Since the NBA Draft started nearly 80 years ago, the Arizona Wildcats have produced 75 draft picks.
Former Arizona forward Carter Bryant is expected to be the 76th Wildcat to hear his name called at the NBA Draft. UA star guard Caleb Love, who is a projected second-round pick or undrafted free agent, could be the 77th if he’s selected on Thursday.
Since 1979, Arizona has had 26 players taken in the first round of the NBA Draft, with Bryant expected to be the 27th. Bryant is a projected Top 10 and lottery pick in the first round of the NBA Draft, which begins Wednesday. Carter could be the 10th UA player drafted in the Top 10 this century.
With draft day officially here, here’s a look at every first-round pick from Arizona, when and where they went, and how they fared as pros:
Larry Demic stands near a photograph taken in 1979 during his senior year at the University of Arizona, at his home in Anaheim, Calif., March 4, 2004.
Larry Demic
Year: 1979
Pick: No. 9 overall
Team: New York Knicks
Career stats: Demic averaged 4.7 points and 3.9 rebounds per game in three seasons with the Knicks.
Career earnings: Not available
Anthony Cook and the Arizona Wildcats lost to UNLV in the 1989 NCAA Tournament, ending what had been a historic season.
Anthony Cook
Year: 1989
Pick: No. 24 overall
Team: Phoenix Suns
Career stats: Cook averaged 3.6 points and 3.7 rebounds per game in five seasons.
Career earnings: Not available
San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan, center, and teammates Sean Elliott, right, and Malik Rose celebrate in the locker room after winning the NBA championship in 1999.
Sean Elliott
Year: 1989
Pick: No. 3 overall
Team: San Antonio Spurs
Career stats: Elliott averaged 14.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game over 13 seasons. Elliott was a two-time all-star and helped the Spurs win the 1999 NBA championship. Elliott’s game-winning 3-pointer in Game 2 of the 1999 Western Conference Finals, dubbed “Memorial Day Miracle,” is considered one of the top plays in Spurs history.
Career earnings: $40.6 million
Brian Williams, later known as Bison Dele, helped the Bulls win the NBA title in 1997.
Brian Williams
Year: 1991
Pick: No. 10 overall
Team: Orlando Magic
Career stats: Williams — who later changed his name to Bison Dele — averaged 11 points and 6.2 rebounds per game over eight seasons and helped the Bulls win the 1997 NBA championship.
Career earnings: Not available
Arizona's Chris Mills tries to get his hands on a loose ball during the Wildcats upset loss to Santa Clara in the first round of the 1993 NCAA Tournament.
Chris Mills
Year: 1993
Pick: No. 22 overall
Team: Cleveland Cavaliers
Career stats: Mills averaged 11.2 points and 4.9 rebounds per game over 10 seasons.
Career earnings: $37.7 million
Guard Khalid Reeves averaged 24.2 points a game in his last two seasons, taking UA to the 1994 Final Four. The Queens, N.Y., native was a first-round draft pick of the Miami Heat.
Khalid Reeves
Year: 1994
Pick: No. 12 overall
Team: Miami Heat
Career stats: Reeves averaged 7.8 points and 3.2 assists per game over eight seasons.
Career earnings: Not available
Damon Stoudamire was drafted No. 7 by Toronto in 1995, and won Rookie of the Year honors for the Raptors.
Damon Stoudamire
Year: 1995
Pick: No. 7 overall
Team: Toronto Raptors
Career stats: Stoudamire, who was the Raptors’ first-ever draft pick in franchise history, averaged 13.5 points, 6.1 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game over 15 seasons in the NBA. Stoudamire was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 1996.
Career earnings: $99.6 million
Arizona's Mike Bibby was almost the top pick in 1998, when the Vancouver Grizzlies took him at No. 2.
Mike Bibby
Year: 1998
Pick: No. 2 overall
Team: Vancouver Grizzlies
Career stats: Bibby averaged 14.7 points, 5.5 assists and 3.1 rebounds per game over 17 NBA seasons. Bibby earned All-NBA Rookie Team honors in 1999.
Career earnings: $107 million
Vancouver Grizzlies guard Michael Dickerson slams the ball as Atlanta Hawks center Nazr Mohammed watches in the first half in Atlanta on March 13, 2001.
Michael Dickerson
Year: 1998
Pick: No. 14 overall
Team: Houston Rockets
Career stats: Dickerson averaged 15.4 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game over five seasons.
Career earnings: $17.1 million
NBA Commissioner David Stern greets Arizona's Jason Terry, the 10th pick in the 1999 draft.
Jason Terry
Year: 1999
Pick: No. 10 overall
Team: Atlanta Hawks
Career stats: Terry averaged 13.4 points and 3.8 assists per game over 19 NBA seasons; he was the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year in 2009 and won a championship with the Dallas Mavericks in 2011.
Career earnings: $107 million
Richard Jefferson, picked 13th overall, was a highly effective scorer for the Nets for nearly a decade, reaching the NBA Finals in 2002 and 2003.
Richard Jefferson
Year: 2001
Pick: No. 13 overall
Team: Houston Rockets (Traded to New Jersey Nets)
Career stats: Jefferson averaged 12.6 points and four rebounds per game over 18 seasons. Jefferson helped the Cleveland Cavaliers win the NBA championship in 2016.
Career earnings: $115 million
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, left, holds the championship trophy, and former Arizona Wildcat Andre Iguodala holds the series MVP trophy as they celebrate winning the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Cleveland in 2015.
Andre Iguodala
Year: 2004
Pick: No. 9 overall
Team: Philadelphia 76ers
Career stats: Iguodala averaged 11.3 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game over a 19-year career. The one-time NBA All-Star has won four championships with the Golden State Warriors and was named Finals MVP in 2015.
Career earnings: $182.3 million
Channing Frye was the eighth overall selection in 2005 and began his career with the New York Knicks.
Channing Frye
Year: 2005
Pick: No. 8 overall
Team: New York Knicks
Career stats: Frye averaged 8.7 points and 4.5 rebounds per game over 15 seasons. Frye won a championship with the Cavs in 2016.
Career earnings: $68.6 million
Milwaukee Bucks' Jerryd Bayless shoots a layup against Los Angeles Lakers' Ed Davis during a game Feb. 4, 2015, in Milwaukee.
Jerryd Bayless
Year: 2008
Pick: No. 11 overall
Team: Indiana Pacers (traded to Portland Trail Blazers)
Career stats: Bayless averaged 8.4 points and 2.9 assists per game over 11 seasons.
Career earnings: $48 million
Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant laughs with Los Angeles Lakers' Jordan Hill near the bench during a stop in play March 12, 2015, in Los Angeles. The Knicks won 101-94.
Jordan Hill
Year: 2008
Pick: No. 8 overall
Team: New York Knicks
Career stats: Hill averaged 7.9 points and 5.8 rebounds over eight seasons.
Career earnings: $31.4 million
NBA Commissioner David Stern, left, poses with the No. 2 overall pick in 2011, Arizona's Derrick Williams.
Derrick Williams
Year: 2011
Pick: No. 2 overall
Team: Minnesota Timberwolves
Career stats: Williams averaged 8.9 points and four rebounds per game over seven seasons.
Career earnings: $29.4 million
Indiana Pacers' Solomon Hill (44) drives past Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo during the first half on April 13, 2016, in Milwaukee.
Solomon Hill
Year: 2013
Pick: No. 23 overall
Team: Indiana Pacers
Career stats: Hill averaged 5.5 points and 3.1 rebounds per game over nine seasons. Hill played for the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals in the “bubble” during the pandemic-influenced season in 2020.
Career earnings: $56.1 million
Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon reacts after dunking in the second half of Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers on May 22, 2023, in Los Angeles.
Aaron Gordon
Year: 2014
Pick: No. 4 overall
Team: Orlando Magic
Career stats: Gordon has averaged 14.7 points and 4.8 rebounds over 11 seasons. Gordon was traded from Orlando to Denver, where he became the frontcourt counterpart to three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic. Gordon is the last UA player to win an NBA championship.
Career earnings: $157.5 million
The Detroit Pistons new draft picks Stanley Johnson, left, and Darrun Hilliard (6) stand with Pistons head coach and president Stan Van Gundy at a news conference June 27, 2015, in Auburn Hills, Mich.
Stanley Johnson
Year: 2015
Pick: No. 8 overall
Team: Detroit Pistons
Career stats: Johnson has averaged 6.2 points and 3.1 rebounds per game over nine seasons.
Career earnings: $21.4 million
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, right, was all smiles when he greeted NBA Commissioner Adam Silver after being selected 23rd overall by the Portland Trail Blazers during the 2015 draft.
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
Year: 2015
Pick: No. 23 overall
Team: Portland Trail Blazers (traded to Brooklyn Nets)
Career stats: Hollis-Jefferson averaged nine points and 5.5 rebounds per game over six seasons.
Career earnings: $9.5 million
Lauri Markkanen answers questions during an interview after being selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves as the seventh pick overall during the NBA Draft, June 22, 2017, in New York.
Lauri Markkanen
Year: 2017
Pick: No. 7 overall
Team: Minnesota Timberwolves (traded to Chicago Bulls)
Career stats: Markkanen has averaged 19 points and 5.9 rebounds per game in eight seasons. Markkanen, who is now with the Utah Jazz, is one of four Wildcats to receive an All-Star nod, joining Iguodala, Elliott and Gilbert Arenas.
Career earnings: $111.6 million
In 2018, Deandre Ayton, right, became the first Arizona Wildcat to be taken with the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft.
Deandre Ayton
Year: 2018
Pick: No. 1 overall
Team: Phoenix Suns
Career stats: Ayton has averaged 14.4 points and 10.2 rebounds per game in seven seasons in the NBA. Ayton, who helped the Suns to an NBA Finals appearance in 2021, just finished his second season with the Portland Trail Blazers.
Career earnings: $137.1 million
Charlotte Hornets guard Josh Green (10) in the second half of a game on Feb. 20, 2025, in Denver.
Josh Green
Year: 2020
Pick: No. 18 overall
Team: Dallas Mavericks
Career stats: Green has averaged 7.4 points and 2.5 rebounds per game in five seasons and counting. Green was traded to the Charlotte Hornets this past season.
Career earnings: $26.2 million
Denver Nuggets forward Zeke Nnaji (22) in the second half on Feb. 10, 2025, in Denver.
Zeke Nnaji
Year: 2020
Pick: No. 22 overall
Team: Denver Nuggets
Career stats: Nnaji has averaged 3.2 points and 1.6 rebounds per game in five seasons.
Career earnings: $20.6 million
Indiana Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin (00) looks on during a game against the Washington Wizards, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington.
Bennedict Mathurin
Year: 2022
Pick: No. 6 overall
Team: Indiana Pacers
Career stats: Mathurin averaged 16.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists in three seasons. Mathurin became the first Tommy Lloyd-era Wildcat to play in the NBA Finals. Mathurin had 27 points in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, the third-most by a bench player in NBA Finals history.
Career earnings: $20.9 million
Chicago Bulls' Dalen Terry celebrates a teammate scoring off his assist during an Emirates NBA Cup basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks on Nov. 22, 2024, in Chicago.
Dalen Terry
Year: 2022
Pick: No. 18 overall
Team: Chicago Bulls
Career stats: Terry, who is the last Wildcat drafted in the first round, has averaged 4.5 points and 1.7 rebounds per game. Terry played a career-high 73 games in 2025.
Career earnings: $10 million
