List of Duke Basketball’s All-Time First-Round NBA Draft Picks
The following is an ever-updated account of Duke basketball players who have heard their names in the first round of the NBA Draft since its inception in 1947.
Any former Blue Devils who transferred from Duke to another school before entering the pro ranks are not on the list. But it does include transfers into the program to finish their college careers.
It's worth noting that about half of Duke basketball's 55 first-round draft products and counting (again, this list will update after each draft) have come since 2009.
Duke Basketball's All-Time First-Round NBA Draft Picks:
1. Dick Groat, 1952, No. 3 overall (309 career NBA regular-season points)
2. Art Heyman, 1963, No. 1 overall (4,030 career points)
3. Jeff Mullins, 1964, No. 6 overall (13,017 career points)
4. Jack Marin, 1966, No. 5 overall (12,541 career points)
5. Tate Armstrong, 1977, No. 13 overall (350 career points)
6. Jim Spanarkel, 1979, No. 16 overall (2,505 career points)
7. Mike Gminski, 1980, No. 7 overall (10,953 career points)
8. Johnny Dawkins, 1986, No. 10 overall (5,984 career points)
9. Mark Alarie, 1986, No. 18 overall (2,432 career points)
10. Danny Ferry, 1989, No. 2 overall (6,439 career points)
11. Alaa Abdelnaby, 1990, No. 25 overall (1,465 career points)
12. Christian Laettner, 1992, No. 3 overall (11,121 career points)
13. Bobby Hurley, 1993, No. 7 overall (1,032 career points)
14. Grant Hill, 1994, No. 3 overall (17,137 career points)
15. Cherokee Parks, 1995, No. 12 overall (2,056 career points)
16. Roshown McLeod, 1998, No. 20 overall (817 career points)
17. Elton Brand, 1999, No. 1 overall (16,827 career points)
18. Trajan Langdon, 1999, No. 11 overall (647 career points)
19. Corey Maggette, 1999, No. 13 overall (13,198 career points)
20. William Avery, 1999, No. 14 overall (379 career points)
21. Shane Battier, 2001, No. 6 overall (8,408 career points)
22. Jay Williams, 2002, No. 2 overall (714 career points)
23. Mike Dunleavy, 2002, No. 3 overall (11,048 career points)
24. Dahntay Jones, 2003, No. 20 overall (3,353 career points)
25. Luol Deng, 2004, No. 7 overall (13,361 career points)
26. Shelden Williams, 2006, No. 5 overall (1,618 career points)
27. JJ Redick, 2006, No. 11 overall (12,028 career points)
28. Gerald Henderson, 2009, No. 12 overall (5,987 career points)
29. Kyrie Irving, 2011, No. 1 overall (15,712 career points*)
30. Nolan Smith, 2011, No. 21 overall (277 career points)
31. Austin Rivers, 2012, No. 10 overall (5,996 career points*)
32. Miles Plumlee, 2012, No. 26 overall (1,697 career points)
33. Mason Plumlee, 2013, No. 22 overall (6,341 career points*)
34. Jabari Parker, 2014, No. 2 overall (4,380 career points)
35. Rodney Hood, 2014, No. 23 overall (4,656 career points)
36. Jahlil Okafor, 2015, No. 3 overall (2,566 career points)
37. Justise Winslow, 2015, No. 10 overall (2,829 career points*)
38. Tyus Jones, 2015, No. 24 overall (3,630 career points*)
39. Brandon Ingram, 2016, No. 2 overall (7,924 career points*)
40. Jayson Tatum, 2017, No. 3 overall (9,865 career points*)
41. Luke Kennard, 2017, No. 12 overall (3,512 career points*)
42. Harry Giles, 2017, No. 20 overall (832 career points)
43. Marvin Bagley III, 2018, No. 2 overall (2,760 career points*)
44. Wendell Carter Jr., 2018, No. 7 overall (3,344 career points*)
45. Grayson Allen, 2018, No. 21 overall (2,556 career points*)
46. Zion Williamson, 2019, No. 1 overall (2,941 career points*)
47. RJ Barrett, 2019, No. 3 overall (4,900 career points*)
48. Cam Reddish, 2019, No. 10 overall (1,786 career points*)
49. Jalen Johnson, 2021, No. 20 overall (447 career points*)
50. Paolo Banchero, 2022, No. 1 overall (1,437 career points*)
51. Mark Williams, 2022, No. 15 overall (386 career points*)
52. AJ Griffin, 2022, No. 16 overall (639 career points*)
53. Wendell Moore Jr., 2022, No. 26 overall (42 career points*)
54. Dereck Lively II, 2023, No. 12 overall (incoming rookie)
55. Dariq Whitehead, 2023, No. 22 overall (incoming rookie)
* denotes active NBA player
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