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mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle North America subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-North_America-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-CFL_Draft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#CFL_Draft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>CFL Draft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-CFL_Draft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Global_T20_Canada" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Global_T20_Canada"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Global T20 Canada</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Global_T20_Canada-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-NFL_draft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NFL_draft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>NFL draft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-NFL_draft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-NBA_draft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NBA_draft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>NBA draft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-NBA_draft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-NHL_Entry_Draft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NHL_Entry_Draft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>NHL Entry Draft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-NHL_Entry_Draft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-MLB_draft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#MLB_draft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6</span> <span>MLB draft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-MLB_draft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-MLC_draft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#MLC_draft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.7</span> <span>MLC draft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-MLC_draft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-MLL_draft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#MLL_draft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.8</span> <span>MLL draft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-MLL_draft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-MLS_Draft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#MLS_Draft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.9</span> <span>MLS Draft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-MLS_Draft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-MLR_draft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#MLR_draft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.10</span> <span>MLR draft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-MLR_draft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-MLW_draft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#MLW_draft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.11</span> <span>MLW draft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-MLW_draft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-NLL_draft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NLL_draft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.12</span> <span>NLL draft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-NLL_draft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-NWSL_drafts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NWSL_drafts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.13</span> <span>NWSL drafts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-NWSL_drafts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-PLL_draft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#PLL_draft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.14</span> <span>PLL draft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-PLL_draft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-WNBA_draft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#WNBA_draft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.15</span> <span>WNBA draft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-WNBA_draft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-WWE_Draft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#WWE_Draft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.16</span> <span>WWE Draft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-WWE_Draft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-South_Asia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#South_Asia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>South Asia</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-South_Asia-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle South Asia subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-South_Asia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-IPL_auction" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#IPL_auction"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>IPL auction</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-IPL_auction-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-ISL_draft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#ISL_draft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>ISL draft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-ISL_draft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-PSL_draft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#PSL_draft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>PSL draft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-PSL_draft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Southeast_Asia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Southeast_Asia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Southeast Asia</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Southeast_Asia-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Southeast Asia subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Southeast_Asia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-PBA_draft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#PBA_draft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>PBA draft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-PBA_draft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_terminology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_terminology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Other terminology</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Other_terminology-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Other terminology subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Other_terminology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Draft_bust" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Draft_bust"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Draft bust</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Draft_bust-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-NFL" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NFL"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.1</span> <span>NFL</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-NFL-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-NBA" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NBA"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.2</span> <span>NBA</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-NBA-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-MLB" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#MLB"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.3</span> <span>MLB</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-MLB-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-NHL" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NHL"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.4</span> <span>NHL</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-NHL-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Australian_Football_League" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Australian_Football_League"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.5</span> <span>Australian Football League</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Australian_Football_League-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Draft_steal" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Draft_steal"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Draft steal</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Draft_steal-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-MLB_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#MLB_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.1</span> <span>MLB</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-MLB_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-NFL_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NFL_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.2</span> <span>NFL</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-NFL_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-NBA_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NBA_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.3</span> <span>NBA</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-NBA_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-NHL_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NHL_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.4</span> <span>NHL</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-NHL_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Australian_Football_League_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Australian_Football_League_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.5</span> <span>Australian Football League</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Australian_Football_League_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Other</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" 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lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Draft" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entry_Draft" title="Entry Draft – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Entry Draft" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft" title="Draft – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Draft" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft" title="Draft – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Draft" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_(sport)" title="Draft (sport) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Draft (sport)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%93%9C%EB%9E%98%ED%94%84%ED%8A%B8_(%EC%8A%A4%ED%8F%AC%EC%B8%A0)" title="드래프트 (스포츠) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="드래프트 (스포츠)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft" title="Draft – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Draft" data-language-autonym="Italiano" 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Draft%22+sports">"Draft" sports</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Draft%22+sports+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Draft%22+sports&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Draft%22+sports+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Draft%22+sports">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Draft%22+sports&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p><p>A <b>draft</b> is a process used in some countries (especially in North America) and sports (especially in <a href="/wiki/Closed_league" title="Closed league">closed leagues</a>) to allocate certain players to teams. In a draft, teams take turns selecting from a pool of eligible players. When a team selects a player, the team receives exclusive rights to sign that player to a contract, and no other team in the league may sign the player. The process is similar to <a href="/wiki/Round-robin_item_allocation" title="Round-robin item allocation">round-robin item allocation</a>. </p><p>The best-known type of draft is the entry draft, which is used to allocate players who have recently become eligible to play in a league. Depending on the sport, the players may come from <a href="/wiki/College_sports" title="College sports">college</a>, high school or junior teams, or teams in other countries. An entry draft is intended to prevent expensive bidding wars for young talent and to ensure that no team can sign contracts with all of the best young players and make the league uncompetitive. To encourage <a href="/wiki/Parity_(sports)" title="Parity (sports)">parity</a>, teams that do poorly in the previous season usually get to choose first in the postseason draft, sometimes with a "lottery" factor to discourage teams from deliberately losing. </p><p>Other types of drafts include the <a href="/wiki/Expansion_draft" title="Expansion draft">expansion draft</a>, in which a new team selects players from other teams in the league, and the dispersal draft, in which a league's surviving teams select players from the roster of a newly defunct franchise. Major professional sports leagues also have special contingency plans for rebuilding a team via a <a href="/wiki/Disaster_draft" title="Disaster draft">disaster draft</a>, should an accident or other disaster kill or disable many players.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1992_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1992-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Drafts are usually permitted under <a href="/wiki/Antitrust_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Antitrust law">antitrust</a> or <a href="/wiki/Restraint_of_trade" title="Restraint of trade">restraint of trade</a> laws because they are included in <a href="/wiki/Collective_bargaining_agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Collective bargaining agreement">collective bargaining agreements</a> between leagues and labor unions representing players. These agreements generally stipulate that after a certain number of seasons, a player whose contract has expired becomes a <a href="/wiki/Free_agent" title="Free agent">free agent</a> and can sign with any team. They also require minimum and sometimes maximum salaries for newly drafted players. Leagues may also allow teams to <a href="/wiki/Trade_(sports)" title="Trade (sports)">trade</a> draft picks among each other in exchange for other draft picks or in exchange for players. </p><p>In 1935, <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> president <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Carr" title="Joseph Carr">Joseph Carr</a> instituted the <a href="/wiki/NFL_draft" title="NFL draft">NFL draft</a> as a way to restrain teams' payrolls and reduce the dominance of the league's perennial contenders.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was adopted by the precursor of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> in 1947; by the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a> in 1963; and by <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> in 1965, although draft systems had been used in baseball since the 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Major Indoor Lacrosse League">Major Indoor Lacrosse League</a> (<a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League" title="National Lacrosse League">National Lacrosse League</a>) adopted a collegiate draft in 1988, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a> in 2000, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Lacrosse" title="Major League Lacrosse">Major League Lacrosse</a> in 2001, and <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Rugby" title="Major League Rugby">Major League Rugby</a> in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-urlQuestions_And_Concerns_About_MLR_Draft_|_Goff_Rugby_Report_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlQuestions_And_Concerns_About_MLR_Draft_|_Goff_Rugby_Report-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sports drafts are uncommon outside <a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada">the U.S. and Canada</a>. Most professional football clubs and those in other sports obtain young players through <a href="/wiki/Transfer_(association_football)" title="Transfer (association football)">transfers</a> from smaller clubs or by developing youth players through their own academies. The <a href="/wiki/Youth_system" title="Youth system">youth system</a> is operated directly by the teams themselves, who develop their players from childhood. Parity in these leagues is instead maintained through <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">promotion and relegation</a>, which automatically expels the weakest teams from a league in exchange for the strongest teams in the next lower league. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Australia">Australia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="AFL_draft">AFL draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: AFL draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/AFL_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL Draft">AFL Draft</a></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football" title="Australian rules football">Australian rules football</a>'s premier competition, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League" title="Australian Football League">Australian Football League</a> (AFL), a <a href="/wiki/AFL_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL Draft">draft</a> was introduced in <a href="/wiki/1986_VFL_season" title="1986 VFL season">1986</a> when the competition was then known as the Victorian Football League (VFL). This was in response to the increasing transfer fees and player salaries at the time, which in combination with declining attendances, threatened to derail the league. It was also a result of the failure of <a href="/wiki/Zoning_(Australian_rules_football)" title="Zoning (Australian rules football)">country zoning</a>, introduced in the late 1960s, which had led to a systematic inequality whereby the clubs with the best zones, like <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a>, could dominate over clubs with poorer zones like <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a>. </p><p>In the AFL Draft, clubs receive picks based on the position in which they finish on the ladder. Therefore, the teams that finish at the bottom of the AFL ladder will get the first draft picks. Also, any team that finishes in a low ladder position for consecutive seasons will receive priority picks. </p><p>The AFL's National Draft is held in November, with a pre-season draft and a rookie draft held in December. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NSWRL_draft">NSWRL draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: NSWRL draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/1991_NSWRL_season" title="1991 NSWRL season">1991 NSWRL season</a> featured the introduction of <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">rugby league</a> football's first draft system. The draft allowed teams to recruit players on a roster system based on where the club finished the previous year. It ran in reverse order with the <a href="/wiki/Australian_rugby_league_wooden_spooners" title="Australian rugby league wooden spooners">wooden spooners</a> getting first choice and the premiers last. The draft lasted just the one season before being defeated in the courts by players and coaches opposed to its limitations.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Africa">Africa</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="SA20_Auction">SA20 Auction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: SA20 Auction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_2024-2025_SA20_auctions_and_personnel_signings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of 2024-2025 SA20 auctions and personnel signings (page does not exist)">List of 2024-2025 SA20 auctions and personnel signings</a></div> <p>Like the <a href="/wiki/IPL" class="mw-redirect" title="IPL">IPL</a> the SA20 also has an auction where teams bid on players and subject a salary cap and restrictions on roster size. After the main auction takes place there is then a rookie draft where each team has two minutes to pick one rookie player that is 18-22 years of age. The team that finished last place in the last season is the first to pick and the team that finished first in the last season is the last to pick. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Europe">Europe</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="KHL_draft">KHL draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: KHL draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/KHL_Junior_Draft" title="KHL Junior Draft">KHL Junior Draft</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/KHL_territorial_pick" title="KHL territorial pick">KHL territorial pick</a></div> <p>When the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Superleague" title="Russian Superleague">Russian Superleague</a> became the <a href="/wiki/Kontinental_Hockey_League" title="Kontinental Hockey League">Kontinental Hockey League</a>, the collective bargaining agreement between the KHL and its players introduced a draft, starting from <a href="/wiki/2009_KHL_Junior_Draft" title="2009 KHL Junior Draft">the very first season of the league</a>. It also allowed teams to use a first-round draft pick to select protected players from a team's farm system. The <a href="/wiki/KHL_Junior_Draft" title="KHL Junior Draft">KHL Junior Draft</a> was discontinued in 2016. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Hundred">The Hundred</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: The Hundred"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A draft system is used for <a href="/wiki/The_Hundred_(cricket)" title="The Hundred (cricket)">The Hundred</a>, a professional franchise <a href="/wiki/100-ball_cricket" title="100-ball cricket">100-ball cricket</a> tournament in England and Wales run by the <a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales_Cricket_Board" title="England and Wales Cricket Board">England and Wales Cricket Board</a> (ECB), which started in 2021. The inaugural Hundred draft took place in October 2019. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="North_America">North America</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: North America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CFL_Draft">CFL Draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: CFL Draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/CFL_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="CFL Draft">CFL Draft</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">Canadian Football League</a> holds its annual player draft before the start of the season, either in the last days of April or the start of May. It was formerly held as part of the annual league meetings in <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Ontario" title="Hamilton, Ontario">Hamilton</a>, but is now typically held by conference call with the first two rounds being broadcast live on <a href="/wiki/The_Sports_Network" title="The Sports Network">TSN</a>. Since <a href="/wiki/2016_CFL_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 CFL Draft">2016</a>, the draft has consisted of eight rounds, with teams drafting in inverse order of their records in the previous season, with the <a href="/wiki/Grey_Cup" title="Grey Cup">Grey Cup</a> runner-up selecting second-to-last and the Grey Cup champion selecting last. As with the NFL Draft, trading of picks is very common, meaning that a team will not necessarily have eight picks in a given draft. </p><p>The draft is restricted to Canadian citizens, plus non-citizens who were raised in Canada since childhood (see <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League#Players_and_compensation" title="Canadian Football League">the relevant section of the main CFL article</a>). Eligible players can be drafted both from <a href="/wiki/U_Sports_football" title="U Sports football">U Sports football</a> programs in Canada and <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">U.S. college football</a> programs (with the latter category containing one Canadian school, <a href="/wiki/Simon_Fraser_Red_Leafs_football" title="Simon Fraser Red Leafs football">Simon Fraser</a>). </p><p>International players, which can compose up to half of a CFL team's roster, are not subject to a draft and enter the league by way of the <a href="/wiki/Negotiation_list" class="mw-redirect" title="Negotiation list">negotiation list</a>, a process that allows a CFL team to unilaterally stake claim to any international player on a first-come, first-served basis without the player's consent and bar them from negotiating with any other CFL team. This includes almost all of the league's <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterbacks</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Global_T20_Canada">Global T20 Canada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Global T20 Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the inaugural <a href="/wiki/2018_Global_T20_Canada" title="2018 Global T20 Canada">2018 Global T20 Canada</a> a player draft was held for franchises to choose the players from the available pool. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NFL_draft">NFL draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: NFL draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_draft" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League draft">National Football League draft</a></div> <p>Draft order in the NFL is determined in a reverse-record order (the previous season's worst team picking first, the <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> winner picking last). There are 7 rounds of the draft (a maximum of 224 picks), so each team can have 7 selections, plus whatever compensatory selections a team receives as a result of <a href="/wiki/Free_agency_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Free agency (sports)">free agency</a> (up to 32 compensatory selections are given each year), and any picks awarded for developing minority candidates for NFL head coaching or general manager positions (starting with the 2021 draft in accordance with NFL Resolution JC-2A). Teams are allowed to trade draft picks (including compensation picks since 2017) among each other in exchange for other draft picks or in exchange for players. </p><p>Because the NFL requires that players be three years removed from high school, and of the lack of an effective junior development system outside the college and university programs, players are chosen almost exclusively from <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a> <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> programs. </p><p>The NFL draft has become one of the key events on the American football calendar, airing live on television each April. In recent years it had been held at New York's <a href="/wiki/Radio_City_Music_Hall" title="Radio City Music Hall">Radio City Music Hall</a>, but in <a href="/wiki/2015_NFL_draft" title="2015 NFL draft">2015</a> and <a href="/wiki/2016_NFL_draft" title="2016 NFL draft">2016</a> it was held at Chicago's <a href="/wiki/Auditorium_Theatre" title="Auditorium Theatre">Auditorium Theatre</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Chicago/Los_Angeles_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chicago/Los_Angeles-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in <a href="/wiki/2017_NFL_draft" title="2017 NFL draft">2017</a> it was held on the <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Steps" title="Rocky Steps">Rocky Steps</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art" title="Philadelphia Museum of Art">Philadelphia Museum of Art</a>. The <a href="/wiki/2018_NFL_draft" title="2018 NFL draft">2018</a> draft was the first ever to be held at an NFL stadium, namely the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a>' <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Stadium" title="AT&T Stadium">AT&T Stadium</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NBA_draft">NBA draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: NBA draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/NBA_draft" title="NBA draft">NBA draft</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Eligibility_for_the_NBA_draft" title="Eligibility for the NBA draft">Eligibility for the NBA draft</a></div> <p>The NBA Draft, held historically in an NBA city, but in recent drafts in either a theater in the New York area or at the <a href="/wiki/Barclays_Center" title="Barclays Center">Barclays Center</a> each summer, is only two rounds long (60 picks). Instead of automatically granting the top pick to the worst team from the year before, the NBA holds a <a href="/wiki/NBA_draft_lottery" title="NBA draft lottery">draft lottery</a> to determine who chooses first. The top four picks are allocated by chance among the 14 teams that did not make the playoffs the year before. This discourages a team from losing on purpose to get a better draft pick, but also causes other controversies such as allegations and <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theory" title="Conspiracy theory">conspiracy theories</a> suggesting that the draft lottery is rigged. </p><p>NBA teams choose players from the NCAA and from teams overseas. It was formerly common for players to be chosen directly from high school, but in 2006, the NBA required that players wait a year after high school before playing in the NBA. Almost all top U.S. players thus play at least one year in college. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NHL_Entry_Draft">NHL Entry Draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: NHL Entry Draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL Entry Draft">NHL Entry Draft</a></div> <p>The NHL operates a seven-round off-season draft (224 picks). Like the NBA, the NHL uses a <a href="/wiki/Lottery" title="Lottery">lottery</a> system to determine which team gets the top pick. All 16 teams, up from 15 between 2017 and 2021, that failed to qualify for the playoffs take part in the weighted lottery with the winner moving up to select first overall. Any North American player aged 18–20, and any overseas player aged 18–21 is eligible to be selected. Players are generally chosen from <a href="/wiki/Junior_hockey" class="mw-redirect" title="Junior hockey">junior hockey</a> teams, high schools, the NCAA and overseas clubs. </p><p>The NHL rotates the draft's location among cities with teams in the league. Like baseball, players drafted in the entry draft usually have to wait a few years in development, either in <a href="/wiki/Junior_hockey" class="mw-redirect" title="Junior hockey">junior hockey</a> or the minor leagues, before cracking an NHL roster; usually, only one or two draft picks, generally, those that are widely predicted to be blue-chip superstars, jump directly from the draft to the NHL (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Crosby" title="Sidney Crosby">Sidney Crosby</a> or <a href="/wiki/Jarom%C3%ADr_J%C3%A1gr" title="Jaromír Jágr">Jaromír Jágr</a>). </p><p>The league has incrementally expanded the draft lottery process over the course of the early 2010s to discourage "tanking"—the act of deliberately losing to get a better draft pick. Historically, the league only subjected the first overall pick to the draft lottery among the five worst teams in the league, meaning that if a draft had more than one marquee prospect (a generally rare occurrence), it would still be a viable strategy to tank, as a second overall pick was still guaranteed. This was made evident in the <a href="/wiki/2015_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 NHL Entry Draft">2015 NHL Entry Draft</a>, where marquee prospects <a href="/wiki/Connor_McDavid" title="Connor McDavid">Connor McDavid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Eichel" title="Jack Eichel">Jack Eichel</a> were both seen as NHL-ready and likely to be stars; much speculation surrounded the struggling <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Sabres" title="Buffalo Sabres">Buffalo Sabres</a>, who allegedly tanked to secure the rights to at least the second overall pick (a charge that, although the Sabres' fans openly encouraged it, the team officially denied). From the <a href="/wiki/2016_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 NHL Entry Draft">2016</a> to <a href="/wiki/2020_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 NHL Entry Draft">2020 drafts</a>, the top <i>three</i> overall picks were subject to lottery among all fourteen teams that did not make the playoffs, meaning the last-place team will only be assured of the fourth overall pick, at which point virtually any marquee prospect will have already been selected. Since the <a href="/wiki/2021_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 NHL Entry Draft">2021 draft</a>, only two draws are held for the first two selections. Starting with the <a href="/wiki/2022_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 NHL Entry Draft">2022 lottery</a>, the team winning one of the two lotteries is only allowed to move up a maximum of ten spots in the draft order and teams will only be allowed to win the lottery twice in a five-year period.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The three major junior leagues that make up the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Hockey_League" title="Canadian Hockey League">Canadian Hockey League</a> also hold drafts of teenage players in their territories. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MLB_draft">MLB draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: MLB draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="Major League Baseball draft">Major League Baseball draft</a></div> <p>Major League Baseball holds two drafts each year. In June, the first-year player draft, MLB's entry draft, takes place. Only players from Canada, the U.S. or a U.S. territory may be drafted; players from elsewhere are free agents and can be signed by any team. Draftees are high-school graduates who have opted not to go to college; <a href="/wiki/College_baseball" title="College baseball">college baseball</a> players at four-year institutions who have played three years or turned 21; or <a href="/wiki/Junior_college" title="Junior college">junior college</a> baseball players. As of 2021, the draft lasts 20 rounds (down from 40 in 2019 with the exception of a 5-round 2020 draft), but earlier drafts have lasted up to 100 rounds. The MLB Draft generally receives less attention than the drafts in other American sports, since drafted players usually spend several years in the <a href="/wiki/Minor_leagues" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor leagues">minor leagues</a> before they crack the Major League team's roster. Also, unlike the MLS, NFL, NBA and the NHL Drafts, the MLB draft takes place during the season instead of in the offseason. </p><p>In December, MLB holds the much shorter <a href="/wiki/Rule_5_draft" title="Rule 5 draft">Rule 5 draft</a>. If an organization keeps a player in the minor leagues for a certain number of years, other teams can draft him in the Rule 5 draft. The drafting team must keep the player on its major league roster; it cannot put the player in its own <a href="/wiki/Minor_league" title="Minor league">minor leagues</a> system. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MLC_draft">MLC draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: MLC draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Cricket" title="Major League Cricket">Major League Cricket</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MLL_draft">MLL draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: MLL draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Lacrosse_draft" title="Major League Lacrosse draft">Major League Lacrosse draft</a></div> <p>MLL implemented its first collegiate draft in 2001. The draft was held every year until MLL <a href="/wiki/MLL%E2%80%93PLL_merger" title="MLL–PLL merger">merged</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Premier_Lacrosse_League" title="Premier Lacrosse League">Premier Lacrosse League</a> in December 2020, with the merged league operating under the PLL banner. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MLS_Draft">MLS Draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: MLS Draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/MLS_SuperDraft" title="MLS SuperDraft">MLS SuperDraft</a></div> <p>Major League Soccer has two types of draft that occur each year, plus a third that is held intermittently when the league <a href="/wiki/Expansion_of_Major_League_Soccer" title="Expansion of Major League Soccer">adds one or more teams</a>. The two annual drafts are the three-round long <a href="/wiki/MLS_SuperDraft" title="MLS SuperDraft">MLS SuperDraft</a> (a maximum of 81 picks since 2021, down from four rounds and 104 picks in 2020), which was held for the first time in 2001, and <a href="/wiki/MLS_Supplemental_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="MLS Supplemental Draft">MLS Supplemental Draft</a>, with the MLS Expansion Draft held in the offseason immediately before the league expands. </p><p>The MLS SuperDraft happens every January. During the draft the teams from the league will pick up to three players each from colleges across the United States. Only players from the American college sports system (e.g., the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics" title="National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics">NAIA</a>) are eligible to be drafted. Canadian <a href="/wiki/U_Sports_men%27s_soccer" title="U Sports men's soccer">U Sports men's soccer</a> players are not included. </p><p>The draft is divided into three rounds in which each club has one selection. </p><p>In addition to drafted players, MLS teams also acquire new players from their <a href="/wiki/Youth_system" title="Youth system">youth academies</a>. These players are called homegrown players. Homegrown player are academy players who is given a first-team contract. They are required to have spent at least one year in a club's academy, and to have lived in the club's territory (for example, in the case of <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando City</a>, northern Florida). </p><p>The draft gives to the teams opportunity to acquire players from other regions of the country, from outside their territory. </p><p>The teams can also acquire new players by signing players from other leagues (usually foreigner leagues). MLS has two <a href="/wiki/Transfer_windows" class="mw-redirect" title="Transfer windows">transfer windows</a>—the primary pre-season transfer window lasts three months from mid February until mid May, and the secondary mid season transfer window runs one month from early July to early August. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MLR_draft">MLR draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: MLR draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/MLR_Draft" title="MLR Draft">MLR Draft</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Rugby" title="Major League Rugby">Major League Rugby</a> implemented its first collegiate draft in <a href="/wiki/2020_MLR_Draft" title="2020 MLR Draft">2020</a>. Players are eligible for draft after 3 years in college at 21 years old. <a href="/wiki/Free_agent" title="Free agent">Free agents</a> can try to join teams at 18 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-urlQuestions_And_Concerns_About_MLR_Draft_|_Goff_Rugby_Report_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlQuestions_And_Concerns_About_MLR_Draft_|_Goff_Rugby_Report-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-url2020_MLR_Collegiate_Draft_Summary_-_Americas_Rugby_News_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-url2020_MLR_Collegiate_Draft_Summary_-_Americas_Rugby_News-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-urlMLR_Draft_Picks_2020_-_Major_League_Rugby_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlMLR_Draft_Picks_2020_-_Major_League_Rugby-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-urlMLR_Draft_2020:_What_you_need_to_know_-_Utah_Warriors_Rugby_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlMLR_Draft_2020:_What_you_need_to_know_-_Utah_Warriors_Rugby-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MLW_draft">MLW draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: MLW draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/MLW_Open_Draft" title="MLW Open Draft">MLW Open Draft</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Wrestling" title="Major League Wrestling">Major League Wrestling</a> held its first draft in 2021. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NLL_draft">NLL draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: NLL draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League_Entry_Draft" title="National Lacrosse League Entry Draft">National Lacrosse League Entry Draft</a></div> <p>NLL held its first collegiate draft in 1988 as <a href="/wiki/Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Major Indoor Lacrosse League">Major Indoor Lacrosse League</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NWSL_drafts">NWSL drafts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: NWSL drafts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_drafts_held_by_the_NWSL" title="List of drafts held by the NWSL">List of drafts held by the NWSL</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Soccer_League" title="National Women's Soccer League">National Women's Soccer League</a> held its first drafts prior to its <a href="/wiki/2013_National_Women%27s_Soccer_League_season" title="2013 National Women's Soccer League season">inaugural 2013 season</a>. The first was a <a href="/wiki/2013_NWSL_College_Draft" title="2013 NWSL College Draft">draft of college players</a>, followed by a <a href="/wiki/2013_NWSL_Supplemental_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft">supplemental draft</a>. The final draft of 2013 was a preseason waiver draft in which teams could select players who had been waived by their first squads, but only one player was selected at that time. </p><p>The league has held the college draft, referred to since 2021 simply as the <a href="/wiki/NWSL_Draft" title="NWSL Draft">NWSL Draft</a> after the inclusion of non-collegiate selections,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> prior to each league season. The waiver draft, now called the "re-entry wire", has also become a permanent part of the league. The league also created other draft mechanisms to address other types of eligibility, such as the unsubsidized individual distribution ranking order introduced for college draft-ineligible <a href="/wiki/NWSL_federation_players" title="NWSL federation players">NWSL federation players</a> in 2016,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the under-18 entry list for domestic minors introduced in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-cbs-draft-2023_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbs-draft-2023-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With league expansion and contraction since its establishment, the league has also irregularly held both <a href="/wiki/2022_NWSL_Expansion_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 NWSL Expansion Draft">expansion drafts</a> to help stock the rosters of new teams,<sup id="cite_ref-nwsl-draft-2022_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nwsl-draft-2022-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a <a href="/wiki/2018_NWSL_Dispersal_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 NWSL Dispersal Draft">dispersal draft</a> in which teams could select players from a <a href="/wiki/Boston_Breakers" title="Boston Breakers">defunct team</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PLL_draft">PLL draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: PLL draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Premier_Lacrosse_League" title="Premier Lacrosse League">Premier Lacrosse League</a> held its first collegiate draft in 2019, shortly before the start of its inaugural season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WNBA_draft">WNBA draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: WNBA draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/WNBA_draft" title="WNBA draft">WNBA draft</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/WNBA_draft" title="WNBA draft">WNBA draft</a> is held every spring. It has had several locations during its history; the most recent draft in 2022 took place in New York City, following two drafts held virtually due to <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">COVID-19</a> concerns. The draft is currently three rounds long with each of the 12 teams in the league (trades aside) making three picks each. Draft order for teams that made the playoffs the previous year are based on team records. The team with the highest previous record will pick last. Since eight teams qualify for <a href="/wiki/WNBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="WNBA Playoffs">playoffs</a>, the bottom eight picks are determined by this method. For the remaining top four picks, a selection process similar to the NBA Draft Lottery is conducted for the four teams that did not qualify for the playoffs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WWE_Draft">WWE Draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: WWE Draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/WWE_Draft" title="WWE Draft">WWE Draft</a></div> <p>The WWE Draft is used to refresh <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Raw_(WWE_brand)" title="Raw (WWE brand)">Raw</a> and <a href="/wiki/SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown</a> rosters, as well as shuffle talent between the two. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="South_Asia">South Asia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: South Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="IPL_auction">IPL auction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: IPL auction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">Cricket</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Indian_Premier_League" title="Indian Premier League">Indian Premier League</a> instead holds a yearly <a href="/wiki/Auction" title="Auction">auction</a> before the start of each season in which teams bid on players, subject to a <a href="/wiki/Salary_cap" title="Salary cap">salary cap</a> and restrictions on roster size. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="ISL_draft">ISL draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: ISL draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Indian_Super_League" title="Indian Super League">Indian Super League</a> is responsible for holding drafts prior to the commencement of each season. Teams can buy foreign players with international experience while they still can purchase Indian players with little or no experience. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PSL_draft">PSL draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: PSL draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Super_League" title="Pakistan Super League">Pakistan Super League</a> uses a draft system for player recruitment before the start of every season to fairly distribute the league's new players. Teams are allotted slots in every round of the draft and slots can be exchanged with other teams. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Southeast_Asia">Southeast Asia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Southeast Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PBA_draft">PBA draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: PBA draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Basketball_Association_draft" title="Philippine Basketball Association draft">Philippine Basketball Association draft</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Basketball_Association" title="Philippine Basketball Association">Philippine Basketball Association</a> (PBA) draft is an annual event in the PBA calendar in which teams can acquire new players outside the league which are not free agents. Only <a href="/wiki/Philippine_nationality_law" title="Philippine nationality law">natural-born</a> <a href="/wiki/Filipinos" title="Filipinos">Filipinos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Filipino_diaspora" class="mw-redirect" title="Filipino diaspora">foreign nationals with Filipino ancestry</a>, whether or not they acquired Philippine citizenship, are eligible to be drafted. The draft began in 1985; prior to that teams directly hired rookies. </p><p>Until 2014, there was a draft lottery between the two worst team of the preceding season. This was scrapped after the events of the <a href="/wiki/2014_PBA_draft#Controversy" title="2014 PBA draft">2014 draft lottery</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/PBA_Developmental_League" class="mw-redirect" title="PBA Developmental League">PBA Developmental League</a> also has their own draft. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_terminology">Other terminology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Other terminology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Draft_bust">Draft bust</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Draft bust"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <i>draft bust</i> is a highly touted or highly selected draftee who does not meet expectations. This can be for a variety of reasons such as being unable to adjust to the professional level or if their career was derailed by injuries. A player is also regarded as a bust if more successful players are drafted after them. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="NFL">NFL</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: NFL"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of the most frequently cited examples of a draft bust in the NFL is <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Leaf" title="Ryan Leaf">Ryan Leaf</a>, who was selected second overall in the <a href="/wiki/1998_NFL_draft" title="1998 NFL draft">1998 NFL draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers" title="San Diego Chargers">San Diego Chargers</a>, after the <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Colts" title="Indianapolis Colts">Indianapolis Colts</a> had selected future Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Peyton Manning</a>. The Chargers had chosen Leaf over future Hall of Famers <a href="/wiki/Charles_Woodson" title="Charles Woodson">Charles Woodson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Randy_Moss" title="Randy Moss">Randy Moss</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alan_Faneca" title="Alan Faneca">Alan Faneca</a>, as well as six future <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowlers</a>. </p><p>Despite being described as being equal in talent to Manning prior to the draft, Leaf only managed to play two seasons with the Chargers and start 18 games (winning only four) for them before being released in 2000. Leaf played only three further games for the Dallas Cowboys, and was out of the league by 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-ArgumentESPN_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ArgumentESPN-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BiggestBust_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BiggestBust-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tony_Mandarich" title="Tony Mandarich">Tony Mandarich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Todd_Blackledge" title="Todd Blackledge">Todd Blackledge</a>, and <a href="/wiki/JaMarcus_Russell" title="JaMarcus Russell">JaMarcus Russell</a>, three other frequently cited draft busts, are examples of players whose status as busts are amplified by their placements in the draft: </p> <ul><li>Mandarich is the only top-five pick from the <a href="/wiki/1989_NFL_draft" title="1989 NFL draft">1989 NFL draft</a> who is not in the Hall of Fame, having been selected second overall by the <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> selected <a href="/wiki/Troy_Aikman" title="Troy Aikman">Troy Aikman</a>, with the subsequent three picks being <a href="/wiki/Barry_Sanders" title="Barry Sanders">Barry Sanders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Thomas" title="Derrick Thomas">Derrick Thomas</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Deion_Sanders" title="Deion Sanders">Deion Sanders</a>. The Packers also passed on Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Steve_Atwater" title="Steve Atwater">Steve Atwater</a> as well as six future Pro Bowlers to select Mandarich.</li> <li>Russell was selected first overall in the <a href="/wiki/2007_NFL_draft" title="2007 NFL draft">2007 NFL draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Raiders" title="Oakland Raiders">Oakland Raiders</a>, with the next two picks being Hall of Famers <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Johnson" title="Calvin Johnson">Calvin Johnson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Thomas_(offensive_tackle)" title="Joe Thomas (offensive tackle)">Joe Thomas</a>. The Raiders also passed on Hall of Famers <a href="/wiki/Darrelle_Revis" title="Darrelle Revis">Darrelle Revis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Willis" title="Patrick Willis">Patrick Willis</a> as well as Pro Bowlers <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Peterson" title="Adrian Peterson">Adrian Peterson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marshawn_Lynch" title="Marshawn Lynch">Marshawn Lynch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Weddle" title="Eric Weddle">Eric Weddle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Kalil" title="Ryan Kalil">Ryan Kalil</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Greg_Olsen_(American_football)" title="Greg Olsen (American football)">Greg Olsen</a> to select Russell.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Blackledge was selected 7th overall in the <a href="/wiki/1983_NFL_draft" title="1983 NFL draft">1983 NFL draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a>, selecting him over Hall of Famers <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Matthews_(American_football)" title="Bruce Matthews (American football)">Bruce Matthews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Kelly" title="Jim Kelly">Jim Kelly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Marino" title="Dan Marino">Dan Marino</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Green" title="Darrell Green">Darrell Green</a>, as well as Pro Bowlers <a href="/wiki/Joey_Browner" title="Joey Browner">Joey Browner</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Roger_Craig_(American_football)" title="Roger Craig (American football)">Roger Craig</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Like Leaf, Russell was released by the Raiders after three seasons and was out of the league by 2010. Mandarich later managed to become a serviceable offensive lineman for the Indianapolis Colts after being released by the Packers in 1992, but ultimately never lived up to his draft position. Blackledge spent most of his career as a backup QB in his time with the Chiefs and Steelers after 7 seasons he was out of the NFL by 1990. </p><p>Other frequently cited examples include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akili_Smith" title="Akili Smith">Akili Smith</a> (QB) – The <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a> had offered the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bengals" title="Cincinnati Bengals">Cincinnati Bengals</a> nine future draft picks in exchange for their No. 3 first-round pick in the <a href="/wiki/1999_NFL_draft" title="1999 NFL draft">1999 NFL draft</a>. The Bengals declined the offer and selected Smith.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Phillips" title="Lawrence Phillips">Lawrence Phillips</a> (RB) – The <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Rams" title="St. Louis Rams">St. Louis Rams</a> <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Bettis_trade" title="Jerome Bettis trade">traded</a> Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Bettis" title="Jerome Bettis">Jerome Bettis</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> believing that Phillips could better fill the position.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_Marinovich" title="Todd Marinovich">Todd Marinovich</a> (QB) – Remembered for both his unorthodox upbringing and being selected ahead of Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Brett_Favre" title="Brett Favre">Brett Favre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Couch" title="Tim Couch">Tim Couch</a> (QB) – Selected first overall by the expansion <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1999_NFL_draft" title="1999 NFL draft">1999 NFL draft</a>: the Browns passed on <a href="/wiki/Donovan_McNabb" title="Donovan McNabb">Donovan McNabb</a>, was selected second overall by the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Rogers_(wide_receiver)" title="Charles Rogers (wide receiver)">Charles Rogers</a> (WR) - The <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a> selected <a href="/wiki/Charles_Rogers_(wide_receiver)" title="Charles Rogers (wide receiver)">Charles Rogers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2003_NFL_draft" title="2003 NFL draft">2003 NFL draft</a> over Hall of Famers <a href="/wiki/Andre_Johnson" title="Andre Johnson">Andre Johnson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Troy_Polamalu" title="Troy Polamalu">Troy Polamalu</a>, as well as All-Pros <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Williams_(defensive_tackle)" title="Kevin Williams (defensive tackle)">Kevin Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terrell_Suggs" title="Terrell Suggs">Terrell Suggs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nnamdi_Asomugha" title="Nnamdi Asomugha">Nnamdi Asomugha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lance_Briggs" title="Lance Briggs">Lance Briggs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Witten" title="Jason Witten">Jason Witten</a>, and Pro Bowlers <a href="/wiki/Anquan_Boldin" title="Anquan Boldin">Anquan Boldin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Gross" title="Jordan Gross">Jordan Gross</a>. Charles Rogers would only play 15 games with the Lions between the 2003-2005 seasons and spent most of his career in injured reserve before being released by the Lions in 2006. Rogers would leave the league after four seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trent_Richardson" title="Trent Richardson">Trent Richardson</a> (RB) - The <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> traded four draft picks to the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a> for their third overall pick in the <a href="/wiki/2012_NFL_draft" title="2012 NFL draft">2012 NFL draft</a> to select Trent Richardson third overall, passing up on All-Pro selections <a href="/wiki/Luke_Kuechly" title="Luke Kuechly">Luke Kuechly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephon_Gilmore" title="Stephon Gilmore">Stephon Gilmore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fletcher_Cox" title="Fletcher Cox">Fletcher Cox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chandler_Jones" title="Chandler Jones">Chandler Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_DeCastro" title="David DeCastro">David DeCastro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harrison_Smith" title="Harrison Smith">Harrison Smith</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Wagner" title="Bobby Wagner">Bobby Wagner</a>. Trent Richardson would only spend less than two seasons with the Browns before being traded to the <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Colts" title="Indianapolis Colts">Indianapolis Colts</a> early in his second NFL season would also only spend two seasons with the Colts before they waived him, he joined the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Raiders" title="Oakland Raiders">Oakland Raiders</a> in 2015 but then released him after five months, later joined the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Ravens" title="Baltimore Ravens">Baltimore Ravens</a> in 2016 but waved him after four months, and left the NFL after five seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Gilbert" title="Justin Gilbert">Justin Gilbert</a> (CB) - The <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> traded their 9th overall pick to the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a> to get their 8th overall pick in the <a href="/wiki/2014_NFL_draft" title="2014 NFL draft">2014 NFL draft</a> to select Justin Gilbert 8th overall, passing up on All-Pro selections <a href="/wiki/Odell_Beckham_Jr." title="Odell Beckham Jr.">Odell Beckham Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Donald" title="Aaron Donald">Aaron Donald</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zach_Martin" class="mw-redirect" title="Zach Martin">Zach Martin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Davante_Adams" title="Davante Adams">Davante Adams</a>. Justin Gilbert would only spend two seasons with the Browns overall he only played 23 games with him only starting 3 times he recorded 39 tackles and one interception returned for a touchdown, before being traded to the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> where he would only spend only one season with the Steelers before he was released in 2017, in the same year NFL commissioner <a href="/wiki/Roger_Goodell" title="Roger Goodell">Roger Goodell</a> suspended him for one year for violating the league's substance-abuse policy, and left the NFL after four seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ross_(American_football)" title="John Ross (American football)">John Ross</a> (WR) - The <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bengals" title="Cincinnati Bengals">Cincinnati Bengals</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2017_NFL_draft" title="2017 NFL draft">2017 NFL draft</a> with the 9th overall pick they select <a href="/wiki/John_Ross_(American_football)" title="John Ross (American football)">John Ross</a> they only selected him because he broke the record of the fastest <a href="/wiki/40-yard_dash" title="40-yard dash">40-yard dash</a> at the <a href="/wiki/NFL_Combine" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Combine">NFL Combine</a> the Bengals selected him over <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Mahomes" title="Patrick Mahomes">Patrick Mahomes</a>, as well as passing up on All-Pro Selections <a href="/wiki/Deshaun_Watson" title="Deshaun Watson">Deshaun Watson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marshon_Lattimore" title="Marshon Lattimore">Marshon Lattimore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haason_Reddick" title="Haason Reddick">Haason Reddick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marlon_Humphrey" title="Marlon Humphrey">Marlon Humphrey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tre%27Davious_White" title="Tre'Davious White">Tre'Davious White</a>, <a href="/wiki/T.J._Watt" class="mw-redirect" title="T.J. Watt">T.J. Watt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Budda_Baker" title="Budda Baker">Budda Baker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Kamara" title="Alvin Kamara">Alvin Kamara</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cooper_Kupp" title="Cooper Kupp">Cooper Kupp</a>. John Ross would only spend four seasons with the Bengals his first season he only played three games one as a starter mostly because of injuries that affected his potential overall he only manage to play 27 of 64 games with injures consistently affecting his potential before becoming a free agent, then joining the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> in 2021 where he failed to establish himself as a starter before becoming a free agent, until he joined the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a> in 2023 but several months later he informed the Chiefs that he was retiring but several months later he informed that he was returning out of retirement the Chiefs waived him on the same day of his announcement and entered as a free agent.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalen_Reagor" title="Jalen Reagor">Jalen Reagor</a> (WR) - The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2020_NFL_draft" title="2020 NFL draft">2020 NFL draft</a> with the 21st overall pick they select <a href="/wiki/Jalen_Reagor" title="Jalen Reagor">Jalen Reagor</a> the Eagles selected him over <a href="/wiki/Justin_Jefferson" title="Justin Jefferson">Justin Jefferson</a>, as well as passing up on All-Pro selections <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Aiyuk" title="Brandon Aiyuk">Brandon Aiyuk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Love" title="Jordan Love">Jordan Love</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Queen" title="Patrick Queen">Patrick Queen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trey_Lance" title="Trey Lance">Trey Lance</a> (QB) – The <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> traded four draft picks, including three first round picks, to the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2021_NFL_draft" title="2021 NFL draft">2021 NFL draft</a> to select Lance third overall, passing on eventual All-Pro selections <a href="/wiki/Ja%27Marr_Chase" title="Ja'Marr Chase">Ja'Marr Chase</a>, <a href="/wiki/Penei_Sewell" title="Penei Sewell">Penei Sewell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Surtain_II" title="Patrick Surtain II">Patrick Surtain II</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Micah_Parsons" title="Micah Parsons">Micah Parsons</a>. Lance would only play in eight games over two seasons for the 49ers before being traded to the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> after the emergence of <a href="/wiki/Brock_Purdy" title="Brock Purdy">Brock Purdy</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Mr._Irrelevant" title="Mr. Irrelevant">Mr. Irrelevant</a> of the <a href="/wiki/2022_NFL_draft" title="2022 NFL draft">2022 NFL draft</a>, as the team's starter.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="NBA">NBA</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: NBA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the NBA, the most well-known example of a draft bust is <a href="/wiki/LaRue_Martin" title="LaRue Martin">LaRue Martin</a>, who was selected first overall in the <a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_draft" title="1972 NBA draft">1972 NBA draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a>: the Trail Blazers passed on <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Hall of Famers</a> <a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">Bob McAdoo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Westphal" title="Paul Westphal">Paul Westphal</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to select Martin. Despite being seen as an excellent prospect, Martin had a career average of only 5.3 points per game, and was out of the NBA by 1977. </p><p>Another well-known example is <a href="/wiki/Sam_Bowie" title="Sam Bowie">Sam Bowie</a>: while proving to be a serviceable though injury-prone player, Bowie was haunted by being drafted second overall by the Trail Blazers in the famously talent-rich <a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_draft" title="1984 NBA draft">1984 NBA draft</a>. Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> was the first pick, while the Trail Blazers passed on Hall of Famers <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> to select Bowie. </p><p>Other notable examples include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Olowokandi" title="Michael Olowokandi">Michael Olowokandi</a>, in <a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_draft" title="1998 NBA draft">1998</a>, who was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a> first overall, ahead of Hall of Famers <a href="/wiki/Vince_Carter" title="Vince Carter">Vince Carter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Weis" title="Frédéric Weis">Frédéric Weis</a>, in <a href="/wiki/1999_NBA_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 NBA Draft">1999</a>, who was selected by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> in the first round (ahead of <a href="/wiki/Ron_Artest" class="mw-redirect" title="Ron Artest">Ron Artest</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manu_Gin%C3%B3bili" title="Manu Ginóbili">Manu Ginóbili</a>) but never played in the NBA.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darko_Mili%C4%8Di%C4%87" title="Darko Miličić">Darko Miličić</a>, in <a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_draft" title="2003 NBA draft">2003</a>, who was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> second overall, ahead of <a href="/wiki/Carmelo_Anthony" title="Carmelo Anthony">Carmelo Anthony</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Bosh" title="Chris Bosh">Chris Bosh</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Dwyane Wade</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Oden" title="Greg Oden">Greg Oden</a>, in <a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_draft" title="2007 NBA draft">2007</a>, who was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> first overall, ahead of <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Al_Horford" title="Al Horford">Al Horford</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasheem_Thabeet" title="Hasheem Thabeet">Hasheem Thabeet</a>, in <a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_draft" title="2009 NBA draft">2009</a>, who was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a> second overall, ahead of <a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">James Harden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a>, and <a href="/wiki/DeMar_DeRozan" title="DeMar DeRozan">DeMar DeRozan</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Williams_(basketball)" title="Derrick Williams (basketball)">Derrick Williams</a>, in <a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_draft" title="2011 NBA draft">2011</a>, who was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> second overall, ahead of <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Kawhi Leonard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Butler" title="Jimmy Butler">Jimmy Butler</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Kidd-Gilchrist" title="Michael Kidd-Gilchrist">Michael Kidd-Gilchrist</a>, in <a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_draft" title="2012 NBA draft">2012</a>, who was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Bobcats" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte Bobcats">Charlotte Bobcats</a> second overall, ahead of <a href="/wiki/Bradley_Beal" title="Bradley Beal">Bradley Beal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Damian_Lillard" title="Damian Lillard">Damian Lillard</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Bennett_(basketball)" title="Anthony Bennett (basketball)">Anthony Bennett</a>, in <a href="/wiki/2013_NBA_draft" title="2013 NBA draft">2013</a>, who was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> first overall, ahead of <a href="/wiki/Giannis_Antetokounmpo" title="Giannis Antetokounmpo">Giannis Antetokounmpo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Gobert" title="Rudy Gobert">Rudy Gobert</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Markelle_Fultz" title="Markelle Fultz">Markelle Fultz</a>, in <a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_draft" title="2017 NBA draft">2017</a>, whom the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> traded up to the first pick overall to select. The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a>, with whom the 76ers had swapped picks, then chose All-Star <a href="/wiki/Jayson_Tatum" title="Jayson Tatum">Jayson Tatum</a> with the pick the 76ers had previously held.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="MLB">MLB</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: MLB"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Notable draft busts include <a href="/wiki/Steve_Chilcott" title="Steve Chilcott">Steve Chilcott</a> (1966), <a href="/wiki/Brien_Taylor" title="Brien Taylor">Brien Taylor</a> (1991), and <a href="/wiki/Brady_Aiken" title="Brady Aiken">Brady Aiken</a> (2014), all of whom were 1st overall draft picks who never reached the majors. </p><p>A well-known example is pitcher <a href="/wiki/David_Clyde" title="David Clyde">David Clyde</a>, the first overall pick in the <a href="/wiki/1973_Major_League_Baseball_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1973 Major League Baseball Draft">1973 draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a>. Despite being only 18 years old at the time of his selection, the Rangers called-up Clyde directly to the majors instead of developing him the minors. After 2 mediocre seasons with the Rangers, Clyde was sent down to the minors and would not return to the majors until 1978 after he was traded to the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a>. After 2 seasons with the Indians, Clyde retired at only 26 years old due to shoulder injuries. Clyde's career made him the "poster-boy" for bringing up young players prematurely. The Rangers passed on future Hall of Famers <a href="/wiki/Robin_Yount" title="Robin Yount">Robin Yount</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Winfield" title="Dave Winfield">Dave Winfield</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murray" title="Eddie Murray">Eddie Murray</a> to take Clyde. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Matt_Bush_(baseball)" title="Matt Bush (baseball)">Matt Bush</a> (2004), another 1st overall pick, dealt with legal troubles culminating in incarceration and waited nearly 12 years to make the major leagues, eventually doing so as a middle relief pitcher in 2016. </p><p>Pitcher <a href="/wiki/Mark_Appel" title="Mark Appel">Mark Appel</a>, the first overall pick in <a href="/wiki/2013_Major_League_Baseball_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 Major League Baseball Draft">2013</a>, stepped away from baseball after 2018 due to repeated struggles on the mound. He returned to the game in 2021, but did not make his major league debut until the <a href="/wiki/2022_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2022 Major League Baseball season">2022 season</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>, appearing in only six games and has not pitched in the majors since.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A player like outfielder <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hamilton" title="Josh Hamilton">Josh Hamilton</a> (1999) can also be considered a draft bust before unexpectedly turning his career around, winning the 2010 AL MVP Award. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="NHL">NHL</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: NHL"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A notable draft bust was <a href="/wiki/Alexandre_Daigle" title="Alexandre Daigle">Alexandre Daigle</a> (<a href="/wiki/1993_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1993 NHL Entry Draft">1993 Draft</a>), who is notable for saying "I'm glad I went number one, cause no one remembers number two" upon being drafted by the <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Senators" title="Ottawa Senators">Ottawa Senators</a>. The number two selection that year happened to be eventual <a href="/wiki/Hockey_Hall_of_Fame" title="Hockey Hall of Fame">Hockey Hall of Fame</a> inductee <a href="/wiki/Chris_Pronger" title="Chris Pronger">Chris Pronger</a>. </p><p>Other players cited as major draft busts include: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Joly" title="Greg Joly">Greg Joly</a> (<a href="/wiki/1974_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1974 NHL Entry Draft">1st pick, 1974</a>, spent majority of his career in the <a href="/wiki/Minor_league#Ice_hockey" title="Minor league">minor leagues</a>), <a href="/wiki/Gord_Kluzak" title="Gord Kluzak">Gord Kluzak</a> (<a href="/wiki/1982_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1982 NHL Entry Draft">1st pick, 1982</a>, injury-plagued, only one full season in nine years), <a href="/wiki/Patrik_%C5%A0tefan" title="Patrik Štefan">Patrik Štefan</a> (<a href="/wiki/1999_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 NHL Entry Draft">1st pick, 1999</a>, injury-plagued seven seasons), <a href="/wiki/Rick_DiPietro" title="Rick DiPietro">Rick DiPietro</a> (<a href="/wiki/2000_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 NHL Entry Draft">1st pick, 2000</a>, eventual career ending injuries started in second season of groundbreaking 15-year contract, played only 50 games thereafter), <a href="/wiki/Nail_Yakupov" title="Nail Yakupov">Nail Yakupov</a> (<a href="/wiki/2012_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 NHL Entry Draft">1st pick, 2012</a>, returned to <a href="/wiki/Kontinental_Hockey_League" title="Kontinental Hockey League">Russian league</a> after playing with three different NHL teams over six seasons), as well as deeper first round draftees <a href="/wiki/Pavel_Brendl" title="Pavel Brendl">Pavel Brendl</a> (<a href="/wiki/1999_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 NHL Entry Draft">4th pick, 1999</a>, signed in Europe after playing with three different NHL teams in parts of four seasons), <a href="/wiki/Griffin_Reinhart" title="Griffin Reinhart">Griffin Reinhart</a> (<a href="/wiki/2012_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 NHL Entry Draft">4th pick, 2012</a>, played entire North American career – except 37 games – in the minors), <a href="/wiki/Alek_Stojanov" title="Alek Stojanov">Alek Stojanov</a> (<a href="/wiki/1991_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1991 NHL Entry Draft">7th pick, 1991</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Enforcer_(ice_hockey)" title="Enforcer (ice hockey)">enforcer</a> with scoring ability who lost scoring touch due to injury before first NHL game) and <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Jessiman" title="Hugh Jessiman">Hugh Jessiman</a> (<a href="/wiki/2003_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2003 NHL Entry Draft">12th pick, 2003</a>, played entire North American career – except two games – in the minors). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Australian_Football_League">Australian Football League</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Australian Football League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Examples of draft busts include <a href="/wiki/Scott_Gumbleton" title="Scott Gumbleton">Scott Gumbleton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mitch_Thorp" title="Mitch Thorp">Mitch Thorp</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-afl.com.au_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afl.com.au-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gumbleton and Thorp were selected with the second and sixth picks respectively in the <a href="/wiki/2006_AFL_draft" title="2006 AFL draft">2006 AFL draft</a>; their clubs, <a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a>, passed on future <a href="/wiki/All-Australian_team" title="All-Australian team">All-Australian</a> players <a href="/wiki/Travis_Boak" title="Travis Boak">Travis Boak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joel_Selwood" title="Joel Selwood">Joel Selwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Reid" title="Ben Reid">Ben Reid</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Frawley_(footballer)" title="James Frawley (footballer)">James Frawley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Riewoldt" title="Jack Riewoldt">Jack Riewoldt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shane_Edwards" title="Shane Edwards">Shane Edwards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Todd_Goldstein" title="Todd Goldstein">Todd Goldstein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bachar_Houli" title="Bachar Houli">Bachar Houli</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Gray" title="Robbie Gray">Robbie Gray</a> to draft them. </p><p>Thorp managed only two games in three years with Hawthorn before being delisted, while Gumbleton managed only 35 games in six years with Essendon before being traded to <a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Football_Club" title="Fremantle Football Club">Fremantle</a>, after which he retired without playing another game. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Draft_steal">Draft steal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Draft steal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Conversely, a player who was drafted at a low spot or in later rounds and is expected to have little success yet goes on to have a stellar and productive career is known as a <i>draft steal</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="MLB_2">MLB</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: MLB"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Mike_Piazza" title="Mike Piazza">Mike Piazza</a>, who went on to become one of the best catchers of the 1990s, a 12-time <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">MLB</a> <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> selection and a <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Hall of Famer</a>, was chosen in the 62nd round (1390th overall)<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the <a href="/wiki/1988_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1988 Major League Baseball draft">1988 MLB draft</a> and was selected only as a favor to <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Lasorda" title="Tommy Lasorda">Tommy Lasorda</a> (whose team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, drafted Piazza): to further put the pick in historic perspective, the MLB draft is now much shorter, having most recently been reduced from 40 rounds to 20 in 2021. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Bautista" title="José Bautista">José Bautista</a> was selected in the 20th round, 599th overall by the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> in <a href="/wiki/2000_Major_League_Baseball_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 Major League Baseball Draft">2000</a>. Although his major league career started off slowly in 2004, Bautista, after being traded to the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a> in 2008, experienced a breakthrough season in 2010. He led the majors in <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a> in 2010 and 2011 and would make the American League All-Star Team six consecutive seasons from 2010-2015. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="NFL_2">NFL</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: NFL"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of the most notable examples is <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Tom Brady</a>, who was drafted late in the sixth round (at 199th overall pick) of the <a href="/wiki/2000_NFL_draft" title="2000 NFL draft">2000 NFL draft</a> by the then-mediocre <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> only as a fourth-string backup <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a>, but went on to have a two-decade career winning seven <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowls</a> (six with the Patriots and one with the <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers" title="Tampa Bay Buccaneers">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a>), five <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award">Super Bowl MVPs</a>, and three <a href="/wiki/NFL_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL MVP">NFL MVPs</a>, setting the all-time records for wins, passing yards, completions, and touchdowns in the process. Similarly, two-time <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> champion <a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Roger Staubach</a> was a tenth round pick in both the AFL and NFL drafts, largely due to having a four-year commitment to serve in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a> quarterbacks that were draft steals include <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Johnny Unitas</a>, who was drafted in the ninth round of the <a href="/wiki/1955_NFL_draft" title="1955 NFL draft">1955 NFL draft</a> by the Pittsburgh Steelers, who cut him at the end of the team's training camp, while <a href="/wiki/Bart_Starr" title="Bart Starr">Bart Starr</a>, a two-time Super Bowl MVP and five-time championship winner, was the 200th overall pick <a href="/wiki/1956_NFL_draft" title="1956 NFL draft">in 1956</a> due to concerns about back injury problems.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Brett_Favre" title="Brett Favre">Brett Favre</a> was a second round selection, while <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Joe Montana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dan_Fouts" title="Dan Fouts">Dan Fouts</a> were third round selections, with Montana slipping due to an average combine performance. </p><p>Wide receiver <a href="/wiki/Cooper_Kupp" title="Cooper Kupp">Cooper Kupp</a>, who was selected in the third round (69th overall) of the <a href="/wiki/2017_NFL_draft" title="2017 NFL draft">2017 NFL draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a>, has the most receptions, touchdown catches, and receiving yards of any wide receiver or player drafted in 2017 (as of the conclusion of the 2022 NFL season), including the six wide receivers that were drafted ahead of him.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, in 2021, Kupp won the receiving triple crown, AP Offensive Player of the Year Award, and <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LVI" title="Super Bowl LVI">Super Bowl LVI</a> MVP in what is regarded as one of the greatest seasons by a wide receiver in NFL history. </p><p>Wide receiver <a href="/wiki/Tyreek_Hill" title="Tyreek Hill">Tyreek Hill</a>, was selected in the fifth round (165th overall) of the <a href="/wiki/2016_NFL_draft" title="2016 NFL draft">2016 NFL draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a>, has been named to eight Pro Bowls six with Chiefs two with the Dolphins, was included in the <a href="/wiki/NFL_2010s_All-Decade_Team" title="NFL 2010s All-Decade Team">NFL 2010s All-Decade Team</a>, was an 4 time <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a> receiver from 2018 to 2023 and also an <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a> first team punt returner in his rookie year in 2016, led the Chiefs to their first Super Bowl win in 50 years <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LIV" title="Super Bowl LIV">Super Bowl LIV</a> and was the key member to the Chiefs dynasty until he was traded in 2022 to the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Brown" title="Antonio Brown">Antonio Brown</a> was drafted 195th overall by the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> in 2010 but was an <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a> receiver from 2013 to 2018, before being traded to the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Raiders" title="Oakland Raiders">Oakland Raiders</a> in 2019 (later getting released by them and the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> over accusations of sexual assault). Brown would eventually help the <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers" title="Tampa Bay Buccaneers">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a> win <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LV" title="Super Bowl LV">Super Bowl LV</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Center_(gridiron_football)" title="Center (gridiron football)">Center</a> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kelce" title="Jason Kelce">Jason Kelce</a> was drafted in the sixth round, 191st overall by the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2011_NFL_draft" title="2011 NFL draft">2011 NFL draft</a>. Kelce went on to play thirteen seasons with the Eagles, being selected to seven <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> teams and six <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a> teams and is widely considered one of the greatest centers in NFL history. Kelce also helped the Eagles reach two <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowls</a> and won <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LII" title="Super Bowl LII">Super Bowl LII</a>. Similarly, Jason's brother <a href="/wiki/Travis_Kelce" title="Travis Kelce">Travis</a> was a third-round selection by the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a>, but went on to become a seven-time All-Pro while setting multiple receiving records for the tight end position and helping the Chiefs win Super Bowls <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LIV" title="Super Bowl LIV">LIV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LVII" title="Super Bowl LVII">LVII</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LVIII" title="Super Bowl LVIII">LVIII</a>. </p><p>Quarterback <a href="/wiki/Brock_Purdy" title="Brock Purdy">Brock Purdy</a> was selected <a href="/wiki/Mr._Irrelevant" title="Mr. Irrelevant">last overall</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2022_NFL_draft" title="2022 NFL draft">2022 NFL draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a>. Initially a third-string backup, he eventually was moved to starter after injuries to <a href="/wiki/Trey_Lance" title="Trey Lance">Trey Lance</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Garoppolo" title="Jimmy Garoppolo">Jimmy Garoppolo</a>. Purdy has since led the 49ers to an NFC Championship Game in <a href="/wiki/2022_NFL_season" title="2022 NFL season">2022</a> and an appearance in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LVIII" title="Super Bowl LVIII">Super Bowl LVIII</a> in <a href="/wiki/2023_NFL_season" title="2023 NFL season">2023</a>, leading the NFL in <a href="/wiki/Passer_rating" title="Passer rating">passer rating</a>, garnering a Pro Bowl spot, and being an MVP finalist in the latter season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="NBA_2">NBA</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: NBA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Manu_Gin%C3%B3bili" title="Manu Ginóbili">Manu Ginóbili</a>, a key contributor to four <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> championships in the 21st century and the centerpiece of <a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Argentina national basketball team">Argentina's</a> national team in <a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2004</a>, was the next-to-last pick (57th) in the <a href="/wiki/1999_NBA_draft" title="1999 NBA draft">1999 NBA draft</a>. </p><p>Another notable draft steal is <a href="/wiki/Isaiah_Thomas_(basketball)" title="Isaiah Thomas (basketball)">Isaiah Thomas</a>, who was selected as the 60th and last pick in the <a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_draft" title="2011 NBA draft">2011 NBA draft</a>, but emerged as an All-Star in 2017 and led the Boston Celtics to the No.1 seed in the Eastern Conference that same year. He also finished 5th in MVP voting in 2017 with an average of 28.9 points and 5.9 assists. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a>, who was selected as the 35th pick in the <a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_draft" title="2012 NBA draft">2012 NBA draft</a>, was a key contributor to the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> winning four championships. Green has been named to multiple All-Star selections and also won the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award">NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award</a> in 2017. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Nikola_Joki%C4%87" title="Nikola Jokić">Nikola Jokić</a>, a Serbian who was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a> as the 41st pick in the <a href="/wiki/2014_NBA_draft" title="2014 NBA draft">2014 NBA draft</a>, remained in Europe for the 2014–15 season to develop his skills before arriving in the NBA in 2015. In his second season, he quickly became a solid post playmaker, averaging about 16.7 ppg, 4.9 apg, and 9.8 rpg. He was also named to the All-NBA Team in both 2019 (first team) and 2020 (second team), and won <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">league MVP</a> in 2021, 2022 and 2024 while leading the Nuggets to their first championship in <a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_Finals" title="2023 NBA Finals">2023</a>. He was the first 2nd round pick to win MVP since <a href="/wiki/Willis_Reed" title="Willis Reed">Willis Reed</a> in 1970. Reed was the 8th pick in the <a href="/wiki/1964_NBA_draft" title="1964 NBA draft">1964 NBA draft</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/DeAndre_Jordan" title="DeAndre Jordan">DeAndre Jordan</a>, who was selected as the 35th pick in the <a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_draft" title="2008 NBA draft">2008 NBA draft</a>, became an All-Star in 2017 and led the league in rebounding two years in a row (2014, 2015). He became a significant contributor of the "<a href="/wiki/Lob_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Lob city">Lob city</a> Clippers" era for the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Blake_Griffin" title="Blake Griffin">Blake Griffin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Chris Paul</a>. Jordan would win alongside Jokić and the Denver Nuggets in the 2023 NBA Finals. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Korver" title="Kyle Korver">Kyle Korver</a>, who was selected as the 51st pick in the <a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_draft" title="2003 NBA draft">2003 NBA draft</a>, went to have a successful 17-year career in the NBA. He was an All-Star in 2015 and is one of the most prolific 3-point shooters in league history, <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_career_3-point_scoring_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association career 3-point scoring leaders">ranking sixth all-time in 3-point field goals made</a> with 2450. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Clarkson" title="Jordan Clarkson">Jordan Clarkson</a>, who was selected as the 46th pick in the <a href="/wiki/2014_NBA_draft" title="2014 NBA draft">2014 NBA draft</a>, won the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Sixth_Man_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award">NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> in 2021. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Brogdon" title="Malcolm Brogdon">Malcolm Brogdon</a>, who was the 36th pick in the <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_draft" title="2016 NBA draft">2016 NBA draft</a>, won the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year</a> award in 2017 and became a member of the exclusive <a href="/wiki/50%E2%80%9340%E2%80%9390_club" title="50–40–90 club">50–40–90 club</a> in 2019. He also won the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Sixth_Man_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award">NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award</a> in 2023. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jalen_Brunson" title="Jalen Brunson">Jalen Brunson</a>, who was selected as the 33rd pick in the <a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_draft" title="2018 NBA draft">2018 NBA draft</a>, went on to have a breakout year in 2024, making his first All-Star and All-NBA team and lead the Knicks to 2nd place in the Eastern Conference. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Marc_Gasol" title="Marc Gasol">Marc Gasol</a> is also another example as he was selected as the 48th pick by the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_draft" title="2007 NBA draft">2007 NBA draft</a>, but was traded to the <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a> in a package that sent his older brother <a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">Pau</a> to the Lakers. Like his brother Pau, he became an elite rim protector who could pass, shoot, and score efficiently in the post, and later in his career became an example of a "stretch five", a center capable of effective scoring from <a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">three-point</a> range. He was also the 2013 <a href="/wiki/NBA_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award">NBA Defensive Player of the Year</a>, and he helped the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a> win their first championship in 2019. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="NHL_2">NHL</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: NHL"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/1984_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1984 NHL Entry Draft">1984 Entry Draft</a> is noted for the unusually high number of future Hall of Famers picked, particularly in lower rounds: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Roy" title="Patrick Roy">Patrick Roy</a>, the only player with three <a href="/wiki/Conn_Smythe_Trophy" title="Conn Smythe Trophy">Conn Smythe trophies</a>, was drafted 51st in the third round; <a href="/wiki/Brett_Hull" title="Brett Hull">Brett Hull</a>, the fifth highest goal scorer of all time, was drafted 117th in the sixth round; and <a href="/wiki/Luc_Robitaille" title="Luc Robitaille">Luc Robitaille</a>, who retired as the highest-scoring left winger in the NHL, was drafted 171st in the ninth round. </p><p>Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Doug_Gilmour" title="Doug Gilmour">Doug Gilmour</a> was drafted by the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Blues" title="St. Louis Blues">St. Louis Blues</a> in the seventh round, 134th overall at the <a href="/wiki/1982_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1982 NHL Entry Draft">1982 NHL Entry Draft</a>; during his career he scored over 1,400 points, won a <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup" title="Stanley Cup">Stanley Cup</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_J._Selke_Trophy" title="Frank J. Selke Trophy">Frank J. Selke Trophy</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pavel_Datsyuk" title="Pavel Datsyuk">Pavel Datsyuk</a>, drafted 171st in the <a href="/wiki/1998_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 NHL Entry Draft">1998 NHL Entry Draft</a>, won two Stanley Cups and is considered one of the most talented NHL players of all-time.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Red_Wings" title="Detroit Red Wings">Detroit Red Wings</a> have drafted <a href="/wiki/Nicklas_Lidstr%C3%B6m" title="Nicklas Lidström">Nicklas Lidström</a> (53rd in <a href="/wiki/1989_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1989 NHL Entry Draft">1989</a>), <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Fedorov" title="Sergei Fedorov">Sergei Fedorov</a> (74th in 1989), <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Konstantinov" title="Vladimir Konstantinov">Vladimir Konstantinov</a> (221st in 1989), <a href="/wiki/Tomas_Holmstr%C3%B6m" title="Tomas Holmström">Tomas Holmström</a> (257th in <a href="/wiki/1994_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1994 NHL Entry Draft">1994</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Henrik_Zetterberg" title="Henrik Zetterberg">Henrik Zetterberg</a> (210th in <a href="/wiki/1999_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 NHL Entry Draft">1999</a>) in later rounds, all of whom contributed to one or more of the four Stanley Cup wins, between 1997 and 2008, by the Red Wings. </p><p>A similar Stanley Cup legacy was achieved by the <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Lightning" title="Tampa Bay Lightning">Tampa Bay Lightning</a>, drafting <a href="/wiki/Alex_Killorn" title="Alex Killorn">Alex Killorn</a> (77th in <a href="/wiki/2007_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 NHL Entry Draft">2007</a>), <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Kucherov" title="Nikita Kucherov">Nikita Kucherov</a> (58th in <a href="/wiki/2011_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 NHL Entry Draft">2011</a>), <a href="/wiki/Ond%C5%99ej_Pal%C3%A1t" title="Ondřej Palát">Ondřej Palát</a> (208th in 2011), <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9dric_Paquette" title="Cédric Paquette">Cédric Paquette</a> (101st in <a href="/wiki/2012_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 NHL Entry Draft">2012</a>), <a href="/wiki/Brayden_Point" title="Brayden Point">Brayden Point</a> (79th in <a href="/wiki/2014_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 NHL Entry Draft">2014</a>), <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Cirelli" title="Anthony Cirelli">Anthony Cirelli</a> (72nd in <a href="/wiki/2015_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 NHL Entry Draft">2015</a>), <a href="/wiki/Mathieu_Joseph" title="Mathieu Joseph">Mathieu Joseph</a> (120th in 2015) and <a href="/wiki/Ross_Colton" title="Ross Colton">Ross Colton</a> (118th in <a href="/wiki/2016_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 NHL Entry Draft">2016</a>), all of whom contributed to back-to-back Stanley Cups wins by the Lightning in 2020 and 2021. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Vezina_Trophy" title="Vezina Trophy">Vezina Trophy</a> winners <a href="/wiki/Dominik_Ha%C5%A1ek" title="Dominik Hašek">Dominik Hašek</a> (drafted 199th in <a href="/wiki/1983_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1983 NHL Entry Draft">1983</a>), <a href="/wiki/Tim_Thomas_(ice_hockey,_born_1974)" title="Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)">Tim Thomas</a> (drafted 217th in 1994), <a href="/wiki/Miikka_Kiprusoff" title="Miikka Kiprusoff">Miikka Kiprusoff</a> (drafted 116th in <a href="/wiki/1995_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1995 NHL Entry Draft">1995</a>), <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Miller" title="Ryan Miller">Ryan Miller</a> (drafted 138th in 1999), <a href="/wiki/Henrik_Lundqvist" title="Henrik Lundqvist">Henrik Lundqvist</a> (drafted 205th in <a href="/wiki/2000_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 NHL Entry Draft">2000</a>), <a href="/wiki/Pekka_Rinne" title="Pekka Rinne">Pekka Rinne</a> (drafted 258th in <a href="/wiki/2004_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 NHL Entry Draft">2004</a>), <a href="/wiki/Connor_Hellebuyck" title="Connor Hellebuyck">Connor Hellebuyck</a> (drafted 130th in 2012), <a href="/wiki/Linus_Ullmark" title="Linus Ullmark">Linus Ullmark</a> (drafted 163rd in 2012), and <a href="/wiki/Igor_Shesterkin" title="Igor Shesterkin">Igor Shesterkin</a> (drafted 118th in 2014) were considered some of the best goalie draft steals, with Thomas winning the <a href="/wiki/Conn_Smythe_Trophy" title="Conn Smythe Trophy">Conn Smythe Trophy</a> as the most valuable player of the <a href="/wiki/2011_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2011 Stanley Cup playoffs">2011 Stanley Cup playoffs</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pavel_Bure" title="Pavel Bure">Pavel Bure</a> was drafted by the <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Canucks" title="Vancouver Canucks">Vancouver Canucks</a> in the 6th round, 113th overall, at the <a href="/wiki/1989_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1989 NHL Entry Draft">1989 NHL Entry Draft</a>. Due to international transfer disputes which prompted the Canucks to draft Bure later, he had his rookie season two seasons later in <a href="/wiki/1991-1992_NHL_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1991-1992 NHL season">1991</a>, where he would win the <a href="/wiki/Calder_Memorial_Trophy" title="Calder Memorial Trophy">Calder Memorial Trophy</a> for being the most outstanding rookie of that season. Later in his career, Bure won the <a href="/wiki/Maurice_%22Rocket%22_Richard_Trophy" title="Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy">Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy</a> for being the leading goal scorer in <a href="/wiki/1999-00_NHL_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1999-00 NHL season">2000</a> and <a href="/wiki/2000-01_NHL_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2000-01 NHL season">2001</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Theoren_Fleury" title="Theoren Fleury">Theoren Fleury</a> was drafted by the <a href="/wiki/Calgary_Flames" title="Calgary Flames">Calgary Flames</a> in the 8th round, 166th overall, at the <a href="/wiki/1987_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1987 NHL Entry Draft">1987 NHL Entry Draft</a>, then scored over 1,000 points, while playing 1,000 games in the NHL between 1989 and 2003. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Joe_Pavelski" title="Joe Pavelski">Joe Pavelski</a> was drafted by the <a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Sharks" title="San Jose Sharks">San Jose Sharks</a> in the 7th round, 205th overall, at the <a href="/wiki/2003_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2003 NHL Entry Draft">2003 NHL Entry Draft</a>, has become one of the best American-born players of his generation. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Patric_H%C3%B6rnqvist" title="Patric Hörnqvist">Patric Hörnqvist</a> was drafted last by the <a href="/wiki/Nashville_Predators" title="Nashville Predators">Nashville Predators</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2005_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2005 NHL Entry Draft">2005 NHL Entry Draft</a> (230th in the 7th round), then won two Stanley Cups with the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins" title="Pittsburgh Penguins">Pittsburgh Penguins</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Benn" title="Jamie Benn">Jamie Benn</a> was drafted by the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Stars" title="Dallas Stars">Dallas Stars</a> in the 5th round, 129th overall in 2007, became the franchise's sixth captain in 2013, and won the <a href="/wiki/Art_Ross_Trophy" title="Art Ross Trophy">Art Ross Trophy</a> in 2015. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mark_Stone" title="Mark Stone">Mark Stone</a> was drafted in the 6th round, 178th overall by the <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Senators" title="Ottawa Senators">Ottawa Senators</a>, and has been nominated for the <a href="/wiki/Frank_J._Selke_Trophy" title="Frank J. Selke Trophy">Frank J. Selke Trophy</a> (awarded to the league's best defensive forward) as a member and now captain of the <a href="/wiki/Vegas_Golden_Knights" title="Vegas Golden Knights">Vegas Golden Knights</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Australian_Football_League_2">Australian Football League</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Australian Football League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An example of a draft steal is <a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> midfielder <a href="/wiki/Sam_Mitchell_(footballer)" title="Sam Mitchell (footballer)">Sam Mitchell</a><sup id="cite_ref-afl.com.au_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afl.com.au-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-foxsports.com.au_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-foxsports.com.au-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was drafted with pick 36 in the <a href="/wiki/2001_AFL_draft" title="2001 AFL draft">2001 AFL draft</a>. Mitchell went on to become a four-time premiership player, a premiership captain with Hawthorn in 2008, a <a href="/wiki/2012_Brownlow_Medal" title="2012 Brownlow Medal">2012 Brownlow Medalist</a>, a three-time <a href="/wiki/All-Australian_team" title="All-Australian team">All-Australian</a>, a five-time <a href="/wiki/Peter_Crimmins_Medal" title="Peter Crimmins Medal">Peter Crimmins Medallist</a> and the 2003 <a href="/wiki/AFL_Rising_Star" title="AFL Rising Star">AFL Rising Star</a>. </p><p>Another example of a draft steal in the AFL is former <a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a> midfielder <a href="/wiki/James_Hird" title="James Hird">James Hird</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-afl.com.au_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afl.com.au-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-foxsports.com.au_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-foxsports.com.au-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was drafted with pick 79 in the <a href="/wiki/1990_AFL_draft" title="1990 AFL draft">1990 AFL draft</a>. Hird went on to become a two time premiership player, a premiership captain in 2000, the <a href="/wiki/1996_Brownlow_Medal" title="1996 Brownlow Medal">1996 Brownlow Medalist</a>, the 2000 <a href="/wiki/Norm_Smith_Medal" title="Norm Smith Medal">Norm Smith Medallist</a>, a five-time <a href="/wiki/All-Australian_team" title="All-Australian team">All-Australian</a>, a five-time <a href="/wiki/W._S._Crichton_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="W. S. Crichton Medal">W. S. Crichton Medalist</a>, and a member of the Essendon Team of the Century and the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Australian Football Hall of Fame">Australian Football Hall of Fame</a>. </p><p>Another notable AFL draft steal is <a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a> midfielder <a href="/wiki/Dane_Swan" title="Dane Swan">Dane Swan</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-foxsports.com.au_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-foxsports.com.au-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was drafted with pick 58 in the <a href="/wiki/2001_AFL_draft" title="2001 AFL draft">2001 AFL draft</a>. Swan became a premiership player with Collingwood, a three-time <a href="/wiki/Copeland_Trophy" title="Copeland Trophy">Copeland Trophy</a> winner, the <a href="/wiki/2011_Brownlow_Medal" title="2011 Brownlow Medal">2011 Brownlow Medalist</a> and a five-time All-Australian. </p><p>Another notable AFL draft steal was <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Eagles" title="West Coast Eagles">West Coast Eagles</a> midfielder <a href="/wiki/Matt_Priddis" title="Matt Priddis">Matt Priddis</a>. Priddis was drafted with the 31st Pick in the <a href="/wiki/2005_AFL_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2005 AFL Draft">2005 Rookie Draft</a> after being overlooked in the previous three national drafts. Priddis would go on to be the winner of the 2014 <a href="/wiki/Brownlow_Medal" title="Brownlow Medal">Brownlow Medal</a>, the first player to do this who was originally drafted in the Rookie draft. In his final season (2017), Priddis became the all-time league leader in tackles and became the first person to reach 1,500 tackles. Priddis also became just the second player to win both the Brownlow Medal and <a href="/wiki/Sandover_Medal" title="Sandover Medal">Sandover Medal</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Mr._Irrelevant" title="Mr. Irrelevant">Mr. Irrelevant</a> is a title given to the last player selected in each year's NFL Draft. The phrase pokes fun at the typically poor chances such a player has of ultimately making an impact in the league, although several went on to productive or notable NFL careers, such as <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Succop" title="Ryan Succop">Ryan Succop</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brock_Purdy" title="Brock Purdy">Brock Purdy</a>. </p><p>Some unusual draft picks in professional sports history have included <a href="/wiki/Taro_Tsujimoto" title="Taro Tsujimoto">Taro Tsujimoto</a>, a fictional Japanese ice hockey forward who was drafted in the <a href="/wiki/1974_NHL_amateur_draft" title="1974 NHL amateur draft">1974 NHL amateur draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Sabres" title="Buffalo Sabres">Buffalo Sabres</a> (a move made in protest of the league's decision to hold the draft by phone, in an attempt to discourage the rival <a href="/wiki/World_Hockey_Association" title="World Hockey Association">WHA</a>); actor <a href="/wiki/John_Wayne" title="John Wayne">John Wayne</a>, who at age 64 was legally drafted by the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons" title="Atlanta Falcons">Atlanta Falcons</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1972_NFL_draft" title="1972 NFL draft">1972 NFL draft</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-merron20050418_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-merron20050418-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Derrell_Robertson" title="Derrell Robertson">Derrell Robertson</a>, a man who was mistakenly drafted by the <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Rough_Riders" title="Ottawa Rough Riders">Ottawa Rough Riders</a> in the 1995 CFL Dispersal Draft for the <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Posse" title="Las Vegas Posse">Las Vegas Posse</a> after his death in the previous year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Closed_league" title="Closed league">Closed league</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FanDraft" title="FanDraft">FanDraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mock_draft" title="Mock draft">Mock draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salary_cap" title="Salary cap">Salary cap</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draft_(sports)&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-nyt1992-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nyt1992_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Eskenazi, Gerald. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/22/sports/baseball-the-plans-no-one-wants-to-use.html">The Plans No One Wants to Use</a>." <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, May 22, 1992.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Michael MacCambridge, <i>America's Game</i>. New York: Random House, 2004. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-375-50454-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-375-50454-0">0-375-50454-0</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Paul Dickson, <i>Dickson Baseball Dictionary</i>(Third ed.) s.v. 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