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1987 NBA Draft Results

1987 NBA Draft results with every pick in order, led by No. 1 pick David Robinson to San Antonio Spurs.

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The 1987 NBA Draft produced 161 selections across 7 rounds, with 23 franchises making at least one pick. San Antonio Spurs held the first overall selection and took David Robinson out of United States Naval Academy.

Chicago Bulls made the most selections that year with 9. 112 different colleges and programs were represented across the board, led by UNC with 4 players drafted.

Pick Team Player College
Round 1
1 San Antonio Spurs David Robinson United States Naval Academy
2 Phoenix Suns Armen Gilliam UNLV
3 New Jersey Nets Dennis Hopson Ohio State
4 LA Clippers Reggie Williams Georgetown
5 Seattle SuperSonics Scottie Pippen University of Central Arkansas
6 Sacramento Kings Kenny Smith UNC
7 Cleveland Cavaliers Kevin Johnson California
8 Chicago Bulls Olden Polynice Virginia
9 Seattle SuperSonics Derrick McKey Alabama
10 Chicago Bulls Horace Grant Clemson
11 Indiana Pacers Reggie Miller UCLA
12 Washington Bullets Muggsy Bogues Wake Forest
13 LA Clippers Joe Wolf UNC
14 Golden State Warriors Tellis Frank Western Kentucky
15 Utah Jazz José Ortiz Oregon State
16 Philadelphia 76ers Chris Welp Washington
17 Portland Trail Blazers Ronnie Murphy Jacksonville University
18 New York Knicks Mark Jackson St. John's
19 LA Clippers Ken Norman Illinois
20 Dallas Mavericks Jim Farmer Alabama
21 Atlanta Hawks Dallas Comegys DePaul
22 Boston Celtics Reggie Lewis Northeastern University
23 San Antonio Spurs Greg Anderson Houston
Round 2
24 Detroit Pistons Freddie Banks UNLV
25 New York Knicks Ron Moore West Virginia State University
26 Dallas Mavericks Steve Alford Indiana
27 San Antonio Spurs Nate Blackwell Temple
28 Chicago Bulls Rickie Winslow Houston
29 Portland Trail Blazers Lester Fonville Jackson State University
30 Portland Trail Blazers Nikita Wilson LSU
31 Denver Nuggets Andre Moore Loyola Chicago
32 Milwaukee Bucks Bob McCann Morehead State University
33 Chicago Bulls Tony White Tennessee
34 Indiana Pacers Brian Rowsom UNC Wilmington
35 Houston Rockets Doug Lee Purdue
36 Washington Bullets Duane Washington Middle Tennessee
37 Washington Bullets Derrick Dowell USC
38 LA Clippers Norris Coleman Kansas State
39 Philadelphia 76ers Vincent Askew Memphis
40 Milwaukee Bucks Winston Garland Missouri State
41 Cleveland Cavaliers Kannard Johnson Western Kentucky
42 Atlanta Hawks Terrance Bailey Wagner College
43 Philadelphia 76ers Andrew Kennedy Virginia
44 Atlanta Hawks Terry Coner Alabama
45 Boston Celtics Brad Lohaus Iowa
46 Phoenix Suns Bruce Dalrymple Georgia Tech
Round 3
47 LA Clippers Tim McCalister Oklahoma
48 New Jersey Nets Jamie Waller Virginia Union University
49 New York Knicks Jerome Batiste McNeese State University
50 San Antonio Spurs Phil Zevenbergen Washington
51 Sacramento Kings Sven Meyer Oregon
52 Cleveland Cavaliers Donald Royal Notre Dame
53 Phoenix Suns Winston Crite Texas A&M
54 Denver Nuggets Tom Schafer Iowa State
55 Seattle SuperSonics Tommy Amaker Duke
56 Chicago Bulls John Fox Millersville
57 Philadelphia 76ers Hansi Gnad University of Alaska Anchorage
58 Golden State Warriors Darryl Johnson Michigan State
59 Washington Bullets Danny Pearson Jacksonville University
60 Indiana Pacers Sean Couch Columbia University
61 Utah Jazz Clarence Martin Western Kentucky
62 Philadelphia 76ers Eric Riggins Rutgers University
63 Portland Trail Blazers Kevin Gamble Iowa
64 Milwaukee Bucks J. J. Weber Wisconsin
65 Detroit Pistons Eric White Pepperdine
66 Dallas Mavericks Mike Richmond Texas-El Paso
67 Atlanta Hawks Song Tao None listed
68 Utah Jazz Billy Donovan Providence
69 Los Angeles Lakers Willie Glass St. John's
Round 4
70 Boston Celtics Tom Sheehey Virginia
71 New York Knicks Mike Morgan Drake University
72 New Jersey Nets Andrew Moten Florida
73 San Antonio Spurs Todd May Pikeville College
74 Sacramento Kings Joe Arlauckas Niagara University
75 Cleveland Cavaliers Chris Dudley Yale
76 Phoenix Suns Steve Beck Arizona State
77 Denver Nuggets David Boone Marquette
78 Seattle SuperSonics Todd Linder University of Tampa
79 Chicago Bulls Jack Haley UCLA
80 Cleveland Cavaliers Carven Holcombe TCU
81 Washington Bullets Scott Thompson University of San Diego
82 Houston Rockets Joe Niego Lewis (IL)
83 Golden State Warriors Bennie Bolton NC State
84 Utah Jazz Reuben Holmes Alabama State University
85 Philadelphia 76ers Brian Rahilly Tulsa
86 Portland Trail Blazers Norwood Barber Florida State
87 Milwaukee Bucks Darryl Bedford Austin Peay State University
88 Detroit Pistons Dave Popson UNC
89 Dallas Mavericks David Johnson Oklahoma
90 Atlanta Hawks Theofanis Christodoulou None listed
91 Boston Celtics Darryl Kennedy Oklahoma
92 Los Angeles Lakers Ralph Tally Norfolk State
Round 5
93 LA Clippers Chad Kessler Georgia
94 New Jersey Nets James Blackmon Kentucky
95 New York Knicks Glen Clem Vanderbilt
96 San Antonio Spurs Dennis Willliams Georgia
97 Sacramento Kings Vernon Carr Michigan State
98 Cleveland Cavaliers Carl Lott TCU
99 Phoenix Suns Brent Counts University of the Pacific
100 Denver Nuggets Ron Grandison New Orleans
101 Seattle SuperSonics Michael Tait Clemson
102 Chicago Bulls Anthony Wilson LSU
103 Indiana Pacers Mike Milling UNC Charlotte
104 Houston Rockets Andre LaFleur Northeastern University
105 Golden State Warriors Terry Williams SMU
106 Washington Bullets Patrick Fairs Texas
107 Utah Jazz Bart Kofoed University of Nebraska at Kearney
108 Philadelphia 76ers Frank Ross American University
109 Portland Trail Blazers David Moss Tulsa
110 Milwaukee Bucks Brian Vaughns UC Santa Barbara
111 Detroit Pistons Gerry Wright Iowa
112 Dallas Mavericks Sam Hill Iowa State
113 Atlanta Hawks Jose Antonio Montero None listed
114 Boston Celtics Dave Butler California
Round 6
115 Los Angeles Lakers Kenny Travis New Mexico State
116 LA Clippers Martin Nessley Duke
117 New York Knicks Howard Triche Syracuse
118 New Jersey Nets Perry Bromwell Penn
119 San Antonio Spurs Ricky Brown University of South Alabama
120 Sacramento Kings Daryl Thomas Indiana
121 Cleveland Cavaliers Harold Jensen Villanova
122 Phoenix Suns Marcel Boyce University of Akron
123 Denver Nuggets Kelvin Scarborough New Mexico
124 Seattle SuperSonics Tom Gneiting BYU
125 Chicago Bulls Doug Altenberger Illinois
126 Indiana Pacers Gary Graham UNLV
127 Golden State Warriors Šarūnas Marčiulionis None listed
128 Washington Bullets Dwayne Scholten Washington State
129 Houston Rockets Fred Jenkins Tennessee
130 Utah Jazz Art Sabb Bloomfield College
131 Philadelphia 76ers Tracy Foster UAB
132 Portland Trail Blazers Bernard Jackson Loyola Chicago
133 Milwaukee Bucks Gay Elmore Virginia Military Institute
134 Detroit Pistons Antoine Joubert Michigan
135 Dallas Mavericks Quintan Gates Texas-El Paso
136 Atlanta Hawks Riccardo Morandotti None listed
137 Boston Celtics Tim Naegeli University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
138 Los Angeles Lakers Frank Ford Auburn
Round 7
139 LA Clippers Henry Carr Wichita State
140 New Jersey Nets Frank Booker Bowling Green
141 New York Knicks Wayne Williams Saint Joseph's
142 San Antonio Spurs Raynard Davis Texas
143 Sacramento Kings Scott Adubato Upsala College
144 Cleveland Cavaliers Michael Foster South Carolina
145 Phoenix Suns Roy Singleton Grand Canyon University
146 Denver Nuggets Rowan Gomes Hampton
147 Seattle SuperSonics Mike Giomi NC State
148 Chicago Bulls Ervin Leavy Central Michigan University
149 Indiana Pacers Montel Hatcher UCLA
150 Washington Bullets Jamie Dixon TCU
151 Houston Rockets Clarence Grier Campbell
152 Golden State Warriors Ronnie Leggette West Virginia State University
153 Utah Jazz Keith Webster Harvard University
154 Philadelphia 76ers Eric Semisch West Virginia
155 Portland Trail Blazers Kenny Stone George Fox University
156 Denver Nuggets Curtis Hunter UNC
157 Detroit Pistons Mark Gottfried Alabama
158 Dallas Mavericks Gerald White Auburn
159 Atlanta Hawks Franjo Arapovic None listed
160 Boston Celtics Gerry Corcoran Northeastern University
161 Los Angeles Lakers Ron Vanderschaaf Central Washington University

Selections by franchise

The same 161 selections arranged by the club that made them, using the franchise name as it stood in 1987.

  • Chicago Bulls 9 No. 8 Olden Polynice, No. 10 Horace Grant, No. 28 Rickie Winslow, No. 33 Tony White, No. 56 John Fox, No. 79 Jack Haley, No. 102 Anthony Wilson, No. 125 Doug Altenberger, No. 148 Ervin Leavy
  • Philadelphia 76ers 9 No. 16 Chris Welp, No. 39 Vincent Askew, No. 43 Andrew Kennedy, No. 57 Hansi Gnad, No. 62 Eric Riggins, No. 85 Brian Rahilly, No. 108 Frank Ross, No. 131 Tracy Foster, No. 154 Eric Semisch
  • Atlanta Hawks 8 No. 21 Dallas Comegys, No. 42 Terrance Bailey, No. 44 Terry Coner, No. 67 Song Tao, No. 90 Theofanis Christodoulou, No. 113 Jose Antonio Montero, No. 136 Riccardo Morandotti, No. 159 Franjo Arapovic
  • Cleveland Cavaliers 8 No. 7 Kevin Johnson, No. 41 Kannard Johnson, No. 52 Donald Royal, No. 75 Chris Dudley, No. 80 Carven Holcombe, No. 98 Carl Lott, No. 121 Harold Jensen, No. 144 Michael Foster
  • LA Clippers 8 No. 4 Reggie Williams, No. 13 Joe Wolf, No. 19 Ken Norman, No. 38 Norris Coleman, No. 47 Tim McCalister, No. 93 Chad Kessler, No. 116 Martin Nessley, No. 139 Henry Carr
  • Portland Trail Blazers 8 No. 17 Ronnie Murphy, No. 29 Lester Fonville, No. 30 Nikita Wilson, No. 63 Kevin Gamble, No. 86 Norwood Barber, No. 109 David Moss, No. 132 Bernard Jackson, No. 155 Kenny Stone
  • San Antonio Spurs 8 No. 1 David Robinson, No. 23 Greg Anderson, No. 27 Nate Blackwell, No. 50 Phil Zevenbergen, No. 73 Todd May, No. 96 Dennis Willliams, No. 119 Ricky Brown, No. 142 Raynard Davis
  • Washington Bullets 8 No. 12 Muggsy Bogues, No. 36 Duane Washington, No. 37 Derrick Dowell, No. 59 Danny Pearson, No. 81 Scott Thompson, No. 106 Patrick Fairs, No. 128 Dwayne Scholten, No. 150 Jamie Dixon
  • Boston Celtics 7 No. 22 Reggie Lewis, No. 45 Brad Lohaus, No. 70 Tom Sheehey, No. 91 Darryl Kennedy, No. 114 Dave Butler, No. 137 Tim Naegeli, No. 160 Gerry Corcoran
  • Dallas Mavericks 7 No. 20 Jim Farmer, No. 26 Steve Alford, No. 66 Mike Richmond, No. 89 David Johnson, No. 112 Sam Hill, No. 135 Quintan Gates, No. 158 Gerald White
  • Denver Nuggets 7 No. 31 Andre Moore, No. 54 Tom Schafer, No. 77 David Boone, No. 100 Ron Grandison, No. 123 Kelvin Scarborough, No. 146 Rowan Gomes, No. 156 Curtis Hunter
  • New York Knicks 7 No. 18 Mark Jackson, No. 25 Ron Moore, No. 49 Jerome Batiste, No. 71 Mike Morgan, No. 95 Glen Clem, No. 117 Howard Triche, No. 141 Wayne Williams
  • Phoenix Suns 7 No. 2 Armen Gilliam, No. 46 Bruce Dalrymple, No. 53 Winston Crite, No. 76 Steve Beck, No. 99 Brent Counts, No. 122 Marcel Boyce, No. 145 Roy Singleton
  • Seattle SuperSonics 7 No. 5 Scottie Pippen, No. 9 Derrick McKey, No. 55 Tommy Amaker, No. 78 Todd Linder, No. 101 Michael Tait, No. 124 Tom Gneiting, No. 147 Mike Giomi
  • Utah Jazz 7 No. 15 José Ortiz, No. 61 Clarence Martin, No. 68 Billy Donovan, No. 84 Reuben Holmes, No. 107 Bart Kofoed, No. 130 Art Sabb, No. 153 Keith Webster
  • Detroit Pistons 6 No. 24 Freddie Banks, No. 65 Eric White, No. 88 Dave Popson, No. 111 Gerry Wright, No. 134 Antoine Joubert, No. 157 Mark Gottfried
  • Golden State Warriors 6 No. 14 Tellis Frank, No. 58 Darryl Johnson, No. 83 Bennie Bolton, No. 105 Terry Williams, No. 127 Šarūnas Marčiulionis, No. 152 Ronnie Leggette
  • Indiana Pacers 6 No. 11 Reggie Miller, No. 34 Brian Rowsom, No. 60 Sean Couch, No. 103 Mike Milling, No. 126 Gary Graham, No. 149 Montel Hatcher
  • Milwaukee Bucks 6 No. 32 Bob McCann, No. 40 Winston Garland, No. 64 J. J. Weber, No. 87 Darryl Bedford, No. 110 Brian Vaughns, No. 133 Gay Elmore
  • New Jersey Nets 6 No. 3 Dennis Hopson, No. 48 Jamie Waller, No. 72 Andrew Moten, No. 94 James Blackmon, No. 118 Perry Bromwell, No. 140 Frank Booker
  • Sacramento Kings 6 No. 6 Kenny Smith, No. 51 Sven Meyer, No. 74 Joe Arlauckas, No. 97 Vernon Carr, No. 120 Daryl Thomas, No. 143 Scott Adubato
  • Houston Rockets 5 No. 35 Doug Lee, No. 82 Joe Niego, No. 104 Andre LaFleur, No. 129 Fred Jenkins, No. 151 Clarence Grier
  • Los Angeles Lakers 5 No. 69 Willie Glass, No. 92 Ralph Tally, No. 115 Kenny Travis, No. 138 Frank Ford, No. 161 Ron Vanderschaaf

Colleges and programs represented

112 programs produced at least one selection in the 1987 draft.

  • Alabama4
  • UNC4
  • Iowa3
  • Northeastern University3
  • Oklahoma3
  • TCU3
  • UCLA3
  • UNLV3
  • Virginia3
  • Western Kentucky3
  • Auburn2
  • California2
  • Clemson2
  • Duke2
  • Georgia2
  • Houston2
  • Illinois2
  • Indiana2
  • Iowa State2
  • Jacksonville University2
  • Loyola Chicago2
  • LSU2
  • Michigan State2
  • NC State2
  • St. John's2
  • Tennessee2
  • Texas2
  • Texas-El Paso2
  • Tulsa2
  • Washington2
  • West Virginia State University2
  • Alabama State University
  • American University
  • Arizona State
  • Austin Peay State University
  • Bloomfield College
  • Bowling Green
  • BYU
  • Campbell
  • Central Michigan University
  • Central Washington University
  • Columbia University
  • DePaul
  • Drake University
  • Florida
  • Florida State
  • George Fox University
  • Georgetown
  • Georgia Tech
  • Grand Canyon University
  • Hampton
  • Harvard University
  • Jackson State University
  • Kansas State
  • Kentucky
  • Lewis (IL)
  • Marquette
  • McNeese State University
  • Memphis
  • Michigan
  • Middle Tennessee
  • Millersville
  • Missouri State
  • Morehead State University
  • New Mexico
  • New Mexico State
  • New Orleans
  • Niagara University
  • Norfolk State
  • Notre Dame
  • Ohio State
  • Oregon
  • Oregon State
  • Penn
  • Pepperdine
  • Pikeville College
  • Providence
  • Purdue
  • Rutgers University
  • Saint Joseph's
  • SMU
  • South Carolina
  • Syracuse
  • Temple
  • Texas A&M
  • UAB
  • UC Santa Barbara
  • UNC Charlotte
  • UNC Wilmington
  • United States Naval Academy
  • University of Akron
  • University of Alaska Anchorage
  • University of Central Arkansas
  • University of Nebraska at Kearney
  • University of San Diego
  • University of South Alabama
  • University of Tampa
  • University of the Pacific
  • University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
  • Upsala College
  • USC
  • Vanderbilt
  • Villanova
  • Virginia Military Institute
  • Virginia Union University
  • Wagner College
  • Wake Forest
  • Washington State
  • West Virginia
  • Wichita State
  • Wisconsin
  • Yale

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