2026 NBA Draft Lottery: Where to watch, live stream, TV channel, watch online

The 2026 NBA Draft Lottery takes place in Chicago on Sunday, as one of the most high-profile tank races in league history comes to a conclusion. There is no consensus No. 1 prospect like there was last year, when the winner of the lottery was widely expected to take Cooper Flagg, no matter what. However, BYU’s AJ Dybantsa has started to create separation and is the projected top pick heading into the weekend.

The first 14 picks of the 2026 NBA Draft — including the No. 1 overall pick — will be determined with the lottery drawing this weekend. The lottery will take place in a private room in Chicago and be unveiled live on ESPN at 3 p.m. ET, with Washington, Indiana and Brooklyn having the best odds (14%) to win.

Sacramento and Utah tied for the fourth-worst record in the NBA and have an 11.5% chance of earning the top pick.

Per the NBA, the lottery drawings are conducted for the first four picks. The other lottery teams (outside of the top four) will pick in inverse order of their regular-season records. The lottery itself has 1,001 possible combinations. All but one of those combinations are divvied out to lottery teams in advance. 

After that, the ping-pong balls are then put through the lottery. The numbers on the balls will spit out a combination to determine the order. The process will repeat for the second, third and fourth picks in the draft.

Where to watch the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery

Date: Sunday, May 10 | Time: 3 p.m. ET
TV channel: ESPN | Live stream: Fubo (try for free)

What are the odds for the draft lottery?

The Wizards finished with the NBA’s worst record in 2025-26, thus earning a 14% chance to win the lottery. Indiana had the second-worst record and has a 14% chance as well. The full odds board for each team to win the No. 1 pick and the chances each pick lands in the top four are below.

PICK
TEAM
2025-26 RECORD
WIN%
TOP 4
#1 OVERALL

1
Washington
17-65
0.207
52.1%
14%

2
Indiana-x
19-63
0.232
52.1%
14%

3
Brooklyn
20-62
0.244
52.1%
14%

4
Utah
22-60
0.268
45.2%
11.5%

5
Sacramento
22-60
0.268
45.2%
11.5%

6
Memphis
25-57
0.305
37.0%
9%

7
Atlanta (via NOP)
26-56
0.317
29.3%
6.8%

8
Dallas
26-56
0.317
29%
6.7%

9
Chicago
31-51
0.378
20.3%
4.5%

10
Milwaukee-x
32-50
0.39
13.9%
3%

11
Golden State
37-45
0.451
9.4%
2%

12
Oklahoma City (via LAC)
42-40
0.512
7.1%
1.5%

13
Miami
43-39
0.524
4.8%
1%

14
Charlotte
44-38
0.537
2.4%
0.5%

x – Pick may be conveyed to another team

If Indiana’s pick lands outside of the top-4 selections, the Los Angeles Clippers will receive the pick. If Indiana falls out of the top 4, its pick would be No. 5 or No. 6.
The Bucks are the only team here unable to receive the No. 1 pick. The Hawks have swap rights with the Bucks, meaning that if the Bucks draw the first overall pick, it can be swapped. Milwaukee would then receive the Pelicans‘ first-round pick, via the Hawks. The Spurs own the Hawks’ first-round pick, which is slotted at pick No. 20.

Which players will be picked in the lottery?

These will change before the NBA Draft, but here are the current top NBA Draft prospects on Adam Finkelstein’s NBA Draft Big Board, with the full board available here.

RANK
PLAYER
SCHOOL
YEAR
POSITION

1
AJ Dybantsa
BYU
Fr
SF

2
Darryn Peterson
Kansas
Fr
PG

3
Cameron Boozer
Duke
Fr
PF

4
Caleb Wilson
North Carolina
Fr
PF

5
Darius Acuff Jr.
Arkansas
Fr
PG

6
Kingston Flemings
Houston
Fr
PG

7
Keaton Wagler
Illinois
Fr
PG

8
Mikel Brown Jr.
Louisville
Fr
PG

9
Nate Ament
Tennessee
Fr
PF

10
Brayden Burries
Arizona
Fr
SG

11
Koa Peat
Arizona
Fr
PF

12
Yaxel Lendeborg
Michigan
Sr
PF

13
Jayden Quaintance
Kentucky
Soph
C

14
Aday Mara
Michigan
Jr
C