List of Texas Tech Red Raiders in the NBA draft
# List of Texas Tech Red Raiders in the NBA draft

The Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team, representing Texas Tech University, has had 23 players drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) since the league began holding drafts in 1947. Tony Battie, taken fifth overall in the 1997 draft, was Texas Tech's only player drafted in the first round until Zhaire Smith was selected 16th overall in the 2018 draft. The Seattle SuperSonics (now the Oklahoma City Thunder) have drafted 3 Red Raiders, more than any other NBA franchise.

Each NBA franchise seeks to add new players through an 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.

## Drafts

### American Basketball Association

| Year | Round | Pick | Overall | Player | Position | ABA team | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1971 | — | — | — | Gene Knolle | | Dallas Chaparrals | — |

### National Basketball Association

| Year | Round | Pick | Overall | Player | NBA team | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1947 | — | — | — | Garland Head | New York Knicks | — |
| 1953 | — | — | — | Paul Nolen | Baltimore Bullets | — |
| 1956 | — | — | — | Gene Carpenter | Rochester Royals | — |
| 1956 | — | — | — | Jim Reed | St. Louis Hawks | — |
| 1959 | 8 | 4 | 57 | Leon Hill | Minneapolis Lakers | — |
| 1962 | 3 | 4 | 20 | Harold Hudgens | Detroit Pistons | — |
| 1971 | 7 | 3 | 105 | Gene Knolle | Portland Trail Blazers | — |
| 1972 | 15 | 5 | 192 | Greg Lowery | Chicago Bulls | — |
| 1975 | 6 | 11 | 101 | William Johnson | Houston Rockets | — |
| 1976 | 4 | 6 | 57 | Rick Bullock | New York Knicks | — |
| 1978 | 3 | 8 | 52 | Mike Russell | Kansas City Kings | — |
| 1979 | 3 | 6 | 50 | Geoff Huston | New York Knicks | — |
| 1980 | 10 | 13 | 212 | Kent Williams | Seattle SuperSonics | — |
| 1982 | 2 | 19 | 42 | Jeff Taylor | Houston Rockets | — |
| 1982 | 5 | 18 | 110 | Clarence Swannegan | Seattle SuperSonics | — |
| 1985 | 4 | 16 | 86 | Bubba Jennings | Dallas Mavericks | — |
| 1985 | 6 | 21 | 137 | Quentin Anderson | Milwaukee Bucks | — |
| 1986 | 4 | 23 | 93 | Tony Benford | Boston Celtics | — |
| 1995 | 2 | 19 | 48 | Mark Davis | Minnesota Timberwolves | — |
| 1996 | 2 | 12 | 41 | Jason Sasser | Sacramento Kings | — |
| 1997 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Tony Battie | Denver Nuggets | — |
| 1998 | 2 | 20 | 49 | Cory Carr | Atlanta Hawks | — |
| 2004 | 2 | 6 | 35 | Andre Emmett | Seattle SuperSonics | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 16 | 16 | Zhaire Smith | Phoenix Suns | — |
| 2019 | 1 | 6 | 6 | Jarrett Culver | Phoenix Suns | — |
| 2020 | 2 | 12 | 42 | Jahmi'us Ramsey | Sacramento Kings | — |
