Eleven of Bennett's players at Virginia and Washington State have been drafted into the NBA. Three of them have become widely known for their shooting prowess. Malcolm Brogdon is a member of the NBA's exclusive 50–40–90 club for extreme shooters, and Klay Thompson is one of the Splash Brothers of the three-time NBA champion Golden State Warriors. Brooklyn Net Joe Harris led the NBA in three-point shooting between 2017 and 2021, making 44% which was the highest among NBA players with more than 1,000 three-point attempts during that multiyear span; Harris also led the league in 2018–19 and 2020–21, and won the Three-Point Contest over Stephen Curry at the 2019 NBA All-Star Game. Both of Bennett's players who won NABC Defensive Player of the Year (Brogdon and De'Andre Hunter) have gone on to become NBA starters.