1983 NFL Draft Round 1
| YEAR | RND | PICK # | TEAM | PLAYER | POS | COLLEGE |
| 1983 | 1 | 1 | IND | John Elway | QB | Stanford |
| 1983 | 1 | 2 | RAM | Eric Dickerson | RB | SMU |
| 1983 | 1 | 3 | SEA | Curt Warner | RB | Penn St. |
| 1983 | 1 | 4 | DEN | Chris Hinton | T | Northwestern |
| 1983 | 1 | 5 | LAC | Billy Ray Smith | LB | Arkansas |
| 1983 | 1 | 6 | CHI | Jimbo Covert | T | Pittsburgh |
| 1983 | 1 | 7 | KAN | Todd Blackledge | QB | Penn St. |
| 1983 | 1 | 8 | PHI | Michael Haddix | RB | Mississippi St. |
| 1983 | 1 | 9 | TEN | Bruce Matthews | G | USC |
| 1983 | 1 | 10 | NYG | Terry Kinard | DB | Clemson |
| 1983 | 1 | 11 | GNB | Tim Lewis | DB | Pittsburgh |
| 1983 | 1 | 12 | BUF | Tony Hunter | TE | Notre Dame |
| 1983 | 1 | 13 | DET | James Jones | FB | Florida |
| 1983 | 1 | 14 | BUF | Jim Kelly | QB | Miami (FL) |
| 1983 | 1 | 15 | NWE | Tony Eason | QB | Illinois |
| 1983 | 1 | 16 | ATL | Mike Pitts | DT | Alabama |
| 1983 | 1 | 17 | ARI | Leonard Smith | DB | McNeese St. |
| 1983 | 1 | 18 | CHI | Willie Gault | WR | Tennessee |
| 1983 | 1 | 19 | MIN | Joey Browner | DB | USC |
| 1983 | 1 | 20 | LAC | Gary Anderson | RB | Arkansas |
| 1983 | 1 | 21 | PIT | Gabe Rivera | NT | Texas Tech |
| 1983 | 1 | 22 | LAC | Gill Byrd | DB | San Jose St. |
| 1983 | 1 | 23 | DAL | Jim Jeffcoat | DE | Arizona St. |
| 1983 | 1 | 24 | NYJ | Ken O'Brien | QB | California-Davis |
| 1983 | 1 | 25 | CIN | Dave Rimington | C | Nebraska |
| 1983 | 1 | 26 | LAS | Don Mosebar | C | USC |
| 1983 | 1 | 27 | MIA | Dan Marino | QB | Pittsburgh |
| 1983 | 1 | 28 | WAS | Darrell Green | DB | Texas A&M-Kingsville |
