1978 NBA Draft Class
View the 1978 NBA Draft class, including overall pick number, player, team, and college or organization when available.
No. 1 PickMychal Thompson
TeamPOR
Total Picks Loaded202
Data SourceBasketball-Reference fallback
| Overall | Player | Team | College/Org |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mychal Thompson | POR | Minnesota |
| 2 | Phil Ford | KCK | UNC |
| 3 | Rick Robey | IND | Kentucky |
| 4 | Michael Ray Richardson | NYK | Montana |
| 5 | Purvis Short | GSW | Jackson State University |
| 6 | Larry Bird | BOS | Indiana State University |
| 7 | Ron Brewer | POR | Arkansas |
| 8 | Freeman Williams | BOS | Portland State |
| 9 | Reggie Theus | CHI | UNLV |
| 10 | Butch Lee | ATL | Marquette |
| 11 | James Hardy | NOJ | San Francisco |
| 12 | George Johnson | MIL | St. John's |
| 13 | Winford Boynes | NJN | San Francisco |
| 14 | Roger Phegley | WSB | Bradley |
| 15 | Mike Mitchell | CLE | Auburn |
| 16 | Jack Givens | ATL | Kentucky |
| 17 | Rod Griffin | DEN | Wake Forest |
| 18 | Dave Corzine | WSB | DePaul |
| 19 | Marty Byrnes | PHO | Syracuse |
| 20 | Frankie Sanders | SAS | Southern University and A&M College |
| 21 | Mike Evans | DEN | Kansas State |
| 22 | Raymond Townsend | GSW | UCLA |
| 23 | Terry Tyler | DET | Detroit Mercy |
| 24 | Keith Herron | POR | Villanova |
| 25 | Rick Wilson | ATL | Louisville |
| 26 | Ron Carter | LAL | Virginia Military Institute |
| 27 | Wayne Radford | IND | Indiana |
| 28 | Buster Matheney | HOU | Utah |
| 29 | John Long | DET | Detroit Mercy |
| 30 | Jeff Judkins | BOS | Utah |
| 31 | Marvin Johnson | CHI | New Mexico |
| 32 | John Rudd | NYK | McNeese State University |
| 33 | Harry Davis | CLE | Florida State |
| 34 | Greg Bunch | NYK | Cal State Fullerton |
| 35 | Tommie Green | NOJ | Southern University and A&M College |
| 36 | Maurice Cheeks | PHI | West Texas A&M University |
| 37 | Terry Sykes | WSB | Grambling State University |
| 38 | Lew Massey | LAL | UNC Charlotte |
| 39 | James Lee | SEA | Kentucky |
| 40 | Wayne Cooper | GSW | New Orleans |
| 41 | Jerome Whitehead | SDC | Marquette |
| 42 | Keven McDonald | SEA | Penn |
| 43 | Glenn Hagan | PHI | St. Bonaventure |
| 44 | Clemon Johnson | POR | Florida A&M |
| 45 | Mike Phillips | NJN | Kentucky |
| 46 | Hollis Copeland | DEN | Rutgers University |
| 47 | Billy Ray Bates | HOU | Kentucky State University |
| 48 | Mike Santos | SDC | Utah State University |
| 49 | Jeff Cook | KCK | Idaho State University |
| 50 | Dana Skinner | BOS | Merrimack College |
| 51 | Ricky Gallon | SDC | Louisville |
| 52 | Mike Russell | KCK | Texas Tech |
| 53 | Randy Ayers | CHI | Miami University |
| 54 | Steve Grant | ATL | Manhattan University |
| 55 | Marc Iavaroni | NYK | Virginia |
| 56 | Steve Neff | GSW | Southern Nazarene University |
| 57 | Kenny Higgs | CLE | LSU |
| 58 | Rick Apke | WSB | Creighton |
| 59 | Pat Cummings | MIL | Cincinnati |
| 60 | Michael Cooper | LAL | New Mexico |
| 61 | Dave Baxter | SEA | Michigan |
| 62 | Dave Batton | NJN | Notre Dame |
| 63 | Joel Kramer | PHO | San Diego State |
| 64 | Gerald Henderson | SAS | VCU |
| 65 | Marvin Delph | SDC | Arkansas |
| 66 | Sterling Edmonds | POR | Dartmouth College |
| 67 | Jackie Robinson | HOU | UNLV |
| 68 | Jim Boylan | SDC | Marquette |
| 69 | Joel Thompson | HOU | Michigan |
| 70 | Geoff Crompton | KCK | UNC |
| 71 | Rickey Lee | IND | Oregon State |
| 72 | Dave Nelson | BOS | Bloomfield College |
| 73 | Larry Harris | SDC | Pitt |
| 74 | Mel Davis | NOJ | University of North Texas |
| 75 | Jeff Covington | NOJ | Youngstown State University |
| 76 | Leroy McDonald | SDC | Wake Forest |
| 77 | Derrick Jackson | GSW | Georgetown |
| 78 | Stan Rome | CLE | Clemson |
| 79 | Erving Giddings | NYK | Dayton |
| 80 | Otis Howard | MIL | Austin Peay State University |
| 81 | Lawrence Boston | WSB | Maryland |
| 82 | Harold Robertson | LAL | Lincoln University of Missouri |
| 83 | Billy Lewis | SEA | Illinois State |
| 84 | Walter Jordan | NJN | Purdue |
| 85 | Bob Miller | PHO | Cincinnati |
| 86 | Rich Adams | SAS | Illinois |
| 87 | Brett Vroman | PHI | UNLV |
| 88 | Wayne Smith | PHO | University of California, Irvine |
| 89 | Cecil Rose | NJN | Houston |
| 90 | David Thompson | SDC | Florida State |
| 91 | Gary Goodner | HOU | Texas |
| 92 | James Sparrow | IND | North Carolina A&T |
| 93 | Derrick Clairborne | KCK | UMass |
| 94 | Greg Tynes | BOS | Seton Hall |
| 95 | Dave Caligaris | DET | Northeastern University |
| 96 | Duck Williams | NOJ | Notre Dame |
| 97 | Ron Anthony | CHI | Jacksonville University |
| 98 | Chris Potter | ATL | Holy Cross |
| 99 | Ken Koenigs | CLE | Kansas |
| 100 | Greg Green | NYK | Southern University and A&M College |
| 101 | Bubba Wilson | GSW | Western Carolina University |
| 102 | Roger Dickens | WSB | Towson University |
| 103 | Russ Coleman | MIL | University of the Pacific |
| 104 | Carlos Terry | LAL | Winston-Salem State |
| 105 | Ralph Drollinger | SEA | UCLA |
| 106 | Michael Edwards | DEN | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
| 107 | Andre Wakefield | PHO | Loyola Chicago |
| 108 | Eugene Parker | SAS | Purdue |
| 109 | Mark Haymore | PHI | UMass |
| 110 | Clay Johnson | POR | Missouri |
| 111 | Golie Augustus | NJN | South Carolina |
| 112 | Bob Misevicius | SDC | Providence |
| 113 | Eddie Joe Chavez | HOU | Santa Clara |
| 114 | Jim Krivacs | KCK | Texas |
| 115 | Sherman Dillard | IND | James Madison University |
| 116 | Dave Winey | BOS | Minnesota |
| 117 | Audie Matthews | DET | Illinois |
| 118 | John Douglas | NOJ | Kansas |
| 119 | John Shoemaker | CHI | Miami University |
| 120 | Gerald Glover | ATL | Howard University |
| 121 | Eddie Warren | NYK | Briar Cliff University |
| 122 | Buzz Harnett | GSW | University of San Diego |
| 123 | Ron Bell | CLE | Virginia Tech |
| 124 | Dave Kyle | MIL | Cleveland State University |
| 125 | Archie Aldridge | WSB | Miami University |
| 126 | Kim Stewart | LAL | Washington |
| 127 | Robert Heard | DEN | Columbus State University |
| 128 | Charles Thompson | PHO | Houston |
| 129 | Harry Morgan | SAS | Indiana State University |
| 130 | Osborne Lockhart | PHI | Minnesota |
| 131 | Tim Evans | POR | University of Puget Sound |
| 132 | Doug Jemison | NJN | San Francisco |
| 133 | Stan Pietkiewicz | SDC | Auburn |
| 134 | Stan Stewart | HOU | Loyola Marymount |
| 135 | Ollie Matson Jr. | IND | Pepperdine |
| 136 | Charles McMillian | KCK | University of North Texas |
| 137 | Steve Balkun | BOS | Fairfield |
| 138 | Herb Entzminger | DET | Johnson C. Smith University |
| 139 | Willie Howard | NOJ | New Mexico |
| 140 | Jarvis Reynolds | CHI | West Georgia |
| 141 | Jim DeWeese | ATL | Gonzaga |
| 142 | Rick Bernard | GSW | Saint Mary's |
| 143 | Tony Smith | CLE | UNLV |
| 144 | Gary Pember | NYK | Nasson College |
| 145 | Ed Hopkins | WSB | Georgetown |
| 146 | Kim Anderson | MIL | Missouri |
| 147 | Larry Paige | LAL | Colorado State |
| 148 | Jack Gilloon | DEN | South Carolina |
| 149 | Steve Malovic | PHO | San Diego State |
| 150 | Hector Olivencia | SAS | Sacred Heart University |
| 151 | Anthony Murray | PHI | Alabama |
| 152 | Walter Reason | POR | Pacific University |
| 153 | Bruce Campbell | NJN | Providence |
| 154 | Felton Young | SDC | Jacksonville University |
| 155 | Ron Hammye | KCK | Bowling Green |
| 156 | Kim Fisher | BOS | Fairfield |
| 157 | Earl Evans | DET | UNLV |
| 158 | Carl Kilpatrick | NOJ | Louisiana-Monroe |
| 159 | Chubby Cox | CHI | San Francisco |
| 160 | Ed Murphy | ATL | Merrimack College |
| 161 | Roland Martin | CLE | Missouri Southern State |
| 162 | Greg Sanders | NYK | St. Bonaventure |
| 163 | Tony Searcy | GSW | Appalachian State University |
| 164 | Tom Zaliagiris | MIL | UNC |
| 165 | Nestor Cora | WSB | St. Francis College |
| 166 | Larry Vaculik | DEN | Colorado |
| 167 | George Fowler | PHO | University of the Pacific |
| 168 | Henry Taylor | SAS | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
| 169 | Alan Cunningham | PHI | Colorado State |
| 170 | Mark Wickman | POR | Linfield College |
| 171 | Frank Sowinski | NJN | Princeton |
| 172 | Bobby White | SDC | Centenary (LA) |
| 173 | Les Anderson | BOS | George Washington |
| 174 | Ulice Payne | DET | Marquette |
| 175 | Chad Nelson | NOJ | Drake University |
| 176 | Joe Ponsetto | CHI | DePaul |
| 177 | Maurice Robinson | ATL | West Virginia |
| 178 | Denny Fields | NYK | UNC Wilmington |
| 179 | Bobby Humbles | GSW | Bradley |
| 180 | Steve Bayless | CLE | Central State University |
| 181 | Tim Claxton | WSB | Temple |
| 182 | Gary Rosenberger | MIL | Marquette |
| 183 | Tom Schneeberger | DEN | Air Force |
| 184 | Nate Stokes | PHO | Grand Canyon University |
| 185 | Rick Taylor | SAS | Arizona State |
| 186 | Paul Cozens | POR | Holy Cross |
| 187 | Michael Vicens | NJN | Holy Cross |
| 188 | Walter Harrigan | BOS | Brandeis University |
| 189 | Dave Grauzer | DET | Central Michigan University |
| 190 | Rickey Williams | NOJ | Cal State Long Beach |
| 191 | Mark Tucker | CHI | Oklahoma State |
| 192 | Marshall Lester | ATL | Florida Southern College |
| 193 | Mike Muff | GSW | Murray State |
| 194 | Gary Winton | CLE | United States Military Academy |
| 195 | Ernest Simons | NYK | Pace University |
| 196 | Tom Anderson | MIL | Green Bay |
| 197 | Steve Connor | WSB | Boise State |
| 198 | Phil Taylor | DEN | Arizona |
| 199 | Lewis Cohen | PHO | Cal Poly |
| 200 | Larry Brewster | SAS | Florida |
| 201 | Dennis James | PHI | Widener University |
| 202 | Tim Warkentin | POR | Biola University |
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