1978 NBA Draft Results
1978 NBA Draft results with every pick in order, led by No. 1 pick Mychal Thompson to Portland Trail Blazers.
| Pick | Team | Player | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | |||
| 1 |  Portland Trail Blazers | Mychal Thompson | Minnesota |
| 2 |  Kansas City Kings | Phil Ford | UNC |
| 3 |  Indiana Pacers | Rick Robey | Kentucky |
| 4 |  New York Knicks | Michael Ray Richardson | Montana |
| 5 |  Golden State Warriors | Purvis Short | Jackson State University |
| 6 |  Boston Celtics | Larry Bird | Indiana State University |
| 7 | Portland Trail Blazers | Ron Brewer | Arkansas |
| 8 | Boston Celtics | Freeman Williams | Portland State |
| 9 |  Chicago Bulls | Reggie Theus | UNLV |
| 10 |  Atlanta Hawks | Butch Lee | Marquette |
| 11 |  New Orleans Jazz | James Hardy | San Francisco |
| 12 |  Milwaukee Bucks | George Johnson | St. John's |
| 13 |  New Jersey Nets | Winford Boynes | San Francisco |
| 14 |  Washington Bullets | Roger Phegley | Bradley |
| 15 |  Cleveland Cavaliers | Mike Mitchell | Auburn |
| 16 | Atlanta Hawks | Jack Givens | Kentucky |
| 17 |  Denver Nuggets | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest |
| 18 | Washington Bullets | Dave Corzine | DePaul |
| 19 |  Phoenix Suns | Marty Byrnes | Syracuse |
| 20 |  San Antonio Spurs | Frankie Sanders | Southern University and A&M College |
| 21 | Denver Nuggets | Mike Evans | Kansas State |
| 22 | Golden State Warriors | Raymond Townsend | UCLA |
| Round 2 | |||
| 23 |  Detroit Pistons | Terry Tyler | Detroit Mercy |
| 24 | Portland Trail Blazers | Keith Herron | Villanova |
| 25 | Atlanta Hawks | Rick Wilson | Louisville |
| 26 |  Los Angeles Lakers | Ron Carter | Virginia Military Institute |
| 27 | Indiana Pacers | Wayne Radford | Indiana |
| 28 |  Houston Rockets | Buster Matheney | Utah |
| 29 | Detroit Pistons | John Long | Detroit Mercy |
| 30 | Boston Celtics | Jeff Judkins | Utah |
| 31 | Chicago Bulls | Marvin Johnson | New Mexico |
| 32 | New York Knicks | John Rudd | McNeese State University |
| 33 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Harry Davis | Florida State |
| 34 | New York Knicks | Greg Bunch | Cal State Fullerton |
| 35 | New Orleans Jazz | Tommie Green | Southern University and A&M College |
| 36 |  Philadelphia 76ers | Maurice Cheeks | West Texas A&M University |
| 37 | Washington Bullets | Terry Sykes | Grambling State University |
| 38 | Los Angeles Lakers | Lew Massey | UNC Charlotte |
| 39 |  Seattle SuperSonics | James Lee | Kentucky |
| 40 | Golden State Warriors | Wayne Cooper | New Orleans |
| 41 |  San Diego Clippers | Jerome Whitehead | Marquette |
| 42 | Seattle SuperSonics | Keven McDonald | Penn |
| 43 | Philadelphia 76ers | Glenn Hagan | St. Bonaventure |
| 44 | Portland Trail Blazers | Clemon Johnson | Florida A&M |
| Round 3 | |||
| 45 | New Jersey Nets | Mike Phillips | Kentucky |
| 46 | Denver Nuggets | Hollis Copeland | Rutgers University |
| 47 | Houston Rockets | Billy Ray Bates | Kentucky State University |
| 48 | San Diego Clippers | Mike Santos | Utah State University |
| 49 | Kansas City Kings | Jeff Cook | Idaho State University |
| 50 | Boston Celtics | Dana Skinner | Merrimack College |
| 51 | San Diego Clippers | Ricky Gallon | Louisville |
| 52 | Kansas City Kings | Mike Russell | Texas Tech |
| 53 | Chicago Bulls | Randy Ayers | Miami University |
| 54 | Atlanta Hawks | Steve Grant | Manhattan University |
| 55 | New York Knicks | Marc Iavaroni | Virginia |
| 56 | Golden State Warriors | Steve Neff | Southern Nazarene University |
| 57 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Kenny Higgs | LSU |
| 58 | Washington Bullets | Rick Apke | Creighton |
| 59 | Milwaukee Bucks | Pat Cummings | Cincinnati |
| 60 | Los Angeles Lakers | Michael Cooper | New Mexico |
| 61 | Seattle SuperSonics | Dave Baxter | Michigan |
| 62 | New Jersey Nets | Dave Batton | Notre Dame |
| 63 | Phoenix Suns | Joel Kramer | San Diego State |
| 64 | San Antonio Spurs | Gerald Henderson | VCU |
| 65 | San Diego Clippers | Marvin Delph | Arkansas |
| 66 | Portland Trail Blazers | Sterling Edmonds | Dartmouth College |
| Round 4 | |||
| 67 | Houston Rockets | Jackie Robinson | UNLV |
| 68 | San Diego Clippers | Jim Boylan | Marquette |
| 69 | Houston Rockets | Joel Thompson | Michigan |
| 70 | Kansas City Kings | Geoff Crompton | UNC |
| 71 | Indiana Pacers | Rickey Lee | Oregon State |
| 72 | Boston Celtics | Dave Nelson | Bloomfield College |
| 73 | San Diego Clippers | Larry Harris | Pitt |
| 74 | New Orleans Jazz | Mel Davis | University of North Texas |
| 75 | New Orleans Jazz | Jeff Covington | Youngstown State University |
| 76 | San Diego Clippers | Leroy McDonald | Wake Forest |
| 77 | Golden State Warriors | Derrick Jackson | Georgetown |
| 78 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Stan Rome | Clemson |
| 79 | New York Knicks | Erving Giddings | Dayton |
| 80 | Milwaukee Bucks | Otis Howard | Austin Peay State University |
| 81 | Washington Bullets | Lawrence Boston | Maryland |
| 82 | Los Angeles Lakers | Harold Robertson | Lincoln University of Missouri |
| 83 | Seattle SuperSonics | Billy Lewis | Illinois State |
| 84 | New Jersey Nets | Walter Jordan | Purdue |
| 85 | Phoenix Suns | Bob Miller | Cincinnati |
| 86 | San Antonio Spurs | Rich Adams | Illinois |
| 87 | Philadelphia 76ers | Brett Vroman | UNLV |
| 88 | Phoenix Suns | Wayne Smith | University of California, Irvine |
| Round 5 | |||
| 89 | New Jersey Nets | Cecil Rose | Houston |
| 90 | San Diego Clippers | David Thompson | Florida State |
| 91 | Houston Rockets | Gary Goodner | Texas |
| 92 | Indiana Pacers | James Sparrow | North Carolina A&T |
| 93 | Kansas City Kings | Derrick Clairborne | UMass |
| 94 | Boston Celtics | Greg Tynes | Seton Hall |
| 95 | Detroit Pistons | Dave Caligaris | Northeastern University |
| 96 | New Orleans Jazz | Duck Williams | Notre Dame |
| 97 | Chicago Bulls | Ron Anthony | Jacksonville University |
| 98 | Atlanta Hawks | Chris Potter | Holy Cross |
| 99 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Ken Koenigs | Kansas |
| 100 | New York Knicks | Greg Green | Southern University and A&M College |
| 101 | Golden State Warriors | Bubba Wilson | Western Carolina University |
| 102 | Washington Bullets | Roger Dickens | Towson University |
| 103 | Milwaukee Bucks | Russ Coleman | University of the Pacific |
| 104 | Los Angeles Lakers | Carlos Terry | Winston-Salem State |
| 105 | Seattle SuperSonics | Ralph Drollinger | UCLA |
| 106 | Denver Nuggets | Michael Edwards | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
| 107 | Phoenix Suns | Andre Wakefield | Loyola Chicago |
| 108 | San Antonio Spurs | Eugene Parker | Purdue |
| 109 | Philadelphia 76ers | Mark Haymore | UMass |
| 110 | Portland Trail Blazers | Clay Johnson | Missouri |
| Round 6 | |||
| 111 | New Jersey Nets | Golie Augustus | South Carolina |
| 112 | San Diego Clippers | Bob Misevicius | Providence |
| 113 | Houston Rockets | Eddie Joe Chavez | Santa Clara |
| 114 | Kansas City Kings | Jim Krivacs | Texas |
| 115 | Indiana Pacers | Sherman Dillard | James Madison University |
| 116 | Boston Celtics | Dave Winey | Minnesota |
| 117 | Detroit Pistons | Audie Matthews | Illinois |
| 118 | New Orleans Jazz | John Douglas | Kansas |
| 119 | Chicago Bulls | John Shoemaker | Miami University |
| 120 | Atlanta Hawks | Gerald Glover | Howard University |
| 121 | New York Knicks | Eddie Warren | Briar Cliff University |
| 122 | Golden State Warriors | Buzz Harnett | University of San Diego |
| 123 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Ron Bell | Virginia Tech |
| 124 | Milwaukee Bucks | Dave Kyle | Cleveland State University |
| 125 | Washington Bullets | Archie Aldridge | Miami University |
| 126 | Los Angeles Lakers | Kim Stewart | Washington |
| 127 | Denver Nuggets | Robert Heard | Columbus State University |
| 128 | Phoenix Suns | Charles Thompson | Houston |
| 129 | San Antonio Spurs | Harry Morgan | Indiana State University |
| 130 | Philadelphia 76ers | Osborne Lockhart | Minnesota |
| 131 | Portland Trail Blazers | Tim Evans | University of Puget Sound |
| Round 7 | |||
| 132 | New Jersey Nets | Doug Jemison | San Francisco |
| 133 | San Diego Clippers | Stan Pietkiewicz | Auburn |
| 134 | Houston Rockets | Stan Stewart | Loyola Marymount |
| 135 | Indiana Pacers | Ollie Matson Jr. | Pepperdine |
| 136 | Kansas City Kings | Charles McMillian | University of North Texas |
| 137 | Boston Celtics | Steve Balkun | Fairfield |
| 138 | Detroit Pistons | Herb Entzminger | Johnson C. Smith University |
| 139 | New Orleans Jazz | Willie Howard | New Mexico |
| 140 | Chicago Bulls | Jarvis Reynolds | West Georgia |
| 141 | Atlanta Hawks | Jim DeWeese | Gonzaga |
| 142 | Golden State Warriors | Rick Bernard | Saint Mary's |
| 143 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Tony Smith | UNLV |
| 144 | New York Knicks | Gary Pember | Nasson College |
| 145 | Washington Bullets | Ed Hopkins | Georgetown |
| 146 | Milwaukee Bucks | Kim Anderson | Missouri |
| 147 | Los Angeles Lakers | Larry Paige | Colorado State |
| 148 | Denver Nuggets | Jack Gilloon | South Carolina |
| 149 | Phoenix Suns | Steve Malovic | San Diego State |
| 150 | San Antonio Spurs | Hector Olivencia | Sacred Heart University |
| 151 | Philadelphia 76ers | Anthony Murray | Alabama |
| 152 | Portland Trail Blazers | Walter Reason | Pacific University |
| Round 8 | |||
| 153 | New Jersey Nets | Bruce Campbell | Providence |
| 154 | San Diego Clippers | Felton Young | Jacksonville University |
| 155 | Kansas City Kings | Ron Hammye | Bowling Green |
| 156 | Boston Celtics | Kim Fisher | Fairfield |
| 157 | Detroit Pistons | Earl Evans | UNLV |
| 158 | New Orleans Jazz | Carl Kilpatrick | Louisiana-Monroe |
| 159 | Chicago Bulls | Chubby Cox | San Francisco |
| 160 | Atlanta Hawks | Ed Murphy | Merrimack College |
| 161 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Roland Martin | Missouri Southern State |
| 162 | New York Knicks | Greg Sanders | St. Bonaventure |
| 163 | Golden State Warriors | Tony Searcy | Appalachian State University |
| 164 | Milwaukee Bucks | Tom Zaliagiris | UNC |
| 165 | Washington Bullets | Nestor Cora | St. Francis College |
| 166 | Denver Nuggets | Larry Vaculik | Colorado |
| 167 | Phoenix Suns | George Fowler | University of the Pacific |
| 168 | San Antonio Spurs | Henry Taylor | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
| 169 | Philadelphia 76ers | Alan Cunningham | Colorado State |
| 170 | Portland Trail Blazers | Mark Wickman | Linfield College |
| Round 9 | |||
| 171 | New Jersey Nets | Frank Sowinski | Princeton |
| 172 | San Diego Clippers | Bobby White | Centenary (LA) |
| 173 | Boston Celtics | Les Anderson | George Washington |
| 174 | Detroit Pistons | Ulice Payne | Marquette |
| 175 | New Orleans Jazz | Chad Nelson | Drake University |
| 176 | Chicago Bulls | Joe Ponsetto | DePaul |
| 177 | Atlanta Hawks | Maurice Robinson | West Virginia |
| 178 | New York Knicks | Denny Fields | UNC Wilmington |
| 179 | Golden State Warriors | Bobby Humbles | Bradley |
| 180 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Steve Bayless | Central State University |
| 181 | Washington Bullets | Tim Claxton | Temple |
| 182 | Milwaukee Bucks | Gary Rosenberger | Marquette |
| 183 | Denver Nuggets | Tom Schneeberger | Air Force |
| 184 | Phoenix Suns | Nate Stokes | Grand Canyon University |
| 185 | San Antonio Spurs | Rick Taylor | Arizona State |
| 186 | Portland Trail Blazers | Paul Cozens | Holy Cross |
| Round 10 | |||
| 187 | New Jersey Nets | Michael Vicens | Holy Cross |
| 188 | Boston Celtics | Walter Harrigan | Brandeis University |
| 189 | Detroit Pistons | Dave Grauzer | Central Michigan University |
| 190 | New Orleans Jazz | Rickey Williams | Cal State Long Beach |
| 191 | Chicago Bulls | Mark Tucker | Oklahoma State |
| 192 | Atlanta Hawks | Marshall Lester | Florida Southern College |
| 193 | Golden State Warriors | Mike Muff | Murray State |
| 194 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Gary Winton | United States Military Academy |
| 195 | New York Knicks | Ernest Simons | Pace University |
| 196 | Milwaukee Bucks | Tom Anderson | Green Bay |
| 197 | Washington Bullets | Steve Connor | Boise State |
| 198 | Denver Nuggets | Phil Taylor | Arizona |
| 199 | Phoenix Suns | Lewis Cohen | Cal Poly |
| 200 | San Antonio Spurs | Larry Brewster | Florida |
| 201 | Philadelphia 76ers | Dennis James | Widener University |
| 202 | Portland Trail Blazers | Tim Warkentin | Biola University |