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Cleveland Cavaliers (1970 - ) Draft History
| 2011 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Kyrie Irving | Duke | |
| 1 | Tristan Thompson | Texas | |
| 2 | Justin Harper | Richmond | |
| 2 | Milan Macvan | Yugoslavia | |
| 2009 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Christian Eyenga | Congo | |
| 2 | Danny Green | North Carolina | |
| 2008 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | J.J. Hickson | North Carolina State University | |
| 2006 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Shannon Brown | Michigan State University | |
| 2 | Daniel Gibson | University of Texas at Austin | |
| 2 | Ejike Ugboaja | Nigeria | |
| 2004 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Luke Jackson | Oregon | |
| 2003 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | LeBron James | St. Mary / St. Vincent (ohio) HS | |
| 2 | Jason Kapono | UCLA | |
| 2002 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Dajuan Wagner | Memphis | |
| 2 | Carlos Boozer | Duke | |
| 2001 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Desagana Diop | Oak Hill Academy, HS | |
| 1 | Brendan Haywood | North Carolina | |
| 2 | Jeff Trepagnier | USC | |
| 2000 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Chris Mihm | Texas | |
| 1999 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Andre Miller | Utah | |
| 1 | Trajan Langdon | Duke | |
| 2 | A.J. Bramlett | Arizona | |
| 1998 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 2 | Ryan Stack | South Carolina | |
| 1997 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Derek Anderson | Kentucky | |
| 1 | Brevin Knight | Stanford | |
| 2 | Cedric Henderson | Memphis | |
| 1996 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Vitaly Potapenko | Wright State | |
| 1 | Zydrunas Ilgauskas | Lithuania | |
| 2 | Reggie Geary | Arizona | |
| 1995 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Bob Sura | Florida State | |
| 2 | Donny Marshall | Connecticut | |
| 1994 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 2 | Gary Collier | Tulsa | |
| 1993 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Chris Mills | Arizona | |
| 1991 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Terrell Brandon | Oregon | |
| 2 | Jimmy Oliver | Purdue | |
| 1990 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 2 | Stephano Rusconi | None (Italy) | |
| 1989 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | John Morton | Seton Hall | |
| 2 | Chucky Brown | North Carolina State | |
| 1988 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Randolph Keys | Southern Mississippi | |
| 3 | Winston Bennett | Kentucky | |
| 1987 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Kevin Johnson | California | |
| 2 | Kannard Johnson | Western Kentucky | |
| 3 | Donald Royal | Notre Dame | |
| 4 | Chris Dudley | Yale | |
| 4 | Carven Holcomb | Texas Christian | |
| 5 | Carl Lott | Texas Christian | |
| 6 | Harold Jensen | Villanova | |
| 7 | Michael Foster | South Carolina | |
| 1986 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Brad Daugherty | North Carolina | |
| 1 | Ron Harper | Miami (OH) | |
| 2 | Johnny Newman | Richmond | |
| 3 | Kevin Henderson | Cal State-Fullerton | |
| 4 | Warren Martin | North Carolina | |
| 5 | Ben Davis | Gardner-Webb | |
| 6 | Gilbert Wilburn | New Mexico State | |
| 7 | Ralph Dalton | Georgetown | |
| 1985 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Charles Oakley | Virginia Union | |
| 2 | Calvin Duncan | Virginia Commonwealth | |
| 2 | John Williams | Tulane | |
| 3 | Herb Johnson | Tulsa | |
| 4 | Mark Davis | Old Dominion | |
| 5 | Gunther Behnke | None (West Germany) | |
| 6 | Ricky Johnson | Illinois State | |
| 7 | Buzz Peterson | North Carolina | |
| 1984 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Tim McCormick | Michigan | |
| 2 | Ron Anderson | Fresno State | |
| 3 | Ben McDonald | California-Irvine | |
| 3 | Leonard Mitchell | Louisiana State | |
| 4 | Art Aaron | Northwestern | |
| 5 | Vince Hinchen | Boise State | |
| 6 | Matt Doherty | North Carolina | |
| 7 | Joe Jakubick | Akron | |
| 8 | Elliot Beard | Oberlin | |
| 9 | John Shimko | Xavier (OH) | |
| 10 | Darrell Space | NE Illinois | |
| 1983 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Roy Hinson | Rutgers | |
| 1 | Stewart Granger | Villanova | |
| 2 | John Garris | Boston College | |
| 3 | Paul Thompson | Tulane | |
| 3 | Larry Anderson | Nevada-Las Vegas | |
| 3 | Les Craft | Kansas State | |
| 3 | Derrick Hord | Kentucky | |
| 4 | Dwight Jones | Cincinnati | |
| 5 | Chris Logan | Holy Cross | |
| 6 | Mel McLaughlin | Central Michigan | |
| 7 | John Columbo | John Carroll | |
| 8 | Larry Tucker | Lewis (IL) | |
| 9 | Joe Brown | Georgia State | |
| 10 | Jon Hanley | Xavier (OH) | |
| 1982 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | John Bagley | Boston College | |
| 2 | David Magley | Kansas | |
| 3 | Michael Wilson | Marquette | |
| 4 | Reggie Hannah | South Alabama | |
| 5 | Terry White | Texas-El Paso | |
| 6 | Vince Reynolds | South Florida | |
| 7 | Randy Reed | Kansas State | |
| 8 | Monty Knight | Virginia Commonwealth | |
| 9 | Tony Hafley | South Alabama | |
| 10 | Durand Walker | Marion | |
| 1981 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 3 | Mickey Dillard | Florida State | |
| 3 | Russell Bowers | American | |
| 4 | Ethan Martin | Louisiana State | |
| 5 | Ken Page | New Mexico | |
| 6 | Aaron Strayhorn | Hawaii | |
| 7 | Andre Smith | Nebraska | |
| 8 | Glen Marcus | Alabama-Birmingham | |
| 9 | Paul Roba | Cleveland State | |
| 10 | Greg Boone | Augsburg | |
| 1980 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Chad Kinch | North Carolina-Charlotte | |
| 3 | Stuart House | Washington State | |
| 3 | Wayne Abrams | Southern Illinois | |
| 3 | Ron Jones | Illinois State | |
| 4 | Murray Brown | Florida State | |
| 5 | LaVon Williams | Kentucky | |
| 6 | Antonio Martin | Oral Roberts | |
| 7 | Leroy Berry | Wilmington (OH) | |
| 8 | Jim Ellinghausen | Ohio State | |
| 9 | Melvin Crafter | Central State (OH) | |
| 1979 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 2 | Bruce Flowers | Notre Dame | |
| 3 | Bill Laimbeer | Notre Dame | |
| 4 | Rick Swing | Citadel | |
| 5 | Matt Simpkins | Georgia Southern | |
| 6 | Joe Manning | North Texas State | |
| 7 | Steve Skaggs | Ohio | |
| 8 | Mark Haymore | Massachusetts | |
| 9 | Tim Joyce | Ohio | |
| 10 | Terry Peavy | Point Park | |
| 1978 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Mike Mitchell | Auburn | |
| 2 | Harry Davis | Florida State | |
| 3 | Ken Higgs | Louisiana State | |
| 4 | Stan Rome | Clemson | |
| 5 | Ken Koenigs | Kansas | |
| 6 | Ron Bell | Virginia Tech | |
| 7 | Tony Smith | Nevada-Las Vegas | |
| 8 | Roland Martin | Missouri Southern | |
| 9 | Steve Bayless | Central State (OH) | |
| 10 | Gary Winston | Army | |
| 1977 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 2 | Ed Jordan | Rutgers | |
| 3 | Steve Grote | Michigan | |
| 4 | Melvin Jones | West Texas State | |
| 5 | Al Smith | Jackson State | |
| 6 | Ron Cox | East Washington State | |
| 7 | Bob Riddle | Eastern Michigan | |
| 8 | Tom Cutter | Western Michigan | |
| 1976 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Chuckie Williams | Kansas State | |
| 2 | Mo Howard | Maryland | |
| 3 | Gary Cole | Wisconsin-Parkside | |
| 4 | John Engles | Penn | |
| 5 | Ed Lawrence | McNeese State | |
| 6 | Harry Davis | Morris Brown | |
| 7 | Johnny Britt | Western Kentucky | |
| 8 | Dave Koehler | Wisconsin | |
| 8 | Tim Sisneros | Middle Tennessee | |
| 9 | Bruce Parkinson | Purdue | |
| 10 | Elisha McSweeney | Mankato State | |
| 1975 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | John Lambert | Southern California | |
| 2 | Dan Roundfield | Central Michigan | |
| 2 | Mel Utley | St. John's | |
| 3 | Ted Hathaway | Cleveland State | |
| 4 | Eric Fernsten | San Francisco | |
| 5 | Jim Lee | Syracuse | |
| 5 | Mike Odems | Western Kentucky | |
| 6 | Henry Ward | Jackson State | |
| 7 | Shawn Leftwick | Jacksonville | |
| 8 | Andre McCarter | UCLA | |
| 9 | Skip Howard | Bowling Green | |
| 10 | Eric Anderson | McAlister | |
| 1974 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Campy Russell | Michigan | |
| 3 | Clarence Walker | West Georgia | |
| 3 | Kevin Restani | San Francisco | |
| 4 | Jim Foster | Connecticut | |
| 5 | Gary Novak | Notre Dame | |
| 6 | Aron Stewart | Richmond | |
| 7 | Mike Robinson | Michigan State | |
| 8 | Kerry Hughes | Wisconsin | |
| 9 | Jim Buskofsky | Upper Iowa | |
| 10 | Jim Kelly | Loras | |
| 1973 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Jim Brewer | Minnesota | |
| 2 | Allan Hornyak | Ohio State | |
| 3 | Jim OBrien | Maryland | |
| 3 | Ozzie Edwards | Oklahoma City | |
| 3 | James Lister | Sam Houston State | |
| 4 | Luke Witte | Ohio State | |
| 5 | John Coughran | California | |
| 6 | Willie Calvert | Abilene Christian | |
| 7 | Larry Farmer | UCLA | |
| 8 | John Ritter | Indiana | |
| 9 | Les Taylor | Murray State | |
| 10 | Dean Martin | Baldwin-Wallace | |
| 11 | Floyd Lewis | Harvard | |
| 12 | Chris McMurray | San Diego State | |
| 13 | John Pennebacker | Hawaii | |
| 14 | Charles Mitchell | Eastern Kentucky | |
| 15 | Reese Stovall | Pan American | |
| 16 | Tom OConnor | Iowa | |
| 17 | Phil Elderkin | Boston University | |
| 1972 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Dwight Davis | Houston | |
| 2 | Steve Hawes | Washington | |
| 4 | Hank Siemiontkowski | Villanova | |
| 5 | Sam Cash | California-Riverside | |
| 6 | Tom Parker | Kentucky | |
| 7 | Steve Davidson | West Texas State | |
| 8 | Roger Evans | Kent State | |
| 9 | Greg Starrick | Southern Illinois | |
| 10 | Kent Martens | Abilene Christian | |
| 1971 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Austin Carr | Notre Dame | |
| 2 | Steve Patterson | UCLA | |
| 2 | Willie Long | New Mexico | |
| 3 | Gerald Lockett | Arkansas AM&N | |
| 3 | Jackie Ridgle | California | |
| 4 | Cliff Harris | Hardin-Simmons | |
| 5 | Brian Mahoney | Manhattan | |
| 6 | Mike Childress | Colorado State | |
| 7 | Tom Bush | Drake | |
| 8 | Charlie Davis | Wake Forest | |
| 9 | Rich Walker | Bowling Green | |
| 10 | Jim Meredith | Washington State | |
| 11 | Mike Casey | Kentucky | |
| 12 | Doug Hess | Toledo | |
| 13 | Bobby Jones | Drake | |
| 14 | Bubbles Harris | Indiana | |
| 15 | Larry Baker | Wittenberg | |
| 16 | Vance Tyree | Wisconsin State | |
| 1970 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | John Johnson | Iowa | |
| 2 | Dave Sorenson | Ohio State | |
| 3 | Surry Oliver | Stephen F. Austin | |
| 4 | Glen Vidnovic | Iowa | |
| 5 | Wayne Sokolowski | Ashland | |
| 6 | Joe Cooke | Indiana | |
| 7 | Narvis Anderson | Stephen F. Austin | |
| 8 | Walter Robertson | Loyola (IL) | |
| 9 | Tom Lagodich | Kent State | |
| 10 | Ken Johnson | Indiana | |
| 11 | Dave Schneider | Wayne State | |
| 12 | Ollie Taylor | Houston | |
| 13 | Kevin Wilson | Ashland | |
| 14 | Don Tomilson | Missouri | |
| 15 | Steve Wannamaker | Drake | |
| 16 | Steve Wilson | Hanover | |
| 17 | Bob Peterson | Concordia | |
| 18 | John Cannon | Grambling | |
| 19 | Allen Waller | St. Mary's (Kansas) | |
