Who Has Won the Most NBA Draft Lottery Picks
This year, on June 22, the Phoenix Suns, Sacramento King and Atlanta Hawks will get the first three picks in the draft. The order was decided via the NBA Draft Lottery system, where the top three picks are chosen from the 14 teams that didn’t make the playoffs. The rest of the teams get assigned their picks according to their win/loss record.
At the moment, only 19 out of 30 NBA teams have ever won the lottery, but the question is which teams have won the most NBA Draft Lotteries, since 1985 when the system was implemented?
Phoenix Suns – 1
2018 – TBD
Minnesota Timberwolves – 1
2015 – Karl-Anthony Towns
New Orleans Hornets/Pelicans – 1
2012 – Anthony Davis
Portland Trailblazers – 1
2007 – Greg Oden
Toronto Raptors – 1
2006 – Andrea Bargnani
Houston Rockets – 1
2002 – Yao Ming
Golden State Warriors – 1
1995 – Joe Smith
Charlotte Hornets – 1
1991 – Larry Johnson
New York Knicks -1
1985 – Patrick Ewing
Sacramento Kings – 1
1989 – Pervis Ellison
Philadelphia 76ers – 2
1996 – Allen Iverson
2016 – Ben Simmons
Washington Wizards – 2
2001 – Kwame Brown
2010 – John Wall
Chicago Bulls – 2
1999 – Elton Brand
2008 – Derrick Rose
Milwaukee Bucks – 2
1994 – Glenn Robinson
2005 – Andrew Bogut
San Antonio Spurs – 2
1987 – David Robinson
1997 – Tim Duncan
New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets – 3
1990 – Derrick Coleman
2000 – Kenyon Martin
2017 – Markelle Fultz (conveyed to Philadelphia via Boston)
Cleveland Cavaliers – 3
2003 – LeBron James
2013 – Anthony Bennett
2014 – Andrew Wiggins
Orlando Magic – 3
1992 – Shaquille O’Neal
1993 – Chris Webber
2004 – Dwight Howard
Los Angeles Clippers – 5
1986 – Brad Daugherty
1988 – Danny Manning
1998 – Michael Olowokandi
2009 – Blake Griffin
2011 – Kyrie Irving (conveyed to Cavaliers)