Watch the official 2026 NBA Draft lottery tie breaker.

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.

The following has been released by the NBA. pic.twitter.com/xwSJfpkaf5

— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) April 20, 2026

2026 First Round

NBA Draft Lottery 2026 will be held on Sunday, May 10 and air live on ABC at 3 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.

TEAM
RECORD
WIN%
LOTTERY ODDS

Washington
17-65
.207
14.0%

Indiana*
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%

Milwaukee^
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.

* = This pick may be conveyed to the LA Clippers
^ = 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.