{"id":280411,"date":"2026-04-22T15:41:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/280411\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:41:20","slug":"best-draft-picks-in-las-vegas-raiders-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/280411\/","title":{"rendered":"Best draft picks in Las Vegas Raiders history"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Best draft picks in Las Vegas Raiders history<\/p>\n

Stacker<\/a> compiled a list of the best draft picks in Las Vegas Raiders history using career Weighted Approximate Value (wAV), a metric developed by Pro-Football-Reference.com<\/a> to estimate career impact. The ranking also lists individual accolades such as Pro Bowl selections, First-Team All-Pro honors, and total years as a starter. Players were assigned to their originally drafted teams, excluding any draft-day trades. Data is as of April 2026.<\/p>\n

#10. Howie Long (1981, Round 2, Pick 48)
– Position: DE
– Career wAV: 95
– Pro Bowls: 8
– First-Team All-Pro: 2
– Games Played: 179
– Seasons as Starter: 11<\/p>\n

#8. Lance Alworth (1962, Round 2, Pick 9) (tie)
– Position: FL
– Career wAV: 98
– Pro Bowls: 7
– First-Team All-Pro: 6
– Games Played: 136
– Seasons as Starter: 10<\/p>\n

#8. Roman Gabriel (1962, Round 1, Pick 1) (tie)
– Position: QB
– Career wAV: 98
– Pro Bowls: 4
– First-Team All-Pro: 1
– Games Played: 183
– Seasons as Starter: 11<\/p>\n

#7. Mel Renfro (1964, Round 10, Pick 79)
– Position: DB
– Career wAV: 100
– Pro Bowls: 10
– First-Team All-Pro: 0
– Games Played: 174
– Seasons as Starter: 13<\/p>\n

#6. Marcus Allen (1982, Round 1, Pick 10)
– Position: RB
– Career wAV: 104
– Pro Bowls: 6
– First-Team All-Pro: 2
– Games Played: 222
– Seasons as Starter: 12<\/p>\n

#4. Tim Brown (1988, Round 1, Pick 6) (tie)
– Position: WR
– Career wAV: 105
– Pro Bowls: 9
– First-Team All-Pro: 0
– Games Played: 255
– Seasons as Starter: 13<\/p>\n

#4. Khalil Mack (2014, Round 1, Pick 5) (tie)
– Position: LB
– Career wAV: 105
– Pro Bowls: 9
– First-Team All-Pro: 3
– Games Played: 179
– Seasons as Starter: 11<\/p>\n

#3. Gene Upshaw (1967, Round 1, Pick 17)
– Position: G
– Career wAV: 108
– Pro Bowls: 7
– First-Team All-Pro: 5
– Games Played: 217
– Seasons as Starter: 14<\/p>\n

#2. Jim Otto (1960, Round , Pick )
– Position: C
– Career wAV: 112
– Pro Bowls: 12
– First-Team All-Pro: 10
– Games Played: 210
– Seasons as Starter: 15<\/p>\n

#1. Charles Woodson (1998, Round 1, Pick 4)
– Position: DB
– Career wAV: 115
– Pro Bowls: 9
– First-Team All-Pro: 3
– Games Played: 254
– Seasons as Starter: 16<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"– Best draft picks in Las Vegas Raiders history Stacker compiled a list of the best draft picks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[30434,6424,143,145,144,120729,120730],"class_list":{"0":"post-280411","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-khalil-mack","9":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","10":"tag-oakland","11":"tag-oakland-headlines","12":"tag-oakland-news","13":"tag-pro-bowls","14":"tag-roman-gabriel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}