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1986 NBA Draft Results

1986 NBA Draft results with every pick in order, led by No. 1 pick Brad Daugherty to Cleveland Cavaliers.

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The 1986 NBA Draft produced 162 selections across 7 rounds, with 23 franchises making at least one pick. Cleveland Cavaliers held the first overall selection and took Brad Daugherty out of UNC.

Atlanta Hawks made the most selections that year with 10. 101 different colleges and programs were represented across the board, led by Michigan with 4 players drafted.

Pick Team Player College
Round 1
1 Cleveland Cavaliers Brad Daugherty UNC
2 Boston Celtics Len Bias Maryland
3 Golden State Warriors Chris Washburn NC State
4 Indiana Pacers Chuck Person Auburn
5 New York Knicks Kenny Walker Kentucky
6 Phoenix Suns William Bedford Memphis
7 Dallas Mavericks Roy Tarpley Michigan
8 Cleveland Cavaliers Ron Harper Miami University
9 Chicago Bulls Brad Sellers Ohio State
10 San Antonio Spurs Johnny Dawkins Duke
11 Detroit Pistons John Salley Georgia Tech
12 Washington Bullets John Williams LSU
13 New Jersey Nets Pearl Washington Syracuse
14 Portland Trail Blazers Walter Berry St. John's
15 Utah Jazz Dell Curry Virginia Tech
16 Denver Nuggets Maurice Martin Saint Joseph's
17 Sacramento Kings Harold Pressley Villanova
18 Denver Nuggets Mark Alarie Duke
19 Atlanta Hawks Billy Thompson Louisville
20 Houston Rockets Buck Johnson Alabama
21 Washington Bullets Anthony Jones UNLV
22 Milwaukee Bucks Scott Skiles Michigan State
23 Los Angeles Lakers Ken Barlow Notre Dame
24 Portland Trail Blazers Arvydas Sabonis None listed
Round 2
25 Dallas Mavericks Mark Price Georgia Tech
26 Indiana Pacers Greg Dreiling Kansas
27 Detroit Pistons Dennis Rodman Southeastern Oklahoma State University
28 Chicago Bulls Larry Krystkowiak Montana
29 Cleveland Cavaliers Johnny Newman Richmond
30 Seattle SuperSonics Nate McMillan NC State
31 Phoenix Suns Joe Ward Georgia
32 Atlanta Hawks Cedric Henderson Georgia
33 San Antonio Spurs Kevin Duckworth Eastern Illinois University
34 Sacramento Kings Johnny Rogers University of California, Irvine
35 Dallas Mavericks Milt Wagner Louisville
36 Washington Bullets Steve Mitchell UAB
37 Portland Trail Blazers Panagiotis Fasoulas NC State
38 Seattle SuperSonics Lemone Lampley DePaul
39 Phoenix Suns Rafael Addison Syracuse
40 Atlanta Hawks Augusto Binelli None listed
41 Denver Nuggets Otis Smith Jacksonville University
42 Atlanta Hawks Ron Kellogg Kansas
43 Houston Rockets Dave Feitl Texas-El Paso
44 Philadelphia 76ers David Wingate Georgetown
45 Milwaukee Bucks Keith Smith Loyola Marymount
46 Phoenix Suns Jeff Hornacek Iowa State
47 New York Knicks Michael Jackson Georgetown
Round 3
48 San Antonio Spurs Forrest McKenzie Loyola Marymount
49 Portland Trail Blazers Juden Smith Texas-El Paso
50 Cleveland Cavaliers Kevin Henderson Cal State Fullerton
51 Golden State Warriors Mike Williams Bradley
52 Chicago Bulls Ricky Wilson George Mason
53 Seattle SuperSonics Tod Murphy University of California, Irvine
54 LA Clippers Dwayne Polee Pepperdine
55 Phoenix Suns Kenny Gattison Old Dominion
56 Philadelphia 76ers Keith Colbert Virginia Tech
57 Sacramento Kings Bruce Douglas Illinois
58 Washington Bullets Dave Henderson Duke
59 Golden State Warriors Wendell Alexis Syracuse
60 Portland Trail Blazers Dražen Petrović None listed
61 Utah Jazz John Shasky Minnesota
62 Dallas Mavericks Anthony Welch Illinois
63 Utah Jazz Bill Breeding Rocky Mountain College
64 Denver Nuggets Don Redden LSU
65 Atlanta Hawks Dave Hoppen Nebraska
66 Houston Rockets Anthony Bowie Oklahoma
67 Philadelphia 76ers Ron Rowan St. John's
68 Milwaukee Bucks Baskerville Holmes Memphis
69 Los Angeles Lakers Andre Turner Memphis
70 Atlanta Hawks Jim Les Bradley
Round 4
71 New York Knicks Calvin Thompson Kansas
72 Indiana Pacers Derrick Taylor LSU
73 Cleveland Cavaliers Warren Martin UNC
74 Chicago Bulls Scott Meents Illinois
75 Golden State Warriors Dan Bingenheimer Missouri
76 Seattle SuperSonics Michael Graham Georgetown
77 Phoenix Suns Grant Gondrezick Pepperdine
78 LA Clippers John Brownlee Texas
79 San Antonio Spurs Carlos Briggs Baylor
80 Sacramento Kings Alvin Franklin Houston
81 New Jersey Nets Steve Hale UNC
82 Washington Bullets Barry Mungar St. Bonaventure
83 Portland Trail Blazers David Shaffer Florida State
84 Utah Jazz Marty Embry DePaul
85 Dallas Mavericks Myron Jackson Little Rock
86 Detroit Pistons Chauncey Robinson Mississippi State
87 Denver Nuggets Anthony Watson San Diego State
88 Atlanta Hawks Efrem Winters Illinois
89 Houston Rockets Conner Henry UC Santa Barbara
90 Philadelphia 76ers Wes Stallings East Tennessee State University
91 Sacramento Kings Bob Beecher Virginia Tech
92 Los Angeles Lakers Dale Blaney West Virginia
93 Boston Celtics Tony Benford Texas Tech
Round 5
94 New York Knicks Jerome Mincey UAB
95 Indiana Pacers Richard Rellford Michigan
96 Cleveland Cavaliers Ben Davis Gardner-Webb University
97 Golden State Warriors Clinton Smith Cleveland State University
98 Chicago Bulls Jimmy Gilbert Texas A&M
99 Seattle SuperSonics Dominic Pressley Boston College
100 LA Clippers Steffond Johnson San Diego State
101 Phoenix Suns Greg Spurling Carson-Newman College
102 San Antonio Spurs Earl Kelley UConn
103 Sacramento Kings Keith Morrison Washington State
104 Washington Bullets Paul Fortier Washington
105 New Jersey Nets Archie Johnson UAB
106 Portland Trail Blazers Jerry Adams Oregon
107 Utah Jazz Kerry Boagni Cal State Fullerton
108 Dallas Mavericks Jay Bilas Duke
109 Detroit Pistons Clarence Hanley Old Dominion
110 Denver Nuggets Jon Collins Eastern Illinois University
111 Atlanta Hawks Nicky Jones VCU
112 Houston Rockets Andre Banks Iowa
113 Philadelphia 76ers Kevin Holmes DePaul
114 Milwaukee Bucks Bobby Deaton Southwstern University
115 Los Angeles Lakers Roger Harden Kentucky
116 Boston Celtics Dave Colbert Dayton
Round 6
117 New York Knicks Butch Wade Michigan
118 Indiana Pacers Jeff Hall Louisville
119 Cleveland Cavaliers Gilbert Wilburn New Mexico State
120 Chicago Bulls Pete Myers Little Rock
121 Golden State Warriors Bobby Lee Hurt Alabama
122 Seattle SuperSonics Curtis Kitchen South Florida
123 Phoenix Suns Jim McCaffrey Holy Cross
124 LA Clippers Tim Kempton Notre Dame
125 San Antonio Spurs Kevin Lewis SMU
126 Sacramento Kings John Flowers UNLV
127 New Jersey Nets Troy Webster George Washington
128 Washington Bullets Lorenzo Duncan Sam Houston State University
129 Portland Trail Blazers Tony Hampton Montana State
130 Utah Jazz Chuck Everson Villanova
131 Dallas Mavericks Greg Anderson Lamar
132 Detroit Pistons Greg Grant Utah State University
133 Denver Nuggets Anthony Frederick Pepperdine
134 Atlanta Hawks Alexander Volkov None listed
135 Houston Rockets Robert Worthy Chancellor University
136 Philadelphia 76ers Andre McCloud Seton Hall
137 Milwaukee Bucks John Kimbrell Lipscomb
138 Los Angeles Lakers Walter Downing Marquette
139 Boston Celtics Greg Wendt Detroit Mercy
Round 7
140 New York Knicks Duane Kendall South Carolina
141 Indiana Pacers Steve Woodside Oregon State
142 Cleveland Cavaliers Ralph Dalton Georgetown
143 Golden State Warriors Steve Kenilvort Santa Clara
144 Chicago Bulls Robert Henderson Michigan
145 Seattle SuperSonics Glen McCants Clemson
146 LA Clippers Johnny Brown New Mexico
147 Phoenix Suns Damon Goodwin Dayton
148 San Antonio Spurs Michael Anderson University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
149 Sacramento Kings Ron Rankin SE Missouri State
150 Washington Bullets Joe Price Notre Dame
151 New Jersey Nets Jim Dolan Notre Dame
152 Portland Trail Blazers Randy Schiff Linfield College
153 Utah Jazz Mark Mitchell University of Hartford
154 Dallas Mavericks Kim Cooksey Middle Tennessee
155 Detroit Pistons Larry Polec Michigan State
156 Denver Nuggets Mike Marshall McNeese State University
157 Atlanta Hawks Valeri Tikhonenko None listed
158 Houston Rockets Rick Olson Wisconsin
159 Philadelphia 76ers Dan Palombizio Ball State University
160 Milwaukee Bucks Jeff Strong Missouri
161 Los Angeles Lakers Mark Coleman Mississippi Valley State University
162 Boston Celtics Tom Ivey Boston University

Selections by franchise

The same 162 selections arranged by the club that made them, using the franchise name as it stood in 1986.

  • Atlanta Hawks 10 No. 19 Billy Thompson, No. 32 Cedric Henderson, No. 40 Augusto Binelli, No. 42 Ron Kellogg, No. 65 Dave Hoppen, No. 70 Jim Les, No. 88 Efrem Winters, No. 111 Nicky Jones, No. 134 Alexander Volkov, No. 157 Valeri Tikhonenko
  • Phoenix Suns 9 No. 6 William Bedford, No. 31 Joe Ward, No. 39 Rafael Addison, No. 46 Jeff Hornacek, No. 55 Kenny Gattison, No. 77 Grant Gondrezick, No. 101 Greg Spurling, No. 123 Jim McCaffrey, No. 147 Damon Goodwin
  • Portland Trail Blazers 9 No. 14 Walter Berry, No. 24 Arvydas Sabonis, No. 37 Panagiotis Fasoulas, No. 49 Juden Smith, No. 60 Dražen Petrović, No. 83 David Shaffer, No. 106 Jerry Adams, No. 129 Tony Hampton, No. 152 Randy Schiff
  • Cleveland Cavaliers 8 No. 1 Brad Daugherty, No. 8 Ron Harper, No. 29 Johnny Newman, No. 50 Kevin Henderson, No. 73 Warren Martin, No. 96 Ben Davis, No. 119 Gilbert Wilburn, No. 142 Ralph Dalton
  • Dallas Mavericks 8 No. 7 Roy Tarpley, No. 25 Mark Price, No. 35 Milt Wagner, No. 62 Anthony Welch, No. 85 Myron Jackson, No. 108 Jay Bilas, No. 131 Greg Anderson, No. 154 Kim Cooksey
  • Denver Nuggets 8 No. 16 Maurice Martin, No. 18 Mark Alarie, No. 41 Otis Smith, No. 64 Don Redden, No. 87 Anthony Watson, No. 110 Jon Collins, No. 133 Anthony Frederick, No. 156 Mike Marshall
  • Sacramento Kings 8 No. 17 Harold Pressley, No. 34 Johnny Rogers, No. 57 Bruce Douglas, No. 80 Alvin Franklin, No. 91 Bob Beecher, No. 103 Keith Morrison, No. 126 John Flowers, No. 149 Ron Rankin
  • Washington Bullets 8 No. 12 John Williams, No. 21 Anthony Jones, No. 36 Steve Mitchell, No. 58 Dave Henderson, No. 82 Barry Mungar, No. 104 Paul Fortier, No. 128 Lorenzo Duncan, No. 150 Joe Price
  • Chicago Bulls 7 No. 9 Brad Sellers, No. 28 Larry Krystkowiak, No. 52 Ricky Wilson, No. 74 Scott Meents, No. 98 Jimmy Gilbert, No. 120 Pete Myers, No. 144 Robert Henderson
  • Golden State Warriors 7 No. 3 Chris Washburn, No. 51 Mike Williams, No. 59 Wendell Alexis, No. 75 Dan Bingenheimer, No. 97 Clinton Smith, No. 121 Bobby Lee Hurt, No. 143 Steve Kenilvort
  • Houston Rockets 7 No. 20 Buck Johnson, No. 43 Dave Feitl, No. 66 Anthony Bowie, No. 89 Conner Henry, No. 112 Andre Banks, No. 135 Robert Worthy, No. 158 Rick Olson
  • Philadelphia 76ers 7 No. 44 David Wingate, No. 56 Keith Colbert, No. 67 Ron Rowan, No. 90 Wes Stallings, No. 113 Kevin Holmes, No. 136 Andre McCloud, No. 159 Dan Palombizio
  • San Antonio Spurs 7 No. 10 Johnny Dawkins, No. 33 Kevin Duckworth, No. 48 Forrest McKenzie, No. 79 Carlos Briggs, No. 102 Earl Kelley, No. 125 Kevin Lewis, No. 148 Michael Anderson
  • Seattle SuperSonics 7 No. 30 Nate McMillan, No. 38 Lemone Lampley, No. 53 Tod Murphy, No. 76 Michael Graham, No. 99 Dominic Pressley, No. 122 Curtis Kitchen, No. 145 Glen McCants
  • Utah Jazz 7 No. 15 Dell Curry, No. 61 John Shasky, No. 63 Bill Breeding, No. 84 Marty Embry, No. 107 Kerry Boagni, No. 130 Chuck Everson, No. 153 Mark Mitchell
  • Detroit Pistons 6 No. 11 John Salley, No. 27 Dennis Rodman, No. 86 Chauncey Robinson, No. 109 Clarence Hanley, No. 132 Greg Grant, No. 155 Larry Polec
  • Indiana Pacers 6 No. 4 Chuck Person, No. 26 Greg Dreiling, No. 72 Derrick Taylor, No. 95 Richard Rellford, No. 118 Jeff Hall, No. 141 Steve Woodside
  • Los Angeles Lakers 6 No. 23 Ken Barlow, No. 69 Andre Turner, No. 92 Dale Blaney, No. 115 Roger Harden, No. 138 Walter Downing, No. 161 Mark Coleman
  • Milwaukee Bucks 6 No. 22 Scott Skiles, No. 45 Keith Smith, No. 68 Baskerville Holmes, No. 114 Bobby Deaton, No. 137 John Kimbrell, No. 160 Jeff Strong
  • New York Knicks 6 No. 5 Kenny Walker, No. 47 Michael Jackson, No. 71 Calvin Thompson, No. 94 Jerome Mincey, No. 117 Butch Wade, No. 140 Duane Kendall
  • Boston Celtics 5 No. 2 Len Bias, No. 93 Tony Benford, No. 116 Dave Colbert, No. 139 Greg Wendt, No. 162 Tom Ivey
  • LA Clippers 5 No. 54 Dwayne Polee, No. 78 John Brownlee, No. 100 Steffond Johnson, No. 124 Tim Kempton, No. 146 Johnny Brown
  • New Jersey Nets 5 No. 13 Pearl Washington, No. 81 Steve Hale, No. 105 Archie Johnson, No. 127 Troy Webster, No. 151 Jim Dolan

Colleges and programs represented

101 programs produced at least one selection in the 1986 draft.

  • Duke4
  • Georgetown4
  • Illinois4
  • Michigan4
  • Notre Dame4
  • DePaul3
  • Kansas3
  • Louisville3
  • LSU3
  • Memphis3
  • NC State3
  • Pepperdine3
  • Syracuse3
  • UAB3
  • UNC3
  • Virginia Tech3
  • Alabama2
  • Bradley2
  • Cal State Fullerton2
  • Dayton2
  • Eastern Illinois University2
  • Georgia2
  • Georgia Tech2
  • Kentucky2
  • Little Rock2
  • Loyola Marymount2
  • Michigan State2
  • Missouri2
  • Old Dominion2
  • San Diego State2
  • St. John's2
  • Texas-El Paso2
  • University of California, Irvine2
  • UNLV2
  • Villanova2
  • Auburn
  • Ball State University
  • Baylor
  • Boston College
  • Boston University
  • Carson-Newman College
  • Chancellor University
  • Clemson
  • Cleveland State University
  • Detroit Mercy
  • East Tennessee State University
  • Florida State
  • Gardner-Webb University
  • George Mason
  • George Washington
  • Holy Cross
  • Houston
  • Iowa
  • Iowa State
  • Jacksonville University
  • Lamar
  • Linfield College
  • Lipscomb
  • Marquette
  • Maryland
  • McNeese State University
  • Miami University
  • Middle Tennessee
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi State
  • Mississippi Valley State University
  • Montana
  • Montana State
  • Nebraska
  • New Mexico
  • New Mexico State
  • Ohio State
  • Oklahoma
  • Oregon
  • Oregon State
  • Richmond
  • Rocky Mountain College
  • Saint Joseph's
  • Sam Houston State University
  • Santa Clara
  • SE Missouri State
  • Seton Hall
  • SMU
  • South Carolina
  • South Florida
  • Southeastern Oklahoma State University
  • Southwstern University
  • St. Bonaventure
  • Texas
  • Texas A&M
  • Texas Tech
  • UC Santa Barbara
  • UConn
  • University of Hartford
  • University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
  • Utah State University
  • VCU
  • Washington
  • Washington State
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin

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