Exemplary embodiments are directed to systems and methods of graft cartilage management for repairing a defect in a joint of a patient that include providing a donor database that includes information on a plurality of donor sites, receiving first data relating to the defect of the joint of the patient, and identifying, based on the first data, at least one donor site from the donor database for harvesting a graft specimen dimensioned greater than the defect in the joint of the patient. Exemplary embodiments are also directed to systems and methods of graft cartilage management that include a donor database of like and unlike joint donor sites and identifying at least one unlike joint donor site for harvesting a graft. In addition, exemplary embodiments are directed to systems and methods of defect region management that include a database of joint defects and identifying at least one joint defect for repair.
