| First Round | Player | College |
| 1. Chicago Packers | Walt Bellamy | Indiana |
| 2. New York Knicks | Tom Stith | St. Bonaventure |
| 3. Cincinnati Royals | Larry Siegfried | Ohio State |
| 4. Detroit Pistons | Ray Scott | Portland |
| 5. Los Angeles Lakers | Wayne Yates | Memphis State |
| 6. Syracuse Nationals | Ben Warley | Tennessee State |
| 7. Philadelphia Warriors | Tom Meschery | St. Mary's (Cal.) |
| 8. St. Louis Hawks | Cleo Hill | Winston-Salem |
| 9. Boston Celtics | Gary Phillips | Houston |
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