Denver Nuggets All-time NBA Draft Picks
Year by year Information about all the players selected by the Nuggets in the NBA Draft including rounds, picks, trades and other data.
Total selections: 160
Denver Nuggets in the NBA Draft
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Year: 2023 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College/Club) | Details | |
| 40 | Round 2 | Maxwell Lewis | Pepperdine | from Mavericks via Thunder, traded to Lakers |
Year: 2022 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 21 | Round 1 | Christian Braun | Kansas | |
Year: 2021 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 26 | Round 1 | Bones Hyland | VCU | |
Year: 2020 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 22 | Round 1 | Zeke Nnaji | Arizona | from Rockets |
Year: 2018 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 14 | Round 1 | Michael Porter Jr. | Missouri | |
| 43 | Round 2 | Justin Jackson | Maryland | from Clippers via Knicks, traded to Magic |
| 58 | Round 2 | Thomas Welsh | UCLA | from Warriors |
Year: 2017 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 13 | Round 1 | Donovan Mitchell | Louisville | traded to Jazz |
| 49 | Round 2 | Vlatko Cancar | - | from Grizzlies via Thunder |
| 51 | Round 2 | Monte Morris | Iowa State | from Thunder |
Year: 2016 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 7 | Round 1 | Jamal Murray | Univ. of Kentucky | from Knicks |
| 15 | Round 1 | Juan Hernangómez | - | from Rockets |
| 19 | Round 1 | Malik Beasley | Florida State Univ. | from Trail Blazers |
| 53 | Round 2 | Petr Cornelie | - | from Hornets via Thunder |
| 56 | Round 2 | Daniel Hamilton | Univ. of Connecticut | from Thunder, traded to Thunder |
Year: 2015 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 7 | Round 1 | Emmanuel Mudiay | - | |
| 57 | Round 2 | Nikola Radicevic | - | from Clippers |
Year: 2014 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 11 | Round 1 | Doug McDermott | Creighton | traded to Bulls |
| 41 | Round 2 | Nikola Jokic | - | |
| 56 | Round 2 | Devyn Marble | Iowa | traded to Magic |
Year: 2013 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 27 | Round 1 | Rudy Gobert | - | traded to Jazz |
Year: 2012 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 20 | Round 1 | Evan Fournier | - | |
| 38 | Round 2 | Quincy Miller | Baylor Univ. | from Warriors via Knicks |
| 50 | Round 2 | Izzet Turkyilmaz | - | |
Year: 2011 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 22 | Round 1 | Kenneth Faried | Morehead State Univ. | |
Year: 2009 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 34 | Round 2 | Sergio Llull | - | |
Year: 2005 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 20 | Round 1 | Julius Hodge | North Carolina State Univ. | |
| 22 | Round 1 | Jarrett Jack | Georgia Institute of Technology | |
| 52 | Round 2 | Axel Hervelle | - | |
Year: 2004 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 20 | Round 1 | Jameer Nelson | Saint Joseph's Univ. | |
Year: 2003 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 3 | Round 1 | Carmelo Anthony | Syracuse Univ. | |
| 46 | Round 2 | Sani Becirovic | - | |
Year: 2002 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 5 | Round 1 | Nikoloz Tskitishvili | - | |
| 25 | Round 1 | Frank Williams | Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
| 33 | Round 2 | Vincent Yarbrough | Univ. of Tennessee | |
Year: 2001 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 47 | Round 2 | Ousmane Cisse | - | |
Year: 2000 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 26 | Round 1 | Mamadou N'Diaye | Auburn Univ. | |
| 53 | Round 2 | Dan McClintock | Northern Arizona Univ. | |
Year: 1999 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 18 | Round 1 | James Posey | Xavier Univ. | |
| 33 | Round 2 | Chris Herren | California State Univ., Fresno | |
| 41 | Round 2 | Francisco Elson | Univ. of California | |
Year: 1998 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 3 | Round 1 | Raef LaFrentz | Univ. of Kansas | |
| 23 | Round 1 | Tyronn Lue | Univ. of Nebraska | |
| 54 | Round 2 | Tremaine Fowlkes | California State Univ., Fresno | |
| 55 | Round 2 | Ryan Bowen | Univ. of Iowa | |
Year: 1997 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 5 | Round 1 | Tony Battie | Texas Tech Univ. | |
| 32 | Round 2 | James Cotton | California State Univ., Long Beach | |
| 41 | Round 2 | Jason Lawson | Villanova Univ. | |
Year: 1996 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 23 | Round 1 | Efthimi Rentzias | - | |
| 37 | Round 2 | Jeff McInnis | Univ. of North Carolina | |
Year: 1995 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 15 | Round 1 | Brent Barry | Oregon State Univ. | |
| 44 | Round 2 | Anthony Pelle | California State Univ., Fresno | |
Year: 1994 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 13 | Round 1 | Jalen Rose | Univ. of Michigan | |
Year: 1993 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 9 | Round 1 | Rodney Rogers | Wake Forest Univ. | |
| 43 | Round 2 | Josh Grant | Univ. of Utah | |
Year: 1992 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 5 | Round 1 | LaPhonso Ellis | Univ. of Notre Dame | |
| 13 | Round 1 | Bryant Stith | Univ. of Virginia | |
| 46 | Round 2 | Robert Werdann | St. John's Univ. | |
Year: 1991 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 4 | Round 1 | Dikembe Mutombo | Georgetown Univ. | |
| 8 | Round 1 | Mark Macon | Temple Univ. | |
Year: 1990 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 3 | Round 1 | Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf | Louisiana State Univ. | |
| 42 | Round 2 | Marcus Liberty | Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
Year: 1989 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 15 | Round 1 | Todd Lichti | Stanford Univ. | |
| 42 | Round 2 | Michael Cutright | McNeese State Univ. | |
| 47 | Round 2 | Reggie Turner | Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham | |
Year: 1988 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 23 | Round 1 | Jerome Lane | Univ. of Pittsburgh | |
| 43 | Round 2 | Todd Mitchell | Purdue Univ. | |
| 47 | Round 2 | Vernon Maxwell | Univ. of Florida | |
| 66 | Round 3 | Dwight Boyd | Univ. of Memphis | |
Year: 1987 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 31 | Round 2 | Andre Moore | Loyola Univ. of Chicago | |
| 54 | Round 3 | Tom Schafer | Iowa State Univ. | |
| 77 | Round 4 | David Boone | Marquette Univ. | |
| 100 | Round 5 | Ron Grandison | Univ. of New Orleans | |
| 123 | Round 6 | Kelvin Scarborough | Univ. of New Mexico | |
| 146 | Round 7 | Rowan Gomes | Hampton Univ. | |
| 156 | Round 7 | Curtis Hunter | Univ. of North Carolina | |
Year: 1986 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 16 | Round 1 | Maurice Martin | Saint Joseph's Univ. | |
| 18 | Round 1 | Mark Alarie | Duke Univ. | |
| 41 | Round 2 | Otis Smith | Jacksonville Univ. | |
| 64 | Round 3 | Don Redden | Louisiana State Univ. | |
| 87 | Round 4 | Anthony Watson | San Diego State Univ. | |
| 110 | Round 5 | Jon Collins | Eastern Illinois Univ. | |
| 133 | Round 6 | Anthony Frederick | Pepperdine Univ. | |
| 156 | Round 7 | Mike Marshall | McNeese State Univ. | |
Year: 1985 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 15 | Round 1 | Blair Rasmussen | Univ. of Oregon | |
| 43 | Round 2 | Barry Stevens | Iowa State Univ. | |
| 89 | Round 4 | Pete Williams | Univ. of Arizona | |
| 112 | Round 5 | Kenny Brown | Texas A&M Univ. | |
| 135 | Round 6 | Joe Carrabino | Harvard Univ. | |
| 158 | Round 7 | Eddie Smith | Univ. of Arizona | |
Year: 1984 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 42 | Round 2 | Willie White | Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga | |
| 79 | Round 4 | Karl Tilleman | - | |
| 103 | Round 5 | Prince Bridges | Univ. of Missouri | |
| 125 | Round 6 | Willie Burton | Univ. of Tennessee | |
| 149 | Round 7 | Mark Simpson | Cawtaba College | |
| 171 | Round 8 | Bill Wendlandt | Univ. of Texas at Austin | |
| 194 | Round 9 | Cecil Exum | Univ. of North Carolina | |
| 215 | Round 10 | Dexter Bailey | Xavier Univ. | |
Year: 1983 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 15 | Round 1 | Howard Carter | Louisiana State Univ. | |
| 37 | Round 2 | David Russell | St. John's Univ. | |
| 61 | Round 3 | David Little | Univ. of Oklahoma | |
| 83 | Round 4 | York Gross | Univ. of California, Santa Barbara | |
| 107 | Round 5 | James Braddock | Univ. of North Carolina | |
| 129 | Round 6 | Glenn Green | Murray State Univ. | |
| 153 | Round 7 | Maurice McDaniel | Cawtaba College | |
| 175 | Round 8 | Cliff Tribus | Davidson College | |
| 198 | Round 9 | Bobby Van Noy | Cawtaba College | |
| 218 | Round 10 | Cleveland McCrae | Cawtaba College | |
Year: 1982 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 19 | Round 1 | Rob Williams | Univ. of Houston | |
| 62 | Round 3 | Roylin Bond | Pepperdine Univ. | |
| 84 | Round 4 | Alford Turner | Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette | |
| 109 | Round 5 | Bill Duffy | Santa Clara Univ. | |
| 131 | Round 6 | Chris Brust | Univ. of North Carolina | |
| 153 | Round 7 | Jeb Barlow | Univ. of North Carolina | |
| 178 | Round 8 | Donny Speer | Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham | |
| 200 | Round 9 | Dean Sears | Univ. of California, Los Angeles | |
| 220 | Round 10 | Mike Phillips | Niagara Univ. | |
Year: 1981 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 34 | Round 2 | Ken Green | Univ. of Texas-Pan American | |
| 101 | Round 5 | Willie Sims | Louisiana State Univ. | |
| 124 | Round 6 | Alonzo Weatherley | Univ. of Denver | |
| 147 | Round 7 | Greg Manning | Univ. of Maryland | |
| 169 | Round 8 | Curtis Redding | St. John's Univ. | |
| 191 | Round 9 | Andrew Burton | Austin Peay State Univ. | |
| 211 | Round 10 | Derrick Rowland | State Univ. of New York at Potsdam | |
Year: 1980 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 5 | Round 1 | James Ray | Jacksonville Univ. | |
| 23 | Round 1 | Carl Nicks | Indiana State Univ. | |
| 41 | Round 2 | Jawann Oldham | Seattle Univ. | |
| 47 | Round 3 | Kurt Nimphius | Arizona State Univ. | |
| 48 | Round 3 | Eddie Lee | Univ. of Cincinnati | |
| 51 | Round 3 | Ronnie Valentine | Old Dominion Univ. | |
| 73 | Round 4 | Sammie Ellis | Univ. of Pittsburgh | |
| 97 | Round 5 | James Patrick | Texas State Univ. | |
| 119 | Round 6 | Ernie Hill | Oklahoma City Univ. | |
| 143 | Round 7 | Tommy Springer | Vanderbilt Univ. | |
| 184 | Round 9 | Jim Graziano | Univ. of South Carolina | |
| 202 | Round 10 | Earl Sango | Regis Univ. | |
Year: 1979 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 30 | Round 2 | Gary Garland | DePaul Univ. | |
| 102 | Round 5 | Larry Williams | Univ. of Louisville | |
| 122 | Round 6 | Odell Ball | Marquette Univ. | |
| 144 | Round 7 | John Johnson | Creighton Univ. | |
| 162 | Round 8 | Matt Teahan | Univ. of Denver | |
| 179 | Round 9 | Emmett Lewis | Univ. of Colorado | |
Year: 1978 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 17 | Round 1 | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest Univ. | |
| 21 | Round 1 | Mike Evans | Kansas State Univ. | |
| 46 | Round 3 | Hollis Copeland | Rutgers Univ. | |
| 106 | Round 5 | Michael Edwards | Univ. of Texas-Pan American | |
| 127 | Round 6 | Robert Heard | Columbus State Univ. | |
| 148 | Round 7 | Jack Gilloon | Univ. of South Carolina | |
| 166 | Round 8 | Larry Vaculik | Univ. of Colorado | |
| 183 | Round 9 | Tom Schneeburger | United States Air Force Academy | |
| 198 | Round 10 | Phil Taylor | Univ. of Arizona | |
Year: 1977 | ||||
| Pick | Player |
From (College) | Details | |
| 9 | Round 1 | Tom LaGarde | Univ. of North Carolina | |
| 21 | Round 1 | Anthony Roberts | Oral Roberts Univ. | |
| 65 | Round 3 | Robert Smith | Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas | |
| 109 | Round 5 | John Billups | Univ. of Mississippi | |
| 130 | Round 6 | Jim Town | Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst | |
| 150 | Round 7 | Willie High | Alabama State Univ. | |
| 169 | Round 8 | Len Saunders | Univ. of Florida | |
Total picks: 160