Miami Heat top pick in the NBA Draft for each season.

The team has selected once one of the top 3 picks but never the first overall draft pick. Last time it took one of the top 3 picks was in 2008.

Franchise preferred NCAA teams or countries of origin for players selected in the first 3 rounds: NBA G-League (2 times), Syracuse (2), Mississippi State (2).

Miami Heat top NBA draft pick for each season

YEARROUNDPOS.PLAYERCOLLEGE1
2023118Jaime Jaquez Jr.UCLA
2022127Nikola JovicSerbia
2020120Precious AchiuwaMemphis
2019113Tyler HerroKentucky
2017114Bam AdebayoKentucky
2015110Justise WinslowDuke
2014126P.J. HairstonNBA G-League
2012127Arnett MoultrieMississippi State
2011231Bojan BogdanovicCroatia
2010232Dexter PittmanTexas
2009243Marcus ThorntonLSU
200812Michael BeasleyKansas State
2007120Jason SmithColorado State
2005129Wayne SimienKansas
2004119Dorell WrightLeuzinger HS (CA)
200315Dwyane WadeMarquette
2002110Caron ButlerUconn
2001248Ken JohnsonOhio State
2000237Eddie HouseArizona State
1999125Tim JamesMiami
1998251Corey BrewerOklahoma
1997126Charles SmithNew Mexico
1995110Kurt ThomasTCU
1994112Khalid ReevesArizona
1993235Ed StokesArizona
1992112Harold MinerUSC
199115Steve SmithMichigan State
199019Willie BurtonMinnesota
198914Glen RiceMichigan
198819Rony SeikalySyracuse
(1) Non NCAA international players are listed by the country in which they were playing when drafted or signed if undrafted.