| Year | Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/High School/Club |
|---|
| 1980 | 1 | 11 | Kiki Vandeweghe |  United States | University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1980 | 2 | 34 | Roosevelt Bouie | United States | Syracuse University |
| 1980 | 3 | 57 | Dave Britton | United States | Texas A&M University |
| 1980 | 4 | 80 | Avery Klask | United States | Weber State University |
| 1980 | 5 | 103 | Darrell Allums | United States | UCLA |
| 1980 | 6 | 126 | Leroy Jackson | United States | Cameron University |
| 1980 | 7 | 149 | Tony Forch | United States | Midwestern State University |
| 1980 | 8 | 169 | Clarence Kea | United States | Lamar University |
| 1980 | 9 | 189 | Ken Williams | United States | University of Houston |
| 1980 | 10 | 206 | Tom Morgan | United States | California State University, Fullerton |
| 1981 | 1 | 1 | Mark Aguirre | United States | DePaul University |
| 1981 | 1 | 9 | Rolando Blackman | United States[a] | Kansas State University |
| 1981 | 2 | 24 | Jay Vincent | United States | Michigan State University |
| 1981 | 2 | 43 | Elston Turner | United States | University of Mississippi |
| 1981 | 3 | 47 | Art Housey | United States | University of Kansas |
| 1981 | 4 | 70 | Eddie Moss | United States | Syracuse University |
| 1981 | 5 | 93 | Pete Budko | United States | University of North Carolina |
| 1981 | 6 | 116 | Karl Bakowski | United States | University of Utah |
| 1981 | 7 | 139 | Danny Davis | United States | UNC Wilmington |
| 1981 | 8 | 162 | David Kennedy | United States | University of Cincinnati |
| 1981 | 9 | 184 | John Hollinden | United States | Indiana State Evansville[b] |
| 1981 | 10 | 204 | Scott Bosanko[c] | United States | Northern State College[d] |
| 1982 | 1 | 4 | Bill Garnett | United States | University of Wyoming |
| 1982 | 3 | 50 | Corny Thompson | United States | University of Connecticut |
| 1982 | 4 | 73 | Rudy Woods | United States | Texas A&M University |
| 1982 | 5 | 96 | Ken Arnold | United States | University of Iowa |
| 1982 | 6 | 119 | Wayne Waggoner | United States | Northwestern State University |
| 1982 | 7 | 142 | Bob Grady | United States | Northwestern University |
| 1982 | 8 | 165 | Keith Peterson | United States | University of Arkansas |
| 1982 | 9 | 188 | Ralph McPherson | United States | University of Texas at Arlington |
| 1982 | 10 | 209 | Albert Culton | United States | University of Texas at Arlington |
| 1983 | 1 | 9 | Dale Ellis | United States | University of Tennessee |
| 1983 | 1 | 11 | Derek Harper | United States | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
| 1983 | 2 | 30 | Mark West | United States | Old Dominion University |
| 1983 | 2 | 33 | Dirk Minniefield | United States | University of Minnesota |
| 1983 | 4 | 79 | Johnny Martin | United States | Northwestern State University |
| 1983 | 5 | 102 | Jim Lampley | United States | University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
| 1983 | 6 | 125 | Billy Allen | United States | University of Nevada, Reno |
| 1983 | 7 | 148 | Terrell Schlundt | United States | Marquette University |
| 1983 | 8 | 171 | Bill Sadler | United States | Pepperdine University |
| 1983 | 9 | 193 | Sherrod Arnold | United States | Chicago State University |
| 1983 | 10 | 214 | Clyde Corley | United States | Florida International University |
| 1984 | 1 | 4 | Sam Perkins | United States | University of North Carolina |
| 1984 | 1 | 15 | Terence Stansbury | United States | Temple University |
| 1984 | 2 | 38 | Charlie Sitton | United States | Northwestern State University |
| 1984 | 2 | 40 | Anthony Teachey | United States | Wake Forest University |
| 1984 | 2 | 41 | Tom Sluby | United States | University of Notre Dame |
| 1984 | 3 | 61 | Jeff Cross | United States | University of Maine |
| 1984 | 4 | 84 | John Horrocks | United States | University of North Texas[e] |
| 1984 | 5 | 107 | Dave Williams | United States | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 1984 | 6 | 130 | LaVerne Evans | United States | Marshall University |
| 1984 | 7 | 153 | George Turner | United States | University of California, Irvine |
| 1984 | 8 | 176 | Leroy Sutton | United States | University of Arkansas |
| 1984 | 9 | 198 | John Tudor | United States | Louisiana State University |
| 1984 | 10 | 220 | Napoleon Johnson | United States | Grambling State University |
| 1985 | 1 | 8 | Detlef Schrempf |  West Germany | University of Washington |
| 1985 | 1 | 16 | Bill Wennington |  Canada | St. John's University (NY) |
| 1985 | 1 | 17 | Uwe Blab | West Germany | Indiana University |
| 1985 | 2 | 40 | Mark Acres | United States | Oral Roberts University |
| 1985 | 3 | 50 | Leonard Allen | United States | San Diego State University |
| 1985 | 3 | 63 | Harold Keeling | United States | Santa Clara University |
| 1985 | 4 | 86 | Bubba Jennings | United States | Texas Tech University |
| 1985 | 5 | 109 | Tommy Davis | United States | University of Minnesota |
| 1985 | 6 | 132 | Carlton Cooper | United States | University of Texas at Austin |
| 1985 | 7 | 155 | Ed Catchings | United States | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| 1986 | 1 | 7 | Roy Tarpley | United States | University of Michigan |
| 1986 | 2 | 25 | Mark Price | United States | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 1986 | 2 | 35 | Milt Wagner | United States | University of Louisville |
| 1986 | 3 | 62 | Anthony Welch | United States | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
| 1986 | 4 | 85 | Myron Jackson | United States | University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
| 1986 | 5 | 108 | Jay Bilas | United States | Duke University |
| 1986 | 6 | 131 | Greg Anderson | United States | Lamar University |
| 1986 | 7 | 154 | Kim Cooksey | United States | Middle Tennessee State University |
| 1987 | 1 | 20 | Jim Farmer | United States | University of Alabama |
| 1987 | 2 | 20 | Steve Alford | United States | Indiana University |
| 1987 | 3 | 66 | Mike Richmond | United States | University of Texas at El Paso |
| 1987 | 4 | 89 | David Johnson | United States | University of Oklahoma |
| 1987 | 5 | 112 | Sam Hill | United States | University of Iowa |
| 1987 | 6 | 135 | Quintan Gates | United States | University of Texas at El Paso |
| 1987 | 7 | 158 | Gerald White | United States | Auburn University |
| 1988 | 2 | 46 | Morlon Wiley | United States | California State University, Long Beach |
| 1988 | 2 | 49 | José Vargas |  Dominican Republic | Louisiana State University |
| 1988 | 3 | 70 | Jerry Johnson | United States | Florida Southern College |
| 1989 | 1 | 8 | Randy White | United States | Louisiana Tech University |
| 1989 | 2 | 35 | Pat Durham | United States | Colorado State University |
| 1989 | 2 | 53 | Jeff Hodge | United States | University of South Alabama |
| 1990 | 2 | 49 | Phil Henderson | United States | Duke University |
| 1991 | 1 | 6 | Doug Smith | United States | University of Missouri |
| 1991 | 2 | 33 | Donald Hodge | United States | Temple University |
| 1991 | 2 | 35 | Mike Iuzzolino | United States
 Italy | Saint Francis University |
| 1992 | 1 | 4 | Jim Jackson | United States | Ohio State University |
| 1992 | 2 | 30 | Sean Rooks | United States | University of Arizona |
| 1993 | 1 | 4 | Jamal Mashburn | United States | University of Kentucky |
| 1993 | 2 | 28 | Lucious Harris | United States | California State University, Long Beach |
| 1993 | 2 | 33 | Eric Riley | United States | University of Michigan |
| 1994 | 1 | 2 | Jason Kidd | United States | University of California |
| 1994 | 1 | 19 | Tony Dumas | United States | University of Missouri–Kansas City |
| 1994 | 2 | 28 | Deon Thomas | United States
 Israel | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
| 1995 | 1 | 12 | Cherokee Parks | United States | Duke University |
| 1995 | 2 | 24 | Loren Meyer | United States | Iowa State University |
| 1996 | 1 | 9 | Samaki Walker | United States | University of Louisville |
| 1996 | 2 | 34 | Shawn Harvey | United States | West Virginia State University |
| 1996 | 2 | 58 | Darnell Robinson | United States | University of Arkansas |
| 1997 | 1 | 15 | Kelvin Cato | United States | Iowa State University |
| 1997 | 2 | 34 | Bubba Wells | United States | Austin Peay State University |
| 1998 | 1 | 6 | Robert Traylor | United States | University of Michigan |
| 1998 | 2 | 30 | Ansu Sesay | United States | University of Mississippi |
| 1998 | 2 | 35 | Bruno Šundov |  Croatia | KK Split (Croatia) |
| 1998 | 2 | 53 | Greg Buckner | United States | Clemson University |
| 1999 | 2 | 36 | Wang Zhizhi |  China | Bayi Rockets (China) |
| 1999 | 2 | 40 | Gordan Giriček | Croatia | KK Cibona (Croatia) |
| 2000 | 1 | 12 | Etan Thomas | United States | Syracuse University |
| 2000 | 2 | 31 | Dan Langhi | United States | Vanderbilt University |
| 2000 | 2 | 58 | Pete Mickeal | United States | University of Cincinnati |
| 2001 | 2 | 43 | Kyle Hill | United States | Eastern Illinois University |
| 2001 | 2 | 53 | Kenny Satterfield | United States | University of Cincinnati |
| 2002 | 2 | 54 | Mladen Šekularac |  Serbia and Montenegro | FMP (Serbia) |
| 2003 | 1 | 29 | Josh Howard | United States | Wake Forest University |
| 2003 | 2 | 57 | Xue Yuyang | China | Hong Kong Flying Dragons (China) |
| 2004 | 2 | 50 | Vassilis Spanoulis |  Greece | Maroussi B.C. (Greece) |
| 2006 | 1 | 28 | Maurice Ager | United States | Michigan State University |
| 2006 | 2 | 58 | J. R. Pinnock | United States
 Panama | George Washington University |
| 2007 | 2 | 34 | Nick Fazekas | United States | University of Nevada, Reno |
| 2007 | 2 | 50 | Renaldas Seibutis |  Lithuania | Olympiacos B.C. (Greece) |
| 2007 | 2 | 60 | Milovan Raković |  Serbia | Mega Basket (Serbia) |
| 2008 | 2 | 51 | Shan Foster | United States | Vanderbilt University |
| 2009 | 1 | 24 | Byron Mullens | United States
 United Kingdom | Ohio State University |
| 2009 | 2 | 56 | Ahmad Nivins | United States | Saint Joseph's University |
| 2010 | 2 | 50 | Solomon Alabi |  Nigeria | Florida State University |
| 2011 | 1 | 26 | Jordan Hamilton | United States | University of Texas at Austin |
| 2011 | 2 | 57 | Tanguy Ngombo[f] |  Congo
 Qatar | Al Rayan SC Basketball Team (Qatar) |
| 2012 | 1 | 17 | Tyler Zeller | United States | University of North Carolina |
| 2012 | 2 | 55 | Darius Johnson-Odom | United States | Marquette University |
| 2013 | 1 | 13 | Kelly Olynyk | Canada | Gonzaga University |
| 2013 | 2 | 44 | Mike Muscala | United States | Bucknell University |
| 2015 | 1 | 21 | Justin Anderson | United States | University of Virginia |
| 2015 | 2 | 52 | Satnam Singh Bhamara |  India | IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida) |
| 2016 | 2 | 46 | A. J. Hammons | United States | Purdue University |
| 2017 | 1 | 9 | Dennis Smith Jr. | United States | NC State University |
| 2018 | 1 | 5 | Trae Young | United States | University of Oklahoma |
| 2018 | 2 | 33 | Jalen Brunson | United States | Villanova University |
| 2018 | 2 | 56 | Shake Milton | United States | Southern Methodist University |
| 2019 | 2 | 45 | Isaiah Roby | United States | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
| 2020 | 1 | 18 | Josh Green |  Australia | University of Arizona |
| 2020 | 2 | 31 | Tyrell Terry | United States | Stanford University |
| 2022 | 1 | 26 | Wendell Moore Jr. | United States | Duke University |
| 2023 | 1 | 10 | Cason Wallace | United States | Kentucky |
| 2024 | 2 | 58 | Ariel Hukporti | Germany | Riesen Ludwigsburg (Germany) |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | Cooper Flagg | United States | Duke University |
