1990 NBA Draft Results
1990 NBA Draft results with every pick in order, led by No. 1 pick Derrick Coleman to New Jersey Nets.
The 1990 NBA Draft produced 54 selections across 2 rounds, with 27 franchises making at least one pick. New Jersey Nets held the first overall selection and took Derrick Coleman out of Syracuse.
Sacramento Kings made the most selections that year with 5. 41 different colleges and programs were represented across the board, led by Michigan with 4 players drafted.
| Pick | Team | Player | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | |||
| 1 |  New Jersey Nets | Derrick Coleman | Syracuse |
| 2 |  Seattle SuperSonics | Gary Payton | Oregon State |
| 3 |  Denver Nuggets | Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf | LSU |
| 4 |  Orlando Magic | Dennis Scott | Georgia Tech |
| 5 |  Charlotte Hornets | Kendall Gill | Illinois |
| 6 |  Minnesota Timberwolves | Felton Spencer | Louisville |
| 7 |  Sacramento Kings | Lionel Simmons | La Salle |
| 8 |  LA Clippers | Bo Kimble | Loyola Marymount |
| 9 |  Miami Heat | Willie Burton | Minnesota |
| 10 |  Atlanta Hawks | Rumeal Robinson | Michigan |
| 11 |  Golden State Warriors | Tyrone Hill | Xavier |
| 12 |  Houston Rockets | Alec Kessler | Georgia |
| 13 | LA Clippers | Loy Vaught | Michigan |
| 14 | Sacramento Kings | Travis Mays | Texas |
| 15 | Miami Heat | Dave Jamerson | Ohio University |
| 16 |  Milwaukee Bucks | Terry Mills | Michigan |
| 17 |  New York Knicks | Jerrod Mustaf | Maryland |
| 18 | Sacramento Kings | Duane Causwell | Temple |
| 19 |  Boston Celtics | Dee Brown | Jacksonville University |
| 20 | Minnesota Timberwolves | Gerald Glass | Ole Miss |
| 21 |  Phoenix Suns | Jayson Williams | St. John's |
| 22 | New Jersey Nets | Tate George | UConn |
| 23 | Sacramento Kings | Anthony Bonner | Saint Louis |
| 24 |  San Antonio Spurs | Dwayne Schintzius | Florida |
| 25 |  Portland Trail Blazers | Alaa Abdelnaby | Duke |
| 26 |  Detroit Pistons | Lance Blanks | Texas |
| 27 |  Los Angeles Lakers | Elden Campbell | Clemson |
| Round 2 | |||
| 28 | Golden State Warriors | Les Jepsen | Iowa |
| 29 |  Chicago Bulls | Toni Kukoč | None listed |
| 30 | Miami Heat | Carl Herrera | Houston |
| 31 | Phoenix Suns | Negele Knight | Dayton |
| 32 |  Philadelphia 76ers | Brian Oliver | Georgia Tech |
| 33 |  Utah Jazz | Walter Palmer | Dartmouth College |
| 34 | Golden State Warriors | Kevin Pritchard | Kansas |
| 35 |  Washington Bullets | Greg Foster | Texas-El Paso |
| 36 | Atlanta Hawks | Trevor Wilson | UCLA |
| 37 | Washington Bullets | A.J. English | Virginia Union University |
| 38 | Seattle SuperSonics | Jud Buechler | Arizona |
| 39 | Charlotte Hornets | Steve Scheffler | Purdue |
| 40 | Sacramento Kings | Bimbo Coles | Virginia Tech |
| 41 | Atlanta Hawks | Steve Bardo | Illinois |
| 42 | Denver Nuggets | Marcus Liberty | Illinois |
| 43 | San Antonio Spurs | Tony Massenburg | Maryland |
| 44 | Milwaukee Bucks | Steve Henson | Kansas State |
| 45 |  Indiana Pacers | Antonio Davis | Texas-El Paso |
| 46 | Indiana Pacers | Kenny Williams | Elizabeth City State University |
| 47 | Philadelphia 76ers | Derek Strong | Xavier |
| 48 | Phoenix Suns | Cedric Ceballos | Cal State Fullerton |
| 49 |  Dallas Mavericks | Phil Henderson | Duke |
| 50 | Phoenix Suns | Miloš Babić | Tennessee Technological University |
| 51 | Los Angeles Lakers | Tony Smith | Marquette |
| 52 |  Cleveland Cavaliers | Stefano Rusconi | None listed |
| 53 | Seattle SuperSonics | Abdul Shamsid-Deen | Providence |
| 54 | San Antonio Spurs | Sean Higgins | Michigan |
Selections by franchise
The same 54 selections arranged by the club that made them, using the franchise name as it stood in 1990.
- Sacramento Kings 5 No. 7 Lionel Simmons, No. 14 Travis Mays, No. 18 Duane Causwell, No. 23 Anthony Bonner, No. 40 Bimbo Coles
- Phoenix Suns 4 No. 21 Jayson Williams, No. 31 Negele Knight, No. 48 Cedric Ceballos, No. 50 Miloš Babić
- Atlanta Hawks 3 No. 10 Rumeal Robinson, No. 36 Trevor Wilson, No. 41 Steve Bardo
- Golden State Warriors 3 No. 11 Tyrone Hill, No. 28 Les Jepsen, No. 34 Kevin Pritchard
- Miami Heat 3 No. 9 Willie Burton, No. 15 Dave Jamerson, No. 30 Carl Herrera
- San Antonio Spurs 3 No. 24 Dwayne Schintzius, No. 43 Tony Massenburg, No. 54 Sean Higgins
- Seattle SuperSonics 3 No. 2 Gary Payton, No. 38 Jud Buechler, No. 53 Abdul Shamsid-Deen
- Charlotte Hornets 2 No. 5 Kendall Gill, No. 39 Steve Scheffler
- Denver Nuggets 2 No. 3 Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, No. 42 Marcus Liberty
- Indiana Pacers 2 No. 45 Antonio Davis, No. 46 Kenny Williams
- LA Clippers 2 No. 8 Bo Kimble, No. 13 Loy Vaught
- Los Angeles Lakers 2 No. 27 Elden Campbell, No. 51 Tony Smith
- Milwaukee Bucks 2 No. 16 Terry Mills, No. 44 Steve Henson
- Minnesota Timberwolves 2 No. 6 Felton Spencer, No. 20 Gerald Glass
- New Jersey Nets 2 No. 1 Derrick Coleman, No. 22 Tate George
- Philadelphia 76ers 2 No. 32 Brian Oliver, No. 47 Derek Strong
- Washington Bullets 2 No. 35 Greg Foster, No. 37 A.J. English
- Boston Celtics 1 No. 19 Dee Brown
- Chicago Bulls 1 No. 29 Toni Kukoč
- Cleveland Cavaliers 1 No. 52 Stefano Rusconi
- Dallas Mavericks 1 No. 49 Phil Henderson
- Detroit Pistons 1 No. 26 Lance Blanks
- Houston Rockets 1 No. 12 Alec Kessler
- New York Knicks 1 No. 17 Jerrod Mustaf
- Orlando Magic 1 No. 4 Dennis Scott
- Portland Trail Blazers 1 No. 25 Alaa Abdelnaby
- Utah Jazz 1 No. 33 Walter Palmer
Colleges and programs represented
41 programs produced at least one selection in the 1990 draft.
- Michigan4
- Illinois3
- Duke2
- Georgia Tech2
- Maryland2
- Texas2
- Texas-El Paso2
- Xavier2
- Arizona
- Cal State Fullerton
- Clemson
- Dartmouth College
- Dayton
- Elizabeth City State University
- Florida
- Georgia
- Houston
- Iowa
- Jacksonville University
- Kansas
- Kansas State
- La Salle
- Louisville
- Loyola Marymount
- LSU
- Marquette
- Minnesota
- Ohio University
- Ole Miss
- Oregon State
- Providence
- Purdue
- Saint Louis
- St. John's
- Syracuse
- Temple
- Tennessee Technological University
- UCLA
- UConn
- Virginia Tech
- Virginia Union University