1987 NBA Draft Class

View the 1987 NBA Draft class, including overall pick number, player, team, and college or organization when available.

No. 1 PickDavid Robinson

TeamSAS

Total Picks Loaded161

Data SourceBasketball-Reference fallback

Overall	Player	Team	College/Org
1	David Robinson	SAS	United States Naval Academy
2	Armen Gilliam	PHO	UNLV
3	Dennis Hopson	NJN	Ohio State
4	Reggie Williams	LAC	Georgetown
5	Scottie Pippen	SEA	University of Central Arkansas
6	Kenny Smith	SAC	UNC
7	Kevin Johnson	CLE	California
8	Olden Polynice	CHI	Virginia
9	Derrick McKey	SEA	Alabama
10	Horace Grant	CHI	Clemson
11	Reggie Miller	IND	UCLA
12	Muggsy Bogues	WSB	Wake Forest
13	Joe Wolf	LAC	UNC
14	Tellis Frank	GSW	Western Kentucky
15	José Ortiz	UTA	Oregon State
16	Chris Welp	PHI	Washington
17	Ronnie Murphy	POR	Jacksonville University
18	Mark Jackson	NYK	St. John's
19	Ken Norman	LAC	Illinois
20	Jim Farmer	DAL	Alabama
21	Dallas Comegys	ATL	DePaul
22	Reggie Lewis	BOS	Northeastern University
23	Greg Anderson	SAS	Houston
24	Freddie Banks	DET	UNLV
25	Ron Moore	NYK	West Virginia State University
26	Steve Alford	DAL	Indiana
27	Nate Blackwell	SAS	Temple
28	Rickie Winslow	CHI	Houston
29	Lester Fonville	POR	Jackson State University
30	Nikita Wilson	POR	LSU
31	Andre Moore	DEN	Loyola Chicago
32	Bob McCann	MIL	Morehead State University
33	Tony White	CHI	Tennessee
34	Brian Rowsom	IND	UNC Wilmington
35	Doug Lee	HOU	Purdue
36	Duane Washington	WSB	Middle Tennessee
37	Derrick Dowell	WSB	USC
38	Norris Coleman	LAC	Kansas State
39	Vincent Askew	PHI	Memphis
40	Winston Garland	MIL	Missouri State
41	Kannard Johnson	CLE	Western Kentucky
42	Terrance Bailey	ATL	Wagner College
43	Andrew Kennedy	PHI	Virginia
44	Terry Coner	ATL	Alabama
45	Brad Lohaus	BOS	Iowa
46	Bruce Dalrymple	PHO	Georgia Tech
47	Tim McCalister	LAC	Oklahoma
48	Jamie Waller	NJN	Virginia Union University
49	Jerome Batiste	NYK	McNeese State University
50	Phil Zevenbergen	SAS	Washington
51	Sven Meyer	SAC	Oregon
52	Donald Royal	CLE	Notre Dame
53	Winston Crite	PHO	Texas A&M
54	Tom Schafer	DEN	Iowa State
55	Tommy Amaker	SEA	Duke
56	John Fox	CHI	Millersville
57	Hansi Gnad	PHI	University of Alaska Anchorage
58	Darryl Johnson	GSW	Michigan State
59	Danny Pearson	WSB	Jacksonville University
60	Sean Couch	IND	Columbia University
61	Clarence Martin	UTA	Western Kentucky
62	Eric Riggins	PHI	Rutgers University
63	Kevin Gamble	POR	Iowa
64	J. J. Weber	MIL	Wisconsin
65	Eric White	DET	Pepperdine
66	Mike Richmond	DAL	Texas-El Paso
67	Song Tao	ATL
68	Billy Donovan	UTA	Providence
69	Willie Glass	LAL	St. John's
70	Tom Sheehey	BOS	Virginia
71	Mike Morgan	NYK	Drake University
72	Andrew Moten	NJN	Florida
73	Todd May	SAS	Pikeville College
74	Joe Arlauckas	SAC	Niagara University
75	Chris Dudley	CLE	Yale
76	Steve Beck	PHO	Arizona State
77	David Boone	DEN	Marquette
78	Todd Linder	SEA	University of Tampa
79	Jack Haley	CHI	UCLA
80	Carven Holcombe	CLE	TCU
81	Scott Thompson	WSB	University of San Diego
82	Joe Niego	HOU	Lewis (IL)
83	Bennie Bolton	GSW	NC State
84	Reuben Holmes	UTA	Alabama State University
85	Brian Rahilly	PHI	Tulsa
86	Norwood Barber	POR	Florida State
87	Darryl Bedford	MIL	Austin Peay State University
88	Dave Popson	DET	UNC
89	David Johnson	DAL	Oklahoma
90	Theofanis Christodoulou	ATL
91	Darryl Kennedy	BOS	Oklahoma
92	Ralph Tally	LAL	Norfolk State
93	Chad Kessler	LAC	Georgia
94	James Blackmon	NJN	Kentucky
95	Glen Clem	NYK	Vanderbilt
96	Dennis Willliams	SAS	Georgia
97	Vernon Carr	SAC	Michigan State
98	Carl Lott	CLE	TCU
99	Brent Counts	PHO	University of the Pacific
100	Ron Grandison	DEN	New Orleans
101	Michael Tait	SEA	Clemson
102	Anthony Wilson	CHI	LSU
103	Mike Milling	IND	UNC Charlotte
104	Andre LaFleur	HOU	Northeastern University
105	Terry Williams	GSW	SMU
106	Patrick Fairs	WSB	Texas
107	Bart Kofoed	UTA	University of Nebraska at Kearney
108	Frank Ross	PHI	American University
109	David Moss	POR	Tulsa
110	Brian Vaughns	MIL	UC Santa Barbara
111	Gerry Wright	DET	Iowa
112	Sam Hill	DAL	Iowa State
113	Jose Antonio Montero	ATL
114	Dave Butler	BOS	California
115	Kenny Travis	LAL	New Mexico State
116	Martin Nessley	LAC	Duke
117	Howard Triche	NYK	Syracuse
118	Perry Bromwell	NJN	Penn
119	Ricky Brown	SAS	University of South Alabama
120	Daryl Thomas	SAC	Indiana
121	Harold Jensen	CLE	Villanova
122	Marcel Boyce	PHO	University of Akron
123	Kelvin Scarborough	DEN	New Mexico
124	Tom Gneiting	SEA	BYU
125	Doug Altenberger	CHI	Illinois
126	Gary Graham	IND	UNLV
127	Šarūnas Marčiulionis	GSW
128	Dwayne Scholten	WSB	Washington State
129	Fred Jenkins	HOU	Tennessee
130	Art Sabb	UTA	Bloomfield College
131	Tracy Foster	PHI	UAB
132	Bernard Jackson	POR	Loyola Chicago
133	Gay Elmore	MIL	Virginia Military Institute
134	Antoine Joubert	DET	Michigan
135	Quintan Gates	DAL	Texas-El Paso
136	Riccardo Morandotti	ATL
137	Tim Naegeli	BOS	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
138	Frank Ford	LAL	Auburn
139	Henry Carr	LAC	Wichita State
140	Frank Booker	NJN	Bowling Green
141	Wayne Williams	NYK	Saint Joseph's
142	Raynard Davis	SAS	Texas
143	Scott Adubato	SAC	Upsala College
144	Michael Foster	CLE	South Carolina
145	Roy Singleton	PHO	Grand Canyon University
146	Rowan Gomes	DEN	Hampton
147	Mike Giomi	SEA	NC State
148	Ervin Leavy	CHI	Central Michigan University
149	Montel Hatcher	IND	UCLA
150	Jamie Dixon	WSB	TCU
151	Clarence Grier	HOU	Campbell
152	Ronnie Leggette	GSW	West Virginia State University
153	Keith Webster	UTA	Harvard University
154	Eric Semisch	PHI	West Virginia
155	Kenny Stone	POR	George Fox University
156	Curtis Hunter	DEN	UNC
157	Mark Gottfried	DET	Alabama
158	Gerald White	DAL	Auburn
159	Franjo Arapovic	ATL
160	Gerry Corcoran	BOS	Northeastern University
161	Ron Vanderschaaf	LAL	Central Washington University

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