PBA season 47 draft


The PBA season 47 draft was the 37th edition of the PBA draft. The event allowed teams to take turns selecting amateur basketball players and other eligible players, including half-Filipino foreign players. The league determined the drafting order based on the performance of the member teams from the 2021 season, with the worst team picking first.

Draft order

In past drafts until 2019, the draft order was determined based on the team's overall performance from the previous season. The Philippine Cup final ranking comprised 40% of the points, while the Commissioner's and Governors' Cup rankings were 30% each.
Since the league only held two tournaments for the 2021 season, only the final rankings of the Philippine Cup and Governors' Cup were used to determine the draft order.
  • Converge's previous franchisee competed as the Alaska Aces during the 2021 season.

    Draft selections

1st round

2nd round

3rd round

4th round

  • Converge, Rain or Shine, NLEX, and Barangay Ginebra passed during the round.

    5th round

  • Meralco, TNT, and Magnolia passed during the round.

    6th round

  • Blackwater and NorthPort passed during the round.

    7th round

A seventh round was held, but all remaining teams passed, thus ending the draft.

Trades involving draft picks

Pre-draft trades

Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of picks between the teams. Converge retained the rights to Alaska's draft picks.

Notable undrafted player

Combine

The PBA draft combine for this edition of the draft was held from May 11 to 12 at the Gatorade Hoops Center in Mandaluyong. Encho Serrano was named the draft combine MVP as his team won the mini-tournament, and he, Shaun Ildefonso, Kurt Lojera, Ato UIar, and JayR Dela Cruz were named to the Mythical Five.

Eligibility and entrants

Applications for the draft began on March 21. Although the deadline was initially on May 2, it was moved to May 7. For this year, UAAP seniors were allowed to declare for the draft, since the draft took place after the UAAP season. From 76 initial applicants, the final tally was brought down to 66 as several players withdrew their applications or had insufficient documents.
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.
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
  • Must not be over the age of 30 years old.

    Notable entrants

Domestic league players

In this section, only entrants who have played for a UAAP, NCAA, CESAFI, UCAL, NCRAA, NAASCU 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.