Dallas Mavericks draft history
152 picks since 1980 · 40 first-round picks
Who have the Mavericks drafted?
The Dallas Mavericks have made 152 draft picks since 1980, 40 of them in the first round. The best of them: Jason Kidd, 2nd overall in 1994, with the Hall of Fame and 15 league awards and 10 All-Stars. Their latest first-round pick is Morez Johnson Jr., 9th overall in 2026. Of the 5 first-round picks from 2017 to 2023, 1 has made an All-Star team.
First-round picksBy roundEvery pick by year
Mavericks first-round picks
| Draft | Pick | Player | Pos | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | Morez Johnson Jr.Michigan | F | — |
| 2026 | 30 | Koa PeatArizona | F | — |
| 2025 | 1 | Cooper FlaggDuke | F | 70 games |
| 2023 | 10 | Cason WallaceKentucky | G | 227 games |
| 2022 | 26 | Wendell Moore Jr.Duke | F | 96 games |
| 2020 | 18 | Josh GreenArizona | G | 349 games |
| 2018 | 5 | Trae YoungOklahoma | G | 498 games, 4 All-Stars |
| 2017 | 9 | Dennis Smith Jr.NC State | PG | 326 games |
| 2015 | 21 | Justin Anderson | — | |
| 2013 | 13 | Kelly OlynykGonzaga | F | 842 games |
| 2012 | 17 | Tyler ZellerNorth Carolina | C | 414 games |
| 2011 | 26 | Jordan HamiltonTexas | SG | 151 games |
| 2009 | 24 | Byron MullensOhio State | C | 189 games |
| 2006 | 28 | Maurice AgerMichigan State | SF | 82 games |
| 2003 | 29 | Josh HowardWake Forest | SF | 507 games, 1 All-Star |
| 2000 | 12 | Etan ThomasSyracuse | C | 409 games |
| 1998 | 6 | Robert TraylorMichigan | PF | 438 games |
| 1997 | 15 | Kelvin CatoIowa State | C | 541 games |
| 1996 | 9 | Samaki WalkerLouisville | PF | 445 games |
| 1995 | 12 | Cherokee ParksDuke | PF | 472 games |
| 1995 | 24 | Loren MeyerIowa State | C | 140 games |
| 1994 | 2 | Jason KiddHOFCalifornia | G | 1,391 games, 10 All-Stars |
| 1994 | 19 | Tony DumasKansas City | G | 156 games |
| 1993 | 4 | Jamal MashburnKentucky | SF | 611 games, 1 All-Star |
| 1992 | 4 | Jim JacksonOhio State | SF | 885 games |
| 1991 | 6 | Doug SmithMissouri | F | 296 games |
| 1989 | 8 | Randy WhiteLouisiana Tech | F | 281 games |
| 1987 | 20 | Jim FarmerAlabama | G | 136 games |
| 1986 | 7 | Roy TarpleyMichigan | C | 280 games |
| 1985 | 8 | Detlef SchrempfWashington | F | 1,136 games, 3 All-Stars |
| 1985 | 16 | Bill WenningtonSt. John's | C | 720 games |
| 1985 | 17 | Uwe Blab | — | |
| 1984 | 4 | Sam PerkinsNorth Carolina | C | 1,286 games |
| 1984 | 15 | Terence Stansbury | — | |
| 1983 | 9 | Dale EllisTennessee | G | 1,209 games, 1 All-Star |
| 1983 | 11 | Derek HarperIllinois | G | 1,199 games |
| 1982 | 4 | Bill Garnett | — | |
| 1981 | 1 | Mark AguirreDePaul | F | 923 games, 3 All-Stars |
| 1981 | 9 | Rolando BlackmanKansas State | G | 980 games, 4 All-Stars |
| 1980 | 11 | Kiki Vandeweghe | — |
How each round turned out
| Round | Picks | Played a game | Made a All-Star team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 40 | 33 (83%) | 8 (20%) |
| 2nd | 56 | 21 (38%) | 2 (4%) |
| 3rd | 9 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| 4th | 8 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| 5th | 8 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| 6th | 8 | 1 (13%) | 0 (0%) |
| 7th | 8 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| 8th | 5 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| 9th | 5 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| 10th | 5 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Every Mavericks pick by year
| Round, pick | Overall | Player | Pos | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-9 | 9 | Morez Johnson Jr. | F | — |
| 1-30 | 30 | Koa Peat | F | — |
| 2-18 | 48 | Tobi Lawal | F | — |
| 2025 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 1-1 | 1 | Cooper Flagg | F | 70 games |
| 2024 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 2-28 | 58 | Ariel Hukporti | C | 79 games |
| 2023 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 1-10 | 10 | Cason Wallace | G | 227 games |
| 2022 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 1-26 | 26 | Wendell Moore Jr. | F | 96 games |
| 2020 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-18 | 18 | Josh Green | G | 349 games |
| 2-1 | 31 | Tyrell Terry | — | |
| 2019 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 2-7 | 37 | Deividas Sirvydis | — | |
| 2018 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-5 | 5 | Trae Young | G | 498 games, 4 All-Stars |
| 2-3 | 33 | Jalen Brunson | G | 561 games, 3 All-Stars |
| 2-24 | 54 | Shake Milton | — | |
| 2017 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 1-9 | 9 | Dennis Smith Jr. | PG | 326 games |
| 2016 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 2-16 | 46 | AJ Hammons | — | |
| 2015 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-21 | 21 | Justin Anderson | — | |
| 2-22 | 52 | Satnam Singh | — | |
| 2013 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-13 | 13 | Kelly Olynyk | F | 842 games |
| 2-14 | 44 | Mike Muscala | — | |
| 2012 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-17 | 17 | Tyler Zeller | C | 414 games |
| 2-25 | 55 | Darius Johnson-Odom | G | 7 games |
| 2011 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-26 | 26 | Jordan Hamilton | SG | 151 games |
| 2-27 | 57 | Tanguy Ngombo | — | |
| 2010 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 2-20 | 50 | Solomon Alabi | C | 26 games |
| 2009 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-24 | 24 | Byron Mullens | C | 189 games |
| 2-26 | 56 | Ahmad Nivins | — | |
| 2008 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 2-21 | 51 | Shan Foster | — | |
| 2007 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 2-4 | 34 | Nick Fazekas | PF | 26 games |
| 2-20 | 50 | Renaldas Seibutis | — | |
| 2-30 | 60 | Milovan Rakovic | — | |
| 2006 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-28 | 28 | Maurice Ager | SF | 82 games |
| 2-28 | 58 | JR Pinnock | — | |
| 2004 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 2-21 | 50 | Vassilis Spanoulis | — | |
| 2003 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-29 | 29 | Josh Howard | SF | 507 games, 1 All-Star |
| 2-28 | 57 | Xue Yuyang | — | |
| 2002 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 2-26 | 54 | Mladen Sekularac | — | |
| 2001 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 2-15 | 43 | Kyle Hill | — | |
| 2-25 | 53 | Kenny Satterfield | G | 75 games |
| 2000 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-12 | 12 | Etan Thomas | C | 409 games |
| 2-2 | 31 | Dan Langhi | PF | 133 games |
| 2-29 | 58 | Pete Mickeal | — | |
| 1999 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 2-7 | 36 | Wang Zhi-zhi | — | |
| 2-11 | 40 | Gordan Giricek | SG | 384 games |
| 1998 draft · 4 picks | ||||
| 1-6 | 6 | Robert Traylor | PF | 438 games |
| 2-1 | 30 | Ansu Sesay | SF | 127 games |
| 2-6 | 35 | Bruno Sundov | C | 102 games |
| 2-24 | 53 | Greg Buckner | SG | 570 games |
| 1997 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-15 | 15 | Kelvin Cato | C | 541 games |
| 2-6 | 34 | Bubba Wells | F | 39 games |
| 1996 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-9 | 9 | Samaki Walker | PF | 445 games |
| 2-5 | 34 | Shawn Harvey | — | |
| 2-29 | 58 | Darnell Robinson | — | |
| 1995 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-12 | 12 | Cherokee Parks | PF | 472 games |
| 1-24 | 24 | Loren Meyer | C | 140 games |
| 1994 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-2 | 2 | Jason KiddHOF | G | 1,391 games, 10 All-Stars |
| 1-19 | 19 | Tony Dumas | G | 156 games |
| 2-1 | 28 | Deon Thomas | — | |
| 1993 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-4 | 4 | Jamal Mashburn | SF | 611 games, 1 All-Star |
| 2-1 | 28 | Lucious Harris | SG | 800 games |
| 2-6 | 33 | Eric Riley | C | 186 games |
| 1992 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-4 | 4 | Jim Jackson | SF | 885 games |
| 2-3 | 30 | Sean Rooks | C | 749 games |
| 1991 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-6 | 6 | Doug Smith | F | 296 games |
| 2-6 | 33 | Donald Hodge | C | 249 games |
| 2-8 | 35 | Mike Iuzzolino | — | |
| 1990 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 2-22 | 49 | Phil Henderson | — | |
| 1989 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-8 | 8 | Randy White | F | 281 games |
| 2-8 | 35 | Pat Durham | F | 64 games |
| 2-26 | 53 | Jeff Hodge | — | |
| 1988 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 2-21 | 46 | Morlon Wiley | G | 295 games |
| 2-24 | 49 | Jose Vargas | — | |
| 3-20 | 70 | Jerry Johnson | — | |
| 1987 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-20 | 20 | Jim Farmer | G | 136 games |
| 2-3 | 26 | Steve Alford | — | |
| 3-20 | 66 | Mike Richmond | — | |
| 4-20 | 89 | David Johnson | — | |
| 5-20 | 112 | Sam Hill | — | |
| 6-21 | 135 | Quintan Gates | — | |
| 7-20 | 158 | Gerald White | — | |
| 1986 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-7 | 7 | Roy Tarpley | C | 280 games |
| 2-1 | 25 | Mark Price | G | 722 games, 4 All-Stars |
| 2-11 | 35 | Milt Wagner | — | |
| 3-15 | 62 | Anthony Welch | — | |
| 4-15 | 85 | Myron Jackson | — | |
| 5-15 | 108 | Jay Bilas | — | |
| 6-15 | 131 | Greg Anderson | C | 680 games |
| 7-15 | 154 | Kim Cooksey | — | |
| 1985 draft · 10 picks | ||||
| 1-8 | 8 | Detlef Schrempf | F | 1,136 games, 3 All-Stars |
| 1-16 | 16 | Bill Wennington | C | 720 games |
| 1-17 | 17 | Uwe Blab | — | |
| 2-16 | 40 | Mark Acres | — | |
| 3-3 | 50 | Leonard Allen | — | |
| 3-16 | 63 | Harold Keeling | — | |
| 4-16 | 86 | Bubba Jennings | — | |
| 5-16 | 109 | Tommy Davis | — | |
| 6-16 | 132 | Carlton Cooper | — | |
| 7-16 | 155 | Ed Catchings | — | |
| 1984 draft · 13 picks | ||||
| 1-4 | 4 | Sam Perkins | C | 1,286 games |
| 1-15 | 15 | Terence Stansbury | — | |
| 2-14 | 38 | Charlie Sitton | — | |
| 2-16 | 40 | Anthony Teachey | — | |
| 2-17 | 41 | Tom Sluby | — | |
| 3-14 | 61 | Jeff Cross | — | |
| 4-14 | 84 | John Horrocks | — | |
| 5-14 | 107 | Dave Williams | — | |
| 6-14 | 130 | LaVerne Evans | — | |
| 7-14 | 153 | George Turner | — | |
| 8-14 | 176 | Leroy Sutton | — | |
| 9-14 | 198 | John Tudor | — | |
| 10-14 | 220 | Napoleon Johnson | — | |
| 1983 draft · 11 picks | ||||
| 1-9 | 9 | Dale Ellis | G | 1,209 games, 1 All-Star |
| 1-11 | 11 | Derek Harper | G | 1,199 games |
| 2-6 | 30 | Mark West | C | 1,090 games |
| 2-9 | 33 | Dirk Minniefield | — | |
| 4-9 | 79 | Johnny Martin | — | |
| 5-9 | 102 | Jim Lampley | — | |
| 6-9 | 125 | Billy Allen | — | |
| 7-9 | 148 | Terrell Schlundt | — | |
| 8-9 | 171 | Bill Sadler | — | |
| 9-9 | 193 | Sherrod Arnold | — | |
| 10-8 | 214 | Clyde Corley | — | |
| 1982 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-4 | 4 | Bill Garnett | — | |
| 3-4 | 50 | Corny Thompson | — | |
| 4-4 | 73 | Rudy Woods | — | |
| 5-4 | 96 | Ken Arnold | — | |
| 6-4 | 119 | Wayne Waggoner | — | |
| 7-4 | 142 | Bob Grady | — | |
| 8-4 | 165 | Keith Peterson | — | |
| 9-4 | 188 | Ralph McPherson | — | |
| 10-4 | 209 | Albert Culton | — | |
| 1981 draft · 12 picks | ||||
| 1-1 | 1 | Mark Aguirre | F | 923 games, 3 All-Stars |
| 1-9 | 9 | Rolando Blackman | G | 980 games, 4 All-Stars |
| 2-1 | 24 | Jay Vincent | SF | 576 games |
| 2-20 | 43 | Elston Turner | — | |
| 3-1 | 47 | Art Housey | — | |
| 4-1 | 70 | Eddie Moss | — | |
| 5-1 | 93 | Pete Budko | — | |
| 6-1 | 116 | Karl Bakowski | — | |
| 7-1 | 139 | Danny Davis | — | |
| 8-1 | 162 | David Kennedy | — | |
| 9-1 | 184 | John Hollinden | — | |
| 10-1 | 204 | Scott Bosanko | — | |
| 1980 draft · 10 picks | ||||
| 1-11 | 11 | Kiki Vandeweghe | — | |
| 2-11 | 34 | Roosevelt Bouie | — | |
| 3-11 | 57 | David Britton | — | |
| 4-11 | 80 | David Johnson | — | |
| 5-11 | 103 | Darrell Allums | — | |
| 6-11 | 126 | Leroy Jackson | — | |
| 7-11 | 149 | Tony Forch | — | |
| 8-9 | 169 | Clarence Kea | — | |
| 9-10 | 189 | Ken Williams | — | |
| 10-7 | 206 | Tom Morgan | — | |
Games are the player's career, for any club; All-Star selections and the Hall of Fame as the league records them.