1979 NBA Draft Results
1979 NBA Draft results with every pick in order, led by No. 1 pick Magic Johnson to Los Angeles Lakers.
| Pick | Team | Player | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | |||
| 1 |  Los Angeles Lakers | Magic Johnson | Michigan State |
| 2 |  Chicago Bulls | Dave Greenwood | UCLA |
| 3 |  New York Knicks | Bill Cartwright | San Francisco |
| 4 |  Detroit Pistons | Greg Kelser | Michigan State |
| 5 |  Milwaukee Bucks | Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas |
| 6 |  Seattle SuperSonics | James Bailey | Rutgers University |
| 7 | Seattle SuperSonics | Vinnie Johnson | Baylor |
| 8 |  New Jersey Nets | Calvin Natt | Louisiana-Monroe |
| 9 | New York Knicks | Larry Demic | Arizona |
| 10 | Detroit Pistons | Roy Hamilton | UCLA |
| 11 | New Jersey Nets | Cliff Robinson | USC |
| 12 |  Portland Trail Blazers | Jim Paxson | Dayton |
| 13 |  Indiana Pacers | Dudley Bradley | UNC |
| 14 | Los Angeles Lakers | Brad Holland | UCLA |
| 15 | Detroit Pistons | Phil Hubbard | Michigan |
| 16 |  Philadelphia 76ers | Jim Spanarkel | Duke |
| 17 |  Houston Rockets | Lee Johnson | None listed |
| 18 |  Kansas City Kings | Reggie King | Alabama |
| 19 |  San Antonio Spurs | Wiley Peck | Mississippi State |
| 20 |  Utah Jazz | Larry Knight | Loyola Chicago |
| 21 | New York Knicks | Sly Williams | Rhode Island |
| 22 |  Phoenix Suns | Kyle Macy | Kentucky |
| Round 2 | |||
| 23 | Utah Jazz | Tico Brown | Georgia Tech |
| 24 | Phoenix Suns | Johnny High | Nevada |
| 25 | Los Angeles Lakers | Ollie Mack | East Carolina University |
| 26 |  Cleveland Cavaliers | Bruce Flowers | Notre Dame |
| 27 | New York Knicks | Reggie Carter | St. John's |
| 28 |  Golden State Warriors | Danny Salisbury | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
| 29 | Detroit Pistons | Tony Price | Penn |
| 30 |  Denver Nuggets | Gary Garland | DePaul |
| 31 | Milwaukee Bucks | Edgar Jones | Nevada |
| 32 | Indiana Pacers | Tony Zeno | Arizona State |
| 33 | Chicago Bulls | Lawrence Butler | Idaho State University |
| 34 | New York Knicks | Kim Goetz | San Diego State |
| 35 |  Atlanta Hawks | James Bradley | Memphis |
| 36 | Philadelphia 76ers | Clint Richardson | Seattle University |
| 37 | Philadelphia 76ers | Bernard Toone | Marquette |
| 38 | Atlanta Hawks | Larry Wilson | Nicholls State |
| 39 | Los Angeles Lakers | Victor King | Louisiana Tech |
| 40 | Portland Trail Blazers | Andrew Fields | Cheyney (PA) |
| 41 | Los Angeles Lakers | Mark Young | Fairfield |
| 42 | Houston Rockets | Paul Mokeski | Kansas |
| 43 | Seattle SuperSonics | Johnny Moore | Texas |
| 44 |  Washington Bullets | Joe DeSantis | Fairfield |
| Round 3 | |||
| 45 | Utah Jazz | Arvid Kramer | Augustana College (SD) |
| 46 | Washington Bullets | Andrew Parker | Iowa State |
| 47 | Chicago Bulls | Calvin Garrett | Oral Roberts |
| 48 | Detroit Pistons | Terry Duerod | Detroit Mercy |
| 49 | Chicago Bulls | Cedrick Hordges | South Carolina |
| 50 | New York Knicks | Geoff Huston | Texas Tech |
| 51 | New Jersey Nets | John Gerdy | Davidson |
| 52 | Milwaukee Bucks | Larry Gibson | Maryland |
| 53 |  Boston Celtics | Wayne Kreklow | Drake University |
| 54 | Golden State Warriors | Cheese Johnson | Wichita State |
| 55 |  San Diego Clippers | Tom Channel | Boston University |
| 56 | Portland Trail Blazers | Mickey Fox | Saint Mary's University |
| 57 | Atlanta Hawks | Don Marsh | Franklin & Marshall College |
| 58 | Philadelphia 76ers | Earl Cureton | Detroit Mercy |
| 59 | Houston Rockets | Ricardo Brown | Pepperdine |
| 60 | Los Angeles Lakers | Walter Daniels | Georgia |
| 61 | Boston Celtics | Ernesto Malcolm | Briar Cliff University |
| 62 | Kansas City Kings | Terry Crosby | Tennessee |
| 63 | San Antonio Spurs | Sylvester Norris | Jackson State University |
| 64 | Phoenix Suns | Al Green | LSU |
| 65 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Bill Laimbeer | Notre Dame |
| 66 | Washington Bullets | Charles Floyd | High Point University |
| Round 4 | |||
| 67 | Utah Jazz | Greg Deane | Utah |
| 68 | Boston Celtics | Nick Galis | Seton Hall |
| 69 | Milwaukee Bucks | Eugene Robinson | Louisiana-Monroe |
| 70 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Rick Swing | The Citadel |
| 71 | New York Knicks | Larry Rogers | SE Missouri State |
| 72 | Chicago Bulls | George Maynor | East Carolina University |
| 73 | Seattle SuperSonics | James Donaldson | Washington State |
| 74 | Indiana Pacers | Don Newman | Idaho |
| 75 | Golden State Warriors | Ron Ripley | Green Bay |
| 76 | Houston Rockets | Sammy Drummer | Georgia Tech |
| 77 | San Diego Clippers | Lionel Garrett | Southern University and A&M College |
| 78 | Portland Trail Blazers | Darryl Robinson | Appalachian State University |
| 79 | Los Angeles Lakers | Ray White | Mississippi State |
| 80 | Houston Rockets | Lionel Green | LSU |
| 81 | Los Angeles Lakers | Ricky Reed | Temple |
| 82 | Golden State Warriors | Jerry Sichting | Purdue |
| 83 | Philadelphia 76ers | Mike Niles | Cal State Fullerton |
| 84 | San Antonio Spurs | Al Daniel | Furman University |
| 85 | Kansas City Kings | John McCullough | Oklahoma |
| 86 | Phoenix Suns | Malcolm Cesare | Florida |
| 87 | Seattle SuperSonics | Richie Allen | Cal State Dominguez Hills |
| 88 | Washington Bullets | Lamont Reid | Oral Roberts |
| Round 5 | |||
| 89 | Utah Jazz | Perry Wolfe | Stanford |
| 90 | Boston Celtics | Jimmy Allen | University of New Haven |
| 91 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Matt Simpkins | Georgia Southern University |
| 92 | Detroit Pistons | Flintie Ray Williams | UNLV |
| 93 | Chicago Bulls | Larry Washington | Drury University |
| 94 | New York Knicks | Johnny Green | University of California, Riverside |
| 95 | New Jersey Nets | Jim Abromaitis | UConn |
| 96 | Golden State Warriors | George Lett | Centenary (LA) |
| 97 | Milwaukee Bucks | Jim Tillman | Eastern Kentucky University |
| 98 | Indiana Pacers | Billy Reid | San Francisco |
| 99 | San Diego Clippers | Greg Joyner | Middle Tennessee |
| 100 | Portland Trail Blazers | Matt White | Penn |
| 101 | Atlanta Hawks | Tiny Pinder | NC State |
| 102 | Denver Nuggets | Larry Williams | Louisville |
| 103 | Philadelphia 76ers | Carl McPipe | Nebraska |
| 104 | Houston Rockets | Allen Leavell | Oklahoma City University |
| 105 | Kansas City Kings | Curtis Watkins | DePaul |
| 106 | San Antonio Spurs | Steve Schall | Arkansas |
| 107 | Phoenix Suns | Mark Eaton | UCLA |
| 108 | Washington Bullets | Marshall Ashford | Virginia Tech |
| Round 6 | |||
| 109 | Utah Jazz | Ernie Cobb | Boston College |
| 110 | Boston Celtics | Marvin Delph | Arkansas |
| 111 | Detroit Pistons | Truman Claytor | Kentucky |
| 112 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Jon Manning | University of North Texas |
| 113 | New York Knicks | Phil Abney | New Mexico |
| 114 | Chicago Bulls | Steve Smith | USC |
| 115 | New Jersey Nets | Tony Smith | UNLV |
| 116 | Milwaukee Bucks | Derrick Mayes | Illinois State |
| 117 | Indiana Pacers | Greg Guye | Stetson University |
| 118 | Golden State Warriors | Jim Mitchem | DePaul |
| 119 | San Diego Clippers | Bob Bender | Duke |
| 120 | Portland Trail Blazers | Ray Ellis | Pepperdine |
| 121 | Atlanta Hawks | Dwight Williams | Gardner-Webb University |
| 122 | Denver Nuggets | Odell Ball | Marquette |
| 123 | Philadelphia 76ers | Dan Hartshorne | Oregon |
| 124 | Houston Rockets | Collie Davis | Southern University and A&M College |
| 125 | San Antonio Spurs | Terry Knight | Pitt |
| 126 | Kansas City Kings | Bob Roma | Princeton |
| 127 | Phoenix Suns | Dale Shackleford | Syracuse |
| 128 | Washington Bullets | Garcia Hopkins | Morgan State University |
| Round 7 | |||
| 129 | Utah Jazz | Paul Poe | Louisiana College |
| 130 | Boston Celtics | Steve Castellan | Virginia |
| 131 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Steve Skaggs | Ohio University |
| 132 | Detroit Pistons | Ken Jones | Saint Mary's |
| 133 | Chicago Bulls | Mike Eversley | Chicago State |
| 134 | New York Knicks | Marc Coleman | Seton Hall |
| 135 | New Jersey Nets | Jim Strickland | South Carolina |
| 136 | Indiana Pacers | Dirk Ewing | Stetson University |
| 137 | Golden State Warriors | Ren Watson | VCU |
| 138 | Milwaukee Bucks | Stan Ray | Cal State Fullerton |
| 139 | San Diego Clippers | Jene Grey | LeMoyne College |
| 140 | Portland Trail Blazers | Jeff Tropf | Central Michigan University |
| 141 | Atlanta Hawks | Tim Waterman | St. Bonaventure |
| 142 | Philadelphia 76ers | Bobby Willis | Penn |
| 143 | Houston Rockets | Rich Valavicius | Auburn |
| 144 | Denver Nuggets | John Johnson | Creighton |
| 145 | Kansas City Kings | Nick Daniels | Xavier |
| 146 | San Antonio Spurs | Tyrone Branyan | Texas |
| 147 | Phoenix Suns | Ollie Matson Jr. | Pepperdine |
| Round 8 | |||
| 148 | Utah Jazz | Keith McDonald | Utah State University |
| 149 | Boston Celtics | Glenn Sudhop | NC State |
| 150 | Detroit Pistons | Rodney Lee | Memphis |
| 151 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Mark Haymore | UMass |
| 152 | New York Knicks | Billy Tucker | Tennessee State |
| 153 | Chicago Bulls | Tony Warren | NC State |
| 154 | New Jersey Nets | Henry Hollingsworth | Hofstra |
| 155 | Golden State Warriors | Mario Butler | Briar Cliff University |
| 156 | Milwaukee Bucks | Larry Spicer | UAB |
| 157 | Indiana Pacers | Brian Magid | George Washington |
| 158 | San Diego Clippers | Renaldo Lawrence | Appalachian State University |
| 159 | Portland Trail Blazers | Willie Pounds | Chaminade University of Honolulu |
| 160 | Atlanta Hawks | John Goedeke | UMBC |
| 161 | Houston Rockets | Delbert Watson | East Tennessee State University |
| 162 | Denver Nuggets | Matt Teahan | Denver |
| 163 | Philadelphia 76ers | Rick Raivio | University of Portland |
| 164 | Kansas City Kings | Tony Vann | None listed |
| 165 | Phoenix Suns | Charles Jones | Albany State University |
| 166 | Washington Bullets | Jo Jo Walters | Manhattan University |
| Round 9 | |||
| 167 | Utah Jazz | Milt Huggins | Southern Illinois |
| 168 | Boston Celtics | Kevin Sinnett | United States Naval Academy |
| 169 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Tim Joyce | Ohio University |
| 170 | Detroit Pistons | Val Bracey | Central Michigan University |
| 171 | Chicago Bulls | James Jackson | Minnesota |
| 172 | New York Knicks | Brett Wyatt | New Jersey City University |
| 173 | New Jersey Nets | Ricky Free | Columbia University |
| 174 | Milwaukee Bucks | Roger Lapham | University of Maine |
| 175 | Golden State Warriors | Gene Ransom | California |
| 176 | San Diego Clippers | Mike Dodd | San Diego State |
| 177 | Portland Trail Blazers | Stan Eckwood | Harding University |
| 178 | Atlanta Hawks | Cedric Oliver | Hamilton College |
| 179 | Denver Nuggets | Emmett Lewis | Colorado |
| 180 | Philadelphia 76ers | Coby Leavitt | Utah |
| 181 | Kansas City Kings | Gary Wilson | Southern Illinois |
| 182 | San Antonio Spurs | Eddie McLeod | UNLV |
| 183 | Phoenix Suns | Hosea Champine | Robert Morris University (PA) |
| 184 | Washington Bullets | Gary Ray Hooker | Murray State |
| Round 10 | |||
| 185 | Utah Jazz | Paul Dawkins | Northern Illinois |
| 186 | Boston Celtics | Alton Byrd | Columbia University |
| 187 | Detroit Pistons | Willie Polk | Grand Canyon University |
| 188 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Terry Peavy | Point Park University |
| 189 | New York Knicks | Gordon Thomas | St. John's |
| 190 | Chicago Bulls | Marvin Thomas | UCLA |
| 191 | New Jersey Nets | Eric Fleisher | Tulane |
| 192 | Golden State Warriors | Kevin Heenan | Cal State Fullerton |
| 193 | Milwaukee Bucks | Chris Fahrbach | University of North Dakota |
| 194 | San Diego Clippers | Greg Hunter | Loyola Marymount |
| 195 | Portland Trail Blazers | Kelvin Small | Oregon |
| 196 | Atlanta Hawks | Chad Nelson | Drake University |
| 197 | Chicago Bulls | Cortez Collins | Southern Indiana |
| 198 | Philadelphia 76ers | Keith McCord | UAB |
| 199 | San Antonio Spurs | Glenn Fine | Harvard University |
| 200 | Kansas City Kings | Russell Saunders | New Mexico |
| 201 | Phoenix Suns | Korky Nelson | Santa Clara |
| 202 | Washington Bullets | Steve Martin | Georgetown |