | Mossy Cade | S | Texas | |||||
| 1983 | 6 | Chicago Bears | Jim Covert | T | Pittsburgh | HOF - 2020 | ||||
| 1982 | 6 | Seattle Seahawks | Jeff Bryant | DE | Clemson | |||||
| 1981 | 6 | Green Bay Packers | Rich Campbell | QB | California | |||||
| 1980 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals | Curtis Greer | DE | Michigan | |||||
| 1979 | 6 | Baltimore Colts | Barry Krauss | LB | Alabama | |||||
| 1978 | 6 | Green Bay Packers | James Lofton | WR | Stanford | HOF - 2003 | ||||
| 1977 | 6 | Atlanta Falcons | Warren Bryant | T | Kentucky | |||||
| 1976 | 6 | New York Jets | Richard Todd | QB | Alabama | |||||
| 1975 | 6 | Houston Oilers | Robert Brazile | LB | Jackson State | HOF - 2018 | ||||
| 1974 | 6 | New York Jets | Carl Barzilauskas | DT | Indiana | |||||
| 1973 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles | Charle Young | TE | USC | |||||
| 1972 | 6 | Houston Oilers | Greg Sampson | DE | Stanford | |||||
| 1971 | 6 | New York Jets | John Riggins | FB | Kansas | HOF - 1992 | ||||
| 1970 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles | Steve Zabel | TE, LB | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1969 | 6 | Boston Patriots | Ron Sellers | E | Florida State | |||||
| 1968 | 6 | Boston Patriots | Dennis Byrd | DT | North Carolina State | |||||
| 1967 | 6 | Denver Broncos | Floyd Little | RB | Syracuse | HOF - 2010 | ||||
| 1966 | 6 | Washington Redskins | Charlie Gogolak | K | Princeton | |||||
| 1965 | 6 | Chicago Bears | Steve DeLong | T | Tennessee | |||||
| 1964 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings | Carl Eller | DE | Minnesota | HOF - 2004 | ||||
| 1963 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys | Lee Roy Jordan | LB | Alabama | |||||
| 1962 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals | Fate Echols | T | Northwestern | |||||
| 1961 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers | James Earl Johnson | B | UCLA | HOF - 1994 | ||||
| 1960 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Jack Spikes | FB | TCU | |||||
| 1959 | 6 | Detroit Lions | Nick Pietrosante | FB | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1958 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles | Walt Kowalczyk | FB | Michigan State | |||||
| 1957 | 6 | Cleveland Browns | Jim Brown | FB | Syracuse | |||||
| 1956 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams | Joe Marconi | FB | West Virginia | |||||
| 1955 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Frank Varrichione | T | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1954 | 6 | Chicago Bears | Stan Wallace | B | Illinois | |||||
| 1953 | 6 | Chicago Bears | Billy Anderson | HB | Compton J.C. | |||||
| 1952 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Ed Modzelewski | FB | Maryland | |||||
| 1951 | 6 | Chicago Cardinals | Jerry Groom | C | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1950 | 6 | Washington Redskins | George Thomas | B | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1949 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bobby Gage | B | Clemson | |||||
| 1948 | 6 | Detroit Lions | Y.A. Tittle | QB | LSU | HOF - 1971 | ||||
| 1947 | 6 | Green Bay Packers | Ernie Case | QB | UCLA | |||||
| 1946 | 6 | Green Bay Packers | Johnny Strzykalski | HB | Marquette | |||||
| 1945 | 6 | Detroit Lions | Frank Szymanski | C | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1944 | 6 | New York Giants | Billy Hillenbrand | HB | Indiana | |||||
| 1943 | 6 | New York Giants | Steve Filipowicz | FB | Fordham | |||||
| 1942 | 6 | Washington Redskins | Spec Sanders | RB | Texas | |||||
| 1941 | 6 | New York Giants | George Franck | HB | Minnesota | |||||
| 1940 | 6 | Detroit Lions | Doyle Nave | QB | USC | |||||
| 1939 | 6 | Chicago Bears | Bill Osmanski | B | Holy Cross | |||||
| 1938 | 6 | Detroit Lions | Alex Wojciechowicz | C | Fordham | HOF - 1968 | ||||
| 1937 | 6 | Washington Redskins | Sammy Baugh | QB | TCU | HOF - 1963 | ||||
| 1936 | 6 | Chicago Bears | Joe Stydahar | T | West Virginia | HOF - 1967 | ||||
