International early entry players
The following is the final list of 11 international players who have applied for early entry into the 2005 NBA Draft. They join 49 college and high school players who also have entered their name into the draft as underclassmen.
| Complete International Early Entry list |
| Player | Team (Country) | Height | YOB |
| Cenk Akyol | Efes Pilsen (Turkey) | 6-4 | 1987 |
| Martynas Andriuskevicius | Zalgiris (Lithuania) | 7-2 | 1986 |
| Marcin Gortat | RheinEnergie Koln (Germany) | 7-0 | 1984 |
| Mile Ilic | Reflex (Serbia-Montenegro) | 7-0 | 1984 |
| Ersan Ilyasova | Ulker (Turkey) | 6-9 | 1987 |
| Yaroslav Korolev | CSKA Moscow (Russia) | 6-9 | 1987 |
| Erazem Lorbek | Climamio Bologna (Italy) | 6-10 | 1984 |
| Ian Mahinmi | Le Havre (France) | 6-9 | 1986 |
| Drago Pasalic | Split (Croatia) | 6-10 | 1984 |
| Johan Petro | Pau Orthez (France) | 7-0 | 1986 |
| Roko Leni Ukic | Split (Croatia) | 6-5 | 1984 |
