2022 NBA draft
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The 2022 NBA draft (branded as the 2022 NBA Draft presented by State Farm for sponsorship reasons), the 76th edition of the National Basketball Association's annual draft, was held on June 23, 2022, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The 2022 edition marked a return to the draft's normal June date after postponements were made in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This draft was the first of at least three straight NBA drafts that consisted of only 58 picks instead of the typical 60 due to the loss of a second-round pick for both the Milwaukee Bucks and the Miami Heat for violating the NBA's tampering rules during free agency. The first pick was made by the Orlando Magic, who selected Paolo Banchero from Duke. Banchero went on to win Rookie of the Year.
Draft selections
| * | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team |
| + | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game |
| x | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-NBA Team |
| # | Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular-season or playoff game |
| ~ | Denotes player who has been selected as Rookie of the Year |
Notable undrafted players
These players were not selected in the 2022 NBA draft, but have played at least one regular-season or playoff game in the NBA.
Trades involving draft picks
Pre-draft trades
Prior to the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between teams.
Draft-night trades
Draft-night trades are made after the draft begins. These trades are usually not confirmed until the next day or after free agency officially begins.
Combine
The 8th G League Elite Camp took place May 16–17, from which certain participants will be selected to join the main draft combine. Of this year's 44 participants in the Elite Camp, seven players were chosen to continue on to the main draft combine: Jared Rhoden, Tyrese Martin, Kenneth Lofton Jr., Bryson Williams, Darius Days, Jalen Wilson, and Marcus Sasser.
The primary portion of the 2022 NBA Draft Combine was held from May 18–20 in Chicago, Illinois.
Draft lottery
The NBA draft lottery was held on May 17.
| Denotes the actual lottery result |
| Team | 2021–22 record | Lottery chances | Lottery probabilities | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | |||
| Houston Rockets | 20–62 | 140 | 14.0% | 13.4% | 12.7% | 11.9% | 47.9% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Orlando Magic | 22–60 | 140 | 14.0% | 13.4% | 12.7% | 11.9% | 27.8% | 20.0% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Detroit Pistons | 23–59 | 140 | 14.0% | 13.4% | 12.7% | 12.0% | 14.8% | 26.0% | 7.0% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 24–58 | 125 | 12.5% | 12.2% | 11.9% | 11.5% | 7.2% | 25.7% | 16.7% | 2.2% | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Indiana Pacers | 25–57 | 105 | 10.5% | 10.5% | 10.6% | 10.5% | 2.2% | 19.6% | 26.7% | 8.7% | 0.6% | – | – | – | – | – |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 27–55 | 90 | 9.0% | 9.2% | 9.4% | 9.6% | – | 8.6% | 29.8% | 20.6% | 3.7% | 0.1% | – | – | – | – |
| Sacramento Kings | 30–52 | 75 | 7.5% | 7.8% | 8.1% | 8.5% | – | – | 19.7% | 34.1% | 12.9% | 1.3% | <0.1% | – | – | – |
| Los Angeles Lakers (to New Orleans) | 33–49 | 60 | 6.0% | 6.3% | 6.7% | 7.2% | – | – | – | 34.5% | 32.1% | 6.7% | 0.4% | <0.1% | – | – |
| San Antonio Spurs | 34–48 | 45 | 4.5% | 4.8% | 5.2% | 5.7% | – | – | – | – | 50.7% | 26.9% | 3.0% | 0.1% | <0.1% | – |
| Washington Wizards | 35–47 | 30 | 3.0% | 3.3% | 3.6% | 4.0% | – | – | – | – | – | 65.9% | 19.0% | 1.2% | <0.1% | <0.1% |
| New York Knicks | 37–45 | 20 | 2.0% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2.8% | – | – | – | – | – | – | 77.6% | 12.6% | 0.4% | <0.1% |
| Los Angeles Clippers (to Oklahoma City) | 42–40 | 15 | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 2.1% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 86.1% | 6.7% | 0.1% |
| Charlotte Hornets | 43–39 | 10 | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.4% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 92.9% | 2.3% |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 44–38 | 5 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 97.6% |
Eligibility and entrants
The draft is conducted under the eligibility rules established in the league's 2017 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with its players' union, with special modifications agreed to by both parties due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous CBA that ended the 2011 lockout instituted no immediate changes to the draft, but it called for a committee of owners and players to discuss further charges.
- All drafted players must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In term of dates, players who were eligible for the 2022 NBA draft must have been born on or before December 31, 2003. This draft could have possibly been the first in which high school players of any nationality would have been eligible for selection after their graduation as the two associations sought at first to lower the minimum age back to 18 and end the need to wait one year after their high school class graduated, also called the "one and done" requirement, as discussed in 2019. If approved, the current CBA might have to be amended and the amendment ratified. However, the ineligibility for the draft shortly after high school remained in place, as reported in 2020, unless there were further discussions about its repeal.
- Since the 2016 draft, the following rules are, as implemented by the NCAA Division I council for that division: Declaration for the draft no longer results in automatic loss of college eligibility. As long as a player does not sign a contract with a professional team outside the NBA or sign with an agent, he retains college eligibility as long as he makes a timely withdrawal from the draft. NCAA players now have 10 days after the end of the NBA draft combine to withdraw from the draft. Since the combine is normally held in mid-May, the current deadline is about five weeks after the previous mid-April deadline. NCAA players may participate in the draft combine and are allowed to attend one tryout per year with each NBA team without losing college eligibility. NCAA players may now enter and withdraw from the draft up to two times without loss of eligibility. Previously, the NCAA treated a second declaration of draft eligibility as a permanent loss of college eligibility.
Early entrants
Players who were not automatically eligible had to declare their eligibility for the draft by notifying the NBA offices in writing no later than at least 60 days before the event. For the 2022 draft, the date fell on April 24. Under the CBA a player may withdraw his name from consideration from the draft at any time before the final declaration deadline, which usually falls 10 days before the draft at 5:00 p.m. EDT (2100 UTC). Under current NCAA rules, players usually have until 10 days after the draft combine to withdraw from the draft and retain college eligibility. They must have withdrawn on or before June 1, 22 days prior to this draft.
A player who has hired an agent retains his remaining college eligibility regardless of whether he is drafted after an evaluation from the NBA Undergraduate Advisory Committee. Players who declare for the NBA draft and are not selected have the opportunity to return to their school for at least another year only after terminating all agreements with their agents, who must have been certified.
College underclassmen
- United States Patrick Baldwin Jr. – F, Milwaukee (freshman)
- United States Paolo Banchero – F, Duke (freshman)
- United States Malaki Branham – G/F, Ohio State (freshman)
- United States Christian Braun – G, Kansas (junior)
- United States Kendall Brown – G/F, Baylor (freshman)
- United States John Butler Jr. – F, Florida State (freshman)
- United States Julian Champagnie – G/F, St. John's (junior)
- United States Kennedy Chandler – G, Tennessee (freshman)
- United States Max Christie – G, Michigan State (freshman)
- Jamaica Kofi Cockburn – C, Illinois (junior)
- United States Johnny Davis – G/F, Wisconsin (sophomore)
- United States JD Davison – G, Alabama (freshman)
- France Moussa Diabaté – F, Michigan (freshman)
- United States Jalen Duren – C, Memphis (freshman)
- United States Tari Eason – F, LSU (sophomore)
- United States Tyson Etienne – G, Wichita State (junior)
- United States A. J. Green – G, Northern Iowa (redshirt junior)
- United States Adrian Griffin Jr. – F, Duke (freshman)
- United States Jordan Hall – G/F, Saint Joseph's (sophomore)
- United States Chet Holmgren – C/F, Gonzaga (freshman)
- Canada Caleb Houstan – G/F, Michigan (freshman)
- United States Jaden Ivey – G, Purdue (sophomore)
- United States Jaden Jones – G/F, Rutgers (redshirt freshman)
- United States Johnny Juzang – G, UCLA (junior)
- United States Trevor Keels – G, Duke (freshman)
- United States Walker Kessler – C, Auburn (sophomore)
- Cameroon Christian Koloko – C, Arizona (junior)
- United States Jake LaRavia – F, Wake Forest (junior)
- South Korea Hyunjung Lee – G/F, Davidson (junior)
- United States Justin Lewis – F, Marquette (sophomore)
- United States E. J. Liddell – F, Ohio State (junior)
- United States Kenneth Lofton Jr. – F, Louisiana Tech (sophomore)
- Canada Bennedict Mathurin – G, Arizona (sophomore)
- United States Bryce McGowens – G, Nebraska (freshman)
- United States/Jamaica Josh Minott – F, Memphis (freshman)
- United States Isaiah Mobley – F, USC (junior)
- Nigeria Aminu Mohammed – G, Georgetown (freshman)
- Panama Iverson Molinar – G, Mississippi State (junior)
- United States Wendell Moore Jr. – F, Duke (junior)
- United States Keegan Murray – F, Iowa (sophomore)
- United States Shareef O'Neal – F, LSU (junior)
- United States Scotty Pippen Jr. – G, Vanderbilt (junior)
- United States/Dominican Republic Lester Quiñones – G, Memphis (junior)
- United States Orlando Robinson – F, Fresno State (junior)
- United States David Roddy – F, Colorado State (junior)
- United States Ryan Rollins – G, Toledo (sophomore)
- United States Dereon Seabron – G, NC State (redshirt sophomore)
- United States Jaden Shackelford – G, Alabama (junior)
- Canada Shaedon Sharpe – G, Kentucky (freshman)
- United States Jabari Smith Jr. – F, Auburn (freshman)
- Poland/United States Jeremy Sochan – F, Baylor (freshman)
- United States AJ Taylor – F, Grambling State (redshirt junior)
- United States Dalen Terry – G, Arizona (sophomore)
- United States Jabari Walker – F, Colorado (sophomore)
- United States TyTy Washington – G, Kentucky (freshman)
- United States Peyton Watson – G/F, UCLA (freshman)
- United States Blake Wesley – G, Notre Dame (freshman)
- United States Donovan Williams – G/F, UNLV (junior)
- United States Jalen Williams – G, Santa Clara (junior)
- United States Jaylin Williams – F, Arkansas (sophomore)
- United States Mark Williams – C, Duke (sophomore)
College seniors
"Redshirt" refers to players who were redshirt seniors in the 2021–22 season. "Graduate" refers to players who were graduate transfers in 2021–22.
- United States Jalen Adaway – G, St. Bonaventure (redshirt)
- United States Ochai Agbaji – G, Kansas
- United States James Akinjo – G, Baylor
- United States Teddy Allen – G/F, New Mexico State (redshirt)
- United States Keve Aluma – F, Virginia Tech (redshirt)
- Puerto Rico Eric Ayala – G, Maryland
- United States Marcus Azor – G, UMass Dartmouth
- United States David Azore – G, UT Arlington (graduate)
- United States Evan Battey – F, Colorado (redshirt)
- United States Justin Bean – F, Utah State (redshirt)
- United States Jules Bernard – G, UCLA
- United States Jamal Bieniemy – G, UTEP
- United States Marcus Bingham Jr. – F, Michigan State
- United States Buddy Boeheim – G, Syracuse
- United States Jamaree Bouyea – G, San Francisco
- Austria Luka Brajkovic – F, Davidson
- United States Izaiah Brockington – G, Iowa State (redshirt)
- United States Gabe Brown – F, Michigan State
- United States Tevin Brown – G, Murray State (redshirt)
- Canada Maurice Calloo – F, Oregon State
- United States R. J. Cole – G, UConn (graduate)
- United States Vince Cole – G/F, Coastal Carolina
- Puerto Rico George Conditt IV – F, Iowa State
- United States Darius Days – F, LSU
- United States Adrian Delph – G, Appalachian State
- United States Michael Devoe – G, Georgia Tech
- United States Anthony Duruji – F, Florida (redshirt)
- United States Kyler Edwards – G, Houston
- United States Keon Ellis – G, Alabama
- United States Javon Freeman-Liberty – G, DePaul
- United States Both Gach – G, Utah
- United States Bryce Hamilton – G, UNLV
- United States Ron Harper Jr. – G/F, Rutgers
- United States DJ Harvey – G/F, Detroit Mercy (graduate)
- United States Jericole Hellems – F, NC State
- United States Cedric Henderson Jr. – G/F, Campbell
- United States Trevor Hudgins – G, Northwest Missouri State (redshirt)
- United States Bodie Hume – G, Northern Colorado
- United States Austin Hutcherson – G, Illinois (graduate)
- United States Drake Jeffries – G, Wyoming (redshirt)
- United States Andrew Jones – G, Texas
- United States DeVante' Jones – G, Michigan (graduate)
- Canada Noah Kirkwood – G, Harvard
- United States Peter Kiss – G, Bryant (graduate)
- United States Tyrese Martin – G/F, UConn
- United States David McCormack – F, Kansas
- United States Trey McGowens – G, Nebraska
- United States/Dominican Republic Justin Minaya – F, Providence (graduate)
- United States Isaiah Mucius – F, Wake Forest
- United States Grayson Murphy – G, Belmont (graduate)
- United States Nick Muszynski – C, Belmont (graduate)
- Canada Andrew Nembhard – G, Gonzaga
- United States JD Notae – G, Arkansas (redshirt)
- Nigeria Ike Obiagu – C, Seton Hall (graduate)
- United States Edward Oliver-Hampton – F, South Carolina State (graduate)
- United States Malik Osborne – F, Florida State (graduate)
- Switzerland Anthony Polite – G/F, Florida State (graduate)
- United States M. J. Randolph – G, Florida A&M
- United States A. J. Reeves – G, Providence
- United States Jared Rhoden – G/F, Seton Hall
- United States Ronaldo Segu – G, Buffalo
- United States Jaylen Sims – G, UNC Wilmington
- Mali Amadou Sow – F, UC Santa Barbara
- United States Seth Stanley – F, Hendrix
- Italy Gabe Stefanini – G, San Francisco
- United States/Serbia Sasha Stefanovic – G, Purdue (redshirt)
- United States Au'Diese Toney – G, Arkansas
- United States Ryan Turell – F, Yeshiva
- United States Dallas Walton – F/C, Wake Forest (graduate)
- United States Collin Welp – F, UC Irvine (redshirt)
- United States Aaron Wheeler – F, St. John's (graduate)
- United States Khristien White – G, Southwestern Christian
- United States Nate Williams – G/F, Buffalo
- United States Trevion Williams – F/C, Purdue
- United States Vince Williams Jr. – G/F, VCU
International players
International players that declared for this draft and did not previously declare in another prior draft could drop out 10 days before the event, on June 13.
- Senegal Ibou Badji – C, Força Lleida (Spain)
- France Hugo Besson – G, New Zealand Breakers (Australia)
- France Ousmane Dieng – F, New Zealand Breakers (Australia)
- Senegal Khalifa Diop – C, Herbalife Gran Canaria (Spain)
- Serbia Nikola Jović – F, Mega Mozzart (Serbia)
- France Ismaël Kamagate – C, Paris Basketball (France)
- Croatia/Bosnia and Herzegovina Karlo Matković – C, Mega Mozzart (Serbia)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo Yannick Nzosa – C, Unicaja (Spain)
- Italy Gabriele Procida – G, Fortitudo Bologna (Italy)
- Slovenia Žiga Samar – G, Urbas Fuenlabrada (Spain)
- Brazil Gui Santos – F, Minas (Brazil)
- Russia Pavel Savkov – F, Saski Baskonia (Spain)
- Philippines Kai Sotto – C, Adelaide 36ers (Australia)
- Italy Matteo Spagnolo – G, Vanoli Cremona (Italy)
Automatically eligible entrants
Players who do not meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:
- They have no remaining college eligibility.
- If they graduated from high school in the U.S., but did not enroll in a U.S. college or university, four years have passed since their high school class graduated.
- They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team not in the NBA, anywhere in the world, and have played under the contract.
Players who meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:
- They are at least 22 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In term of dates players born on or before December 31, 2000, were automatically eligible for the 2022 draft.
- They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team not in the NBA within the United States, and have played under that contract.
| Player | Team | Note | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia Biwali Bayles | Sydney Kings (Australia) | Left Hawaii in 2021; playing professionally since the 2021–22 season | |
| United States MarJon Beauchamp | NBA G League Ignite (NBA G League) | Left Yakima Valley in 2021; playing professionally since the 2021–22 season | |
| Australia Oliver Hayes-Brown | Perth Wildcats (Australia) | Left UC Riverside in 2021; playing professionally since the 2021–22 season | |
| South Sudan/Australia Bul Kuol | Cairns Taipans (Australia) | Left Detroit Mercy in 2021; playing professionally since the 2021–22 season | |
| South Sudan/Australia Makur Maker | Sydney Kings (Australia) | Left Howard in 2021; playing professionally since the 2021–22 season | |
| Australia Zac Triplett | Melbourne United (Australia) | Left Portland in 2021; playing professionally since the 2021–22 season |
Invited attendees
The NBA annually invites players to sit in the so-called "green room", a special room set aside at the draft site for the invited players plus their families and agents. This season, the following 20 players were invited (listed alphabetically).
- United States Ochai Agbaji, Kansas
- United States Paolo Banchero, Duke
- United States MarJon Beauchamp, NBA G League Ignite (NBA G League)
- United States Malaki Branham, Ohio State
- Australia Dyson Daniels, NBA G League Ignite (NBA G League)
- United States Johnny Davis, Wisconsin
- France Ousmane Dieng, New Zealand Breakers (Australia/New Zealand)
- United States Jalen Duren, Memphis
- United States Tari Eason, LSU
- United States AJ Griffin, Duke
- United States Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga
- United States Jaden Ivey, Purdue
- Canada Bennedict Mathurin, Arizona
- United States Keegan Murray, Iowa
- Canada Shaedon Sharpe, Kentucky
- United States Jabari Smith Jr., Auburn
- Poland/United States Jeremy Sochan, Baylor
- United States TyTy Washington Jr., Kentucky
- United States Jalen Williams, Santa Clara
- United States Mark Williams, Duke