2026 Pre-Lottery NBA Draft Order

The NBA conducted its draft tiebreakers on Monday, further cementing the draft order for 2026. While we’ll have to wait until the May 10 draft lottery to learn the exact order for this year’s event, we now know what most of the 60 selections look like.

Listed below is the pre-lottery 2026 NBA draft order. Each lottery team’s chances of landing the No. 1 overall pick is noted in parentheses. We’ve also included notes for picks whose status remains up in the air depending on the lottery results.

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The second-round draft order for teams with identical regular season records is the inverse of their first-round order. This rule applies even if one club made the playoffs and one didn’t.

We’ll provided an updated list after the May 10 lottery, once the official draft order is set, but here’s the tentative 2026 NBA draft order:

First round

1. Washington Wizards (14.0%)
2. Indiana Pacers (14.0%)
   • The Clippers will receive this pick if it falls out of the top four (47.9%).
3. Brooklyn Nets (14.0%)
4. Utah Jazz (11.5%)
5. Sacramento Kings (11.5%)
6. Memphis Grizzlies (9.0%)
7. Atlanta Hawks (from Pelicans) (6.8%)
   • The Hawks will receive the most favorable of this pick and the Bucks’ pick.
8. Dallas Mavericks (6.7%)
9. Chicago Bulls (4.5%)
10. Milwaukee Bucks (3.0%)
    • The Bucks will receive the least favorable of this pick and the Pelicans’ pick.
11. Golden State Warriors (2.0%)
12. Oklahoma City Thunder (from Clippers) (1.5%)
13. Miami Heat (1.0%)
14. Charlotte Hornets (0.5%)
15. Chicago Bulls (from Trail Blazers)
16. Memphis Grizzlies (from Suns)
17. Oklahoma City Thunder (from Sixers)
18. Charlotte Hornets (from Magic)
19. Toronto Raptors
20. San Antonio Spurs (from Hawks)
21. Detroit Pistons (from Timberwolves)
22. Philadelphia 76ers (from Rockets)
23. Atlanta Hawks (from Cavaliers)
24. New York Knicks
25. Los Angeles Lakers
26. Denver Nuggets
27. Boston Celtics
28. Minnesota Timberwolves (from Pistons)
29. Cleveland Cavaliers (from Spurs)
30. Dallas Mavericks (from Thunder)

Second round

31. New York Knicks (from Wizards)
32. Memphis Grizzlies (from Pacers)
33. Brooklyn Nets
34. Sacramento Kings
    • This pick would move to No. 35 if the Kings pick higher than the Jazz in the lottery.
35. San Antonio Spurs (from Jazz)
    • This pick would move to No. 34 if the Kings pick higher than the Jazz in the lottery.
36. Los Angeles Clippers (from Grizzlies)
37. Oklahoma City Thunder (from Mavericks)
    • This pick would move to No. 38 if the Mavericks pick higher than the Hawks/Bucks (via Pelicans) in the lottery.
38. Chicago Bulls (from Pelicans)
    • This pick would move to No. 37 if the Mavericks pick higher than the Hawks/Bucks (via Pelicans) in the lottery.
39. Houston Rockets (from Bulls)
40. Boston Celtics (from Bucks)
41. Miami Heat (from Warriors)
42. San Antonio Spurs (from Trail Blazers)
43. Brooklyn Nets (from Clippers)
44. San Antonio Spurs (from Heat)
45. Sacramento Kings (from Hornets)
46. Orlando Magic
47. Phoenix Suns (from Sixers)
48. Dallas Mavericks (from Suns)
49. Denver Nuggets (from Hawks)
50. Toronto Raptors
51. Washington Wizards (from Timberwolves)
52. Los Angeles Clippers (from Cavaliers)
53. Houston Rockets
54. Golden State Warriors (from Lakers)
55. New York Knicks
56. Chicago Bulls (from Nuggets)
57. Atlanta Hawks (from Celtics)
58. New Orleans Pelicans (from Pistons)
59. Minnesota Timberwolves (from Spurs)
60. Washington Wizards (from Thunder)