2022 NBA draft

2022 NBA Draft
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Sport	Basketball
Date	June 23, 2022
League	NBA
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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. The draft consisted of 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. Paolo Banchero went on to win Rookie of the Year.

Draft picks

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Paolo Banchero was selected 1st overall by the Orlando Magic and voted the Rookie of the Year.

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Chet Holmgren was selected 2nd overall by the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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Jabari Smith Jr. was selected 3rd overall by the Houston Rockets.

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Keegan Murray was selected 4th overall by the Sacramento Kings.

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Jaden Ivey was selected 5th overall by the Detroit Pistons.

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Bennedict Mathurin was selected 6th overall by the Indiana Pacers.

PG

Point guard

SG

Shooting guard

SF

Small forward

PF

Power forward

C

Center

#	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

Rnd.	Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	1	Paolo Banchero~	PF	United States Italy	Orlando Magic	Duke (Fr.)
1	2	Chet Holmgren#	PF/C	United States	Oklahoma City Thunder	Gonzaga (Fr.)
1	3	Jabari Smith Jr.	PF	United States	Houston Rockets	Auburn (Fr.)
1	4	Keegan Murray	PF	United States	Sacramento Kings	Iowa (So.)
1	5	Jaden Ivey	PG/SG	United States	Detroit Pistons	Purdue (So.)
1	6	Bennedict Mathurin	SG/SF	Canada	Indiana Pacers	Arizona (So.)
1	7	Shaedon Sharpe	SG	Canada	Portland Trail Blazers	Kentucky (Fr.)
1	8	Dyson Daniels	PG/SG	Australia	New Orleans Pelicans (from LA Lakers)	G League Ignite (NBA G League)
1	9	Jeremy Sochan	PF	Poland	San Antonio Spurs	Baylor (Fr.)
1	10	Johnny Davis	SG	United States	Washington Wizards	Wisconsin (So.)
1	11	Ousmane Dieng	SF	France	New York Knicks (traded to Oklahoma City)	New Zealand Breakers (Australia)
1	12	Jalen Williams	SG	United States	Oklahoma City Thunder (from LA Clippers)	Santa Clara (Jr.)
1	13	Jalen Duren	C	United States	Charlotte Hornets (traded to Detroit via New York)	Memphis (Fr.)
1	14	Ochai Agbaji	SG	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kansas (Sr.)
1	15	Mark Williams	C	United States	Charlotte Hornets (from New Orleans)	Duke (So.)
1	16	AJ Griffin	SF	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Duke (Fr.)
1	17	Tari Eason	PF	United States	Houston Rockets (from Brooklyn)	LSU (So.)
1	18	Dalen Terry	SG	United States	Chicago Bulls	Arizona (So.)
1	19	Jake LaRavia	SF	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves (traded to Memphis)	Wake Forest (Jr.)
1	20	Malaki Branham	SG	United States	San Antonio Spurs (from Toronto)	Ohio State (Fr.)
1	21	Christian Braun	SG	United States	Denver Nuggets	Kansas (Jr.)
1	22	Walker Kessler	C	United States	Memphis Grizzlies (from Utah, traded to Utah via Minnesota)	Auburn (So.)
1	23	David Roddy	SF	United States	Philadelphia 76ers (traded to Memphis)	Colorado State (Jr.)
1	24	MarJon Beauchamp	SG/SF	United States	Milwaukee Bucks (from Milwaukee via Cleveland to Houston)	G League Ignite (NBA G League)
1	25	Blake Wesley	PG/SG	United States	San Antonio Spurs (from Boston)	Notre Dame (Fr.)
1	26	Wendell Moore Jr.	SF	United States	Dallas Mavericks (traded to Minnesota via Houston)	Duke (Jr.)
1	27	Nikola Jović	SF	Serbia	Miami Heat	Mega Mozzart (Serbia)
1	28	Patrick Baldwin Jr.	PF	United States	Golden State Warriors	Milwaukee (Fr.)
1	29	TyTy Washington	PG	United States	Memphis Grizzlies (traded to Houston via Minnesota)	Kentucky (Fr.)
1	30	Peyton Watson	SF	United States	Oklahoma City Thunder (from Phoenix, traded to Denver)	UCLA (Fr.)
2	31	Andrew Nembhard	PG	Canada	Indiana Pacers (from Houston via Cleveland)	Gonzaga (Sr.)
2	32	Caleb Houstan	SF	Canada	Orlando Magic	Michigan (Fr.)
2	33	Christian Koloko	C	Cameroon	Toronto Raptors (from Detroit via Chicago to Washington to San Antonio)	Arizona (Jr.)
2	34	Jaylin Williams	PF	United States	Oklahoma City Thunder	Arkansas (So.)
2	35	Max Christie	SG	United States	Los Angeles Lakers (from Indiana via Milwaukee to Orlando)	Michigan State (Fr.)
2	36	Gabriele Procida#	SG/SF	Italy	Portland Trail Blazers (traded to Detroit)	Fortitudo Bologna (Italy)
2	37	Jaden Hardy	SG	United States	Sacramento Kings (traded to Dallas)	G League Ignite (NBA G League)
2	38	Kennedy Chandler	PG	United States	San Antonio Spurs (from LA Lakers via Washington to Chicago, traded to Memphis)	Tennessee (Fr.)
2	39	Khalifa Diop#	C	Senegal	Cleveland Cavaliers (from San Antonio via Utah)	Herbalife Gran Canaria (Spain)
2	40	Bryce McGowens	SG	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves (from Washington via Cleveland, traded to Charlotte)	Nebraska (Fr.)
2	41	E. J. Liddell#	PF	United States	New Orleans Pelicans	Ohio State (Jr.)
2	42	Trevor Keels	SG	United States	New York Knicks	Duke (Fr.)
2	43	Moussa Diabaté	PF	France	Los Angeles Clippers	Michigan (Fr.)
2	44	Ryan Rollins	SG	United States	Atlanta Hawks (traded to Golden State)	Toledo (So.)
2	45	Josh Minott	SF	Jamaica	Charlotte Hornets (traded to Minnesota)	Memphis (Fr.)
2	46	Ismaël Kamagate#	C	France	Detroit Pistons (from Brooklyn, traded to Denver via Portland)	Paris Basketball (France)
2	47	Vince Williams Jr.	SG/SF	United States	Memphis Grizzlies (from Cleveland via Atlanta to New Orleans)	VCU (Sr.)
2	48	Kendall Brown	SF	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves (traded to Indiana)	Baylor (Fr.)
2	49	Isaiah Mobley	PF	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers (from Chicago via Detroit to Memphis to Sacramento)	USC (Jr.)
2	50	Matteo Spagnolo#	SG	Italy	Minnesota Timberwolves (from Denver via Philadelphia)	Vanoli Cremona (Italy)
2	51	Tyrese Martin	SG	United States	Golden State Warriors (from Toronto via Philadelphia, traded to Atlanta)	UConn (Sr.)
2	52	Karlo Matković#	C	Croatia	New Orleans Pelicans (from Utah)	Mega Mozzart (Serbia)
2	53	JD Davison	PG	United States	Boston Celtics	Alabama (Fr.)
2	Milwaukee Bucks (forfeited due to tampering violation)
2	Miami Heat (from Philadelphia via Denver; forfeited due to tampering violation)
2	54	Yannick Nzosa#	C	DR Congo	Washington Wizards (from Dallas)	Unicaja (Spain)
2	55	Gui Santos#	SF	Brazil	Golden State Warriors	Minas (Brazil)
2	56	Luke Travers#	SG	Australia	Cleveland Cavaliers (from Miami via Indiana)	Perth Wildcats (Australia)
2	57	Jabari Walker	PF	United States	Portland Trail Blazers (from Memphis via Utah)	Colorado (So.)
2	58	Hugo Besson#	PG	France	Indiana Pacers (from Phoenix, traded to Milwaukee)	New Zealand Breakers (Australia)

Notable undrafted players

Further information: List of National Basketball Association 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.

Player	Pos.	Nationality	School/club team
Dominick Barlow	SF	United States	Team Overtime (Overtime Elite)
Buddy Boeheim	SG	United States	Syracuse (Sr.)
Jamaree Bouyea	PG	United States	San Francisco (Sr.)
John Butler	PF	United States	Florida State (Fr.)
Jamal Cain	SF	United States	Oakland (Sr.)
Julian Champagnie	SG	United States	St. John's (Jr.)
Darius Days	PF	United States	LSU (Sr.)
Keon Ellis	SG	United States	Alabama (Sr.)
Michael Foster Jr.	PF	United States	G League Ignite (NBA G League)
Jacob Gilyard	PG	United States	Richmond (Sr.)
AJ Green	SG	United States	Northern Iowa (Sr.)
Jordan Hall	SF	United States	St. Joseph's (So.)
Ron Harper Jr.	SF	United States	Rutgers (Sr.)
Trevor Hudgins	PG	United States	Northwest Missouri State (Sr.)
Quenton Jackson	PG	United States	Texas A&M (Sr.)
Johnny Juzang	SG	United States	UCLA (Jr.)
Kenneth Lofton Jr.	PF	United States	Louisiana Tech (So.)
Justin Minaya	SF	Dominican Republic United States	Providence (Sr.)
Scotty Pippen Jr.	PG	United States	Vanderbilt (Jr.)
Lester Quiñones	SG	Dominican Republic United States	Memphis (Jr.)
Jared Rhoden	SF	United States	Seton Hall (Sr.)
Orlando Robinson	PF	United States	Fresno State (Jr.)
Dereon Seabron	SG	United States	NC State (So.)
Cole Swider	PF	United States	Syracuse (Sr.)
Stanley Umude	SG	United States	Arkansas (Sr.)
Alondes Williams	PG	United States	Wake Forest (Sr.)
Donovan Williams	SG	United States	UNLV (Jr.)
Jeenathan Williams	SG	United States	Buffalo (Sr.)

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

External video
2022 NBA Draft Lottery Drawing, NBA's official YouTube channel. May 17, 2022.

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

Main article: Eligibility for the NBA draft

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 pm 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. In 2022, however, 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

• Patrick Baldwin Jr. – F, Milwaukee (freshman)
• / Paolo Banchero – F, Duke (freshman)
• Malaki Branham – G/F, Ohio State (freshman)
• Christian Braun – G, Kansas (junior)
• Kendall Brown – G/F, Baylor (freshman)
• John Butler – F, Florida State (freshman)
• Julian Champagnie – G/F, St. John's (junior)
• Kennedy Chandler – G, Tennessee (freshman)
• Max Christie – G, Michigan State (freshman)
• Kofi Cockburn – C, Illinois (junior)
• Johnny Davis – G/F, Wisconsin (sophomore)
• JD Davison – G, Alabama (freshman)
• Moussa Diabaté – F, Michigan (freshman)
• Jalen Duren – C, Memphis (freshman)
• Tari Eason – F, LSU (sophomore)
• Tyson Etienne – G, Wichita State (junior)
• A. J. Green – G, Northern Iowa (redshirt junior)
• Adrian Griffin Jr. – F, Duke (freshman)
• Jordan Hall – G/F, Saint Joseph's (sophomore)
• Chet Holmgren – C/F, Gonzaga (freshman)
• Caleb Houstan – G/F, Michigan (freshman)
• Jaden Ivey – G, Purdue (sophomore)
• Jaden Jones – G/F, Rutgers (redshirt freshman)
• Johnny Juzang – G, UCLA (junior)
• Trevor Keels – G, Duke (freshman)
• Walker Kessler – C, Auburn (sophomore)
• Christian Koloko – C, Arizona (junior)
• Jake LaRavia – F, Wake Forest (junior)
• Hyunjung Lee – G/F, Davidson (junior)
• Justin Lewis – F, Marquette (sophomore)
• E. J. Liddell – F, Ohio State (junior)
• Kenneth Lofton Jr. – F, Louisiana Tech (sophomore)
• Bennedict Mathurin – G, Arizona (sophomore)
• Bryce McGowens – G, Nebraska (freshman)
• / Josh Minott – F, Memphis (freshman)
• Isaiah Mobley – F, USC (junior)
• Aminu Mohammed – G, Georgetown (freshman)
• Iverson Molinar – G, Mississippi State (junior)
• Wendell Moore Jr. – F, Duke (junior)
• Keegan Murray – F, Iowa (sophomore)
• Shareef O'Neal – F, LSU (junior)
• Scotty Pippen Jr. – G, Vanderbilt (junior)
• / Lester Quiñones – G, Memphis (junior)
• Orlando Robinson – F, Fresno State (junior)
• David Roddy – F, Colorado State (junior)
• Ryan Rollins – G, Toledo (sophomore)
• Dereon Seabron – G, NC State (redshirt sophomore)
• Jaden Shackelford – G, Alabama (junior)
• Shaedon Sharpe – G, Kentucky (freshman)
• Jabari Smith Jr. – F, Auburn (freshman)
• / Jeremy Sochan – F, Baylor (freshman)
• AJ Taylor – F, Grambling State (redshirt junior)
• Dalen Terry – G, Arizona (sophomore)
• Jabari Walker – F, Colorado (sophomore)
• TyTy Washington – G, Kentucky (freshman)
• Peyton Watson – G/F, UCLA (freshman)
• Blake Wesley – G, Notre Dame (freshman)
• Donovan Williams – G/F, UNLV (junior)
• Jalen Williams – G, Santa Clara (junior)
• Jaylin Williams – F, Arkansas (sophomore)
• 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.

• Jalen Adaway – G, St. Bonaventure (redshirt)
• Ochai Agbaji – G, Kansas
• James Akinjo – G, Baylor
• Teddy Allen – G/F, New Mexico State (redshirt)
• Keve Aluma – F, Virginia Tech (redshirt)
• Eric Ayala – G, Maryland
• Marcus Azor – G, UMass Dartmouth
• David Azore – G, UT Arlington (graduate)
• Evan Battey – F, Colorado (redshirt)
• Justin Bean – F, Utah State (redshirt)
• Jules Bernard – G, UCLA
• Jamal Bieniemy – G, UTEP
• Marcus Bingham Jr. – F, Michigan State
• Buddy Boeheim – G, Syracuse
• Jamaree Bouyea – G, San Francisco
• Luka Brajkovic – F, Davidson
• Izaiah Brockington – G, Iowa State (redshirt)
• Gabe Brown – F, Michigan State
• Tevin Brown – G, Murray State (redshirt)
• Maurice Calloo – F, Oregon State
• R. J. Cole – G, UConn (graduate)
• Vince Cole – G/F, Coastal Carolina
• George Conditt IV – F, Iowa State
• Darius Days – F, LSU
• Adrian Delph – G, Appalachian State
• Michael Devoe – G, Georgia Tech
• Anthony Duruji – F, Florida (redshirt)
• Kyler Edwards – G, Houston
• Keon Ellis – G, Alabama
• Javon Freeman-Liberty – G, DePaul
• Both Gach – G, Utah
• Bryce Hamilton – G, UNLV
• Ron Harper Jr. – G/F, Rutgers
• DJ Harvey – G/F, Detroit Mercy (graduate)
• Jericole Hellems – F, NC State
• Cedric Henderson Jr. – G/F, Campbell
• Trevor Hudgins – G, Northwest Missouri State (redshirt)
• Bodie Hume – G, Northern Colorado
• Austin Hutcherson – G, Illinois (graduate)
• Drake Jeffries – G, Wyoming (redshirt)
• Andrew Jones – G, Texas
• DeVante' Jones – G, Michigan (graduate)
• Noah Kirkwood – G, Harvard
• Peter Kiss – G, Bryant (graduate)
• Tyrese Martin – G/F, UConn
• David McCormack – F, Kansas
• Trey McGowens – G, Nebraska
• Justin Minaya – F, Providence (graduate)
• Isaiah Mucius – F, Wake Forest
• Grayson Murphy – G, Belmont (graduate)
• Nick Muszynski – C, Belmont (graduate)
• Andrew Nembhard – G, Gonzaga
• JD Notae – G, Arkansas (redshirt)
• Ike Obiagu – C, Seton Hall (graduate)
• Edward Oliver-Hampton – F, South Carolina State (graduate)
• Malik Osborne – F, Florida State (graduate)
• Anthony Polite – G/F, Florida State (graduate)
• M. J. Randolph – G, Florida A&M
• A. J. Reeves – G, Providence
• Jared Rhoden – G/F, Seton Hall
• Ronaldo Segu – G, Buffalo
• Jaylen Sims – G, UNC Wilmington
• Amadou Sow – F, UC Santa Barbara
• Seth Stanley – F, Hendrix
• Gabe Stefanini – G, San Francisco
• / Sasha Stefanovic – G, Purdue (redshirt)
• Au'Diese Toney – G, Arkansas
• Ryan Turell – F, Yeshiva
• Dallas Walton – F/C, Wake Forest (graduate)
• Collin Welp – F, UC Irvine (redshirt)
• Aaron Wheeler – F, St. John's (graduate)
• Khristien White – G, Southwestern Christian
• Jeenathan Williams – G/F, Buffalo
• Trevion Williams – F/C, Purdue
• 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.

• Ibou Badji – C, Força Lleida (Spain)
• Hugo Besson – G, New Zealand Breakers (Australia)
• Ousmane Dieng – F, New Zealand Breakers (Australia)
• Khalifa Diop – C, Herbalife Gran Canaria (Spain)
• Nikola Jović – F, Mega Mozzart (Serbia)
• Ismaël Kamagate – C, Paris Basketball (France)
• / Karlo Matković – C, Mega Mozzart (Serbia)
• Yannick Nzosa – C, Unicaja (Spain)
• Gabriele Procida – G, Fortitudo Bologna (Italy)
• Žiga Samar – G, Urbas Fuenlabrada (Spain)
• Gui Santos – F, Minas (Brazil)
• Pavel Savkov – F, Saski Baskonia (Spain)
• Kai Sotto – C, Adelaide 36ers (Australia)
• 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.

Other automatically eligible players

Player	Team	Note	Ref.
Biwali Bayles	Sydney Kings (Australia)	Left Hawaii in 2021; playing professionally since the 2021–22 season
Oliver Hayes-Brown	Perth Wildcats (Australia)	Left UC Riverside in 2021; playing professionally since the 2021–22 season
/ Bul Kuol	Cairns Taipans (Australia)	Left Detroit Mercy in 2021; playing professionally since the 2021–22 season
/ Makur Maker	Sydney Kings (Australia)	Left Howard in 2021; playing professionally since the 2021–22 season

See also

• List of first overall NBA draft picks

External links

• Official site