The Orlando Magic first participated in the National Basketball Association (NBA) Draft on June 27, 1989, about five months before their inaugural NBA season. The NBA agreed with the National Basketball Players' Association to limit drafts to two rounds from 1989 onward. Before each draft, an NBA draft lottery determines the first round selection order for the teams that missed the playoffs during the prior season. Teams can also trade their picks, so some years a team could have more than or less than two picks.

The Magic were given their two picks in 1989. They selected Nick Anderson with the eleventh overall pick and Michael Ansley with the 37th pick. In 1992, the Magic won the NBA Lottery and with the first pick, they drafted Shaquille O'Neal, who went on to be selected as an All-Star a record-tying 14 consecutive times. In 2004, the Magic drafted a future All-Star, Dwight Howard. Throughout the years, the Magic had traded away some of their picks as well as traded for other teams' picks. As a result of the various trades, the Orlando Magic had three first round picks in 1998 and 2000.

Key

Abbreviation	Meaning
G	Guard
PG	Point guard
SG	Shooting guard
F	Forward
SF	Small forward
PF	Power forward
C	Center

Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer

First Overall NBA Draft Pick

Selected for an NBA All-Star Game

Selections

Year	Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	College/High School/Club	Notes
1989-11989	1	11	Nick Anderson	USA	SG/SF	Illinois
1989-21989	2	37	Michael Ansley	USA	SF	Alabama
1990	1	4	Dennis Scott	USA	SF	Georgia Tech
1991	1	10	Brian Williams	USA	C	Arizona
1991	1	23	Stanley Roberts	USA	C	LSU	(from San Antonio)
1991	2	36	Chris Corchiani	USA	PG	North Carolina State
1992	1	1	Shaquille O'Neal	USA	C	LSU
1993	1	1	Chris Webber	USA	PF	Michigan	(traded to Golden State)
1993	1	26	Geert Hammink	NED	C	LSU	(from New York)
1994	1	27	Brooks Thompson	USA	SG	Oklahoma State	(from L.A. Clippers)
1994	2	31	Rodney Dent	USA	C	Kentucky
1995	1	25	David Vaughn	USA	PF/C	Memphis
1996	1	27	Brian Evans	USA	SF	Indiana
1996	2	49	Amal McCaskill	USA	PF/C	Marquette
1997	1	17	Johnny Taylor	USA	SF	Chattanooga
1997	2	47	Eric Washington	USA	SG/SF	Alabama	(traded to Denver)
1998	1	12	Michael Doleac	USA	PF/C	Utah
1998	1	13	Keon Clark	USA	PF	UNLV	(from Golden State, traded to Denver)
1998	1	15	Matt Harpring	USA	SF	Georgia Tech	(from New Jersey)
1998	2	42	Miles Simon	USA	SG	Arizona
1999	2	38	Laron Profit	USA	SG/SF	Maryland	(from Golden State, traded to Washington)
2000	1	5	Mike Miller	USA	SG/SF	Florida	(from Golden State)
2000	1	10	Keyon Dooling	USA	PG	Missouri	(from Denver)
2000	1	13	Courtney Alexander	USA	SG	Fresno State
2001	1	15	Steven Hunter	USA	C	DePaul
2001	1	22	Jeryl Sasser	USA	PG/SG	SMU	(from Houston)
2001	2	32	Omar Cook	USA	PG	St. John's	(from Washington, traded to Denver)
2002	1	18	Curtis Borchardt	USA	C	Stanford	(traded to Utah)
2003	1	15	Reece Gaines	USA	PG	Louisville
2003	2	42	Zaza Pachulia	GEO	PF/C	Ülkerspor (Turkey)
2004	1	1	Dwight Howard	USA	C	Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy (Atlanta)
2004	2	30	Anderson Varejão	BRA	PF	FC Barcelona (Spain)	(traded to Cleveland)
2004	2	36	Antonio Burks	USA	PG	Memphis
2005	1	11	Fran Vázquez	ESP	PF	Unicaja Málaga (Spain)
2005	2	38	Travis Diener	USA	PG/SG	Marquette
2005	2	44	Martynas Andriuškevičius	LTU	C	Žalgiris (Lithuania)	(from Cleveland, traded to Cleveland)
2006	1	11	JJ Redick	USA	SG	Duke
2006	2	41	James Augustine	USA	PF	Illinois
2006	2	44	Lior Eliyahu	ISR	SF	Hapoel Galil Elyon (Israel)	(from Cleveland, traded to Houston)
2007	2	44	Reyshawn Terry	USA	SF	North Carolina	(traded to Dallas)
2008	1	22	Courtney Lee	USA	SG	Western Kentucky
2010	1	29	Daniel Orton	USA	C	Kentucky
2010	2	59	Stanley Robinson	USA	SF	Connecticut
2011	2	53	DeAndre Liggins	USA	SG	Kentucky
2012	1	19	Andrew Nicholson	CAN	PF	St. Bonaventure
2012	2	49	Kyle O'Quinn	USA	C	Norfolk St.
2013	1	2	Victor Oladipo	USA	SG	Indiana
2013	2	51	Romero Osby	USA	PF	Oklahoma
2014	1	4	Aaron Gordon	USA	PF	Arizona
2014	1	12	Dario Šarić	CRO	PF/SF	Cibona Zagreb (Croatia)	(from New York via Denver, traded to Philadelphia)
2015	1	5	Mario Hezonja	CRO	SG/SF	FC Barcelona (Spain)
2015	2	51	Tyler Harvey	USA	PG	Eastern Washington	(from Chicago)
2016	1	11	Domantas Sabonis	LTU	PF/C	Gonzaga	(traded to Oklahoma City)
2016	2	41	Stephen Zimmerman	USA	PF/C	UNLV
2016	2	47	Jake Layman	USA	SF	Maryland	(from Chicago, traded to Portland)
2017	1	6	Jonathan Isaac	USA	SF/PF	Florida State
2017	1	25	Anžejs Pasečņiks	LAT	C	Herbalife Gran Canaria (Spain)	(from Toronto, traded to Philadelphia)
2017	2	33	Wesley Iwundu	USA	SF	Kansas State	(from L.A. Lakers)
2017	2	35	Ivan Rabb	USA	PF	California	(traded to Memphis)
2018	1	6	Mohamed Bamba	USA	C	Texas
2018	2	35	Melvin Frazier	USA	SF	Tulane
2018	2	41	Jarred Vanderbilt	USA	SF	Kentucky	(from Charlotte via Memphis and Phoenix, traded to Denver)
2019	1	16	Chuma Okeke	USA	PF	Auburn
2020	1	15	Cole Anthony	USA	PG	North Carolina
2021	1	5	Jalen Suggs	USA	PG/SG	Gonzaga
2021	1	8	Franz Wagner	DE	SF	Michigan	(from Chicago)
2021	2	33	Jason Preston	USA	PG	Ohio	(traded to LA Clippers)
2022	1	1	Paolo Banchero	USA	PF	Duke
2022	2	32	Caleb Houstan	CAN	SF	Michigan
2023	1	6	Anthony Black	USA	SG	Arkansas
2023	1	11	Jett Howard	USA	SF	Michigan	(from Chicago)
2023	2	36	Andre Jackson Jr.	USA	SG	UConn	(traded to Milwaukee)