1979 NBA Draft Class
View the 1979 NBA Draft class, including overall pick number, player, team, and college or organization when available.
No. 1 PickMagic Johnson
TeamLAL
Total Picks Loaded202
Data SourceBasketball-Reference fallback
| Overall | Player | Team | College/Org |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magic Johnson | LAL | Michigan State |
| 2 | Dave Greenwood | CHI | UCLA |
| 3 | Bill Cartwright | NYK | San Francisco |
| 4 | Greg Kelser | DET | Michigan State |
| 5 | Sidney Moncrief | MIL | Arkansas |
| 6 | James Bailey | SEA | Rutgers University |
| 7 | Vinnie Johnson | SEA | Baylor |
| 8 | Calvin Natt | NJN | Louisiana-Monroe |
| 9 | Larry Demic | NYK | Arizona |
| 10 | Roy Hamilton | DET | UCLA |
| 11 | Cliff Robinson | NJN | USC |
| 12 | Jim Paxson | POR | Dayton |
| 13 | Dudley Bradley | IND | UNC |
| 14 | Brad Holland | LAL | UCLA |
| 15 | Phil Hubbard | DET | Michigan |
| 16 | Jim Spanarkel | PHI | Duke |
| 17 | Lee Johnson | HOU | |
| 18 | Reggie King | KCK | Alabama |
| 19 | Wiley Peck | SAS | Mississippi State |
| 20 | Larry Knight | UTA | Loyola Chicago |
| 21 | Sly Williams | NYK | Rhode Island |
| 22 | Kyle Macy | PHO | Kentucky |
| 23 | Tico Brown | UTA | Georgia Tech |
| 24 | Johnny High | PHO | Nevada |
| 25 | Ollie Mack | LAL | East Carolina University |
| 26 | Bruce Flowers | CLE | Notre Dame |
| 27 | Reggie Carter | NYK | St. John's |
| 28 | Danny Salisbury | GSW | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
| 29 | Tony Price | DET | Penn |
| 30 | Gary Garland | DEN | DePaul |
| 31 | Edgar Jones | MIL | Nevada |
| 32 | Tony Zeno | IND | Arizona State |
| 33 | Lawrence Butler | CHI | Idaho State University |
| 34 | Kim Goetz | NYK | San Diego State |
| 35 | James Bradley | ATL | Memphis |
| 36 | Clint Richardson | PHI | Seattle University |
| 37 | Bernard Toone | PHI | Marquette |
| 38 | Larry Wilson | ATL | Nicholls State |
| 39 | Victor King | LAL | Louisiana Tech |
| 40 | Andrew Fields | POR | Cheyney (PA) |
| 41 | Mark Young | LAL | Fairfield |
| 42 | Paul Mokeski | HOU | Kansas |
| 43 | Johnny Moore | SEA | Texas |
| 44 | Joe DeSantis | WSB | Fairfield |
| 45 | Arvid Kramer | UTA | Augustana College (SD) |
| 46 | Andrew Parker | WSB | Iowa State |
| 47 | Calvin Garrett | CHI | Oral Roberts |
| 48 | Terry Duerod | DET | Detroit Mercy |
| 49 | Cedrick Hordges | CHI | South Carolina |
| 50 | Geoff Huston | NYK | Texas Tech |
| 51 | John Gerdy | NJN | Davidson |
| 52 | Larry Gibson | MIL | Maryland |
| 53 | Wayne Kreklow | BOS | Drake University |
| 54 | Cheese Johnson | GSW | Wichita State |
| 55 | Tom Channel | SDC | Boston University |
| 56 | Mickey Fox | POR | Saint Mary's University |
| 57 | Don Marsh | ATL | Franklin & Marshall College |
| 58 | Earl Cureton | PHI | Detroit Mercy |
| 59 | Ricardo Brown | HOU | Pepperdine |
| 60 | Walter Daniels | LAL | Georgia |
| 61 | Ernesto Malcolm | BOS | Briar Cliff University |
| 62 | Terry Crosby | KCK | Tennessee |
| 63 | Sylvester Norris | SAS | Jackson State University |
| 64 | Al Green | PHO | LSU |
| 65 | Bill Laimbeer | CLE | Notre Dame |
| 66 | Charles Floyd | WSB | High Point University |
| 67 | Greg Deane | UTA | Utah |
| 68 | Nick Galis | BOS | Seton Hall |
| 69 | Eugene Robinson | MIL | Louisiana-Monroe |
| 70 | Rick Swing | CLE | The Citadel |
| 71 | Larry Rogers | NYK | SE Missouri State |
| 72 | George Maynor | CHI | East Carolina University |
| 73 | James Donaldson | SEA | Washington State |
| 74 | Don Newman | IND | Idaho |
| 75 | Ron Ripley | GSW | Green Bay |
| 76 | Sammy Drummer | HOU | Georgia Tech |
| 77 | Lionel Garrett | SDC | Southern University and A&M College |
| 78 | Darryl Robinson | POR | Appalachian State University |
| 79 | Ray White | LAL | Mississippi State |
| 80 | Lionel Green | HOU | LSU |
| 81 | Ricky Reed | LAL | Temple |
| 82 | Jerry Sichting | GSW | Purdue |
| 83 | Mike Niles | PHI | Cal State Fullerton |
| 84 | Al Daniel | SAS | Furman University |
| 85 | John McCullough | KCK | Oklahoma |
| 86 | Malcolm Cesare | PHO | Florida |
| 87 | Richie Allen | SEA | Cal State Dominguez Hills |
| 88 | Lamont Reid | WSB | Oral Roberts |
| 89 | Perry Wolfe | UTA | Stanford |
| 90 | Jimmy Allen | BOS | University of New Haven |
| 91 | Matt Simpkins | CLE | Georgia Southern University |
| 92 | Flintie Ray Williams | DET | UNLV |
| 93 | Larry Washington | CHI | Drury University |
| 94 | Johnny Green | NYK | University of California, Riverside |
| 95 | Jim Abromaitis | NJN | UConn |
| 96 | George Lett | GSW | Centenary (LA) |
| 97 | Jim Tillman | MIL | Eastern Kentucky University |
| 98 | Billy Reid | IND | San Francisco |
| 99 | Greg Joyner | SDC | Middle Tennessee |
| 100 | Matt White | POR | Penn |
| 101 | Tiny Pinder | ATL | NC State |
| 102 | Larry Williams | DEN | Louisville |
| 103 | Carl McPipe | PHI | Nebraska |
| 104 | Allen Leavell | HOU | Oklahoma City University |
| 105 | Curtis Watkins | KCK | DePaul |
| 106 | Steve Schall | SAS | Arkansas |
| 107 | Mark Eaton | PHO | UCLA |
| 108 | Marshall Ashford | WSB | Virginia Tech |
| 109 | Ernie Cobb | UTA | Boston University |
| 110 | Marvin Delph | BOS | Arkansas |
| 111 | Truman Claytor | DET | Kentucky |
| 112 | Jon Manning | CLE | University of North Texas |
| 113 | Phil Abney | NYK | New Mexico |
| 114 | Steve Smith | CHI | USC |
| 115 | Tony Smith | NJN | UNLV |
| 116 | Derrick Mayes | MIL | Illinois State |
| 117 | Greg Guye | IND | Stetson University |
| 118 | Jim Mitchem | GSW | DePaul |
| 119 | Bob Bender | SDC | Duke |
| 120 | Ray Ellis | POR | Pepperdine |
| 121 | Dwight Williams | ATL | Gardner-Webb University |
| 122 | Odell Ball | DEN | Marquette |
| 123 | Dan Hartshorne | PHI | Oregon |
| 124 | Collie Davis | HOU | Southern University and A&M College |
| 125 | Terry Knight | SAS | Pitt |
| 126 | Bob Roma | KCK | Princeton |
| 127 | Dale Shackleford | PHO | Syracuse |
| 128 | Garcia Hopkins | WSB | Morgan State University |
| 129 | Paul Poe | UTA | Louisiana College |
| 130 | Steve Castellan | BOS | Virginia |
| 131 | Steve Skaggs | CLE | Ohio University |
| 132 | Ken Jones | DET | Saint Mary's |
| 133 | Mike Eversley | CHI | Chicago State |
| 134 | Marc Coleman | NYK | Seton Hall |
| 135 | Jim Strickland | NJN | South Carolina |
| 136 | Dirk Ewing | IND | Stetson University |
| 137 | Ren Watson | GSW | VCU |
| 138 | Stan Ray | MIL | Cal State Fullerton |
| 139 | Jene Grey | SDC | LeMoyne College |
| 140 | Jeff Tropf | POR | Central Michigan University |
| 141 | Tim Waterman | ATL | St. Bonaventure |
| 142 | Bobby Willis | PHI | Penn |
| 143 | Rich Valavicius | HOU | Auburn |
| 144 | John Johnson | DEN | Creighton |
| 145 | Nick Daniels | KCK | Xavier |
| 146 | Tyrone Branyan | SAS | Texas |
| 147 | Ollie Matson Jr. | PHO | Pepperdine |
| 148 | Keith McDonald | UTA | Utah State University |
| 149 | Glenn Sudhop | BOS | NC State |
| 150 | Rodney Lee | DET | Memphis |
| 151 | Mark Haymore | CLE | UMass |
| 152 | Billy Tucker | NYK | Tennessee State |
| 153 | Tony Warren | CHI | NC State |
| 154 | Henry Hollingsworth | NJN | Hofstra |
| 155 | Mario Butler | GSW | Briar Cliff University |
| 156 | Larry Spicer | MIL | UAB |
| 157 | Brian Magid | IND | George Washington |
| 158 | Renaldo Lawrence | SDC | Appalachian State University |
| 159 | Willie Pounds | POR | Chaminade University of Honolulu |
| 160 | John Goedeke | ATL | UMBC |
| 161 | Delbert Watson | HOU | East Tennessee State University |
| 162 | Matt Teahan | DEN | Denver |
| 163 | Rick Raivio | PHI | University of Portland |
| 164 | Tony Vann | KCK | |
| 165 | Charles Jones | PHO | Albany State University |
| 166 | Jo Jo Walters | WSB | Manhattan University |
| 167 | Milt Huggins | UTA | Southern Illinois |
| 168 | Kevin Sinnett | BOS | United States Naval Academy |
| 169 | Tim Joyce | CLE | Ohio University |
| 170 | Val Bracey | DET | Central Michigan University |
| 171 | James Jackson | CHI | Minnesota |
| 172 | Brett Wyatt | NYK | New Jersey City University |
| 173 | Ricky Free | NJN | Columbia University |
| 174 | Roger Lapham | MIL | University of Maine |
| 175 | Gene Ransom | GSW | California |
| 176 | Mike Dodd | SDC | San Diego State |
| 177 | Stan Eckwood | POR | Harding University |
| 178 | Cedric Oliver | ATL | Hamilton College |
| 179 | Emmett Lewis | DEN | Colorado |
| 180 | Coby Leavitt | PHI | Utah |
| 181 | Gary Wilson | KCK | Southern Illinois |
| 182 | Eddie McLeod | SAS | UNLV |
| 183 | Hosea Champine | PHO | Robert Morris University (PA) |
| 184 | Gary Ray Hooker | WSB | Murray State |
| 185 | Paul Dawkins | UTA | Northern Illinois |
| 186 | Alton Byrd | BOS | Columbia University |
| 187 | Willie Polk | DET | Grand Canyon University |
| 188 | Terry Peavy | CLE | Point Park University |
| 189 | Gordon Thomas | NYK | St. John's |
| 190 | Marvin Thomas | CHI | UCLA |
| 191 | Eric Fleisher | NJN | Tulane |
| 192 | Kevin Heenan | GSW | Cal State Fullerton |
| 193 | Chris Fahrbach | MIL | University of North Dakota |
| 194 | Greg Hunter | SDC | Loyola Marymount |
| 195 | Kelvin Small | POR | Oregon |
| 196 | Chad Nelson | ATL | Drake University |
| 197 | Cortez Collins | CHI | Southern Indiana |
| 198 | Keith McCord | PHI | UAB |
| 199 | Glenn Fine | SAS | Harvard University |
| 200 | Russell Saunders | KCK | New Mexico |
| 201 | Korky Nelson | PHO | Santa Clara |
| 202 | Steve Martin | WSB | Georgetown |
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