# Miami Heat draft history

The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The Heat first participated in the NBA draft on June 28, 1988, about five months before their inaugural NBA season. In 1989, the NBA agreed with the National Basketball Players' Association to limit drafts to two rounds, an arrangement that has remained the same up the present time. Before each draft, an NBA draft lottery determines the first round selection order for the teams that missed the playoffs during the prior season. Teams can also trade their picks, which means that in some drafts teams may have more or less than two draft picks, although they must have at least one first-round pick every other year.

## Key

| Abbreviation | Meaning | Abbreviation | Meaning |
| Nat | Nationality | Pos | Position |
| SG | Shooting guard | F | Forward |
| SF | Small forward | PF | Power forward |
| C | Center |
| 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 |
| 1988 | 1 | 9 | Rony Seikaly | LIB | C | Syracuse |
| 1988 | 1 | 20 | Kevin Edwards (from Dallas) | USA | SG | DePaul |
| 1988 | 2 | 33 | Grant Long | USA | F | Eastern Michigan |
| 1988 | 2 | 35 | Sylvester Gray (from New York via Chicago, Seattle, and Boston) | USA | SF | Memphis |
| 1988 | 2 | 40 | Orlando Graham (from Seattle) | USA | PF | Auburn–Montgomery |
| 1988 | 3 | 59 | Nate Johnston | USA | PF | Tampa |
| 1989 | 1 | 4 | Glen Rice | USA | SF | Michigan |
| 1989 | 2 | 28 | Sherman Douglas | USA | PG | Syracuse |
| 1989 | 2 | 45 | Scott Haffner (from Seattle via Milwaukee) | USA | PG | Evansville |
| 1990 | 1 | 9 | Willie Burton (from Washington, via Dallas and Denver) | USA | PG | Minnesota |
| 1990 | 1 | 15 | Dave Jamerson (from Denver, traded to Houston) | USA | SG | Ohio |
| 1990 | 2 | 30 | Carl Herrera (traded to Houston) | TRI | SF | Houston |
| 1991 | 1 | 5 | Steve Smith | USA | SG | Michigan State |
| 1991 | 2 | 29 | George Ackles | USA | C | UNLV |
| 1992 | 1 | 12 | Harold Miner | USA | SG | USC |
| 1992 | 2 | 37 | Isaiah Morris (traded to Detroit) | USA | PF | Arkansas |
| 1992 | 2 | 42 | Matt Geiger (from L.A. Lakers) | USA | C | Georgia Tech |
| 1993 | 2 | 35 | Ed Stokes (traded to Washington) | USA | C | Arizona |
| 1994 | 1 | 12 | Khalid Reeves | USA | G | Arizona |
| 1994 | 2 | 40 | Jeff Webster (traded to Washington) | USA | F | Oklahoma |
| 1995 | 1 | 10 | Kurt Thomas | USA | F | TCU |
| 1995 | 2 | 42 | George Banks | USA | F | UTEP |
| 1997 | 1 | 26 | Charles Smith | USA | G | New Mexico |
| 1997 | 2 | 31 | Mark Sanford | USA | F | Washington |
| 1998 | 2 | 51 | Corey Brewer | USA | G | Oklahoma |
| 1999 | 1 | 25 | Tim James | USA | F | Miami (FL) |
| 1999 | 2 | 53 | Rodney Buford | USA | G | Creighton |
| 2000 | 2 | 37 | Eddie House (from Cleveland via Denver) | USA | G | Arizona State |
| 2000 | 2 | 52 | Ernest Brown | USA | C | Indian Hills Community College |
| 2001 | 2 | 49 | Ken Johnson | USA | C | Ohio State |
| 2002 | 1 | 10 | Caron Butler | USA | SF | Connecticut |
| 2002 | 2 | 53 | Rasual Butler (from Detroit via Toronto and Houston) | USA | SF | La Salle |
| 2003 | 1 | 5 | Dwyane Wade | USA | G | Marquette |
| 2003 | 2 | 33 | Jerome Beasley | USA | F | North Dakota |
| 2004 | 1 | 19 | Dorell Wright | USA | SF | Leuzinger (H.S.) |
| 2004 | 2 | 47 | Pape Sow (traded to Toronto) | SEN | PF | Cal State Fullerton |
| 2004 | 2 | 53 | Matt Freije (from Dallas) | LIB | SF | Vanderbilt |
| 2005 | 1 | 29 | Wayne Simien | USA | PF | Kansas |
| 2007 | 1 | 20 | Jason Smith (traded to Philadelphia) | USA | PF | Colorado State |
| 2007 | 2 | 39 | Stanko Barać (from Sacramento via Utah and Orlando, traded to Indiana) | CRO | C | HKK Široki (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | Michael Beasley | USA | PF | Kansas State |
| 2008 | 2 | 52 | Darnell Jackson (from Orlando, traded to Cleveland) | USA | PF | Kansas |
| 2009 | 2 | 43 | Marcus Thornton (from Indiana, traded to New Orleans) | USA | SG | LSU |
| 2009 | 2 | 60 | Robert Dozier | USA | PF | Memphis |
| 2010 | 2 | 32 | Dexter Pittman (from Minnesota via Oklahoma City) | USA | C | Texas |
| 2010 | 2 | 41 | Jarvis Varnado (from New Orleans) | USA | PF | Mississippi State |
| 2010 | 2 | 42 | Da'Sean Butler (from Toronto) | USA | SF | West Virginia |
| 2010 | 2 | 48 | Latavious Williams (traded to Oklahoma City) | USA | F | Tulsa 66ers (D-League) |
| 2011 | 2 | 31 | Bojan Bogdanović (from Minnesota, traded to New Jersey via Minnesota) | CRO | SF/SG | Cibona Zagreb (Croatia) |
| 2012 | 1 | 27 | Arnett Moultrie (traded to Philadelphia) | USA | PF | Mississippi St. |
| 2014 | 1 | 26 | P. J. Hairston (traded to Charlotte) | USA | G | North Carolina |
| 2014 | 2 | 55 | Semaj Christon (traded to Oklahoma City via Charlotte) | USA | PG | Xavier |
| 2015 | 1 | 10 | Justise Winslow | USA | SF | Duke |
| 2015 | 2 | 40 | Josh Richardson | USA | SG | Tennessee |
| 2017 | 1 | 14 | Bam Adebayo | USA | PF/C | Kentucky |
| 2019 | 2 | 44 | Bol Bol (traded to Denver) | SUD | C | Oregon |
| 2019 | 1 | 13 | Tyler Herro | USA | SG | Kentucky |
| 2019 | 2 | 32 | KZ Okpala (from Phoenix) | USA | F | Stanford |
| 2020 | 1 | 20 | Precious Achiuwa | NGA | F | Memphis |
| 2022 | 1 | 27 | Nikola Jović | SRB | F | Mega Mozzart (Serbia) |
| 2023 | 1 | 18 | Jaime Jaquez Jr. | MEX | F | UCLA |
| 2024 | 1 | 15 | Kel'el Ware | USA | F | Indiana |