Last Updated on March 27, 2026 by Mat Diekhake
Dallas Mavericks draft history
| YEAR | PICK NO. | ROUND | PLAYER DRAFTED | POSITION | COLLEGE/INTERNATIONAL TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | Cooper Flagg | F | Duke |
| 2024 | 51 | 2 | Melvin Ajinca | SF | Saint-Quentin Basketball (France) |
| 2023 | 12 | 1 | Dereck Lively II | C | Duke |
| 2023 | 24 | 1 | Olivier-Maxence Prosper | F | Marquette |
| 2022 | 37 | 2 | Jaden Hardy | SG | NBA G League Ignite |
| 2020 | 18 | 1 | Josh Green | SG | Arizona |
| 2020 | 31 | 2 | Tyrell Terry | PG | Stanford |
| 2020 | 36 | 2 | Tyler Bey | PF | Colorado |
| 2019 | 45 | 2 | Isaiah Roby | SF | Nebraska |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | Luka Dončić | SF | Real Madrid (Spain) |
| 2018 | 33 | 2 | Jalen Brunson | PG | Villanova |
| 2018 | 56 | 2 | Ray Spalding | PF | Louisville |
| 2018 | 60 | 2 | Kostas Antetokounmpo | PF | Dayton |
| 2017 | 9 | 1 | Dennis Smith Jr. | PG | NC State |
| 2017 | 34 | 2 | Nick Fazekas | F | Nevada |
| 2017 | 39 | 2 | Stanko Barać | C | Široki (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| 2017 | 44 | 2 | Reyshawn Terry | PF | North Carolina |
| 2016 | 46 | 2 | A.J. Hammons | C | Purdue |
| 2015 | 21 | 1 | Justin Anderson | F | Virginia |
| 2013 | 18 | 1 | Shane Larkin | PG | Miami (FL) |
| 2013 | 43 | 2 | Ricky Ledo | GF | Providence |
| 2012 | 24 | 1 | Jared Cunningham | SG | Oregon State |
| 2012 | 33 | 2 | Bernard James | PF | Florida State |
| 2012 | 34 | 2 | Jae Crowder | SF | Marquette |
| 2010 | 25 | 1 | Dominique Jones | G | South Florida |
| 2009 | 25 | 1 | Rodrigue Beaubois | G | Cholet Basket (France) |
| 2007 | 34 | 2 | Nick Fazekas | F | Nevada |
| 2007 | 39 | 2 | Stanko Barać | C | Široki (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| 2007 | 44 | 2 | Reyshawn Terry | PF | North Carolina |
| 2006 | 28 | 1 | Maurice Ager | G/F | Michigan State |
| 2004 | 5 | 1 | Devin Harris | G | Wisconsin |
| 2004 | 21 | 1 | Pavel Podkolzin | C | Varese (Italy) |
| 2003 | 29 | 1 | Josh Howard | G/F | Wake Forest |
| 2002 | 29 | 2 | Steve Logan | G | Cincinnati |
| 2000 | 12 | 1 | Etan Thomas | C | Syracuse |
| 2000 | 13 | 1 | Courtney Alexander | SG | Fresno State |
| 2000 | 22 | 1 | Donnell Harvey | F | Florida |
| 2000 | 38 | 2 | Eduardo Nájera | F | Oklahoma |
| 1999 | 29 | 1 | Leon Smith | PF | King College Prep (Illinois) |
| 1999 | 36 | 2 | Wang Zhizhi | C | Bayi Rockets (China) |
| 1998 | 9 | 1 | Dirk Nowitzki | PF | DJK Würzburg (Germany) |
| 1998 | 30 | 2 | Ansu Sesay | F | Ole Miss |
| 1998 | 35 | 2 | Bruno Šundov | C | KK Split (Croatia) |
| 1998 | 53 | 2 | Greg Buckner | G/F | Clemson |
| 1997 | 18 | 1 | Chris Anstey | C | South East Melbourne (Australia) |
| 1997 | 34 | 2 | Bubba Wells | G/F | Austin Peay |
| 1996 | 9 | 1 | Samaki Walker | PF/C | Louisville |
| 1996 | 34 | 2 | Shawn Harvey | G | West Virginia State |
| 1996 | 58 | 2 | Darnell Robinson | C | Arkansas |
| 1995 | 12 | 1 | Cherokee Parks | C | Duke |
| 1995 | 24 | 1 | Loren Meyer | F/C | Iowa State |
| 1994 | 2 | 1 | Jason Kidd | G | California |
| 1994 | 19 | 1 | Tony Dumas | F | Missouri–Kansas City |
| 1994 | 28 | 2 | Deon Thomas | F/C | Illinois |
| 1993 | 4 | 1 | Jamal Mashburn | F | Kentucky |
| 1993 | 28 | 2 | Lucious Harris | G | Long Beach State |
| 1992 | 4 | 1 | Jim Jackson | G/F | Ohio State |
| 1992 | 30 | 2 | Sean Rooks | C | Arizona |
| 1992 | 41 | 2 | Popeye Jones | PF | Murray State |
| 1991 | 6 | 1 | Doug Smith | F/C | Missouri |
| 1991 | 33 | 2 | Donald Hodge | F/C | Temple |
| 1991 | 35 | 2 | Mike Iuzzolino | G | Saint Francis (PA) |
| 1990 | 49 | 2 | Phil Henderson | G | Duke |
| 1989 | 8 | 1 | Randy White | F | Louisiana Tech |
| 1989 | 53 | 2 | Jeff Hodge | G | South Alabama |
| 1988 | 46 | 2 | Morlon Wiley | G | Long Beach State |
| 1988 | 49 | 2 | José Vargas | F/C | LSU |
| 1988 | 70 | 3 | Jerry Johnson | G | Florida Southern |
| 1987 | 20 | 1 | Jim Farmer | G | Alabama |
| 1987 | 26 | 2 | Steve Alford | G | Indiana |
| 1987 | 66 | 3 | Mike Richmond | G | UTEP |
| 1987 | 89 | 4 | David Johnson | F | Oklahoma |
| 1987 | 112 | 5 | Sam Hill | F | Iowa State |
| 1987 | 135 | 6 | Quintan Gates | G | UTEP |
| 1987 | 158 | 7 | Gerald White | F | Auburn |
| 1986 | 7 | 1 | Roy Tarpley | F/C | Michigan |
| 1986 | 35 | 2 | Milt Wagner | G | Louisville |
| 1986 | 62 | 3 | Anthony Welch | G | Illinois |
| 1986 | 85 | 4 | Myron Jackson | F | Arkansas–Little Rock |
| 1986 | 108 | 5 | Jay Bilas | F/C | Duke |
| 1986 | 131 | 6 | Greg Anderson | F | Lamar |
| 1986 | 154 | 7 | Kim Cooksey | F | Middle Tennessee State |
| 1985 | 8 | 1 | Detlef Schrempf | F | Washington |
| 1985 | 16 | 1 | Bill Wennington | C | St. John’s |
| 1985 | 17 | 1 | Uwe Blab | C | Indiana |
| 1985 | 40 | 2 | Mark Acres | C | Oral Roberts |
| 1985 | 50 | 3 | Leonard Allen | F | San Diego State |
| 1985 | 63 | 3 | Harold Keeling | G | Santa Clara |
| 1985 | 86 | 4 | Bubba Jennings | G | Texas Tech |
| 1985 | 109 | 5 | Tommy Davis | G | Minnesota |
| 1985 | 132 | 6 | Carlton Cooper | C | Texas |
| 1985 | 155 | 7 | Ed Catchings | F | UNLV |
| 1984 | 4 | 1 | Sam Perkins | F/C | North Carolina |
| 1984 | 15 | 1 | Terence Stansbury | G | Temple |
| 1984 | 38 | 2 | Charlie Sitton | F | Oregon State |
| 1984 | 40 | 2 | Anthony Teachey | F | Wake Forest |
| 1984 | 41 | 2 | Tom Sluby | G | Notre Dame |
| 1984 | 61 | 3 | Jeff Cross | F | Maine |
| 1984 | 84 | 4 | John Horrocks | F | North Texas |
| 1984 | 107 | 5 | Dave Williams | G | UIC |
| 1984 | 130 | 6 | LaVerne Evans | F | Marshall |
| 1984 | 153 | 7 | George Turner | F | UC Irvine |
| 1984 | 176 | 8 | Leroy Sutton | F | Arkansas |
| 1984 | 198 | 9 | John Tudor | G | LSU |
| 1984 | 220 | 10 | Napoleon Johnson | F | Grambling State |
| 1983 | 9 | 1 | Dale Ellis | F | Tennessee |
| 1983 | 11 | 1 | Derek Harper | G | Illinois |
| 1983 | 30 | 2 | Mark West | C | Old Dominion |
| 1983 | 33 | 2 | Dirk Minniefield | G | Kentucky |
| 1983 | 79 | 4 | Johnny Martin | G | Northwestern State |
| 1983 | 102 | 5 | Jim Lampley | F | Arkansas–Little Rock |
| 1983 | 125 | 6 | Billy Allen | G | Nevada, Reno |
| 1983 | 148 | 7 | Terrell Schlundt | G | Marquette |
| 1983 | 171 | 8 | Bill Sadler | F | Pepperdine |
| 1983 | 193 | 9 | Sherrod Arnold | F | Chicago State |
| 1983 | 214 | 10 | Clyde Corley | G | Florida International |
| 1982 | 4 | 1 | Bill Garnett | F | Wyoming |
| 1982 | 50 | 3 | Corny Thompson | F | UConn |
| 1982 | 73 | 4 | Rudy Woods | G | Texas A&M |
| 1982 | 96 | 5 | Ken Arnold | G | Iowa |
| 1982 | 119 | 6 | Wayne Waggoner | G | Northwestern State |
| 1982 | 142 | 7 | Bob Grady | G | Northwestern |
| 1982 | 165 | 8 | Keith Peterson | F | Arkansas |
| 1982 | 188 | 9 | Ralph McPherson | G | UT Arlington |
| 1982 | 209 | 10 | Albert Culton | F | UT Arlington |
| 1981 | 1 | 1 | Mark Aguirre | F | DePaul |
| 1981 | 9 | 1 | Rolando Blackman | G | Kansas State |
| 1981 | 24 | 2 | Jay Vincent | F | Michigan State |
| 1981 | 43 | 2 | Elston Turner | G | Ole Miss |
| 1981 | 47 | 3 | Art Housey | F | Kansas |
| 1981 | 70 | 4 | Eddie Moss | G | Syracuse |
| 1981 | 93 | 5 | Pete Budko | C | North Carolina |
| 1981 | 116 | 6 | Karl Bakowski | F | Utah |
| 1981 | 139 | 7 | Danny Davis | F | UNC Wilmington |
| 1981 | 162 | 8 | David Kennedy | F | Cincinnati |
| 1981 | 184 | 9 | John Hollinden | G | Indiana State Evansville |
| 1981 | 204 | 10 | Scott Bosanko | G | Northern State |
| 1980 | 11 | 1 | Kiki Vandeweghe | F | UCLA |
| 1980 | 34 | 2 | Roosevelt Bouie | F | Syracuse |
| 1980 | 45 | 2 | Brad Branson | F/C | SMU |
| 1980 | 57 | 3 | Dave Britton | G | Texas A&M |
| 1980 | 80 | 4 | David Johnson | F | Weber State |
| 1980 | 103 | 5 | Darrell Allums | G | UCLA |
| 1980 | 126 | 6 | Leroy Jackson | F | Cameron |
| 1980 | 149 | 7 | Tony Forch | G | Midwestern State |
| 1980 | 169 | 8 | Clarence Kea | F | Lamar |
| 1980 | 189 | 9 | Ken Williams | G | Houston |
| 1980 | 206 | 10 | Tom Morgan | G | Cal State Fullerton |