Round 1 (24 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOU | Hakeem Olajuwon | — | — | Houston | College | — |
| 2 | POR | Sam Bowie | C | 7-1 / 235 | Kentucky | College | Senior |
| 3 | CHI | Michael Jordan | SG | 6-6 / 195 | North Carolina | College | Junior |
| 4 | DAL | Sam Perkins | PF | 6-9 / 235 | North Carolina | College | Junior |
| 5 | PHI | Charles Barkley | PF | 6-6 / 260 | Auburn | College | Junior |
| 6 | WSB | Melvin Turpin | — | — | Kentucky | College | — |
| 7 | SAS | Alvin Robertson | SG | 6-3 / 185 | Arkansas | College | Senior |
| 8 | LAC | Lancaster Gordon | SG | 6-3 / 185 | Louisville | College | Senior |
| 9 | KCK | Otis Thorpe | PF | 6-9 / 225 | Providence | College | Senior |
| 10 | PHI | Leon Wood | SG | 6-3 / 185 | Cal State-Fullerton | College | Senior |
| 11 | ATL | Kevin Willis | PF | 7-0 / 220 | Michigan State | College | Senior |
| 12 | CLE | Tim McCormick | C | 6-11 / 240 | Michigan | College | Junior |
| 13 | PHO | Jay Humphries | PG | 6-3 / 185 | Colorado | College | Senior |
| 14 | LAC | Michael Cage | PF | 6-9 / 225 | San Diego State | College | Senior |
| 15 | DAL | Terence Stansbury | SG | 6-5 / 170 | Temple | College | Senior |
| 16 | UTA | John Stockton | PG | 6-1 / 170 | Gonzaga | College | Senior |
| 17 | NJN | Jeff Turner | PF | 6-9 / 230 | Vanderbilt | College | Senior |
| 18 | IND | Vern Fleming | PG | 6-5 / 195 | Georgia | College | Senior |
| 19 | POR | Bernard Thompson | SF | 6-7 / 215 | Fresno State | College | Senior |
| 20 | DET | Tony Campbell | SG | 6-7 / 215 | Ohio State | College | Senior |
| 21 | MIL | Kenny Fields | SF | 6-7 / 220 | UCLA | College | Senior |
| 22 | PHI | Tom Sewell | SG | 6-5 / 185 | Lamar | College | Senior |
| 23 | LAL | Earl Jones | C | 7-0 / 210 | Discrict of Columbia | College | Senior |
| 24 | BOS | Michael Young | SF | 6-7 / 220 | Houston | College | Senior |
Round 2 (23 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | IND | Devin Durrant | SF | 6-7 / 200 | BYU | College | Senior |
| 26 | POR | Victor Fleming | SG | 6-6 / 170 | Xavier | College | Senior |
| 27 | CLE | Ron Anderson | SF | 6-7 / 215 | Fresno State | College | Senior |
| 28 | SEA | Cory Blackwell | SG | 6-6 / 210 | Wisconsin | College | Junior |
| 29 | IND | Stuart Gray | C | 7-0 / 235 | UCLA | College | Junior |
| 30 | GSW | Steve Burtt | SG | 6-2 / 185 | Iona | College | Senior |
| 31 | GSW | Jay Murphy | PF | 6-9 / 220 | Boston College | College | Senior |
| 32 | DET | Eric Turner | PG | 6-3 / 175 | Michigan | College | Junior |
| 33 | POR | Steve Colter | PG | 6-3 / 165 | New Mexico State | College | Senior |
| 34 | WSB | Tony Costner | C | 6-10 / 250 | St. Josephs | College | Senior |
| 35 | GSW | Othell Wilson | PG | 6-0 / 195 | Virginia | College | Senior |
| 36 | PHO | Charles Jones | PF | 6-8 / 215 | Louisville | College | Senior |
| 37 | CHI | Ben Coleman | PF | 6-9 / 235 | Maryland | College | Senior |
| 38 | DAL | Charlie Sitton | — | — | Oregon State | College | — |
| 39 | SEA | Danny Young | SG | 6-3 / 175 | Wake Forest | College | Senior |
| 40 | DAL | Anthony Teachey | PF | 6-9 / 210 | Wake Forest | College | Senior |
| 41 | DAL | Tom Sluby | SG | 6-4 / 200 | Notre Dame | College | Senior |
| 42 | DEN | Willie White | SG | 6-3 / 195 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | College | Senior |
| 43 | CHI | Greg Wiltjer | C | 6-10 / 245 | Oregon State | College | Senior |
| 44 | WSB | Fred Reynolds | SF | 6-6 / 195 | Texas-El Paso | College | Senior |
| 45 | GSW | Gary Plummer | PF | 6-9 / 215 | Boston University | College | Senior |
| 46 | POR | Jerome Kersey | SF | 6-7 / 215 | Longwood | College | Senior |
| 47 | BOS | Ronnie Williams | PF | 6-8 / 240 | Florida | College | Senior |
Round 3 (23 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | PHI | James Banks | — | — | Georgia | College | — |
| 49 | CHI | Tim Dillon | — | — | Northern Illinois | College | — |
| 50 | CLE | Ben McDonald | — | — | UC Irvine | College | — |
| 51 | HOU | Jim Petersen | — | — | Minnesota | College | — |
| 52 | SEA | Terry Williams | — | — | Alabama | College | — |
| 53 | WSB | Ricky Ross | — | — | Tulsa | College | — |
| 54 | KCK | Roosevelt Chapman | — | — | Dayton | College | — |
| 55 | GSW | Lewis Jackson | — | — | Alabama State | College | — |
| 56 | KCK | Jeff Allen | — | — | St. Johns | College | — |
| 57 | SAS | Joe Binion | — | — | North Carolina A&T | College | — |
| 58 | ATL | Bobby Parks | — | — | Memphis | College | — |
| 59 | PHO | Murray Jarman | — | — | Clemson | College | — |
| 60 | CLE | Leonard Mitchell | — | — | Louisiana State | College | — |
| 61 | DAL | Jeff Cross | — | — | Maine | — | — |
| 62 | UTA | David Pope | — | — | Norfolk State | College | — |
| 63 | NJN | Yommy Sangodeyi | — | — | Sam Houston State | — | — |
| 64 | NYK | Curtis Green | — | — | Southern Miss | College | — |
| 65 | POR | Tim Kearney | — | — | West Virginia | College | — |
| 66 | DET | Kevin Springman | — | — | St. Josephs | College | — |
| 67 | MIL | Vernon Delancy | — | — | Florida | College | — |
| 68 | PHI | Butch Graves | — | — | Yale | College | — |
| 69 | LAL | George Singleton | — | — | Furman | College | — |
| 70 | BOS | Rick Carlisle | — | — | Virginia | College | — |
Round 4 (23 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | IND | Ralph Jackson | — | — | UCLA | College | — |
| 72 | CHI | Melvin Johnson | — | — | Charlotte | College | — |
| 73 | CLE | Art Aaron | — | — | Northwestern | College | — |
| 74 | HOU | Willie Jackson | — | — | Centenary | College | — |
| 75 | LAC | Marc Glass | — | — | Montana | College | — |
| 76 | WSB | Jim Grandholm | — | — | South Florida | College | — |
| 77 | CHI | Mark Halsel | — | — | Northeastern | College | — |
| 78 | SAS | John Devereaux | — | — | Ohio | College | — |
| 79 | DEN | Karl Tilleman | — | — | Calgary | — | — |
| 80 | KCK | Carl Henry | — | — | Kansas | College | — |
| 81 | ATL | Dicky Beal | — | — | Kentucky | College | — |
| 82 | PHO | Jeff Collins | — | — | UNLV | College | — |
| 83 | SEA | Jeff Jenkins | — | — | Xavier | College | — |
| 84 | DAL | John Horrocks | — | — | North Texas | College | — |
| 85 | NJN | Hank Cornley | — | — | Illinois State | College | — |
| 86 | UTA | Jim Rowinski | — | — | Purdue | College | — |
| 87 | NYK | Bob Thornton | — | — | UC Irvine | College | — |
| 88 | POR | Brett Applegate | — | — | BYU | College | — |
| 89 | DET | Phillip Smith | — | — | New Mexico | College | — |
| 90 | SAS | Ozell Jones | — | — | Cal State-Fullerton | College | — |
| 91 | PHI | Earl Harrison | — | — | Morehead State | College | — |
| 92 | LAL | John Revelli | — | — | Stanford | College | — |
| 93 | BOS | Kevin Mullin | — | — | Princeton | College | — |
Round 5 (23 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 | IND | Gene Smith | — | — | Georgetown | College | — |
| 95 | CHI | Lamont Robinson | — | — | Lamar | College | — |
| 96 | CLE | Vince Hinchen | — | — | Boise State | College | — |
| 97 | HOU | Al McClain | — | — | New Hampshire | — | — |
| 98 | LAC | Alonza Allen | — | — | Louisiana-Lafayette | College | — |
| 99 | WSB | Colin Irish | — | — | Bowling Green | College | — |
| 100 | SAS | Eric Richardson | — | — | Alabama | College | — |
| 101 | GSW | Steve Bartek | — | — | Doane | — | — |
| 102 | KCK | Jim Foster | — | — | South Carolina | College | — |
| 103 | DEN | Prince Bridges | — | — | Missouri | College | — |
| 104 | ATL | Terry Martin | — | — | Louisiana-Monroe | College | — |
| 105 | PHO | Bill Flye | — | — | Richmond | College | — |
| 106 | SEA | Eli Pasquale | — | — | — | High School | — |
| 107 | DAL | Dave Williams | — | — | Illinois-Chicago | College | — |
| 108 | UTA | Marcus Gaither | — | — | Fairleigh Dickinson | College | — |
| 109 | NJN | Michael Gerren | — | — | South Alabama | College | — |
| 110 | GSW | Scott McCollum | — | — | Pepperdine | College | — |
| 111 | POR | Mike Whitmarsh | — | — | San Diego | — | — |
| 112 | DET | Rick Doyle | — | — | Texas-San Antonio | College | — |
| 113 | MIL | Ernie Floyd | — | — | Holy Cross | College | — |
| 114 | PHI | Dan Federman | — | — | Tennessee | College | — |
| 115 | LAL | Lance Berwald | — | — | North Dakota | — | — |
| 116 | BOS | Todd Orlando | — | — | Bentley | — | — |
Round 6 (23 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 117 | IND | Clyde Vaughan | — | — | Pittsburgh | College | — |
| 118 | CHI | Jeff Tipton | — | — | Morehead State | College | — |
| 119 | CLE | Matt Doherty | — | — | North Carolina | College | — |
| 120 | MIL | McKinley Singleton | — | — | UAB | College | — |
| 121 | LAC | Phillip Haynes | — | — | Memphis | College | — |
| 122 | WSB | Blaise Bugajski | — | — | Illinois Wesleyan | College | — |
| 123 | GSW | Tony Martin | — | — | Wyoming | College | — |
| 124 | SAS | Dion Brown | — | — | Louisiana-Lafayette | College | — |
| 125 | DEN | Willie Burton | — | — | Tennessee | College | — |
| 126 | KCK | Bruce Vanley | — | — | Tulsa | College | — |
| 127 | ATL | Jim Master | — | — | Kentucky | College | — |
| 128 | PHO | Herman Veal | — | — | Maryland | College | — |
| 129 | SEA | Graylin Warner | — | — | Louisiana-Lafayette | College | — |
| 130 | DAL | LaVerne Evans | — | — | Marshall | College | — |
| 131 | NJN | Oscar Schmidt | — | — | — | International | — |
| 132 | UTA | Chris Harrison | — | — | West Virginia Wesleyan | — | — |
| 133 | NYK | Eddie Lee Wilkins | — | — | Gardner-Webb | College | — |
| 134 | POR | Lance Ball | — | — | Western Oregon | — | — |
| 135 | DET | Rennie Bailey | — | — | Louisiana Tech | College | — |
| 136 | MIL | Mike Reddick | — | — | Stetson | — | — |
| 137 | PHI | Gary Springer | — | — | Iona | College | — |
| 138 | LAL | Keith Jones | — | — | Stanford | College | — |
| 139 | BOS | Steve Carfino | — | — | Iowa | College | — |
Round 7 (23 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 140 | IND | Kenton Edelin | — | — | Virginia | College | — |
| 141 | CHI | Butch Hays | — | — | California | College | — |
| 142 | CLE | Joe Jakubick | — | — | Akron | College | — |
| 143 | HOU | Joedy Gardner | — | — | Long Beach State | College | — |
| 144 | LAC | David Brantley | — | — | Oregon | College | — |
| 145 | WSB | Tim Garrett | — | — | New Mexico | College | — |
| 146 | SAS | Michael Pitts | — | — | California | College | — |
| 147 | GSW | Cliff Higgins | — | — | Cal State-Northridge | — | — |
| 148 | KCK | Chipper Harris | — | — | Robert Morris | — | — |
| 149 | DEN | Mark Simpson | — | — | Catawba | — | — |
| 150 | ATL | Vince Martello | — | — | Florida State | College | — |
| 151 | PHO | Raymond Crenshaw | — | — | Oklahoma State | College | — |
| 152 | SEA | Gary Gatewood | — | — | Oregon | College | — |
| 153 | DAL | George Turner | — | — | UC Irvine | College | — |
| 154 | UTA | Bob Evans | — | — | Southern Utah | — | — |
| 155 | NJN | Sean Kerins | — | — | Syracuse | College | — |
| 156 | NYK | Ken Bannister | — | — | St. Augustine | — | — |
| 157 | POR | Victor Anger | — | — | Pepperdine | College | — |
| 158 | DET | Barry Francisco | — | — | Bloomsburg | — | — |
| 159 | MIL | Tony William | — | — | Florida State | College | — |
| 160 | PHI | Rich Congo | — | — | Drexel | College | — |
| 161 | LAL | Richard Haenisch | — | — | Chaminade | — | — |
| 162 | BOS | Mark Van Valkenburg | — | — | Framingham State | — | — |
Round 8 (22 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 163 | IND | Tom Heitz | — | — | Kentucky | College | — |
| 164 | CHI | Brett Crawford | — | — | Alliant International | — | — |
| 165 | CLE | Elliot Beard | — | — | Oberlin | — | — |
| 166 | HOU | Greg Wolff | — | — | Angelo State | — | — |
| 167 | LAC | Jim McLoughlin | — | — | Temple | College | — |
| 168 | WSB | Darryl Odom | — | — | West Virginia Wesleyan | — | — |
| 169 | GSW | Paul Brozovich | — | — | UNLV | College | — |
| 170 | SAS | Dan Tarkanian | — | — | UNLV | College | — |
| 171 | DEN | Bill Wendlandt | — | — | Texas | College | — |
| 172 | KCK | Nate Rollins | — | — | Fort Hays | — | — |
| 173 | ATL | Robert Brown | — | — | Long Island | College | — |
| 174 | PHO | Mark Fothergill | — | — | Maryland | College | — |
| 175 | SEA | Jerry McMillan | — | — | DePaul | College | — |
| 176 | DAL | Leroy Sutton | — | — | Arkansas | College | — |
| 177 | NJN | Chris Winans | — | — | Utah | College | — |
| 178 | UTA | Eric Booker | — | — | UNLV | College | — |
| 179 | NYK | Ricky Tunstall | — | — | Youngstown State | — | — |
| 180 | POR | Steve Flint | — | — | Cal-San Diego | — | — |
| 181 | DET | Dale Roberts | — | — | Appalachian State | — | — |
| 182 | MIL | Brad Jergenson | — | — | South Carolina | College | — |
| 183 | PHI | Frank Dobbs | — | — | Villanova | College | — |
| 184 | BOS | Champ Godbolt | — | — | Holy Cross | College | — |
Round 9 (22 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 185 | IND | Brian Martin | — | — | Kansas | College | — |
| 186 | CHI | Calvin Pierce | — | — | Oklahoma | College | — |
| 187 | CLE | John Shimko | — | — | Xavier | College | — |
| 188 | HOU | Bill Coon | — | — | Presbyterian | — | — |
| 189 | LAC | Dave Schultz | — | — | Westmont | — | — |
| 190 | WSB | Mike Emanuel | — | — | UNC-Pembroke | — | — |
| 191 | SAS | Melvin Roseboro | — | — | St. Mary's (Calif.) | College | — |
| 192 | GSW | Mitch Arnold | — | — | Fresno State | College | — |
| 193 | KCK | Greg Turner | — | — | Auburn | College | — |
| 194 | DEN | Cecil Exum | — | — | North Carolina | College | — |
| 195 | ATL | Fred Brown | — | — | Georgetown | College | — |
| 196 | PHO | Buddy Cox | — | — | Bellarmine | — | — |
| 197 | SEA | Mike Williams | — | — | Idaho State | College | — |
| 198 | DAL | John Tudor | — | — | Louisiana State | College | — |
| 199 | UTA | Kelly Knight | — | — | Kansas | College | — |
| 200 | NJN | Bill Ryan | — | — | Princeton | College | — |
| 201 | NYK | Marc Marotta | — | — | Marquette | College | — |
| 202 | POR | Dennis Black | — | — | Portland | College | — |
| 203 | DET | Ben Tower | — | — | Michigan State | College | — |
| 204 | MIL | Edwin Green | — | — | Massachusetts | College | — |
| 205 | PHI | Michael Mitchell | — | — | Drexel | College | — |
| 206 | BOS | Joe Dickson | — | — | Merrimack | — | — |
Round 10 (22 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 207 | IND | Gary Carver | — | — | Western Kentucky | College | — |
| 208 | CHI | Carl Lewis | — | — | Houston | College | — |
| 209 | CLE | Darrell Space | — | — | Northeastern Illinois | — | — |
| 210 | HOU | Robert Turner | — | — | Canisius | College | — |
| 211 | LAC | Dick Mumma | — | — | Penn State | College | — |
| 212 | WSB | Glynn Myrick | — | — | Stetson | — | — |
| 213 | GSW | Tim Bell | — | — | California-Riverside | — | — |
| 214 | SAS | Frank Rodriguez | — | — | New Mexico State | College | — |
| 215 | DEN | Dexter Bailey | — | — | Xavier | College | — |
| 216 | KCK | Victor Coleman | — | — | Northwest Missouri State | — | — |
| 217 | ATL | Doug Mills | — | — | Hofstra | College | — |
| 218 | PHO | Ezra Hill | — | — | Liberty | College | — |
| 219 | SEA | Greg Brandon | — | — | Creighton | College | — |
| 220 | DAL | Napoleon Johnson | — | — | Grambling | College | — |
| 221 | NJN | Phil Jamison | — | — | St. Peters | — | — |
| 222 | UTA | Mike Curran | — | — | Niagara | College | — |
| 223 | NYK | Mike Henderson | — | — | Long Island-C.W. Post | — | — |
| 224 | POR | Randy Dunn | — | — | George Fox | — | — |
| 225 | DET | Dan Pelekoudas | — | — | Michigan | College | — |
| 226 | MIL | Mike Toomer | — | — | Florida A&M | College | — |
| 227 | PHI | Martin Clark | — | — | Boston College | College | — |
| 228 | BOS | Dan Trant | — | — | Clark | — | — |
★ = Basketball Hall of Fame