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1977 NBA Draft Results

1977 NBA Draft results with every pick in order, led by No. 1 pick Kent Benson to Milwaukee Bucks.

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The 1977 NBA Draft produced 170 selections across 8 rounds, with 22 franchises making at least one pick. Milwaukee Bucks held the first overall selection and took Kent Benson out of Indiana.

Milwaukee Bucks made the most selections that year with 10. 125 different colleges and programs were represented across the board, led by UNLV with 6 players drafted.

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

Selections by franchise

The same 170 selections arranged by the club that made them, using the franchise name as it stood in 1977.

  • Golden State Warriors 10 No. 16 Rickey Green, No. 18 Wesley Cox, No. 38 Ricky Love, No. 60 Marlon Redmond, No. 82 Roy Smith, No. 87 Leartha Scott, No. 104 Ray Epps, No. 126 Jack Phelan, No. 146 Jerry Thruston, No. 165 Ricky Marsh
  • Milwaukee Bucks 10 No. 1 Kent Benson, No. 3 Marques Johnson, No. 11 Ernie Grunfeld, No. 27 Glen Williams, No. 47 Gary Yoder, No. 69 Lewis Brown, No. 91 Ron Norwood, No. 113 Chuck Goodyear, No. 134 Ron Bostick, No. 154 Larry Pikes
  • Philadelphia 76ers 10 No. 20 Glenn Mosley, No. 25 Wilson Washington, No. 42 Bob Elliott, No. 43 Herm Harris, No. 64 Arnold Dugger, No. 86 Jeff Jonas, No. 108 Teko Wynder, No. 129 George Gibson, No. 149 Dennis Forrest, No. 168 John Olive
  • Washington Bullets 10 No. 4 Greg Ballard, No. 17 Bo Ellis, No. 39 Phil Walker, No. 57 Steve Puidokas, No. 61 Jerry Schellenberg, No. 83 David Reavis, No. 105 Bruce Parkinson, No. 127 Ernie Wansley, No. 147 Calvin Brown, No. 166 Pat McKinley
  • Chicago Bulls 9 No. 13 Tate Armstrong, No. 23 Mike Glenn, No. 30 Steve Sheppard, No. 35 Mark Landsberger, No. 79 Mike McConalthy, No. 101 Nate Davis, No. 123 Jay Cheesman, No. 143 Mike Smith, No. 162 Rich Rhodes
  • Los Angeles Lakers 9 No. 6 Kenny Carr, No. 15 Brad Davis, No. 22 Norm Nixon, No. 46 James Edwards, No. 88 Tony Robertson, No. 110 John Robinson, No. 131 Grover Woolard, No. 151 Lars Hansen, No. 170 Art Allen
  • New York Knicks 9 No. 10 Ray Williams, No. 26 Glen Gondrezick, No. 32 Toby Knight, No. 54 Lloyd McMillian, No. 76 Steve Hayes, No. 98 Bill Terry, No. 120 Jerry Craycraft, No. 140 Tom Weadock, No. 159 Ken Slappy
  • Portland Trail Blazers 9 No. 19 Rich Laurel, No. 28 Kim Anderson, No. 41 T.R. Dunn, No. 63 Ricky Brown, No. 85 Greg White, No. 107 Donn Wilber, No. 128 Myron Jordan, No. 148 Don Smith, No. 167 Harold Rhodes
  • Atlanta Hawks 8 No. 14 Tree Rollins, No. 48 Sam Smith, No. 49 Eddie Johnson, No. 70 Dave Bormann, No. 92 Bill Gordon, No. 114 Calvin Crews, No. 135 James Holliman, No. 155 Verne Thompson
  • Kansas City Kings 8 No. 2 Otis Birdsong, No. 31 Eddie Owens, No. 45 Bill Paterno, No. 53 John Kuester, No. 75 Larry Williams, No. 97 Bob Chapman, No. 119 Bob Cooper, No. 139 Caitlyn Jenner
  • Boston Celtics 7 No. 12 Cedric Maxwell, No. 56 Skip Brown, No. 78 Jeff Cummings, No. 100 Bill Langloh, No. 122 Roy Pace, No. 142 Dave Kyle, No. 161 Tom Harris
  • Cleveland Cavaliers 7 No. 33 Eddie Jordan, No. 55 Steve Grote, No. 77 Melvin Jones, No. 99 Al Smith, No. 121 Ron Cox, No. 141 Bob Riddle, No. 160 Tom Cutter
  • Denver Nuggets 7 No. 9 Tom LaGarde, No. 21 Anthony Roberts, No. 65 Robert Smith, No. 109 John Billips, No. 130 Jim Town, No. 150 Willie High, No. 169 Len Sanders
  • Detroit Pistons 7 No. 36 Ben Poquette, No. 58 John Irving, No. 80 Bruce King, No. 102 Jim Kennedy, No. 124 Herb Nobles, No. 144 Robert Lewis, No. 163 Tim Appleton
  • New Orleans Jazz 7 No. 44 Essie Hollis, No. 50 Tony Hanson, No. 72 Dennis Boyd, No. 94 Jim Grady, No. 116 Wayne Golden, No. 137 Lusia Harris, No. 157 Dave Speicher
  • Phoenix Suns 7 No. 5 Walter Davis, No. 66 Mike Bratz, No. 71 Greg Griffin, No. 93 Cecil Rellford, No. 115 Billy McKinney, No. 136 Alvin Scott, No. 156 Alvin Joseph
  • San Antonio Spurs 7 No. 37 Jeff Wilkins, No. 59 Dan Henderson, No. 81 Matt Hicks, No. 103 Scott Sims, No. 125 Bruce Buckley, No. 145 Richard Robinson, No. 164 Jerome Gladney
  • Seattle SuperSonics 7 No. 8 Jack Sikma, No. 52 Joe Hassett, No. 74 Jim Cooper, No. 96 Dale Haverman, No. 118 Bucky O'Brien, No. 138 Billy Reynolds, No. 158 Jeff Frey
  • Buffalo Braves 6 No. 24 Larry Johnson, No. 68 Melvin Watkins, No. 90 Mike Hanley, No. 112 Curvan Lewis, No. 133 Mike Jackson, No. 153 Emery Sammons
  • New Jersey Nets 6 No. 7 Bernard King, No. 67 Bob Elmore, No. 89 Gerald Cunningham, No. 111 Mark Crow, No. 132 Scott Conant, No. 152 Ralph Drollinger
  • Houston Rockets 5 No. 34 Larry Moffett, No. 40 Robert Reid, No. 62 Phil Bond, No. 84 Rocky Smith, No. 106 Ed Thompson
  • Indiana Pacers 5 No. 29 Alonzo Bradley, No. 51 Stan Mayhew, No. 73 George Pendleton, No. 95 Marvin Jackson, No. 117 Tom Scheffler

Colleges and programs represented

125 programs produced at least one selection in the 1977 draft.

  • UNLV6
  • UNC4
  • Arizona3
  • Idaho State University3
  • Michigan3
  • Missouri3
  • Oral Roberts3
  • St. John's3
  • Tennessee3
  • Washington3
  • Alabama2
  • Alabama State University2
  • Arizona State2
  • BYU2
  • Chattanooga2
  • Detroit Mercy2
  • Duke2
  • Hofstra2
  • Kentucky State University2
  • Louisville2
  • Maryland2
  • Notre Dame2
  • Oregon State2
  • Providence2
  • Purdue2
  • Texas Southern2
  • UCLA2
  • UNC Charlotte2
  • University of Evansville2
  • Wake Forest2
  • American University
  • Arkansas State University
  • Auburn
  • Bowling Green
  • Cal State Long Beach
  • Central Michigan University
  • Cincinnati
  • Clemson
  • Cleveland State University
  • Delta State University
  • DePaul
  • Duquesne
  • Eastern Illinois University
  • Eastern Michigan
  • Eastern Washington
  • Florida
  • Gardner-Webb University
  • Georgia
  • Georgia State University
  • Gonzaga
  • Graceland University
  • Houston
  • Illinois State
  • Illinois Wesleyan University
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Jackson State University
  • Johnson C. Smith University
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Kenyon College
  • La Salle
  • Louisiana
  • Louisiana Tech
  • Manhattan University
  • Marquette
  • McKendree College
  • Mercer University
  • Miami University
  • Michigan State
  • Millersville
  • Milligan College
  • Minnesota
  • Monmouth University
  • Murray State
  • NC State
  • Nebraska-Omaha
  • New Mexico
  • Newberry College
  • Niagara University
  • Norfolk State
  • Northern Illinois
  • Northwestern
  • Northwestern State University
  • Old Dominion
  • Ole Miss
  • Oregon
  • Pepperdine
  • Philadelphia University
  • Prairie View A&M University
  • Rutgers University
  • Rutgers University-Camden
  • Saint Francis University
  • Saint Peter's College
  • San Francisco
  • Seattle University
  • Seton Hall
  • South Carolina
  • Southern Illinois
  • St. Bonaventure
  • St. Mary's University
  • Stanford
  • Toledo
  • Towson University
  • Tulane
  • Tulsa
  • UConn
  • UMass
  • University of California, Riverside
  • University of the Pacific
  • University of Wisconsin-Parkside
  • USC
  • Utah
  • UW-Milwaukee
  • Villanova
  • Virginia
  • Virginia Tech
  • Virginia Union University
  • Washington State
  • Weber State
  • West Texas A&M University
  • West Virginia
  • Western Michigan
  • Wichita State
  • Winston-Salem State

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