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Best draft picks in Miami Dolphins history<\/p>\n

Stacker<\/a> compiled a list of the best draft picks in Miami Dolphins 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. Sam Madison (1997, Round 2, Pick 44)
– Position: DB
– Career wAV: 86
– Pro Bowls: 4
– First-Team All-Pro: 2
– Games Played: 173
– Seasons as Starter: 10<\/p>\n

#9. Jake Scott (1970, Round 7, Pick 159)
– Position: DB
– Career wAV: 88
– Pro Bowls: 5
– First-Team All-Pro: 2
– Games Played: 126
– Seasons as Starter: 9<\/p>\n

#8. Joe Theismann (1971, Round 4, Pick 99)
– Position: QB
– Career wAV: 89
– Pro Bowls: 2
– First-Team All-Pro: 1
– Games Played: 167
– Seasons as Starter: 8<\/p>\n

#7. Troy Vincent (1992, Round 1, Pick 7)
– Position: DB
– Career wAV: 90
– Pro Bowls: 5
– First-Team All-Pro: 1
– Games Played: 207
– Seasons as Starter: 13<\/p>\n

#6. Ryan Tannehill (2012, Round 1, Pick 8)
– Position: QB
– Career wAV: 91
– Pro Bowls: 1
– First-Team All-Pro: 0
– Games Played: 155
– Seasons as Starter: 10<\/p>\n

#5. Richmond Webb (1990, Round 1, Pick 9)
– Position: T
– Career wAV: 102
– Pro Bowls: 7
– First-Team All-Pro: 2
– Games Played: 184
– Seasons as Starter: 12<\/p>\n

#4. Bob Griese (1967, Round 1, Pick 4)
– Position: QB
– Career wAV: 104
– Pro Bowls: 8
– First-Team All-Pro: 2
– Games Played: 161
– Seasons as Starter: 12<\/p>\n

#3. Zach Thomas (1996, Round 5, Pick 154)
– Position: LB
– Career wAV: 115
– Pro Bowls: 7
– First-Team All-Pro: 5
– Games Played: 184
– Seasons as Starter: 12<\/p>\n

#2. Jason Taylor (1997, Round 3, Pick 73)
– Position: DE
– Career wAV: 118
– Pro Bowls: 6
– First-Team All-Pro: 3
– Games Played: 233
– Seasons as Starter: 12<\/p>\n

#1. Dan Marino (1983, Round 1, Pick 27)
– Position: QB
– Career wAV: 145
– Pro Bowls: 9
– First-Team All-Pro: 3
– Games Played: 242
– Seasons as Starter: 16<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"– Best draft picks in Miami Dolphins history Stacker compiled a list of the best draft picks in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":871594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2049],"tags":[217,7,216,251,2087,6,22891,20000],"class_list":["post-871593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami-dolphins","tag-dolphins","tag-football","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-miamidolphins","tag-nfl","tag-pro-bowls","tag-troy-vincent"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116446264114528668","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=871593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/871594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}