2026 NBA draft

2026 NBA draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date	June 23–24, 2026
Location	Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New York)
Networks	ESPN ABC (first round only)
Overview
60 total selections in 2 rounds
League	National Basketball Association
First selection	Washington Wizards
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The 2026 NBA draft will be the 80th edition of the National Basketball Association's annual draft. This will be the first draft since 2021 with 60 picks, as no teams have forfeited second-round draft picks for free agency violations. The first round of the draft will be held on June 23, and the second round on June 24.^[1]

PG

Point guard

SG

Shooting guard

SF

Small forward

PF

Power forward

C

Center

#	Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular-season or playoff game
~	Denotes player who has been selected as Rookie of the Year

Rnd.	Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality[n 1]	Team	School / club team
1	1				Washington Wizards
1	2				Utah Jazz
1	3				Memphis Grizzlies
1	4				Chicago Bulls
1	5				Los Angeles Clippers (from Indiana)[A]
1	6				Brooklyn Nets
1	7				Sacramento Kings
1	8				Atlanta Hawks (from New Orleans)[B]
1	9				Dallas Mavericks
1	10				Milwaukee Bucks
1	11				Golden State Warriors
1	12				Oklahoma City Thunder (from L.A. Clippers)[C]
1	13				Miami Heat
1	14				Charlotte Hornets
1	15				Chicago Bulls (from Portland)[D]
1	16				Memphis Grizzlies (from Phoenix via Orlando)[E]
1	17				Oklahoma City Thunder (from Philadelphia)[F]
1	18				Charlotte Hornets (from Orlando via Phoenix)[E][G]
1	19				Toronto Raptors
1	20				San Antonio Spurs (from Atlanta)[H]
1	21				Detroit Pistons (from Minnesota)[I]
1	22				Philadelphia 76ers (from Houston via Oklahoma City)[J]
1	23				Atlanta Hawks (from Cleveland)[K]
1	24				New York Knicks
1	25				Los Angeles Lakers
1	26				Denver Nuggets
1	27				Boston Celtics
1	28				Minnesota Timberwolves (from Detroit)[I]
1	29				Cleveland Cavaliers (from San Antonio via Atlanta)[H][K]
1	30				Dallas Mavericks (from Oklahoma City via Washington and Philadelphia)[L]
2	31				New York Knicks (from Washington via Oklahoma City and Houston)[M]
2	32				Memphis Grizzlies (from Indiana via Milwaukee)[N]
2	33				Brooklyn Nets
2	34				Sacramento Kings
2	35				San Antonio Spurs (from Utah via Minnesota)[O]
2	36				Los Angeles Clippers (from Memphis via Utah and Atlanta)[P]
2	37				Oklahoma City Thunder (from Dallas)[Q]
2	38				Chicago Bulls (from New Orleans via Boston, Detroit, and Portland)[R]
2	39				Houston Rockets (from Chicago via Washington)[S]
2	40				Boston Celtics (from Milwaukee via Orlando)[T]
2	41				Miami Heat (from Golden State via Charlotte, New York, Oklahoma City, and Atlanta)[U]
2	42				San Antonio Spurs (from Portland via New Orleans)[V]
2	43				Brooklyn Nets (from LA Clippers via Houston)[W]
2	44				San Antonio Spurs (from Miami via Indiana)[X]
2	45				Sacramento Kings (from Charlotte via San Antonio, Atlanta, and New York)[Y]
2	46				Orlando Magic
2	47				Phoenix Suns (from Philadelphia via Houston and Oklahoma City)[Z]
2	48				Dallas Mavericks (from Phoenix via Washington)[AA]
2	49				Denver Nuggets (from Atlanta via Brooklyn and Golden State)[AB]
2	50				Toronto Raptors
2	51				Washington Wizards (from Minnesota via Detroit and New York)[AC]
2	52				Los Angeles Clippers (from Cleveland)[AD]
2	53				Houston Rockets
2	54				Golden State Warriors (from LA Lakers via Toronto, Miami, and Cleveland)[AE]
2	55				New York Knicks
2	56				Chicago Bulls (from Denver via Minnesota, Phoenix, Charlotte, and Phoenix)[AF]
2	57				Atlanta Hawks (from Boston)[AG]
2	58				New Orleans Pelicans (from Detroit via New York, Brooklyn, Phoenix, Orlando, and the LA Clippers)[AH]
2	59				Minnesota Timberwolves (from San Antonio via Indiana)[X]
2	60				Washington Wizards (from Oklahoma City via San Antonio and Miami)[AI]

Prior to the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between teams:

The 12th G League Elite Camp took place on May 8–10, from which certain participants were selected to join the main draft combine.^[84]

The primary portion of the 2026 NBA draft combine was held from May 10–17 in Chicago, Illinois.^[84]

External videos
2026 NBA Draft Lottery Drawing, NBA's official YouTube channel. May 10, 2026.

The NBA draft lottery was held on May 10. It also aired nationally on ESPN and ABC.^[85] This would end up being the last NBA draft lottery to utilize the 1,001 possible lottery results, with the upcoming 2027 NBA draft utilizing a new draft lottery system for not just the regular lottery teams, but also the 8th seed of the NBA playoffs for each conference as well.

Denotes the actual lottery result

Team	2025–26 record	Lottery chances	Lottery probabilities
			1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
Washington Wizards	17–65	140	14.0%	13.4%	12.7%	12.0%	47.9%	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Indiana Pacers (to LA Clippers)[a]	19–63	140	14.0%	13.4%	12.7%	12.0%	27.8%	20.1%	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brooklyn Nets	20–62	140	14.0%	13.4%	12.7%	12.0%	14.8%	26.0%	7.0%	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Utah Jazz	22–60	115	11.5%	11.4%	11.2%	11.0%	7.5%	27.1%	17.9%	2.4%	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sacramento Kings	22–60	115	11.5%	11.4%	11.2%	11.0%	2.0%	18.2%	25.5%	8.6%	0.6%	–	–	–	–	–
Memphis Grizzlies	25–57	90	9.0%	9.2%	9.4%	9.6%	–	8.6%	29.7%	20.6%	3.7%	0.2%	–	–	–	–
New Orleans Pelicans (to Atlanta)	26–56	68	6.8%	7.1%	7.5%	7.9%	–	–	19.8%	35.6%	13.8%	1.4%	<0.1%	–	–	–
Dallas Mavericks	26–56	67	6.7%	7.0%	7.4%	7.8%	–	–	–	32.9%	31.1%	6.6%	0.4%	<0.1%	–	–
Chicago Bulls	31–51	45	4.5%	4.8%	5.2%	5.7%	–	–	–	–	50.8%	25.9%	3.0%	0.1%	<0.1%	–
Milwaukee Bucks	32–50	30	3.0%	3.3%	3.6%	4.0%	–	–	–	–	–	65.9%	19.0%	1.2%	<0.1%	<0.1%
Golden State Warriors	37–45	20	2.0%	2.2%	2.4%	2.8%	–	–	–	–	–	–	77.6%	12.6%	0.4%	<0.1%
Los Angeles Clippers (to Oklahoma City)	42–40	15	1.5%	1.7%	1.9%	2.1%	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	86.1%	6.7%	0.1%
Miami Heat	43–39	10	1.0%	1.1%	1.2%	1.4%	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	92.9%	2.3%
Charlotte Hornets	44–38	5	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	97.6%

The draft is conducted under the eligibility rules established in the league's 2023 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with its players' union.

• All drafted players must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In terms of dates, players who were eligible for the 2026 NBA draft must have been born on or before December 31, 2007.
• Since the 2016 draft, the following rules are, as implemented by the NCAA Division I council for that division:^[86]
  • Declaration for the draft no longer results in automatic loss of college eligibility. As long as a player does not sign a contract with a professional team outside the NBA or sign with an agent, he retains college eligibility as long as he makes a timely withdrawal from the draft.
  • NCAA players now have 10 days after the end of the NBA draft combine to withdraw from the draft. Since the combine is normally held in mid-May, the current deadline is about five weeks after the previous mid-April deadline.
  • NCAA players may participate in the draft combine and are allowed to attend one tryout per year with each NBA team without losing college eligibility.
  • NCAA players may now enter and withdraw from the draft up to two times without loss of eligibility. Previously, the NCAA treated a second declaration of draft eligibility as a permanent loss of college eligibility.

Players who were not automatically eligible had to declare their eligibility for the draft by notifying the NBA offices in writing no later than at least 60 days before the event. For the 2026 draft, the date falls on April 24. Under the CBA a player may withdraw his name from consideration from the draft at any time before the final declaration deadline, which usually falls 10 days before the draft at 5:00 p.m. EDT (2100 UTC). Under current NCAA rules, players usually have until 10 days after the draft combine to withdraw from the draft and retain college eligibility.

A player who has hired an agent for purposes of negotiating with professional teams^[b] retains his remaining college eligibility regardless of whether he is drafted after an evaluation from the NBA Undergraduate Advisory Committee. Players who declare for the NBA draft and are not selected have the opportunity to return to their school for at least another year only after terminating all agreements with their agents,^[c] who must have been certified.^[87]

On April 27, 2026, the NBA announced 71 players (60 college players and 11 international prospects) who filed as early entry candidates.^[88] On May 29, 38 early entry candidates withdrew their eligibility.^[89]

Players who do not meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:

• They have no remaining college eligibility.
• If they graduated from high school in the U.S., but did not enroll in a U.S. college or university, four years have passed since their high school class graduated.
• They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team not in the NBA, anywhere in the world, and have played under the contract.

Players who meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:

• They are at least 22 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In term of dates players born on or before December 31, 2004, are automatically eligible for the 2026 draft.
• They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team not in the NBA within the United States, and have played under that contract.