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Milwaukee Hawks (1951 - 1954) Draft History
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St. Louis Hawks (1955 - 1967)
Atlanta Hawks (1968 - )
| 2011 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 2 | Keith Benson | Oakland | |
| 2010 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Damion James | Texas | |
| 2 | Pape Se | Senegal | |
| 2009 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Jeff Teague | Wake Forest | |
| 2 | Sergiy Gladyr | Ukraine | |
| 2007 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Al Horford | University of Florida | |
| 1 | Acie Law | Texas A&M University | |
| 2006 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Shelden Williams | Duke University | |
| 2 | Solomon Jones | University of South Florida | |
| 2005 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Marvin Williams | North Carolina | |
| 2 | Salim Stoudamire | Arizona | |
| 2 | Cenk Akyol | Turkey | |
| 2004 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Josh Childress | Stanford | |
| 1 | Josh Smith | Oak Hill Academy HS (VA) | |
| 2 | Donta Smith | Southeastern | |
| 2 | Royal Ivey | Texas | |
| 2 | Viktor Sanikidze | Georgia | |
| 2003 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Boris Diaw | United States | |
| 2 | Travis Hansen | BYU | |
| 2002 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 2 | David Andersen | Kinder Bologna | |
| 2001 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Pau Gasol | None | |
| 2 | Terence Morris | Maryland | |
| 2000 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | DerMarr Johnson | Cincinnati | |
| 2 | Hanno Mottola | Utah | |
| 2 | Scoonie Penn | Ohio State | |
| 1999 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Jason Terry | Arizona | |
| 1 | Cal Bowdler | Old Dominion | |
| 1 | Dion Glover | Georgia Tech | |
| 1 | Jumaine Jones | Georgia | |
| 1998 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Roshown McLeod | Duke | |
| 2 | Cory Carr | Texas Tech | |
| 1997 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Ed Gray | California | |
| 2 | Alain Digbeu | Villeurbanne-United States | |
| 2 | Chris Crawford | Marquette | |
| 1996 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Priest Lauderdale | Central St/Greece | |
| 1995 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Alan Henderson | Indiana | |
| 2 | Donnie Boyce | Colorado | |
| 2 | Troy Brown | Providence | |
| 2 | Cuonzo Martin | Purdue | |
| 1994 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 2 | Gaylon Nickerson | NW Oklahoma State | |
| 1993 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Doug Edwards | Florida State | |
| 2 | Richard Manning | Washington | |
| 1992 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Adam Keefe | Stanford | |
| 2 | Elmer Bennett | Notre Dame | |
| 1991 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Stacey Augmon | Nevada-Las Vegas | |
| 1 | Anthony Avent | Seton Hall | |
| 2 | Rodney Monroe | North Carolina State | |
| 1990 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Rumeal Robinson | Michigan | |
| 2 | Trevor Wilson | UCLA | |
| 2 | Steve Bardo | Illinois | |
| 1989 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Roy Marble | Iowa | |
| 2 | Haywoode Workman | Oral Roberts | |
| 1988 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 2 | Anthony Taylor | Oregon | |
| 3 | Jorge Gonzalez | Argentina | |
| 3 | Darryl Middleton | Baylor | |
| 1987 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Dallas Comegys | DePaul | |
| 2 | Terence Bailey | Wagner | |
| 2 | Terry Coner | Alabama | |
| 3 | Song Tao | None (China) | |
| 4 | Theofanis Christodoulou | None (Greece) | |
| 5 | Jose Montero | Barcelona (Spain) | |
| 6 | Riccardo Morandotti | Turin (Italy) | |
| 7 | Franjo Arapovic | None (Yugoslavia) | |
| 1986 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Billy Thompson | Louisville | |
| 2 | Cedric Henderson | Georgia | |
| 2 | Augusto Binelli | None (Italy) | |
| 2 | Ron Kellogg | Kansas | |
| 3 | Dave Hoppen | Nebraska | |
| 3 | Jim Les | Bradley | |
| 4 | Efrem Winters | Illinois | |
| 5 | Nicky Jones | Virginia Commonwealth | |
| 6 | Aleksandr Volkov | Kiev Institute (Soviet Union) | |
| 7 | Valerie TikhonenkoNone | (Soviet Union) | |
| 1985 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Jon Koncak | Southern Methodist | |
| 2 | Lorenzo Charles | North Carolina State | |
| 3 | Sedric Toney | Dayton | |
| 4 | Arvidas Sabonis | None (Soviet Union) | |
| 4 | John Battle | Rutgers | |
| 5 | Larry Hampton | Hampton Institute | |
| 6 | Tony Duckett | Lafayette | |
| 7 | Bob Ferry | Harvard | |
| 1984 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Kevin Willis | Michigan State | |
| 3 | Bobby Parks | Memphis State | |
| 4 | Dickie Beal | Kentucky | |
| 5 | Terry Martin | NE Louisiana | |
| 6 | Jim Master | Kentucky | |
| 7 | Vince Martello | Florida State | |
| 8 | Robert Brown | Long Island | |
| 9 | Fred Brown | Georgetown | |
| 10 | Doug Mills | Hofstra | |
| 1983 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 2 | Glenn Rivers | Marquette | |
| 3 | John Pinone | Villanova | |
| 4 | Harry Kelley | Texas Southern | |
| 5 | Charles Jones | Oklahoma | |
| 6 | Tom Bethea | Richmond | |
| 7 | Lex Drum | Alabama-Birmingham | |
| 8 | George Thomas | Georgia Tech | |
| 9 | Wil Kotchery | Livingston State | |
| 10 | Ronnie Carr | Western Carolina | |
| 1982 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Keith Edmonson | Purdue | |
| 3 | Joe Kopicki | Detroit | |
| 5 | Mark Hall | Minnesota | |
| 6 | Jay Bruchak | Mt. St. Mary's | |
| 7 | Horace Wyatt | Clemson | |
| 8 | James Ratiff | Howard | |
| 9 | Pierre Bland | Elizabeth City | |
| 10 | Ronnie McAdoo | Old Dominion | |
| 1981 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Al Wood | North Carolina | |
| 2 | Clyde Bradshaw | DePaul | |
| 3 | Rudy Macklin | Louisiana State | |
| 4 | Kevin Figaro | SW Louisiana | |
| 5 | Steve Krafscisin | Iowa | |
| 6 | Darryl Warwick | Hampton Institute | |
| 7 | Kevin Vesey | Iona | |
| 8 | Gilbert Salinas | Notre Dame | |
| 9 | Howard Thompkins | Wagner | |
| 10 | Mike Frazier | Georgetown | |
| 1980 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Don Collins | Washington State | |
| 2 | Craig Shelton | Georgetown | |
| 5 | Mike Doyle | South Carolina | |
| 6 | Mike Zagardo | George Washington | |
| 7 | Charles Hightower | Dillard | |
| 9 | Stanley Lamb | Steubenville | |
| 1979 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 2 | James Bradley | Memphis State | |
| 2 | Larry Wilson | Nicholls State | |
| 3 | Don March | Franklin & Marshall | |
| 5 | Tiny Pinder | North Carolina State | |
| 6 | Dwight Williams | Gardner-Webb | |
| 7 | Tim Waterman | St. Bonaventure | |
| 8 | John Goedeke | Maryland-Baltimore County | |
| 9 | Cedric Oliver | Hamilton | |
| 10 | Chad Nelson | Drake | |
| 1978 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Butch Lee | Marquette | |
| 1 | Jack Givens | Kentucky | |
| 2 | Rick Wilson | Louisville | |
| 3 | Steve Grant | Manhattan | |
| 5 | Chris Potter | Holy Cross | |
| 6 | Gerald Glover | Howard | |
| 7 | Jim DeWeese | Gonzaga | |
| 8 | Ed Murphy | Merrimack | |
| 9 | Maurice Robinson | West Virginia | |
| 10 | Marshall Lester | Florida Southern | |
| 1977 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Tree Rollins | Clemson | |
| 3 | Sam Smith | Nevada-Las Vegas | |
| 3 | Eddie Johnson | Auburn | |
| 4 | Dave Bormann | Gardner-Webb | |
| 5 | Bill Gordon | Tennessee-Chattanooga | |
| 6 | Calvin Crews | SW Louisiana | |
| 7 | James Holliman | Arizona State | |
| 8 | Vern Thompson | Brigham Young | |
| 1976 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Armond Hill | Princeton | |
| 2 | Bob Carrington | Boston College | |
| 3 | Larry Cooke | Virginia Polytechnic | |
| 4 | Tom Barker | Hawaii | |
| 5 | Ron Davis | Washington State | |
| 5 | Connie White | California | |
| 6 | Pete Padgett | Nevada-Reno | |
| 7 | Carl Gerlach | Kansas State | |
| 8 | Doug Terry | Utah | |
| 9 | Bob Kovach | San Diego State | |
| 10 | Mike Dickerson | South Florida | |
| 1975 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | David Thompson | North Carolina State | |
| 1 | Marvin Webster | Morgan State | |
| 2 | Bill Willoughby | Dwight Morrow (NJ) HS | |
| 4 | Monte Towe | North Carolina State | |
| 5 | Wilbur Holland | New Orleans | |
| 6 | Danny Williams | Mississippi | |
| 7 | Gus Johnson | Winona State | |
| 8 | Oscar Jackson | Duquesne | |
| 9 | Dave Schlesser | Morningside | |
| 10 | Vic Kelly | Hawaii | |
| 1974 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Tom Henderson | Hawaii | |
| 1 | Mike Sojourner | Utah | |
| 2 | John Drew | Gardner-Webb | |
| 3 | Darrell Elston | North Carolina | |
| 4 | Ed Palubinskas | Louisiana State | |
| 5 | Tyrone Medley | Utah | |
| 6 | Sam Hervey | Southern Methodist | |
| 7 | Greg Lee | UCLA | |
| 8 | Bill Butler | Louisville | |
| 9 | Lon Kruger | Kansas State | |
| 10 | Brendy Lee | Nebraska | |
| 1973 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Dwight Jones | Houston | |
| 1 | John Brown | Missouri | |
| 2 | Tom Ingelsby | Villanova | |
| 3 | Ted Manakas | Princeton | |
| 3 | Leonard Gray | Long Beach State | |
| 4 | James Brown | Harvard | |
| 5 | Dave Winfield | Minnesota | |
| 6 | John Williamson | New Mexico State | |
| 7 | Pete Harris | Stephen F. Austin | |
| 8 | Tim Dominey | Valdosta State | |
| 1972 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 2 | Steve Bracey | Tulsa | |
| 4 | Reggie Bird | Princeton | |
| 5 | Bob Lackey | Marquette | |
| 6 | Randy Knoll | Marshall | |
| 7 | Billy Pleas | Detroit | |
| 8 | Oscar Evans | Butler | |
| 9 | Larry Strozier | Morehouse | |
| 10 | Jim Clesson | Tulsa | |
| 11 | Charles Allen | Texas Southern | |
| 12 | James Green | Paine College | |
| 1971 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | George Trapp | Long Beach State | |
| 2 | Ted McClain | Tennessee State | |
| 3 | Jeff Halliburton | Drake | |
| 4 | Jim Welch | Houston | |
| 6 | Willie Humes | Idaho | |
| 7 | Mike Jordan | Savannah State | |
| 8 | Jim Smith | Kentucky Wesleyan | |
| 9 | Ernie Fleming | Jacksonville | |
| 10 | Ron Rippitoe | David Lipscomb | |
| 11 | Levi Wyatt | Alcorn A&M | |
| 12 | Roger Moore | Columbus College | |
| 13 | Ed Jenkins | Michigan Lutheran | |
| Tom Payne | Kentucky | Hardship Draft | |
| 1970 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Pete Maravich | Louisiana State | |
| 1 | John Vallely | UCLA | |
| 2 | Dan Hester | Louisiana State | |
| 4 | Fred Davis | Howard Payne | |
| 5 | Bob Riley | Mount St. Mary's | |
| 6 | Dave Parker | Windham | |
| 7 | John Shinall | Jackson State | |
| 8 | Herb White | Georgia | |
| 9 | Larry Jackson | Sul Ross | |
| 10 | Manuel Raga | None (Mexico) | |
| 11 | Deno Mengham | None (Italy) | |
| 1969 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Butch Beard | Louisville | |
| 2 | Wally Anderzunas | Creighton | |
| 4 | Billy Hann | Tennessee | |
| 4 | Don Griffin | Stanford | |
| 5 | Mike Mitchell | West Texas State | |
| 6 | Guy Mackner | South Dakota | |
| 7 | Bob Bundy | Vanderbilt | |
| 8 | Bob Christian | Grambling | |
| 9 | Pete Gayeska | Massachusetts | |
| 10 | Dick Stewart | Rutgers | |
| 11 | Loran Bracci | San Fernando Valley State | |
| 12 | Dave Jones | LaVerne | |
| 13 | Dick Barton | Riverside | |
| 14 | Mike Dahl | Oglethorpe | |
| 15 | Norm Carmichael | Virginia | |
| 16 | Buddy Cornelius | Jacksonville (AL) | |
| 17 | John Tolmie | Navy | |
| 18 | Cliff Parsons | Air Force | |
| 19 | Grady OMalley | Manhattan | |
| 20 | Carl Rodwell | California-Riverside | |
| 1968 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Skip Harlicka | South Carolina | |
| 4 | Bob Warren | Vanderbilt | |
| 5 | Rusty Parker | Miami (FL) | |
| 6 | Phil Wagner | Georgia Tech | |
| 7 | Oscar Smith | Elizabeth City (NC) | |
| 8 | Marin Baietti | Manhattan | |
| 9 | Mack Daughty | Albany State | |
| 10 | Dwight Waller | Tennessee State | |
| 11 | Henry Watkins | Tennessee State | |
| 12 | Bill Harris | Texas - El Paso | |
| 13 | Frank Standard | South Carolina | |
| 14 | George Hicker | Syracuse | |
| 15 | Bernie Foster | Point Loma Nazarene | |
| 16 | Terry Allerton | Baldwin-Wallace | |
| 1967 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Tom Workman | Seattle | |
| 3 | Bob Verga | Duke | |
| 4 | Wes Bialosuknia | Connecticut | |
| 5 | Mike Wittman | Miami (FL) | |
| 6 | John Morrison | Canisius | |
| 6 | Arvesta Kelly | Bethune-Cookman | |
| 7 | Carl Fuller | Bethune-Cookman | |
| 8 | Arvesta Kelly | Lincoln | |
| 9 | Ed Biedenbach | North Carolina State | |
| 10 | Rich Falkenbrush | St. Michael's (VT) | |
| 1966 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Lou Hudson | Minnesota | |
| 2 | Dick Snyder | Davidson | |
| 3 | Tommy Kron | Kentucky | |
| 4 | Bob McIntyre | St. John's | |
| 5 | Dick Nemelka | Brigham Young | |
| 6 | Lonnie Wright | Colorado State | |
| 7 | Jay Neary | North Carolina–Wilmington | |
| 8 | Brian Williams | Xavier (OH) | |
| 9 | Al Grant | Long Island | |
| 10 | Don Yates | Minnesota | |
| 11 | Curt Gammell | Pacific Lutheran | |
| 12 | Lonnie Lynn | Wilberforce | |
| 13 | Nick Aloi | Bowling Green | |
| 14 | Ollie Carter | San Francisco | |
| 15 | Paul Long | Wake Forest | |
| 16 | Eddie Jackson | Bradley | |
| 1965 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Jim Washington | Villanova | |
| 3 | Ken McIntyre | St. John's | |
| 4 | Lynn Nance | Washington | |
| 5 | Theodore Werner | Washington State | |
| 6 | John Rambo | Long Beach College | |
| 7 | Terry Kunze | Minnesota | |
| 8 | Cincy Powell | Portland | |
| 9 | Leroy Walker | Utah State | |
| 10 | Spencer Carlson | Baylor | |
| 11 | Weldon Kytle | Fenn | |
| 12 | Elton McGriff | Creighton | |
| 13 | Mel Northway | Minnesota | |
| 14 | Terry Page | Detroit | |
| 15 | George Pomey | Michigan | |
| 16 | Bob Tolan | Eastern Kentucky | |
| 1964 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Jeff Mullins | Duke | |
| 2 | Paul Silas | Creighton | |
| 3 | Art Becker | Arizona State | |
| 4 | Willie Murrell | Kansas State | |
| 5 | John Tresvant | Seattle | |
| 6 | Ernest Brock | Virginia State | |
| 7 | Maurice McHartley | North Carolina A&T | |
| 8 | Kendall Rhine | Rice | |
| 9 | Darel Carrier | Western Kentucky | |
| 10 | Frank Stephens | Virginia State | |
| 11 | Gerald Govan | St. Mary of the Plains | |
| 12 | Warren Sutton | George Williams | |
| 13 | Cecil Tuttle | Georgetown (KY) | |
| 14 | Bill Blair | Virginia Military | |
| 15 | Al Cech | Detroit | |
| 1963 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Gerry Ward | Boston College | |
| 2 | Leland Mitchell | Mississippi State | |
| 2 | Ken Saylors | Arkansas Tech | |
| 3 | Bill Burwell | Illinois | |
| 4 | Waite Bellamy | Florida A&M | |
| 5 | Tony Yates | Cincinnati | |
| 6 | Al Santio | Maryland State | |
| 7 | Ken Rohloff | North Carolina State | |
| 8 | Harold Strothers | Texas A&M | |
| 9 | Frank Davis | Oklahoma Christian | |
| 10 | Carl Ritter | SE Missouri State | |
| 11 | Marv Straw | Iowa State | |
| 12 | Hugh Evans | North Carolina A&T | |
| 13 | Gary McFarland | Central Missouri State | |
| 1962 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Zelmo Beaty | Prairie View | |
| 2 | Bob Duffy | Colgate | |
| 3 | Charles Hardnett | Grambling | |
| 4 | Charles Vaughn | Southern Illinois | |
| 4 | Jerry Grote | Loyola (CA) | |
| 5 | Tom Hatton | Dayton | |
| 6 | Jay Carty | Oregon State | |
| 7 | Bob McAteer | La Salle | |
| 8 | Terry Ball | Washington State | |
| 9 | Marvin Trotman | Elizabeth City | |
| 10 | Charlie Sells | Washington State | |
| 11 | Tom Chappelle | Maine | |
| 12 | John Caveny | LeMoyne | |
| 13 | Jerry Carlton | Arkansas | |
| 14 | Wilky Gilmore | Colorado | |
| 15 | Dave Ricerto | Rhode Island | |
| 16 | Wally Roundsville | California Tech | |
| 1961 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Cleo Hill | Winston-Salem | |
| 2 | Ron Horn | Indiana | |
| 3 | Tom Chilton | East Tennessee | |
| 4 | Gus Guydon | Drake | |
| 5 | John Berberich | UCLA | |
| 6 | Bob McDonald | Maryland | |
| 7 | Charles Riley | Winston-Salem | |
| 8 | Gene Velloff | Doane | |
| 9 | Herbert Gray | North Carolina A&T | |
| 10 | Tom Faszholz | Concordia (MO) | |
| 11 | Dick Kepley | North Carolina | |
| 12 | Jackie Crawford | Centenary | |
| 13 | Howard Stacy | Louisville | |
| 1960 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Lenny Wilkens | Providence | |
| 2 | Frank Radovich | Indiana | |
| 3 | Fred LaCour | San Francisco | |
| 4 | Horace Walker | Michigan State | |
| 5 | Jim Darrow | Bowling Green | |
| 6 | York Larese | North Carolina | |
| 7 | Bob Sims | Pepperdine | |
| 8 | Don Curry | Mississippis Southern | |
| 9 | Bob Castanada | Rockhurst | |
| 10 | Americas JohnLewis | Iowa | |
| 11 | Dick Davies | Louisiana State | |
| 12 | Bob Wilkinson | Indiana | |
| 1959 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1T | Bob Ferry | St. Louis | Territorial Choice |
| 2 | Alan Seiden | St. John's | |
| 2 | Cal Ramsey | New York University | |
| 3 | Hank Stein | Xavier (OH) | |
| 4 | Lee Harman | Oregon State | |
| 5 | Nick Mantis | Northwestern | |
| 6 | Mike Moran | Marquette | |
| 7 | Orby Arnold | Memphis State | |
| 8 | Willie Merriwether | Purdue | |
| 9 | Lou Pucillo | North Carolina State | |
| 10 | Ron Loneski | Kansas | |
| 11 | John Barnhill | Tennessee State | |
| 1958 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Dave Gambee | Oregon State | |
| 2 | Hub Reed | Oklahoma City | |
| 3 | Wayne Embry | Miami (OH) | |
| 4 | Julius Peques | Pittsburgh | |
| 5 | Rick Herrsher | Southern Methodist | |
| 6 | John Crawford | Iowa State | |
| 7 | Ken Sidle | Ohio State | |
| 8 | Bruno Boin | Washington | |
| 9 | Tink Van Patton | Temple | |
| 10 | James Purcell | Coe | |
| 11 | Don Klein | Rockhurst | |
| 12 | Joe Buckhalter | Tennessee State | |
| 1957 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Win Wilfong | Memphis State | |
| 2 | Jim Palmer | Dayton | |
| 3 | John Smyth | Notre Dame | |
| 4 | Hank Nowak | Canisius | |
| 5 | Al Rochelle | Vanderbilt | |
| 6 | Raymond Downs | Texas | |
| 7 | Mason Pope | Kentucky Wesleyan | |
| 8 | Bill Darragh | Louisville | |
| 9 | Calvin Grosscup | Tulane | |
| 10 | Bobby Mills | Southern Methodist | |
| 11 | Gerald Dreier | Macalaster | |
| 12 | Bob Seitz | North Carolina State | |
| 13 | Ed Romanoff | None | |
| 14 | Lavelle Langston | Northwestern State | |
| 1956 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Bill Russell | San Francisco | |
| Willie Naulls | UCLA | ||
| Darrell Floyd | Furman | ||
| Robin Freeman | Ohio State | ||
| Norman Stewart | Missouri | ||
| Dave Plunkett | Cincinnati | ||
| Julius McCoy | Michigan State | ||
| Morris Taft | UCLA | ||
| Jim Reed | Texas Tech | ||
| Hershel Pederson | Brigham Young | ||
| Wally Choice | Indiana | ||
| Ed Huse | Wyoming | ||
| Arthur Helms | Houston | ||
| Junior Morgan | Duke | ||
| 1955 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | |
| 2 | Jack Stephens | Notre Dame | |
| 3 | Al Ferrari | Michigan State | |
| 4 | Burdette Haldorson | Colorado | |
| 5 | Bill Bagley | St. Mary's (CA) | |
| Harvey Babetch | Bradley | ||
| Dick Cable | Wisconsin | ||
| Lynn Cole | Creighton | ||
| Joe Fitt | |||
| Charles Hoxie | Niagara | ||
| Ed OConnor | Manhattan | ||
| Bill Reigel | McNeese | ||
| Dick Welsh | Southern California | ||
| 1954 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | |
| 2 | Bob Mattick | Oklahoma State | |
| 3 | Walt Walowac | Marshall | |
| 4 | Phil Martin | Toledo | |
| 5 | Paul Ebert | Ohio State | |
| 6 | Bob Carney | Bradley | |
| 7 | Alan Kelley | Kansas | |
| 8 | Dick Nunneley | Tulsa | |
| 9 | Hal Cervini | Tulane | |
| 10 | Joe Bertrand | Notre Dame | |
| 11 | Jerry Domerschick | CCNY | |
| 12 | Ron Weisner | Wisconsin | |
| 1953 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Bob Houbregs | Washington | |
| Bill Bolger | Georgetown | ||
| Irv Bemoras | Illinois | ||
| Gene Dyker | DePaul | ||
| Joe Cipriano | Washington | ||
| John OBrien | Seattle | ||
| Eddie OBrien | Seattle | ||
| Darrell Tucker | Utah State | ||
| Paul Brandt | Columbia | ||
| Bob Rousey | Kansas State | ||
| 1952 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Mark Workman | West Virginia | |
| Pete Brewster | Purdue | ||
| Roger Johnson | Arizona | ||
| Ed Miller | Syracuse | ||
| George McLeod | Texas Christian | ||
| Ab Nicholas | Wisconsin | ||
| Dick Retherford | Baldwin-Wallace | ||
| John Snee | Clemson | ||
| Jim Tackett | New Mexico | ||
| Coyt Vance | Mississippi State | ||
| Bob Watson | Kentucky | ||
| 1951 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Mel Hutchins | Brigham Young | |
| 2 | Bill Gossett | Colorado A&M | |
| 3 | Ron Bontemps | Beloit | |
| 4 | Jim Slaughter | South Carolina | |
| 5 | Bob Sakel | Evansville | |
| 6 | John Rennicke | Drake | |
| 7 | Bob Ambler | Arkansas | |
| 8 | Aaron Preece | Bradley | |
| 9 | Wayne Tucker | Colorado | |
| 10 | John DeWitt | Texas A&M | |
| 1950 | |||
| Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
| 1 | Bob Cousy | Holy Cross | |
| 2 | Ed Gayda | Washington State | |
| 3 | Clarence Brannum | Kansas State | |
| 4 | Paul Hicks | Eastern Kentucky | |
| 5 | Cal Christensen | Toledo | |
| 6 | Bob Anderson | Loyola (MD) | |
| 7 | Bill Erickson | Illinois | |
| 8 | Loy Doty | Wyoming | |
| 9 | Nate DeLong | River Falls Teachers | |
| 10 | Keith Bloom | Wyoming | |
