1977 NBA Draft Results
1977 NBA Draft results with every pick in order, led by No. 1 pick Kent Benson to Milwaukee Bucks.
| Pick | Team | Player | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | |||
| 1 |  Milwaukee Bucks | Kent Benson | Indiana |
| 2 |  Kansas City Kings | Otis Birdsong | Houston |
| 3 | Milwaukee Bucks | Marques Johnson | UCLA |
| 4 |  Washington Bullets | Greg Ballard | Oregon |
| 5 |  Phoenix Suns | Walter Davis | UNC |
| 6 |  Los Angeles Lakers | Kenny Carr | NC State |
| 7 |  New Jersey Nets | Bernard King | Tennessee |
| 8 |  Seattle SuperSonics | Jack Sikma | Illinois Wesleyan University |
| 9 |  Denver Nuggets | Tom LaGarde | UNC |
| 10 |  New York Knicks | Ray Williams | Minnesota |
| 11 | Milwaukee Bucks | Ernie Grunfeld | Tennessee |
| 12 |  Boston Celtics | Cedric Maxwell | UNC Charlotte |
| 13 |  Chicago Bulls | Tate Armstrong | Duke |
| 14 |  Atlanta Hawks | Tree Rollins | Clemson |
| 15 | Los Angeles Lakers | Brad Davis | Maryland |
| 16 |  Golden State Warriors | Rickey Green | Michigan |
| 17 | Washington Bullets | Bo Ellis | Marquette |
| 18 | Golden State Warriors | Wesley Cox | Louisville |
| 19 |  Portland Trail Blazers | Rich Laurel | Hofstra |
| 20 |  Philadelphia 76ers | Glenn Mosley | Seton Hall |
| 21 | Denver Nuggets | Anthony Roberts | Oral Roberts |
| 22 | Los Angeles Lakers | Norm Nixon | Duquesne |
| Round 2 | |||
| 23 | Chicago Bulls | Mike Glenn | Southern Illinois |
| 24 |  Buffalo Braves | Larry Johnson | Kentucky |
| 25 | Philadelphia 76ers | Wilson Washington | Old Dominion |
| 26 | New York Knicks | Glen Gondrezick | UNLV |
| 27 | Milwaukee Bucks | Glen Williams | St. John's |
| 28 | Portland Trail Blazers | Kim Anderson | Missouri |
| 29 |  Indiana Pacers | Alonzo Bradley | Texas Southern |
| 30 | Chicago Bulls | Steve Sheppard | Maryland |
| 31 | Kansas City Kings | Eddie Owens | UNLV |
| 32 | New York Knicks | Toby Knight | Notre Dame |
| 33 |  Cleveland Cavaliers | Eddie Jordan | Rutgers University |
| 34 |  Houston Rockets | Larry Moffett | UNLV |
| 35 | Chicago Bulls | Mark Landsberger | Arizona State |
| 36 |  Detroit Pistons | Ben Poquette | Central Michigan University |
| 37 |  San Antonio Spurs | Jeff Wilkins | Illinois State |
| 38 | Golden State Warriors | Ricky Love | None listed |
| 39 | Washington Bullets | Phil Walker | Millersville |
| 40 | Houston Rockets | Robert Reid | St. Mary's University |
| 41 | Portland Trail Blazers | T.R. Dunn | Alabama |
| 42 | Philadelphia 76ers | Bob Elliott | Arizona |
| 43 | Philadelphia 76ers | Herm Harris | Arizona |
| 44 |  New Orleans Jazz | Essie Hollis | St. Bonaventure |
| Round 3 | |||
| 45 | Kansas City Kings | Bill Paterno | Notre Dame |
| 46 | Los Angeles Lakers | James Edwards | Washington |
| 47 | Milwaukee Bucks | Gary Yoder | Cincinnati |
| 48 | Atlanta Hawks | Sam Smith | UNLV |
| 49 | Atlanta Hawks | Eddie Johnson | Auburn |
| 50 | New Orleans Jazz | Tony Hanson | UConn |
| 51 | Indiana Pacers | Stan Mayhew | Weber State |
| 52 | Seattle SuperSonics | Joe Hassett | Providence |
| 53 | Kansas City Kings | John Kuester | UNC |
| 54 | New York Knicks | Lloyd McMillian | Cal State Long Beach |
| 55 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Steve Grote | Michigan |
| 56 | Boston Celtics | Skip Brown | Wake Forest |
| 57 | Washington Bullets | Steve Puidokas | Washington State |
| 58 | Detroit Pistons | John Irving | Hofstra |
| 59 | San Antonio Spurs | Dan Henderson | Arkansas State University |
| 60 | Golden State Warriors | Marlon Redmond | San Francisco |
| 61 | Washington Bullets | Jerry Schellenberg | Wake Forest |
| 62 | Houston Rockets | Phil Bond | Louisville |
| 63 | Portland Trail Blazers | Ricky Brown | Alabama |
| 64 | Philadelphia 76ers | Arnold Dugger | Oral Roberts |
| 65 | Denver Nuggets | Robert Smith | UNLV |
| 66 | Phoenix Suns | Mike Bratz | Stanford |
| Round 4 | |||
| 67 | New Jersey Nets | Bob Elmore | Wichita State |
| 68 | Buffalo Braves | Melvin Watkins | UNC Charlotte |
| 69 | Milwaukee Bucks | Lewis Brown | UNLV |
| 70 | Atlanta Hawks | Dave Bormann | Gardner-Webb University |
| 71 | Phoenix Suns | Greg Griffin | Idaho State University |
| 72 | New Orleans Jazz | Dennis Boyd | Detroit Mercy |
| 73 | Indiana Pacers | George Pendleton | Georgia State University |
| 74 | Seattle SuperSonics | Jim Cooper | Alabama State University |
| 75 | Kansas City Kings | Larry Williams | Texas Southern |
| 76 | New York Knicks | Steve Hayes | Idaho State University |
| 77 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Melvin Jones | West Texas A&M University |
| 78 | Boston Celtics | Jeff Cummings | Tulane |
| 79 | Chicago Bulls | Mike McConalthy | Louisiana Tech |
| 80 | Detroit Pistons | Bruce King | Iowa |
| 81 | San Antonio Spurs | Matt Hicks | Northern Illinois |
| 82 | Golden State Warriors | Roy Smith | Kentucky State University |
| 83 | Washington Bullets | David Reavis | Georgia |
| 84 | Houston Rockets | Rocky Smith | Oregon State |
| 85 | Portland Trail Blazers | Greg White | USC |
| 86 | Philadelphia 76ers | Jeff Jonas | Utah |
| 87 | Golden State Warriors | Leartha Scott | University of Wisconsin-Parkside |
| 88 | Los Angeles Lakers | Tony Robertson | West Virginia |
| Round 5 | |||
| 89 | New Jersey Nets | Gerald Cunningham | Kentucky State University |
| 90 | Buffalo Braves | Mike Hanley | Niagara University |
| 91 | Milwaukee Bucks | Ron Norwood | DePaul |
| 92 | Atlanta Hawks | Bill Gordon | Chattanooga |
| 93 | Phoenix Suns | Cecil Rellford | St. John's |
| 94 | New Orleans Jazz | Jim Grady | Gonzaga |
| 95 | Indiana Pacers | Marvin Jackson | Prairie View A&M University |
| 96 | Seattle SuperSonics | Dale Haverman | McKendree College |
| 97 | Kansas City Kings | Bob Chapman | Michigan State |
| 98 | New York Knicks | Bill Terry | Monmouth University |
| 99 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Al Smith | Jackson State University |
| 100 | Boston Celtics | Bill Langloh | Virginia |
| 101 | Chicago Bulls | Nate Davis | South Carolina |
| 102 | Detroit Pistons | Jim Kennedy | Missouri |
| 103 | San Antonio Spurs | Scott Sims | Missouri |
| 104 | Golden State Warriors | Ray Epps | Norfolk State |
| 105 | Washington Bullets | Bruce Parkinson | Purdue |
| 106 | Houston Rockets | Ed Thompson | Idaho State University |
| 107 | Portland Trail Blazers | Donn Wilber | La Salle |
| 108 | Philadelphia 76ers | Teko Wynder | Tulsa |
| 109 | Denver Nuggets | John Billips | Ole Miss |
| 110 | Los Angeles Lakers | John Robinson | Michigan |
| Round 6 | |||
| 111 | New Jersey Nets | Mark Crow | Duke |
| 112 | Buffalo Braves | Curvan Lewis | Virginia Union University |
| 113 | Milwaukee Bucks | Chuck Goodyear | Miami University |
| 114 | Atlanta Hawks | Calvin Crews | Louisiana |
| 115 | Phoenix Suns | Billy McKinney | Northwestern |
| 116 | New Orleans Jazz | Wayne Golden | Chattanooga |
| 117 | Indiana Pacers | Tom Scheffler | Purdue |
| 118 | Seattle SuperSonics | Bucky O'Brien | Seattle University |
| 119 | Kansas City Kings | Bob Cooper | Providence |
| 120 | New York Knicks | Jerry Craycraft | Milligan College |
| 121 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Ron Cox | Eastern Washington |
| 122 | Boston Celtics | Roy Pace | Rutgers University-Camden |
| 123 | Chicago Bulls | Jay Cheesman | BYU |
| 124 | Detroit Pistons | Herb Nobles | Kansas |
| 125 | San Antonio Spurs | Bruce Buckley | UNC |
| 126 | Golden State Warriors | Jack Phelan | Saint Francis University |
| 127 | Washington Bullets | Ernie Wansley | Virginia Tech |
| 128 | Portland Trail Blazers | Myron Jordan | University of the Pacific |
| 129 | Philadelphia 76ers | George Gibson | Winston-Salem State |
| 130 | Denver Nuggets | Jim Town | UMass |
| 131 | Los Angeles Lakers | Grover Woolard | Murray State |
| Round 7 | |||
| 132 | New Jersey Nets | Scott Conant | Newberry College |
| 133 | Buffalo Braves | Mike Jackson | Tennessee |
| 134 | Milwaukee Bucks | Ron Bostick | Detroit Mercy |
| 135 | Atlanta Hawks | James Holliman | Arizona State |
| 136 | Phoenix Suns | Alvin Scott | Oral Roberts |
| 137 | New Orleans Jazz | Lusia Harris | Delta State University |
| 138 | Seattle SuperSonics | Billy Reynolds | Northwestern State University |
| 139 | Kansas City Kings | Caitlyn Jenner | Graceland University |
| 140 | New York Knicks | Tom Weadock | St. John's |
| 141 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Bob Riddle | Eastern Michigan |
| 142 | Boston Celtics | Dave Kyle | Cleveland State University |
| 143 | Chicago Bulls | Mike Smith | University of Evansville |
| 144 | Detroit Pistons | Robert Lewis | Johnson C. Smith University |
| 145 | San Antonio Spurs | Richard Robinson | New Mexico |
| 146 | Golden State Warriors | Jerry Thruston | Mercer University |
| 147 | Washington Bullets | Calvin Brown | American University |
| 148 | Portland Trail Blazers | Don Smith | Oregon State |
| 149 | Philadelphia 76ers | Dennis Forrest | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 150 | Denver Nuggets | Willie High | Alabama State University |
| 151 | Los Angeles Lakers | Lars Hansen | Washington |
| Round 8 | |||
| 152 | New Jersey Nets | Ralph Drollinger | UCLA |
| 153 | Buffalo Braves | Emery Sammons | Philadelphia University |
| 154 | Milwaukee Bucks | Larry Pikes | UW-Milwaukee |
| 155 | Atlanta Hawks | Verne Thompson | BYU |
| 156 | Phoenix Suns | Alvin Joseph | University of California, Riverside |
| 157 | New Orleans Jazz | Dave Speicher | Toledo |
| 158 | Seattle SuperSonics | Jeff Frey | University of Evansville |
| 159 | New York Knicks | Ken Slappy | Saint Peter's College |
| 160 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Tom Cutter | Western Michigan |
| 161 | Boston Celtics | Tom Harris | Bowling Green |
| 162 | Chicago Bulls | Rich Rhodes | Eastern Illinois University |
| 163 | Detroit Pistons | Tim Appleton | Kenyon College |
| 164 | San Antonio Spurs | Jerome Gladney | Arizona |
| 165 | Golden State Warriors | Ricky Marsh | Manhattan University |
| 166 | Washington Bullets | Pat McKinley | Towson University |
| 167 | Portland Trail Blazers | Harold Rhodes | Washington |
| 168 | Philadelphia 76ers | John Olive | Villanova |
| 169 | Denver Nuggets | Len Sanders | Florida |
| 170 | Los Angeles Lakers | Art Allen | Pepperdine |