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1985 NBA Draft Results

1985 NBA Draft results with every pick in order, led by No. 1 pick Patrick Ewing to New York Knicks.

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The 1985 NBA Draft produced 162 selections across 7 rounds, with 23 franchises making at least one pick. New York Knicks held the first overall selection and took Patrick Ewing out of Georgetown.

Indiana Pacers made the most selections that year with 10. 109 different colleges and programs were represented across the board, led by Villanova with 3 players drafted.

Pick Team Player College
Round 1
1 New York Knicks Patrick Ewing Georgetown
2 Indiana Pacers Wayman Tisdale Oklahoma
3 LA Clippers Benoit Benjamin Creighton
4 Seattle SuperSonics Xavier McDaniel Wichita State
5 Atlanta Hawks Jon Koncak SMU
6 Sacramento Kings Joe Kleine Arkansas
7 Golden State Warriors Chris Mullin St. John's
8 Dallas Mavericks Detlef Schrempf Washington
9 Cleveland Cavaliers Charles Oakley Virginia Union University
10 Phoenix Suns Ed Pinckney Villanova
11 Chicago Bulls Keith Lee Memphis
12 Washington Bullets Kenny Green Wake Forest
13 Utah Jazz Karl Malone Louisiana Tech
14 San Antonio Spurs Alfredrick Hughes Loyola Chicago
15 Denver Nuggets Blair Rasmussen Oregon
16 Dallas Mavericks Bill Wennington St. John's
17 Dallas Mavericks Uwe Blab Indiana
18 Detroit Pistons Joe Dumars McNeese State University
19 Houston Rockets Steve Harris Tulsa
20 Boston Celtics Sam Vincent Michigan State
21 Philadelphia 76ers Terry Catledge University of South Alabama
22 Milwaukee Bucks Jerry Reynolds LSU
23 Los Angeles Lakers A.C. Green Oregon State
24 Portland Trail Blazers Terry Porter University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Round 2
25 Portland Trail Blazers Mike Smrek Canisius
26 Indiana Pacers Bill Martin Georgetown
27 Indiana Pacers Dwayne McClain Villanova
28 Chicago Bulls Ken Johnson Michigan State
29 San Antonio Spurs Mike Brittain South Carolina
30 Cleveland Cavaliers Calvin Duncan VCU
31 Washington Bullets Manute Bol University of Bridgeport
32 Phoenix Suns Nick Vanos Santa Clara
33 Philadelphia 76ers Greg Stokes Iowa
34 Chicago Bulls Aubrey Sherrod Wichita State
35 San Antonio Spurs Tyrone Corbin DePaul
36 New Jersey Nets Yvon Joseph Georgia Tech
37 Utah Jazz Carey Scurry Long Island University
38 New Jersey Nets Fernando Martín None listed
39 Portland Trail Blazers George Montgomery Illinois
40 Dallas Mavericks Mark Acres Oral Roberts
41 Atlanta Hawks Lorenzo Charles NC State
42 Golden State Warriors Bobby Lee Hurt Alabama
43 Denver Nuggets Barry Stevens Iowa State
44 Philadelphia 76ers Voise Winters Bradley
45 Cleveland Cavaliers Hot Rod Williams Tulane
46 Chicago Bulls Adrian Branch Maryland
47 New York Knicks Gerald Wilkins Chattanooga
Round 3
48 Indiana Pacers Kenny Patterson DePaul
49 Golden State Warriors Brad Wright UCLA
50 Dallas Mavericks Leonard Allen San Diego State
51 Sacramento Kings Charles Bradley South Florida
52 LA Clippers Anicet Lavodrama Houston Baptist University
53 Seattle SuperSonics Rolando Lamb VCU
54 Houston Rockets Sam Mitchell Mercer University
55 Cleveland Cavaliers Herb Johnson Tulsa
56 Phoenix Suns Jerry Everett Lamar
57 Houston Rockets Michael Payne Iowa
58 Washington Bullets Vernon Moore Creighton
59 Atlanta Hawks Sedric Toney Dayton
60 Detroit Pistons Andre Goode Northwestern
61 Portland Trail Blazers Perry Young Virginia Tech
62 New Jersey Nets Nigel Miguel UCLA
63 Dallas Mavericks Harold Keeling Santa Clara
64 Detroit Pistons Richie Johnson University of Evansville
65 Washington Bullets Kenny Perry Southern Illinois
66 Sacramento Kings Michael Adams Boston College
67 Philadelphia 76ers Steve Black La Salle
68 Milwaukee Bucks Eugene McDowell Florida
69 Chicago Bulls Mike Brown George Washington
70 Boston Celtics Andre Battle Loyola Chicago
Round 4
71 Golden State Warriors Luster Goodwin Texas-El Paso
72 Indiana Pacers Vince Hamilton Clemson
73 New York Knicks Fred Cofield Eastern Michigan
74 LA Clippers Jim Deines Arizona State
75 Seattle SuperSonics Alex Stivrins Colorado
76 Sacramento Kings Willie Simmons Louisiana Tech
77 Atlanta Hawks Arvydas Sabonis None listed
78 Phoenix Suns Granger Hall Temple
79 Cleveland Cavaliers Mark Davis Old Dominion
80 Chicago Bulls Craig Beard Samford University
81 Washington Bullets Richie Adams UNLV
82 San Antonio Spurs Scott Roth Wisconsin
83 Utah Jazz Delaney Rudd Wake Forest
84 Atlanta Hawks John Battle Rutgers University
85 Portland Trail Blazers Joe Atkinson Oklahoma State
86 Dallas Mavericks Bubba Jennings Texas Tech
87 Detroit Pistons Spud Webb NC State
88 Houston Rockets Michael Brooks Tennessee
89 Denver Nuggets Pete Williams Arizona
90 Philadelphia 76ers Derrick Gervin Texas-San Antonio
91 Milwaukee Bucks Cozell McQueen NC State
92 Los Angeles Lakers Dexter Shouse University of South Alabama
93 Boston Celtics Cliff Webber Liberty
Round 5
94 Indiana Pacers Kelvin Johnson Richmond
95 Golden State Warriors Greg Cavener Missouri
96 New York Knicks Mike Schlegel VCU
97 Seattle SuperSonics Lou Stefanovic Illinois State
98 Sacramento Kings Bob Lojewski Saint Joseph's
99 LA Clippers Wayne Carlander USC
100 Atlanta Hawks Larry Hampton Hampton
101 Cleveland Cavaliers Gunther Behnke None listed
102 Phoenix Suns Shawn Campbell Weber State
103 Chicago Bulls Reid Gettys Houston
104 Washington Bullets Dean Shaffer Florida State
105 Utah Jazz Ray Hall Canisius
106 San Antonio Spurs Clayton Olivier USC
107 Portland Trail Blazers James Anderson Union College
108 New Jersey Nets Kelly Blaine University of South Alabama
109 Dallas Mavericks Tommy Davis Minnesota
110 Detroit Pistons Mike Lahm Murray State
111 Indiana Pacers Ivan Daniels University of Illinois at Chicago
112 Denver Nuggets Kenny Brown Texas A&M
113 Philadelphia 76ers Carl Wright SMU
114 Milwaukee Bucks Ray Knight Providence
115 Los Angeles Lakers Timo Saarelainen BYU
116 Boston Celtics Albert Butts La Salle
Round 6
117 Golden State Warriors Gerald Crosby Georgia
118 Indiana Pacers Stu Primus Boston College
119 New York Knicks Kent Lockhart Texas-El Paso
120 Sacramento Kings Charles Balentine Arkansas
121 LA Clippers Malcolm Thomas Missouri
122 Seattle SuperSonics Earl Walker Mercer University
123 Atlanta Hawks Tony Duckett Lafayette College
124 Phoenix Suns Charles Rayne Temple
125 Cleveland Cavaliers Rickie Johnson Illinois State
126 Chicago Bulls Dan Meagher Duke
127 Washington Bullets Matt England Houston Baptist University
128 San Antonio Spurs Chris Harper Oregon
129 Utah Jazz Jim Miller Virginia
130 New Jersey Nets George Almones Louisiana
131 Portland Trail Blazers Curtis Moore Nebraska
132 Dallas Mavericks Carlton Cooper Texas
133 Detroit Pistons Vincent Giles Eastern Michigan
134 Houston Rockets Sam Potter Oral Roberts
135 Denver Nuggets Joe Carrabino Harvard University
136 Philadelphia 76ers Daryl Lloyd Drake University
137 Milwaukee Bucks Quentin Anderson Texas Tech
138 Los Angeles Lakers Tony Neal Cal State Fullerton
139 Boston Celtics Ralph Lewis La Salle
Round 7
140 Indiana Pacers Jeff Acres Oral Roberts
141 Golden State Warriors Eric Boyd North Carolina A&T
142 New York Knicks Ken Bantum Cornell
143 LA Clippers Gary Maloncon UCLA
144 Seattle SuperSonics Michael Phelps Alcorn State
145 Sacramento Kings Alton Lee Gipson Florida State
146 Atlanta Hawks Bob Ferry Jr. Harvard University
147 Cleveland Cavaliers Buzz Peterson UNC
148 Phoenix Suns Georgi Glouchkov None listed
149 Chicago Bulls Jeff Adkins Maryland
150 Washington Bullets Keith Gray Detroit Mercy
151 Utah Jazz Mike Wacker Texas
152 San Antonio Spurs Al Young Virginia Tech
153 Portland Trail Blazers Mark Owen College of Idaho
154 New Jersey Nets Gary McLain Villanova
155 Dallas Mavericks Ed Catchings UNLV
156 Detroit Pistons Frank James UNLV
157 Indiana Pacers Don Turney Marshall
158 Denver Nuggets Eddie Smith Arizona
159 Philadelphia 76ers Jaye Andrews Bucknell
160 Milwaukee Bucks Mario Elie American International College
161 Los Angeles Lakers Keith Cieplicki William & Mary
162 Boston Celtics Chris Remley Rutgers University

Selections by franchise

The same 162 selections arranged by the club that made them, using the franchise name as it stood in 1985.

  • Dallas Mavericks 10 No. 8 Detlef Schrempf, No. 16 Bill Wennington, No. 17 Uwe Blab, No. 40 Mark Acres, No. 50 Leonard Allen, No. 63 Harold Keeling, No. 86 Bubba Jennings, No. 109 Tommy Davis, No. 132 Carlton Cooper, No. 155 Ed Catchings
  • Indiana Pacers 10 No. 2 Wayman Tisdale, No. 26 Bill Martin, No. 27 Dwayne McClain, No. 48 Kenny Patterson, No. 72 Vince Hamilton, No. 94 Kelvin Johnson, No. 111 Ivan Daniels, No. 118 Stu Primus, No. 140 Jeff Acres, No. 157 Don Turney
  • Chicago Bulls 9 No. 11 Keith Lee, No. 28 Ken Johnson, No. 34 Aubrey Sherrod, No. 46 Adrian Branch, No. 69 Mike Brown, No. 80 Craig Beard, No. 103 Reid Gettys, No. 126 Dan Meagher, No. 149 Jeff Adkins
  • Atlanta Hawks 8 No. 5 Jon Koncak, No. 41 Lorenzo Charles, No. 59 Sedric Toney, No. 77 Arvydas Sabonis, No. 84 John Battle, No. 100 Larry Hampton, No. 123 Tony Duckett, No. 146 Bob Ferry Jr.
  • Cleveland Cavaliers 8 No. 9 Charles Oakley, No. 30 Calvin Duncan, No. 45 Hot Rod Williams, No. 55 Herb Johnson, No. 79 Mark Davis, No. 101 Gunther Behnke, No. 125 Rickie Johnson, No. 147 Buzz Peterson
  • Philadelphia 76ers 8 No. 21 Terry Catledge, No. 33 Greg Stokes, No. 44 Voise Winters, No. 67 Steve Black, No. 90 Derrick Gervin, No. 113 Carl Wright, No. 136 Daryl Lloyd, No. 159 Jaye Andrews
  • Portland Trail Blazers 8 No. 24 Terry Porter, No. 25 Mike Smrek, No. 39 George Montgomery, No. 61 Perry Young, No. 85 Joe Atkinson, No. 107 James Anderson, No. 131 Curtis Moore, No. 153 Mark Owen
  • Washington Bullets 8 No. 12 Kenny Green, No. 31 Manute Bol, No. 58 Vernon Moore, No. 65 Kenny Perry, No. 81 Richie Adams, No. 104 Dean Shaffer, No. 127 Matt England, No. 150 Keith Gray
  • Detroit Pistons 7 No. 18 Joe Dumars, No. 60 Andre Goode, No. 64 Richie Johnson, No. 87 Spud Webb, No. 110 Mike Lahm, No. 133 Vincent Giles, No. 156 Frank James
  • Golden State Warriors 7 No. 7 Chris Mullin, No. 42 Bobby Lee Hurt, No. 49 Brad Wright, No. 71 Luster Goodwin, No. 95 Greg Cavener, No. 117 Gerald Crosby, No. 141 Eric Boyd
  • Phoenix Suns 7 No. 10 Ed Pinckney, No. 32 Nick Vanos, No. 56 Jerry Everett, No. 78 Granger Hall, No. 102 Shawn Campbell, No. 124 Charles Rayne, No. 148 Georgi Glouchkov
  • Sacramento Kings 7 No. 6 Joe Kleine, No. 51 Charles Bradley, No. 66 Michael Adams, No. 76 Willie Simmons, No. 98 Bob Lojewski, No. 120 Charles Balentine, No. 145 Alton Lee Gipson
  • San Antonio Spurs 7 No. 14 Alfredrick Hughes, No. 29 Mike Brittain, No. 35 Tyrone Corbin, No. 82 Scott Roth, No. 106 Clayton Olivier, No. 128 Chris Harper, No. 152 Al Young
  • Boston Celtics 6 No. 20 Sam Vincent, No. 70 Andre Battle, No. 93 Cliff Webber, No. 116 Albert Butts, No. 139 Ralph Lewis, No. 162 Chris Remley
  • Denver Nuggets 6 No. 15 Blair Rasmussen, No. 43 Barry Stevens, No. 89 Pete Williams, No. 112 Kenny Brown, No. 135 Joe Carrabino, No. 158 Eddie Smith
  • LA Clippers 6 No. 3 Benoit Benjamin, No. 52 Anicet Lavodrama, No. 74 Jim Deines, No. 99 Wayne Carlander, No. 121 Malcolm Thomas, No. 143 Gary Maloncon
  • Milwaukee Bucks 6 No. 22 Jerry Reynolds, No. 68 Eugene McDowell, No. 91 Cozell McQueen, No. 114 Ray Knight, No. 137 Quentin Anderson, No. 160 Mario Elie
  • New Jersey Nets 6 No. 36 Yvon Joseph, No. 38 Fernando Martín, No. 62 Nigel Miguel, No. 108 Kelly Blaine, No. 130 George Almones, No. 154 Gary McLain
  • New York Knicks 6 No. 1 Patrick Ewing, No. 47 Gerald Wilkins, No. 73 Fred Cofield, No. 96 Mike Schlegel, No. 119 Kent Lockhart, No. 142 Ken Bantum
  • Seattle SuperSonics 6 No. 4 Xavier McDaniel, No. 53 Rolando Lamb, No. 75 Alex Stivrins, No. 97 Lou Stefanovic, No. 122 Earl Walker, No. 144 Michael Phelps
  • Utah Jazz 6 No. 13 Karl Malone, No. 37 Carey Scurry, No. 83 Delaney Rudd, No. 105 Ray Hall, No. 129 Jim Miller, No. 151 Mike Wacker
  • Houston Rockets 5 No. 19 Steve Harris, No. 54 Sam Mitchell, No. 57 Michael Payne, No. 88 Michael Brooks, No. 134 Sam Potter
  • Los Angeles Lakers 5 No. 23 A.C. Green, No. 92 Dexter Shouse, No. 115 Timo Saarelainen, No. 138 Tony Neal, No. 161 Keith Cieplicki

Colleges and programs represented

109 programs produced at least one selection in the 1985 draft.

  • La Salle3
  • NC State3
  • Oral Roberts3
  • UCLA3
  • University of South Alabama3
  • UNLV3
  • VCU3
  • Villanova3
  • Arizona2
  • Arkansas2
  • Boston College2
  • Canisius2
  • Creighton2
  • DePaul2
  • Eastern Michigan2
  • Florida State2
  • Georgetown2
  • Harvard University2
  • Houston Baptist University2
  • Illinois State2
  • Iowa2
  • Louisiana Tech2
  • Loyola Chicago2
  • Maryland2
  • Mercer University2
  • Michigan State2
  • Missouri2
  • Oregon2
  • Rutgers University2
  • Santa Clara2
  • SMU2
  • St. John's2
  • Temple2
  • Texas2
  • Texas Tech2
  • Texas-El Paso2
  • Tulsa2
  • USC2
  • Virginia Tech2
  • Wake Forest2
  • Wichita State2
  • Alabama
  • Alcorn State
  • American International College
  • Arizona State
  • Bradley
  • Bucknell
  • BYU
  • Cal State Fullerton
  • Chattanooga
  • Clemson
  • College of Idaho
  • Colorado
  • Cornell
  • Dayton
  • Detroit Mercy
  • Drake University
  • Duke
  • Florida
  • George Washington
  • Georgia
  • Georgia Tech
  • Hampton
  • Houston
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Iowa State
  • Lafayette College
  • Lamar
  • Liberty
  • Long Island University
  • Louisiana
  • LSU
  • Marshall
  • McNeese State University
  • Memphis
  • Minnesota
  • Murray State
  • Nebraska
  • North Carolina A&T
  • Northwestern
  • Oklahoma
  • Oklahoma State
  • Old Dominion
  • Oregon State
  • Providence
  • Richmond
  • Saint Joseph's
  • Samford University
  • San Diego State
  • South Carolina
  • South Florida
  • Southern Illinois
  • Tennessee
  • Texas A&M
  • Texas-San Antonio
  • Tulane
  • UNC
  • Union College
  • University of Bridgeport
  • University of Evansville
  • University of Illinois at Chicago
  • University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
  • Virginia
  • Virginia Union University
  • Washington
  • Weber State
  • William & Mary
  • Wisconsin

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