The New Orleans Pelicans are an American professional basketball team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They play in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Pelicans were established as the New Orleans Hornets in the when then-owner of the Charlotte Hornets, George Shinn, relocated the franchise to New Orleans.[1] During the 2005–07 period, the Hornets played 71 games in Oklahoma City due to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina.[2] The team officially changed its name to the New Orleans Pelicans on April 18, 2013.[3]
| Abbreviation | Meaning | Abbreviation | Meaning |
| Nat | Nationality | Pos | Position |
| G | PG | Point guard | |
| SG | F | Forward | |
| SF | PF | Power forward | |
| C | Center |
| Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer | First overall NBA draft pick | Selected for an NBA All-Star Game |
| Year | Round | Pick | Player | Nat | Pos | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1 | 18 | PF | Xavier | |||
| 2003 | 2 | 48 | PF/C | Central Park Christian (H.S.) | |||
| 2004 | 1 | 18 | SG | St. Benedict's (H.S.) | |||
| 2004 | 2 | 44 | SG | Florida State | |||
| 2005 | 1 | 4 | PG | Wake Forest | |||
| 2005 | 2 | 33 | PF | LSU | |||
| 2006 | 1 | 12 | PF/C | Connecticut | |||
| 2006 | 1 | 15 | (from Milwaukee) | PF | North Carolina State | ||
| 2006 | 2 | 43 |  Brazil | SF | Objetivo São Carlos (Brazil) | ||
| 2007 | 1 | 13 | SF | Kansas | |||
| 2007 | 2 | 43 | SG | Iowa | |||
| 2008 | 1 | 27 | (traded to Memphis via Portland) | PF | Kansas | ||
| 2009 | 1 | 21 | PG | UCLA | |||
| 2010 | 1 | 11 | (traded to Oklahoma City) | C | Kansas | ||
| 2011 | 2 | 45 | (traded to New York) | PF/C | Kentucky | ||
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | PF/C | Kentucky | |||
| 2012 | 1 | 10 | (from Minnesota via L.A. Clippers) | PG | Duke | ||
| 2012 | 2 | 46 | (from Dallas via Washington) | SF | Kentucky | ||
| 2013 | 1 | 6 | (traded to Philadelphia) | PF/C | Kentucky | ||
| 2015 | 2 | 56 | (from Memphis, traded to L.A. Clippers) | SF | Michigan State | ||
| 1 | 6 | SG | Oklahoma | ||||
| 2 | 39 | (from Denver via Philadelphia, traded to L.A. Clippers) |  France | PG | Élan Chalon (France) | ||
| 2 | 40 | (from Sacramento, traded to L.A. Clippers) | PF/C | Maryland | |||
| 2 | 40 | (traded to Charlotte) | SG | Florida State | |||
| 2 | 52 | (from Washington. traded to Indiana) | PG | Xavier | |||
| 2 | 51 | (previously from Chicago via New Orleans, Miami, and New Orleans) | PG | Penn State | |||
| 1 | align=center bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 1 | PF | Duke | |||
| 2019 | 2 | 39 | (traded to Golden State) |  Serbia | C | Santa Cruz Warriors (NBA G League) | |
| 2019 | 2 | 57 | (from Denver via Milwaukee, traded to Detroit via Atlanta and Philadelphia) | PG | Tennessee | ||
| 2020 | 1 | 13 | PG | Alabama | |||
| 2020 | 2 | 39 | (from Washington via Milwaukee, traded to Utah) | SF | Syracuse | ||
| 2020 | 2 | 42 | (traded to Charlotte) |  Jamaica | C | Kentucky | |
| 2020 | 2 | 60 | (from Milwaukee, traded to Milwaukee) | SG | Utah State | ||
| 2021 | 1 | 10 | (traded to Memphis) | SF | Stanford | ||
| 2022 | 1 | 8 | (from L.A. Lakers) |  Australia | PG/SG | G League Ignite (NBA G League) | |
| 2022 | 2 | 41 | PF | Ohio State | |||
| 2022 | 2 | 52 | (from Utah) | C | |||
| 2023 | 1 | 14 | SG | UConn |