Round 1 (23 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAL | James Worthy | SF | 6-9 / 225 | North Carolina | College | Junior |
| 2 | SDC | Terry Cummings | PF | 6-10 / 220 | DePaul | College | Junior |
| 3 | UTA | Dominique Wilkins | SF | 6-7 / 200 | Georgia | College | Junior |
| 4 | DAL | Bill Garnett | PF | 6-9 / 225 | Wyoming | College | Senior |
| 5 | KCK | LaSalle Thompson | PF | 6-10 / 245 | Texas | College | Junior |
| 6 | NYK | Trent Tucker | SG | 6-5 / 193 | Minnesota | College | Senior |
| 7 | CHI | Quintin Dailey | SG | 6-3 / 180 | San Francisco | College | Junior |
| 8 | IND | Clark Kellogg | PF | 6-7 / 227 | Ohio State | College | Junior |
| 9 | DET | Cliff Levingston | PF | 6-8 / 210 | Wichita State | College | Junior |
| 10 | ATL | Keith Edmonson | SG | 6-5 / 195 | Purdue | College | Senior |
| 11 | POR | Fat Lever | — | — | Arizona State | College | — |
| 12 | CLE | John Bagley | PG | 6-0 / 190 | Boston College | College | Junior |
| 13 | NJN | Sleepy Floyd | — | — | Georgetown | College | — |
| 14 | GSW | Lester Conner | SG | 6-4 / 180 | Oregon State | College | Senior |
| 15 | PHO | David Thirdkill | SF | 6-7 / 195 | Bradley | College | Senior |
| 16 | HOU | Terry Teagle | SG | 6-5 / 195 | Baylor | College | Senior |
| 17 | KCK | Brook Steppe | SG | 6-5 / 190 | Georgia Tech | College | Senior |
| 18 | DET | Ricky Pierce | SG | 6-5 / 205 | Rice | College | Senior |
| 19 | DEN | Rob Williams | PG | 6-3 / 175 | Houston | College | Junior |
| 20 | MIL | Paul Pressey | SF | 6-5 / 185 | Tulsa | College | Senior |
| 21 | NJN | Eddie Phillips | PF | 6-7 / 235 | Alabama | College | Senior |
| 22 | PHI | Mark McNamara | C | 6-11 / 235 | California | College | Senior |
| 23 | BOS | Darren Tillis | C | 6-11 / 215 | Cleveland State | College | Senior |
Round 2 (23 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | SAS | Oliver Robinson | SG | 6-4 / 180 | UAB | College | Senior |
| 25 | WSB | Bryan Warrick | SF | 6-5 / 190 | St. Josephs | College | Senior |
| 26 | CHI | Ricky Frazier | SF | 6-6 / 185 | Missouri | College | Senior |
| 27 | MIL | Fred Roberts | PF | 6-10 / 218 | BYU | College | Senior |
| 28 | CLE | Dave Magley | — | — | Kansas | College | — |
| 29 | NYK | Scott Hastings | PF | 6-10 / 235 | Arkansas | College | Senior |
| 30 | CHI | Wallace Bryant | C | 7-0 / 245 | San Francisco | College | Senior |
| 31 | CHI | Rod Higgins | SF | 6-7 / 200 | Fresno State | College | Senior |
| 32 | SDC | Richard Anderson | C | 6-10 / 240 | Cal-Santa Barbara | College | Senior |
| 33 | POR | Linton Townes | SF | 6-7 / 190 | James Madison | College | Senior |
| 34 | NYK | Vince Taylor | SF | 6-5 / 180 | Duke | College | Senior |
| 35 | GSW | Derek Smith | SF | 6-7 / 205 | Louisville | College | Senior |
| 36 | PHI | J.J. Anderson | — | — | Bradley | College | — |
| 37 | POR | Audie Norris | PF | 6-9 / 230 | Jackson State | College | Senior |
| 38 | GSW | Wayne Sappleton | PF | 6-9 / 215 | Loyola, Chicago | College | Senior |
| 39 | PHO | Kevin Magee | PF | 6-8 / 228 | UC Irvine | College | Senior |
| 40 | IND | Guy Morgan | PF | 6-8 / 205 | Wake Forest | College | Senior |
| 41 | WSB | Dwight Anderson | SG | 6-3 / 185 | Southern California | College | Senior |
| 42 | HOU | Jeff Taylor | SG | 6-4 / 175 | Texas Tech | College | Senior |
| 43 | IND | Jose Slaughter | SF | 6-5 / 205 | Portland | College | Senior |
| 44 | WSB | Mike Gibson | PF | 6-10 / 205 | South Carolina Upstate | College | Senior |
| 45 | PHI | Russ Schoene | PF | 6-10 / 210 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | College | Senior |
| 46 | BOS | Tony Guy | SF | 6-6 / 203 | Kansas | College | Senior |
Round 3 (23 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | CLE | Michael Wilson | — | — | Marquette | College | — |
| 48 | SDC | Craig Hodges | — | — | Long Beach State | College | — |
| 49 | UTA | Steve Trumbo | — | — | BYU | College | — |
| 50 | DAL | Corny Thompson | — | — | Connecticut | College | — |
| 51 | KCK | Jim Johnstone | — | — | Wake Forest | College | — |
| 52 | NYK | Dan Caldwell | — | — | Washington | College | — |
| 53 | CHI | Tyrone Adams | — | — | Kansas State | College | — |
| 54 | LAL | Hutch Jones | — | — | Vanderbilt | College | — |
| 55 | UTA | Jerry Eaves | — | — | Louisville | College | — |
| 56 | ATL | Joe Kopicki | — | — | Detroit Mercy | College | — |
| 57 | NYK | Craig Tucker | — | — | Illinois | College | — |
| 58 | WSB | Mike Largey | — | — | Upsala | — | — |
| 59 | NJN | Jimmy Black | — | — | North Carolina | College | — |
| 60 | GSW | Chris Engler | — | — | Wyoming | College | — |
| 61 | PHO | Charles Pittman | — | — | Maryland | College | — |
| 62 | DEN | Roylin Bond | — | — | Pepperdine | College | — |
| 63 | HOU | Chuck Nevitt | — | — | N.C. State | College | — |
| 64 | SAS | Willie Redden | — | — | South Florida | College | — |
| 65 | SEA | John Greig | — | — | Oregon | College | — |
| 66 | POR | Phillip Lockett | — | — | Alabama | College | — |
| 67 | LAL | Mike Hackett | — | — | Jacksonville | College | — |
| 68 | PHI | Dale Solomon | — | — | Virginia Tech | College | — |
| 69 | BOS | Perry Moss | — | — | Northeastern | College | — |
Round 4 (23 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | CLE | Reggie Hannah | — | — | South Alabama | College | — |
| 71 | SDC | Darius Clemons | — | — | Loyola, Chicago | College | — |
| 72 | UTA | Mark Eaton | — | — | UCLA | College | — |
| 73 | DAL | Rudy Woods | — | — | Texas A&M | College | — |
| 74 | KCK | Mike Sanders | — | — | UCLA | College | — |
| 75 | NYK | Norm Anchrum | — | — | UAB | College | — |
| 76 | CHI | Chuck Aleksinas | — | — | Connecticut | College | — |
| 77 | IND | Jeff Jones | — | — | Virginia | College | — |
| 78 | DET | Walker Russell | — | — | Western Michigan | College | — |
| 79 | POR | Eric Smith | — | — | Georgetown | College | — |
| 80 | NJN | James Griffin | — | — | Illinois | College | — |
| 81 | WSB | Dino Gregory | — | — | Long Beach State | College | — |
| 82 | NJN | Tony Brown | — | — | Arkansas | College | — |
| 83 | GSW | Ken Stancell | — | — | VCU | College | — |
| 84 | DEN | Alford Turner | — | — | Louisiana-Lafayette | College | — |
| 85 | HOU | Andre Gaddy | — | — | George Mason | College | — |
| 86 | PHO | Rory White | — | — | South Alabama | College | — |
| 87 | SAS | Tony Grier | — | — | South Florida | College | — |
| 88 | SEA | Ken Owens | — | — | Idaho | College | — |
| 89 | MIL | Jerry Beck | — | — | Middle Tennessee State | College | — |
| 90 | LAL | Craig McCormick | — | — | Western Kentucky | College | — |
| 91 | PHI | Bruce Atkins | — | — | Duquesne | College | — |
| 92 | BOS | Greg Stewart | — | — | Tulsa | College | — |
Round 5 (23 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | CLE | Terry White | — | — | Texas-El Paso | College | — |
| 94 | SDC | Gary Carter | — | — | Tennessee | College | — |
| 95 | UTA | Mike McKay | — | — | Connecticut | College | — |
| 96 | DAL | Kenny Arnold | — | — | Iowa | College | — |
| 97 | KCK | Kenny Simpson | — | — | Grambling | College | — |
| 98 | NYK | Aaron Howard | — | — | Villanova | College | — |
| 99 | CHI | Rubin Jackson | — | — | Oklahoma City | College | — |
| 100 | IND | Rich DiBenedetto | — | — | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | College | — |
| 101 | DET | John Ebeling | — | — | Florida Southern | — | — |
| 102 | ATL | Mark Hall | — | — | Minnesota | College | — |
| 103 | POR | Cherokee Rhone | — | — | Centenary | College | — |
| 104 | WSB | Clarence Dickerson | — | — | Hawaii | College | — |
| 105 | NJN | Chris Giles | — | — | UAB | College | — |
| 106 | GSW | Albert Irving | — | — | Alcorn State | College | — |
| 107 | HOU | Jeff Schneider | — | — | Virginia Tech | College | — |
| 108 | PHO | Marvin McCrary | — | — | Missouri | College | — |
| 109 | DEN | Bill Duffy | — | — | Santa Clara | College | — |
| 110 | SAS | Clarence Swannegan | — | — | Texas Tech | College | — |
| 111 | SEA | Rod Camp | — | — | Southern Illinois | College | — |
| 112 | WSB | Jerry Davis | — | — | Detroit Mercy | College | — |
| 113 | LAL | Howard McNeill | — | — | Seton Hall | College | — |
| 114 | PHI | Donald Mason | — | — | Fresno State | College | — |
| 115 | BOS | William Brown | — | — | St. Peters | — | — |
Round 6 (23 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | CLE | Vince Reynolds | — | — | South Florida | College | — |
| 117 | SDC | Eric Marbury | — | — | Georgia | College | — |
| 118 | UTA | Alvin Jackson | — | — | Southern | College | — |
| 119 | DAL | Wayne Waggoner | — | — | Northwestern State | College | — |
| 120 | KCK | Poncho Wright | — | — | Louisville | College | — |
| 121 | NYK | Mike Kanieski | — | — | Dayton | College | — |
| 122 | CHI | B. B. Fontenet | — | — | Nevada | College | — |
| 123 | IND | Jeff Clark | — | — | St. Josephs | College | — |
| 124 | DET | Gary Holmes | — | — | Minnesota | College | — |
| 125 | POR | Leo Cunningham | — | — | Utah State | College | — |
| 126 | ATL | Jay Bruchak | — | — | Mount St. Mary's | College | — |
| 127 | WSB | Byron Williams | — | — | Idaho State | College | — |
| 128 | NJN | Mel Daniel | — | — | Furman | College | — |
| 129 | GSW | David Vann | — | — | St. Mary's (Calif.) | College | — |
| 130 | PHO | Jake Bethany | — | — | Hardin-Simmons | — | — |
| 131 | DEN | Chris Brust | — | — | North Carolina | College | — |
| 132 | HOU | Don Wilson | — | — | Louisiana-Monroe | College | — |
| 133 | SAS | Jaime Pena | — | — | New Mexico State | College | — |
| 134 | SEA | Bobby Potts | — | — | Charlotte | College | — |
| 135 | MIL | Tony Carr | — | — | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | College | — |
| 136 | LAL | Lynden Rose | — | — | Houston | College | — |
| 137 | PHI | Kevin Boyle | — | — | Iowa | College | — |
| 138 | BOS | John Schweitz | — | — | Richmond | College | — |
Round 7 (23 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 139 | CLE | Randy Reed | — | — | Kansas State | College | — |
| 140 | SDC | Eddie Hughes | — | — | Colorado State | College | — |
| 141 | UTA | Thad Garner | — | — | Michigan | College | — |
| 142 | DAL | Bob Grady | — | — | Northwestern | College | — |
| 143 | KCK | Perry Range | — | — | Illinois | College | — |
| 144 | NYK | Phil Seymore | — | — | Canisius | College | — |
| 145 | CHI | Chuck Verderber | — | — | Kentucky | College | — |
| 146 | IND | Brad Leaf | — | — | Evansville | College | — |
| 147 | DET | Dean Marquardt | — | — | Marquette | College | — |
| 148 | ATL | Horace Wyatt | — | — | Clemson | College | — |
| 149 | POR | Terry Long | — | — | Lamar | College | — |
| 150 | WSB | Wendell Gibson | — | — | South Carolina | College | — |
| 151 | NJN | Tony Anderson | — | — | UCLA | College | — |
| 152 | GSW | Matt Waldron | — | — | Pacific | College | — |
| 153 | DEN | Jeb Barlow | — | — | North Carolina | College | — |
| 154 | HOU | Mike Helms | — | — | Wake Forest | College | — |
| 155 | PHO | Phil Ward | — | — | Charlotte | College | — |
| 156 | SAS | Delonte Taylor | — | — | North Texas | College | — |
| 157 | SEA | Allen Rayhorn | — | — | Northern Illinois | College | — |
| 158 | MIL | Bobby Austin | — | — | Cincinnati | College | — |
| 159 | LAL | Maurice Williams | — | — | Southern California | College | — |
| 160 | PHI | Keith Hilliard | — | — | Missouri State | College | — |
| 161 | BOS | Phil Collins | — | — | West Virginia | College | — |
Round 8 (23 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 162 | CLE | Monty Knight | — | — | VCU | College | — |
| 163 | SDC | Jacques Tuz | — | — | Colorado | College | — |
| 164 | UTA | Rick Campbell | — | — | Middle Tennessee State | College | — |
| 165 | DAL | Keith Peterson | — | — | Arkansas | College | — |
| 166 | KCK | Ed Nealy | — | — | Kansas State | College | — |
| 167 | NYK | Dan Terwilliger | — | — | Siena | — | — |
| 168 | CHI | Mike Burns | — | — | UNLV | College | — |
| 169 | IND | Donald Reese | — | — | Bradley | College | — |
| 170 | DET | Brian Nyenhuis | — | — | Marquette | College | — |
| 171 | POR | Dave Porter | — | — | Western Oregon | — | — |
| 172 | ATL | James Ratiff | — | — | Howard | — | — |
| 173 | WSB | Ken Luck | — | — | Delaware | College | — |
| 174 | NJN | Otis Jackson | — | — | Memphis | College | — |
| 175 | GSW | Mark King | — | — | Florida Southern | — | — |
| 176 | HOU | Dan Callandrillo | — | — | Seton Hall | College | — |
| 177 | PHO | Rick Elrod | — | — | Georgetown | — | — |
| 178 | DEN | Donnie Speer | — | — | UAB | College | — |
| 179 | SAS | Chris Faggi | — | — | Memphis | College | — |
| 180 | SEA | Steve Burks | — | — | Washington | College | — |
| 181 | MIL | Bryan Leonard | — | — | Illinois | College | — |
| 182 | LAL | Micah Blunt | — | — | Tulane | College | — |
| 183 | PHI | Donald Seals | — | — | Jackson State | College | — |
| 184 | BOS | Ed Spriggs | — | — | Georgetown | College | — |
Round 9 (21 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 185 | CLE | Tony Hafley | — | — | South Alabama | College | — |
| 186 | SDC | John Hegwood | — | — | San Francisco | College | — |
| 187 | UTA | Riley Clarida | — | — | Long Island | College | — |
| 188 | DAL | Ralph McPherson | — | — | Texas-Arlington | College | — |
| 189 | KCK | Jack Moore | — | — | Nebraska | College | — |
| 190 | NYK | Merle Scott | — | — | South Carolina State | College | — |
| 191 | CHI | Skip Dillard | — | — | DePaul | College | — |
| 192 | IND | Mike Scearce | — | — | Purdue | College | — |
| 193 | DET | Kevin Smith | — | — | Michigan State | College | — |
| 194 | ATL | Pierre Bland | — | — | McNeese State | College | — |
| 195 | POR | Mark Dearborn | — | — | St. Josephs | College | — |
| 196 | WSB | James Terry | — | — | Howard | — | — |
| 197 | NJN | Gary Johnson | — | — | Oral Roberts | College | — |
| 198 | GSW | Nick Morken | — | — | Tennessee | College | — |
| 199 | PHO | Ken Lyles | — | — | Washington | College | — |
| 200 | DEN | Dean Sears | — | — | UCLA | College | — |
| 201 | SAS | Harry O'Brien | — | — | St. Mary's (Calif.) | College | — |
| 202 | MIL | Robert Tate | — | — | Idaho State | College | — |
| 203 | LAL | Tim Byrne | — | — | Rutgers | College | — |
| 204 | PHI | George Melton | — | — | Cheyney | College | — |
| 205 | BOS | Panagiotis Giannakis | — | — | — | International | — |
Round 10 (20 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 206 | CLE | Durand Walker | — | — | Indiana Wesleyan | — | — |
| 207 | SDC | Daryl Stovall | — | — | Creighton | College | — |
| 208 | UTA | Michael Edwards | — | — | New Orleans | College | — |
| 209 | DAL | Albert Culton | — | — | Texas-Arlington | College | — |
| 210 | KCK | Robert Estes | — | — | Iowa State | College | — |
| 211 | NYK | John Leonard | — | — | Manhattan | College | — |
| 212 | CHI | Tony Britto | — | — | Campbell | College | — |
| 213 | IND | Craig Summers | — | — | Wisconsin-Stout | — | — |
| 214 | DET | David Coulthard | — | — | — | International | — |
| 215 | POR | Grant Taylor | — | — | UC Irvine | College | — |
| 216 | ATL | Ronnie McAdoo | — | — | Old Dominion | College | — |
| 217 | WSB | Donald Sinclair | — | — | N.C. Central | College | — |
| 218 | NJN | Sean Tuohy | — | — | Mississippi | College | — |
| 219 | GSW | Randy Whieldon | — | — | UC Irvine | College | — |
| 220 | DEN | Mike Phillips | — | — | Niagara | College | — |
| 221 | PHO | Dale Wilkinson | — | — | Idaho State | College | — |
| 222 | SAS | Keith White | — | — | McMurry | — | — |
| 223 | MIL | Bob Coenen | — | — | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | College | — |
| 224 | PHI | Randy Burkert | — | — | Drexel | College | — |
| 225 | BOS | Landon Turner | — | — | Indiana | College | — |
★ = Basketball Hall of Fame