Denver Nuggets Draft History

View every known Denver Nuggets draft pick, including year, overall pick, player, round, and college or organization when available.

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No. 1 Picks0

Data SourceBasketball-Reference franchise draft page

Year	Overall	Player	Round	College/Org
2024	28	Ryan Dunn (↳PHO)	1	Virginia
2023	40	Maxwell Lewis (↳LAL)	2	Pepperdine
2022	21	Christian Braun	1	Kansas
2021	26	Bones Hyland	1	VCU
2020	22	Zeke Nnaji	1	Arizona
2018	14	Michael Porter	1	Missouri
2018	43	Justin Jackson (↳ORL)	2	Maryland
2018	58	Thomas Welsh	2	UCLA
2017	13	Donovan Mitchell (↳UTA)	1	Louisville
2017	49	Vlatko Čančar	2
2017	51	Monte Morris	2	Iowa State
2016	7	Jamal Murray	1	Kentucky
2016	15	Juan Hernangómez	1
2016	19	Malik Beasley	1	Florida State
2016	53	Petr Cornelie	2
2016	56	Daniel Hamilton (↳OKC)	2	UConn
2015	7	Emmanuel Mudiay	1
2015	57	Nikola Radičević	2
2014	11	Doug McDermott (↳CHI)	1	Creighton
2014	41	Nikola Jokić	2
2014	56	Devyn Marble (↳ORL)	2	Iowa
2013	27	Rudy Gobert (↳UTA)	1
2012	20	Evan Fournier	1
2012	38	Quincy Miller	2	Baylor
2012	50	İzzet Türkyılmaz	2
2011	22	Kenneth Faried	1	Morehead State University
2009	34	Sergio Llull	2
2006	49	Leon Powe (↳BOS)	2	California
2005	20	Julius Hodge	1	NC State
2005	22	Jarrett Jack (↳POR)	1	Georgia Tech
2005	52	Axel Hervelle	2
2004	20	Jameer Nelson (↳ORL)	1	Saint Joseph's
2003	3	Carmelo Anthony	1	Syracuse
2003	46	Sani Bečirovič	2
2002	5	Nikoloz Tskitishvili	1
2002	25	Frank Williams (↳NYK)	1	Illinois
2002	33	Vincent Yarbrough	2	Tennessee
2001	47	Ousmane Cisse	2
2000	26	Mamadou N'Diaye	1	Auburn
2000	53	Dan McClintock	2	Northern Arizona University
1999	18	James Posey	1	Xavier
1999	33	Chris Herren	2	Fresno State
1999	41	Francisco Elson	2	California
1998	3	Raef LaFrentz	1	Kansas
1998	23	Tyronn Lue (↳LAL)	1	Nebraska
1998	54	Tremaine Fowlkes	2	Fresno State
1998	55	Ryan Bowen	2	Iowa
1997	5	Tony Battie	1	Texas Tech
1997	33	James Cotton (↳SEA)	2	Cal State Long Beach
1997	42	Jason Lawson (↳ORL)	2	Villanova
1996	23	Efthimi Rentzias	1
1996	37	Jeff McInnis	2	UNC
1995	15	Brent Barry (↳LAC)	1	Oregon State
1995	44	Anthony Pelle	2	Fresno State
1994	13	Jalen Rose	1	Michigan
1993	9	Rodney Rogers	1	Wake Forest
1993	43	Josh Grant (↳GSW)	2	Utah
1992	5	LaPhonso Ellis	1	Notre Dame
1992	13	Bryant Stith	1	Virginia
1992	46	Robert Werdann	2	St. John's
1991	4	Dikembe Mutombo	1	Georgetown
1991	8	Mark Macon	1	Temple
1990	3	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	1	LSU
1990	42	Marcus Liberty	2	Illinois
1989	15	Todd Lichti	1	Stanford
1989	42	Michael Cutright	2	McNeese State University
1989	47	Reggie Turner	2	UAB
1988	23	Jerome Lane	1	Pitt
1988	43	Todd Mitchell	2	Purdue
1988	47	Vernon Maxwell (↳SAS)	2	Florida
1988	66	Dwight Boyd	3	Memphis
1987	31	Andre Moore	2	Loyola Chicago
1987	54	Tom Schafer	3	Iowa State
1987	77	David Boone	4	Marquette
1987	100	Ron Grandison	5	New Orleans
1987	123	Kelvin Scarborough	6	New Mexico
1987	146	Rowan Gomes	7	Hampton
1987	156	Curtis Hunter	7	UNC
1986	16	Maurice Martin	1	Saint Joseph's
1986	18	Mark Alarie	1	Duke
1986	41	Otis Smith	2	Jacksonville University
1986	64	Don Redden	3	LSU
1986	87	Anthony Watson	4	San Diego State
1986	110	Jon Collins	5	Eastern Illinois University
1986	133	Anthony Frederick	6	Pepperdine
1986	156	Mike Marshall	7	McNeese State University
1985	15	Blair Rasmussen	1	Oregon
1985	43	Barry Stevens	2	Iowa State
1985	89	Pete Williams	4	Arizona
1985	112	Kenny Brown	5	Texas A&M
1985	135	Joe Carrabino	6	Harvard University
1985	158	Eddie Smith	7	Arizona
1984	42	Willie White	2	Chattanooga
1984	79	Karl Tilleman	4	University of Calgary
1984	103	Prince Bridges	5	Missouri
1984	125	Willie Burton	6	Tennessee
1984	149	Mark Simpson	7	Catawba College
1984	171	Bill Wendlandt	8	Texas
1984	194	Cecil Exum	9	UNC
1984	215	Dexter Bailey	10	Xavier
1983	15	Howard Carter	1	LSU
1983	37	David Russell	2	St. John's
1983	61	David Little	3	Oklahoma
1983	83	York Gross	4	UC Santa Barbara
1983	107	James Braddock	5	UNC
1983	129	Glenn Green	6	Murray State
1983	153	Maurice McDaniel	7	Catawba College
1983	175	Cliff Tribus	8	Davidson
1983	198	Bobby Van Noy	9	Catawba College
1983	218	Cleveland McCrae	10	Catawba College
1982	19	Rob Williams	1	Houston
1982	62	Roylin Bond	3	Pepperdine
1982	84	Alford Turner	4	Louisiana
1982	109	Bill Duffy	5	Santa Clara
1982	131	Chris Brust	6	UNC
1982	153	Jeb Barlow	7	UNC
1982	178	Donnie Speer	8	UAB
1982	200	Dean Sears	9	UCLA
1982	220	Mike Phillips	10	Niagara University
1981	34	Ken Green	2	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
1981	101	Willie Sims	5	LSU
1981	124	Alonzo Weatherly	6	Denver
1981	147	Greg Manning	7	Maryland
1981	169	Curtis Redding	8	St. John's
1981	191	Andrew Burton	9	Austin Peay State University
1981	211	Derrick Rowland	10	State University of New York at Potsdam
1980	5	James Ray	1	Jacksonville University
1980	23	Carl Nicks	1	Indiana State University
1980	41	Jawann Oldham	2	Seattle University
1980	47	Kurt Nimphius	3	Arizona State
1980	48	Eddie Lee	3	Cincinnati
1980	51	Ronnie Valentine	3	Old Dominion
1980	73	Sammie Ellis	4	Pitt
1980	97	James Patrick	5	Texas State University
1980	119	Ernie Hill	6	Oklahoma City University
1980	143	Tommy Springer	7	Vanderbilt
1980	184	Jim Graziano	9	South Carolina
1980	202	Earl Sango	10	Regis University
1979	30	Gary Garland	2	DePaul
1979	102	Larry Williams	5	Louisville
1979	122	Odell Ball	6	Marquette
1979	144	John Johnson	7	Creighton
1979	162	Matt Teahan	8	Denver
1979	179	Emmett Lewis	9	Colorado
1978	17	Rod Griffin	1	Wake Forest
1978	21	Mike Evans (↳KCK)	1	Kansas State
1978	46	Hollis Copeland	3	Rutgers University
1978	106	Michael Edwards	5	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
1978	127	Robert Heard	6	Columbus State University
1978	148	Jack Gilloon	7	South Carolina
1978	166	Larry Vaculik	8	Colorado
1978	183	Tom Schneeberger	9	Air Force
1978	198	Phil Taylor	10	Arizona
1977	9	Tom LaGarde	1	UNC
1977	21	Anthony Roberts	1	Oral Roberts
1977	65	Robert Smith	3	UNLV
1977	109	John Billips	5	Ole Miss
1977	130	Jim Town	6	UMass
1977	150	Willie High	7	Alabama State University
1977	169	Len Sanders	8	Florida

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