The men'scollege basketball program of theUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) was founded in 1920 and is known competitively as theUCLA Bruins. The Bruins have won 11 NCAA Division I championships, including 10 under coachJohn Wooden, which gives them the most of any school.[1] Many former players advanced to play professionally in theNational Basketball Association (NBA).[2][3][4][5] During the2010–2011 NBA season, UCLA had 14 active players in the NBA, more than any other program.[1] As of the2025–26 season[update], 106 former UCLA players haveplayed in the NBA.[a]
Following are former Bruins who have played at least one game in the NBA.
| Player | Former UCLA player who played in the NBA[a] |
| UCLA | Years played at UCLA |
| NBA | Years played in the NBA[b] |
| Year | Year selected in theNBA draft.U if the player wasundrafted |
| Rnd | Round selected in the draft.Territorial picks noted by "T" |
| Pick | Overall position selected in the draft |
| Min | Minutes per game average in NBA career[b] |
| Pts | Points per game average in NBA career[b] |
| Reb | Rebounds per game average in NBA career[b] |
| Ast | Assists per game average in NBA career[b] |
| ASG | The number of times the player had been selected to play in theNBA All-Star Game[c] as of 2024[update] |
| ^ | Denotes player who was still active in the NBA during the2025–26 season[update] |
| * | Elected to theNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player |
| * | Elected to theNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor |
| † | Transferred from UCLA to another school |












| Player | Career | NBA draft | NBA statistics | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA | NBA | Year | Rnd | Pick | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | ASG | ||
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* (formerly Lew Alcindor)[d] | 1966–1969 | 1969–1989 | 1969 | 1 | 1 | 36.8 | 24.6 | 11.2 | 3.6 | 19 | [7] |
| Jordan Adams | 2012–2014 | 2014–2016 | 2014 | 1 | 22 | 8.2 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0 | [8] |
| Arron Afflalo | 2004–2007 | 2007–2018 | 2007 | 1 | 27 | 27.3 | 10.8 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 0 | [9] |
| Lucius Allen | 1966–1968 | 1969–1979 | 1969 | 1 | 3 | 28.7 | 13.4 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 0 | [10] |
| Darrell Allums | 1976–1980 | 1980–1981 | 1980 | 5 | 103 | 12.5 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0 | [11] |
| Kyle Anderson^ | 2012–2014 | 2014–present | 2014 | 1 | 30 | 21.5 | 6.8 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 0 | [12] |
| Ike Anigbogu | 2016–2017 | 2017–2019 | 2017 | 2 | 47 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0 | [13] |
| Trevor Ariza | 2003–2004 | 2004–2022 | 2004 | 2 | 43 | 29.5 | 10.4 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 0 | [14] |
| Amari Bailey | 2022–2023 | 2023–2024 | 2023 | 2 | 41 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0 | [15] |
| Toby Bailey | 1994–1998 | 1998–2000 | 1998 | 2 | 45 | 9.6 | 3.3. | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0 | [16] |
| Lonzo Ball^ | 2016–2017 | 2017–present | 2017 | 1 | 2 | 31.2 | 11.4 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 0 | [17] |
| Don Barksdale* | 1946–1947 | 1951–1955 | U | — | — | 28.5 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 2.1 | 1 | [18] |
| Matt Barnes | 1998–2002 | 2003–2017 | 2002 | 2 | 45 | 23.6 | 8.2 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 0 | [19] |
| Jules Bernard | 2018–2022 | 2023–2024 | U | — | — | 7.8 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0 | [20] |
| Henry Bibby | 1969–1972 | 1972–1981 | 1972 | 4 | 58 | 22.9 | 8.6 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 0 | [21] |
| Jonah Bolden | 2015–2016 | 2018–2020 | 2017 | 2 | 36 | 13.5 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0 | [22] |
| Adem Bona^ | 2022–2024 | 2024–present | 2024 | 2 | 41 | 15.6 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0 | [23] |
| Cedric Bozeman | 2001–2006 | 2006–2007 | U | — | — | 8.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0 | [24] |
| Moses Brown^ | 2018–2019 | 2019–present | U | — | — | 11.7 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 0.2 | 0 | [25] |
| Mitchell Butler | 1989–1993 | 1993–2004 | U | — | — | 15.1 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0 | [26] |
| Jaylen Clark^ | 2020–2023 | 2023–present | 2023 | 2 | 53 | 13.1 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0 | [27] |
| Darren Collison | 2005–2009 | 2009–2022 | 2009 | 1 | 21 | 29.3 | 12.5 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 0 | [28] |
| Baron Davis | 1996–1999 | 1999–2012 | 1999 | 1 | 3 | 34.2 | 16.1 | 3.8 | 7.2 | 2 | [29] |
| Darren Daye | 1979–1983 | 1983–1988 | 1983 | 3 | 57 | 15.9 | 6.8 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 0 | [30] |
| Larry Drew II | 2010–2013 | 2015–2018 | U | — | — | 13.1 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 0 | [31] |
| Ralph Drollinger | 1972–1976 | 1980–1981 | 1978 | 5 | 105 | 11.2 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 0 | [32] |
| Mark Eaton | 1980–1982 | 1982–1993 | 1982 | 4 | 72 | 28.8 | 6.0 | 7.9 | 1.0 | 1 | [33] |
| Tyus Edney | 1991–1995 | 1995–2001 | 1995 | 2 | 47 | 21.0 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 0 | [34] |
| Keith Erickson | 1962–1965 | 1965–1977 | 1965 | 3 | 18 | 24.6 | 9.5 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 0 | [35] |
| Jordan Farmar | 2004–2006 | 2006–2016 | 2006 | 1 | 26 | 19.5 | 7.7 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 0 | [36] |
| Kenny Fields | 1980–1984 | 1984–1988 | 1984 | 1 | 21 | 14.6 | 6.2 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0 | [37] |
| Greg Foster | 1985–1988† | 1990–2003 | 1990 | 2 | 35 | 12.2 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0 | [38] |
| Rod Foster | 1979–1983 | 1983–1986 | 1983 | 2 | 28 | 16.6 | 7.5 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 0 | [39] |
| Dan Gadzuric | 1998–2002 | 2002–2012 | 2002 | 2 | 33 | 14.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 0 | [40] |
| Corey Gaines | 1983–1986† | 1988–1995 | 1988 | 3 | 65 | 12.5 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 0 | [41] |
| Gail Goodrich* | 1962–1965 | 1965–1979 | 1965 | T | — | 32.5 | 18.6 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 5 | [42] |
| Drew Gordon | 2008–2010† | 2014 | U | — | — | 7.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0 | [43] |
| Stuart Gray | 1981–1984 | 1984–1991 | 1984 | 2 | 29 | 9.0 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0 | [44] |
| David Greenwood | 1975–1979 | 1979–1991 | 1979 | 1 | 2 | 28.4 | 10.2 | 7.9 | 2.0 | 0 | [45] |
| Jack Haley | 1984–1987 | 1988–1998 | 1987 | 4 | 79 | 9.6 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0 | [46] |
| Roy Hamilton | 1975–1979 | 1979–1981 | 1979 | 1 | 10 | 15.4 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 0 | [47] |
| Walt Hazzard | 1961–1964 | 1964–1974 | 1964 | T | — | 26.5 | 12.6 | 3.0 | 4.9 | 1 | [48] |
| J. R. Henderson | 1994–1998 | 1998–1999 | 1998 | 2 | 56 | 11.0 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0 | [49] |
| Aaron Holiday^ | 2015–2018 | 2018–present | 2018 | 1 | 23 | 16.4 | 6.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0 | [50] |
| Jrue Holiday^ | 2007–2009 | 2009–present | 2009 | 1 | 17 | 32.9 | 15.8 | 4.2 | 6.2 | 2 | [51] |
| Brad Holland | 1975–1979 | 1979–1982 | 1979 | 1 | 14 | 7.4 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0 | [52] |
| Ryan Hollins | 2002–2006 | 2006–2016 | 2006 | 2 | 50 | 11.8 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0 | [53] |
| Michael Holton | 1979–1983 | 1984–1990 | 1983 | 3 | 53 | 18.0 | 6.2 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 0 | [54] |
| Tyler Honeycutt | 2009–2011 | 2011–2013 | 2011 | 2 | 35 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0 | [55] |
| Ralph Jackson | 1980–1984 | 1984–1985 | 1984 | 4 | 71 | 12.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0 | [56] |
| Jaime Jaquez Jr.^ | 2019–2023 | 2023–present | 2023 | 1 | 18 | 24.7 | 10.3 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 0 | [57] |
| Marques Johnson | 1973–1977 | 1977–1990 | 1977 | 1 | 3 | 34.3 | 20.1 | 7.0 | 3.6 | 5 | [58] |
| Johnny Juzang^ | 2020–2022 | 2022–present | U | — | — | 18.4 | 7.9 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0 | [59] |
| Jason Kapono | 1999–2003 | 2003–2012 | 2003 | 2 | 31 | 17.8 | 6.7 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0 | [60] |
| Edgar Lacy | 1964–1966 | 1968–1969 | 1968 | 4 | 43 | 13.2 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 0 | [61] |
| Zach LaVine^ | 2013–2014 | 2014–present | 2014 | 1 | 13 | 32.8 | 20.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 2 | [62] |
| T. J. Leaf | 2016–2017 | 2017–2021 | 2017 | 1 | 18 | 8.5 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0 | [63] |
| Greg Lee | 1971–1974 | 1974–1976 | 1974 | 7 | 115 | 9.8 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 0 | [64] |
| Malcolm Lee | 2008–2011 | 2011–2014 | 2011 | 2 | 43 | 14.8 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0 | [65] |
| Kevon Looney^ | 2014–2015 | 2015–present | 2015 | 1 | 30 | 17.2 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 1.6 | 0 | [66] |
| Kevin Love^ | 2007–2008 | 2008–present | 2008 | 1 | 5 | 28.9 | 16.2 | 10.0 | 2.3 | 5 | [67] |
| Mike Lynn | 1964–1968 | 1969–1971 | 1968 | 4 | 39 | 8.7 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0 | [68] |
| Don MacLean | 1988–1992 | 1992–2001 | 1992 | 1 | 19 | 20.9 | 10.9 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 0 | [69] |
| Gerald Madkins | 1987–1992 | 1993–1998 | U | — | — | 8.8 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0 | [70] |
| Darrick Martin | 1988–1992 | 1994–2008 | U | — | — | 17.8 | 6.9 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 0 | [71] |
| Luc Richard Mbah a Moute | 2005–2008 | 2008–2020 | 2008 | 2 | 37 | 23.3 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0 | [72] |
| Andre McCarter | 1973–1976 | 1976–1981 | 1976 | 3 | 89 | 11.5 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0 | [73] |
| Jelani McCoy | 1995–1998 | 1998–2008 | 1998 | 2 | 33 | 14.7 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0 | [74] |
| Dave Meyers | 1972–1975 | 1975–1980 | 1975 | 1 | 2 | 26.6 | 11.2 | 6.3 | 2.3 | 0 | [75] |
| Reggie Miller* | 1983–1987 | 1987–2005 | 1987 | 1 | 11 | 34.3 | 18.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 5 | [76] |
| Dave Minor | 1946–1948 | 1951–1953 | U | — | — | 27.3 | 7.6 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 0 | [77] |
| Jérôme Moïso | 1998–2000 | 2000–2005 | 2000 | 1 | 11 | 9.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0 | [78] |
| Shabazz Muhammad | 2012–2013 | 2013–2018 | 2013 | 1 | 14 | 17.2 | 9.0 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0 | [79] |
| Tracy Murray | 1989–1992 | 1992–2004 | 1992 | 1 | 18 | 18.4 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0 | [80] |
| Swen Nater | 1971–1973 | 1973–1984 | 1973 | 1 | 16 | 28.7 | 12.4 | 11.6 | 1.7 | 2 | [81] |
| Willie Naulls | 1953–1956 | 1956–1966 | 1956 | — | — | 28.8 | 15.8 | 9.1 | 1.6 | 4 | [82] |
| Charles O'Bannon | 1993–1997 | 1997–1999 | 1997 | 2 | 31 | 8.3 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0 | [83] |
| Ed O'Bannon | 1991–1995 | 1995–1997 | 1995 | 1 | 9 | 16.1 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0 | [84] |
| Keith Owens | 1987–1991 | 1991–1992 | U | — | — | 4.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0 | [85] |
| Steve Patterson | 1968–1971 | 1971–1976 | 1971 | 2 | 18 | 15.9 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 0 | [86] |
| Richard Petruška | 1992–1993 | 1993–1994 | 1993 | 2 | 46 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0 | [87] |
| Norman Powell^ | 2011–2015 | 2015–present | 2015 | 2 | 46 | 24.2 | 13.2 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 0 | [88] |
| Jerome "Pooh" Richardson | 1985–1989 | 1989–1999 | 1989 | 1 | 10 | 30.4 | 11.1 | 2.8 | 6.5 | 0 | [89] |
| Curtis Rowe | 1968–1971 | 1971–1979 | 1971 | 1 | 11 | 31.0 | 11.6 | 7.2 | 1.6 | 1 | [90] |
| Mike Sanders | 1978–1982 | 1982–1993 | 1982 | 4 | 74 | 19.1 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0 | [91] |
| Alan Sawyer | 1945–1950 | 1950–1951 | 1950 | 3 | — | — | 6.6 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 0 | [92] |
| Lynn Shackelford | 1966–1969 | 1969–1970 | 1969 | 7 | 91 | 8.3 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0 | [93] |
| Dijon Thompson | 2001–2005 | 2005–2007 | 2005 | 2 | 54 | 5.8 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0 | [94] |
| Raymond Townsend | 1974–1978 | 1978–1982 | 1978 | 1 | 22 | 13.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0 | [95] |
| John Vallely | 1967–1970 | 1970–1972 | 1970 | 1 | 14 | 8.0 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0 | [96] |
| Kiki Vandeweghe | 1976–1980 | 1980–1993 | 1980 | 1 | 11 | 30.3 | 19.7 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 2 | [97] |
| Brett Vroman | 1974–1977† | 1980–1981 | 1978 | 4 | 87 | 8.5 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0 | [98] |
| Bill Walton* | 1971–1974 | 1974–1987 | 1974 | 1 | 1 | 28.3 | 13.3 | 10.5 | 3.4 | 2 | [99] |
| Richard Washington | 1973–1976 | 1976–1982 | 1976 | 1 | 3 | 22.4 | 9.8 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 0 | [100] |
| Earl Watson | 1997–2001 | 2001–2014 | 2001 | 2 | 39 | 22.2 | 6.4 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 0 | [101] |
| Peyton Watson^ | 2021–2022 | 2022–present | 2022 | 1 | 30 | 19.5 | 6.8 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0 | [102] |
| David Wear | 2011–2014 | 2015 | U | — | — | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0 | [103] |
| Travis Wear | 2011–2014 | 2014–2018 | U | — | — | 13.2 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0 | [104] |
| Thomas Welsh | 2014–2018 | 2018–2019 | 2018 | 2 | 58 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0 | [105] |
| Russell Westbrook^ | 2006–2008 | 2008–present | 2008 | 1 | 4 | 33.3 | 21.2 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9 | [106] |
| Sidney Wicks | 1968–1971 | 1971–1981 | 1971 | 1 | 2 | 33.9 | 16.8 | 8.7 | 3.2 | 4 | [107] |
| Jamaal Wilkes* (formerly Keith Wilkes)[e] | 1971–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1974 | 1 | 11 | 32.9 | 17.7 | 6.2 | 2.5 | 3 | [111] |
| James Wilkes | 1976–1980 | 1980–1983 | 1980 | 3 | 50 | 13.4 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0 | [112] |
| Trevor Wilson | 1986–1990 | 1990–1996 | 1990 | 2 | 36 | 15.6 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0 | [113] |
| Brad Wright | 1981–1985 | 1986–1988 | 1985 | 3 | 49 | 9.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0 | [114] |
| George Zidek | 1991–1995 | 1995–1998 | 1995 | 1 | 22 | 9.8 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0 | [115] |
The following former Bruins were selected in theNBA draft but never played a game in the league.
| Player | Former UCLA player who was drafted by the NBA |
| UCLA career | Years played at UCLA |
| Year | Year selected in theNBA draft. |
| Rnd | Round selected in the draft. |
| Pick | Overall position selected in the draft |
| † | Transferred from UCLA to another school |


| Player | UCLA career | NBA draft | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Rnd | Pick | ||
| Tony Anderson | 1977–1982 | 1982 | 7 | 151 |
| John Berberich | 1959–1961 | 1961 | 5 | 48 |
| Kenny Booker | 1968–1971 | 1971 | 14 | 213 |
| Don Bragg | 1952–1955 | 1955 | 7 | 54 |
| Gary Cunningham | 1959–1962 | 1962 | 7 | 58 |
| Tommy Curtis | 1970–1974 | 1974 | 7 | 117 |
| Jack Davidson | 1951–1953 | 1954 | 10 | 86 |
| Kenny Easley[f] | — | 1981 | 10 | 216 |
| Bill Ellis | 1959–1961 | 1961 | 8 | 72 |
| Larry Farmer | 1970–1973 | 1973 | 7 | 108 |
| John Green | 1959–1962 | 1962 | 3 | 24 |
| Jaylen Hands | 2017–2019 | 2019 | 2 | 56 |
| Montel Hatcher | 1982–1987 | 1987 | 7 | 149 |
| Kenny Heitz | 1966–1969 | 1969 | 5 | 59 |
| Larry Hollyfield | 1970–1973 | 1973 | 7 | 105 |
| Carl Kraushaar | 1949–1950 | 1950 | 8 | 94 |
| Gary Maloncon | 1981–1985 | 1985 | 7 | 143 |
| Nigel Miguel | 1981–1985 | 1985 | 3 | 62 |
| John Moore | 1951–1955 | 1955 | 7 | 52 |
| Tyren Naulls | 1978–1980† | 1983 | 5 | 110 |
| Cliff Pruitt | 1979–1981† | 1983 | 6 | 118 |
| Dean Sears | 1980–1982 | 1982 | 9 | 200 |
| Gig Sims | 1976–1980 | 1980 | 7 | 148 |
| Vic Sison[g] | — | 1981 | 10 | 206 |
| George Stanich | 1948–1950 | 1950 | 2 | 22 |
| John Stanich | 1947–1948 | 1948 | 10 | — |
| Bill Sweek | 1965–1969 | 1969 | 7 | 86 |
| Morris Taft | 1954–1956 | 1956 | 8 | 58 |
| Marvin Thomas | 1974–1979 | 1979 | 10 | 190 |
| Walt Torrence | 1956–1959 | 1959 | 8 | 58 |
| Pete Trgovich | 1972–1975 | 1975 | 3 | 44 |
| Michael Warren | 1965–1968 | 1968 | 14 | 173 |
| Kenny Washington | 1964–1966 | 1966 | 8 | 71 |
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