List Of Oklahoma Sooners In The NBA And WNBA Drafts
Each NBA and WNBA franchise seeks to add new players through their respective annual draft. The NBA uses a draft lottery to determine the first three picks of the NBA draft; the 14 teams that did not make the playoffs the previous year are eligible to participate. After the first three picks are decided, the rest of the teams pick in reverse order of their win–loss record. To be eligible for the NBA draft, a player in the United States must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft and must be at least one year removed from the graduation of his high school class. From 1967 until the ABA–NBA merger in 1976, the American Basketball Association (ABA) held its own draft. The WNBA Draft is similar to the NBA with a couple of exceptions. Only four WNBA teams are eligible for the draft lottery, compared to the 14 eligible teams in the NBA. Also, all non-playoff teams that participate in the draft lottery select their picks in the order of the lottery outcome; the remainder of the league selects in reverse order of their win–loss record. The WNBA requires that players be at least 22 years old during the calendar year of the applicable seasons, have either graduated from a four-year university or have completed their intercollegiate basketball eligibility, or have played at least two seasons for another professional basketball league.
Four former Sooner men have been selected to participate in an NBA All-Star Game: Alvan Adams, Mookie Blaylock, Blake Griffin, and Trae Young. Two women, Stacey Dales and Danielle Robinson, have been selected to participate in a WNBA All-Star Game. Three former Sooner men have won championships with their respective teams.
Key
| F | Forward | C | Center | G | Guard |
| # | Active in the NBA as of the 2022–23 season, or the WNBA as of the 2022 season | ||||
| * | Selected to an NBA/WNBA All-Star Game | ||||
| † | Won an ABA/NBA/WNBA championship | ||||
Player selection
NBA draft
WNBA draft
| Year | Rnd | Pick | Overall | Player name | Position | WNBA team | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 6 | 38 | Phylesha Whaley | F | Minnesota Lynx | — |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Stacey Dales* | G/F | Washington Mystics | All-Star (2002) |
| 2002 | 1 | 14 | 14 | LaNeishea Caufield | G | Utah Starzz | — |
| 2002 | 1 | 16 | 16 | Rosalind Ross | G | Los Angeles Sparks | — |
| 2004 | 3 | 1 | 27 | Maria Villaroel | G | Phoenix Mercury | — |
| 2005 | 1 | 13 | 13 | Dionnah Jackson | F | Detroit Shock | — |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 | 28 | Leah Rush | F | Phoenix Mercury | — |
| 2009 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Courtney Paris† | C | Sacramento Monarchs | WNBA Champion (2018) |
| 2009 | 2 | 9 | 22 | Ashley Paris | F | Los Angeles Sparks | — |
| 2010 | 2 | 7 | 19 | Amanda Thompson | F | Tulsa Shock | — |
| 2010 | 3 | 4 | 28 | Abi Olajuwon | C | Chicago Sky | — |
| 2010 | 3 | 12 | 36 | Nyeshia Stevenson | G/F | Phoenix Mercury | — |
| 2011 | 1 | 6 | 6 | Danielle Robinson* | G | San Antonio Silver Stars | All-Star (2013, 2014, 2015) |
| 2013 | 3 | 8 | 32 | Whitney Hand | G | San Antonio Silver Stars | — |