# Los Angeles Clippers draft history

This is a list of the Los Angeles Clippers' (formerly Buffalo Braves and San Diego Clippers) National Basketball Association (NBA) draft selections in their 54-year history.

## Key

| Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer | First Overall NBA Draft Pick | Selected for an NBA All-Star Game |

## Selections

| Year | Round | Pick | Player | College/High School/Club |
| Los Angeles Clippers |||||
| 2024 | 2 | 46 | Cam Christie | Minnesota |
| 2023 | 1 | 30 | Kobe Brown | Missouri |
| 2023 | 2 | 48 | Jordan Miller | Miami (Florida) |
| 2022 | 2 | 43 | Moussa Diabate | University of Michigan |
| 2021 | 1 | 25 | Quentin Grimes | University of Houston |
| 2020 | 2 | 57 | Reggie Perry | Mississippi State |
| 2019 | 2 | 48 | Terance Mann | Florida State |
| 2019 | 2 | 54 | Jaylen Hands | UCLA |
| 2018 | 1 | 12 | Miles Bridges | Michigan State |
| 2018 | 1 | 13 | Jerome Robinson | Boston College |
| 2016 | 1 | 25 | Brice Johnson | North Carolina |
| 2016 | 2 | 33 | Cheick Diallo | Kansas |
| 2014 | 1 | 28 | C.J. Wilcox | Washington |
| 2013 | 1 | 25 | Reggie Bullock | North Carolina |
| 2012 | 2 | 53 | Furkan Aldemir | Galatasaray (Turkey) |
| 2011 | 2 | 37 | Trey Thompkins | Georgia |
| 2011 | 2 | 47 | Travis Leslie | Georgia |
| 2010 | 1 | 8 | Al-Farouq Aminu | Wake Forest |
| 2010 | 2 | 54 | Willie Warren | Oklahoma |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | Blake Griffin | Oklahoma |
| 2008 | 1 | 7 | Eric Gordon | Indiana |
| 2008 | 2 | 35 | DeAndre Jordan | Texas A&M |
| 2007 | 1 | 14 | Al Thornton | Florida State |
| 2007 | 2 | 45 | Jared Jordan | Marist |
| 2006 | 2 | 34 | Paul Davis | Michigan State |
| 2006 | 2 | 52 | Guillermo Diaz | Miami (Florida) |
| 2005 | 1 | 12 | Yaroslav Korolev | CSKA Moscow (Russia) |
| 2005 | 2 | 32 | Daniel Ewing | Duke |
| 2004 | 1 | 4 | Shaun Livingston | Peoria HS (Illinois) |
| 2004 | 2 | 33 | Lionel Chalmers | Xavier University |
| 2003 | 1 | 6 | Chris Kaman | Central Michigan |
| 2003 | 2 | 34 | Sofoklis Schortsanitis | Iraklis (Greece) |
| 2002 | 1 | 6 | Chris Wilcox | Maryland |
| 2002 | 1 | 12 | Melvin Ely | Fresno State |
| 2002 | 2 | 40 | Mario Kasun | Skyliners Frankfurt (Germany) |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 | Tyson Chandler | Dominguez HS |
| 2000 | 1 | 3 | Darius Miles | East St. Louis HS (Illinois) |
| 2000 | 1 | 18 | Quentin Richardson | DePaul |
| 2000 | 2 | 30 | Marko Jarić | Fortitudo Bologna (Italy) |
| 1999 | 1 | 4 | Lamar Odom | Rhode Island |
| 1999 | 2 | 31 | Rico Hill | Illinois State |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | Michael Olowokandi | Pacific (California) |
| 1998 | 2 | 48 | Brian Skinner | Baylor |
| 1997 | 1 | 14 | Maurice Taylor | Michigan |
| 1996 | 1 | 7 | Lorenzen Wright | Memphis |
| 1996 | 2 | 36 | Doron Sheffer | Connecticut |
| 1995 | 1 | 2 | Antonio McDyess | Alabama |
| 1995 | 2 | 53 | Constantin Popa | Miami (Florida) |
| 1993 | 1 | 13 | Terry Dehere | Seton Hall |
| 1993 | 2 | 53 | Leonard White | Southern |
| 1992 | 1 | 16 | Randy Woods | La Salle |
| 1992 | 1 | 25 | Elmore Spencer | UNLV |
| 1991 | 1 | 22 | LeRon Ellis | Syracuse |
| 1991 | 2 | 37 | Elliott Perry | Memphis |
| 1991 | 2 | 38 | Joe Wylie | Miami (Florida) |
| 1990 | 1 | 8 | Bo Kimble | Loyola Marymount |
| 1990 | 1 | 13 | Loy Vaught | Michigan |
| 1989 | 1 | 2 | Danny Ferry | Duke |
| 1989 | 2 | 31 | Jeff Martin | Murray State |
| 1989 | 2 | 33 | Jay Edwards | Indiana |
| 1988 | 1 | 1 | Danny Manning | Kansas |
| 1988 | 1 | 6 | Hersey Hawkins | Bradley |
| 1988 | 2 | 45 | Tom Garrick | Rhode Island |
| 1988 | 3 | 51 | Rob Lock | Kentucky |
| 1987 | 1 | 7 | Reggie Williams | Georgetown |
| 1987 | 1 | 13 | Joe Wolf | North Carolina |
| 1987 | 1 | 19 | Ken Norman | Illinois |
| 1987 | 2 | 38 | Norris Coleman | Kansas State |
| 1987 | 3 | 47 | Tim McCalister | Oklahoma |
| 1987 | 5 | 93 | Chad Kessler | Georgia |
| 1987 | 6 | 116 | Martin Nessley | Duke |
| 1987 | 7 | 139 | Henry Carr | Wichita State |
| 1986 | 3 | 54 | Dwayne Polee | Pepperdine |
| 1986 | 4 | 78 | John Brownlee | Texas |
| 1986 | 5 | 100 | Steffond Johnson | San Diego State |
| 1986 | 6 | 124 | Tim Kempton | Notre Dame |
| 1986 | 7 | 146 | Johnny Brown | New Mexico |
| 1985 | 1 | 3 | Benoit Benjamin | Creighton |
| 1985 | 3 | 52 | Anicet Lavodrama | Houston Baptist |
| 1985 | 4 | 74 | Jim Deines | Arizona State |
| 1985 | 5 | 99 | Wayne Carlander | USC |
| 1985 | 6 | 121 | Malcolm Thomas | Missouri |
| 1985 | 7 | 143 | Gary Maloncon | UCLA |
| San Diego Clippers |||||
| 1984 | 1 | 8 | Lancaster Gordon | Louisville |
| 1984 | 2 | 27 | Michael Cage | San Diego State |
| 1984 | 4 | 75 | Marc Glass | Montana |
| 1984 | 5 | 98 | Alonza Allen | Louisiana Lafayette |
| 1984 | 6 | 121 | Phillip Haynes | Memphis |
| 1984 | 7 | 144 | David Brantley | Oregon |
| 1984 | 8 | 167 | Jim McLoughlin | Temple |
| 1984 | 9 | 189 | Dave Schultz | Westmont (California) |
| 1984 | 10 | 211 | Dick Mumma | Penn State |
| 1983 | 1 | 4 | Byron Scott | Arizona State |
| 1983 | 5 | 97 | Manute Bol | none |
| 1983 | 7 | 142 | Dan Evans | Oregon State |
| 1983 | 8 | 165 | Mark Gannon | Iowa |
| 1983 | 9 | 188 | David Maxwell | Fordham |
| 1983 | 10 | 209 | Keith Smith | San Diego State |
| 1982 | 1 | 2 | Terry Cummings | DePaul |
| 1982 | 2 | 28 | Richard Anderson | UC Santa Barbara |
| 1982 | 3 | 48 | Craig Hodges | Long Beach State |
| 1982 | 4 | 71 | Darius Clemons | Loyola (Illinois) |
| 1982 | 5 | 94 | Gary Carter | Tennessee |
| 1982 | 6 | 117 | Eric Marbury | Georgia |
| 1982 | 7 | 140 | Eddie Hughes | Colorado State |
| 1982 | 8 | 163 | Jacques Tuz | Colorado |
| 1982 | 9 | 186 | John Hedgwood | San Francisco |
| 1982 | 10 | 207 | Daryl Stovall | Creighton |
| 1981 | 1 | 8 | Tom Chambers | Utah |
| 1981 | 3 | 54 | Jim Smith | Ohio State |
| 1981 | 4 | 77 | Lee Raker | Virginia |
| 1981 | 5 | 100 | Dennis Isbell | Memphis |
| 1981 | 6 | 123 | Mike Pepper | North Carolina |
| 1981 | 7 | 146 | Randy Johnson | Southern Colorado |
| 1981 | 8 | 168 | Todd Haynes | Davidson |
| 1981 | 9 | 190 | Art Jones | NC State |
| 1981 | 10 | 210 | Tony Gwynn | San Diego state |
| 1980 | 1 | 9 | Michael Brooks | La Salle |
| 1980 | 4 | 76 | Ed Odom | Oklahoma State |
| 1980 | 5 | 99 | Wally Rank | San Jose State |
| 1980 | 6 | 122 | Londale Theus | Santa Clara |
| 1980 | 7 | 145 | Paul Anderson | USC |
| 1979 | 3 | 55 | Tom Channel | Boston University |
| 1979 | 4 | 77 | Lionel Garrett | Southern |
| 1979 | 5 | 99 | Greg Joyner | MTSU |
| 1979 | 6 | 119 | Bob Bender | Duke |
| 1979 | 7 | 139 | Jene Grey | Le Moyne |
| 1979 | 8 | 158 | Renaldo Lawrence | Appalachian State |
| 1979 | 9 | 176 | Mike Dodd | San Diego State |
| 1979 | 10 | 194 | Greg Hunter | Loyola Marymount |
| Buffalo Braves |||||
| 1978 | 2 | 41 | Jerome Whitehead | Marquette |
| 1978 | 3 | 48 | Mike Santos | Utah State |
| 1978 | 3 | 51 | Ricky Gallon | Louisville |
| 1978 | 3 | 65 | Marvin Delph | Arkansas |
| 1978 | 4 | 68 | Jim Boylan | Marquette |
| 1978 | 4 | 73 | Larry Harris | Pittsburgh |
| 1978 | 4 | 76 | Leroy McDonald | Wake Forest |
| 1978 | 5 | 90 | David Thompson | Florida State |
| 1978 | 6 | 112 | Bob Miscevicious | Providence |
| 1978 | 7 | 133 | Stan Pietkiewicz | Auburn |
| 1978 | 8 | 154 | Felton Young | Jacksonville |
| 1978 | 9 | 172 | Bobby White | Centenary |
| 1977 | 2 | 24 | Larry Johnson | Kentucky |
| 1977 | 4 | 68 | Melvin Watkins | Charlotte |
| 1977 | 5 | 90 | Mike Hanley | Niagara |
| 1977 | 6 | 112 | Curvan Lewis | Virginia Union |
| 1977 | 7 | 133 | Mike Jackson | Tennessee |
| 1977 | 8 | 153 | Emery Sammons | Philadelphia |
| 1976 | 1 | 6 | Adrian Dantley | Notre Dame |
| 1976 | 3 | 48 | Gary Brewster | UTEP |
| 1976 | 6 | 100 | Danny Odums | Fairfield |
| 1976 | 7 | 118 | Frank Jones | Tennessee Tech |
| 1976 | 8 | 136 | Mark McAndrew | Providence |
| 1976 | 9 | 153 | Bob Rozyczko | St. Bonaventure |
| 1976 | 10 | 169 | Tim Stokes | Canisius |
| 1975 | 3 | 52 | George Bucci | Manhattan |
| 1975 | 4 | 70 | Bob Fleischer | Duke |
| 1975 | 5 | 88 | Sam Berry | Armstrong State |
| 1975 | 6 | 106 | Larry Jackson | Charlotte |
| 1975 | 7 | 124 | Mike Franklin | Cincinnati |
| 1975 | 8 | 142 | Allen Jones | Pepperdine |
| 1975 | 9 | 158 | George Rautins | Niagara |
| 1975 | 10 | 172 | Art Allen | Pepperdine |
| 1974 | 1 | 9 | Tom McMillen | Maryland |
| 1974 | 3 | 45 | Kim Hughes | Wisconsin |
| 1974 | 4 | 63 | Bernie Harris | VCU |
| 1974 | 5 | 81 | Tony Byers | Wake Forest |
| 1974 | 6 | 99 | Gary Link | Missouri |
| 1974 | 7 | 117 | Tommy Curtis | UCLA |
| 1974 | 8 | 135 | Glenn Price | St. Bonaventure |
| 1974 | 9 | 153 | John Falconi | Davidson |
| 1974 | 10 | 170 | Andy Rimol | Princeton |
| 1973 | 1 | 3 | Ernie DiGregorio | Providence |
| 1973 | 3 | 38 | Ken Charles | Fordham |
| 1973 | 4 | 54 | Doug Little | Oregon |
| 1973 | 5 | 72 | Randy Noll | Marshall |
| 1973 | 6 | 88 | Mike Macaluso | Canisius |
| 1973 | 7 | 106 | Tim Bassett | Georgia |
| 1973 | 8 | 122 | Carl Jackson | St. Bonaventure |
| 1973 | 9 | 140 | Bob Fullerton | Xavier |
| 1973 | 10 | 153 | Nick Connor | Illinois |
| 1973 | 11 | 168 | Mike Lee | Syracuse |
| 1973 | 12 | 176 | Aaron Convington | Canisius |
| 1973 | 13 | 184 | Bob Vartanian | Buffalo |
| 1973 | 14 | 190 | Ron Gilliam | SUNY Brockport |
| 1973 | 15 | 195 | John Fraley | Georgia |
| 1973 | 16 | 200 | John Green | Oregon |
| 1973 | 17 | 204 | Jim Garvin | Boston University |
| 1973 | 18 | 207 | Don Johnston | North Carolina |
| 1973 | 19 | 209 | Ron Thorsten | UBC (Canada) |
| 1973 | 20 | 211 | Phil Tollestrup | Lethbridge (Canada) |
| 1972 | 1 | 2 | Bob McAdoo | North Carolina |
| 1972 | 2 | 15 | Harold Fox | Jacksonville |
| 1972 | 3 | 32 | Bob Morse | Pennsylvania |
| 1972 | 4 | 49 | George Bryant | Eastern Kentucky |
| 1972 | 5 | 65 | Arnie Berman | Brown |
| 1972 | 6 | 83 | Ed Czernota | Sacred Heart (Connecticut) |
| 1972 | 7 | 99 | Greg Kohls | Syracuse |
| 1972 | 8 | 115 | Andy Denny | South Alabama |
| 1972 | 9 | 131 | John Collins | SUNY Brockport |
| 1972 | 11 | 158 | Jim Prokell | Edinboro (Pennsylvania) |
| 1972 | 12 | 167 | Frank Dewitt | Virginia |
| 1972 | 13 | 176 | Kim Huband | North Carolina |
| 1972 | 14 | 182 | Greg Corson | North Carolina |
| 1972 | 15 | 189 | Paul Hoffman | St. Bonaventure |
| 1972 | 16 | 194 | Norman Bounds | SUNY Brockport |
| 1971 | 1 | 3 | Elmore Smith | Kentucky State |
| 1971 | 2 | 19 | Fred Hilton | Grambling State |
| 1971 | 2 | 26 | Amos Thomas | Southwestern Oklahoma State |
| 1971 | 2 | 30 | Spencer Haywood | Detroit |
| 1971 | 4 | 53 | Jimmy O'Brien | Boston College |
| 1971 | 5 | 70 | Gary Nelson | Duquesne |
| 1971 | 6 | 87 | Glen Summors | Gannon |
| 1971 | 7 | 104 | Randy Smith | Buffalo State |
| 1971 | 8 | 121 | Craig Love | Ohio |
| 1971 | 9 | 138 | Gary Stewart | Canisius |
| 1971 | 10 | 154 | Don Ward | Colgate |
| 1971 | 11 | 170 | Bill Warner | Arizona |
| 1971 | 12 | 184 | Butch Webster | LSU |
| 1971 | 13 | 197 | Pete Smith | Valdosta State |
| 1971 | 14 | 209 | Ray Lavender | Drury |
| 1971 | 15 | 218 | William Chatmon | Baylor |
| 1971 | 16 | 226 | James Douglas | Memphis |
| 1971 | 17 | 230 | Nelson Isley | LSU |
| 1971 | 18 | 233 | Joey Meyer | DePaul |
| 1970 | 1 | 7 | John Hummer | Princeton |
| 1970 | 2 | 24 | Cornell Warner | Jackson State |
| 1970 | 3 | 43 | Chip Case | Virginia |
| 1970 | 4 | 58 | Erwin Polnick | Stephen F. Austin State |
| 1970 | 5 | 77 | Robert Moore | Central State |
| 1970 | 6 | 92 | Doug Hess | Toledo (Ohio) |
| 1970 | 7 | 111 | Cliff Shegogg | Colorado State |
| 1970 | 8 | 126 | Larry Woods | West Virginia |
| 1970 | 9 | 145 | Larry Duckworth | Henderson State |
| 1970 | 10 | 160 | Joe Taylor | Dillard |
| 1970 | 11 | 177 | Dick Walker | Wake Forest |