Last Updated on July 1, 2025 by Mathew Diekhake
Here’s a table detailing the Los Angeles Lakers’ NBA Draft picks from 2025 to 1980.
| Year | Round | Pick No. | Player | Position | College/Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 55 | Lachlan Olbrich | C | UC Riverside |
| 2024 | 1 | 17 | Dalton Knecht | SG | Tennessee |
| 2024 | 2 | 55 | Bronny James | PG | USC |
| 2023 | 2 | 47 | Maxwell Lewis | SF | Pepperdine |
| 2022 | 2 | 35 | Max Christie | SG | Michigan State |
| 2021 | 2 | 22 | Isaiah Todd | PF | G League Ignite |
| 2020 | 1 | 28 | Jaden McDaniels | SF | Washington |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 | De’Andre Hunter | SF | Virginia |
| 2018 | 1 | 25 | Mo Wagner | C | Michigan |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | Lonzo Ball | PG | UCLA |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 | Brandon Ingram | SF | Duke |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | D’Angelo Russell | PG | Ohio State |
| 2014 | 1 | 7 | Julius Randle | PF | Kentucky |
| 2013 | 1 | 48 | Ryan Kelly | PF | Duke |
| 2012 | 2 | 60 | Robert Sacre | C | Gonzaga |
| 2011 | 2 | 41 | Darius Morris | PG | Michigan |
| 2010 | 2 | 43 | Devin Ebanks | SF | West Virginia |
| 2009 | 2 | 42 | Patrick Beverley | PG | Arkansas |
| 2008 | 2 | 58 | Joe Crawford | SG | Kentucky |
| 2007 | 1 | 19 | Javaris Crittenton | PG | Georgia Tech |
| 2006 | 1 | 26 | Jordan Farmar | PG | UCLA |
| 2005 | 1 | 10 | Andrew Bynum | C | St. Joseph HS (NJ) |
| 2004 | 1 | 27 | Sasha Vujacic | SG | Slovenia |
| 2003 | 1 | 32 | Luke Walton | SF | Arizona |
| 2002 | 1 | 27 | Chris Jefferies | SF | Fresno State |
| 2001 | 2 | 58 | J.R. Bremer | PG | St. Bonaventure |
| 2000 | 1 | 29 | Mark Madsen | PF | Stanford |
| 1999 | 1 | 23 | Devean George | SF | Augsburg |
| 1998 | 1 | 26 | Sam Jacobson | SG | Minnesota |
| 1997 | 1 | 24 | Paul Rogers | C | Gonzaga |
| 1996 | 1 | 24 | Derek Fisher | PG | Arkansas-Little Rock |
| 1995 | 1 | 28 | George Zidek | C | UCLA |
| 1994 | 1 | 10 | Eddie Jones | SG | Temple |
| 1993 | 1 | 12 | George Lynch | SF | North Carolina |
| 1992 | 1 | 15 | Anthony Peeler | SG | Missouri |
| 1991 | 1 | 26 | George Zidek | C | UCLA |
| 1990 | 1 | 27 | Elden Campbell | C | Clemson |
| 1989 | 1 | 26 | Vlade Divac | C | Yugoslavia |
| 1988 | 1 | 25 | David Rivers | PG | Notre Dame |
| 1987 | 1 | 22 | Milt Wagner | SG | Louisville |
| 1986 | 1 | 24 | Ken Barlow | PF | Notre Dame |
| 1985 | 1 | 23 | Mike Smrek | C | Canisius |
| 1984 | 1 | 23 | Earl Jones | C | District of Columbia |
| 1983 | 1 | 23 | Larry Spriggs | SF | Howard |
| 1982 | 1 | 1 | James Worthy | SF | North Carolina |
| 1981 | 1 | 23 | Mike McGee | SG | Michigan |
| 1980 | 1 | 23 | Wayne Robinson | PF | Virginia Tech |