From Wikipedia - Reading time: 8 minIn their 45-year history, the Dallas Mavericks have selected the following players in the National Basketball Association draft.
| Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer | First overall NBA draft pick | Selected for an NBA All-Star Game |
| Year | Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/High School/Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1 | 11 | Kiki Vandeweghe | University of California, Los Angeles | |
| 1980 | 2 | 34 | Roosevelt Bouie | Syracuse University | |
| 1980 | 3 | 57 | Dave Britton | Texas A&M University | |
| 1980 | 4 | 80 | Avery Klask | Weber State University | |
| 1980 | 5 | 103 | Darrell Allums | UCLA | |
| 1980 | 6 | 126 | Leroy Jackson | Cameron University | |
| 1980 | 7 | 149 | Tony Forch | Midwestern State University | |
| 1980 | 8 | 169 | Clarence Kea | Lamar University | |
| 1980 | 9 | 189 | Ken Williams | University of Houston | |
| 1980 | 10 | 206 | Tom Morgan | California State University, Fullerton | |
| 1981 | 1 | 1 | Mark Aguirre | DePaul University | |
| 1981 | 1 | 9 | Rolando Blackman | Kansas State University | |
| 1981 | 2 | 24 | Jay Vincent | Michigan State University | |
| 1981 | 2 | 43 | Elston Turner | University of Mississippi | |
| 1981 | 3 | 47 | Art Housey | University of Kansas | |
| 1981 | 4 | 70 | Eddie Moss | Syracuse University | |
| 1981 | 5 | 93 | Pete Budko | University of North Carolina | |
| 1981 | 6 | 116 | Karl Bakowski | University of Utah | |
| 1981 | 7 | 139 | Danny Davis | UNC Wilmington | |
| 1981 | 8 | 162 | David Kennedy | University of Cincinnati | |
| 1981 | 9 | 184 | John Hollinden | Indiana State Evansville[b] | |
| 1981 | 10 | 204 | Scott Bosanko[c] | Northern State College[d] | |
| 1982 | 1 | 4 | Bill Garnett | University of Wyoming | |
| 1982 | 3 | 50 | Corny Thompson | University of Connecticut | |
| 1982 | 4 | 73 | Rudy Woods | Texas A&M University | |
| 1982 | 5 | 96 | Ken Arnold | University of Iowa | |
| 1982 | 6 | 119 | Wayne Waggoner | Northwestern State University | |
| 1982 | 7 | 142 | Bob Grady | Northwestern University | |
| 1982 | 8 | 165 | Keith Peterson | University of Arkansas | |
| 1982 | 9 | 188 | Ralph McPherson | University of Texas at Arlington | |
| 1982 | 10 | 209 | Albert Culton | University of Texas at Arlington | |
| 1983 | 1 | 9 | Dale Ellis | University of Tennessee | |
| 1983 | 1 | 11 | Derek Harper | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | |
| 1983 | 2 | 30 | Mark West | Old Dominion University | |
| 1983 | 2 | 33 | Dirk Minniefield | University of Minnesota | |
| 1983 | 4 | 79 | Johnny Martin | Northwestern State University | |
| 1983 | 5 | 102 | Jim Lampley | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | |
| 1983 | 6 | 125 | Billy Allen | University of Nevada, Reno | |
| 1983 | 7 | 148 | Terrell Schlundt | Marquette University | |
| 1983 | 8 | 171 | Bill Sadler | Pepperdine University | |
| 1983 | 9 | 193 | Sherrod Arnold | Chicago State University | |
| 1983 | 10 | 214 | Clyde Corley | Florida International University | |
| 1984 | 1 | 4 | Sam Perkins | University of North Carolina | |
| 1984 | 1 | 15 | Terence Stansbury | Temple University | |
| 1984 | 2 | 38 | Charlie Sitton | Northwestern State University | |
| 1984 | 2 | 40 | Anthony Teachey | Wake Forest University | |
| 1984 | 2 | 41 | Tom Sluby | University of Notre Dame | |
| 1984 | 3 | 61 | Jeff Cross | University of Maine | |
| 1984 | 4 | 84 | John Horrocks | University of North Texas[e] | |
| 1984 | 5 | 107 | Dave Williams | University of Illinois at Chicago | |
| 1984 | 6 | 130 | LaVerne Evans | Marshall University | |
| 1984 | 7 | 153 | George Turner | University of California, Irvine | |
| 1984 | 8 | 176 | Leroy Sutton | University of Arkansas | |
| 1984 | 9 | 198 | John Tudor | Louisiana State University | |
| 1984 | 10 | 220 | Napoleon Johnson | Grambling State University | |
| 1985 | 1 | 8 | Detlef Schrempf | University of Washington | |
| 1985 | 1 | 16 | Bill Wennington | St. John's University (NY) | |
| 1985 | 1 | 17 | Uwe Blab | Indiana University | |
| 1985 | 2 | 40 | Mark Acres | Oral Roberts University | |
| 1985 | 3 | 50 | Leonard Allen | San Diego State University | |
| 1985 | 3 | 63 | Harold Keeling | Santa Clara University | |
| 1985 | 4 | 86 | Bubba Jennings | Texas Tech University | |
| 1985 | 5 | 109 | Tommy Davis | University of Minnesota | |
| 1985 | 6 | 132 | Carlton Cooper | University of Texas at Austin | |
| 1985 | 7 | 155 | Ed Catchings | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | |
| 1986 | 1 | 7 | Roy Tarpley | University of Michigan | |
| 1986 | 2 | 25 | Mark Price | Georgia Institute of Technology | |
| 1986 | 2 | 35 | Milt Wagner | University of Louisville | |
| 1986 | 3 | 62 | Anthony Welch | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | |
| 1986 | 4 | 85 | Myron Jackson | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | |
| 1986 | 5 | 108 | Jay Bilas | Duke University | |
| 1986 | 6 | 131 | Greg Anderson | Lamar University | |
| 1986 | 7 | 154 | Kim Cooksey | Middle Tennessee State University | |
| 1987 | 1 | 20 | Jim Farmer | University of Alabama | |
| 1987 | 2 | 20 | Steve Alford | Indiana University | |
| 1987 | 3 | 66 | Mike Richmond | University of Texas at El Paso | |
| 1987 | 4 | 89 | David Johnson | University of Oklahoma | |
| 1987 | 5 | 112 | Sam Hill | University of Iowa | |
| 1987 | 6 | 135 | Quintan Gates | University of Texas at El Paso | |
| 1987 | 7 | 158 | Gerald White | Auburn University | |
| 1988 | 2 | 46 | Morlon Wiley | California State University, Long Beach | |
| 1988 | 2 | 49 | José Vargas | Louisiana State University | |
| 1988 | 3 | 70 | Jerry Johnson | Florida Southern College | |
| 1989 | 1 | 8 | Randy White | Louisiana Tech University | |
| 1989 | 2 | 35 | Pat Durham | Colorado State University | |
| 1989 | 2 | 53 | Jeff Hodge | University of South Alabama | |
| 1990 | 2 | 49 | Phil Henderson | Duke University | |
| 1991 | 1 | 6 | Doug Smith | University of Missouri | |
| 1991 | 2 | 33 | Donald Hodge | Temple University | |
| 1991 | 2 | 35 | Mike Iuzzolino | Saint Francis University | |
| 1992 | 1 | 4 | Jim Jackson | Ohio State University | |
| 1992 | 2 | 30 | Sean Rooks | University of Arizona | |
| 1993 | 1 | 4 | Jamal Mashburn | University of Kentucky | |
| 1993 | 2 | 28 | Lucious Harris | California State University, Long Beach | |
| 1993 | 2 | 33 | Eric Riley | University of Michigan | |
| 1994 | 1 | 2 | Jason Kidd | University of California | |
| 1994 | 1 | 19 | Tony Dumas | University of Missouri–Kansas City | |
| 1994 | 2 | 28 | Deon Thomas | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | |
| 1995 | 1 | 12 | Cherokee Parks | Duke University | |
| 1995 | 2 | 24 | Loren Meyer | Iowa State University | |
| 1996 | 1 | 9 | Samaki Walker | University of Louisville | |
| 1996 | 2 | 34 | Shawn Harvey | West Virginia State University | |
| 1996 | 2 | 58 | Darnell Robinson | University of Arkansas | |
| 1997 | 1 | 15 | Kelvin Cato | Iowa State University | |
| 1997 | 2 | 34 | Bubba Wells | Austin Peay State University | |
| 1998 | 1 | 6 | Robert Traylor | University of Michigan | |
| 1998 | 2 | 30 | Ansu Sesay | University of Mississippi | |
| 1998 | 2 | 35 | Bruno Šundov | KK Split (Croatia) | |
| 1998 | 2 | 53 | Greg Buckner | Clemson University | |
| 1999 | 2 | 36 | Wang Zhizhi | Bayi Rockets (China) | |
| 1999 | 2 | 40 | Gordan Giriček | KK Cibona (Croatia) | |
| 2000 | 1 | 12 | Etan Thomas | Syracuse University | |
| 2000 | 2 | 31 | Dan Langhi | Vanderbilt University | |
| 2000 | 2 | 58 | Pete Mickeal | University of Cincinnati | |
| 2001 | 2 | 43 | Kyle Hill | Eastern Illinois University | |
| 2001 | 2 | 53 | Kenny Satterfield | University of Cincinnati | |
| 2002 | 2 | 54 | Mladen Šekularac | FMP (Serbia) | |
| 2003 | 1 | 29 | Josh Howard | Wake Forest University | |
| 2003 | 2 | 57 | Xue Yuyang | Hong Kong Flying Dragons (China) | |
| 2004 | 2 | 50 | Vassilis Spanoulis | Maroussi B.C. (Greece) | |
| 2006 | 1 | 28 | Maurice Ager | Michigan State University | |
| 2006 | 2 | 58 | J. R. Pinnock | George Washington University | |
| 2007 | 2 | 34 | Nick Fazekas | University of Nevada, Reno | |
| 2007 | 2 | 50 | Renaldas Seibutis | Olympiacos B.C. (Greece) | |
| 2007 | 2 | 60 | Milovan Raković | Mega Basket (Serbia) | |
| 2008 | 2 | 51 | Shan Foster | Vanderbilt University | |
| 2009 | 1 | 24 | Byron Mullens | Ohio State University | |
| 2009 | 2 | 56 | Ahmad Nivins | Saint Joseph's University | |
| 2010 | 2 | 50 | Solomon Alabi | Florida State University | |
| 2011 | 1 | 26 | Jordan Hamilton | University of Texas at Austin | |
| 2011 | 2 | 57 | Tanguy Ngombo[f] | Al Rayan SC Basketball Team (Qatar) | |
| 2012 | 1 | 17 | Tyler Zeller | University of North Carolina | |
| 2012 | 2 | 55 | Darius Johnson-Odom | Marquette University | |
| 2013 | 1 | 13 | Kelly Olynyk | Gonzaga University | |
| 2013 | 2 | 44 | Mike Muscala | Bucknell University | |
| 2015 | 1 | 21 | Justin Anderson | University of Virginia | |
| 2015 | 2 | 52 | Satnam Singh Bhamara | IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida) | |
| 2016 | 2 | 46 | A. J. Hammons | Purdue University | |
| 2017 | 1 | 9 | Dennis Smith Jr. | NC State University | |
| 2018 | 1 | 5 | Trae Young | University of Oklahoma | |
| 2018 | 2 | 33 | Jalen Brunson | Villanova University | |
| 2018 | 2 | 56 | Shake Milton | Southern Methodist University | |
| 2019 | 2 | 45 | Isaiah Roby | University of Nebraska–Lincoln | |
| 2020 | 1 | 18 | Josh Green | University of Arizona | |
| 2020 | 2 | 31 | Tyrell Terry | Stanford University | |
| 2022 | 1 | 26 | Wendell Moore Jr. | Duke University | |
| 2023 | 1 | 10 | Cason Wallace | Kentucky | |
| 2024 | 2 | 58 | Ariel Hukporti | Riesen Ludwigsburg (Germany) | |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | Cooper Flagg | Duke University |