


2022 DRAFT ORDER
Event: Thursday at Barclays Center (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
FIRSt Round:
1. Orlando
2. Oklahoma City
3. Houston
4. Sacramento
5. Detroit
6. Indiana
7. Portland
8. New Orleans (from L.A. Lakers)
9. San Antonio
10. Washington
11. New York
12. Oklahoma City (from LA Clippers)
13. Charlotte
14. Cleveland
15. Charlotte (from New Orleans)
16. Atlanta
17. Houston (from Brooklyn)
18. Chicago
19. Minnesota
20. San Antonio (from Toronto)
21. Denver
22. Memphis (from Utah)
23. Philadelphia
24. Milwaukee
25. San Antonio (from Boston)
26. Dallas
27. Miami
28. Golden State
29. Memphis
30. Oklahoma City (from Phoenix)
SECOND Round:
31. Indiana (from Houston via Cle)
32. Orlando
33. Toronto (from Detroit via San Antonio, Washington and Chicago)
34. Oklahoma City
35. Orlando (from Indiana via Milw.)
36. Portland
37. Sacramento
38. San Antonio (via LAL via Chi & Was)
39. Cleveland (from San Ant. via Utah)
40. Minnesota (from Was via Cle.)
41. New Orleans
42. New York
43. LA Clippers
44. Atlanta
45. Charlotte
46. Detroit (from Brooklyn)
47. Memphis (from Cle via NO & Atl)
48. Minnesota
49. Sacramento (Chi via Mem & Det)
50. Minnesota (from Denver via Phi)
51. Golden State (from Tor via Phi)
52. New Orleans (from Utah)
53. Boston
— Milwaukee (forfeited)
— Miami (from Philadelphia via Denver; forfeited by Miami)
54. Washington (from Dallas)
55. Golden State
56. Cleveland (from Miami via Indiana)
57. Portland (from Memphis via Utah)
58. Indiana (from Phoenix)
RECENT #1 OVERALL PICKS
YEAR TM PLAYER, P, SCHOOL
2021 Det Cade Cunningham, G, Ok St
2020 Min Anthony Edwards, G, Georgia
2019 NO Zion Williamson, F, Duke
2018 Phx Deandre Ayton, C, Arizona
2017 Phi Markelle Fultz, G, Washington
2016 Phi Ben Simmons, F/G, LSU
2015 Min Karl-Anthony Towns, C, Ky.
2014 Cle Andrew Wiggins, F/G, Kansas
2013 Cle Anthony Bennett, F, UNLV
2012 NO Anthony Davis, F/C, Kentucky
2011 Cle Kyrie Irving, G, Duke
2010 Was John Wall, G, Kentucky
2009 LAC Blake Griffin, F, Oklahoma
2008 Chi Derrick Rose, G, Memphis
2007 Por Greg Oden, C, Ohio State
2006 Tor Andrea Bargnani , F, Italy
2005 Mil Andrew Bogut, C, Utah
2004 Orl Dwight Howard, C,
SACA (Atlanta)
2003 Cle LeBron James, F,
St. Vincent–St. Mary HS, Akron, Ohio
2002 Hou Yao Ming, C, Shanghai, China
2001 Was Kwame Brown , C,
Glynn Academy HS (Brunswick, Ga.
2000 NJ Kenyon Martin, F, Cincinnati
1999 Chi Elton Brand, F, Duke
1998 LAC Michael Olowokandi, C, Pacific
1997 SA Tim Duncan, F, Wake Forest
1996 Phi Allen Iverson, G, Georgetown
1995 GS Joe Smith, F, Maryland
1994 Mil Glenn Robinson, F, Purdue
1993 Orl Chris Webber, F, Michigan
1992 Orl Shaquille O’Neal, C, LSU
1991 Char Larry Johnson, F, UNLV
1990 NJ Derrick Coleman, F, Syracuse
1989 Sac Pervis Ellison, C, Louisville
1988 LAC Danny Manning, F, Kansas
1987 SA David Robinson, C, Navy
1986 Cle Brad Daugherty, C, N Carolina
1985 NY Patrick Ewing, C, Georgetown
1984 Hou Akeem Olajuwon, C, Houston
1983 Hou Ralph Sampson, C, Virginia
1982 LAL James Worthy, F, N. Carolina
1981 Dal Mark Aguirre, F, DePaul
1980 GSA Joe Barry Carroll, C, Purdue
1979 LAL Magic Johnson, G, Mich. St.
1978 Por Mychal Thompson, F, Minnesota
1977 Mil Kent Benson, C, Indiana
1976 Hou John Lucas, G, Maryland
1975 Atl David Thompson, F, NC State
1974 Por Bill Walton, C, UCLA
1973 Phi Doug Collins, G, Illinois State
1972 Por LaRue Martin, C, Loyola (Chi)
1971 Cle Austin Carr, G, Notre Dame
1970 Det Bob Lanier, C, St. Bonaventure
1969 Mil Lew Alcindor, C, UCLA
1968 SDR Elvin Hayes, C, Houston
1967 Det Jimmy Walker, G, Providence
1966 NY Cazzie Russell, F, Michigan
1965 SFW Fred Hetzel[p], F, Davidson
1964 NY Jim Barnes, C, Tex. Wester
1963 NY Art Heyman, F, Duke
1962 ChZ Bill McGill[m], F, Utah
1961 ChP Walt Bellamy, C, Indiana
1960 Cin Oscar Robertson, G, Cincinnati
1959 Cin Bob Boozer, F, Kansas State
1958 Min Elgin Baylor, F, Seattle
1957 Cin Rod Hundley, G, West Virginia
1956 Roc Sihugo Green[, G, Duquesne
1955 MiH Dick Ricketts[h, G, Duquesne
1954 Bal Frank Selvy, F, Furman
1953 Bal Ray Felix, G, Long Island
1952 MiH Mark Workman, C, W. Virginia
1951 Bal Gene Melchiorre, G, Bradley
1950 Bos Charlie Share, C, BGSU
1949 Prv Howie Shannon, C, Kansas St.
1948 Prv Andy Tonkovich, G, Marshall
1947 Pit Clifton McNeely, G, Tex. Western