[NBA Draft]: Comparison of Actual 2025 Draft vs. Final Mock Drafts

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We spend a lot of time following all of the top NBA Draft analysts for months as they post and tweet about intel and update their big boards and mock drafts leading up to draft day. But once that day comes and goes, it’s easy to shift focus to how the rookies will fit on their new rosters, summer league, and the next draft cycle, so, as always, I have compiled all of the final mock drafts so we can compare them to the actual 2025 draft order. See my full mock draft comparison for June featuring 18 total mock drafts (all link references below).

Here is the actual 2025 NBA Draft pick order versus the final mock drafts from Bleacher Report’s Jonathan Wasserman, ESPN’s Jeremy Woo and Jonathan Givony, SB Nation’s Ricky O’Donnell, Yahoo Sports’s Kevin O’Connor, The Athletic’s Sam Vecenie, the No Ceilings crew, The Ringer’s J. Kyle Mann and Danny Chau, Tankathon, and our own Hoops Distillery picks:

	ACTUAL DRAFT		The Athletic (6/25)		B/R (6/24)		ESPN (6/24)		The Ringer (6/24)		Yahoo Sports (6/24)		SB Nation (6/23)		Tankathon (6/19)
1. DAL	Cooper Flagg	1. DAL	Cooper Flagg	1. DAL	Cooper Flagg	1. DAL	Cooper Flagg	1. DAL	Cooper Flagg	1. DAL	Cooper Flagg	1. DAL	Cooper Flagg	1. DAL	Cooper Flagg
2. SAS	Dylan Harper	2. SAS	Dylan Harper	2. SAS	Dylan Harper	2. SAS	Dylan Harper	2. SAS	Dylan Harper	2. SAS	Dylan Harper	2. SAS	Dylan Harper	2. SAS	Dylan Harper
3. PHI	VJ Edgecombe	3. PHI	VJ Edgecombe	3. PHI	VJ Edgecombe	3. PHI	VJ Edgecombe	3. PHI	Ace Bailey	3. PHI	VJ Edgecombe	3. PHI	VJ Edgecombe	3. PHI	VJ Edgecombe
4. CHA	Kon Knueppel	4. CHA	Kon Knueppel	4. CHA	Kon Knueppel	4. CHA	Kon Knueppel	4. CHA	VJ Edgecombe	4. CHA	Kon Knueppel	4. CHA	Kon Knueppel	4. CHA	Kon Knueppel
5. UTA	Ace Bailey	5. UTA	Jeremiah Fears	5. UTA	Tre Johnson	5. UTA	Jeremiah Fears	5. UTA	Kon Knueppel	5. UTA	Jeremiah Fears	5. UTA	Ace Bailey	5. UTA	Ace Bailey
6. WAS	Tre Johnson	6. WAS	Ace Bailey	6. WAS	Ace Bailey	6. WAS	Ace Bailey	6. WAS	Tre Johnson	6. WAS	Ace Bailey	6. WAS	Tre Johnson	6. WAS	Tre Johnson
7. NOP	Jeremiah Fears	7. NOP	Khaman Maluach	7. NOP	Jeremiah Fears	7. NOP	Khaman Maluach	7. NOP	Jeremiah Fears	7. NOP	Khaman Maluach	7. NOP	Jeremiah Fears	7. NOP	Jeremiah Fears
8. BKN	Egor Demin	8. BKN	Tre Johnson	8. BKN	Khaman Maluach	8. BKN	Tre Johnson	8. BKN	Derik Queen	8. BKN	Tre Johnson	8. BKN	Khaman Maluach	8. BKN	Kasparas Jakucionis
9. TOR	Collin Murray-Boyles	9. TOR	Collin Murray-Boyles	9. TOR	Noa Essengue	9. TOR	Noa Essengue	9. TOR	Khaman Maluach	9. TOR	Noa Essengue	9. TOR	Kasparas Jakucionis	9. TOR	Khaman Maluach
10. PHX	Khaman Maluach	10. PHX	Carter Bryant	10. PHX	Carter Bryant	10. PHX	Carter Bryant	10. PHX	Noa Essengue	10. PHX	Carter Bryant	10. PHX	Jase Richardson	10. HOU	Derik Queen
11. MEM (via POR)	Cedric Coward	11. POR	Noa Essengue	11. POR	Kasparas Jakucionis	11. POR	Kasparas Jakucionis	11. POR	Carter Bryant	11. POR	Collin Murray-Boyles	11. POR	Carter Bryant	11. POR	Carter Bryant
12. CHI	Noa Essengue	12. CHI	Joan Berringer	12. CHI	Collin Murray-Boyles	12. CHI	Collin Murray-Boyles	12. CHI	Kasparas Jakucionis	12. CHI	Joan Berringer	12. CHI	Collin Murray-Boyles	12. CHI	Collin Murray-Boyles
13. NOP (via ATL)	Derik Queen	13. ATL	Kasparas Jakucionis	13. ATL	Derik Queen	13. ATL	Egor Demin	13. ATL	Joan Berringer	13. ATL	Egor Demin	13. ATL	Noa Essengue	13. ATL	Jase Richardson
14. SAS	Carter Bryant	14. SAS	Cedric Coward	14. SAS	Joan Berringer	14. SAS	Joan Berringer	14. SAS	Thomas Sorber	14. SAS	Asa Newell	14. SAS	Derik Queen	14. SAS	Noa Essengue
15. OKC	Thomas Sorber	15. OKC	Thomas Sorber	15. OKC	Cedric Coward	15. OKC	Derik Queen	15. OKC	Collin Murray-Boyles	15. OKC	Cedric Coward	15. OKC	Thomas Sorber	15. OKC	Cedric Coward
16. POR (via MEM)	Hansen Yang	16. MEM	Derik Queen	16. MEM	Nique Clifford	16. MEM	Cedric Coward	16. MEM	Cedric Coward	16. MEM	Kasparas Jakucionis	16. MEM	Nique Clifford	16. MEM	Nique Clifford
17. MIN	Joan Berringer	17. MIN	Danny Wolf	17. MIN	Thomas Sorber	17. MIN	Thomas Sorber	17. MIN	Nique Clifford	17. MIN	Nique Clifford	17. MIN	Cedric Coward	17. MIN	Asa Newell
18. UTA (via WAS)	Walter Clayton	18. WAS	Asa Newell	18. WAS	Egor Demin	18. WAS	Danny Wolf	18. WAS	Danny Wolf	18. WAS	Derik Queen	18. WAS	Egor Demin	18. WAS	Egor Demin
19. BKN	Nolan Traore	19. BKN	Egor Demin	19. BKN	Asa Newell	19. BKN	Asa Newell	19. BKN	Egor Demin	19. BKN	Thomas Sorber	19. BKN	Joan Berringer	19. BKN	Thomas Sorber
20. MIA	Kasparas Jakucionis	20. MIA	Walter Clayton	20. MIA	Walter Clayton	20. MIA	Liam McNeeley	20. MIA	Walter Clayton	20. MIA	Walter Clayton	20. MIA	Will Riley	20. MIA	Rasheer Fleming
21. WAS (via UTA)	Will Riley	21. UTA	Liam McNeeley	21. UTA	Danny Wolf	21. UTA	Hugo Gonzalez	21. UTA	Will Riley	21. UTA	Liam McNeeley	21. UTA	Walter Clayton	21. UTA	Nolan Traore
22. BKN (via ATL)	Drake Powell	22. BKN (Via ATL)	Will Riley	22. BKN (via ATL)	Nolan Traore	22. BKN (via ATL)	Nolan Traore	22. BKN (via ATL)	Rasheer Fleming	22. BKN (via ATL)	Will Riley	22. ATL	Rasheer Fleming	22. ATL	Danny Wolf
23. ATL (via NOP)	Asa Newell	23. NOP	Nolan Traore	23. NOP	Liam McNeeley	23. NOP	Walter Clayton	23. NOP	Drake Powell	23. NOP	Nolan Traore	23. NOP	Asa Newell	23. NOP	Liam McNeeley
24. SAC (via OKC)	Nique Clifford	24. OKC	Noah Penda	24. OKC	Hugo Gonzalez	24. OKC	Will Riley	24. OKC	Noah Penda	24. OKC	Maxime Raynaud	24. OKC	Noah Penda	24. OKC	Joan Berringer
25. ORL	Jase Richardson	25. ORL	Nique Clifford	25. ORL	Jase Richardson	25. ORL	Jase Richardson	25. ORL	Jase Richardson	25. ORL	Jase Richardson	25. ORL	Liam McNeeley	25. ORL	Walter Clayton
26. BKN	Ben Saraf	26. BKN	Maxime Raynaud	26. BKN	Will Riley	26. BKN	Nique Clifford	26. BKN	Asa Newell	26. BKN	Danny Wolf	26. BKN	Danny Wolf	26. BKN	Will Riley
27. BKN	Danny Wolf	27. BKN	Drake Powell	27. BKN	Drake Powell	27. BKN	Rasheer Fleming	27. BKN	Liam McNeeley	27. BKN	Drake Powell	27. BKN	Nolan Traore	27. BKN	Noah Penda
28. BOS	Hugo Gonzalez	28. BOS	Ryan Kalkbrenner	28. BOS	Maxime Raynaud	28. BOS	Maxime Raynaud	28. BOS	Nolan Traore	28. BOS	Ryan Kalkbrenner	28. BOS	Ryan Kalkbrenner	28. BOS	Maxime Raynaud
29. CHA (via PHX)	Liam McNeeley	29. PHX	Jase Richardson	29. PHX	Ben Saraf	29. PHX	Ryan Kalkbrenner	29. PHX	Ryan Kalkbrenner	29. PHX	Adou Thiero	29. PHX	Ben Saraf	29. PHX	Ben Saraf
30. LAC	Yanic Konan Niederhauser	30. LAC	Hugo Gonzalez	30. LAC	Noah Penda	30. LAC	Noah Penda	30. LAC	Kam Jones	30. LAC	Rasheer Fleming	30. LAC	Drake Powell	30. LAC	Kam Jones

Summary of all transactions leading up to and during the draft:

NBA.com – Draft Trade Tracker

References:

The Athletic [Sam Vecenie] – 6/24

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman] – 6/23

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman] – 6/24

ESPN [Jeremy Woo and Jonathan Givony] – 6/24

The Ringer [J Kyle Mann and Danny Chau]

SB Nation [Ricky O’Donnell] – 6/23

Tankathon

Yahoo Sports [Kevin O’Connor]

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