Round |
Pick |
Player |
Pos. |
Nationality |
Team |
School/club team |
1 |
1 |
Worthy, JamesJames Worthy^ |
SF |
United States |
Los Angeles Lakers (from Cleveland) |
North Carolina (Jr.) |
1 |
2 |
Cummings, TerryTerry Cummings* |
PF |
United States |
San Diego Clippers |
DePaul (Jr.) |
1 |
3 |
Wilkins, DominiqueDominique Wilkins^ |
SF |
United States |
Utah Jazz |
Georgia (Jr.) |
1 |
4 |
Garnett, BillBill Garnett |
SF |
United States |
Dallas Mavericks |
Wyoming (Sr.) |
1 |
5 |
Thompson, LaSalleLaSalle Thompson |
C/PF |
United States |
Kansas City Kings |
Texas (Jr.) |
1 |
6 |
Tucker, TrentTrent Tucker |
SG |
United States |
New York Knicks |
Minnesota (Sr.) |
1 |
7 |
Dailey, QuintinQuintin Dailey |
SG |
United States |
Chicago Bulls |
San Francisco (Jr.) |
1 |
8 |
Clark Kellogg |
PF |
United States |
Indiana Pacers |
Ohio State (Jr.) |
1 |
9 |
Levingston, CliffCliff Levingston |
PF |
United States |
Detroit Pistons |
Wichita State (Jr.) |
1 |
10 |
Edmonson, KeithKeith Edmonson |
SG |
United States |
Atlanta Hawks |
Purdue (Sr.) |
1 |
11 |
Fat Lever* |
PG |
United States |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Arizona State (Sr.) |
1 |
12 |
Bagley, JohnJohn Bagley |
PG |
United States |
Cleveland Cavaliers (from Washington via Detroit) |
Boston College (Jr.) |
1 |
13 |
Floyd, SleepySleepy Floyd+ |
SG |
United States |
New Jersey Nets |
Georgetown (Sr.) |
1 |
14 |
Conner, LesterLester Conner |
PG |
United States |
Golden State Warriors |
Oregon State (Sr.) |
1 |
15 |
Thirdkill, DavidDavid Thirdkill |
SF |
United States |
Phoenix Suns (from Denver) |
Bradley (Sr.) |
1 |
16 |
Teagle, TerryTerry Teagle |
SG |
United States |
Houston Rockets |
Baylor (Sr.) |
1 |
17 |
Steppe, BrookBrook Steppe |
SG |
United States |
Kansas City Kings (from Phoenix via New Jersey) |
Georgia Tech (Sr.) |
1 |
18 |
Pierce, RickyRicky Pierce+ |
SG |
United States |
Detroit Pistons (from San Antonio via Portland) |
Rice (Sr.) |
1 |
19 |
Williams, RobRob Williams |
PG |
United States |
Denver Nuggets (from Seattle) |
Houston (Jr.) |
1 |
20 |
Pressey, PaulPaul Pressey |
SF |
United States |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Tulsa (Sr.) |
1 |
21 |
Phillips, EddieEddie Phillips |
SF |
United States |
New Jersey Nets (from Los Angeles) |
Alabama (Sr.) |
1 |
22 |
McNamara, MarkMark McNamara |
C |
United States |
Philadelphia 76ers |
California (Sr.) |
1 |
23 |
Tillis, DarrenDarren Tillis |
C |
United States |
Boston Celtics |
Cleveland State (Sr.) |
2 |
24 |
Robinson, OliverOliver Robinson |
SG |
United States |
San Antonio Spurs |
UAB (Sr.) |
2 |
25 |
Warrick, BryanBryan Warrick |
SG |
United States |
Washington Bullets |
Saint Joseph's (Sr.) |
2 |
26 |
Frazier, RickyRicky Frazier# |
SF |
United States |
Chicago Bulls |
Missouri (Sr.) |
2 |
27 |
Roberts, FredFred Roberts |
PF |
United States |
Milwaukee Bucks |
BYU (Sr.) |
2 |
28 |
Magley, DaveDave Magley |
PF |
United States |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Kansas (Sr.) |
2 |
29 |
Hastings, ScottScott Hastings |
F/C |
United States |
New York Knicks |
Arkansas (Sr.) |
2 |
30 |
Bryant, WallaceWallace Bryant |
C |
United States |
Chicago Bulls |
San Francisco (Sr.) |
2 |
31 |
Higgins, RodRod Higgins |
F/C |
United States |
Chicago Bulls |
Fresno State (Sr.) |
2 |
32 |
Anderson, RichardRichard Anderson |
PF |
United States |
San Diego Clippers |
UC Santa Barbara (Sr.) |
2 |
33 |
Townes, LintonLinton Townes |
SF |
United States |
Portland Trail Blazers |
James Madison (Sr.) |
2 |
34 |
Taylor, VinceVince Taylor |
SF |
United States |
New York Knicks |
Duke (Sr.) |
2 |
35 |
Smith, DerekDerek Smith |
SG |
United States |
Golden State Warriors |
Louisville (Sr.) |
2 |
36 |
Anderson, J. J.J. J. Anderson |
SF |
United States |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Bradley (Sr.) |
2 |
37 |
Norris, AudieAudie Norris |
C |
United States |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Jackson State (Sr.) |
2 |
38 |
Wayne Sappleton |
F |
United States |
Golden State Warriors (traded to New Jersey) |
Loyola (IL) (Sr.) |
2 |
39 |
Magee, KevinKevin Magee# |
PF |
United States |
Phoenix Suns |
UC Irvine (Sr.) |
2 |
40 |
Morgan, GuyGuy Morgan |
G |
United States |
Indiana Pacers |
Wake Forest (Sr.) |
2 |
41 |
Anderson, DwightDwight Anderson |
G |
United States |
Washington Bullets |
USC (Sr.) |
2 |
42 |
Taylor, JeffJeff Taylor |
SG |
United States |
Houston Rockets |
Texas Tech (Sr.) |
2 |
43 |
Slaughter, JoseJose Slaughter |
SG |
United States |
Indiana Pacers |
Portland (Sr.) |
2 |
44 |
Gibson, MikeMike Gibson |
F |
United States |
Washington Bullets |
USC Upstate (Sr.) |
2 |
45 |
Schoene, RussRuss Schoene |
F/C |
United States |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Chattanooga (Sr.) |
2 |
46 |
Guy, TonyTony Guy# |
G |
United States |
Boston Celtics |
Kansas (Sr.) |
These post-second round picks have appeared in at least one regular or postseason game in the NBA.
Round |
Pick |
Player |
Pos. |
Nationality |
Team |
School/club team |
3 |
47 |
Wilson, MikeMike Wilson |
G |
United States |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Marquette (Sr.) |
3 |
48 |
Hodges, CraigCraig Hodges |
SG |
United States |
San Diego Clippers |
Long Beach State (Sr.) |
3 |
50 |
Thompson, CornyCorny Thompson |
PF |
United States |
Dallas Mavericks |
Connecticut (Sr.) |
3 |
51 |
Johnstone, JimJim Johnstone |
PF/C |
United States |
Kansas City Kings |
Wake Forest (Sr.) |
3 |
54 |
Jones, HutchHutch Jones |
PG |
United States |
San Diego Clippers |
Vanderbilt (Sr.) |
3 |
55 |
Eaves, JerryJerry Eaves |
PG |
United States |
Utah Jazz |
Louisville (Sr.) |
3 |
56 |
Kopicki, JoeJoe Kopicki |
PF |
United States |
Atlanta Hawks |
Detroit (Sr.) |
3 |
60 |
Engler, ChrisChris Engler |
C |
United States |
Golden State Warriors |
Wyoming (Sr.) |
3 |
63 |
Nevitt, ChuckChuck Nevitt |
C |
United States |
Houston Rockets |
NC State (Sr.) |
3 |
65 |
Greig, JohnJohn Greig |
SF |
United States |
Seattle SuperSonics |
Oregon (Sr.) |
3 |
69 |
Moss, PerryPerry Moss |
PG |
United States |
Boston Celtics |
Northeastern (Sr.) |
4 |
72 |
Eaton, MarkMark Eaton+ |
C |
United States |
Utah Jazz |
UCLA (Sr.) |
4 |
74 |
Sanders, MikeMike Sanders |
SG |
United States |
Kansas City Kings |
UCLA (Sr.) |
4 |
76 |
Aleksinas, ChuckChuck Aleksinas |
C |
United States |
Chicago Bulls |
Connecticut (Sr.) |
4 |
78 |
Russell, WalkerWalker Russell |
SG |
United States |
Detroit Pistons |
Western Michigan (Sr.) |
4 |
82 |
Brown, TonyTony Brown |
SF/SG |
United States |
New Jersey Nets |
Arkansas (Sr.) |
4 |
86 |
White, RoryRory White |
PF |
United States |
Phoenix Suns |
South Alabama (Sr.) |
6 |
138 |
Schweitz, JohnJohn Schweitz |
SG |
United States |
Boston Celtics |
Richmond (Sr.) |
7 |
140 |
Hughes, EddieEddie Hughes |
PG |
United States |
San Diego Clippers |
Colorado State (Sr.) |
8 |
166 |
Nealy, EdEd Nealy |
PF |
United States |
Kansas City Kings |
Kansas State (Sr.) |
10 |
221 |
Wilkinson, DaleDale Wilkinson |
F |
United States |
Phoenix Suns |
Idaho State (Sr.) |