Los Angeles Clippers draft history

This is a list of the Los Angeles Clippers' (formerly Buffalo Braves and San Diego Clippers) National Basketball Association (NBA) draft selections in their 45-year history.

Selections

Draft	Round	Pick	Player	College/High School/Club
2014	1	28	C.J. Wilcox	Washington
2013	1	25	Reggie Bullock	North Carolina
2012	2	53	Furkan Aldemir	Galatasaray (Turkey)
2011	2	37	Trey Thompkins	Georgia
		47	Travis Leslie
2010	1	8	Al-Farouq Aminu	Wake Forest
	2	54	Willie Warren	Oklahoma
2009	1	1	Blake Griffin	Oklahoma
2008	1	7	Eric Gordon	Indiana
	2	35	DeAndre Jordan	Texas A&M
2007	1	14	Al Thornton	Florida State
	2	45	Jared Jordan	Marist
2006	2	34	Paul Davis	Michigan State
		52	Guillermo Diaz	Miami (Florida)
2005	1	12	Yaroslav Korolev	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
	2	32	Daniel Ewing	Duke
2004	1	4	Shaun Livingston	Peoria HS (Illinois)
	2	33	Lionel Chalmers	Xavier University
2003	1	6	Chris Kaman	Central Michigan
	2	34	Sofoklis Schortsanitis	Iraklis (Greece)
2002	1	6	Chris Wilcox	Maryland
		12	Melvin Ely	Fresno State
	2	40	Mario Kasun	Skyliners Frankfurt (Germany)
2001	1	2	Tyson Chandler	Dominguez HS
2000	1	3	Darius Miles	East St. Louis HS (Illinois)
		18	Quentin Richardson	DePaul
	2	30	Marko Jarić	Fortitudo Bologna (Italy)
1999	1	4	Lamar Odom	Rhode Island
	2	31	Rico Hill	Illinois State
1998	1	1	Michael Olowokandi	Pacific (California)
	2	48	Brian Skinner	Baylor
1997	1	14	Maurice Taylor	Michigan
1996	1	7	Lorenzen Wright	Memphis
	2	36	Doron Sheffer	Connecticut
1995	1	2	Antonio McDyess	Alabama
	2	53	Constantin Popa	Miami (Florida)
1993	1	13	Terry Dehere	Seton Hall
	2	53	Leonard White	Southern
1992	1	16	Randy Woods	La Salle
		25	Elmore Spencer	UNLV
1991	1	22	LeRon Ellis	Syracuse
	2	37	Elliott Perry	Memphis
		38	Joe Wylie	Miami (Florida)
1990	1	8	Bo Kimble	Loyola Marymount
		13	Loy Vaught	Michigan
1989	1	2	Danny Ferry	Duke
	2	31	Jeff Martin	Murray State
		33	Jay Edwards	Indiana
1988	1	1	Danny Manning	Kansas
		6	Hersey Hawkins	Bradley
	2	45	Tom Garrick	Rhode Island
	3	51	Rob Lock	Kentucky
1987	1	7	Reggie Williams	Georgetown
		13	Joe Wolf	North Carolina
		19	Ken Norman	Illinois
	2	38	Norris Coleman	Kansas State
	3	47	Tim McCalister	Oklahoma
	5	93	Chad Kessler	Georgia
	6	116	Martin Nessley	Duke
	7	139	Henry Carr	Witchita State
1986	3	54	Dwayne Polee	Pepperdine
	4	78	John Brownlee	Texas
	5	100	Steffond Johnson	San Diego State
	6	124	Tim Kempton	Notre Dame
	7	146	Johnny Brown	New Mexico
1985	1	3	Benoit Benjamin	Creighton
	3	52	Anicet Lavodrama	Houston Baptist
	4	74	Jim Deines	Arizona State
	5	99	Wayne Carlander	USC
	6	121	Malcolm Thomas	Missouri
	7	143	Gary Maloncon	UCLA
1984	1	8	Lancaster Gordon	Louisville
	2	27	Michael Cage	San Diego State
	4	75	Marc Glass	Montana
	5	98	Alonza Allen	Louisiana Lafayette
	6	121	Phillip Haynes	Memphis
	7	144	David Brantley	Oregon
	8	167	Jim McLoughlin	Temple
	9	189	Dave Schultz	Westmont (California)
	10	211	Dick Mumma	Penn State
1983	1	4	Byron Scott	Arizona State
	5	97	Manute Bol[lower-alpha 1]	none
	7	142	Dan Evans	Oregon State
	8	165	Mark Gannon	Iowa
	9	188	David Maxwell	Fordham
	10	209	Keith Smith	San Diego State
1982	1	2	Terry Cummings	DePaul
	2	28	Richard Anderson	UC Santa Barbara
	3	48	Craig Hodges	Long Beach State
	4	71	Darius Clemons	Loyola (Illinois)
	5	94	Gary Carter	Tennessee
	6	117	Eric Marbury	Georgia
	7	140	Eddie Hughes	Colorado State
	8	163	Jacques Tuz	Colorado
	9	186	John Hedgwood	San Francisco
	10	207	Daryl Stovall	Creighton
1981	1	8	Tom Chambers	Utah
	3	54	Jim Smith	Ohio State
	4	77	Lee Raker	Virginia
	5	100	Dennis Isbell	Memphis
	6	123	Mike Pepper	North Carolina
	7	146	Randy Johnson	Southern Colorado
	8	168	Todd Haynes	Davidson
	9	190	Art Jones	NC State
	10	210	Tony Gwynn	San Diego state
1980	1	9	Michael Brooks	La Salle
	4	76	Ed Odom	Oklahoma State
	5	99	Wally Rank	San Jose State
	6	122	Londale Theus	Santa Clara
	7	145	Paul Anderson	USC
1979	3	55	Tom Channel	Boston University
	4	77	Lionel Garrett	Southern
	5	99	Greg Joyner	MTSU
	6	119	Bob Bender	Duke
	7	139	Jene Grey	Le Moyne
	8	158	Renaldo Lawrence	Appalachian State
	9	176	Mike Dodd	San Diego State
	10	194	Greg Hunter	Loyola Marymount
1978	2	41	Jerome Whitehead	Marquette
	3	48	Mike Santos	Utah State
		51	Ricky Gallon	Louisville
		65	Marvin Delph	Arkansas
	4	68	Jim Boylan	Marquette
		73	Larry Harris	Pittsburgh
		76	Leroy McDonald	Wake Forest
	5	90	David Thompson	Florida State
	6	112	Bob Miscevicious	Providence
	7	133	Stan Pietkiewicz	Auburn
	8	154	Felton Young	Jacksonville
	9	172	Bobby White	Centenary
1977	2	24	Larry Johnson	Kentucky
	4	68	Melvin Watkins	Charlotte
	5	90	Mike Hanley	Niagara
	6	112	Curvan Lewis	Virginia Union
	7	133	Mike Jackson	Tennessee
	8	153	Emery Sammons	Philadelphia
1976	1	6	Adrian Dantley	Notre Dame
	3	48	Gary Brewster	UTEP
	6	100	Danny Odums	Fairfield
	7	118	Frank Jones	Tennessee Tech
	8	136	Mark McAndrew	Providence
	9	153	Bob Rozyczko	St. Bonaventure
	10	169	Tim Stokes	Canisius
1975	3	52	George Bucci	Manhattan
	4	70	Bob Fleischer	Duke
	5	88	Sam Berry	Armstrong State[lower-alpha 2]
	6	106	Larry Jackson	Charlotte
	7	124	Mike Franklin	Cincinnati
	8	142	Allen Jones	Pepperdine
	9	158	George Rautins	Niagara
	10	172	Art Allen	Pepperdine
1974	1	9	Tom McMillen	Maryland
	3	45	Kim Hughes	Wisconsin
	4	63	Bernie Harris	VCU
	5	81	Tony Byers	Wake Forest
	6	99	Gary Link	Missouri
	7	117	Tommy Curtis	UCLA
	8	135	Glenn Price	St. Bonaventure
	9	153	John Falconi	Davidson
	10	170	Andy Rimol	Princeton
1973	1	3	Ernie DiGregorio	Providence
	3	38	Ken Charles	Fordham
	4	54	Doug Little	Oregon
	5	72	Randy Noll	Marshall
	6	88	Mike Macaluso	Canisius
	7	106	Tim Bassett	Georgia
	8	122	Carl Jackson	St. Bonaventure
	9	140	Bob Fullerton	Xavier
	10	153	Nick Connor	Illinois
	11	168	Mike Lee	Syracuse
	12	176	Aaron Convington	Canisius
	13	184	Bob Vartanian	Buffalo
	14	190	Ron Gilliam	SUNY Brockport
	15	195	John Fraley	Georgia
	16	200	John Green	Oregon
	17	204	Jim Garvin	Boston University
	18	207	Don Johnston	North Carolina
	19	209	Ron Thorsten	UBC (Canada)
	20	211	Phil Tollestrup	Lethbridge (Canada)
1972	1	2	Bob McAdoo	North Carolina
	2	15	Harold Fox	Jacksonville
	3	32	Bob Morse	Pennsylvania
	4	49	George Bryant	Eastern Kentucky
	5	65	Arnie Berman	Brown
	6	83	Ed Czernota	Sacred Heart (Connecticut)
	7	99	Greg Kohls	Syracuse
	8	115	Andy Denny	South Alabama
	9	131	John Collins	SUNY Brockport
	11	158	Jim Prokell	Edinboro (Pennsylvania)
	12	167	Frank Dewitt	Virginia
	13	176	Kim Huband	North Carolina
	14	182	Greg Corson	North Carolina
	15	189	Paul Hoffman	St. Bonaventure
	16	194	Norman Bounds	SUNY Brockport
1971	1	3	Elmore Smith	Kentucky State
	2	19	Fred Hilton	Grambling State
		26	Amos Thomas	Southwestern Oklahoma State
		30	Spencer Haywood	Detroit
	4	53	Jimmy O'Brien	Boston College
	5	70	Gary Nelson	Duquesne
	6	87	Glen Summors	Gannon
	7	104	Randy Smith	Buffalo State
	8	121	Craig Love	Ohio
	9	138	Gary Stewart	Canisius
	10	154	Don Ward	Colgate
	11	170	Bill Warner	Arizona
	12	184	Butch Webster	LSU
	13	197	Pete Smith	Valdosta State
	14	209	Ray Lavender	Drury
	15	218	William Chatmon	Baylor
	16	226	James Douglas	Memphis
	17	230	Nelson Isley	LSU
	18	233	Joey Meyer	DePaul
1970	1	7	John Hummer	Princeton
	2	24	Cornell Warner	Jackson State
	3	43	Chip Case	Virginia
	4	58	Erwin Polnick	Stephen F. Austin State
	5	77	Robert Moore	Central State
	6	92	Doug Hess	Toledo (Ohio)
	7	111	Cliff Shegogg	Colorado State
	8	126	Larry Woods	West Virginia
	9	145	Larry Duckworth	Henderson State
	10	160	Joe Taylor	Dillard
	11	177	Dick Walker	Wake Forest

Notes

1. Pick was invalidated.
2. Formerly known as Armstrong Atlantic State.

References

• "All-Time Clippers First Round Draft Choices".
• "Buffalo Braves and San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers draft register". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.