# Denver Nuggets draft history

The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team was founded as the Denver Larks in 1967 as a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association (ABA), but changed its name to Rockets before the first season. It changed its name again to the Nuggets in 1974. The team joined the NBA in 1976 after the ABA–NBA merger. They first participated in the NBA draft in 1977.

## Selections

| Year | Pick | Overall | Player | Nationality | College/High School/Club |
| 1977 | 1 | 9 | Tom LaGarde | United States | North Carolina |
| 1977 | 1 | 21 | Anthony Roberts | United States | Oral Roberts |
| 1977 | 3 | 65 | Robert Smith | United States | UNLV |
| 1977 | 5 | 109 | John Billups | United States | Ole Miss |
| 1977 | 6 | 130 | Jim Town | United States | Massachusetts |
| 1977 | 7 | 148 | Willie High | United States | Alabama State |
| 1977 | 8 | 169 | Len Saunders | United States | Florida |
| 1978 | 1 | 17 | Rod Griffin | United States | Wake Forest |
| 1978 | 1 | 21 | Mike Evans | United States | Kansas State |
| 1978 | 3 | 46 | Hollis Copeland | United States | Rutgers |
| 1978 | 5 | 106 | Mike Edwards | United States | Texas–Pan American |
| 1978 | 6 | 127 | Robert Heard | United States | Columbus (GA) |
| 1978 | 7 | 148 | Jack Gilloon | United States | South Carolina |
| 1978 | 8 | 166 | Larry Vaculik | United States | Colorado |
| 1978 | 9 | 183 | Tom Schneeberger | United States | Air Force |
| 1978 | 10 | 198 | Phil Taylor | United States | Arizona |
| 1979 | 2 | 30 | Gary Garland | United States | DePaul |
| 1979 | 5 | 102 | Larry Williams | United States | Louisville |
| 1979 | 6 | 122 | Odell Ball | United States | Marquette |
| 1979 | 7 | 144 | John Johnson | United States | Creighton |
| 1979 | 8 | 162 | Matt Teahan | United States | Denver |
| 1979 | 9 | 179 | Emmett Lewis | United States | Colorado |
| 1980 | 1 | 5 | James Ray | United States | Jacksonville |
| 1980 | 1 | 23 | Carl Nicks | United States | Indiana State |
| 1980 | 2 | 41 | Jawann Oldham | United States | Seattle |
| 1980 | 3 | 47 | Kurt Nimphius | United States | Arizona State |
| 1980 | 3 | 48 | Eddie Lee | United States | Cincinnati |
| 1980 | 3 | 51 | Ronnie Valentine | United States | Old Dominion |
| 1980 | 4 | 73 | Sammie Ellis | United States | Pittsburgh |
| 1980 | 5 | 97 | James Patrick | United States | Texas State |
| 1980 | 6 | 119 | Ernie Hill | United States | Oklahoma City |
| 1980 | 7 | 143 | Tommy Springer | United States | Vanderbilt |
| 1980 | 9 | 184 | Jim Graziano | United States | South Carolina |
| 1980 | 10 | 202 | Earl Sango | United States | Regis University |
| 1981 | 2 | 34 | Ken Green | United States | Texas–Pan American |
| 1981 | 5 | 101 | Willie Sims | United States | LSU |
| 1981 | 6 | 124 | Alonzo Weatherley | United States | Denver |
| 1981 | 7 | 147 | Greg Manning | United States | Maryland |
| 1981 | 8 | 169 | Curtis Redding | United States | St. John's (NY) |
| 1981 | 9 | 191 | Andrew Burton | United States | Austin Peay State |
| 1981 | 10 | 211 | Derrick Rowland | United States | Potsdam State |
| 1982 | 1 | 19 | Rob Williams | United States | Arizona State |
| 1982 | 3 | 62 | Roylin Bond | United States | Pepperdine |
| 1982 | 4 | 73 | Alford Turner | United States | Louisiana-Lafayette |
| 1982 | 5 | 109 | Bill Duffy | United States | Santa Clara |
| 1982 | 6 | 131 | Chris Brust | United States | North Carolina |
| 1982 | 7 | 153 | Jeb Barlow | United States | North Carolina |
| 1982 | 8 | 178 | Donny Speer | United States | UAB |
| 1982 | 9 | 200 | Dean Sears | United States | UCLA |
| 1982 | 10 | 220 | Mike Phillips | United States | Niagara |
| 1983 | 9 | 184 | Jim Graziano | United States | South Carolina |
| 1983 | 1 | 15 | Howard Carter | United States | LSU |
| 1983 | 2 | 37 | David Russell | United States | St. John's (NY) |
| 1983 | 3 | 61 | David Little | United States | Oklahoma |
| 1983 | 4 | 83 | York Gross | United States | UC Santa Barbara |
| 1983 | 5 | 107 | James Braddock | United States | North Carolina |
| 1983 | 6 | 129 | Glen Green | United States | Murray State |
| 1983 | 7 | 153 | Maurice McDaniel | United States | Catawba (SC) |
| 1983 | 8 | 175 | Cliff Tribus | United States | Davidson |
| 1983 | 9 | 198 | Bobby Van Noy | United States | Catawba (SC) |
| 1983 | 10 | 218 | Cleveland McCrae | United States | Catawba (SC) |
| 1984 | 2 | 42 | Willie White | United States | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 1984 | 4 | 79 | Karl Tilleman | Canada | Calgary (Canada) |
| 1984 | 5 | 103 | Prince Bridges | United States | Missouri |
| 1984 | 6 | 131 | Willie Burton | United States | Tennessee |
| 1984 | 7 | 149 | Mark Simpson | United States | Catawba (SC) |
| 1984 | 8 | 171 | Bill Wendtland | United States | Texas Austin |
| 1984 | 9 | 194 | Cecil Exum | United States Australia | North Carolina |
| 1984 | 10 | 220 | Dexter Bailey | United States | Xavier (Ohio) |
| 1985 | 1 | 15 | Blair Rasmussen | United States | Oregon |
| 1985 | 2 | 43 | Barry Stevens | United States | Iowa State |
| 1985 | 4 | 89 | Pete Williams | United States | Arizona |
| 1985 | 5 | 112 | Kenny Brown | United States | Texas A&M |
| 1985 | 6 | 135 | Joe Carrabino | United States | Harvard |
| 1985 | 7 | 158 | Eddie Smith | United States | Arizona |
| 1986 | 1 | 16 | Maurice Martin | United States | St. Joseph's (NY) |
| 1986 | 1 | 18 | Mark Alarie | United States | Duke |
| 1986 | 2 | 41 | Otis Smith | United States | Jacksonville |
| 1986 | 3 | 64 | Don Redden | United States | LSU |
| 1986 | 4 | 87 | Anthony Watson | United States | San Diego State |
| 1986 | 5 | 110 | Jon Collins | United States | Eastern Illinois |
| 1986 | 6 | 133 | Anthony Frederick | United States | Pepperdine |
| 1986 | 7 | 156 | Mike Marshall | United States | McNeese State |
| 1987 | 2 | 31 | Andre Moore | United States | Loyola Chicago |
| 1987 | 3 | 54 | Tom Schafer | United States | Iowa State |
| 1987 | 4 | 77 | David Boone | United States | Marquette |
| 1987 | 5 | 100 | Ron Grandison | United States | New Orleans |
| 1987 | 6 | 123 | Kelvin Scarborough | United States | New Mexico |
| 1987 | 7 | 146 | Rowan Gomes | United States | Hampton |
| 1987 | 7 | 156 | Curtis Hunter | United States | North Carolina |
| 1988 | 1 | 23 | Jerome Lane | United States | Pittsburgh |
| 1988 | 2 | 43 | Todd Mitchell | United States | Purdue |
| 1988 | 2 | 47 | Vernon Maxwell | United States | Florida |
| 1988 | 3 | 66 | Dwight Boyd | United States | Memphis |
| 1989 | 1 | 15 | Todd Lichti | United States | Stanford |
| 1989 | 2 | 42 | Michael Cutright | United States | McNeese State |
| 1989 | 2 | 47 | Reggie Turner | United States | UAB |
| 1990 | 1 | 3 | Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf | United States | LSU |
| 1990 | 2 | 42 | Marcus Liberty | United States | Illinois |
| 1991 | 1 | 4 | Dikembe Mutombo | DR Congo United States | Georgetown University |
| 1991 | 1 | 8 | Mark Macon | United States | Temple |
| 1992 | 1 | 5 | LaPhonso Ellis | United States | Notre Dame |
| 1992 | 1 | 13 | Bryant Stith | United States | Virginia |
| 1992 | 2 | 46 | Robert Werdann | United States | St. John's (NY) |
| 1993 | 1 | 9 | Rodney Rogers | United States | Wake Forest |
| 1993 | 2 | 43 | Josh Grant | United States | Utah |
| 1994 | 1 | 13 | Jalen Rose | United States | Michigan |
| 1995 | 1 | 15 | Brent Barry | United States | Oregon State |
| 1995 | 2 | 44 | Anthony Pelle | United States | Fresno State |
| 1996 | 1 | 23 | Efthimi Rentzias | Greece | PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece) |
| 1996 | 2 | 37 | Jeff McInnis | United States | North Carolina |
| 1997 | 1 | 5 | Tony Battie | United States | Texas Tech |
| 1997 | 2 | 32 | James Cotton | United States | CSU Long Beach |
| 1997 | 2 | 41 | Jason Lawson | United States | Villanova |
| 1998 | 1 | 3 | Raef LaFrentz | United States | Kansas |
| 1998 | 1 | 23 | Tyronn Lue | United States | Nebraska |
| 1998 | 2 | 54 | Tremaine Fowlkes | United States | Fresno State |
| 1998 | 2 | 55 | Ryan Bowen | United States | Iowa |
| 1999 | 1 | 18 | James Posey | United States | Xavier (Ohio) |
| 1999 | 2 | 33 | Chris Herren | United States | Fresno State |
| 1999 | 2 | 41 | Francisco Elson | Netherlands | California |
| 2000 | 1 | 26 | Mamadou N'Diaye | Senegal | Auburn |
| 2000 | 2 | 53 | Dan McClintock | United States | Northern Arizona |
| 2001 | 2 | 46 | Ousmane Cisse | Mali | St. Jude Educational Institute (Montgomery, AL) |
| 2002 | 1 | 5 | Nikoloz Tskitishvili | Georgia | Benetton Treviso (Italy) |
| 2002 | 1 | 25 | Frank Williams | United States | Illinois |
| 2002 | 2 | 33 | Vincent Yarbrough | United States | Tennessee |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 | Carmelo Anthony | United States | Syracuse |
| 2003 | 2 | 46 | Sani Bečirović | Slovenia | Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna (Italy) |
| 2004 | 1 | 20 | Jameer Nelson | United States | St. Joseph's (PA) |
| 2005 | 1 | 20 | Julius Hodge | United States | North Carolina State |
| 2005 | 1 | 22 | Jarrett Jack | United States | Georgia Tech |
| 2005 | 2 | 52 | Axel Hervelle | Belgium | Real Madrid Baloncesto (Spain) |
| 2006 | 2 | 49 | Leon Powe | United States | California |
| 2009 | 2 | 34 | Sergio Llull | Spain | Real Madrid Baloncesto (Spain) |
| 2011 | 1 | 22 | Kenneth Faried | United States | Morehead State |
| 2012 | 1 | 20 | Evan Fournier | France | Poitiers Basket 86 (France) |
| 2012 | 2 | 38 | Quincy Miller | United States | Baylor |
| 2012 | 2 | 50 | İzzet Türkyılmaz | Turkey | Banvit B.K. (Turkey) |
| 2013 | 1 | 27 | Rudy Gobert | France | Cholet Basket (France) |
| 2014 | 1 | 11 | Doug McDermott | United States | Creighton |
| 2014 | 2 | 41 | Nikola Jokić | Serbia | KK Mega Basket (Serbia) |
| 2014 | 2 | 56 | Roy Devyn Marble | United States | Iowa |
| 2015 | 1 | 7 | Emmanuel Mudiay | DR Congo United States | Guangdong Southern Tigers (China) |
| 2015 | 2 | 57 | Nikola Radičević | Serbia | Baloncesto Sevilla (Spain) |
| 2016 | 1 | 7 | Jamal Murray | Canada | Kentucky |
| 2016 | 1 | 15 | Juan Hernangómez | Spain | CB Estudiantes (Spain) |
| 2016 | 1 | 19 | Malik Beasley | United States | Florida State |
| 2016 | 2 | 53 | Petr Cornelie | France | Le Mans Sarthe Basket (France) |
| 2016 | 2 | 56 | Daniel Hamilton | United States | Connecticut |
| 2017 | 1 | 11 | Donovan Mitchell | United States | Louisville |
| 2017 | 2 | 49 | Vlatko Čančar | Slovenia | KK Mega Basket (Serbia) |
| 2017 | 2 | 51 | Monté Morris | United States | Iowa State |
| 2018 | 1 | 14 | Michael Porter Jr. | United States | Missouri |
| 2018 | 2 | 43 | Justin Jackson | Canada | Maryland |
| 2018 | 2 | 58 | Thomas Welsh | United States | UCLA |
| 2020 | 1 | 22 | Zeke Nnaji | United States | Arizona |
| 2021 | 1 | 26 | Nah'Shon Hyland | United States | VCU |
| 2022 | 1 | 21 | Christian Braun | United States | Kansas |