With the 2026 NBA playoffs underway, 14 lottery-bound teams shift into offseason mode. The draft lottery, which is on May 10, looms large for franchises trying to rebuild, as the 2026 class has been lauded as a historically deep pool of players that can turn a team’s future around with one pick.
The Brooklyn Nets, Indiana Pacers and Washington Wizards enter the lottery with the best odds (14%) at the No. 1 pick, while several other teams are hoping for the same luck the Dallas Mavericks struck last season, when they earned the No. 1 overall pick with the 11th-best lottery odds (1.8%).
2026 NBA draft order
First round
1. Washington Wizards (14% chance to pick No. 1)
2. Indiana Pacers (14%)
3. Brooklyn Nets (14%)
4. Utah Jazz (11.5%)
5. Sacramento Kings (11.5%)
6. Memphis Grizzlies (80%)
7. Atlanta Hawks (via NO; 6.8%)
8. Dallas Mavericks (6.7%)
9. Chicago Bulls (4.5%)
10. Milwaukee Bucks (3%)
11. Golden State Warriors (2%)
12. Oklahoma City Thunder (via LAC; 1.5%)
13. Miami Heat (1%)
14. Charlotte Hornets (0.5%)
15. Chicago Bulls (via POR)*
16. Memphis Grizzlies (via PHX)
17. Oklahoma City Thunder (via PHI)
18. Charlotte Hornets (via ORL)
19. Toronto Raptors
20. San Antonio Spurs (via ATL)
21. Detroit Pistons (via MIN)
22. Philadelphia 76ers (via HOU)
23. Atlanta Hawks (via CLE)
24. New York Knicks
25. Los Angeles Lakers
26. Denver Nuggets
27. Boston Celtics
28. Minnesota Timberwolves (via DET)
29. Cleveland Cavaliers (via SA)
30. Dallas Mavericks (via OKC)
Second round
31. New York Knicks (via WSH)
32. Memphis Grizzlies (via IND)
33. Brooklyn Nets
34. Sacramento Kings
35. San Antonio Spurs (via UTAH)
36. LA Clippers (via MEM)
37. Oklahoma City Thunder (via DAL)
38. Chicago Bulls (via NO)
39. Houston Rockets (via CHI)
40. Boston Celtics (via MIL)
41. Miami Heat (via GS)
42. San Antonio Spurs (via POR)
43. Brooklyn Nets (via LAC)
44. San Antonio Spurs (via MIA)
45. Sacramento Kings (via CHA)
46. Orlando Magic
47. Phoenix Suns (via PHI)
48. Dallas Mavericks (via PHX)
49. Denver Nuggets (via ATL)
50. Toronto Raptors
51. Washington Wizards (via MIN)
52. LA Clippers (via CLE)
53. Houston Rockets
54. Golden State Warriors (via LAL)
55. New York Knicks
56. Chicago Bulls (via DEN)
57. Atlanta Hawks (via BOS)
58. New Orleans Pelicans (via DET)
59. Minnesota Timberwolves (via SA)
60. Washington Wizards (via OKC)