# List of Michigan Wolverines in the NBA draft

The Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, representing the University of Michigan, has had 76 players drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) since the league began holding the yearly event in 1947. Each NBA franchise seeks to add new players through an annual draft. The NBA uses a draft lottery to determine the first three picks of the NBA draft; the 14 teams that did not make the playoffs the previous year are eligible to participate. After the first three picks are decided, the rest of the teams pick in reverse order of their win–loss record. To be eligible for the NBA draft, a player in the United States must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft and must be at least one year removed from the graduation of his high school class.
The drafts held between 1947 and 1949 were held by the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The BAA became the National Basketball Association after absorbing teams from the National Basketball League in the fall of 1949. Official NBA publications include the BAA Drafts as part of the NBA's draft history. From 1967 until the ABA–NBA merger in 1976, the American Basketball Association (ABA) held its own draft.
Through the 2023 NBA draft, a Wolverine has been chosen first overall two times in the history of the event, Cazzie Russell in 1966 and Chris Webber in 1993. Thirty-one Wolverines have been drafted in the first round of the NBA Draft, with Kobe Bufkin being the latest in 2023. The most Wolverines selected in the first round of a single NBA Draft is three, which happened in 1990. Six players have been selected to either an ABA or NBA All-Star Game, four have been a member of an NBA or ABA championship winning team, and three have achieved both. Two former Wolverines have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

## Key

| G | Guard | F | Forward | C | Center |
| * | Selected to an NBA/ABA All-Star Game | Selected to an NBA/ABA All-Star Game | Selected to an NBA/ABA All-Star Game | Selected to an NBA/ABA All-Star Game | Selected to an NBA/ABA All-Star Game |
| † | Won an NBA/ABA championship | Won an NBA/ABA championship | Won an NBA/ABA championship | Won an NBA/ABA championship | Won an NBA/ABA championship |
| ‡ | Selected to an All-Star Game and won an NBA/ABA championship | Selected to an All-Star Game and won an NBA/ABA championship | Selected to an All-Star Game and won an NBA/ABA championship | Selected to an All-Star Game and won an NBA/ABA championship | Selected to an All-Star Game and won an NBA/ABA championship |

## Players selected in the NBA draft

Michigan Wolverines players drafted :
| Year | Round | Pick | Overall | Name | Position | Team | Notes |
| 1949 | — | — | — | Bob Harrison$^‡$ | G | Minneapolis Lakers | NBA All-Star (1956) NBA Champion (1950, 1952, 1953) |
| 1950 | 6 | 10 | 70 | Mack Supronowicz | F | Syracuse Nationals | — |
| 1951 | 5 | 10 | 50 | Leo VanderKuy | G, F | Minneapolis Lakers | — |
| 1957 | 5 | 2 | 34 | Ron Kramer | G | Fort Wayne Pistons | — |
| 1957 | 7 | 3 | 51 | George Ferguson | F | Minneapolis Lakers | — |
| 1958 | 7 | 6 | 53 | Pete Tillotson | C | Syracuse Nationals | — |
| 1959 | 4 | 2 | 24 | George Lee | G | Detroit Pistons | — |
| 1959 | 11 | 2 | 73 | M. C. Burton Jr. | G | Detroit Pistons | — |
| 1961 | 4 | 6 | 38 | John Tidwell | G | Philadelphia Warriors | — |
| 1965 | T | — | — | Bill Buntin | F, C | Detroit Pistons | — |
| 1965 | 15 | 3 | 103 | George Pomey | G, F | St. Louis Hawks | — |
| 1966 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Cazzie Russell $^‡$ | G, F | New York Knicks | NBA All-Rookie First Team (1967) NBA All-Star (1972) NBA Champion (1970) |
| 1966 | 3 | 2 | 22 | Ollie Darden | F | Detroit Pistons | — |
| 1967 | 4 | 11 | 42 | Craig Dill | C | San Diego Rockets | — |
| 1969 | 4 | 1 | 44 | Dennis Stewart | F | Phoenix Suns | — |
| 1970 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Rudy Tomjanovich | F | San Diego Rockets | NBA All-Star (1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979) NBA Champion (1994, 1995) (as head coach) Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee (2020) |
| 1971 | 10 | 16 | 168 | Dan Fife | F | Milwaukee Bucks | — |
| 1972 | 3 | 14 | 44 | Wayne Grabiec | G | Boston Celtics | — |
| 1973 | 4 | 9 | 61 | Ken Brady | C | Detroit Pistons | — |
| 1973 | 5 | 9 | 78 | Henry Wilmore | C | Detroit Pistons | — |
| 1973 | 14 | 1 | 189 | Ernie Johnson | F | Philadelphia Sixers | — |
| 1974 | 1 | 8 | 8 | Campy Russell* | F | Cleveland Cavaliers | NBA All-Star (1979) |
| 1975 | 4 | 2 | 56 | C. J. Kupec | F, C | Los Angeles Lakers | — |
| 1976 | 4 | 9 | 60 | Wayman Britt | G | Los Angeles Lakers | — |
| 1977 | 1 | 16 | 16 | Rickey Green* | G | Golden State Warriors | NBA All-Star (1984) |
| 1977 | 3 | 11 | 55 | Steve Grote | G | Cleveland Cavaliers | — |
| 1977 | 5 | 22 | 110 | John Robinson | G | Los Angeles Lakers | — |
| 1978 | 3 | 17 | 61 | Dave Baxter | G | Seattle SuperSonics | — |
| 1978 | 4 | 3 | 69 | Joel Thompson | F | Houston Rockets | — |
| 1979 | 1 | 15 | 15 | Phil Hubbard | C | Detroit Pistons | — |
| 1981 | 1 | 19 | 19 | Mike McGee$^†$ | G | Los Angeles Lakers | NBA Champion (1982, 1985) |
| 1981 | 3 | 23 | 69 | John Johnson | G | Boston Celtics | — |
| 1981 | 5 | 20 | 112 | Paul Heuerman | C | Phoenix Suns | — |
| 1982 | 7 | 3 | 141 | Thad Gardner | F | Utah Jazz | — |
| 1983 | 10 | 7 | 213 | Ike Person | C | Detroit Pistons | — |
| 1984 | 1 | 12 | 12 | Tim McCormick | C | Cleveland Cavaliers | — |
| 1984 | 2 | 8 | 32 | Eric Turner | G | Detroit Pistons | — |
| 1984 | 10 | 19 | 225 | Dan Pelekoudas | G | Detroit Pistons | — |
| 1986 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Roy Tarpley | F | Dallas Mavericks | NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award (1988) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1987) |
| 1986 | 5 | 2 | 95 | Richard Rellford | F | Indiana Pacers | — |
| 1986 | 6 | 1 | 117 | Butch Wade | F | New York Knicks | — |
| 1986 | 7 | 5 | 144 | Robert Henderson | F | Chicago Bulls | — |
| 1987 | 6 | 20 | 134 | Antoine Joubert | G | Detroit Pistons | — |
| 1988 | 1 | 15 | 15 | Gary Grant | G | Seattle SuperSonics | — |
| 1989 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Glen Rice$^‡$ | F | Miami Heat | NBA All-Star (1996, 1997, 1998) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1997) NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1990) All-NBA Second Team (1997) All-NBA Third Team (1998) NBA Champion (2000) |
| 1990 | 1 | 10 | 10 | Rumeal Robinson | G | Atlanta Hawks | — |
| 1990 | 1 | 13 | 13 | Loy Vaught | F | Los Angeles Clippers | — |
| 1990 | 1 | 16 | 16 | Terry Mills | F | Milwaukee Bucks | — |
| 1990 | 2 | 27 | 53 | Sean Higgins | F | San Antonio Spurs | — |
| 1993 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Chris Webber* | F | Orlando Magic | NBA All-Star (1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) NBA Rookie of the Year (1994) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1994) All-NBA First Team (2001) All-NBA Second Team (1999, 2002, 2003) All-NBA Third Team (2000) Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee (2021) |
| 1993 | 2 | 6 | 33 | Eric Riley | C | Dallas Mavericks | — |
| 1994 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Juwan Howard$^‡$ | F | Washington Wizards | NBA All-Star (1996) NBA Champion (2012, 2013) NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1995) All-NBA Third Team (1996) |
| 1994 | 1 | 13 | 13 | Jalen Rose | G | Denver Nuggets | NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1995) NBA Most Improved Player (2000) |
| 1995 | 2 | 6 | 35 | Jimmy King | G | Toronto Raptors | — |
| 1997 | 1 | 14 | 14 | Maurice Taylor | F | Los Angeles Clippers | NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1998) |
| 1998 | 1 | 6 | 6 | Robert Traylor | F | Dallas Mavericks | — |
| 1998 | 2 | 29 | 58 | Maceo Baston | F | Chicago Bulls | — |
| 1999 | 2 | 13 | 42 | Louis Bullock | G | Minnesota Timberwolves | — |
| 2000 | 1 | 8 | 8 | Jamal Crawford | G | Cleveland Cavaliers | NBA Sixth Man of the Year (2010, 2014, 2016) |
| 2004 | 2 | 16 | 45 | Bernard Robinson | G | Charlotte Hornets | — |
| 2011 | 2 | 11 | 41 | Darius Morris | G | Los Angeles Lakers | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 9 | 9 | Trey Burke | G | Minnesota Timberwolves | NBA All-Rookie First Team (2014) |
| 2013 | 1 | 24 | 24 | Tim Hardaway Jr. | G | New York Knicks | NBA All-Rookie First Team (2014) |
| 2014 | 1 | 8 | 8 | Nik Stauskas | G | Sacramento Kings | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 21 | 21 | Mitch McGary | C | Oklahoma City Thunder | — |
| 2014 | 2 | 10 | 40 | Glenn Robinson III | F | Minnesota Timberwolves | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 20 | 20 | Caris LeVert | G | Indiana Pacers | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 17 | 17 | D. J. Wilson | F | Milwaukee Bucks | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 25 | 25 | Moritz Wagner | F | Los Angeles Lakers | — |
| 2019 | 1 | 28 | 28 | Jordan Poole | G | Golden State Warriors | NBA Champion (2022) |
| 2019 | 2 | 17 | 47 | Ignas Brazdeikis | F | Sacramento Kings | – |
| 2021 | 1 | 8 | 8 | Franz Wagner | F | Orlando Magic | NBA All-Rookie First Team (2022) |
| 2021 | 2 | 12 | 42 | Isaiah Livers | F | Detroit Pistons | — |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 32 | Caleb Houstan | F | Orlando Magic | — |
| 2022 | 2 | 13 | 43 | Moussa Diabaté | F | Los Angeles Clippers | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 11 | 11 | Jett Howard | F | Orlando Magic | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 15 | 15 | Kobe Bufkin | G | Atlanta Hawks | — |