Since the league held only one tournament for the 2020 season, the final rankings of the Philippine Cup were used to determine the draft order.

[3][4] For the third time and second consecutively in PBA history, there was another separate draft for the players in the pool for the Philippine national team, locally known as Gilas Pilipinas.

Four teams held the rights to the players they selected only after their release from international duty.

[5] As a reiteration of the agreement between the PBA and the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the latter named players to be loaned to the Philippines training camp after their selection in this special draft.

Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of picks between the teams.