Denver Nuggets draft history

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The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team was founded as the Denver Larks in 1967 as a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association (ABA), but changed its name to Rockets before the first season. [1] It changed its name again to the Nuggets in 1974. [2] The team joined the NBA in 1976 after the ABA–NBA merger. They first participated in the NBA draft in 1977.

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YearPickOverallPlayerNationalityCollege/High School/Club
1977 19 Tom LaGarde Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States North Carolina
1977 121 Anthony Roberts Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Oral Roberts
1977 365 Robert Smith Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States UNLV
1977 5109 John Billups Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Ole Miss
1977 6130 Jim Town Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Massachusetts
1977 7148 Willie High Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Alabama State
1977 8169 Len Saunders Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Florida
1978 117 Rod Griffin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Wake Forest
1978 121 Mike Evans Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Kansas State
1978 346 Hollis Copeland Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Rutgers
1978 5106Mike EdwardsFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Texas–Pan American
1978 6127 Robert Heard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Columbus (GA) [a]
1978 7148 Jack Gilloon Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States South Carolina
1978 8166 Larry Vaculik Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Colorado
1978 9183 Tom Schneeberger Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Air Force
1978 10198 Phil Taylor Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Arizona
1979 230 Gary Garland Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States DePaul
1979 5102 Larry Williams Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Louisville
1979 6122 Odell Ball Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Marquette
1979 7144John JohnsonFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Creighton
1979 8162 Matt Teahan Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Denver
1979 9179 Emmett Lewis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Colorado
1980 15 James Ray Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Jacksonville
1980 123 Carl Nicks Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Indiana State
1980 241 Jawann Oldham Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Seattle
1980 347 Kurt Nimphius Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Arizona State
1980 348 Eddie Lee Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Cincinnati
1980 351 Ronnie Valentine Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Old Dominion
1980 473 Sammie Ellis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Pittsburgh
1980 597 James Patrick Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Texas State
1980 6119 Ernie Hill Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Oklahoma City
1980 7143 Tommy Springer Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Vanderbilt
1980 9184 Jim Graziano Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States South Carolina
1980 10202 Earl Sango Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Regis University
1981 234 Ken Green Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Texas–Pan American
1981 5101 Willie Sims Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States LSU
1981 6124 Alonzo Weatherley Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Denver
1981 7147 Greg Manning Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Maryland
1981 8169 Curtis Redding Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States St. John's (NY)
1981 9191 Andrew Burton Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Austin Peay State
1981 10211 Derrick Rowland Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Potsdam State
1982 119 Rob Williams Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Arizona State
1982 362 Roylin Bond Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Pepperdine
1982 473 Alford Turner Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Louisiana-Lafayette
1982 5109 Bill Duffy Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Santa Clara
1982 6131 Chris Brust Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States North Carolina
1982 7153 Jeb Barlow Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States North Carolina
1982 8178 Donny Speer Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States UAB
1982 9200 Dean Sears Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States UCLA
1982 10220Mike PhillipsFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Niagara
1983 9184 Jim Graziano Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States South Carolina
1983 115 Howard Carter Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States LSU
1983 237 David Russell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States St. John's (NY)
1983 361 David Little Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Oklahoma
1983 483 York Gross Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States UC Santa Barbara
1983 5107 James Braddock Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States North Carolina
1983 6129 Glen Green Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Murray State
1983 7153 Maurice McDaniel Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Catawba (SC)
1983 8175 Cliff Tribus Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Davidson
1983 9198 Bobby Van Noy Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Catawba (SC)
1983 10218 Cleveland McCrae Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Catawba (SC)
1984 242 Willie White Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tennessee-Chattanooga
1984 479 Karl Tilleman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Calgary (Canada)
1984 5103 Prince Bridges Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Missouri
1984 6131Willie BurtonFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tennessee
1984 7149 Mark Simpson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Catawba (SC)
1984 8171 Bill Wendtland Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Texas Austin
1984 9194 Cecil Exum Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 		North Carolina
1984 10220 Dexter Bailey Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Xavier (Ohio)
1985 115 Blair Rasmussen Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Oregon
1985 243 Barry Stevens Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Iowa State
1985 489 Pete Williams Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Arizona
1985 5112 Kenny Brown Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Texas A&M
1985 6135 Joe Carrabino Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Harvard
1985 7158 Eddie Smith Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Arizona
1986 116 Maurice Martin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States St. Joseph's (NY)
1986 118 Mark Alarie Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Duke
1986 241 Otis Smith Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Jacksonville
1986 364 Don Redden Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States LSU
1986 487 Anthony Watson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States San Diego State
1986 5110 Jon Collins Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Eastern Illinois
1986 6133 Anthony Frederick Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Pepperdine
1986 7156 Mike Marshall Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States McNeese State
1987 231 Andre Moore Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Loyola Chicago
1987 354 Tom Schafer Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Iowa State
1987 477 David Boone Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Marquette
1987 5100 Ron Grandison Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States New Orleans
1987 6123 Kelvin Scarborough Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States New Mexico
1987 7146 Rowan Gomes Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Hampton
1987 7156 Curtis Hunter Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States North Carolina
1988 123 Jerome Lane Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Pittsburgh
1988 243 Todd Mitchell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Purdue
1988 247 Vernon Maxwell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Florida
1988 366 Dwight Boyd Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Memphis
1989 115 Todd Lichti Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Stanford
1989 242 Michael Cutright Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States McNeese State
1989 247 Reggie Turner Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States UAB
1990 13 Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States LSU
1990 242 Marcus Liberty Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Illinois
1991 14 Dikembe Mutombo Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 		Georgetown University
1991 18 Mark Macon Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Temple
1992 15 LaPhonso Ellis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Notre Dame
1992 113 Bryant Stith Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Virginia
1992 246 Robert Werdann Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States St. John's (NY)
1993 19 Rodney Rogers Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Wake Forest
1993 243 Josh Grant Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Utah
1994 113 Jalen Rose Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Michigan
1995 115 Brent Barry Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Oregon State
1995 244 Anthony Pelle Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Fresno State
1996 123 Efthimi Rentzias Flag of Greece.svg  Greece PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece)
1996 237 Jeff McInnis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States North Carolina
1997 15 Tony Battie Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Texas Tech
1997 232 James Cotton Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States CSU Long Beach
1997 241 Jason Lawson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Villanova
1998 13 Raef LaFrentz Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Kansas
1998 123 Tyronn Lue Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Nebraska
1998 254 Tremaine Fowlkes Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Fresno State
1998 255 Ryan Bowen Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Iowa
1999 118 James Posey Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Xavier (Ohio)
1999 233 Chris Herren Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Fresno State
1999 241 Francisco Elson Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands California
2000 126 Mamadou N'Diaye Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Auburn
2000 253 Dan McClintock Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Northern Arizona
2001 246 Ousmane Cisse Flag of Mali.svg  Mali St. Jude Educational Institute (Montgomery, AL)
2002 15 Nikoloz Tskitishvili Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Benetton Treviso (Italy)
2002 125 Frank Williams Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Illinois
2002 233 Vincent Yarbrough Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tennessee
2003 13 Carmelo Anthony Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Syracuse
2003 246 Sani Bečirović Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna (Italy)
2004 120 Jameer Nelson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States St. Joseph's (PA)
2005 120 Julius Hodge Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States North Carolina State
2005 122 Jarrett Jack Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Georgia Tech
2005 252 Axel Hervelle Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Real Madrid Baloncesto (Spain)
2006 249 Leon Powe Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States California
2009 234 Sergio Llull Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Real Madrid Baloncesto (Spain)
2011 122 Kenneth Faried Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Morehead State
2012 120 Evan Fournier Flag of France.svg  France Poitiers Basket 86 (France)
2012 238 Quincy Miller Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Baylor
2012 250 İzzet Türkyılmaz Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Banvit B.K. (Turkey)
2013 127 Rudy Gobert Flag of France.svg  France Cholet Basket (France)
2014 111 Doug McDermott Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Creighton
2014 241 Nikola Jokić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia KK Mega Basket (Serbia)
2014 256 Roy Devyn Marble Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Iowa
2015 17 Emmanuel Mudiay Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 		Guangdong Southern Tigers (China)
2015 257 Nikola Radičević Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Baloncesto Sevilla (Spain)
2016 17 Jamal Murray Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Kentucky
2016 115 Juan Hernangómez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain CB Estudiantes (Spain)
2016 119 Malik Beasley Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Florida State
2016 253 Petr Cornelie Flag of France.svg  France Le Mans Sarthe Basket (France)
2016 256 Daniel Hamilton Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Connecticut
2017 111 Donovan Mitchell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Louisville
2017 249 Vlatko Čančar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia KK Mega Basket (Serbia)
2017 251 Monté Morris Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Iowa State
2018 114 Michael Porter Jr. Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Missouri
2018 243 Justin Jackson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Maryland
2018 258 Thomas Welsh Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States UCLA
2020 122 Zeke Nnaji Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Arizona
2021 126 Nah'Shon Hyland Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States VCU
2022 121 Christian Braun Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Kansas

Notes

  1. ↑ Granted university status and changed name to Columbus State University in 1996.

References

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Specific
  1. ↑ "December to Remember". NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. December 3, 2014. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Nuggets Nickname History". NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
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