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