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1976 NBA Draft Results

1976 NBA Draft results with every pick in order, led by No. 1 pick John Lucas to Houston Rockets.

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The 1976 NBA Draft produced 173 selections across 10 rounds, with 18 franchises making at least one pick. Houston Rockets held the first overall selection and took John Lucas out of Maryland.

Milwaukee Bucks made the most selections that year with 12. 131 different colleges and programs were represented across the board, led by Indiana with 4 players drafted.

Pick Team Player College
Round 1
1 Houston Rockets John Lucas Maryland
2 Chicago Bulls Scott May Indiana
3 Kansas City Kings Richard Washington UCLA
4 Detroit Pistons Leon Douglas Alabama
5 Portland Trail Blazers Wally Walker Virginia
6 Buffalo Braves Adrian Dantley Notre Dame
7 Milwaukee Bucks Quinn Buckner Indiana
8 Golden State Warriors Robert Parish Centenary (LA)
9 Atlanta Hawks Armond Hill Princeton
10 Phoenix Suns Ron Lee Oregon
11 Seattle SuperSonics Bob Wilkerson Indiana
12 Philadelphia 76ers Terry Furlow Michigan State
13 Washington Bullets Mitch Kupchak UNC
14 Washington Bullets Larry Wright Grambling State University
15 Cleveland Cavaliers Chuckie Williams Kansas State
16 Boston Celtics Norm Cook Kansas
17 Golden State Warriors Sonny Parker Texas A&M
Round 2
18 Chicago Bulls Willie Smith Missouri
19 Seattle SuperSonics Bayard Forrest Grand Canyon University
20 Portland Trail Blazers Major Jones Albany State University
21 Los Angeles Lakers Earl Tatum Marquette
22 Portland Trail Blazers Johnny Davis Dayton
23 Milwaukee Bucks Alex English South Carolina
24 Milwaukee Bucks Scott Lloyd Arizona State
25 New York Knicks Lonnie Shelton Oregon State
26 New Orleans Jazz Jacky Dorsey Georgia
27 Houston Rockets Phil Hicks Tulane
28 Atlanta Hawks Bob Carrington Boston College
29 Seattle SuperSonics Dennis Johnson Pepperdine
30 Phoenix Suns Al Fleming Arizona
31 Washington Bullets Joe Pace Coppin State University
32 Cleveland Cavaliers Mo Howard Maryland
33 Phoenix Suns Butch Feher Vanderbilt
34 Golden State Warriors Marshall Rogers University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Round 3
35 Chicago Bulls Dallas Smith West Texas A&M University
36 Los Angeles Lakers Mike Dabney Rutgers University
37 Chicago Bulls Lars Hansen Washington
38 Detroit Pistons Phil Sellers Rutgers University
39 Portland Trail Blazers Jeff Tyson Western Michigan
40 Milwaukee Bucks Lloyd Walton Marquette
41 New York Knicks John McGill Alcorn State
42 New Orleans Jazz Steve Copp San Diego State
43 Los Angeles Lakers Tom Abernethy Indiana
44 Houston Rockets Barnes Hauptfuhrer Princeton
45 Phoenix Suns Ira Terrell SMU
46 Atlanta Hawks Larry Cooke Virginia Tech
47 Philadelphia 76ers Ron Norwood DePaul
48 Buffalo Braves Gary Brewster Texas-El Paso
49 Washington Bullets Bill Cook Memphis
50 Cleveland Cavaliers Abdul Jeelani University of Wisconsin-Parkside
51 Boston Celtics Jerry Fort Nebraska
Round 4
52 Chicago Bulls Keith Starr Pitt
53 Atlanta Hawks Tom Barker Hawaii
54 Kansas City Kings Clarence Ramsey Washington
55 Detroit Pistons Scott Thompson Iowa
56 Portland Trail Blazers David Everett Grand Canyon University
57 New York Knicks Rick Bullock Texas Tech
58 New Orleans Jazz John Service UC Santa Barbara
59 Milwaukee Bucks Dan Frost Iowa
60 Los Angeles Lakers Wayman Britt Michigan
61 Houston Rockets Hercle Ivy Iowa State
62 Phoenix Suns Paul Miller Oregon State
63 Seattle SuperSonics Willie Parr LeMoyne-Owen College
64 Philadelphia 76ers Freeman Blade Montana State University, Billings
65 Washington Bullets Marion Hillard Memphis
66 Cleveland Cavaliers John Engles Penn
67 Boston Celtics Lewis Linder Kentucky State University
68 Golden State Warriors Jeff Fosnes Vanderbilt
Round 5
69 Chicago Bulls Nate Williams Illinois
70 Atlanta Hawks Ron Davis Washington State
71 Kansas City Kings Willie Hodge Duke
72 Detroit Pistons Jim Hearns Marymount College
73 Portland Trail Blazers Gary Redding Auburn
74 New Orleans Jazz Paul Griffin Western Michigan
75 Milwaukee Bucks Tom Lockhart Manhattan University
76 New York Knicks Beaver Smith St. John's
77 Milwaukee Bucks James Rappis Arizona
78 Houston Rockets Dave Marrs Houston
79 Phoenix Suns Ralph Walker Saint Mary's
80 Seattle SuperSonics Robert Gray Wichita State
81 Philadelphia 76ers Jeff Brown Missouri Western State College
82 Atlanta Hawks Connie White California
83 Washington Bullets L.C. Mason Alabama State University
84 Cleveland Cavaliers Edmund Lawrence McNeese State University
85 Boston Celtics Lewis McKinney Saint Louis
86 Golden State Warriors Carl Bird California
Round 6
87 Chicago Bulls Tom Paulin Winston-Salem State
88 Atlanta Hawks Pete Padgett Nevada
89 Kansas City Kings Andre McCarter UCLA
90 Detroit Pistons Russell Davis Virginia Tech
91 Golden State Warriors Dwayne Barnett Stanford
92 Milwaukee Bucks Phil Spence NC State
93 New York Knicks Joe Jones Grambling State University
94 New Orleans Jazz Bernard Tomlin Hofstra
95 Los Angeles Lakers Ed Schweitzer Stanford
96 Houston Rockets Robert Paige Houston Baptist University
97 Phoenix Suns Carl Brown Eastern Kentucky University
98 Seattle SuperSonics Daryl Peterson Wake Forest
99 Philadelphia 76ers Mike Dunleavy South Carolina
100 Buffalo Braves Danny Odums Fairfield
101 Washington Bullets Pat Tallent George Washington
102 Cleveland Cavaliers Harry Davis Morris Brown College
103 Boston Celtics Art Collins St. Thomas University
104 Golden State Warriors Gene Cunningham Norfolk State
Round 7
105 Chicago Bulls Barry McLeod Centenary (LA)
106 Atlanta Hawks Carl Gerlach Kansas State
107 Kansas City Kings Craig Prosser Canisius
108 Detroit Pistons Curt Peterson University of Puget Sound
109 Portland Trail Blazers Al DeWitt Weber State
110 New York Knicks Boyd Batts UNLV
111 New Orleans Jazz Andy Walker Niagara University
112 Milwaukee Bucks Ron Barrow Southern University and A&M College
113 Los Angeles Lakers Tommie Lipsey UCLA
114 Houston Rockets Barry Davis Texas A&M
115 Phoenix Suns Brad Warble Eastern Illinois University
116 Seattle SuperSonics Mark Klein Malone College
117 Philadelphia 76ers Phil Walker Millersville
118 Buffalo Braves Frank Jones Tennessee Technological University
119 Washington Bullets Ralph Vallot Loyola Chicago
120 Cleveland Cavaliers Johnny Britt Western Kentucky
121 Boston Celtics Ralph Drollinger UCLA
122 Golden State Warriors Jesse Campbell Mercyhurst College
Round 8
123 Cleveland Cavaliers Dale Koehler Wisconsin
124 Atlanta Hawks Doug Terry Utah
125 Kansas City Kings Mike Davis Bradley
126 Detroit Pistons Randy Henry Illinois State
127 Portland Trail Blazers Brant Gibler University of Puget Sound
128 New Orleans Jazz Richard Bryant Texas State University
129 Milwaukee Bucks Bob Warner University of Maine
130 New York Knicks Rick McCutcheon Arizona State
131 Los Angeles Lakers Ed Gregg Utah State University
132 Houston Rockets Dan Krueger Texas
133 Phoenix Suns Tom DeBerry Northern Arizona University
134 Seattle SuperSonics Norton Barnhill Washington State
135 Philadelphia 76ers Lee Dixon Hardin-Simmons University
136 Buffalo Braves Mark McAndrew Providence
137 Washington Bullets Merlin Wilson Georgetown
138 Cleveland Cavaliers Tim Sisneros Middle Tennessee
139 Boston Celtics John Clark Northeastern University
140 Golden State Warriors Stan Boskovich West Virginia
Round 9
141 Chicago Bulls John Thomas UConn
142 Atlanta Hawks Bob Kovach San Diego State
143 Kansas City Kings Dave Logan Colorado
144 Detroit Pistons Bill Martin Hartwick College
145 Portland Trail Blazers Rob Torresdal Linfield College
146 Milwaukee Bucks Bennie Shaw Central Florida
147 New York Knicks Archie Talley Salem University
148 New Orleans Jazz Calvin Robinson Mississippi Valley State University
149 Los Angeles Lakers David Pickett Louisiana-Monroe
150 Phoenix Suns John Irving Hofstra
151 Seattle SuperSonics Ron Johnson North Carolina A&T
152 Philadelphia 76ers Fly Williams Austin Peay State University
153 Buffalo Braves Bob Rozyczko St. Bonaventure
154 Washington Bullets Clyde Agnew Newberry College
155 Cleveland Cavaliers Bruce Parkinson Purdue
156 Boston Celtics Bill Collins Boston College
157 Golden State Warriors Howard Smith San Francisco
Round 10
158 Chicago Bulls John Hudson Concord University
159 Atlanta Hawks Mike Dickerson South Florida
160 Kansas City Kings Terry Bailey University of North Texas
161 Detroit Pistons Bob Johnson Wisconsin
162 Portland Trail Blazers Marcos Leite Pepperdine
163 New York Knicks Gene Shy Florida
164 New Orleans Jazz Art Johnson Iowa State
165 Milwaukee Bucks Hugo Cabrera None listed
166 Phoenix Suns Gary Jackson Arizona State
167 Seattle SuperSonics Ricky Lewis Alcorn State
168 Philadelphia 76ers Ed Stefanski Penn
169 Buffalo Braves Tim Stokes Canisius
170 Washington Bullets Mike Buescher Seton Hall
171 Cleveland Cavaliers Elisha McSweeney Minnesota State University, Mankato
172 Boston Celtics Otho Tucker Illinois
173 Golden State Warriors Ken Smith San Diego State

Selections by franchise

The same 173 selections arranged by the club that made them, using the franchise name as it stood in 1976.

  • Milwaukee Bucks 12 No. 7 Quinn Buckner, No. 23 Alex English, No. 24 Scott Lloyd, No. 40 Lloyd Walton, No. 59 Dan Frost, No. 75 Tom Lockhart, No. 77 James Rappis, No. 92 Phil Spence, No. 112 Ron Barrow, No. 129 Bob Warner, No. 146 Bennie Shaw, No. 165 Hugo Cabrera
  • Atlanta Hawks 11 No. 9 Armond Hill, No. 28 Bob Carrington, No. 46 Larry Cooke, No. 53 Tom Barker, No. 70 Ron Davis, No. 82 Connie White, No. 88 Pete Padgett, No. 106 Carl Gerlach, No. 124 Doug Terry, No. 142 Bob Kovach, No. 159 Mike Dickerson
  • Cleveland Cavaliers 11 No. 15 Chuckie Williams, No. 32 Mo Howard, No. 50 Abdul Jeelani, No. 66 John Engles, No. 84 Edmund Lawrence, No. 102 Harry Davis, No. 120 Johnny Britt, No. 123 Dale Koehler, No. 138 Tim Sisneros, No. 155 Bruce Parkinson, No. 171 Elisha McSweeney
  • Golden State Warriors 11 No. 8 Robert Parish, No. 17 Sonny Parker, No. 34 Marshall Rogers, No. 68 Jeff Fosnes, No. 86 Carl Bird, No. 91 Dwayne Barnett, No. 104 Gene Cunningham, No. 122 Jesse Campbell, No. 140 Stan Boskovich, No. 157 Howard Smith, No. 173 Ken Smith
  • Phoenix Suns 11 No. 10 Ron Lee, No. 30 Al Fleming, No. 33 Butch Feher, No. 45 Ira Terrell, No. 62 Paul Miller, No. 79 Ralph Walker, No. 97 Carl Brown, No. 115 Brad Warble, No. 133 Tom DeBerry, No. 150 John Irving, No. 166 Gary Jackson
  • Washington Bullets 11 No. 13 Mitch Kupchak, No. 14 Larry Wright, No. 31 Joe Pace, No. 49 Bill Cook, No. 65 Marion Hillard, No. 83 L.C. Mason, No. 101 Pat Tallent, No. 119 Ralph Vallot, No. 137 Merlin Wilson, No. 154 Clyde Agnew, No. 170 Mike Buescher
  • Chicago Bulls 10 No. 2 Scott May, No. 18 Willie Smith, No. 35 Dallas Smith, No. 37 Lars Hansen, No. 52 Keith Starr, No. 69 Nate Williams, No. 87 Tom Paulin, No. 105 Barry McLeod, No. 141 John Thomas, No. 158 John Hudson
  • Portland Trail Blazers 10 No. 5 Wally Walker, No. 20 Major Jones, No. 22 Johnny Davis, No. 39 Jeff Tyson, No. 56 David Everett, No. 73 Gary Redding, No. 109 Al DeWitt, No. 127 Brant Gibler, No. 145 Rob Torresdal, No. 162 Marcos Leite
  • Seattle SuperSonics 10 No. 11 Bob Wilkerson, No. 19 Bayard Forrest, No. 29 Dennis Johnson, No. 63 Willie Parr, No. 80 Robert Gray, No. 98 Daryl Peterson, No. 116 Mark Klein, No. 134 Norton Barnhill, No. 151 Ron Johnson, No. 167 Ricky Lewis
  • Boston Celtics 9 No. 16 Norm Cook, No. 51 Jerry Fort, No. 67 Lewis Linder, No. 85 Lewis McKinney, No. 103 Art Collins, No. 121 Ralph Drollinger, No. 139 John Clark, No. 156 Bill Collins, No. 172 Otho Tucker
  • Detroit Pistons 9 No. 4 Leon Douglas, No. 38 Phil Sellers, No. 55 Scott Thompson, No. 72 Jim Hearns, No. 90 Russell Davis, No. 108 Curt Peterson, No. 126 Randy Henry, No. 144 Bill Martin, No. 161 Bob Johnson
  • New Orleans Jazz 9 No. 26 Jacky Dorsey, No. 42 Steve Copp, No. 58 John Service, No. 74 Paul Griffin, No. 94 Bernard Tomlin, No. 111 Andy Walker, No. 128 Richard Bryant, No. 148 Calvin Robinson, No. 164 Art Johnson
  • New York Knicks 9 No. 25 Lonnie Shelton, No. 41 John McGill, No. 57 Rick Bullock, No. 76 Beaver Smith, No. 93 Joe Jones, No. 110 Boyd Batts, No. 130 Rick McCutcheon, No. 147 Archie Talley, No. 163 Gene Shy
  • Philadelphia 76ers 9 No. 12 Terry Furlow, No. 47 Ron Norwood, No. 64 Freeman Blade, No. 81 Jeff Brown, No. 99 Mike Dunleavy, No. 117 Phil Walker, No. 135 Lee Dixon, No. 152 Fly Williams, No. 168 Ed Stefanski
  • Houston Rockets 8 No. 1 John Lucas, No. 27 Phil Hicks, No. 44 Barnes Hauptfuhrer, No. 61 Hercle Ivy, No. 78 Dave Marrs, No. 96 Robert Paige, No. 114 Barry Davis, No. 132 Dan Krueger
  • Kansas City Kings 8 No. 3 Richard Washington, No. 54 Clarence Ramsey, No. 71 Willie Hodge, No. 89 Andre McCarter, No. 107 Craig Prosser, No. 125 Mike Davis, No. 143 Dave Logan, No. 160 Terry Bailey
  • Los Angeles Lakers 8 No. 21 Earl Tatum, No. 36 Mike Dabney, No. 43 Tom Abernethy, No. 60 Wayman Britt, No. 95 Ed Schweitzer, No. 113 Tommie Lipsey, No. 131 Ed Gregg, No. 149 David Pickett
  • Buffalo Braves 7 No. 6 Adrian Dantley, No. 48 Gary Brewster, No. 100 Danny Odums, No. 118 Frank Jones, No. 136 Mark McAndrew, No. 153 Bob Rozyczko, No. 169 Tim Stokes

Colleges and programs represented

131 programs produced at least one selection in the 1976 draft.

  • Indiana4
  • UCLA4
  • Arizona State3
  • San Diego State3
  • Alcorn State2
  • Arizona2
  • Boston College2
  • California2
  • Canisius2
  • Centenary (LA)2
  • Grambling State University2
  • Grand Canyon University2
  • Hofstra2
  • Illinois2
  • Iowa2
  • Iowa State2
  • Kansas State2
  • Marquette2
  • Maryland2
  • Memphis2
  • Oregon State2
  • Penn2
  • Pepperdine2
  • Princeton2
  • Rutgers University2
  • South Carolina2
  • Stanford2
  • Texas A&M2
  • University of Puget Sound2
  • Vanderbilt2
  • Virginia Tech2
  • Washington2
  • Washington State2
  • Western Michigan2
  • Wisconsin2
  • Alabama
  • Alabama State University
  • Albany State University
  • Auburn
  • Austin Peay State University
  • Bradley
  • Central Florida
  • Colorado
  • Concord University
  • Coppin State University
  • Dayton
  • DePaul
  • Duke
  • Eastern Illinois University
  • Eastern Kentucky University
  • Fairfield
  • Florida
  • George Washington
  • Georgetown
  • Georgia
  • Hardin-Simmons University
  • Hartwick College
  • Hawaii
  • Houston
  • Houston Baptist University
  • Illinois State
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky State University
  • LeMoyne-Owen College
  • Linfield College
  • Louisiana-Monroe
  • Loyola Chicago
  • Malone College
  • Manhattan University
  • Marymount College
  • McNeese State University
  • Mercyhurst College
  • Michigan
  • Michigan State
  • Middle Tennessee
  • Millersville
  • Minnesota State University, Mankato
  • Mississippi Valley State University
  • Missouri
  • Missouri Western State College
  • Montana State University, Billings
  • Morris Brown College
  • NC State
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • Newberry College
  • Niagara University
  • Norfolk State
  • North Carolina A&T
  • Northeastern University
  • Northern Arizona University
  • Notre Dame
  • Oregon
  • Pitt
  • Providence
  • Purdue
  • Saint Louis
  • Saint Mary's
  • Salem University
  • San Francisco
  • Seton Hall
  • SMU
  • South Florida
  • Southern University and A&M College
  • St. Bonaventure
  • St. John's
  • St. Thomas University
  • Tennessee Technological University
  • Texas
  • Texas State University
  • Texas Tech
  • Texas-El Paso
  • Tulane
  • UC Santa Barbara
  • UConn
  • UNC
  • University of Maine
  • University of North Texas
  • University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
  • University of Wisconsin-Parkside
  • UNLV
  • Utah
  • Utah State University
  • Virginia
  • Wake Forest
  • Weber State
  • West Texas A&M University
  • West Virginia
  • Western Kentucky
  • Wichita State
  • Winston-Salem State

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