2003 NBA Draft Results
2003 NBA Draft results with every pick in order, led by No. 1 pick LeBron James to Cleveland Cavaliers.
The 2003 NBA Draft produced 58 selections across 2 rounds, with 28 franchises making at least one pick. Cleveland Cavaliers held the first overall selection and took LeBron James.
Chicago Bulls made the most selections that year with 4. 31 different colleges and programs were represented across the board, led by Kansas with 2 players drafted.
| Pick | Team | Player | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | |||
| 1 |  Cleveland Cavaliers | LeBron James | None listed |
| 2 |  Detroit Pistons | Darko Miličić | None listed |
| 3 |  Denver Nuggets | Carmelo Anthony | Syracuse |
| 4 |  Toronto Raptors | Chris Bosh | Georgia Tech |
| 5 |  Miami Heat | Dwyane Wade | Marquette |
| 6 |  LA Clippers | Chris Kaman | Central Michigan University |
| 7 |  Chicago Bulls | Kirk Hinrich | Kansas |
| 8 |  Milwaukee Bucks | T.J. Ford | Texas |
| 9 |  New York Knicks | Mike Sweetney | Georgetown |
| 10 |  Washington Wizards | Jarvis Hayes | Georgia |
| 11 |  Golden State Warriors | Mickaël Piétrus | None listed |
| 12 |  Seattle SuperSonics | Nick Collison | Kansas |
| 13 |  Memphis Grizzlies | Marcus Banks | UNLV |
| 14 | Seattle SuperSonics | Luke Ridnour | Oregon |
| 15 |  Orlando Magic | Reece Gaines | Louisville |
| 16 |  Boston Celtics | Troy Bell | Boston College |
| 17 |  Phoenix Suns | Žarko Čabarkapa | None listed |
| 18 |  New Orleans Hornets | David West | Xavier |
| 19 |  Utah Jazz | Sasha Pavlović | None listed |
| 20 | Boston Celtics | Dahntay Jones | Duke |
| 21 |  Atlanta Hawks | Boris Diaw | None listed |
| 22 |  New Jersey Nets | Zoran Planinić | None listed |
| 23 |  Portland Trail Blazers | Travis Outlaw | None listed |
| 24 |  Los Angeles Lakers | Brian Cook | Illinois |
| 25 | Detroit Pistons | Carlos Delfino | None listed |
| 26 |  Minnesota Timberwolves | Ndudi Ebi | None listed |
| 27 | Memphis Grizzlies | Kendrick Perkins | None listed |
| 28 |  San Antonio Spurs | Leandro Barbosa | None listed |
| 29 |  Dallas Mavericks | Josh Howard | Wake Forest |
| Round 2 | |||
| 30 | New York Knicks | Maciej Lampe | None listed |
| 31 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Jason Kapono | UCLA |
| 32 | Los Angeles Lakers | Luke Walton | Arizona |
| 33 | Miami Heat | Jerome Beasley | University of North Dakota |
| 34 | LA Clippers | Sofoklis Schortsanitis | None listed |
| 35 | Milwaukee Bucks | Szymon Szewczyk | None listed |
| 36 | Chicago Bulls | Mario Austin | Mississippi State |
| 37 | Atlanta Hawks | Travis Hansen | BYU |
| 38 | Washington Wizards | Steve Blake | Maryland |
| 39 | New York Knicks | Slavko Vraneš | None listed |
| 40 | Golden State Warriors | Derrick Zimmerman | Mississippi State |
| 41 | Seattle SuperSonics | Willie Green | Detroit Mercy |
| 42 | Orlando Magic | Zaza Pachulia | None listed |
| 43 | Milwaukee Bucks | Keith Bogans | Kentucky |
| 44 |  Houston Rockets | Malick Badiane | None listed |
| 45 | Chicago Bulls | Matt Bonner | Florida |
| 46 | Denver Nuggets | Sani Bečirovič | None listed |
| 47 | Utah Jazz | Mo Williams | Alabama |
| 48 | New Orleans Hornets | James Lang | None listed |
| 49 |  Indiana Pacers | James Jones | Miami (FL) |
| 50 |  Philadelphia 76ers | Paccelis Morlende | None listed |
| 51 | New Jersey Nets | Kyle Korver | Creighton |
| 52 | Toronto Raptors | Remon van de Hare | None listed |
| 53 | Chicago Bulls | Tommy Smith | Arizona State |
| 54 | Portland Trail Blazers | Nedžad Sinanović | None listed |
| 55 | Minnesota Timberwolves | Rick Rickert | Minnesota |
| 56 | Boston Celtics | Brandon Hunter | Ohio University |
| 57 | Dallas Mavericks | Xue Yuyang | None listed |
| 58 | Detroit Pistons | Andreas Glyniadakis | None listed |
Selections by franchise
The same 58 selections arranged by the club that made them, using the franchise name as it stood in 2003.
- Chicago Bulls 4 No. 7 Kirk Hinrich, No. 36 Mario Austin, No. 45 Matt Bonner, No. 53 Tommy Smith
- Boston Celtics 3 No. 16 Troy Bell, No. 20 Dahntay Jones, No. 56 Brandon Hunter
- Detroit Pistons 3 No. 2 Darko Miličić, No. 25 Carlos Delfino, No. 58 Andreas Glyniadakis
- Milwaukee Bucks 3 No. 8 T.J. Ford, No. 35 Szymon Szewczyk, No. 43 Keith Bogans
- New York Knicks 3 No. 9 Mike Sweetney, No. 30 Maciej Lampe, No. 39 Slavko Vraneš
- Seattle SuperSonics 3 No. 12 Nick Collison, No. 14 Luke Ridnour, No. 41 Willie Green
- Atlanta Hawks 2 No. 21 Boris Diaw, No. 37 Travis Hansen
- Cleveland Cavaliers 2 No. 1 LeBron James, No. 31 Jason Kapono
- Dallas Mavericks 2 No. 29 Josh Howard, No. 57 Xue Yuyang
- Denver Nuggets 2 No. 3 Carmelo Anthony, No. 46 Sani Bečirovič
- Golden State Warriors 2 No. 11 Mickaël Piétrus, No. 40 Derrick Zimmerman
- LA Clippers 2 No. 6 Chris Kaman, No. 34 Sofoklis Schortsanitis
- Los Angeles Lakers 2 No. 24 Brian Cook, No. 32 Luke Walton
- Memphis Grizzlies 2 No. 13 Marcus Banks, No. 27 Kendrick Perkins
- Miami Heat 2 No. 5 Dwyane Wade, No. 33 Jerome Beasley
- Minnesota Timberwolves 2 No. 26 Ndudi Ebi, No. 55 Rick Rickert
- New Jersey Nets 2 No. 22 Zoran Planinić, No. 51 Kyle Korver
- New Orleans Hornets 2 No. 18 David West, No. 48 James Lang
- Orlando Magic 2 No. 15 Reece Gaines, No. 42 Zaza Pachulia
- Portland Trail Blazers 2 No. 23 Travis Outlaw, No. 54 Nedžad Sinanović
- Toronto Raptors 2 No. 4 Chris Bosh, No. 52 Remon van de Hare
- Utah Jazz 2 No. 19 Sasha Pavlović, No. 47 Mo Williams
- Washington Wizards 2 No. 10 Jarvis Hayes, No. 38 Steve Blake
- Houston Rockets 1 No. 44 Malick Badiane
- Indiana Pacers 1 No. 49 James Jones
- Philadelphia 76ers 1 No. 50 Paccelis Morlende
- Phoenix Suns 1 No. 17 Žarko Čabarkapa
- San Antonio Spurs 1 No. 28 Leandro Barbosa
Colleges and programs represented
31 programs produced at least one selection in the 2003 draft.
- Kansas2
- Mississippi State2
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arizona State
- Boston College
- BYU
- Central Michigan University
- Creighton
- Detroit Mercy
- Duke
- Florida
- Georgetown
- Georgia
- Georgia Tech
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Louisville
- Marquette
- Maryland
- Miami (FL)
- Minnesota
- Ohio University
- Oregon
- Syracuse
- Texas
- UCLA
- University of North Dakota
- UNLV
- Wake Forest
- Xavier