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What is the NBA Draft?
Every June, the NBA Draft determines which teams select the league’s incoming players. Teams make 60 selections across two rounds, and in 2026, the 80th edition of the Draft was held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
The first draft was held in 1947 in Detroit, Michigan, by the Basketball Association of America (BAA), with 80 selections across 10 rounds. The BAA merged with the National Basketball League in 1949 to become the NBA.
The NBA Draft has followed a two-night format since 2024. Teams have five minutes per pick in Round 1 and four minutes per pick in Round 2.
Before the draft, eligible players may declare through the Early Entry process, and top prospects attend the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago. For 2026, the Early Entry deadline was April 25, the combine ran from May 10 to 18, and the withdrawal deadline was June 14. The NBA G League Combine was also held in Chicago, from May 8 to 11. (All dates are in Philippine time.)
NBA Draft Lottery and Draft Order
The NBA Draft Lottery sets the order of the first 14 picks. The first four picks are decided through a draw, while the remaining lottery teams select for the fifth through 14th picks in reverse order of their regular-season records. Picks 15 to 30 and the entire second round also follow the reverse order of regular-season record. Each team starts with one pick in each round, but many picks change hands through trades before or during the draft.
The 14 teams that missed the playoffs take part in the lottery, and the three teams with the lowest regular-season winning percentages each have a 14 percent chance of winning the No. 1 pick. Under the format used since 2019, the team with the lowest regular-season winning percentage is guaranteed a top-five pick.
The 2026 lottery was held at McCormick Place in Chicago on May 11, and the Washington Wizards won the No. 1 pick.
What do “from” and “via” mean in NBA Draft results?
In the Draft results, “from” names the team that originally owned the pick, and “via” lists the teams it passed through before reaching the team that used it. The ‘Original owner’ column in the tables below follows this format. For example, the No. 30 pick in 2026 was made by the Dallas Mavericks, from Oklahoma City via Washington and Philadelphia.
2026 NBA Draft results: Round 1
The first round was held on June 24. Three University of Michigan players were selected in the lottery, a first in the school’s history.
|
Pick |
Team |
Draftee |
School or club |
Original owner |
Traded to |
|
1 |
Washington Wizards |
AJ Dybantsa |
BYU |
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2 |
Utah Jazz |
Darryn Peterson |
Kansas |
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3 |
Memphis Grizzlies |
Cameron Boozer |
Duke |
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4 |
Chicago Bulls |
Caleb Wilson |
North Carolina |
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5 |
LA Clippers |
Keaton Wagler |
Illinois |
Indiana |
|
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6 |
Brooklyn Nets |
Mikel Brown Jr. |
Louisville |
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7 |
Sacramento Kings |
Darius Acuff Jr. |
Arkansas |
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8 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Kingston Flemings |
Houston |
New Orleans |
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9 |
Dallas Mavericks |
Morez Johnson Jr. |
Michigan |
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10 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Brayden Burries |
Arizona |
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11 |
Golden State Warriors |
Yaxel Lendeborg |
Michigan |
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12 |
Oklahoma City Thunder |
Aday Mara |
Michigan |
LA Clippers |
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|
13 |
Miami Heat |
Nate Ament |
Tennessee |
Milwaukee |
|
|
14 |
Charlotte Hornets |
Hannes Steinbach |
Washington |
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|
15 |
Chicago Bulls |
Dailyn Swain |
Texas |
Portland |
|
|
16 |
Memphis Grizzlies |
Bennett Stirtz |
Iowa |
Phoenix via Orlando |
Oklahoma City |
|
17 |
Oklahoma City Thunder |
Ebuka Okorie |
Stanford |
Philadelphia |
Detroit via Memphis |
|
18 |
Charlotte Hornets |
Christian Anderson |
Texas Tech |
Orlando via Phoenix |
|
|
19 |
Toronto Raptors |
Allen Graves |
Santa Clara |
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|
20 |
San Antonio Spurs |
Jayden Quaintance |
Kentucky |
Atlanta |
|
|
21 |
Detroit Pistons |
Karim López |
New Zealand Breakers |
Minnesota |
Memphis |
|
22 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Labaron Philon Jr. |
Alabama |
Houston via Oklahoma City |
|
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23 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Zuby Ejiofor |
St. John’s |
Cleveland |
|
|
24 |
New York Knicks |
Cameron Carr |
Baylor |
Los Angeles Lakers |
|
|
25 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Sergio De Larrea |
Valencia |
Dallas via New York |
|
|
26 |
Denver Nuggets |
Tarris Reed Jr. |
Connecticut |
San Antonio |
|
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27 |
Boston Celtics |
Chris Cenac Jr. |
Houston |
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|
28 |
Minnesota Timberwolves |
Joshua Jefferson |
Iowa State |
Brooklyn |
|
|
29 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Alex Karaban |
Connecticut |
San Antonio via Atlanta |
Sacramento |
|
30 |
Dallas Mavericks |
Koa Peat |
Arizona |
Oklahoma City via Washington and Philadelphia |
Phoenix via New York |
2026 NBA Draft results: Round 2
The second round was held on June 25 and rounded out the draft with picks 31 to 60.
|
Pick |
Team |
Draftee |
School or club |
Original owner |
Traded to |
|
31 |
New York Knicks |
Bruce Thornton |
Ohio State |
Washington via Oklahoma City and Houston |
Houston |
|
32 |
Memphis Grizzlies |
Richie Saunders |
BYU |
Indiana via Milwaukee |
|
|
33 |
Brooklyn Nets |
Isaiah Evans |
Duke |
Minnesota |
|
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34 |
Sacramento Kings |
Meleek Thomas |
Arkansas |
Cleveland |
|
|
35 |
San Antonio Spurs |
Trevon Brazile |
Arkansas |
Utah via Minnesota |
Denver |
|
36 |
LA Clippers |
Baba Miller |
Cincinnati |
Memphis via Atlanta and Utah |
|
|
37 |
Oklahoma City Thunder |
Ryan Conwell |
Louisville |
Dallas |
Miami |
|
38 |
Chicago Bulls |
Braden Smith |
Purdue |
New Orleans via Boston, Detroit, and Portland |
Indiana |
|
39 |
Houston Rockets |
Jack Kayil |
Alba Berlin |
Chicago via Washington |
New York |
|
40 |
Boston Celtics |
Dillon Mitchell |
St. John’s |
Milwaukee via Orlando |
|
|
41 |
Miami Heat |
Otega Oweh |
Kentucky |
Golden State via Charlotte, New York, Oklahoma City, and Atlanta |
Oklahoma City |
|
42 |
San Antonio Spurs |
Ja’Kobi Gillespie |
Tennessee |
Portland via New Orleans |
|
|
43 |
Brooklyn Nets |
Tyler Bilodeau |
UCLA |
LA Clippers via Houston |
|
|
44 |
San Antonio Spurs |
Maliq Brown |
Duke |
Miami via Indiana |
|
|
45 |
Sacramento Kings |
Emanuel Sharp |
Houston |
Charlotte via San Antonio, Atlanta, and New York |
|
|
46 |
Orlando Magic |
Felix Okpara |
Tennessee |
Washington |
|
|
47 |
Phoenix Suns |
Tyler Nickel |
Vanderbilt |
Philadelphia via Houston and Oklahoma City |
New York |
|
48 |
Dallas Mavericks |
Tobi Lawal |
Virginia Tech |
Phoenix via Washington |
|
|
49 |
Denver Nuggets |
Bryce Hopkins |
St. John’s |
Atlanta via Brooklyn and Golden State |
|
|
50 |
Toronto Raptors |
Jaden Bradley |
Arizona |
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|
51 |
Washington Wizards |
Izaiyah Nelson |
South Florida |
Minnesota via Detroit and New York |
Orlando |
|
52 |
LA Clippers |
Henri Veesaar |
North Carolina |
Cleveland |
Atlanta |
|
53 |
Houston Rockets |
Ugonna Onyenso |
Virginia |
Detroit via New York |
|
|
54 |
Golden State Warriors |
Lajae Jones |
Florida State |
Los Angeles Lakers via Toronto, Miami, and Cleveland |
|
|
55 |
New York Knicks |
Nick Martinelli |
Northwestern |
LA Clippers via Houston |
|
|
56 |
Chicago Bulls |
Vsevolod Ishchenko |
Lokomotiv Kuban |
Denver via Minnesota, Phoenix, Charlotte, and Phoenix |
Dallas via Los Angeles Lakers |
|
57 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Narcisse Ngoy |
Poitiers |
Boston |
LA Clippers |
|
58 |
New Orleans Pelicans |
Jaron Pierre Jr. |
Southern Methodist |
Detroit via New York, Brooklyn, Phoenix, Orlando, and LA Clippers |
|
|
59 |
Minnesota Timberwolves |
Trey Kaufman-Renn |
Purdue |
San Antonio via Indiana |
|
|
60 |
Washington Wizards |
Malique Lewis |
South East Melbourne |
Oklahoma City via San Antonio and Miami |
Milwaukee via Orlando |
Which 2026 NBA Draft picks were traded?
Of the 60 selections in the 2026 NBA Draft, 27 were traded or reportedly traded after their selections were made: 10 in the first round and 17 in the second.
In the first round, these included the No. 13 pick, traded to the Milwaukee Bucks; the No. 16 pick, traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder; and the No. 17 pick, traded to the Detroit Pistons. Official transactions are listed in NBA.com’s 2026 Offseason Trade Tracker.
For more on the league calendar, read our NBA preseason guide.
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