2025 NBA Draft Lottery: A Look at Philadelphia 76ers’ History

Taking a Look at the Philadelphia 76ers’ NBA Draft Lottery History

Monday night marks the first time in a long time the Sixers have found themselves in the lottery. Since 1990, the Sixers have had 16 drawings in the lottery. Over that time, they won the No. 1 overall pick twice.

• 1992: 35-47 record, the Sixers finished 9th and landed the same pick

• 1993: 26-56 record, the Sixers finished 5th and landed the 2nd overall pick

• 1994: 25-57 record, the Sixers finished 6th and landed the same pick

• 1995: 24-58 record, the Sixers finished 4th and landed the 3rd overall pick

• 1996: 18-64 record, the Sixers finished 2nd and landed the 1st overall pick (Allen Iverson)

• 1997: 22-60 record, the Sixers finished 5th and landed the 2nd overall pick

• 1998: 31-51 record, the Sixers finished 8th and landed the same pick

• 2004: 33-49 record, the Sixers finished 9th and landed the 9th overall pick

• 2006: 38-44 record, the Sixers finished 13th and landed the 13th overall pick

• 2007: 35-47 record, the Sixers finished 12th and landed the 12th pick

• 2010: 27-55 record, the Sixers finished 6th and landed the 2nd overall pick

• 2013: 34-48 record, the Sixers finished 11th and landed the 11th overall pick

• 2014: 19-63 record, the Sixers finished 2nd and landed the 3rd overall pick

• 2015: 18-64 record, the Sixers finished 3rd and landed the 3rd overall pick

• 2016: 10-72 record, the Sixers finished 1st and landed the 1st overall pick (Ben Simmons)

• 2017: 28-54 record, the Sixers finished 4th and landed the 5th overall pick

*Note: Finished standings mean draft lottery, not NBA standings

Key Notes

• On nine occasions, the Sixers finished with the same pick as their lottery standings since 1990 (56%)

• The Sixers jumped up in the standings five times since 1990, with their biggest move being four spots in 2010.

• Since the lottery was introduced, the Sixers have moved back from their standing just twice. Each time, it was one spot back.

• The last time the Sixers had a 10% chance of winning the lottery, they jumped up three spots

Some Final Thoughts Before the Lottery

It turns out that the Sixers are one of the luckiest teams in NBA Draft Lottery history. Shocking to know that, considering the Sixers’ recent history with everything else. With just a 10 percent chance of winning the top pick, the Sixers have four other teams in front of them with a better shot (New Orleans, Charlotte, Washington, and Utah).

With a 42 percent chance of getting a top-four pick, the Sixers remain in a solid position heading into Monday’s event. After an extremely disappointing 2024-2025 season, getting a top-five pick would be a decent consolation prize. The only doomsday scenario would be falling out of the top six, which would force the Sixers to hand over their pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The NBA will start rolling out the results at 7 PM ET.

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