{"id":707325,"date":"2026-04-10T10:45:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/707325\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T10:45:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:45:40","slug":"nba-draft-lottery-standings-updated-odds-for-nets-wizards-others-to-get-no-1-pick-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/707325\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Draft lottery standings: Updated odds for Nets, Wizards, others to get No. 1 pick in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

NBA Draft lottery standings: Updated odds for Nets, Wizards, others to get No. 1 pick in 2026<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The NBA uses a lottery system to determine the first half of its draft order each year.<\/p>\n

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Unlike the NFL, which uses the inverse of the previous season’s final standings, the NBA uses a lottery system that ranks the 14 worst teams by record and assigns each a percentage to determine the No. 1 overall pick. Each of the worst three teams receives the same odds to win the No. 1 pick, and the rest of the 11 remaining teams’ odds are staggered, getting worse and worse, so that the 14th worst team has the lowest odds to earn the top pick.<\/p>\n

The NBA draft lottery has been a hot topic recently because last year the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> had only a 1.8% chance of the top pick, yet was awarded it and brought in their Luka Doncic replacement in Cooper Flagg.<\/p>\n

Here is an updated look at the 2026 NBA Draft lottery standings, as teams hope to earn the No. 1 overall pick.<\/p>\n

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NBA Draft lottery standings<\/p>\n

*Accurate as of the end of games on April 8.<\/p>\n

Pick<\/p>\n

Team<\/p>\n

Record<\/p>\n

1.<\/p>\n

Wizards<\/p>\n

17-62<\/p>\n

2.<\/p>\n

Pacers<\/p>\n

18-61<\/p>\n

3.<\/p>\n

Nets<\/p>\n

20-59<\/p>\n

4.<\/p>\n

Jazz<\/p>\n

21-59<\/p>\n

5.<\/p>\n

Kings<\/p>\n

21-59<\/p>\n

6.<\/p>\n

Grizzlies<\/p>\n

25-55<\/p>\n

7.<\/p>\n

Mavericks<\/p>\n

25-55<\/p>\n

8.<\/p>\n

Hawks (via Pelicans)<\/p>\n

26-54<\/p>\n

9.<\/p>\n

Bulls<\/p>\n

30-49<\/p>\n

10.<\/p>\n

Bucks<\/p>\n

31-49<\/p>\n

11.<\/p>\n

Warriors<\/p>\n

37-42<\/p>\n

12.<\/p>\n

Trail Blazers<\/p>\n

40-40<\/p>\n

13.<\/p>\n

Heat<\/p>\n

41-38<\/p>\n

14.<\/p>\n

Hornets<\/p>\n

43-37<\/p>\n

MORE: Tracking 2026 NBA Award eligibility<\/a><\/p>\n

NBA lottery odds 2026<\/p>\n

Here’s a closer look at how the odds to land the No. 1 pick and a top-four pick break down.<\/p>\n

*Accurate as of the end of games on April 8.<\/p>\n

Pick<\/p>\n

Team<\/p>\n

No. 1 pick odds<\/p>\n

Top 4 pick odds<\/p>\n

1.<\/p>\n

Wizards<\/p>\n

14.0%<\/p>\n

52.1%<\/p>\n

2.<\/p>\n

Pacers<\/p>\n

14.0%<\/p>\n

52.1%<\/p>\n

3.<\/p>\n

Nets<\/p>\n

14.0%<\/p>\n

52.1%<\/p>\n

4.<\/p>\n

Jazz<\/p>\n

11.5%<\/p>\n

45.2%<\/p>\n

5.<\/p>\n

Kings<\/p>\n

11.5%<\/p>\n

45.2%<\/p>\n

6.<\/p>\n

Grizzlies<\/p>\n

8.3%<\/p>\n

34.8%<\/p>\n

7.<\/p>\n

Mavericks<\/p>\n

8.2%<\/p>\n

34.4%<\/p>\n

8.<\/p>\n

Hawks (via Pelicans)<\/p>\n

6.0%<\/p>\n

26.3%<\/p>\n

9.<\/p>\n

Bulls<\/p>\n

4.5%<\/p>\n

20.3%<\/p>\n

10.<\/p>\n

Bucks<\/p>\n

3.0%<\/p>\n

13.9%<\/p>\n

11.<\/p>\n

Warriors<\/p>\n

2.0%<\/p>\n

9.4%<\/p>\n

12.<\/p>\n

Trail Blazers<\/p>\n

1.5%<\/p>\n

7.1%<\/p>\n

13.<\/p>\n

Heat<\/p>\n

1.0%<\/p>\n

4.8%<\/p>\n

14.<\/p>\n

Hornets<\/p>\n

0.5%<\/p>\n

2.4%<\/p>\n

Under the balanced NBA Draft lottery system, finishing with the league’s worst record gives a team only a 14 percent chance of landing the No. 1 pick. The teams with the worst three records all have 14% odds of securing the top pick, with No. 4 (11.5%) and No. 5 (11.5%) not far behind.<\/p>\n

For now, the Wizards<\/a>, Pacers<\/a> and Nets<\/a> are all tied with the best odds to be awarded the first overall pick, with the Jazz<\/a> and Kings<\/a> not far behind.<\/p>\n

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Last year, there was a controversy because the Mavericks earned the No. 1 pick, which they used to select Flagg, despite having only a 1.8% chance. This year, that would rank 12th.<\/p>\n

MORE: Why did Draymond Green accuse the Kings of blatantly cheating?<\/a><\/p>\n

NBA mock draft 2026<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at the mocked lottery picks from Sporting News’ Steph Noh, whose latest mock draft<\/a> came after the end of the 2026 NCAA Tournament. It is worth noting that the draft order could vary from the current standings.<\/p>\n

Pick<\/p>\n

Team<\/p>\n

Player<\/p>\n

School<\/p>\n

1.<\/p>\n

Wizards<\/p>\n

AJ Dybantsa<\/p>\n

BYU<\/p>\n

2.<\/p>\n

Nets<\/p>\n

Cameron Boozer<\/p>\n

Duke<\/p>\n

3.<\/p>\n

Pacers<\/p>\n

Darryn Peterson<\/p>\n

Kansas<\/p>\n

4.<\/p>\n

Jazz<\/p>\n

Caleb Wilson<\/p>\n

North Carolina<\/p>\n

5.<\/p>\n

Kings<\/p>\n

Darius Acuff Jr.<\/p>\n

Arkansas<\/p>\n

6.<\/p>\n

Mavericks<\/p>\n

Kingston Flemings<\/p>\n

Houston<\/p>\n

7.<\/p>\n

Hawks (from Pelicans)<\/p>\n

Keaton Wagler<\/p>\n

Illinois<\/p>\n

8.<\/p>\n

Grizzlies<\/p>\n

Brayden Burries<\/p>\n

Arizona<\/p>\n

9.<\/p>\n

Bulls<\/p>\n

Yaxel Lendeborg<\/p>\n

Michigan<\/p>\n

10.<\/p>\n

Bucks<\/p>\n

Mikel Brown Jr.<\/p>\n

Louisville<\/p>\n

11.<\/p>\n

Warriors<\/p>\n

Jayden Quaintance<\/p>\n

Kentucky<\/p>\n

12.<\/p>\n

Hornets<\/p>\n

Nate Ament<\/p>\n

Tennessee<\/p>\n

13.<\/p>\n

Heat<\/p>\n

Aday Mara<\/p>\n

Michigan<\/p>\n

14.<\/p>\n

Grizzlies (from Magic)<\/p>\n

Koa Peat<\/p>\n

Arizona<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NBA Draft lottery standings: Updated odds for Nets, Wizards, others to get No. 1 pick in 2026 originally…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,17047,225,149,200,677,292,6658,423,42824,87727,368,18339,6,12,249,15163,2550,671,114,380,733,1617,255,683,3549],"class_list":{"0":"post-707325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-draft","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cameron-boozer","10":"tag-cooper-flagg","11":"tag-dallas-mavericks","12":"tag-draymond-green","13":"tag-hawks","14":"tag-houston","15":"tag-jayden-quaintance","16":"tag-jazz","17":"tag-keaton-wagler","18":"tag-live-nba-scores","19":"tag-luka-doncic","20":"tag-nate-ament","21":"tag-nba","22":"tag-nba-draft","23":"tag-nba-draft-lottery","24":"tag-nba-schedule","25":"tag-nba-standings","26":"tag-nets","27":"tag-pacers","28":"tag-steph","29":"tag-top-pick","30":"tag-trail-blazers","31":"tag-warriors","32":"tag-wizards","33":"tag-yaxel-lendeborg"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116380010001172449","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}