PBA season 50 draft


The PBA season 50 draft was the 40th edition of the PBA draft and the draft for the 2025–26 PBA season. The draft took place on September 7, 2025, at SM Mall of Asia Music Hall in Pasay, marking the first time the event was held at an SM mall.
The Terrafirma Dyip made the first overall pick after finishing with a weighted cumulative ranking of 11.7 in the 2024–25 season. The team used the pick to select Geo Chiu.

Draft order

The draft order was based on each team's overall rankings across all three conferences in the previous season. Rankings from both the 2024 Governors' Cup and 2024–25 Commissioner's Cup each make up 30% of the average while the 2025 Philippine Cup has the most weight at 40%. Guest teams are excluded when calculating rankings. In each round, teams picked in ascending order based on their respective weighted cumulative rankings.
The NorthPort Batang Pier continues to make their selections in this draft while their franchise sale to Pureblends was under review at the time.

Draft selections

*Denotes player who has been selected for at least one Mythical Team
#Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game

Third round

From the third round onwards, teams will have the option to pass. Doing so will opt the team out for the remainder of the draft. The draft ends once all twelve teams have passed.
PlayerCountry of birthTeam
25Orin CatacutanSG/SFPhilippines

Fifth round

  • Magnolia and TNT passed during the round.

Sixth round

Seventh round

Eighth round

  • Blackwater passed during the round.

Ninth round

  • NLEX passed during the round.

Eleventh round

  • Terrafirma and Converge passed during the round.

Twelfth round

  • NorthPort, the last remaining team, passed during the round, thus ending the draft.

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

Following the draft, trades between rookies were made and resulted in draftees getting traded to another team.

Combine

The 2025 PBA draft combine was held from September 4–5 at Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig. 125 of the 128 initial applicants showed up to the event, with two withdrawing from the draft, while Jason Brickman was unable to make it due to prior commitments. Sonny Estil was named the draft combine MVP as his team won the mini-tournament, and he, Dalph Panopio, Edrian Ramirez, Jun Roque, and Mario Barasi were named to the all-tournament team.

Eligibility and entrants

Applications for the draft began on August 4 and ended on August 29. On August 22, the PBA reached out to the University Athletic Association of the Philippines to allow its student-athletes to join the draft. The UAAP rejected the league's request on August 27. By the end of the application period, 128 players declared for the draft. This was reduced to a final tally of 122 players after the draft combine.
The following were the eligibility requirements for local players:
  • Entrants of at least 22 years of age on the day of the draft must be four years removed from high school or have played one year of college basketball;
  • Entrants between 19 and 21 years of age must have had at least two years of college education;
  • All entrants must be at least in height.
Eligibility requirements for Filipino-foreigner entrants are similar to the locals but with some additions:
  • All Filipino-foreigner entrants must be a holder of a Philippine passport.
  • All Filipino-foreigner entrants must have previously played professional basketball elsewhere and is not under contract with other teams.
Players who applied for the draft on the fourth or fifth year of eligibility will instead be assigned to a lottery separate from draft proper.

Notable entrants

Domestic league players

In this section, only entrants who have played for a UAAP, NCAA, CESAFI, or U.S. NCAA school are included. Additionally, all listed entrants have played in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League prior to the draft unless specified.

International league players

UAAP and NCAA players

  • John Abis – F, Perpetual
  • Yukien Andrada – F, San Beda
  • John Barba – G, Lyceum
  • JM Bravo – F, Lyceum
  • Joe Celzo – C, San Beda
  • Gab Cometa – G, Benilde
  • Deo Cuajao – G, Letran
  • Aaron Flowers – F, Adamson
  • Jake Gaspay – F, Benilde
  • Chris Koon – G/F, Ateneo
  • Raphael Mallari – G, Adamson
  • Royce Mantua – F, Adamson
  • Mark Omega – C, Letran
  • Geremy Robinson Jr. – G, UST
  • Jun Roque – G/F, Letran
  • Bryan Sajonia – G, San Beda
  • Joshua Tagala – G, San Beda
  • Shawn Umali – C/F, Benilde
  • Gjerard Wilson – G, UE
  • Tony Ynot – G, Benilde

U.S. NCAA players