Last Updated on March 26, 2026 by Mat Diekhake
| YEAR | PICK NO. | ROUND | PLAYER DRAFTED | POSITION | COLLEGE/TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | 2 | Tyrese Proctor | PG | Duke |
| 2025 | 58 | 2 | Saliou Niang | F | Dolomiti Energia Trento (Italy) |
| 2024 | 20 | 1 | Jaylon Tyson | F | California |
| 2023 | 49 | 2 | Emoni Bates | SF | Eastern Michigan |
| 2022 | 14 | 1 | Ochai Agbaji | SF | Kansas |
| 2022 | 39 | 2 | Khalifa Diop | FC | Dreamland Gran Canaria (Spain) |
| 2022 | 49 | 2 | Isaiah Mobley | SF | USC |
| 2022 | 56 | 2 | Luke Travers | F | Perth Wildcats (Australia) |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | Evan Mobley | PF | USC |
| 2020 | 5 | 1 | Isaac Okoro | SG | Auburn |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | Darius Garland | G | Vanderbilt |
| 2019 | 26 | 1 | Dylan Windler | SF | Belmont |
| 2019 | 30 | 1 | Kevin Porter Jr. | SF | USC |
| 2018 | 8 | 1 | Collin Sexton | PG | Alabama |
| 2016 | 54 | 2 | Kay Felder | PG | Oakland |
| 2015 | 31 | 2 | Cedi Osman | GF | Anadolu Efes (Turkey) |
| 2015 | 47 | 2 | Arturas Gudaitis | C | Zalgiris (Lithuania) |
| 2015 | 53 | 2 | Sir’Dominic Pointer | SF | St. John’s |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | Andrew Wiggins | F | Kansas |
| 2014 | 33 | 2 | Joe Harris | SG | Virginia |
| 2014 | 45 | 2 | Dwight Powell | PF | Stanford |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | Anthony Bennett | PF | UNLV |
| 2013 | 19 | 1 | Sergey Karasev | SF | Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russia) |
| 2013 | 34 | 2 | Carrick Felix | SF | Arizona State |
| 2012 | 4 | 1 | Dion Waiters | SG | Syracuse |
| 2012 | 17 | 1 | Tyler Zeller | C | North Carolina |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | Kyrie Irving | G | Duke |
| 2011 | 4 | 1 | Tristan Thompson | F | Texas |
| 2011 | 54 | 2 | Milan Macvan | PF | KK Vrsac Swisslion (Serbia) |
| 2011 | 56 | 2 | Chu Maduabum | PF | Bakersfield Jam |
| 2009 | 30 | 1 | Christian Eyenga | GF | CB Prat (Spain) |
| 2009 | 46 | 2 | Danny Green | SF | North Carolina |
| 2009 | 49 | 2 | Sergii Gladyr | G | MBC Mykolaiv (Ukraine) |
| 2008 | 19 | 1 | J.J. Hickson | PF | NC State |
| 2008 | 52 | 2 | Darnell Jackson | F | Kansas |
| 2008 | 56 | 2 | Sasha Kaun | C | Kansas |
| 2007 | 50 | 2 | Renaldas Seibutis | SG | Maroussi BC (Greece) |
| 2006 | 25 | 1 | Shannon Brown | G | Michigan State |
| 2006 | 42 | 2 | Daniel Gibson | G | Texas |
| 2006 | 55 | 2 | Ejike Ugboaja | F | Union Bank Lagos (Nigeria) |
| 2006 | 56 | 2 | Edin Bavcic | C | KK Bosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| 2005 | 44 | 2 | Martynas Andriuskevicius | C | Zalgiris (Lithuania) |
| 2004 | 10 | 1 | Luke Jackson | SF | Oregon |
| 2004 | 30 | 2 | Anderson Varejao | C | Barca (Spain) |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | LeBron James | F | St. Vincent-St. Mary HS (OH) |
| 2003 | 31 | 2 | Jason Kapono | SF | UCLA |
| 2002 | 6 | 1 | Dajuan Wagner | G | Memphis |
| 2002 | 34 | 2 | Carlos Boozer | PF | Duke |
| 2002 | 45 | 2 | Matt Barnes | GF | UCLA |
| 2001 | 8 | 1 | DeSagana Diop | C | Oak Hill Academy (VA) |
| 2001 | 35 | 2 | Jeff Trepagnier | G | USC |
| 2000 | 7 | 1 | Chris Mihm | C | Texas |
| 1999 | 8 | 1 | Andre Miller | PG | Utah |
| 1999 | 11 | 1 | Trajan Langdon | G | Duke |
| 1999 | 39 | 2 | A.J. Bramlett | F | Arizona |
| 1998 | 48 | 2 | Ryan Stack | F | South Carolina |
| 1997 | 13 | 1 | Derek Anderson | G | Kentucky |
| 1997 | 16 | 1 | Brevin Knight | G | Stanford |
| 1997 | 44 | 2 | Cedric Henderson | SF | Memphis |
| 1996 | 12 | 1 | Vitaly Potapenko | C-F | Wright State |
| 1996 | 20 | 1 | Zydrunas Ilgauskas | C | BC Atletas (Lithuania) |
| 1996 | 56 | 2 | Reggie Geary | SG | Arizona |
| 1995 | 17 | 1 | Bob Sura | G | Florida State |
| 1995 | 39 | 2 | Donny Marshall | SF | UConn |
| 1994 | 42 | 2 | Gary Collier | SG | Tulsa |
| 1993 | 22 | 1 | Chris Mills | SF | Arizona |
| 1991 | 11 | 1 | Terrell Brandon | PG | Oregon |
| 1991 | 39 | 2 | Jimmy Oliver | F | Purdue |
| 1991 | 47 | 2 | Keith Hughes | PF | Rutgers |
| 1990 | 50 | 2 | Milos Babic | C | Tennessee Tech |
| 1989 | 2 | 1 | Danny Ferry | PF | Duke |
| 1989 | 25 | 1 | John Morton | G | Seton Hall |
| 1989 | 43 | 2 | Chucky Brown | SF | NC State |
| 1988 | 22 | 1 | Randolph Keys | F | Southern Mississippi |
| 1988 | 64 | 3 | Winston Bennett | F | Kentucky |
| 1987 | 7 | 1 | Kevin Johnson | PG | California |
| 1987 | 41 | 2 | Kannard Johnson | F | Western Kentucky |
| 1987 | 52 | 3 | Donald Royal | PF | Notre Dame |
| 1987 | 75 | 4 | Chris Dudley | C | Yale |
| 1987 | 80 | 4 | Carven Holcombe | SG | TCU |
| 1987 | 98 | 5 | Carl Lott | — | TCU |
| 1987 | 121 | 6 | Harold Jensen | SG | Villanova |
| 1987 | 144 | 7 | Mike Foster | G | South Carolina |
| 1986 | 1 | 1 | Brad Daugherty | C | North Carolina |
| 1986 | 8 | 1 | Ron Harper | SG | Miami (OH) |
| 1986 | 25 | 2 | Mark Price | PG | Georgia Tech |
| 1986 | 29 | 2 | Johnny Newman | SF | Richmond |
| 1986 | 50 | 3 | Kevin Henderson | SG | Cal State Fullerton |
| 1986 | 73 | 4 | Warren Martin | C | North Carolina |
| 1986 | 96 | 5 | Ben Davis | GF | Gardner-Webb |
| 1986 | 119 | 6 | Gilbert Wilburn | SF | New Mexico State |
| 1986 | 142 | 7 | Ralph Dalton | C | Georgetown |
| 1985 | 11 | 1 | Keith Lee | FC | Memphis State |
| 1985 | 45 | 2 | Hot Rod Williams | FC | Tulane |
| 1985 | 55 | 3 | Herb Johnson | PF | Tulsa |
| 1985 | 79 | 4 | Mark Davis | GF | Old Dominion |
| 1985 | 125 | 6 | Ricky Johnson | — | Illinois State |
| 1985 | 147 | 7 | Buzz Peterson | G | North Carolina |
| 1984 | 6 | 1 | Mel Turpin | C | Kentucky |
| 1984 | 27 | 2 | Ron Anderson | GF | Fresno State |
| 1984 | 50 | 3 | Ben McDonald | F | UC Irvine |
| 1984 | 60 | 3 | Leonard Mitchell | PF | LSU |
| 1984 | 73 | 4 | Art Aaron | SF | Northwestern |
| 1984 | 96 | 5 | Vince Hinchen | — | Boise State |
| 1984 | 119 | 6 | Matt Doherty | F | North Carolina |
| 1984 | 142 | 7 | Joe Jakubick | G | Akron |
| 1984 | 165 | 8 | Elliot Beard | — | Oberlin |
| 1984 | 187 | 9 | John Shimko | — | Xavier |
| 1984 | 209 | 10 | Darrell Space | — | Northeastern Illinois |
| 1983 | 20 | 1 | Roy Hinson | FC | Rutgers |
| 1983 | 24 | 1 | Stewart Granger | G | Villanova |
| 1983 | 27 | 2 | John Garris | F | Boston College |
| 1983 | 50 | 3 | Paul Thompson | GF | Tulane |
| 1983 | 67 | 3 | Derrick Hord | SG | Kentucky |
| 1983 | 73 | 4 | Dwight Jones | PF | Cincinnati |
| 1983 | 96 | 5 | Chris Logan | F | Holy Cross |
| 1983 | 119 | 6 | Mel McLaughlin | G | Central Michigan |
| 1983 | 142 | 7 | John Columbo | — | John Carroll |
| 1983 | 165 | 8 | Larry Tucker | — | Lewis |
| 1983 | 187 | 9 | Joe Brown | — | Georgia State |
| 1983 | 208 | 10 | Jon Hanley | — | Xavier |
| 1982 | 12 | 1 | John Bagley | G | Boston College |
| 1982 | 28 | 2 | Dave Magley | SF | Kansas |
| 1982 | 47 | 3 | Michael Wilson | G | Marquette |
| 1982 | 70 | 4 | Reggie Hannah | PF | South Alabama |
| 1982 | 93 | 5 | Terry White | — | UTEP |
| 1982 | 116 | 6 | Vince Reynolds | F | South Florida |
| 1982 | 139 | 7 | Randy Reed | F | Kansas State |
| 1982 | 162 | 8 | Monty Knight | — | VCU |
| 1982 | 185 | 9 | Tony Hafley | — | South Alabama |
| 1982 | 206 | 10 | Durand Walker | G | Marion College |
| 1981 | 55 | 3 | Mickey Dillard | PG | Florida State |
| 1981 | 59 | 3 | Russell Bowers | SF | American |
| 1981 | 74 | 4 | Ethan Martin | PG | LSU |
| 1981 | 96 | 5 | Ken Page | G | New Mexico |
| 1981 | 120 | 6 | Aaron Strayhorn | G | Hawaii |
| 1981 | 142 | 7 | Andre Smith | C | Nebraska |
| 1981 | 166 | 8 | Glen Marcus | PG | UAB |
| 1981 | 187 | 9 | Paul Roba | — | Cleveland State |
| 1981 | 208 | 10 | Greg Boone | — | Augsburg |
| 1980 | 22 | 1 | Chad Kinch | SG | Charlotte |
| 1980 | 53 | 3 | Stuart House | C | Washington State |
| 1980 | 55 | 3 | Wayne Abrams | SF | Southern Illinois |
| 1980 | 61 | 3 | Rich Yonakor | PF | North Carolina |
| 1980 | 68 | 3 | Ron Jones | GF | Illinois State |
| 1980 | 77 | 4 | Murray Brown | F | Florida State |
| 1980 | 101 | 5 | LaVon Williams | F | Kentucky |
| 1980 | 123 | 6 | Antonio Martin | — | Oral Roberts |
| 1980 | 147 | 7 | Leroy Berry | — | Wilmington (OH) |
| 1980 | 166 | 8 | Jim Ellinghausen | — | Ohio State |
| 1980 | 187 | 9 | Melvin Crafter | — | Central State (OH) |
| 1979 | 26 | 2 | Bruce Flowers | PF | Notre Dame |
| 1979 | 65 | 3 | Bill Laimbeer | C | Notre Dame |
| 1979 | 70 | 4 | Rick Swing | SG | The Citadel |
| 1979 | 91 | 5 | Matt Simpkins | — | Georgia Southern |
| 1979 | 112 | 6 | Joe Manning | — | North Texas State |
| 1979 | 131 | 7 | Steve Skaggs | — | Ohio |
| 1979 | 151 | 8 | Mark Haymore | FC | Massachusetts |
| 1979 | 169 | 9 | Tim Joyce | — | Ohio |
| 1979 | 188 | 10 | Terry Peavy | — | Point Park |
| 1978 | 15 | 1 | Mike Mitchell | F | Auburn |
| 1978 | 33 | 2 | Harry Davis | SF | Florida State |
| 1978 | 57 | 3 | Kenny Higgs | PG | LSU |
| 1978 | 78 | 4 | Stan Rome | SG | Clemson |
| 1978 | 99 | 5 | Ken Koenigs | — | Kansas |
| 1978 | 123 | 6 | Ron Bell | — | Virginia Tech |
| 1978 | 143 | 7 | Tony Smith | SG | UNLV |
| 1978 | 161 | 8 | Roland Martin | — | Missouri Southern State |
| 1978 | 180 | 9 | Steve Bayless | PF | Central State (OH) |
| 1978 | 194 | 10 | Gary Winton | — | Army West Point |
| 1977 | 33 | 2 | Eddie Jordan | PG | Rutgers |
| 1977 | 55 | 3 | Steve Grote | PG | Michigan |
| 1977 | 77 | 4 | Melvin Jones | SG | West Texas A&M |
| 1977 | 99 | 5 | Al Smith | F | Jackson State |
| 1977 | 121 | 6 | Ron Cox | — | Eastern Washington |
| 1977 | 141 | 7 | Bob Riddle | — | Eastern Michigan |
| 1977 | 160 | 8 | Tom Cutter | C | Western Michigan |
| 1976 | 15 | 1 | Chuckie Williams | SG | Kansas State |
| 1976 | 32 | 2 | Mo Howard | SG | Maryland |
| 1976 | 50 | 3 | Abdul Jeelani | PF | Wisconsin-Parkside |
| 1976 | 66 | 4 | John Engles | PF | Pennsylvania |
| 1976 | 84 | 5 | Edmund Lawrence | C | McNeese State |
| 1976 | 102 | 6 | Harry Davis | — | Morris Brown |
| 1976 | 120 | 7 | Johnny Britt | — | Western Kentucky |
| 1976 | 123 | 8 | Dale Koehler | — | Wisconsin |
| 1976 | 138 | 8 | Tim Sisneros | — | Middle Tennessee State |
| 1976 | 155 | 9 | Bruce Parkinson | — | Purdue |
| 1976 | 171 | 10 | Elisha McSweeney | — | Minnesota State Mankato |
| 1975 | 15 | 1 | John Lambert | C | USC |
| 1975 | 28 | 2 | Dan Roundfield | PF | Central Michigan |
| 1975 | 33 | 2 | Mel Utley | PG | St. John’s |
| 1975 | 45 | 3 | Ted Hathaway | SG | Cleveland State |
| 1975 | 62 | 4 | Eric Fernsten | FC | San Francisco |
| 1975 | 79 | 5 | Jim Lee | G | Syracuse |
| 1975 | 82 | 5 | Mike Odems | — | Western Kentucky |
| 1975 | 99 | 6 | Henry Ward | SG | Jackson State |
| 1975 | 116 | 7 | Shawn Leftwich | C | Jacksonville |
| 1975 | 136 | 8 | Andre McCarter | G | UCLA |
| 1975 | 152 | 9 | Skip Howard | F | Bowling Green |
| 1975 | 167 | 10 | Eric Anderson | — | Macalester |
| 1974 | 8 | 1 | Campy Russell | F | Michigan |
| 1974 | 38 | 3 | Clarence “Foots” Walker | PG | West Georgia |
| 1974 | 39 | 3 | Kevin Restani | FC | San Francisco |
| 1974 | 57 | 4 | Jimmy Foster | PG | UConn |
| 1974 | 75 | 5 | Gary Novak | F | Notre Dame |
| 1974 | 93 | 6 | Aron Stewart | GF | Richmond |
| 1974 | 111 | 7 | Mike Robinson | G | Michigan State |
| 1974 | 129 | 8 | Kerry Hughes | C | Wisconsin |
| 1974 | 147 | 9 | Jim Buskofsky | — | Upper Iowa |
| 1974 | 164 | 10 | Jim Kelly | — | Loras |
| 1973 | 2 | 1 | Jim Brewer | PF | Minnesota |
| 1973 | 26 | 2 | Allan Hornyak | G | Ohio State |
| 1973 | 31 | 2 | Jim Chones | FC | Marquette |
| 1973 | 37 | 3 | Jim O’Brien | F | Maryland |
| 1973 | 40 | 3 | Ozzie Edwards | SG | Oklahoma City |
| 1973 | 41 | 3 | James Lister | C | Sam Houston State |
| 1973 | 57 | 4 | Luke Witte | C | Ohio State |
| 1973 | 74 | 5 | John Coughran | SF | California |
| 1973 | 91 | 6 | Willie Calvert | C | Abilene Christian |
| 1973 | 108 | 7 | Larry Farmer | — | UCLA |
| 1973 | 125 | 8 | John Ritter | G | Indiana |
| 1973 | 142 | 9 | Les Taylor | G | Murray State |
| 1973 | 156 | 10 | Dean Martin | — | Baldwin-Wallace |
| 1973 | 169 | 11 | Floyd Lewis | — | Harvard |
| 1973 | 178 | 12 | Chris McMurray | — | San Diego State |
| 1973 | 185 | 13 | John Pennebacker | — | Hawaii |
| 1973 | 191 | 14 | Charles Mitchell | — | Eastern Kentucky |
| 1973 | 196 | 15 | Reese Stovall | — | Texas-Pan American |
| 1973 | 201 | 16 | Tom O’Connor | — | Iowa |
| 1973 | 205 | 17 | Phil Elderkin | — | Boston University |
| 1972 | 3 | 1 | Dwight Davis | PF | Houston |
| 1972 | 45 | 3 | Chuck Jura | C | Nebraska |
| 1972 | 50 | 4 | Hank Siemiontkowski | — | Villanova |
| 1972 | 66 | 5 | Sam Cash | PF | UC Riverside |
| 1972 | 83 | 6 | Tom Parker | F | Kentucky |
| 1972 | 100 | 7 | Steve Davidson | — | West Texas A&M |
| 1972 | 116 | 8 | Roger Evans | F | Kent State |
| 1972 | 132 | 9 | Greg Starrick | G | Southern Illinois |
| 1972 | 145 | 10 | Kent Martens | — | Abilene Christian |
| 1971 | 1 | 1 | Austin Carr | G | Notre Dame |
| 1971 | 18 | 2 | Steve Patterson | C | UCLA |
| 1971 | 35 | 2 | Willie Long | PF | New Mexico |
| 1971 | 36 | 3 | Gerald Lockett | F | Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
| 1971 | 41 | 3 | Jackie Ridgle | SG | California |
| 1971 | 52 | 4 | Cliff Harris | F | Hardin-Simmons |
| 1971 | 69 | 5 | Brian Mahoney | SG | Manhattan |
| 1971 | 86 | 6 | Mike Childress | — | Colorado State |
| 1971 | 103 | 7 | Tom Bush | — | Drake |
| 1971 | 120 | 8 | Charlie Davis | SG | Wake Forest |
| 1971 | 137 | 9 | Rich Walker | — | Bowling Green |
| 1971 | 153 | 10 | Jim Meredith | — | Washington State |
| 1971 | 169 | 11 | Mike Casey | G | Kentucky |
| 1971 | 183 | 12 | Skip Hess | C | Toledo |
| 1971 | 196 | 13 | Bobby Jones | — | Drake |
| 1971 | 208 | 14 | Bubbles Harris | G | Indiana |
| 1971 | 217 | 15 | Larry Baker | — | Wittenberg |
| 1971 | 225 | 16 | Vance Tyree | — | Milwaukee |
| 1970 | 7 | 1 | John Johnson | SF | Iowa |
| 1970 | 26 | 2 | Dave Sorenson | PF | Ohio State |
| 1970 | 41 | 3 | Surry Oliver | F | Stephen F. Austin |
| 1970 | 60 | 4 | Glen Vidnovic | G | Iowa |
| 1970 | 75 | 5 | Wayne Sokolowski | — | Ashland |
| 1970 | 94 | 6 | Joe Cooke | G | Indiana |
| 1970 | 109 | 7 | Narvis Anderson | — | Stephen F. Austin |
| 1970 | 128 | 8 | Walter Robertson | — | Loyola Chicago |
| 1970 | 143 | 9 | Tom Lagodich | C | Kent State |
| 1970 | 162 | 10 | Ken Johnson | — | Indiana |
| 1970 | 175 | 11 | Dave Schneider | — | Wayne State (NE) |
| 1970 | 189 | 12 | Oliver Taylor | F | Houston |
| 1970 | 198 | 13 | Kevin Wilson | — | Ashland |
| 1970 | 209 | 14 | Don Tomilson | — | Missouri |
| 1970 | 217 | 15 | Steve Wannamaker | — | Drake |
| 1970 | 227 | 16 | Steve Wilson | SG | Hanover |
| 1970 | 231 | 17 | Bob Peterson | G | Concordia (MN) |
| 1970 | 236 | 18 | John Cannon | — | Grambling State |
| 1970 | 238 | 19 | Allen Waller | — | St. Mary of the Plains |