List of NBA drafted players from Serbia explained

The following is a list of men's basketball players that have played in a Serbia-based club before the NBA draft. The list has not included Serbian players selected in the draft while playing for a club based outside Serbia.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) holds an annual draft where teams select eligible players to join the league.

Draft selections

G

Guard

PG

Point guard

SG

Shooting guard

F

Forward

SF

Small forward

PF

Power forward

C

Center

			Player		Nationality	Team
1989	1	26	^+	C		Los Angeles Lakers	Partizan
1992	2	43		SG		Golden State Warriors
1994	2	54		C		Seattle SuperSonics
1997	2	48		C		Washington Bullets (from Charlotte)	Partizan
2000	2	51		G		Minnesota Timberwolves	Crvena zvezda
2001	1	12		PF		Seattle SuperSonics
2002	1	24		C/PF		New Jersey Nets
2002	2	36		PG		New York Knicks	Partizan
2002	2	55		SG		Dallas Mavericks
2003	1	2		C		Detroit Pistons (from Memphis)	Vršac (Hemofarm)
2005	2	43		C		New Jersey Nets	FMP Železnik (Reflex)
2006	2	38		C	Serbia	Golden State Warriors	Partizan
2007	2	60		C		Dallas Mavericks (traded to Orlando)	Mega Basket (Mega Ishrana)[1]
2008	2	31		C		Minnesota Timberwolves (from Miami via Boston)	Partizan
2008	2	53		PF		Utah Jazz
2010	2	35		PF		Washington Wizards (traded to Minnesota)	Crvena zvezda
2011	1	6		PF		Washington Wizards	Partizan
2013	2	55		C	France	Memphis Grizzlies (traded to Denver)	Partizan
2014	1	27		SG		Phoenix Suns (from Indiana)	Partizan
2014	2	41	+	C		Denver Nuggets	Mega Basket (Mega Vizura)
2014	2	52		PG		Philadelphia 76ers (from Memphis via Cleveland)	Mega Basket (Mega Vizura)
2014	2	54		SG		Philadelphia 76ers (from Houston via Milwaukee, traded to San Antonio)	Mega Basket (Mega Vizura)
2015	1	26		C		San Antonio Spurs
2015	2	60		PF		Philadelphia 76ers (from Golden State via Indiana)
2016	1	24		SG/SF		Philadelphia 76ers (from Miami via Cleveland)	Mega Basket (Mega Leks)
2016	2	32		C	Croatia	Los Angeles Lakers	Mega Basket (Mega Leks)
2016	2	35		SG/SF		Boston Celtics (from Minnesota via New Orleans and Phoenix, traded to Memphis Grizzlies)	Mega Basket (Mega Leks)
2017	2	36		PF	Australia	Philadelphia 76ers (from New York via Utah and Toronto)
2017	2	49		SF	Slovenia	Denver Nuggets (from Memphis via Oklahoma City)	Mega Basket (Mega Leks)
2017	2	58		PG		New York Knicks (from Houston)	Mega Basket (Mega Leks)
2017	2	60		PF/C		Atlanta Hawks (from Golden State via Philadelphia and Utah) traded to Milwaukee Bucks)	Mega Basket (Mega Leks)
2019	1	18		C	Georgia	Indiana Pacers	Mega Basket (Mega Bemax)
2019	2	60		SG		Sacramento Kings (from Milwaukee)	Partizan
2020	2	44		C			Mega Basket (Mega Soccerbet)
2021	2	50	Filip Petrušev	C			Mega Basket (Mega Soccerbet)
2022	1	27	Nikola Jović	G/F			Mega Basket (Mega Mozzart)
2022	2	52	Karlo Matković	C		New Orleans Pelicans (from Utah)	Mega Basket (Mega Mozzart)
2023	2	42	Tristan Vukčević	PF/C			Partizan
2024	1	12	Nikola Topić	PG			Crvena zvezda
2024	2	43	Nikola Đurišić	SG/SF			Mega Basket

Statistics

Note: Italics indicates countries and clubs that no longer exist.

Draft selections by club

Number	Clubs	Based in	First	Last	Highest
align=center	16			align=center		align=center		align=center	18
align=center	14					align=center	6
align=center	5					align=center	12
align=center	3	FMP Železnik				align=center	12
align=center	1				align=center	36
align=center	1				align=center	2

Draft selections by country

See also

• List of Serbian NBA players
• List of Serbian WNBA players
• List of foreign NBA drafted players

Notes

Details

Trades involving draft picks and rights

Notes and References

1. Web site: Milovan Rakovic Draft 2007 Profile. . August 19, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106115525/http://www.nba.com/draft2007/profiles/MilovanRakovic.html. November 6, 2012. dead.