Brooklyn Nets draft history
166 picks since 1977 · 56 first-round picks
Who have the Nets drafted?
The Brooklyn Nets have made 166 draft picks since 1977, 56 of them in the first round. The best of them: Bernard King, 7th overall in 1977, with the Hall of Fame and 5 league awards and 4 All-Stars. Their latest first-round pick is Mikel Brown Jr., 6th overall in 2026. Of the 9 first-round picks from 2017 to 2023, 1 has made an All-Star team.
First-round picksBy roundEvery pick by year
Nets first-round picks
| Draft | Pick | Player | Pos | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | Mikel Brown Jr.Louisville | G | — |
| 2025 | 8 | Egor DëminBYU | G | 52 games |
| 2025 | 19 | Nolan Traore | G | 56 games |
| 2025 | 26 | Ben Saraf | G | 44 games |
| 2025 | 27 | Danny WolfMichigan | F | 57 games |
| 2023 | 21 | Noah ClowneyAlabama | F | 135 games |
| 2023 | 22 | Dariq Whitehead | — | |
| 2021 | 27 | Cam ThomasLSU | G | 257 games |
| 2020 | 19 | Saddiq BeyVillanova | G | 364 games |
| 2019 | 17 | Nickeil Alexander-WalkerVirginia Tech | G | 459 games |
| 2019 | 27 | Mfiondu Kabengele | — | |
| 2018 | 29 | Dzanan Musa | — | |
| 2017 | 22 | Jarrett AllenTexas | C | 624 games, 1 All-Star |
| 2017 | 27 | Kyle KuzmaUtah | F | 610 games |
| 2015 | 29 | Chris McCullough | — | |
| 2013 | 22 | Mason PlumleeDuke | C | 880 games |
| 2011 | 27 | JaJuan JohnsonPurdue | PF | 36 games |
| 2010 | 3 | Derrick FavorsGeorgia Tech | F | 790 games |
| 2010 | 27 | Jordan CrawfordIndiana | G | 281 games |
| 2009 | 11 | Terrence WilliamsLouisville | SG | 153 games |
| 2008 | 10 | Brook LopezStanford | C | 1,180 games, 1 All-Star |
| 2008 | 21 | Ryan AndersonCalifornia | PF | 649 games |
| 2007 | 17 | Sean WilliamsBoston College | PF | 137 games |
| 2006 | 22 | Marcus Williams | — | |
| 2006 | 23 | Josh BooneUConn | C | 256 games |
| 2005 | 15 | Antoine WrightTexas A&M | SF | 297 games |
| 2004 | 22 | Viktor Khryapa | — | |
| 2003 | 22 | Zoran Planinic | PG | 148 games |
| 2002 | 24 | Nenad Krstic | C | 419 games |
| 2001 | 7 | Eddie GriffinSeton Hall | PF | 303 games |
| 2000 | 1 | Kenyon MartinCincinnati | F | 757 games, 1 All-Star |
| 1997 | 7 | Tim ThomasVillanova | PF | 824 games |
| 1997 | 21 | Anthony ParkerBradley | SG | 494 games |
| 1996 | 8 | Kerry KittlesVillanova | SG | 507 games |
| 1995 | 9 | Ed O'BannonUCLA | F | 128 games |
| 1994 | 14 | Yinka DareGeorge Washington | C | 110 games |
| 1993 | 16 | Rex WaltersDe Anza Coll. CA (J.C.) | G | 335 games |
| 1991 | 2 | Kenny AndersonGeorgia Tech | PG | 858 games, 1 All-Star |
| 1990 | 1 | Derrick ColemanSyracuse | PF | 781 games, 1 All-Star |
| 1990 | 22 | Tate GeorgeUConn | G | 177 games |
| 1989 | 12 | Mookie BlaylockOklahoma | G | 889 games, 1 All-Star |
| 1988 | 4 | Chris MorrisAuburn | F | 747 games |
| 1987 | 3 | Dennis Hopson | — | |
| 1986 | 13 | Dwayne Washington | — | |
| 1984 | 17 | Jeff TurnerVanderbilt | F | 612 games |
| 1982 | 13 | Sleepy FloydGeorgetown | G | 957 games, 1 All-Star |
| 1982 | 21 | Eddie Phillips | — | |
| 1981 | 3 | Buck WilliamsMaryland | F | 1,307 games, 3 All-Stars |
| 1981 | 10 | Albert King | — | |
| 1981 | 18 | Ray Tolbert | — | |
| 1980 | 6 | Mike O'Koren | — | |
| 1980 | 7 | Mike GminskiDuke | C | 938 games |
| 1979 | 8 | Calvin Natt | SF | 599 games, 1 All-Star |
| 1979 | 11 | Cliff T. Robinson | — | |
| 1978 | 13 | Winford Boynes | — | |
| 1977 | 7 | Bernard KingHOFTexas A&M | SF | 874 games, 4 All-Stars |
How each round turned out
| Round | Picks | Played a game | Made a All-Star team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 56 | 41 (73%) | 10 (18%) |
| 2nd | 35 | 18 (51%) | 1 (3%) |
| 3rd | 11 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| 4th | 10 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| 5th | 11 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| 6th | 11 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| 7th | 11 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| 8th | 8 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| 9th | 7 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| 10th | 6 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Every Nets pick by year
| Round, pick | Overall | Player | Pos | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-6 | 6 | Mikel Brown Jr. | G | — |
| 2-3 | 33 | Isaiah Evans | F | — |
| 2-13 | 43 | Tyler Bilodeau | F | — |
| 2025 draft · 5 picks | ||||
| 1-8 | 8 | Egor Dëmin | G | 52 games |
| 1-19 | 19 | Nolan Traore | G | 56 games |
| 1-26 | 26 | Ben Saraf | G | 44 games |
| 1-27 | 27 | Danny Wolf | F | 57 games |
| 2-6 | 36 | Adou Thiero | F | 25 games |
| 2023 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-21 | 21 | Noah Clowney | F | 135 games |
| 1-22 | 22 | Dariq Whitehead | — | |
| 2-21 | 51 | Jalen Wilson | F | 176 games |
| 2021 draft · 4 picks | ||||
| 1-27 | 27 | Cam Thomas | G | 257 games |
| 2-14 | 44 | Kessler Edwards | — | |
| 2-19 | 49 | Marcus Zegarowski | — | |
| 2-29 | 59 | RaiQuan Gray | F | 4 games |
| 2020 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-19 | 19 | Saddiq Bey | G | 364 games |
| 2-25 | 55 | Jay Scrubb | — | |
| 2019 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-17 | 17 | Nickeil Alexander-Walker | G | 459 games |
| 1-27 | 27 | Mfiondu Kabengele | — | |
| 2-1 | 31 | Nic Claxton | C | 380 games |
| 2018 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-29 | 29 | Dzanan Musa | — | |
| 2-10 | 40 | Rodions Kurucs | — | |
| 2-15 | 45 | Hamidou Diallo | G | 265 games |
| 2017 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-22 | 22 | Jarrett Allen | C | 624 games, 1 All-Star |
| 1-27 | 27 | Kyle Kuzma | F | 610 games |
| 2-27 | 57 | Sasha Vezenkov | — | |
| 2016 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 2-12 | 42 | Isaiah Whitehead | — | |
| 2015 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-29 | 29 | Chris McCullough | — | |
| 2-11 | 41 | Pat Connaughton | G | 637 games |
| 2013 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 1-22 | 22 | Mason Plumlee | C | 880 games |
| 2012 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 2-27 | 57 | Ilkan Karaman | — | |
| 2011 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-27 | 27 | JaJuan Johnson | PF | 36 games |
| 2-6 | 36 | Jordan Williams | C | 43 games |
| 2010 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-3 | 3 | Derrick Favors | F | 790 games |
| 1-27 | 27 | Jordan Crawford | G | 281 games |
| 2-1 | 31 | Tibor Pleiss | C | 12 games |
| 2009 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 1 pick | ||||
| 1-11 | 11 | Terrence Williams | SG | 153 games |
| 2008 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-10 | 10 | Brook Lopez | C | 1,180 games, 1 All-Star |
| 1-21 | 21 | Ryan Anderson | PF | 649 games |
| 2-10 | 40 | Chris Douglas-Roberts | SG | 222 games |
| 2007 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 1 pick | ||||
| 1-17 | 17 | Sean Williams | PF | 137 games |
| 2006 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-22 | 22 | Marcus Williams | — | |
| 1-23 | 23 | Josh Boone | C | 256 games |
| 2-24 | 54 | Hassan Adams | SF | 73 games |
| 2005 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-15 | 15 | Antoine Wright | SF | 297 games |
| 2-13 | 43 | Mile Ilic | C | 5 games |
| 2004 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-22 | 22 | Viktor Khryapa | — | |
| 2-22 | 51 | Christian Drejer | — | |
| 2003 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-22 | 22 | Zoran Planinic | PG | 148 games |
| 2-22 | 51 | Kyle Korver | G | 1,232 games, 1 All-Star |
| 2002 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-24 | 24 | Nenad Krstic | C | 419 games |
| 2-25 | 53 | Tamar Slay | SG | 66 games |
| 2001 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-7 | 7 | Eddie Griffin | PF | 303 games |
| 2-6 | 34 | Brian Scalabrine | PF | 520 games |
| 2000 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-1 | 1 | Kenyon Martin | F | 757 games, 1 All-Star |
| 2-7 | 36 | Soumaila Samake | C | 47 games |
| 1999 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 1 pick | ||||
| 2-5 | 34 | Evan Eschmeyer | C | 153 games |
| 1997 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-7 | 7 | Tim Thomas | PF | 824 games |
| 1-21 | 21 | Anthony Parker | SG | 494 games |
| 1996 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 1 pick | ||||
| 1-8 | 8 | Kerry Kittles | SG | 507 games |
| 1995 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 1 pick | ||||
| 1-9 | 9 | Ed O'Bannon | F | 128 games |
| 1994 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 1 pick | ||||
| 1-14 | 14 | Yinka Dare | C | 110 games |
| 1993 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-16 | 16 | Rex Walters | G | 335 games |
| 2-9 | 36 | John Best | — | |
| 1992 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 2 picks | ||||
| 2-2 | 29 | P.J. Brown | PF | 1,089 games |
| 2-13 | 40 | Steve Rogers | — | |
| 1991 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-2 | 2 | Kenny Anderson | PG | 858 games, 1 All-Star |
| 2-26 | 53 | Von McDade | — | |
| 1990 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-1 | 1 | Derrick Coleman | PF | 781 games, 1 All-Star |
| 1-22 | 22 | Tate George | G | 177 games |
| 1989 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-12 | 12 | Mookie Blaylock | G | 889 games, 1 All-Star |
| 2-5 | 32 | Stanley Brundy | — | |
| 1988 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-4 | 4 | Chris Morris | F | 747 games |
| 2-7 | 32 | Charles Shackleford | C | 303 games |
| 3-2 | 52 | Derrick Hamilton | — | |
| 1987 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-3 | 3 | Dennis Hopson | — | |
| 3-2 | 48 | Jamie Waller | — | |
| 4-3 | 72 | Andrew Moten | — | |
| 5-2 | 94 | James Blackmon | — | |
| 6-4 | 118 | Perry Bromwell | — | |
| 7-2 | 140 | Frank Booker | — | |
| 1986 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 5 picks | ||||
| 1-13 | 13 | Dwayne Washington | — | |
| 4-11 | 81 | Steve Hale | — | |
| 5-12 | 105 | Archie Johnson | — | |
| 6-11 | 127 | Troy Webster | — | |
| 7-12 | 151 | Jim Dolan | — | |
| 1985 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 6 picks | ||||
| 2-12 | 36 | Yvon Joseph | — | |
| 2-14 | 38 | Fernando Martin | — | |
| 3-15 | 62 | Nigel Miguel | — | |
| 5-15 | 108 | Kelly Blaine | — | |
| 6-14 | 130 | George Almones | — | |
| 7-15 | 154 | Gary McLain | — | |
| 1984 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-17 | 17 | Jeff Turner | F | 612 games |
| 3-16 | 63 | Yommy Sangodeyi | — | |
| 4-15 | 85 | Hank Cornley | — | |
| 5-16 | 109 | Michael Gerren | — | |
| 6-15 | 131 | Oscar Schmidt | — | |
| 7-16 | 155 | Sean Kerins | — | |
| 8-15 | 177 | Chris Winans | — | |
| 9-16 | 200 | Billy Ryan | — | |
| 10-15 | 221 | Phil Jamison | — | |
| 1983 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 9 picks | ||||
| 2-20 | 44 | Horace Owens | — | |
| 3-12 | 59 | Bruce Kuczenski | — | |
| 4-17 | 87 | Barney Mines | — | |
| 5-17 | 110 | Tyren Naulls | — | |
| 6-17 | 133 | Oscar Taylor | — | |
| 7-17 | 156 | Keith Bennett | — | |
| 8-17 | 179 | Joe Myers | — | |
| 9-17 | 201 | Kevin Black | — | |
| 10-16 | 222 | Rich Simkus | — | |
| 1982 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 11 picks | ||||
| 1-13 | 13 | Sleepy Floyd | G | 957 games, 1 All-Star |
| 1-21 | 21 | Eddie Phillips | — | |
| 3-13 | 59 | Jimmy Black | — | |
| 4-11 | 80 | James Griffin | — | |
| 4-13 | 82 | Tony Brown | — | |
| 5-13 | 105 | Chris Giles | — | |
| 6-13 | 128 | Mel Daniel | — | |
| 7-13 | 151 | Tony Anderson | — | |
| 8-13 | 174 | Otis Jackson | — | |
| 9-13 | 197 | Gary Johnson | — | |
| 10-13 | 218 | Sean Tuohy | — | |
| 1981 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 11 picks | ||||
| 1-3 | 3 | Buck Williams | F | 1,307 games, 3 All-Stars |
| 1-10 | 10 | Albert King | — | |
| 1-18 | 18 | Ray Tolbert | — | |
| 3-3 | 49 | David Burns | — | |
| 4-3 | 72 | Edmund Sherod | — | |
| 5-3 | 95 | Joe Cooper | — | |
| 6-3 | 118 | Kevin Lynam | — | |
| 7-3 | 141 | Rod Robertson | — | |
| 8-3 | 164 | Ken Webb | — | |
| 9-3 | 186 | Rudy Williams | — | |
| 10-3 | 206 | Vic Sison | — | |
| 1980 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-6 | 6 | Mike O'Koren | — | |
| 1-7 | 7 | Mike Gminski | C | 938 games |
| 3-6 | 52 | Lowes Moore | — | |
| 4-6 | 75 | Rory Sparrow | — | |
| 5-6 | 98 | Aaron Curry | — | |
| 6-6 | 121 | Rick Mattick | — | |
| 7-6 | 144 | Larry Spicer | — | |
| 8-5 | 165 | Lloyd Terry | — | |
| 9-6 | 185 | Barry Young | — | |
| 1979 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-8 | 8 | Calvin Natt | SF | 599 games, 1 All-Star |
| 1-11 | 11 | Cliff T. Robinson | — | |
| 3-7 | 51 | John Gerdy | — | |
| 5-7 | 95 | Jim Abromaitis | — | |
| 6-7 | 115 | Tony Smith | — | |
| 7-7 | 135 | Jim Strickland | — | |
| 8-7 | 154 | Henry Hollingsworth | — | |
| 9-7 | 173 | Ricky Free | — | |
| 10-7 | 191 | Eric Fleisher | — | |
| 1978 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 10 picks | ||||
| 1-13 | 13 | Winford Boynes | — | |
| 3-1 | 45 | Mike Phillips | — | |
| 3-18 | 62 | Dave Batton | — | |
| 4-18 | 84 | Walter Jordan | — | |
| 5-1 | 89 | Cecile Rose | — | |
| 6-1 | 111 | Golie Augustus | — | |
| 7-1 | 132 | Doug Jemison | — | |
| 8-1 | 153 | Bruce Campbell | — | |
| 9-1 | 171 | Frank Sowinski | — | |
| 10-1 | 187 | Michael Vicens | — | |
| 1977 draft · as the New Jersey Nets · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-7 | 7 | Bernard KingHOF | SF | 874 games, 4 All-Stars |
| 4-1 | 67 | Bob Elmore | — | |
| 5-1 | 89 | Gerald Cunningham | — | |
| 6-1 | 111 | Mark Crow | — | |
| 7-1 | 132 | Scott Conant | — | |
| 8-1 | 152 | Ralph Drollinger | — | |
Games are the player's career, for any club; All-Star selections and the Hall of Fame as the league records them.