Boston Celtics draft history
In their 80-year history, the Boston Celtics have selected the following players in the National Basketball Association (NBA) draft and previously in the Basketball Association of America draft.
Key
| Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer | First overall NBA draft pick | NBA All-Star |
| Year | Rnd. | Pick | Name | Pos. | Nationality | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 1 | 3 | Bulbs Ehlers | G/F |  United States |
Purdue |
| 2 | 13 | Hank Biasatti | G |  Italy.svg.png){kind=small} Canada |
Toronto Huskies (BAA) | |
| 3 | 23 | Gene Stump | G/F | United States |
DePaul | |
| 4 | 33 | Johnny Ezersky | G/F | United States |
Brooklyn Gothams (BAA) | |
| 5 | 43 | Jack Hewson | F/C | United States |
Philadelphia Sphas (BAA) | |
| 6 | Bob Alameida[1] | F | United States |
California[1] | ||
| 7 | George Felt | United States |
Northwestern | |||
| 8 | John Kelly | United States |
Notre Dame | |||
| 9 | George Petrovick | United States |
Bridgefort Newfields[2] (ABL) | |||
| 1948 | 1 | 3 | George Hauptfuhrer | C | United States |
Harvard |
| 2 | Johnny Bach | G/F | United States |
Fordham | ||
| 3 | Marshall Hawkins | F | United States |
Tennessee | ||
| 4 | Tom Kelly | G | United States |
NYU | ||
| 5 | Murray Mitchell | C | United States |
Sam Houston | ||
| 6 | Norman Carey | United States |
Oregon State | |||
| 7 | Robert Curran | G | United States |
Holy Cross | ||
| 8 | Neil Dooley | United States |
Colgate | |||
| 9 | Jack Hauser | United States |
Denver | |||
| 10 | Guinn Phillips | United States |
Texas Wesleyan | |||
| 11 | Ray Wehde | United States |
Iowa State | |||
| 1949 | 1 | 4 | Tony Lavelli | F | United States |
Yale |
| 2 | 16 | George Kaftan | F | United States |
Boston Celtics (BAA) | |
| 3 | Joe Mullaney | G | United States |
Holy Cross | ||
| 3 | Bill Tom | C | United States |
Rice | ||
| 4 | Ed Little | United States |
Denver[3] | |||
| 5 | Jim Simpson | United States |
Bates | |||
| 6 | Bill Vandenburgh | United States |
Washington | |||
| 7 | Emerson Speicher | United States |
Bowling Green | |||
| 8 | Duane Klueh | G | United States |
Indiana State | ||
| 9 | Bill Weight | United States |
BYU | |||
| 10 | Russ Washburn | United States |
Colby | |||
| 1950 | 1 | 1 | Chuck Share | C | United States |
Bowling Green |
| 2 | 12 | Chuck Cooper | F | United States |
Duquesne | |
| 3 | 24 | Bob Donham | G/F | United States |
Ohio State | |
| 4 | 36 | Ken Reeves | G | United States |
Louisville | |
| 5 | 48 | Jack Shelton | C | United States |
Oklahoma State | |
| 6 | 60 | Mo Mahoney | F | United States |
Brown | |
| 7 | 72 | Dale Barnstable | G | United States |
Kentucky | |
| 8 | 84 | Frank Oftring | G | United States |
Holy Cross | |
| 9 | 98 | Bob Cope | F | United States |
Montana | |
| 10 | 108 | Matt Forman | C | United States |
Holy Cross | |
| 1951 | 1 | 7 | Ernie Barrett | G/F | United States |
Kansas State |
| 2 | 16 | Bill Garrett | F | United States |
Indiana | |
| 3 | 26 | John Furlong | F | United States |
Pepperdine | |
| 4 | 36 | Bob Barnett | G | United States |
Evansville | |
| 5 | 46 | Rip Gish | C | United States |
Western Kentucky | |
| 6 | 56 | Jim Luisi | G | United States |
St. Francis | |
| 7 | 66 | John Azary | G | United States |
Columbia | |
| 8 | 75 | Hugo Kappler | G | United States |
NC State | |
| 1952 | 1 | 6 | Bill Stauffer | F | United States |
Missouri |
| 2 | Jim Iverson | G | United States |
Kansas State | ||
| 3 | J.C. Maze | F | United States |
Southwest Texas State | ||
| 4 | Herm Hedderick | G | United States |
Canisius | ||
| 5 | Don Johnson | G | United States |
Oklahoma State | ||
| 6 | Jim Buchanan | United States |
Nebraska | |||
| 7 | Fred Eydt | F | United States |
Cornell | ||
| 8 | Gordon Mungier | F | United States |
Spring Hill | ||
| 9 | Jim Dilling | F | United States |
Holy Cross | ||
| 10 | Gene Conley | F/C | United States |
Washington State | ||
| 1953 | 1 | 5 | Frank Ramsey | G/F | United States |
Kentucky |
| 2 | 12 | Chet Noe | F/C | United States |
Oregon | |
| 3 | 21 | Cliff Hagan | G/F | United States |
Kentucky | |
| 4 | Earle Markey | G | United States |
Holy Cross | ||
| 5 | John Holup[4] | F | United States |
George Washington | ||
| 6 | Vernon Stokes | G | United States |
St. Francis | ||
| 7 | 58 | Lou Tsioropoulos | F |  Greece United States |
Kentucky | |
| 8 | Ted Lallier | C | United States |
Colby | ||
| 9 | Lewis Gilcrease | G | United States |
Texas State | ||
| 10 | Tom Lillis | G | United States |
Saint Louis | ||
| 11 | Gil Reich | G | United States |
Kansas | ||
| 12 | Jim Doherty | G | United States |
Whitworth | ||
| 1954 | 1 | 5 | Togo Palazzi | G/F | United States |
Holy Cross |
| 2 | 14 | Red Morrison | F/C | United States |
Idaho | |
| 3 | 23 | Henry Daubenschmidt | C | United States |
St. Francis | |
| 4 | 32 | Ron Perry | G | United States |
Holy Cross | |
| 5 | 41 | Troy Burris | F | United States |
West Texas A&M | |
| 6 | 50 | Otto Krieghauser | F | United States |
Washington University | |
| 7 | 59 | Paul Estergaard | F | United States |
Bradley | |
| 8 | 68 | Jim Young | G | United States |
Santa Clara | |
| 10 | 85 | Tony Daukas | F | United States |
Boston College | |
| 11 | 94 | Bill Johnson | F | United States |
Nebraska | |
| 1955 | 1 | 3 | Jim Loscutoff | F | United States |
Oregon |
| 2 | 10 | Dickie Hemric | F | United States |
Wake Forest | |
| 3 | 18 | Buzzy Wilkinson | G | United States |
Virginia | |
| 4 | 26 | Bart Leach | F | United States |
Penn | |
| 5 | 34 | Bob Patterson | F | United States |
Tulsa | |
| 6 | 42 | John Mahoney | F | United States |
William & Mary | |
| 7 | 50 | John Moore | F | United States |
UCLA | |
| 8 | 58 | Dean Parsons | C | United States |
Washington | |
| 9 | 66 | Nick Romanoff | F | United States |
Pacific | |
| 10 | 74 | Jim Ahearn | G | United States |
UConn | |
| 11 | 81 | Carl Hartman | G | United States |
Alderson Broaddus | |
| 12 | 88 | Mark Davis | G | United States |
Marietta | |
| 13 | 92 | Henry Dooley | G | United States |
Wiley | |
| 14 | 93 | Bob Scuddelari | G | United States |
Cooper Union | |
| 1956 | T | — | Tom Heinsohn | F/C | United States |
Holy Cross |
| 2 | 13 | K. C. Jones | G | United States |
San Francisco | |
| 3 | 21 | George Linn | G | United States |
Alabama | |
| 4 | 29 | Dan Swartz | F | United States |
Morehead | |
| 5 | 37 | Bill Logan | C | United States |
Iowa | |
| 6 | 45 | Don Boldebuck | C | United States |
Houston | |
| 7 | 53 | O'Neal Weaver | F | United States |
Midwestern State | |
| 8 | 61 | Vic Molodet | G | United States |
NC State | |
| 9 | 68 | Jim Houston | F | United States |
Brandeis | |
| 10 | 75 | Theophileus Lloyd | F | United States |
Maryland | |
| 1957 | 1 | 8 | Sam Jones | G/F | United States |
North Carolina Central |
| 2 | 16 | Dick O'Neal | F | United States |
TCU | |
| 3 | 24 | Chuck Schramm | F | United States |
Western Illinois | |
| 4 | 32 | Jim Ashmore | G | United States |
Mississippi State | |
| 5 | 40 | Grady Wallace | F | United States |
South Carolina | |
| 6 | 48 | Maury King | PG | United States |
Kansas | |
| 7 | 55 | Dick Brott | C | United States |
Denver | |
| 8 | 62 | Bill Von Weyhe | G | United States |
Rhode Island | |
| 9 | 69 | Joe Gibbon | F | United States |
Ole Miss | |
| 10 | 75 | Jack Butcher | G | United States |
Memphis | |
| 11 | 78 | Dick Neal | F | United States |
Indiana | |
| 1958 | 1 | 7 | Bennie Swain | F | United States |
Texas Southern |
| 2 | 15 | Jimmy Smith | F | United States |
Franciscan | |
| 3 | 23 | Jim Cunningham | G | United States |
Fordham | |
| 4 | 31 | Dom Flora | G | United States |
Washington and Lee | |
| 5 | 39 | Gene Brown | G | United States |
San Francisco | |
| 6 | 47 | Dave Keleher | F | United States |
Morehead State | |
| 7 | 55 | Rudy Fenderson | G | United States |
Brandeis | |
| 1959 | 1 | 6 | John Richter | F | United States |
NC State |
| 2 | 14 | Gene Guarilia | F | United States |
George Washington | |
| 3 | 22 | Ralph Croswaite | C | United States |
Western Kentucky | |
| 4 | 30 | Ed Kazakavich | F | United States |
Scranton | |
| 5 | 38 | Roy Lange | F | United States |
William & Mary | |
| 6 | 46 | Bob Cumings | F | United States |
Boston University | |
| 1960 | 1 | 8 | Tom Sanders | F | United States |
NYU |
| 2 | 16 | Leroy Wright | F | United States |
Pacific | |
| 3 | 24 | Mike Graney | F | United States |
Notre Dame | |
| 4 | 32 | Sid Cohen | G | United States |
Kentucky | |
| 5 | 40 | Wayne Lawrence | F | United States |
Texas A&M | |
| 6 | 48 | George Newman | F | United States |
Kentucky | |
| 1961 | 1 | 9 | Gary Phillips | G | United States |
Houston |
| 2 | 17 | Al Butler | G | United States |
Niagara | |
| 3 | 31 | Bill Depp | F | United States |
Vanderbilt | |
| 4 | 40 | Carl Cole | G | United States |
Eastern Kentucky | |
| 5 | 49 | Bob DiStefano | C | United States |
NC State | |
| 6 | 58 | Ned Twyman | G | United States |
Duquesne | |
| 7 | 67 | Mel Klein | F | United States |
Northern State | |
| 1962 | 1 | 7 | John Havlicek | G/F | United States |
Ohio State |
| 2 | 16 | Jack Foley | F | United States |
Holy Cross | |
| 3 | 25 | Jim Hadnot | C | United States |
Providence | |
| 4 | 34 | Roger Strickland | F | United States |
Jacksonville | |
| 5 | 43 | Gary Daniels | F | United States |
The Citadel | |
| 6 | 52 | Jim Hooley | F | United States |
Boston College | |
| 7 | 60 | Clyde Arnold | F | United States |
Duquesne | |
| 8 | 69 | Chuck Chevalier | G | United States |
Boston College | |
| 9 | 78 | Mike Cingiser | G | United States |
Brown | |
| 1963 | 1 | 8 | Bill Green | F | United States |
Colorado State |
| 3 | 26 | Chuck Kriston | G | United States |
Valparaiso | |
| 4 | 35 | Connie McGuire | F | United States |
Southeastern Oklahoma State | |
| 5 | 44 | Red Stroud | G | United States |
Mississippi State | |
| 6 | 53 | Vinnie Ernst | G | United States |
Providence | |
| 7 | 62 | Herb Magee | G | United States |
Philadelphia Textile | |
| 1964 | 1 | 7 | Mel Counts | F/C | United States |
Oregon State |
| 2 | 16 | Ron Bonham | F | United States |
Cincinnati | |
| 3 | 25 | John Thompson | F | United States |
Providence | |
| 4 | 34 | Joe Strawder | C | United States |
Bradley | |
| 5 | 43 | Nick Werkman | G | United States |
Seton Hall | |
| 6 | 52 | Levern Tart | G | United States |
Bradley | |
| 7 | 61 | Rich Falk | G | United States |
Northwestern | |
| 8 | 70 | Jeff Blue | C | United States |
Butler | |
| 9 | 77 | Charles Kelley | G | United States |
West Virginia Tech | |
| 10 | 84 | Duane Corribeau | G | United States |
Clark | |
| 1965 | 1 | 8 | Ollie Johnson | C | United States |
San Francisco |
| 2 | 17 | Ron Watts | F | United States |
Wake Forest | |
| 3 | 26 | Toby Kimball | F/C | United States |
UConn | |
| 4 | 35 | Richie Tarrant | G | United States |
Saint Michael's | |
| 5 | 44 | Don Davidson | F | United States |
Davidson | |
| 6 | 53 | Haskell Tison | C | United States |
Duke | |
| 7 | 61 | George Deehan | F | United States |
Lenoir–Rhyne | |
| 1966 | 1 | 8 | Jim Barnett | G/F | United States |
Oregon |
| 2 | 18 | Leon Clark | F | United States |
Wyoming | |
| 3 | 28 | Gary Turner | F | United States |
TCU | |
| 4 | 38 | Johnny Austin | G | United States |
Boston College | |
| 6 | 58 | Charlie Hunter | G | United States |
Oklahoma City | |
| 7 | 67 | Jerry Ward | F | United States |
Maryland | |
| 8 | 76 | Russ Gumina | G | United States |
San Francisco | |
| 1967 | 1 | 11 | Mal Graham | G | United States |
NYU |
| 4 | 40 | Nevil Shed | F | United States |
UTEP | |
| 5 | 52 | Mike Redd | G | United States |
US Armed Forces (AAU) | |
| 6 | 64 | Ed Hummer | F | United States |
Princeton | |
| 7 | 76 | Edgar Lacy | F | United States |
Allentown Jets (EPBL) | |
| 8 | 88 | Andrew Anderson | G | United States |
Canisius | |
| 9 | 99 | Henry Brown | F | United States |
Lowell Tech | |
| 10 | 110 | Rick Weitzman | G | United States |
Northeastern | |
| 11 | 120 | Joe Harrington | F | United States |
Maryland | |
| 1968 | 1 | 12 | Don Chaney | G | United States |
Houston |
| 3 | 32 | Garfield Smith | F/C | United States |
Eastern Kentucky | |
| 4 | 46 | Rich Johnson | C | United States |
Grambling State | |
| 5 | 60 | Thad Jaracz | F | United States |
Kentucky | |
| 6 | 74 | Jerry Newsom | F | United States |
Indiana State | |
| 7 | 88 | Mike Lewis | C | United States |
Duke | |
| 8 | 102 | Julius Keye | F/C | United States |
Alcorn State | |
| 9 | 116 | Bill Butler | G | United States |
St. Bonaventure | |
| 10 | 130 | Ivan Leschinsky | F | United States |
LIU | |
| 11 | 143 | Tom Neimeir | F | United States |
Evansville | |
| 12 | 156 | Bill Langheld | F | United States |
Fordham | |
| 13 | 168 | Art Stephenson | F | United States |
Rhode Island | |
| 14 | 179 | Keith Hockstein | G | United States |
Holy Cross | |
| 1969 | 1 | 9 | Jo Jo White | G | United States |
Kansas |
| 3 | 38 | Julius Keye | F/C | United States |
Alcorn State | |
| 4 | 52 | Steve Kuberski | F/C | United States |
Bradley | |
| 5 | 66 | George Thompson | G | United States |
Marquette | |
| 6 | 80 | Dolph Pulliam | F | United States |
Drake | |
| 7 | 94 | Jim Johnson | F | United States |
Wisconsin | |
| 8 | 108 | Bob Whitmore | F | United States |
Notre Dame | |
| 9 | 122 | Gordon Smith | G | United States |
Cincinnati | |
| 10 | 136 | Jim Picka | C | United States |
High Point | |
| 11 | 150 | Larry Frinston | C | United States |
Kenyon | |
| 12 | 163 | Rod Forbes | F | United States |
Boston State | |
| 13 | 175 | Billy Evans | G | United States |
Boston College | |
| 1970 | 1 | 4 | Dave Cowens | F/C | United States |
Florida State |
| 2 | 21 | Rex Morgan | G | United States |
Jacksonville | |
| 3 | 38 | Willie Williams | F | United States |
Florida State | |
| 4 | 55 | Jon McKinney | F | United States |
Norfolk State | |
| 5 | 72 | Tom Carter | F | United States |
Paul Quinn | |
| 6 | 89 | Rod McIntyre | F | United States |
Jacksonville | |
| 7 | 106 | Charlie Scott | G/F | United States |
North Carolina | |
| 8 | 123 | Bobby Croft | C | Canada |
Tennessee | |
| 9 | 140 | Tom Little | G | United States |
Seattle | |
| 10 | 157 | Mike Maloy | F | United States |
Davidson | |
| 1971 | 1 | 10 | Clarence Glover | F | United States |
Western Kentucky |
| 2 | 28 | Jim Rose | G | United States | ||
| 3 | 44 | Dave Robisch | F/C | United States |
Kansas | |
| 4 | 61 | Randy Denton | C | United States |
Duke | |
| 6 | 95 | Thorpe Weber | F | United States |
Vanderbilt | |
| 7 | 112 | Skip Young | G | United States |
Florida State | |
| 8 | 129 | John Ribock | F | United States |
South Carolina | |
| 9 | 145 | Ray Green | G | United States |
California | |
| 10 | 161 | Dale Dover | G | United States |
Harvard | |
| 11 | 176 | Reggie Brooks | F | United States |
Southern New Hampshire | |
| 12 | 189 | John Dalton | G | United States |
Suffolk | |
| 13 | 201 | Leroy Chalk | F | United States |
Nebraska | |
| 1972 | 1 | 10 | Paul Westphal | G | United States |
USC |
| 2 | 27 | Dennis Wuycik | F | United States |
North Carolina | |
| 3 | 44 | Wayne Grabiec | G | United States |
Michigan | |
| 4 | 61 | Nate Stephens | C | United States |
Long Beach State | |
| 5 | 77 | Bryan Adrian | G | United States |
Davidson | |
| 6 | 94 | Doug Holcomb | C | United States |
Memphis | |
| 6 | 96 | Wally Wright | G | United States |
Widener | |
| 7 | 111 | Stephen Previs | G | United States |
North Carolina | |
| 8 | 127 | Sam McCarney | F | United States |
Oral Roberts | |
| 10 | 154 | Marty Hunt | G | United States |
Kenyon | |
| 11 | 165 | Mark Minor | F | United States |
Ohio State | |
| 12 | 173 | Phil Stephens | F | United States |
South Carolina | |
| 1973 | 1 | 17 | Steve Downing | C | United States |
Indiana |
| 2 | 35 | Phil Hankinson | F | United States |
Penn | |
| 3 | 52 | Martinez Denmon | G | United States |
Iowa State | |
| 4 | 69 | Richie Fuqua | G | United States |
Oral Roberts | |
| 5 | 86 | Byron Jones | F | United States |
San Francisco | |
| 6 | 103 | Joe Cafferky | G | United States |
NC State | |
| 7 | 120 | Mike Stewart | C | United States |
Santa Clara | |
| 8 | 137 | Robert White | F | United States |
Sam Houston | |
| 9 | 151 | Corky Taylor | F | United States |
Minnesota | |
| 10 | 165 | Steve Turner | C | United States |
Vanderbilt | |
| 11 | 174 | Ed Hastings | G | United States |
Villanova | |
| 12 | 182 | Bruce Winkler | F | United States |
Santa Clara | |
| 13 | 188 | Scott Koelzer | F | United States |
Montana State | |
| 14 | 193 | Rick Williams | G | United States |
Iowa | |
| 15 | 198 | James Gilchrist | F | United States |
Florida Southern | |
| 16 | 202 | Sam Barber | F | United States |
Bethune-Cookman | |
| 17 | 206 | Lamont King | G | United States |
Long Beach State | |
| 18 | 208 | Peter Gavitt | F | United States |
Maine | |
| 19 | 210 | Tom Austin | F | United States |
UMass | |
| 1974 | 1 | 17 | Glenn McDonald | G/F | United States |
Long Beach State |
| 2 | 35 | Kevin Stacom | G | United States |
Providence | |
| 3 | 53 | Roscoe Pondexter | F | United States |
Long Beach State | |
| 4 | 71 | Lerman Battle | F | United States |
Fairmont State | |
| 5 | 89 | Ben Clyde | F | United States |
Florida State | |
| 6 | 107 | Gene Harmon | F | United States |
Creighton | |
| 7 | 125 | Ron Brown | G | United States |
Penn State | |
| 8 | 143 | Richard Wallace | G | United States |
Georgia Southern | |
| 9 | 160 | Al Skinner | G | United States |
UMass | |
| 10 | 177 | Phil Rogers | F | United States |
Fairfield | |
| 1975 | 1 | 17 | Tom Boswell | F/C | United States |
South Carolina |
| 3 | 53 | Jerome Anderson | G | United States |
West Virginia | |
| 4 | 72 | Cyrus Mann | C | United States |
Illinois State | |
| 5 | 89 | Darryl Brown | C | United States |
Fordham | |
| 6 | 108 | Rick Coleman | G | United States |
Jacksonville | |
| 7 | 125 | Al Boswell | G | United States |
Oral Roberts | |
| 8 | 144 | Roger Morningstar | F | United States |
Kansas | |
| 9 | 159 | Robert Rhodes | F | United States |
Albany State | |
| 10 | 174 | Bill Endicott | G | United States |
UMass | |
| 1976 | 1 | 16 | Norm Cook | F | United States |
Kansas |
| 3 | 51 | Jerry Fort | G | United States |
Nebraska | |
| 4 | 67 | Lewis Linder | G | United States |
Kentucky State | |
| 5 | 85 | Louis McKinney | G | United States |
Saint Louis | |
| 6 | 103 | Art Collins | G | United States |
St. Thomas | |
| 7 | 121 | Ralph Drollinger | C | United States |
UCLA | |
| 8 | 139 | John Clark | G | United States |
Northeastern | |
| 9 | 156 | Bill Collins | F | United States |
Boston College | |
| 10 | 172 | Otho Tucker | F | United States |
Illinois | |
| 1977 | 1 | 12 | Cedric Maxwell | F | United States |
Charlotte |
| 3 | 56 | Skip Brown | G | United States |
Wake Forest | |
| 4 | 78 | Jeff Cummings | C | United States |
Tulane | |
| 5 | 100 | Bill Langloh | G | United States |
Virginia | |
| 6 | 122 | Roy Pace | G | United States |
Rutgers–Camden | |
| 7 | 142 | Dave Kyle | F | United States |
Cleveland State | |
| 8 | 161 | Tom Harris | G | United States |
Bowling Green | |
| 1978 | 1 | 6 | Larry Bird | F | United States |
Indiana State |
| 1 | 8 | Freeman Williams (from NO via LAL) | G/F | United States |
Portland State | |
| 2 | 30 | Jeff Judkins (from NO) | G/F | United States |
Utah | |
| 3 | 50 | Dana Skinner | G | United States |
Merrimack | |
| 4 | 72 | David Stergakos[a] | F | United States Greece |
Bloomfield | |
| 5 | 94 | Greg Tynes | G | United States |
Seton Hall | |
| 6 | 116 | Dave Winey | F | United States |
Minnesota | |
| 7 | 137 | Steve Balkun | F | United States |
Fairfield | |
| 8 | 156 | Kim Fisher | G | United States | ||
| 9 | 173 | Les Anderson | F | United States |
George Washington | |
| 10 | 188 | Walter Harrigan | F | United States |
Brandeis | |
| 1979 | 3 | 53 | Wayne Kreklow (from Indiana) | G | United States |
Drake |
| 3 | 61 | Ernesto Malcolm | G |  Panama |
Briar Cliff | |
| 4 | 68 | Nick Galis | G | United States |
Seton Hall | |
| 5 | 90 | Jimmy Allen | G | United States |
New Haven | |
| 6 | 110 | Marvin Delph | G | United States |
Athletes in Action | |
| 7 | 130 | Steve Castellan | F | United States |
Virginia | |
| 8 | 149 | Glenn Sudhop | C | United States |
NC State | |
| 9 | 168 | Kevin Sinnett | F | United States |
Navy | |
| 10 | 186 | Alton Byrd | G | United States |
Columbia | |
| 1980 | 1 | 3 | Kevin McHale (from Golden State) | F/C | United States |
Minnesota |
| 2 | 46 | Arnette Hallman | F | United States |
Purdue | |
| 3 | 54 | Ron Perry | G | United States |
Holy Cross | |
| 3 | 69 | Don Newman | G | United States |
Idaho | |
| 4 | 92 | Kevin Hamilton | G | United States |
Iona | |
| 5 | 115 | Rufus Harris | G | United States |
Maine | |
| 6 | 138 | Kenny Evans | G | United States |
Norfolk State | |
| 7 | 160 | Les Hanson | F | United States |
Virginia Tech | |
| 8 | 179 | Steve Wright | F | United States |
Boston University | |
| 9 | 199 | Brian Jung | C | United States |
Northwestern | |
| 10 | 214 | John Nolan | G | United States |
Providence | |
| 1981 | 1 | 23 | Charles Bradley | G | United States |
Wyoming |
| 2 | 25 | Tracy Jackson (from DET) | G/F | United States |
Notre Dame | |
| 2 | 31 | Danny Ainge (from SD) | G/F | United States |
BYU | |
| 3 | 69 | John Johnson | G | .svg.png){kind=small} United Kingdom |
Michigan | |
| 4 | 91 | Stanley Williams | F | United States |
La Salle | |
| 5 | 115 | Glen Grunwald | F | United States |
Indiana | |
| 6 | 137 | Steve Waite | F | United States |
Iowa | |
| 7 | 161 | Tom Seaman | F | United States |
Holy Cross | |
| 8 | 182 | George Morrow | F | United States |
Creighton | |
| 9 | 203 | Greg McCray | F | United States |
VCU | |
| 10 | 222 | Ken Matthews | G | United States |
NC State | |
| 1982 | 1 | 23 | Darren Tillis | C | United States |
Cleveland State |
| 2 | 46 | Tony Guy | G | United States |
Kansas | |
| 3 | 69 | Perry Moss | PG | United States |
Northeastern | |
| 4 | 92 | Greg Stewart | F | United States |
Tulsa | |
| 5 | 115 | William Brown | G | United States |
Saint Peter's | |
| 6 | 138 | John Schweitz | SG | United States |
Richmond | |
| 7 | 161 | Phil Collins | C | United States |
West Virginia | |
| 8 | 184 | Ed Spriggs | C | United States |
Georgetown | |
| 9 | 205 | Panagiotis Giannakis | G | United States |
Ionikos Nikaias B.C. (Greece) | |
| 10 | 225 | Landon Turner | F | United States |
Indiana | |
| 1983 | 1 | 21 | Greg Kite | C | United States |
BYU |
| 3 | 52 | Winfred King | G | United States |
East Tennessee State | |
| 3 | 68 | Craig Robinson | F | United States |
Virginia | |
| 4 | 91 | Carlos Clark | SG | United States |
Ole Miss | |
| 5 | 114 | Bob Reitz | G | United States |
Stonehill | |
| 6 | 137 | Paul Atkins | F | United States |
Dallas Baptist | |
| 7 | 160 | Roy Jackson | G | United States |
Providence | |
| 8 | 183 | Trent Johnson | F | United States |
Pittsburgh | |
| 9 | 205 | John Rice | G | United States |
UMass Boston | |
| 10 | 226 | Andy Kupec | G | United States |
Bentley College | |
| 1984 | 1 | 24 | Michael Young | G/F | United States |
Houston |
| 2 | 47 | Ronnie Williams | F | United States |
Florida | |
| 3 | 70 | Rick Carlisle | G | United States |
Virginia | |
| 4 | 93 | Kevin Mullin | F | United States |
Princeton | |
| 5 | 116 | Todd Orlando | F | United States |
Bentley College | |
| 6 | 139 | Steve Carfino | G | United States |
Iowa | |
| 7 | 162 | Mark Van Valkenburg | F | United States |
Framingham State | |
| 8 | 184 | Champ Godboldt | G | United States |
Holy Cross | |
| 9 | 206 | Joe Dixon | F | United States |
Merrimack | |
| 10 | 228 | Dan Trant | G |  Ireland |
Clark | |
| 1985 | 1 | 20 | Sam Vincent (from DEN via DAL) | SG | United States |
Michigan State |
| 3 | 70 | Andre Battle | G | United States |
Loyola | |
| 4 | 93 | Cliff Weber | F | United States |
Liberty | |
| 5 | 116 | Albert Butts | C | United States |
La Salle | |
| 6 | 139 | Ralph Lewis | SG | United States | ||
| 7 | 162 | Chris Remly | F | United States |
Rutgers | |
| 1986 | 1 | 2 | Len Bias (from SEA) | SF | United States |
Maryland |
| 4 | 93 | Tony Benford | G | United States |
Texas Tech | |
| 5 | 116 | Dave Colbert | C | United States |
Dayton | |
| 6 | 139 | Greg Wendt | F | United States |
Detroit Mercy | |
| 7 | 162 | Tom Ivey | C | United States |
Boston University | |
| 1987 | 1 | 22 | Reggie Lewis | SG | United States |
Northeastern |
| 2 | 45 | Brad Lohaus | PF/C | United States |
Iowa | |
| 4 | 70 | Tom Sheehey | C | United States |
Virginia | |
| 4 | 91 | Darryl Kennedy | F | United States |
Oklahoma | |
| 5 | 114 | Dave Butler | F | United States |
California | |
| 6 | 137 | Tim Naegeli | F | United States |
Wisconsin–Stevens Point | |
| 7 | 160 | Jerry Corcoran | C | United States |
Northeastern | |
| 1988 | 1 | 24 | Brian Shaw | SG | United States |
UC Santa Barbara |
| 3 | 74 | Gerald Paddio | F/G | United States |
UNLV | |
| 1989 | 1 | 13 | Michael Smith | PF | United States |
BYU |
| 2 | 40 | Dino Rađa | PF | .svg.png){kind=small} Yugoslavia |
KK Split (Yugoslavia) | |
| 1990 | 1 | 19 | Dee Brown | SG | United States |
Jacksonville |
| 1991 | 1 | 24 | Rick Fox | SF | Canada |
North Carolina |
| 1992 | 1 | 21 | Jon Barry | SG | United States |
Georgia Tech |
| 2 | 47 | Darren Morningstar | C | United States |
Pittsburgh | |
| 1993 | 1 | 19 | Acie Earl | C | United States |
Iowa |
| 1994 | 1 | 9 | Eric Montross | C | United States |
North Carolina |
| 2 | 36 | Andrei Fetisov | F | United States |
Forum Valladolid (Spain) | |
| 1995 | 1 | 14 | Eric Williams | SF | United States |
Providence |
| 2 | 33 | Junior Burrough | F | United States |
Virginia | |
| 1996 | 1 | 6 | Antoine Walker | F | United States |
Kentucky |
| 2 | 38 | Steve Hamer | C | United States |
Tennessee | |
| 1997 | 1 | 3 | Chauncey Billups | PG | United States |
Colorado |
| 1 | 6 | Ron Mercer (from DAL) | SF | United States |
Kentucky | |
| 2 | 56 | Ben Pepper (from MIA) | C | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia |
Newcastle Falcons (Australia) | |
| 1998 | 1 | 10 | Paul Pierce | SF/SG | United States |
Kansas |
| 1999 | 2 | 55 | Kris Clack (from ORL via DEN) | G | United States |
Texas |
| 2000 | 1 | 11 | Jérôme Moïso | PF |  France |
UCLA |
| 2001 | 1 | 10 | Joe Johnson | SG | United States |
Arkansas |
| 1 | 11 | Kedrick Brown (from DEN) | SF | United States |
Okaloosa-Walton | |
| 1 | 21 | Joseph Forte (from PHX via DEN and UTA) | SG | United States |
North Carolina | |
| 2002 | 2 | 49 | Darius Songaila | PF |  Lithuania |
Wake Forest |
| 2003 | 1 | 16 | Troy Bell (traded to MEM) | PG | United States |
Boston College |
| 1 | 20 | Dahntay Jones (from PHI, traded to MEM) | SG | United States |
Duke | |
| 2 | 56 | Brandon Hunter (from SAC) | PF | United States |
Ohio | |
| 2004 | 1 | 15 | Al Jefferson | PF/C | United States |
Prentiss HS |
| 1 | 24 | Delonte West (from DAL) | PG | United States |
Saint Joseph's | |
| 1 | 25 | Tony Allen (from DET) | SG | United States |
Oklahoma State | |
| 2 | 40 | Justin Reed | SF | United States |
Mississippi | |
| 2005 | 1 | 18 | Gerald Green | G/F | United States |
Gulf Shores Academy |
| 2 | 50 | Ryan Gomes | F | United States |
Providence | |
| 2 | 53 | Orien Greene (from SAC) | G | United States |
Louisiana–Lafayette | |
| 2006 | 1 | 7 | Randy Foye (traded to MIN via POR) | SG | United States |
Villanova |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 | Jeff Green (traded to SEA) | SF | United States |
Georgetown |
| 2 | 32 | Gabe Pruitt | PG | United States |
USC | |
| 2008 | 1 | 30 | J. R. Giddens | SG | United States |
New Mexico |
| 2 | 60 | Semih Erden | C |  Turkey |
Fenerbahçe Ülker (Turkey) | |
| 2009 | 2 | 58 | Lester Hudson | PG | United States |
Tennessee–Martin |
| 2010 | 1 | 19 | Avery Bradley | SG | United States |
Texas |
| 2 | 52 | Luke Harangody | PF | United States |
Notre Dame | |
| 2011 | 1 | 25 | MarShon Brooks (traded to NJ) | SG | United States |
Providence |
| 2 | 55 | E'Twaun Moore | SG | United States |
Purdue | |
| 2012 | 1 | 21 | Jared Sullinger | PF | United States |
Ohio State |
| 1 | 22 | Fab Melo (from LAC via OKC) | C |  Brazil |
Syracuse | |
| 2 | 51 | Kris Joseph | SF | Canada | ||
| 2013 | 1 | 16 | Lucas Nogueira (traded to ATL via DAL) | C | Brazil |
CB Estudiantes (Spain) |
| 2014 | 1 | 6 | Marcus Smart | SG/PG | United States |
Oklahoma State |
| 1 | 17 | James Young (from BKN) | SG/SF | United States |
Kentucky | |
| 2015 | 1 | 16 | Terry Rozier | PG | United States |
Louisville |
| 1 | 28 | R. J. Hunter (from LAC) | SG | United States |
Georgia State | |
| 2 | 33 | Jordan Mickey (from PHI via MIA) | PF | United States |
LSU | |
| 2 | 45 | Marcus Thornton | PG | United States |
William & Mary | |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 | Jaylen Brown (from BKN) | SF/SG | United States |
California |
| 1 | 16 | Guerschon Yabusele (from DAL) | PF | France |
Rouen Métropole Basket (France) | |
| 1 | 23 | Ante Žižić | C |  Croatia |
Cibona Zagreb (Croatia) | |
| 2 | 31 | Deyonta Davis (from PHI via MIA, traded to MEM) | PF/C | United States |
Michigan State | |
| 2 | 35 | Rade Zagorac (from MIN via NO via PHX, traded to MEM) | SG/SF |  Serbia |
Mega Basket (Serbia) | |
| 2 | 45 | Demetrius Jackson (from MEM via DEN and DAL) | PG | United States |
Notre Dame | |
| 2 | 51 | Ben Bentil (from MIA) | PF |  Ghana |
Providence | |
| 2 | 58 | Abdel Nader (from CLE) | SF |  Egypt |
Iowa State | |
| 2017 | 1 | 3 | Jayson Tatum (from PHI) | SF | United States |
Duke |
| 2 | 37 | Semi Ojeleye (from MIN via PHX) | SF/PF | United States |
SMU | |
| 2 | 53 | Kadeem Allen (from CLE) | SG | United States |
Arizona | |
| 2 | 56 | Jabari Bird (from LAC) | SG | United States |
California | |
| 2018 | 1 | 27 | Robert Williams | PF/C | United States |
Texas A&M |
| 2019 | 1 | 14 | Romeo Langford (from SAC via PHI) | SG | United States |
Indiana |
| 1 | 20 | Matisse Thybulle (from LAC via MEM, traded to PHI) | SF | Australia |
Washington | |
| 1 | 22 | Grant Williams | PF | United States |
Tennessee | |
| 2 | 51 | Tremont Waters | PG |  Puerto Rico |
LSU | |
| 2020 | 1 | 14 | Aaron Nesmith (from MEM) | SF | United States |
Vanderbilt |
| 1 | 26 | Payton Pritchard | PG | United States |
Oregon | |
| 1 | 30 | Desmond Bane (from MIL via PHX, traded to MEM) | SG | United States |
TCU | |
| 2 | 47 | Yam Madar (from BKN via PHI, ORL, and CHA) | PG |  Israel |
Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel) | |
| 2021 | 2 | 45 | Juhann Begarin | SG | France |
Paris Basketball (France) |
| 2022 | 2 | 53 | JD Davison | PG | United States |
Alabama |
| 2023 | 2 | 35 | Julian Phillips (from POR via ATL, LAC, DET, and CLE, traded to CHI via WAS) | SF | United States |
Tennessee |
| 2024 | 1 | 30 | Baylor Scheierman | SG/SF | United States |
Creighton |
| 2 | 54 | Anton Watson (from DAL via SAC) | PF | United States |
Gonzaga | |
| 2025 | 1 | 28 | Hugo González | SF |  Spain |
Real Madrid (Spain) |
| 2 | 32 | Noah Penda (from DET via BKN and WAS, traded to ORL) | SF | France |
Le Mans Sarthe Basket (France) | |
| 2026 | 1 | 27 | Chris Cenac Jr. | PF/C | United States |
Houston |
| 2 | 40 | Dillon Mitchell (from MIL via ORL) | SF | United States |
St. John's |
Notes
References
- 1 2 Bradley, Robert D. (2013). The basketball draft fact book: A history of professional basketball's college drafts. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press (Rowman & Littlefield). p. 3. ISBN 978-0-8108-9069-5.
- ↑ "Bridgeport Cagers Boast Strong Team". The Daily Gazette. Schenectady, New York. February 24, 1948. p. 7. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- ↑ Grundman, Adolph H. (2004). The golden age of amateur basketball: The AAU tournament, 1921-1968. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. p. 123. ISBN 0-8032-7117-4.
- ↑ "draft Choices". NBA.
- ↑ "They Call Him 'Stergakos' In Greek Pro Basketball". The Montclair Times. January 4, 1979. p. 22. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
- Boston Celtics Draft Register at Basketball-Reference.com
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