2026 NBA draft order: Pre-lottery picks for first, second rounds

With the 2026 NBA playoffs underway, 14 lottery-bound groups shift into offseason mode. The draft lottery, which is on May 10, looms massive for franchises making an attempt to rebuild, because the 2026 class has been lauded as a traditionally deep pool of gamers that may flip a group’s future round with one decide.

The Brooklyn Nets, Indiana Pacers and Washington Wizards enter the lottery with the perfect odds (14%) on the No. 1 decide, whereas a number of different groups are hoping for the identical luck the Dallas Mavericks struck final season, after they earned the No. 1 total decide with the Eleventh-best lottery odds (1.8%).

The lottery will resolve the ultimate order for the highest 14 picks, however right here is the present order because it stands after the league broke several ties Monday afternoon.

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2026 NBA draft order

First spherical

1. Washington Wizards (14% likelihood to select No. 1)
2. Indiana Pacers (14%)
3. Brooklyn Nets (14%)
4. Utah Jazz (11.5%)
5. Sacramento Kings (11.5%)
6. Memphis Grizzlies (80%)
7. Atlanta Hawks (through NO; 6.8%)
8. Dallas Mavericks (6.7%)
9. Chicago Bulls (4.5%)
10. Milwaukee Bucks (3%)
11. Golden State Warriors (2%)
12. Oklahoma City Thunder (through LAC; 1.5%)
13. Miami Heat (1%)
14. Charlotte Hornets (0.5%)

The high 4 picks will likely be decided by the NBA draft lottery. The the rest of the picks 5-14 will likely be in reverse order of the groups’ end within the common season. The Hawks have the higher of the picks belonging to the Bucks and Pelicans, with Milwaukee getting the lesser of the picks.

15. Chicago Bulls (through POR)*
16. Memphis Grizzlies (through PHX)
17. Oklahoma City Thunder (through PHI)
18. Charlotte Hornets (through ENT)
19. Toronto Raptors
20. San Antonio Spurs (through ATL)
21. Detroit Pistons (through MIN)
22. Philadelphia 76ers (through HOU)
23. Atlanta Hawks (through CLE)
24. New York Knicks
25. Los Angeles Lakers
26. Denver Nuggets
27. Boston Celtics
28. Minnesota Timberwolves (through DET)
29. Cleveland Cavaliers (through SA)
30. Dallas Mavericks (through OKC)

Second spherical

31. New York Knicks (through WSH)
32. Memphis Grizzlies (through IND)
33. Brooklyn Nets
34. Sacramento Kings
35. San Antonio Spurs (through UTAH)
36. LA Clippers (through MEM)
37. Oklahoma City Thunder (through DAL)
38. Chicago Bulls (through NO)
39. Houston Rockets (through CHI)
40. Boston Celtics (through MIL)
41. Miami Heat (through GS)
42. San Antonio Spurs (through BY)
43. Brooklyn Nets (through LAC)
44. San Antonio Spurs (through MIA)
45. Sacramento Kings (through CHA)
46. Orlando Magic
47. Phoenix Suns (through PHI)
48. Dallas Mavericks (through PHX)
49. Denver Nuggets (through ATL)
50. Toronto Raptors
51. Washington Wizards (through MIN)
52. LA Clippers (through CLE)
53. Houston Rockets
54. Golden State Warriors (through LAL)
55. New York Knicks
56. Chicago Bulls (through DEN)
57. Atlanta Hawks (through BOS)
58. New Orleans Pelicans (through DET)
59. Minnesota Timberwolves (through SA)
60. Washington Wizards (through OKC)