Denver Nuggets draft history
162 picks since 1977 · 48 first-round picks
Who have the Nuggets drafted?
The Denver Nuggets have made 162 draft picks since 1977, 48 of them in the first round. The best of them: Dikembe Mutombo, 4th overall in 1991, with the Hall of Fame and 14 league awards and 8 All-Stars. Their latest first-round pick is Tarris Reed Jr., 26th 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
Nuggets first-round picks
| Draft | Pick | Player | Pos | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | Tarris Reed Jr.UConn | C | — |
| 2024 | 28 | Ryan DunnVirginia | F | 144 games |
| 2022 | 21 | Christian BraunKansas | G | 281 games |
| 2021 | 26 | Bones HylandVCU | G | 257 games |
| 2020 | 22 | Zeke NnajiArizona | F | 303 games |
| 2018 | 14 | Michael Porter Jr.Missouri | F | 397 games |
| 2017 | 13 | Donovan MitchellLouisville | G | 609 games, 7 All-Stars |
| 2016 | 7 | Jamal MurrayKentucky | G | 611 games, 1 All-Star |
| 2016 | 15 | Juancho Hernangomez | — | |
| 2016 | 19 | Malik BeasleyFlorida State | SG | 578 games |
| 2015 | 7 | Emmanuel Mudiay | G | 302 games |
| 2014 | 11 | Doug McDermottCreighton | F | 726 games |
| 2013 | 27 | Rudy Gobert | C | 905 games, 3 All-Stars |
| 2012 | 20 | Evan Fournier | SG | 704 games |
| 2011 | 22 | Kenneth FariedMorehead State | F | 478 games |
| 2005 | 20 | Julius HodgeNC State | SG | 23 games |
| 2005 | 22 | Jarrett JackGeorgia Tech | G | 867 games |
| 2004 | 20 | Jameer NelsonSaint Joseph's | G | 878 games, 1 All-Star |
| 2003 | 3 | Carmelo AnthonyHOFSyracuse | PF | 1,260 games, 10 All-Stars |
| 2002 | 5 | Nikoloz Tskitishvili | SF | 172 games |
| 2002 | 25 | Frank WilliamsIllinois | PG | 86 games |
| 2000 | 26 | Mamadou N'diayeAuburn | C | 69 games |
| 1999 | 18 | James PoseyXavier | SF | 864 games |
| 1998 | 3 | Raef LaFrentzKansas | C | 563 games |
| 1998 | 23 | Tyronn LueNebraska | PG | 554 games |
| 1997 | 5 | Tony BattieTexas Tech | C | 837 games |
| 1996 | 23 | Efthimios Rentzias | C | 35 games |
| 1995 | 15 | Brent BarryOregon State | SG | 912 games |
| 1994 | 13 | Jalen RoseMichigan | SG | 923 games |
| 1993 | 9 | Rodney RogersWake Forest | SF | 866 games |
| 1992 | 5 | LaPhonso EllisNotre Dame | F | 624 games |
| 1992 | 13 | Bryant StithVirginia | G | 586 games |
| 1991 | 4 | Dikembe MutomboHOFGeorgetown | C | 1,196 games, 8 All-Stars |
| 1991 | 8 | Mark MaconTemple | G | 251 games |
| 1990 | 3 | Mahmoud Abdul-RaufLSU | G | 586 games |
| 1989 | 15 | Todd LichtiStanford | G | 237 games |
| 1988 | 23 | Jerome Lane | — | |
| 1986 | 16 | Mo Martin | — | |
| 1986 | 18 | Mark Alarie | — | |
| 1985 | 15 | Blair RasmussenOregon | C | 532 games |
| 1983 | 15 | Howard Carter | — | |
| 1982 | 19 | Rob Williams | — | |
| 1980 | 5 | Jamesearl Ray | — | |
| 1980 | 23 | Carl Nicks | — | |
| 1978 | 17 | Rod Griffin | — | |
| 1978 | 21 | Mike Evans | — | |
| 1977 | 9 | Tom LaGarde | — | |
| 1977 | 21 | Anthony Roberts | — |
How each round turned out
| Round | Picks | Played a game | Made a All-Star team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 48 | 35 (73%) | 6 (13%) |
| 2nd | 43 | 17 (40%) | 1 (2%) |
| 3rd | 10 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| 4th | 7 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| 5th | 11 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| 6th | 11 | 1 (9%) | 0 (0%) |
| 7th | 12 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| 8th | 7 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| 9th | 7 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| 10th | 6 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Every Nuggets pick by year
| Round, pick | Overall | Player | Pos | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-26 | 26 | Tarris Reed Jr. | C | — |
| 2-19 | 49 | Bryce Hopkins | F | — |
| 2024 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 1-28 | 28 | Ryan Dunn | F | 144 games |
| 2023 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 2-10 | 40 | Maxwell Lewis | — | |
| 2022 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 1-21 | 21 | Christian Braun | G | 281 games |
| 2021 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 1-26 | 26 | Bones Hyland | G | 257 games |
| 2020 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 1-22 | 22 | Zeke Nnaji | F | 303 games |
| 2018 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-14 | 14 | Michael Porter Jr. | F | 397 games |
| 2-13 | 43 | Justin Jackson | — | |
| 2-28 | 58 | Thomas Welsh | — | |
| 2017 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-13 | 13 | Donovan Mitchell | G | 609 games, 7 All-Stars |
| 2-19 | 49 | Vlatko Cancar | — | |
| 2-21 | 51 | Monte Morris | PG | 426 games |
| 2016 draft · 5 picks | ||||
| 1-7 | 7 | Jamal Murray | G | 611 games, 1 All-Star |
| 1-15 | 15 | Juancho Hernangomez | — | |
| 1-19 | 19 | Malik Beasley | SG | 578 games |
| 2-23 | 53 | Petr Cornelie | — | |
| 2-26 | 56 | Daniel Hamilton | — | |
| 2015 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-7 | 7 | Emmanuel Mudiay | G | 302 games |
| 2-27 | 57 | Nikola Radicevic | — | |
| 2014 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-11 | 11 | Doug McDermott | F | 726 games |
| 2-11 | 41 | Nikola Jokić | C | 810 games, 8 All-Stars |
| 2-26 | 56 | Devyn Marble | — | |
| 2013 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 1-27 | 27 | Rudy Gobert | C | 905 games, 3 All-Stars |
| 2012 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-20 | 20 | Evan Fournier | SG | 704 games |
| 2-8 | 38 | Quincy Miller | F | 69 games |
| 2-20 | 50 | Izzet Turkyilmaz | — | |
| 2011 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 1-22 | 22 | Kenneth Faried | F | 478 games |
| 2009 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 2-4 | 34 | Sergio Llull | — | |
| 2006 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 2-19 | 49 | Leon Powe | PF | 239 games |
| 2005 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-20 | 20 | Julius Hodge | SG | 23 games |
| 1-22 | 22 | Jarrett Jack | G | 867 games |
| 2-22 | 52 | Axel Hervelle | — | |
| 2004 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 1-20 | 20 | Jameer Nelson | G | 878 games, 1 All-Star |
| 2003 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-3 | 3 | Carmelo AnthonyHOF | PF | 1,260 games, 10 All-Stars |
| 2-17 | 46 | Sani Becirovic | — | |
| 2002 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-5 | 5 | Nikoloz Tskitishvili | SF | 172 games |
| 1-25 | 25 | Frank Williams | PG | 86 games |
| 2-4 | 32 | Vincent Yarbrough | G | 59 games |
| 2001 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 2-18 | 46 | Ousmane Cisse | — | |
| 2000 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-26 | 26 | Mamadou N'diaye | C | 69 games |
| 2-24 | 53 | Dan McClintock | C | 6 games |
| 1999 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-18 | 18 | James Posey | SF | 864 games |
| 2-4 | 33 | Chris Herren | G | 70 games |
| 2-12 | 41 | Francisco Elson | C | 472 games |
| 1998 draft · 4 picks | ||||
| 1-3 | 3 | Raef LaFrentz | C | 563 games |
| 1-23 | 23 | Tyronn Lue | PG | 554 games |
| 2-25 | 54 | Tremaine Fowlkes | PF | 103 games |
| 2-26 | 55 | Ryan Bowen | SF | 507 games |
| 1997 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-5 | 5 | Tony Battie | C | 837 games |
| 2-4 | 32 | James Cotton | G | 19 games |
| 2-13 | 41 | Jason Lawson | C | 17 games |
| 1996 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-23 | 23 | Efthimios Rentzias | C | 35 games |
| 2-8 | 37 | Jeff McInnis | PG | 576 games |
| 1995 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-15 | 15 | Brent Barry | SG | 912 games |
| 2-15 | 44 | Anthony Pelle | — | |
| 1994 draft · 1 pick | ||||
| 1-13 | 13 | Jalen Rose | SG | 923 games |
| 1993 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-9 | 9 | Rodney Rogers | SF | 866 games |
| 2-16 | 43 | Josh Grant | F | 53 games |
| 1992 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-5 | 5 | LaPhonso Ellis | F | 624 games |
| 1-13 | 13 | Bryant Stith | G | 586 games |
| 2-19 | 46 | Robert Werdann | C | 47 games |
| 1991 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-4 | 4 | Dikembe MutomboHOF | C | 1,196 games, 8 All-Stars |
| 1-8 | 8 | Mark Macon | G | 251 games |
| 1990 draft · 2 picks | ||||
| 1-3 | 3 | Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf | G | 586 games |
| 2-15 | 42 | Marcus Liberty | F | 267 games |
| 1989 draft · 3 picks | ||||
| 1-15 | 15 | Todd Lichti | G | 237 games |
| 2-15 | 42 | Michael Cutright | — | |
| 2-20 | 47 | Reggie Turner | — | |
| 1988 draft · 4 picks | ||||
| 1-23 | 23 | Jerome Lane | — | |
| 2-18 | 43 | Todd Mitchell | — | |
| 2-22 | 47 | Vernon Maxwell | G | 855 games |
| 3-16 | 66 | Dwight Boyd | — | |
| 1987 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 2-8 | 31 | Andre Moore | — | |
| 3-8 | 54 | Tom Schafer | — | |
| 4-8 | 77 | David Boone | — | |
| 5-8 | 100 | Ronnie Grandison | — | |
| 6-9 | 123 | Kelvin Scarborough | — | |
| 7-8 | 146 | Rowan Gomes | — | |
| 7-18 | 156 | Curtis Hunter | — | |
| 1986 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-16 | 16 | Mo Martin | — | |
| 1-18 | 18 | Mark Alarie | — | |
| 2-17 | 41 | Otis Smith | — | |
| 3-17 | 64 | Don Redden | — | |
| 4-17 | 87 | Anthony Watson | — | |
| 5-17 | 110 | Jon Collins | — | |
| 6-17 | 133 | Anthony Frederick | — | |
| 7-17 | 156 | Mike Marshall | — | |
| 1985 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-15 | 15 | Blair Rasmussen | C | 532 games |
| 2-19 | 43 | Barry Stevens | — | |
| 4-19 | 89 | Pete Williams | — | |
| 5-19 | 112 | Kenny Brown | — | |
| 6-19 | 135 | Joe Carrabino | — | |
| 7-19 | 158 | Eddie Smith | — | |
| 1984 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 2-18 | 42 | Willie White | — | |
| 4-9 | 79 | Karl Tilleman | — | |
| 5-10 | 103 | Prince Bridges | — | |
| 6-9 | 125 | Willie Burton | G | 316 games |
| 7-10 | 149 | Mark Simpson | — | |
| 8-9 | 171 | Bill Wendlandt | — | |
| 9-10 | 194 | Cecil Exum | — | |
| 10-9 | 215 | Dexter Bailey | — | |
| 1983 draft · 10 picks | ||||
| 1-15 | 15 | Howard Carter | — | |
| 2-13 | 37 | David Russell | — | |
| 3-14 | 61 | David Little | — | |
| 4-13 | 83 | York Gross | — | |
| 5-14 | 107 | James Braddock | — | |
| 6-13 | 129 | Glenn Green | — | |
| 7-14 | 153 | Maurice McDaniel | — | |
| 8-13 | 175 | Cliff Tribus | — | |
| 9-14 | 198 | Bobby Van Noy | — | |
| 10-12 | 218 | Cleveland McCrae | — | |
| 1982 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-19 | 19 | Rob Williams | — | |
| 3-16 | 62 | Roylin Bond | — | |
| 4-15 | 84 | Alford Turner | — | |
| 5-17 | 109 | Bill Duffy | — | |
| 6-16 | 131 | Chris Brust | — | |
| 7-15 | 153 | Jeb Barlow | — | |
| 8-17 | 178 | Donny Speer | — | |
| 9-16 | 200 | Dean Sears | — | |
| 10-15 | 220 | Mike Phillips | — | |
| 1981 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 2-11 | 34 | Ken Green | — | |
| 5-9 | 101 | Willie Sims | — | |
| 6-9 | 124 | Alonzo Weatherley | — | |
| 7-9 | 147 | Greg Manning | — | |
| 8-8 | 169 | Curtis Redding | — | |
| 9-8 | 191 | Andrew Burton | — | |
| 10-8 | 211 | Derrick Rowland | — | |
| 1980 draft · 12 picks | ||||
| 1-5 | 5 | Jamesearl Ray | — | |
| 1-23 | 23 | Carl Nicks | — | |
| 2-18 | 41 | Jawann Oldham | — | |
| 3-1 | 47 | Kurt Nimphius | — | |
| 3-2 | 48 | Eddie Lee | — | |
| 3-5 | 51 | Ron Valentine | — | |
| 4-4 | 73 | Sammie Ellis | — | |
| 5-5 | 97 | James Patrick | — | |
| 6-4 | 119 | Ernie Hill | — | |
| 7-5 | 143 | Tommy Springer | — | |
| 9-5 | 184 | Jim Graziano | — | |
| 10-3 | 202 | Earl Sango | — | |
| 1979 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 2-8 | 30 | Gary Garland | — | |
| 5-14 | 102 | Larry Williams | — | |
| 6-14 | 122 | Odell Ball | — | |
| 7-16 | 144 | John Johnson | — | |
| 8-15 | 162 | Matt Teahan | — | |
| 9-13 | 179 | Emmett Lewis | — | |
| 1978 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-17 | 17 | Rod Griffin | — | |
| 1-21 | 21 | Mike Evans | — | |
| 3-2 | 46 | Hollis Copeland | — | |
| 5-18 | 106 | Michael Edwards | — | |
| 6-17 | 127 | Robert Heard | — | |
| 7-17 | 148 | Jack Gilloon | — | |
| 8-14 | 166 | Larry Vaculik | — | |
| 9-13 | 183 | Tom Schneeburger | — | |
| 10-12 | 198 | Phil Taylor | — | |
| 1977 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-9 | 9 | Tom LaGarde | — | |
| 1-21 | 21 | Anthony Roberts | — | |
| 3-21 | 65 | Robert Smith | — | |
| 5-21 | 109 | John Billups | — | |
| 6-20 | 130 | Jim Town | — | |
| 7-19 | 150 | Willie High | — | |
| 8-21 | 169 | Len Saunders | — | |
Games are the player's career, for any club; All-Star selections and the Hall of Fame as the league records them.