Drafts 1981 and earlier

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)