1981 Draft
- 1. Dallas: Mark Aguirre (DePaul)
- 2. Detroit: Isiah Thomas (Indiana)
- 3. New Jersey:
Buck Williams (Maryland)
(ROY) - 4. Atlanta: Al Wood (North Carolina)
- 5. Seattle: Danny Vranes (Utah)
- 6. Chicago: Orlando Woolridge (Notre Dame)
- 7. Kansas City: Steve Johnson (Oregon State)
- 8. San Diego:
Tom Chambers (Utah)
- 9. Dallas: Rolando Blackman (Kansas State)
- 10. New Jersey: Albert King (Maryland)
- 11. Washington: Frank Johnson (Wake Forest)
- 12. Detroit: Kelly Tripucka (Notre Dame)
- 13. Utah: Danny Schayes (Syracuse)
- 14. Indiana:
Herb Williams (Ohio State)
- 15. Portland: Jeff Lamp (Virginia)
- 16. Portland: Darnell Valentine (Kansas)
- 17. Kansas City: Kevin Loder (Alabama State)
- 18. New Jersey: Ray Tolbert (Indiana)
- 19. LA Lakers: Mike McGee (Michigan)
- 20. Phoenix: Larry Nance (Clemson)
- 21. Milwaukee: Alton Lister (Arizona State)
- 22. Philadelphia: Franklin Edwards (Cleveland State)
- 23. Boston: Charles Bradley (Wyoming)
- 24. Dallas: Jay Vincent (Michigan State)
- 29. Kansas City:
Eddie Johnson (Illinois)
- 31. Boston:
Danny Ainge (Brigham Young)
- 57. New York: Frank Brickowski (Penn State)
- 61. Portland: Peter Gudmundsson (Washington)
- 209. San Diego: Tony Gwynn (San Diego State)
1980 Draft
- 1. Golden State: Joe Barry Carroll (Purdue)
- 2. Utah: Darrell Griffith (Louisville) (ROY)
- 3. Boston: Kevin McHale (Minnesota)
- 4. Chicago: Kelvin Ransey (Ohio State)
- 5. Denver: James Ray (Jacksonville)
- 6. New Jersey: Mike O'Koren (UNC)
- 7. New Jersey: Mike Gminski (Duke)
- 8. Philadelphia: Andrew Toney (Southwestern Louisiana)
- 9. San Diego: Michael Brooks (La Salle)
- 10. Chicago: Ronie Lister (Iowa)
- 11. Dallas: Kiki Vandeweghe (UCLA)
- 12. New York: Mike Woodson (Indiana)
- 17. Detroit: Larry Drew (Missouri)
- 20. Seattle: Bill Hanzlik (Notre Dame)
- 24. Golden State: Larry Smith (Alcorn State)
- 25. Washington: Jeff Ruland (Iona)
- 35. Washington:
Rick Mahorn (Hampton)
- 47. Denver: Kurt Nimphius (Arizona State)
- 58. New York: Kurt Rambis (Santa Clara)
- 75. New Jersey: Rory Sparrow (Villanova)
1979 Draft
- 1. LA Lakers:
Earvin
"Magic"
Johnson (Michigan State)
- 2. Chicago: David Greenwood (UCLA)
- 3. New York: Bill Cartwright (San Francisco)
- 4. Detroit: Greg Kelser (Michigan State)
- 5. Milwaukee: Sidney Moncrief (Arkansas)
- 6. Seattle: James Bailey (Rutgers)
- 7. Seattle: Vinnie Johnson (Baylor)
- 8. New Jersey: Calvin Natt (NE Louisiana Univ.)
- 9. New York: Larry Demic (Arizona)
- 10. Detroit: Roy Hamilton (UCLA)
- 11. New Jersey: Cliff Robinson (USC)
- 12. Portland: Jim Paxson (University of Dayton)
- 13. Indiana: Dudley Bradley (UNC)
- 14. LA Lakers: Brad Holland (UCLA)
- 15. Detroit: Phil Hubbard (Michigan)
- 16. Philadelphia: Jim Spanarkel (Duke)
- 17. Houston: Lee Johnson (East Texas State)
- 18. Kansas City: Reggie King (Alabama)
- 19. San Antonio: Wiley Peck (Miss. State)
- 20. Utah: Larry Knight (Loyola)
- 21. New York: Sylvester Williams (Rhode Island)
- 22. Phoenix: Kyle Macy (Kentucky)
- 42. Houston: Paul Mokeski (Kansas)
- 58. Philadelphia: Earl Cureton (Detroit)
- 65. Cleveland: Bill Laimbeer (Notre Dame)
- 73. Seattle: James Donaldson (Washington State)
- 82. Golden State: Jerry Sichting (Purdue)
- 104. Houston: Allen Leavell (Oklahoma City)
- 107. Phoenix: Mark Eaton (Cyprus JC)
- 165. Phoenix: Charles Jones (Albany State)
1978 Draft
- 1. Portland: Michael Thompson (Univ. of Minnesota)
- 2. Kansas City: Phil Ford (Univ. of North Carolina)
- 3. Indiana: Rick Robey (Kentucky)
- 4. New York: Michael Ray Richardson (Montana)
- 5. Golden State: Purvis Short (Jackson State Univ.)
- 6. Boston:
Larry Bird
(Indiana) (ROY 1980)
- 7. Portland: Ron Brewer (Arkansas)
- 8. Boston: Freeman Williams (Portland State)
- 9. Chicago: Reggie Theus (UNLV)
- 10. Atlanta: Butch Lee (Marquette)
- 11. New Orleans: James Hardy (San Francisco)
- 12. Milwaukee: George Johnson (St. John's)
- 13. New Jersey: Winfred Boynes (San Francisco)
- 14. Washington: Roger Phegley (Bradley)
- 15. Cleveland: Mike Mitchell (Auburn)
- 16. Atlanta: Jack Givens (Kentucky)
- 17. Denver: Rod Griffin (Wake Forest)
- 18. Washington: Dave Corzine (De Paul)
- 19. Phoenix: Marty Byrnes (Syracuse)
- 20. San Antonio: Frank Sanders (Southern)
- 21. Denver: Mike Evans (Kansas State)
- 22. Golden State: Ray Townsend (UCLA)
- 29. Detroit: John Long (Univ. of Detroit)
- 36. Philadelphia: Maurice Cheeks (West Texas State)
- 40. Golden State: Wayne Cooper (New Orleans)
- 44. Portland: Clemon Johnson (Florida A & M)
- 55. New York: Mark Iavaroni (Virginia)
- 60. LA Lakers: Michael Cooper (Univ. of New Mexico)
- 64. San Antonio: Gerald Henderson (Virginia Commonwealth)
1977 Draft
- 1. Milwaukee: Kent Benson (Indiana)
- 2. Kansas City: Otis Birdsong (Houston)
- 3. Milwaukee: Marques Johnson (UCLA)
- 4. Washington: Greg Ballard (Oregon)
- 5. Phoenix: Walter Davis (UNC) (ROY)
- 6. LA Lakers: Kenny Carr (NC State)
- 7. NY Nets: Bernard King (Tennessee)
- 8. Seattle: Jack Sikma (Illinois Wesleyan University)
- 9. Denver: Tom LaGarde (Univ. of North Carolina)
- 10. New York: Ray Williams (Minnesota)
- 11. Milwaukee: Ernie Grunfeld (Tennessee)
- 12. Boston: Cedric Maxwell (UNC-Charlotte)
- 13. Chicago: Tate Armstrong (Duke)
- 14. Atlanta: Wayne "Tree" Rollins (Clemson)
- 15. LA Lakers: Brad Davis (Maryland)
- 16. Golden State: Rickey Green (Michigan)
- 17. Washington: Bo Ellis (Marquette)
- 18. Golden State: Wesley Cox (Louisville)
- 19. Portland: Rich Laurel (Hofstra)
- 20. Philadelphia: Glenn Mosley (Seton Hall)
- 21. Denver: Anthony Roberts (Oral Roberts)
- 22. LA Lakers: Norm Nixon (Duquesne)
- 40. Houston: Robert Reid (St. Mary's)
- 41. Portland: T. R. Dunn (Alabama)
- 46. LA Lakers:
James Edwards (Univ. of
Washington)
1976 Draft
- 1. Houston: John Lucas (Maryland)
- 2. Chicago: Scott May (Indiana)
- 3. Kansas City: RIchard Washington (UCLA)
- 4. Detroit: Leon Douglas (Alabama)
- 5. Portland: Wally Walker (Virginia)
- 6. Buffalo: Adrian Dantley (Notre Dame)
- 7. Milwaukee: Quinn Buckner (Indiana)
- 8. Golden State: Robert Parish (Centenary)
- 9. Atlanta: Armond Hill (Princeton)
- 10. Phoenix: Ron Lee (Oregon)
- 11. Seattle: Bob Wilderson (Indiana)
- 12. Philadelphia: Terry Furlow (Michigan State)
- 13. Washington: Mitch Kupchak (UNC)
- 14. Washington: Larry Wright (Grambling)
- 15. Cleveland: Chuckie Williams (Kasas State)
- 16. Boston: Norman Cook (Kansas)
- 17. Golden State: Sonny Parker (Texas A & M)
- 23. Milwaukee: Alex English (Univ. of South Carolina)
- 29. Seattle: Dennis Johnson (Pepperdine)
- 43. LA Lakers: Tom Abernethy (Indiana)
- 99. Philadelphia: Mike Dunleavy (Univ. of South Carolina)
1975 Draft
- 1. Atlanta: David Thompson (North Carolina State Univ.)
- 2. LA Lakers: David Meyers (UCLA)
- 3. Atlanta: Marvin Webster (Morgan State)
- 4. Phoenix: Alvan Adams (Oklahoma)
- 5. Philadelphia: Darryl Dawkins (Orlando Fl-H.S.)
- 6. Portland: Lionel Hollins (Arizona State)
- 7. New Orleans: Pich Kelley (Stanford)
- 8. LA Lakers: Junior Bridgeman (Louisville)
- 9. New York: Eugene Short (Jackson State)
- 10. Kansas City: Bill Robinzine (DePaul)
- 11. Houston: Joe Meriweather (Southern Illinois)
- 12. Seattle: Frank Oleynick (Seattle)
- 13. Kansas City: Bob Bigeloow (Pennsylvania)
- 14. Golden State: Joe Bryant (La Salle)
- 15. Cleveland: John Lambert (USC)
- 16. Phoenix: Ricky Sobers (UNLV)
- 17. Boston: Tom Boswell (South Carolina)
- 18. Washington: Kevin Grevey (Kentucky)
1974 Draft
- 1. Portland:
Bill Walton
(UCLA)
- 2. Philadelphia: Marvin Barnes (Providence)
- 3. Seattle: Tom Burleson (NC State)
- 4. Phoenix: John Shumate (Notre Dame)
- 5. Houston: Bobby Jones (UNC)
- 6. Kansas City: Scott Wedman (Colorado)
- 7. Atlanta: Tom Henderson (Hawaii)
- 8. Cleveland: Campy Russell (Michigan)
- 9. Buffalo: Tom McMillen (Maryland)
- 10. Atlanta: Mike Sojourner (Utah)
- 11. Golden State: Keith Wilkes (UCLA)
- 12. LA Lakers: Brian Winters (South Carolina)
- 13. Washington: Len Elmore (Maryland)
- 14. Chicago: Maurice Lucas (Marquette)
- 15. Detroit: Al Eberhard (Missouri)
- 16. Chicago: CLiff Pondexter (Long Beach State)
- 17. Boston: Glenn McDonald (Long Beach State)
- 18. Milwaukee: Gary Brokaw (Notre Dame)
- 40. George Gervin (Eastern Michigan)
1973 Draft
- 1. Philadelphia: Doug Collins (Illinois State)
- 2. Cleveland: Jim Brewer (Minnesota)
- 3. Buffalo: Ernie DiGregorio (Providence)
- 4. Seattle: Mike Green (Louisiana Tech)
- 5. LA Lakers: Kermit Washington (American)
- 6. Houston: Ed Ratleff (Long Beach State)
- 7. Kansas City: Ron Behagen (Minnesota)
- 8. Phoenix: Mike NBantom (St. Joseph's)
- 9. Atlanta: Dwight Jones (Houston)
- 10. Atlanta: John Brown (Missouri)
- 11. Golden State: Kevin Joyce (South Carolina)
- 12. Chicago: Kevin Kunnert (Iowa)
- 13. Washington Capitals: Nick Weatherspoon (Illinois)
- 14. New York: Mel Davis (St. John's)
- 15. Portland: Barry Parkhill (Virginia)
- 16. Milwaukee: Swen Nater (UCLA)
- 17. Boston: Steve Downing (Indiana)
- 18. Philadelphia: Raymond Lewis (Cal Stat-LA)
1972 Draft
- 1. Portland: LaRue Martin (Loyola)
- 2. Buffalo: Bob McAdoo (UNC)
- 3. Cleveland: Dwight Davis (Houston)
- 4. Phoenix: Corky Calhoun (Pennsylvania)
- 5. Philadelphia: Fred Boyd (Oregon State)
- 6. Milwaukee: Russell Lee (Marshall)
- 7. Seattle: Bud Stallworth (Kansas)
- 8. New York: Tom Riker (South Carolina)
- 9. Detroit: Bob Nash (Hawaii)
- 10. Boston: Paul Westphal (USC)
- 11. Chicago: Ralph Simpson (Michigan State)
- 12. Milwaukee:
Julius
Erving (Univ of Massachusetts)
- 13. LA Lakers: Travis Grant (Kentucky State)
1971 Draft
- 1. Cleveland: Austin Carr (Notre Dame)
- 2. Portland: Sidney Wicks (UCLA)
- 3. Buffalo: Elmore Smite (Kentucky State)
- 4. Cincinnati: Ken Durrett (La Salle)
- 5. Atlanta: George Trapp (Long Beach State)
- 6. Seattle: Fred Brown (Iowa)
- 7. San Diego: Cliff Meely (Colorado)
- 8. San Francisco: Darnell Hillman (San Jose State)
- 9. Baltimore: Stan Love (Oregon)
- 10. Boston: Clarence Glover (Western Kentucky)
- 11. Detroit: Curtis Rowe (UCLA)
- 12. Philadelphia: Dana Lewis (Tulsa)
- 13. LA Lakers: Jim Cleamons (Ohio State)
- 14. Phoenix: John Roche (Couth Carolina)
- 15. Chicago: Kennedy McINtosh (Eastern Michigan)
- 16. New York: Dean Merninger (Marquette)
- 17. Milwaukee (Collis Jones (Notre Dame)
1970 Draft
- 1. Detroit: Bob Lanier (St. Bonaventure)
- 2. San Diego: Rudy Tomjanovich (Michigan)
- 3. Atlanta: Pete Maravich (LSU)
- 4. Boston: Dave Covewn (Florida State)
- 5. Cincinnati: Sam Lacey (New Mexico State)
- 6. Seattle: Jim Ard (Cincinnati)
- 7. Cleveland: John Johnson (Iowa)
- 8. Portland: Geoff Petrie (Princeton)
- 9. Baltimore: George Johnson (Stephen F. Austin)
- 10. Phoenix: Greg Howard (New Mexico)
- 11. Chicago: Jimmy Collins (New Mexico State)
- 12. Philadelphia: Al Henry (Wisconsin)
- 13. LA Lakers: Jim McMillian (Columbia)
- 14. Atlanta: John Vallely (UCLA)
- 15. Buffalo: John Hummer (Princeton)
- 16. Milwaukee: Gary Freeman (Oregon State)
- 17. New York: Mike Price (Illinois)
1969 Draft
- 1. Milwaukee: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar/Lew
Alcindor (UCLA) (ROY)
- 2. Phoenix: Neal Walk (Florida)
- 3. Seattle: Lucious Allen (UCLA)
- 4. Detroit: Terry Driscoll (Boston College)
- 5. Chicago: Larry Cannon (La Salle)
- 6. San Diego: Bobby SMith (Tulsa)
- 7. San Francisco: Bob Portman (Creighton)
- 8. Cincinnati: Herm Gilliam (Purdue)
- 9. Boston: Jo Jo White (Kansas)
- 10. Atlanta: Butch Beard (Louisville)
- 11. New York: John Warrern (St. John's)
- 12. LA Lakers: Willie Mc Carter (Drafke)
- 13. Philadephia: Carlos OGden (Santa Clara)
- 14. Baltimore: Mike Davis (Virginia Union)
- 15. LA Lakers: Rick Roberson (Cincinnati)
1968 Draft
- 1. Houston: Elvin Hayes (Houston)
- 2. Baltimore: Wes Uneld (Louisville)
- 3. Seattle: Bob Kauffman (Guilford)
- 4. Chicago: Tom Boerwinkle (Tennessee)
- 5. Cincinnati: Don Smith (Iowa State)
- 6. Detroit: Otto Moore (Pan American)
- 7. Milwaukee: Charles Paulk (NE Oklahoma)
- 8. Phoenix: Gary Gregor (South Carolina)
- 9. San Francisco: Ron Williams (west Virginia)
- 10. New York: Bill Hosket (Ohio State)
- 11. LA Lakers: Bill Hewitt (USC)
- 12. Boston: Don Chaney (Houston)
- 13. Atlanta: Skip Harlicka (South Carolina)
- 14. Philadelphia: Shaler Halimon (Utah State)
1967 Draft
- 1. Detroit: Jimmy Walker (Providence)
- 2. Baltimore: Earl Monroe (Winston-Salem)
- 3. Chicago: Clem Haskins (Western Kentucky)
- 4. Detroit: Sonny Dove (St. John's)
- 5. New York: Walt Frazier (Southern Illinois)
- 6. Seattle: Al Tucker (Oklahoma Baptist)
- 7. San Diego: Pat Riley (Kentucky)
- 8. St. Louis: Tom Workman (Seattle)
- 9. Cincinnati: Mel Daniels (New Mexico)
- 10. San Francisco: Dave Lattin (UTEP)
- 11. Boston: Mal Graham (New York U.)
- 12. Philadelphia: Craig Raymond (BYU)
1966 Draft
- 1. New York: Cazzie Russell (Michigan)
- 2. Detroit: Dave Bing (Syracuse)
- 3. San Francisco: Clyde Lee (Vanderbilt)
- 4. St. Louis: Lou Hudson (Minnesota)
- 5. Baltimore: Jack Marin (Duke)
- 6. Cincinatti: Walt Wesley (Kansas)
- 7. LA Lakers: Jerry Chambers (Utah)
- 8. Boston: Jim Barnett (Oregon)
- 9. Philadelphia: Matt Guokas (St. Joseph's)
- 10. Chicago: Dave Scellhase (Purdue)