1959 NBA Draft Class

View the 1959 NBA Draft class, including overall pick number, player, team, and college or organization when available.

No. 1 PickBob Boozer

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Total Picks Loaded85

Data SourceBasketball-Reference fallback

Overall	Player	Team	College/Org
1	Bob Boozer	CIN	Kansas State
2	Bailey Howell	DET	Mississippi State
3	Wilt Chamberlain	PHW	Kansas
4	Tom Hawkins	MNL	Notre Dame
5	Dick Barnett	SYR	Tennessee State
6	Johnny Green	NYK	Michigan State
7	Bob Ferry	STL	Saint Louis
8	John Richter	BOS	NC State
9	Tom Robitaille	DET	Rice University
10	Don Goldstein	DET	Louisville
11	Joe Ruklick	PHW	Northwestern
12	Rudy LaRusso	MNL	Dartmouth College
13	Gene Tormohlen	SYR	Tennessee
14	Alan Seiden	STL	St. John's
15	Cal Ramsey	STL	NYU
16	Gene Guarilia	BOS	George Washington
17	Mike Mendenhall	CIN	Cincinnati
18	Gary Alcorn	DET	Fresno State
19	Jim Hockaday	PHW	Memphis
20	Bobby Smith	MNL	West Virginia
21	Jon Cincebox	SYR	Syracuse
22	Bob Anderegg	NYK	Michigan State
23	Hank Stein	STL	Xavier
24	Ralph Crosthwaite	BOS	Western Kentucky
25	Leo Byrd	CIN	Marshall
26	George Lee	DET	Michigan
27	Ron Stevenson	PHW	TCU
28	Wilson Eison	MNL	Purdue
29	Paul Neumann	SYR	Stanford
30	Johnny Cox	NYK	Kentucky
31	Lee Harman	STL	Oregon State
32	Ed Kazakavich	BOS	University of Scranton
33	Harry Kirchner	CIN	TCU
34	Tony Windis	DET	Wyoming
35	Bill Telasky	PHW	George Washington
36	Bobby Joe Mason	MNL	Bradley
37	Roger Taylor	SYR	Illinois
38	Herb Busch	NYK	Virginia
39	Nick Mantis	STL	Northwestern
40	Roy Lange	BOS	William & Mary
41	Don Hennon	CIN	Pitt
42	Lou Jordan	DET	Cornell
43	Joe Spratt	PHW	Saint Joseph's
44	Jim Henry	MNL	Vanderbilt
45	Bob Dalton	SYR	California
46	Bucky McDonald	NYK	George Washington
47	Mike Moran	STL	Marquette
48	Bob Cumings	BOS	Boston University
49	Dale Moore	CIN	Eastern Kentucky University
50	Doug Smart	DET	Washington
51	Joe Ryan	PHW	Villanova
52	Charley Grote	MNL	Georgetown College
53	Darnel Haney	SYR	Utah State University
54	Russ Robinson	NYK	Missouri State
55	Orby Arnold	STL	Memphis
56	Don Matuszak	CIN	Kansas State
57	Chuck Curtis	DET	Pacific Lutheran University
58	Dave Gunther	PHW	Iowa
59	Leon Hill	MNL	Texas Tech
60	Walt Torrence	NYK	UCLA
61	Willie Merriweather	STL	Purdue
62	Joe Billy McDade	CIN	Bradley
63	Doyle Edmiston	DET	Hardin-Simmons University
64	Carl Belz	PHW	Princeton
65	Jim Mudd	MNL	University of North Texas
66	Jerry Shipp	NYK	Southeastern Oklahoma State University
67	Lou Pucillo	STL	NC State
68	Joe Viviano	CIN	Xavier
69	Bruno Boin	DET	Washington
70	Tommy Sellari	PHW	Lenoir-Rhyne College
71	Roger Johnson	MNL	Minnesota
72	Paul Wilcox	NYK	Davis & Elkins College
73	Ron Loneski	STL	Kansas
74	Charlie Brown	CIN	Seattle University
75	M. C. Burton	DET	Michigan
76	Phil Warren	PHW	Northwestern
77	Jack Evens	MNL	Lake Superior State University
78	Paul Benes	NYK	Hope College
79	John Barnhill	STL	Tennessee State
80	Roger Wendel	CIN	Tulsa
81	Vern Baggenstoss	MNL	St. Cloud State University
82	Ed Blair	NYK	Western Michigan
83	Dwayne Smith	MNL	Gustavus Adolphus
84	John Nicoll	NYK	BYU
85	Jack Israel	NYK	Missouri State

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