2023 NBA draft

The 2023 NBA draft, the 77th edition of the National Basketball Association's annual draft, was held on June 22, 2023, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The draft consisted of 58 picks instead of the typical 60 for the second year in a row due to the loss of a second-round pick for both the Chicago Bulls and the Philadelphia 76ers for violating the NBA's tampering rules during free agency. The first overall selection was made by the San Antonio Spurs, who selected the 7'4" French center Victor Wembanyama. Wembanyama went on to win the Rookie of the Year.

Draft picks

Point guard

Shooting guard

Small forward

Power forward

Center

Notable undrafted players

These players were not selected in the 2023 NBA draft, but have played at least one regular-season or playoff game in the NBA.

Player	Pos.	Nationality	School/club team
	SF		Texas
	PF		Arizona State
	SG		TCU
	SF		North Carolina
	C		Florida
	PG		Mega Leks
	PG		Saint Louis
	PG		Winston-Salem State
	SG		Arkansas
	SF		Texas A&M
	SF		Princeton
	SG		Baylor
	SF/PF		Florida
	SG		Penn State
	SG		Little Rock
	PG		YNG Dreamerz
	SG		UNLV
	SG		Missouri
	C		UAB
	PG		Yokohama B-Corsairs
	SF		YNG Dreamerz
	PF		San Diego State
	PF		North Carolina
	SF/PF		UC Santa Barbara
	PG		Kansas State
	PF		USC
	PG		Wichita State
	C		Vanderbilt
	PF/C		UConn
	PG		NC State
	C		Gonzaga
	SF		Kentucky
	C		Kentucky

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.

Post-draft trades

Post-draft 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 9th G League Elite Camp took place on May 13–14, from which certain participants will be selected to join the main draft combine.
The primary portion of the 2023 NBA draft combine was held from May 15–21 in Chicago, Illinois.

Draft lottery

The NBA draft lottery was held on May 16.

Denotes the actual lottery result

Eligibility and entrants

The draft is conducted under the eligibility rules established in the league's 2017 collective bargaining agreement 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 terms of dates, players who were eligible for the 2023 NBA draft must have been born on or before December 31, 2004.
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 2023 draft, the date fell on April 23. 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. Under current NCAA rules, players usually have until 10 days after the draft combine to withdraw from the draft and retain college eligibility. They must have withdrawn on or before May 31, 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

Marcus Bagley – F, Arizona State
Amari Bailey – G, UCLA
Emoni Bates – F, Eastern Michigan
Charles Bediako – C, Alabama
Anthony Black – G, Arkansas
Kobe Bufkin – G, Michigan
Jaylen Clark – G, UCLA
Noah Clowney – F, Alabama
Ricky Council IV – G, Arkansas
Gradey Dick – G, Kansas
Alex Fudge – F, Florida
Keyonte George – G, Baylor
Wendell Green Jr. – G, Auburn
Mouhamed Gueye – F, Washington State
Jordan Hawkins – G, UConn
Taylor Hendricks – F, UCF
Jalen Hood-Schifino – G, Indiana
Jett Howard – G, Michigan
Andre Jackson Jr. – F, UConn
G. G. Jackson – F, South Carolina
Colby Jones – G, Xavier
Maxwell Lewis – F, Pepperdine
Dereck Lively II – C, Duke
Chris Livingston – F, Kentucky
Mike Miles Jr. – G, TCU
Brandon Miller – F, Alabama
Kris Murray – F, Iowa
Julian Phillips – F, Tennessee
Brandin Podziemski – G, Santa Clara
Justin Powell – G, Washington State
Olivier-Maxence Prosper – F, Marquette
Adama Sanogo – F, UConn
Brice Sensabaugh – F, Ohio State
Nick Smith Jr. – G, Arkansas
Terquavion Smith – G, NC State
/ Julian Strawther – G, Gonzaga
Ąžuolas Tubelis – F, Arizona
Jarace Walker – F, Houston
Cason Wallace – G, Kentucky
Jordan Walsh – G/F, Arkansas
Dariq Whitehead – F, Duke
Cam Whitmore – F, Villanova
Jalen Wilson – F, Kansas
Tyrese Wineglass – G, Southwestern Adventist
College seniors

"Redshirt" refers to players who were redshirt seniors in the 2022–23 season. "Graduate" refers to players who were graduate transfers in 2022–23.

Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu – F, Memphis
Damezi Anderson Jr. – F, Detroit
Chase Audige – G, Northwestern
Grant Basile – F, Virginia Tech
Manny Bates – F, Butler
Damion Baugh – G, TCU
Kobe Brown – G, Missouri
Toumani Camara – F, Dayton
Tyger Campbell – G, UCLA
Yuri Collins – G, Saint Louis
Alou Dillon – F, Purdue–Northwest
Tosan Evbuomwan – F, Princeton
Adam Flagler – G, Baylor
Armaan Franklin – G, Virginia
Myron Gardner – F, Little Rock
De'Vion Harmon – G, Texas Tech
Joey Hauser – F, Michigan State
Trayce Jackson-Davis – F, Indiana
/ Jaime Jaquez Jr. – G/F, UCLA
Keyontae Johnson – F, Kansas State
Jackson Kenyon – F, Miami
Seth Lundy – G, Penn State
Demetrius Mims – F, Gannon
Omari Moore – G, San Jose State
Landers Nolley II – G, Cincinnati
Jack Nunge – F, Xavier
Nick Ongenda – C, DePaul
Uroš Plavšić – C, Tennessee
Terry Roberts – G, Georgia
Marcus Sasser – G, Houston
Ben Sheppard – G, Belmont
Grant Sherfield – G, Oklahoma
Dontrell Shuler – G, Cal State San Bernardino
Malachi Smith – G, Gonzaga
Justice Sueing – F, Ohio State
Drew Timme – F, Gonzaga
Jacob Toppin – F, Kentucky
Oscar Tshiebwe – F, Kentucky
Tyler Willoughby – G, Voorhees
Isaiah Wong – G, Miami
Other
Sidy Cissoko – G, NBA G League Ignite
Jordan Haber – N/A, Florida
Scoot Henderson – G, NBA G League Ignite
/ Mojave King – G, NBA G League Ignite
Leonard Miller – F, NBA G League Ignite
Amen Thompson – G, City Reapers
Ausar Thompson – G, City Reapers
International players
Bilal Coulibaly – G, Metropolitans 92
/ Nadir Hifi – G, ESSM Le Portel
James Nnaji – C, FC Barcelona
Rayan Rupert – G, New Zealand Breakers
Márcio Santos – C, Sesi Franca
Enzo Shahrvin – F, Pau Orthez
Tristan Vukčević – F, Partizan Belgrade
Victor Wembanyama – F/C, Metropolitans 92