1981 NBA Draft
223 picks · 10 rounds
NBA Draft picks
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| No. | Player | Team | From | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | ||||
| 1 | DAL | DePaul | F | |
| 2 | DET | Indiana | G | |
| 3 | NJN | Maryland | F | |
| 4 | ATL | North Carolina | G | |
| 5 | SEA | Utah | F | |
| 6 | CHI | Notre Dame | F | |
| 7 | KCK | Oregon State | C | |
| 8 | SDC | Utah | F | |
| 9 | DAL | Kansas State | G | |
| 10 | NJN | Maryland | F | |
| 11 | WAS | Wake Forest | G | |
| 12 | DET | Notre Dame | F | |
| 13 | UTA | Syracuse | C | |
| 14 | IND | Ohio State | C | |
| 15 | POR | Virginia | G | |
| 16 | POR | Kansas | G | |
| 17 | KCK | Alabama State | F | |
| 18 | NJN | Indiana | F | |
| 19 | LAL | Michigan | F | |
| 20 | PHX | Clemson | F | |
| 21 | MIL | Arizona State | F | |
| 22 | PHI | Cleveland State | G | |
| 23 | BOS | Wyoming | G | |
| Round 2 | ||||
| 24 | DAL | Michigan State | F | |
| 25 | BOS | Notre Dame | G | |
| 26 |
Brian Jackson
|
POR | Utah State | — |
| 27 | UTA | Tennessee | F | |
| 28 | SAS | Duke | F | |
| 29 | KCK | Illinois | G | |
| 30 | SAS | South Alabama | F | |
| 31 | BOS | Brigham Young | G | |
| 32 |
Mike Olliver
|
CHI | Lamar | — |
| 33 | GSW | Arizona State | F | |
| 34 | DEN | Pan American | F | |
| 35 | WAS | Vanderbilt | F | |
| 36 | IND | Oregon State | G | |
| 37 |
Al Leslie
|
IND | Bucknell | — |
| 38 |
Clyde Bradshaw
|
ATL | DePaul | — |
| 39 |
Harvey Knuckles
|
LAL | Toledo | — |
| 40 |
Greg Cook
|
NYK | Louisiana State | — |
| 41 | WAS | Wisconsin | F | |
| 42 |
Elvis Rolle
|
LAL | Florida State | — |
| 43 | DAL | Mississippi | G | |
| 44 | WAS | South Dakota State | F | |
| 45 |
Ed Turner
|
HOU | Texas A&I | — |
| 46 |
Vernon Smith
|
PHI | Texas A&M | — |
| Round 3 | ||||
| 47 |
Art Housey
|
DAL | Kansas | — |
| 48 |
Mike Ferrara
|
WAS | Colgate | — |
| 49 | NJN | St. Louis | G | |
| 50 |
Derek Holcomb
|
POR | Illinois | — |
| 51 |
Zam Fredrick
|
LAL | South Carolina | — |
| 52 | ATL | Louisiana State | F | |
| 53 | SEA | Oregon State | G | |
| 54 | SDC | Ohio State | F | |
| 55 | CLE | Florida State | G | |
| 56 |
Carlton Neverson
|
GSW | Pittsburgh | — |
| 57 | NYK | Penn State | C-F | |
| 58 |
Curtis Berry
|
KCK | Missouri | — |
| 59 |
Russell Bowers
|
CLE | American | — |
| 60 |
Purvis Miller
|
IND | USC | — |
| 61 | POR | Washington | C | |
| 62 |
Sam Clancy
|
PHX | Pittsburgh | — |
| 63 |
Wayne McKoy
|
NYK | St. John's | — |
| 64 |
Tom Baker
|
SAS | Eastern Kentucky | — |
| 65 |
Ron Cornelius
|
LAL | Pacific | — |
| 66 | PHX | Long Beach State | F | |
| 67 |
Mark Smith
|
MIL | Illinois | — |
| 68 |
Ernest Graham
|
PHI | Maryland | — |
| 69 |
John Johnson
|
BOS | Michigan | — |
| Round 4 | ||||
| 70 |
Eddie Moss
|
DAL | Syracuse | — |
| 71 |
John May
|
DET | South Alabama | — |
| 72 |
Edmund Sherod
|
NJN | Virginia Commonwealth | — |
| 73 |
George Torres
|
UTA | Bethany Nazarene | — |
| 74 |
Ethan Martin
|
CLE | Louisiana State | — |
| 75 |
Kevin Figaro
|
ATL | SW Louisiana | — |
| 76 | GSW | Drake | G | |
| 77 |
Lee Raker
|
SDC | Virginia | — |
| 78 | KCK | Duke | F | |
| 79 |
Ron Davis
|
WAS | Arizona | — |
| 80 |
Terry Adolph
|
GSW | West Texas State | — |
| 81 | HOU | Howard | F | |
| 82 |
BB DAvis
|
KCK | Lamar | — |
| 83 |
Rolando Frazier
|
IND | Briarcliff | — |
| 84 |
Oliver Lee
|
CHI | Marquette | — |
| 85 | POR | Fresno State | F | |
| 86 | NYK | Villanova | F | |
| 87 |
Earl Belcher
|
SAS | St. Bonaventure | — |
| 88 | LAL | Creighton | F | |
| 89 |
Don Koonce
|
DET | North Carolina-Charlotte | — |
| 90 |
Kris Anderson
|
MIL | Florida State | — |
| 91 |
Stanley Williams
|
BOS | La Salle | — |
| 92 |
Rynn Wright
|
PHI | Texas A&M | — |
| Round 5 | ||||
| 93 |
Pete Budko
|
DAL | North Carolina | — |
| 94 |
George DeVone
|
DET | North Carolina-Charlotte | — |
| 95 | NJN | Colorado | C | |
| 96 |
Ken Page
|
CLE | New Mexico | — |
| 97 |
Mike Clark
|
UTA | Oregon | — |
| 98 |
Steve Krafscisin
|
ATL | Iowa | — |
| 99 |
Andra Griffin
|
SEA | Washington | — |
| 100 |
Dennis Isbell
|
SDC | Memphis State | — |
| 101 |
Willie Sims
|
DEN | Louisiana State | — |
| 102 | GSW | Memphis State | F | |
| 103 | WAS | Holy Cross | G | |
| 104 |
US Reed
|
KCK | Arkansas | — |
| 105 |
Hasan Houston
|
HOU | Bradley | — |
| 106 |
George Peterson
|
IND | Jersey City State | — |
| 107 |
Herb Andrew
|
POR | South Alabama | — |
| 108 |
Johnny Nash
|
CHI | Arizona State | — |
| 109 |
Jim Wright
|
NYK | Rhode Island | — |
| 110 |
Mike Rhodes
|
SAS | Vanderbilt | — |
| 111 |
Craig Watts
|
LAL | North Carolina State | — |
| 112 |
Paul Heuerman
|
PHX | Michigan | — |
| 113 |
Kelvin Troy
|
MIL | Rutgers | — |
| 114 |
Steve Craig
|
PHI | Brigham Young | — |
| 115 |
Glen Grunwald
|
BOS | Indiana | — |
| Round 6 | ||||
| 116 |
Karl Bakowski
|
DAL | Utah | — |
| 117 |
Vince Brookins
|
DET | Iowa | — |
| 118 |
Kevin Lynam
|
NJN | La Salle | — |
| 119 |
Kevin Sprewer
|
UTA | Loyola (IL) | — |
| 120 |
Aaron Strayhorn
|
CLE | Hawaii | — |
| 121 |
Darryl Warwick
|
ATL | Hampton Institute | — |
| 122 |
Earl Banks
|
SEA | Auburn | — |
| 123 |
Mike Pepper
|
SDC | North Carolina | — |
| 124 |
Alonzo Weatherley
|
DEN | Denver | — |
| 125 |
Robert Williams
|
WAS | Grambling | — |
| 126 |
Carter Scott
|
GSW | Ohio State | — |
| 127 |
Fred Cowan
|
HOU | Kentucky | — |
| 128 |
Brian Walker
|
KCK | Purdue | — |
| 129 |
Robert Fronk
|
IND | Washington | — |
| 130 | CHI | Louisville | G | |
| 131 |
Roshern Arnie
|
POR | Texas-El Paso | — |
| 132 |
John Blair
|
NYK | Monmouth | — |
| 133 |
Norman Shavers
|
SAS | Jackson State | — |
| 134 |
Kevin Singleton
|
LAL | California | — |
| 135 |
Pete Harris
|
PHX | Northeastern | — |
| 136 |
Jo Jo Hunter
|
MIL | Colorado | — |
| 137 |
Steve Waite
|
BOS | Iowa | — |
| 138 |
Michael Thomas
|
PHI | North Park | — |
| Round 7 | ||||
| 139 |
Danny Davis
|
DAL | North Carolina-Wilmington | — |
| 140 |
Greg Nance
|
DET | West Virginia | — |
| 141 |
Rod Robertson
|
NJN | Northwestern | — |
| 142 |
Andre Smith
|
CLE | Nebraska | — |
| 143 |
Mike Robinson
|
UTA | Central Michigan | — |
| 144 |
Kevin Vesey
|
ATL | Iona | — |
| 145 |
Tom Sienkiewicz
|
SEA | Villanova | — |
| 146 |
Randy Johnson
|
SDC | Southern Colorado | — |
| 147 |
Greg Manning
|
DEN | Maryland | — |
| 148 |
Robby Dosty
|
GSW | Arizona | — |
| 149 |
Randy Martel
|
WAS | Houston Baptist | — |
| 150 | KCK | William Paterson | G | |
| 151 |
Joe Faine
|
HOU | Bowling Green | — |
| 152 |
Larry McKinney
|
IND | Boise State | — |
| 153 |
Julius Wayne
|
POR | Texas-El Paso | — |
| 154 |
Scott Williams
|
CHI | South Alabama | — |
| 155 |
Terry Cramer
|
NYK | Ripon | — |
| 156 |
Mark Minderman
|
SAS | Northern Michigan | — |
| 157 |
Larry Petty
|
LAL | Wisconsin | — |
| 158 |
David Williams
|
PHX | Southern | — |
| 159 |
Lewis Latimore
|
MIL | Virginia | — |
| 160 |
John Crawford
|
PHI | Kansas | — |
| 161 |
Tom Seaman
|
BOS | Holy Cross | — |
| Round 8 | ||||
| 162 |
David Kennedy
|
DAL | Cincinnati | — |
| 163 |
Joe Schoen
|
DET | St. Francis (PA) | — |
| 164 |
Ken Webb
|
NJN | Fairleigh Dickinson | — |
| 165 | UTA | Auburn | F | |
| 166 |
Glen Marcus
|
CLE | Alabama-Birmingham | — |
| 167 |
Gilbert Salinas
|
ATL | Notre Dame | — |
| 168 |
Todd Haynes
|
SDC | Davidson | — |
| 169 |
Curtis Redding
|
DEN | St. John's | — |
| 170 |
Mike Howard
|
WAS | Wofford | — |
| 171 |
Yasutaka Okayama
|
GSW | None (Japan) | — |
| 172 |
Stanley Brewer
|
HOU | Western Georgia | — |
| 173 |
Randy Smithson
|
KCK | Wichita State | — |
| 174 |
Len Hatzenbeller
|
IND | Drexel | — |
| 175 |
Ben Mitchell
|
CHI | Alabama-Huntsville | — |
| 176 |
John Smith
|
POR | St. Joseph's | — |
| 177 |
Brian OConnor
|
NYK | Thomas More (KY) | — |
| 178 |
Bob Bartholomew
|
SAS | San Diego | — |
| 179 |
Jay Triano
|
LAL | Simon Fraser (Canada) | — |
| 180 |
Steve Risley
|
PHX | Indiana | — |
| 181 |
Mike Brkovich
|
MIL | Michigan State | — |
| 182 |
George Morrow
|
BOS | Creighton | — |
| 183 |
Frank Gilroy
|
PHI | St. John's | — |
| Round 9 | ||||
| 184 |
John Hollinden
|
DAL | Indiana State-Evansville | — |
| 185 |
Eddie Baker
|
DET | Alcorn State | — |
| 186 |
Rudy Williams
|
NJN | Providence | — |
| 187 |
Paul Roba
|
CLE | Cleveland State | — |
| 188 |
Ken Ollie
|
UTA | Wyoming | — |
| 189 |
Howard Thompkins
|
ATL | Wagner | — |
| 190 |
Art Jones
|
SDC | North Carolina State | — |
| 191 |
Andrew Burton
|
DEN | Austin Peay | — |
| 192 |
Doug Murrey
|
GSW | San Jose State | — |
| 193 |
Eddie Brown
|
WAS | Valdosta State | — |
| 194 |
Mike Perry
|
KCK | Richmond | — |
| 195 |
Scott Whitley
|
IND | William & Mary | — |
| 196 |
Sid Williams
|
POR | San Jose State | — |
| 197 |
Terry Martin
|
CHI | Lambuth (TN) | — |
| 198 |
Marty Headd
|
NYK | Syracuse | — |
| 199 |
Leonel Marquetti
|
SAS | Hampton Institute | — |
| 200 |
Brian Johnson
|
PHX | Colorado | — |
| 201 |
Chip Rucker
|
MIL | Northeastern | — |
| 202 |
Ron Wister
|
PHI | Temple | — |
| 203 |
Greg McCray
|
BOS | Virginia Commonwealth | — |
| Round 10 | ||||
| 204 |
Scott Bolanko
|
DAL | Northern State College | — |
| 205 |
Melvin Maxwell
|
DET | Western Michigan | — |
| 206 |
Vic Sison
|
NJN | UCLA | — |
| 207 |
Joe Merten
|
UTA | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | — |
| 208 |
Greg Boone
|
CLE | Augsburg | — |
| 209 |
Mike Frazier
|
ATL | Georgetown | — |
| 210 |
Tony Gwynn
|
SDC | San Diego State | — |
| 211 | DEN | Potsdam State | F | |
| 212 |
Ralton Way
|
WAS | Houston Baptist | — |
| 213 |
Barry Brooks
|
GSW | USC | — |
| 214 |
Mark Wilson
|
KCK | Fort Hays State | — |
| 215 |
Rodney Benson
|
IND | Wright State | — |
| 216 |
Kenny Easley
|
CHI | UCLA | — |
| 217 |
Steve Cochran
|
POR | Lewis & Clark | — |
| 218 |
Kevin Rogers
|
NYK | St. Peter's | — |
| 219 |
Alvin Brooks
|
SAS | Lamar | — |
| 220 |
Felton Sealey
|
PHX | Oregon | — |
| 221 |
Artie Green
|
MIL | Marquette | — |
| 222 |
Ken Matthews
|
BOS | North Carolina State | — |
| 223 |
Pete Mullenberg
|
PHI | Delaware | — |
