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Warriors Draft Lottery History
The Golden State Warriors have been involved in the NBA lottery 17 times in the 24 years since the lottery’s inception in 1985. The Warriors have “moved up” in the draft via the lottery on three occasions, “dropped down” seven times and held their ground seven times during the annual ping-pong ball drop. Here is a look at how the club has fared in its 17 lottery experiences, including its pre-lottery draft position (based on the previous season's record), eventual draft position and draft choice:
| Year | Pre-Lottery Postition | Drafted | Movement | Selected |
| 1985 | T1 | 7 | Dropped down 6 | |
| 1986 | 4 | 3 | Moved up 1 | Chris
Washburn |
| 1988 | 3 | 5 | Dropped down 2 | |
| 1990 | 9 | 11 | Dropped down 2 | Tyrone
Hill |
| 1993 | 7 | 3 | Moved up 4 | |
| 1995 | 5 | 1 | Moved up 4 | |
| 1996 | 11 | 11 | No Movement | |
| 1997 | 8 | 8 | No Movement | |
| 1998 | 4 | 5 | Dropped down 1 | Vince
Carter ** |
| 1999 | 9 | 10 | Dropped down 1 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 5 | Dropped down 3 | |
| 2002 | 1 (tied) | 3 | Dropped down 2 | |
| 2003 | 11 | 11 | No Movement | |
| 2004 | 11 | 11 | No Movement | |
| 2005 | 9 | 9 | No Movement | |
| 2006 | 9 | 9 | No Movement | |
| 2008 | 14 | 14 | No Movement | |
| 2009 | 7 | 7 | No Movement |
* Traded for Chris Webber
**Traded for Antawn Jamison
***Traded the rights to Bimbo Coles and the 10th pick overall, in exchange for
Mookie Blaylock and the 21st pick overall
