79 draft classes are in the archive. Grades are formula-based from real honors (MVPs, championships, All-League selections) — not editorial opinion.
Class by class
- 2025: grade D
- 2024: grade B- — standouts: Nikola Topić, Dillon Jones
- 2023: grade B- — standouts: Jordan Walsh, Cason Wallace
- 2022: grade B+ — standouts: Jalen Williams, Peyton Watson
- 2021: grade B+ — standouts: Neemias Queta, Jonathan Kuminga
- 2020: grade A- — standouts: Anthony Edwards, Zeke Nnaji
- 2019: grade B — standouts: Talen Horton-Tucker, Jordan Poole
- 2018: grade A — standouts: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luka Dončić
- 2017: grade A- — standouts: Jayson Tatum, Vlatko Čančar
- 2016: grade A — standouts: Patrick McCaw, Jaylen Brown
- 2015: grade A — standouts: Kevon Looney, Karl-Anthony Towns
- 2014: grade A+ — standouts: Nikola Jokić, Joel Embiid
- 2013: grade A — standouts: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
- 2012: grade A — standouts: Draymond Green, Damian Lillard
- 2011: grade A+ — standouts: Klay Thompson, Kyrie Irving
- 2010: grade A- — standouts: Paul George, John Wall
- 2009: grade A+ — standouts: Stephen Curry, Danny Green
- 2008: grade A — standouts: JaVale McGee, Kevin Love
- 2007: grade A+ — standouts: Kevin Durant, Al Horford
- 2006: grade A — standouts: Kyle Lowry, Shannon Brown
- 2005: grade A — standouts: Chris Paul, Andrew Bynum
- 2004: grade A+ — standouts: Andre Iguodala, Dwight Howard
- 2003: grade A+ — standouts: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade
- 2002: grade A- — standouts: Yao Ming, Amar'e Stoudemire
- 2001: grade A+ — standouts: Tony Parker, Pau Gasol
- 2000: grade A- — standouts: Mike Miller, Mark Madsen
- 1999: grade A+ — standouts: Manu Ginobili, Devean George
- 1998: grade A+ — standouts: Dirk Nowitzki, Paul Pierce
- 1997: grade A+ — standouts: Tim Duncan, Tracy McGrady
- 1996: grade A+ — standouts: Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash
- 1995: grade A+ — standouts: Kevin Garnett, Rasheed Wallace
- 1994: grade A — standouts: Jason Kidd, Juwan Howard
- 1993: grade A — standouts: Sam Cassell, Richard Petruska
- 1992: grade A+ — standouts: Shaquille O'Neal, Robert Horry
- 1991: grade A+ — standouts: Rick Fox, Randy Brown
- 1990: grade A+ — standouts: Gary Payton, Toni Kukoc
- 1989: grade A — standouts: Stacey King, Shawn Kemp
- 1988: grade A — standouts: Steve Kerr, Will Perdue
- 1987: grade A- — standouts: Scottie Pippen, David Robinson
- 1986: grade C — standouts: Mark Price, Milt Wagner
- 1985: grade A — standouts: Jerry Reynolds, Patrick Ewing
- 1984: grade A — standouts: Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon
- 1983: grade B — standouts: John Paxson, Byron Scott
- 1982: grade B+ — standouts: James Worthy, Dominique Wilkins
- 1981: grade B — standouts: Isiah Thomas, Mike McGee
- 1980: grade B — standouts: Kevin McHale, Andrew Toney
- 1979: grade A- — standouts: Magic Johnson, Bill Laimbeer
- 1978: grade A- — standouts: Larry Bird, Michael Cooper
- 1977: grade A- — standouts: Jack Sikma, James Edwards
- 1976: grade A- — standouts: Robert Parish, Dennis Johnson
- 1975: grade B — standouts: Gus Williams, David Thompson
- 1974: grade A- — standouts: Jamaal Wilkes, George Gervin
- 1973: grade B — standouts: M.L. Carr, Doug Collins
- 1972: grade B+ — standouts: Julius Erving, Bob McAdoo
- 1971: grade B — standouts: Spencer Haywood, Charlie Johnson
- 1970: grade B+ — standouts: Dave Cowens, Herb White
- 1969: grade A- — standouts: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jojo White
- 1968: grade A- — standouts: Mike Lynn, Elvin Hayes
- 1967: grade A- — standouts: Mike Lynn, Walt Frazier
- 1966: grade B — standouts: Lou Hudson, Matt Guokas
- 1965: grade A- — standouts: Gail Goodrich, Billy Cunningham
- 1964: grade A- — standouts: Paul Silas, Ron Bonham
- 1963: grade B+ — standouts: Nate Thurmond, Gus Johnson
- 1962: grade A — standouts: John Havlicek, Dave DeBusschere
- 1961: grade B+ — standouts: Larry Siegfried, Bill Bridges
- 1960: grade B+ — standouts: Oscar Robertson, Lenny Wilkens
- 1959: grade A+ — standouts: Wilt Chamberlain, Bailey Howell
- 1958: grade A- — standouts: Hal Greer, Wayne Embry
- 1957: grade A- — standouts: Sam Jones, Win Wilfong
- 1956: grade A+ — standouts: Sam Jones, Tom Heinsohn
- 1955: grade A — standouts: K.C. Jones, Jim Loscutoff
- 1954: grade A — standouts: Bob Pettit, Larry Costello
- 1953: grade B — standouts: Cliff Hagan, Jack George
- 1952: grade B+ — standouts: Clyde Lovellette, Gene Conley
- 1951: grade B — standouts: Whitey Skoog, Mel Hutchins
- 1950: grade A — standouts: Bob Cousy, Bill Sharman
- 1949: grade A+ — standouts: Vern Mikkelsen, Frank Saul
- 1948: grade A- — standouts: Dolph Schayes, Bobby Wanzer
- 1947: grade A — standouts: Jim Pollard, Andy Phillip
Data: draft/index.json (ESPN core draft archive) · awards + box-score honors (grade formula) — every fact above derives from this portal's committed archive; nothing is estimated.