NEW YORK – Six ties among teams with identical regular-season records were broken today through random drawings to determine the order of selection for NBA Draft 2026.
The drawings were conducted by NBA President of League Operations Byron Spruell at the NBA office in Secaucus, New Jersey. The tiebreaker process was overseen by Megan DeCesaris, a partner from the accounting firm of Ernst & Young.
The results of the drawings:
• The Utah Jazz (22-60) won a tiebreaker with the Sacramento Kings.
• The New Orleans Pelicans (26-56) won a tiebreaker with the Dallas Mavericks.
• The Phoenix Suns (45-37) won a tiebreaker with the Orlando Magic and the Philadelphia 76ers. Second and third place in the tiebreaker drawings went to Philadelphia and Orlando, respectively.
• The Toronto Raptors (46-36) won a tiebreaker with the Atlanta Hawks.
• The Houston Rockets (52-30) won a tiebreaker with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
• The New York Knicks (53-29) won a tiebreaker with the Los Angeles Lakers.
NBA Draft Lottery 2026 will be held on Sunday, May 10 and air live on ABC at 3:00 p.m. ET. The first round of NBA Draft 2026 will take place on Tuesday, June 23, and the second round will take place on Wednesday, June 24.
Below is the order of selection for NBA Draft 2026 and the probability of being awarded the first overall draft pick for teams in NBA Draft Lottery 2026.
2026 FIRST ROUND
Drawings will be conducted at NBA Draft Lottery 2026 to determine the first four picks in NBA Draft 2026. The remainder of the Lottery teams will select in positions 5 through 14 in inverse order of their records in 2025-26 regular-season games. The teams entered in the NBA Draft Lottery and their probability of winning the Lottery are as follows:
| TEAM | RECORD | WIN% | LOTTERY ODDS |
| Washington | 17-65 | .207 | 14.0% |
| Indiana1 | 19-63 | .232 | 14.0% |
| Brooklyn | 20-62 | .244 | 14.0% |
| Utah | 22-60 | .268 | 11.5% |
| Sacramento | 22-60 | .268 | 11.5% |
| Memphis | 25-57 | .305 | 9.0% |
| New Orleans (to Atlanta or Milwaukee) | 26-56 | .317 | 6.8% |
| Dallas | 26-56 | .317 | 6.7% |
| Chicago | 31-51 | .378 | 4.5% |
| Milwaukee2 | 32-50 | .390 | 3.0% |
| Golden State | 37-45 | .451 | 2.0% |
| LA Clippers (to Oklahoma City) | 42-40 | .512 | 1.5% |
| Miami | 43-39 | .524 | 1.0% |
| Charlotte | 44-38 | .537 | 0.5% |
The order for the remainder of the first round picks is as follows:
| TEAM | RECORD | WIN% | |
| 15. | Portland (to Chicago) | 42-40 | .512 |
| 16. | Phoenix (to Memphis via Orlando) | 45-37 | .549 |
| 17. | Philadelphia (to Oklahoma City) | 45-37 | .549 |
| 18. | Orlando (to Charlotte via Phoenix) | 45-37 | .549 |
| 19. | Toronto | 46-36 | .561 |
| 20. | Atlanta (to San Antonio) | 46-36 | .561 |
| 21. | Minnesota (to Detroit) | 49-33 | .598 |
| 22. | Houston (to Philadelphia via Oklahoma City) | 52-30 | .634 |
| 23. | Cleveland (to Atlanta) | 52-30 | .634 |
| 24. | New York | 53-29 | .646 |
| 25. | Los Angeles Lakers | 53-29 | .646 |
| 26. | Denver | 54-28 | .659 |
| 27. | Boston | 56-26 | .683 |
| 28. | Detroit (to Minnesota) | 60-22 | .732 |
| 29. | San Antonio (to Cleveland via Atlanta) | 62-20 | .756 |
| 30. | Oklahoma City (to Dallas via Washington and Philadelphia) | 64-18 | .780 |
Note: The draft order above assumes that a team with the right to swap one pick for another exercises such right only if it is favorable to do so.
1 This pick may be conveyed to the LA Clippers
2 This pick may be conveyed to Atlanta (via New Orleans)
2026 SECOND ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER
| 31. | Washington (to New York via Oklahoma City and Houston) |
| 32. | Indiana (to Memphis via Milwaukee) |
| 33. | Brooklyn |
| 34/35. | Sacramento |
| 34/35. | Utah (to San Antonio via Minnesota) |
| 36. | Memphis (to the LA Clippers via Atlanta and Utah) |
| 37/38. | Dallas (to Oklahoma City) |
| 37/38. | New Orleans (to Chicago via Boston, Detroit, and Portland) |
| 39. | Chicago (to Houston via Washington) |
| 40. | Milwaukee (to Boston via Orlando) |
| 41. | Golden State (to Miami via Charlotte, New York, Oklahoma City, and Atlanta) |
| 42. | Portland (to San Antonio via New Orleans) |
| 43. | LA Clippers (to Brooklyn via Houston) |
| 44. | Miami (to San Antonio via Indiana) |
| 45. | Charlotte (to Sacramento via San Antonio, Atlanta, and New York) |
| 46. | Orlando |
| 47. | Philadelphia (to Phoenix via Houston and Oklahoma City) |
| 48. | Phoenix (to Dallas via Washington) |
| 49. | Atlanta (to Denver via Brooklyn and Golden State) |
| 50. | Toronto |
| 51. | Minnesota (to Washington via Detroit and New York) |
| 52. | Cleveland (to the LA Clippers) |
| 53. | Houston |
| 54. | Los Angeles Lakers (to Golden State via Toronto, Miami, and Cleveland) |
| 55. | New York |
| 56. | Denver (to Chicago via Minnesota, Phoenix, Charlotte, and Phoenix) |
| 57. | Boston (to Atlanta) |
| 58. | Detroit (to New Orleans via New York, Brooklyn, Phoenix, Orlando, and the LA Clippers) |
| 59. | San Antonio (to Minnesota via Indiana) |
| 60. | Oklahoma City (to Washington via San Antonio and Miami) |
Note: Teams that finished the regular season with identical records will select in the second round in inverse order of the order in which they select in the first round. With respect to ties between Lottery teams, since the order of selection in the first round for these sets of teams may change based on the results of the Lottery, the order of selection in the second round cannot be determined until after the Lottery is conducted (on May 10, 2026). Also note, the draft order above assumes that a team with the right to swap one pick for another exercises such right only if it is favorable to do so.
