# Brooklyn Nets draft history

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## Key

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

## Selections

| Year | Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | Position | College/High School/Club |
| 2023 | 1 | 21 | Noah Clowney | United States | PF | Alabama |
| 2023 | 1 | 22 | Dariq Whitehead | United States | SF | Duke |
| 2023 | 2 | 51 | Jalen Wilson | United States | SF | Kansas |
| 2021 | 1 | 27 | Cameron Thomas | United States | SG | Louisiana State University |
| 2021 | 2 | 44 | Kessler Edwards | United States | SF | Pepperdine University |
| 2021 | 2 | 49 | Marcus Zegarowski | United States | PG | Creighton University |
| 2021 | 2 | 59 | RaiQuan Gray | United States | PF | Florida State University |
| 2020 | 1 | 19 | Saddiq Bey | United States | SF | Villanova University |
| 2020 | 2 | 55 | Jay Scrubb | United States | SG | John A. Logan College |
| 2019 | 1 | 17 | Nickeil Alexander-Walker | Canada | SG | Virginia Tech |
| 2019 | 1 | 29 | Mfiondu Kabengele | Canada | PF | Florida State University |
| 2019 | 2 | 31 | Nic Claxton | United States Virgin Islands | PF | University of Georgia |
| 2018 | 1 | 29 | Džanan Musa | Bosnia and Herzegovina | SF | Cedevita (Croatia) |
| 2018 | 2 | 40 | Rodions Kurucs | Latvia | SF | FC Barcelona (Spain) |
| 2018 | 2 | 45 | Hamidou Diallo | United States | SG | University of Kentucky |
| 2017 | 1 | 22 | Jarrett Allen | United States | C | University of Texas |
| 2017 | 1 | 27 | Kyle Kuzma | United States | PF | University of Utah |
| 2017 | 2 | 57 | Sasha Vezenkov | Bulgaria | PF | FC Barcelona (Spain) |
| 2016 | 2 | 55 | Marcus Paige | United States | PG | University of North Carolina |
| 2015 | 1 | 29 | Chris McCullough | United States | PF | Syracuse University |
| 2015 | 2 | 41 | Pat Connaughton | United States | SF | University of Notre Dame |
| 2013 | 1 | 22 | Mason Plumlee | United States | PF/C | Duke University |
| 2012 | 2 | 57 | İlkan Karaman | Turkey | PF | Karşıyaka (Turkey) |
| 2011 | 1 | 27 | JaJuan Johnson | United States | PF | Purdue University |
| 2011 | 2 | 36 | Jordan Williams | United States | PF/C | University of Maryland |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 | Derrick Favors | United States | PF/C | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2010 | 1 | 27 | Jordan Crawford | United States | SG/PG | Xavier University |
| 2010 | 2 | 31 | Tibor Pleiß | Germany | C | Brose Baskets |
| 2009 | 1 | 11 | Terrence Williams | United States | SF/SG | University of Louisville |
| 2008 | 1 | 10 | Brook Lopez | United States | C | Stanford University |
| 2008 | 1 | 21 | Ryan Anderson | United States | PF/SF | University of California |
| 2008 | 2 | 40 | Chris Douglas-Roberts | United States | SG/SF | University of Memphis |
| 2007 | 1 | 17 | Sean Williams | United States | PF/C | Boston College |
| 2006 | 1 | 22 | Marcus Williams | United States | PG/SG | University of Connecticut |
| 2006 | 1 | 23 | Josh Boone | United States | C/PF | University of Connecticut |
| 2006 | 2 | 24 | Hassan Adams | United States | SG/SF | University of Arizona |
| 2005 | 1 | 15 | Antoine Wright | United States | SG/SF | Texas A&M University |
| 2005 | 2 | 13 | Mile Ilić | Serbia | C | FMP Zeleznik |
| 2004 | 1 | 22 | Viktor Khryapa | Russia | PF/SF | PBC CSKA Moscow |
| 2004 | 2 | 22 | Christian Drejer | Denmark | SF | University of Florida |
| 2003 | 1 | 22 | Zoran Planinić | Croatia | PG/SG/SF | Cibona Zagreb |
| 2003 | 2 | 22 | Kyle Korver | United States | SG/SF | Creighton University |
| 2002 | 1 | 24 | Nenad Krstić | Serbia | C | KK Partizan |
| 2002 | 2 | 25 | Tamar Slay | United States | SG/SF/PF | Marshall University |
| 2001 | 1 | 7 | Eddie Griffin | United States | PF/C | Seton Hall University |
| 2001 | 2 | 34 | Brian Scalabrine | United States | PF/SF | University of Southern California |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | Kenyon Martin | United States | PF | University of Cincinnati |
| 2000 | 2 | 36 | Soumaila Samake | Mali | C | Cincinnati Stuff (IBL) |
| 1999 | 2 | 34 | Evan Eschmeyer | United States | C | Northwestern University |
| 1997 | 1 | 7 | Tim Thomas | United States | PF | Villanova University |
| 1997 | 1 | 21 | Anthony Parker | United States | SG | Bradley University |
| 1996 | 1 | 8 | Kerry Kittles | United States | SG | Villanova University |
| 1995 | 1 | 9 | Ed O'Bannon | United States | PF | University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1994 | 1 | 14 | Yinka Dare | Nigeria | C | George Washington University |
| 1993 | 1 | 16 | Rex Walters | | | University of Kansas |
| 1993 | 2 | 36 | John Best | | | Tennessee Technological University |
| 1992 | 2 | 29 | P. J. Brown | | | Louisiana Tech University |
| 1992 | 2 | 40 | Steve Rogers | | | Alabama State University |
| 1991 | 1 | 2 | Kenny Anderson | | | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 1991 | 2 | 53 | Von McDade | | | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |
| 1990 | 1 | 1 | Derrick Coleman | | | Syracuse University |
| 1990 | 1 | 22 | Tate George | | | University of Connecticut |
| 1989 | 1 | 12 | Mookie Blaylock | | | University of Oklahoma |
| 1989 | 2 | 32 | Stanley Brundy | | | DePaul University |
| 1988 | 1 | 4 | Chris Morris | | | Auburn University |
| 1988 | 2 | 32 | Charles Shackleford | | | North Carolina State University |
| 1988 | 3 | 52 | Derrick Hamilton | | | University of Southern Mississippi |
| 1987 | 1 | 3 | Dennis Hopson | | | Ohio State University |
| 1987 | 3 | 48 | Jamie Waller | | | Virginia Union University |
| 1987 | 4 | 72 | Andrew Moten | | | University of Florida |
| 1987 | 5 | 94 | James Blackmon | | | University of Kentucky |
| 1987 | 6 | 118 | Perry Bromwell | | | University of Pennsylvania |
| 1987 | 7 | 140 | Frank Booker | | | Bowling Green State University |
| 1986 | 1 | 13 | Dwayne Washington | | | Syracuse University |
| 1986 | 4 | 81 | Steve Hale | | | University of North Carolina |
| 1986 | 5 | 105 | Archie Johnson | | | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| 1986 | 6 | 127 | Troy Webster | | | George Washington University |
| 1986 | 7 | 151 | Jim Dolan | | | University of Notre Dame |
| 1985 | 2 | 36 | Yvon Joseph | Haiti | C | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 1985 | 2 | 38 | Fernando Martín Espina | | | Real Madrid Baloncesto (Spain) |
| 1985 | 3 | 62 | Nigel Miguel | | | University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1985 | 5 | 108 | Kelly Blaine | | | University of South Alabama |
| 1985 | 6 | 130 | George Almones | | | University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| 1985 | 7 | 154 | Gary McLain | | | Villanova University |
| 1984 | 1 | 17 | Jeff Turner | | | Vanderbilt University |
| 1984 | 3 | 63 | Yommy Sangodeyi | | | Sam Houston State University |
| 1984 | 4 | 85 | Hank Cornley | | | Illinois State University |
| 1984 | 5 | 109 | Michael Gerren | | | University of South Alabama |
| 1984 | 6 | 131 | Oscar Schmidt | | | JuveCaserta Basket (Italy) |
| 1984 | 7 | 155 | Sean Kerins | | | Syracuse University |
| 1984 | 8 | 177 | Chris Winans | | | University of Utah |
| 1984 | 9 | 200 | Billy Ryan | | | Princeton University |
| 1984 | 10 | 221 | Phil Jamison | | | Saint Peter's College (New Jersey) |
| 1983 | 2 | 44 | Horace Owens | | | University of Rhode Island |
| 1983 | 3 | 59 | Bruce Kuczenski | | | University of Connecticut |
| 1983 | 4 | 87 | Barney Mines | | | Bradley University |
| 1983 | 5 | 110 | Tyren Naulls | | | Texas A&M University |
| 1983 | 6 | 133 | Oscar Taylor | | | University of New Orleans |
| 1983 | 7 | 156 | Keith Bennett | | | Sacred Heart University |
| 1983 | 8 | 179 | Joe Myers | | | Duquesne University |
| 1983 | 9 | 201 | Kevin Black | | | Rutgers University |
| 1983 | 10 | 222 | Rich Simkus | | | Princeton University |
| 1982 | 1 | 13 | Sleepy Floyd | | | Georgetown University |
| 1982 | 1 | 21 | Eddie Phillips | | | University of Alabama |
| 1982 | 3 | 59 | Jimmy Black | | | University of North Carolina |
| 1982 | 4 | 80 | James Griffin | | | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1982 | 4 | 82 | Tony Brown | | | University of Arkansas |
| 1982 | 5 | 105 | Chris Giles | | | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| 1982 | 6 | 128 | Mel Daniel | | | Furman University |
| 1982 | 7 | 151 | Tony Anderson | | | University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1982 | 8 | 174 | Otis Jackson | | | University of Memphis |
| 1982 | 9 | 197 | Gary Johnson | | | Oral Roberts University |
| 1982 | 10 | 218 | Sean Tuohy | | | University of Mississippi |
| 1981 | 1 | 3 | Buck Williams | | | University of Maryland, College Park |
| 1981 | 1 | 10 | Albert King | | | University of Maryland, College Park |
| 1981 | 1 | 18 | Ray Tolbert | | | Indiana University |
| 1981 | 3 | 49 | David Burns | | | Saint Louis University |
| 1981 | 4 | 72 | Edmund Sherod | | | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| 1981 | 5 | 95 | Joe Cooper | | | University of Colorado |
| 1981 | 6 | 118 | Kevin Lynam | | | La Salle University |
| 1981 | 7 | 141 | Rod Robertson | | | Northwestern University |
| 1981 | 8 | 164 | Ken Webb | | | Fairleigh Dickinson University |
| 1981 | 9 | 186 | Rudy Williams | | | Providence College |
| 1981 | 10 | 206 | Vic Sison | | | University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1980 | 1 | 6 | Mike O'Koren | | | University of North Carolina |
| 1980 | 1 | 7 | Mike Gminski | | | Duke University |
| 1980 | 3 | 52 | Lowes Moore | | | West Virginia University |
| 1980 | 4 | 75 | Rory Sparrow | | | Villanova University |
| 1980 | 5 | 98 | Aaron Curry | | | University of Oklahoma |
| 1980 | 6 | 121 | Rick Mattick | | | Louisiana State University |
| 1980 | 7 | 144 | Larry Spicer | | | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| 1980 | 8 | 165 | Lloyd Terry | | | University of New Orleans |
| 1980 | 9 | 185 | Barry Young | | | Colorado State University |
| 1979 | 1 | 8 | Calvin Natt | | | University of Louisiana at Monroe |
| 1979 | 1 | 11 | Clifford T. Robinson | | | University of Southern California |
| 1979 | 3 | 51 | John Gerdy | | | Davidson College |
| 1979 | 5 | 95 | Joe Abramaitis | | | University of Connecticut |
| 1979 | 6 | 115 | Tony Smith | | | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| 1979 | 7 | 135 | Jim Strickland | | | University of South Carolina |
| 1979 | 8 | 154 | Henry Hollingsworth | | | Hofstra University |
| 1979 | 9 | 173 | Ricky Free | | | Columbia University |
| 1979 | 10 | 191 | Eric Fleisher | | | Tulane University |
| 1978 | 1 | 13 | Winford Boynes | | | University of San Francisco |
| 1978 | 3 | 45 | Mike Phillips | | | University of Kentucky |
| 1978 | 3 | 62 | Dave Batton | | | University of Notre Dame |
| 1978 | 4 | 84 | Walter Jordan | | | Purdue University |
| 1978 | 5 | 89 | Cecile Rose | | | University of Houston |
| 1978 | 6 | 111 | Golie Augustus | | | University of South Carolina |
| 1978 | 7 | 132 | Doug Jemison | | | University of San Francisco |
| 1978 | 8 | 153 | Bruce Campbell | | | Providence College |
| 1978 | 9 | 171 | Frank Sowinski | | | Princeton University |
| 1978 | 10 | 187 | Michael Vicens | | | College of the Holy Cross |
| 1977 | 1 | 7 | Bernard King | United States | | University of Tennessee |
| 1977 | 4 | 67 | Bob Elmore | | | Wichita State University |
| 1977 | 5 | 89 | Gerald Cunningham | | | Kentucky State University |
| 1977 | 6 | 111 | Mark Crow | United States | | Duke University |
| 1977 | 7 | 132 | Scott Conant | | | Newberry College |
| 1977 | 8 | 152 | Ralph Drollinger | United States | | University of California, Los Angeles |