| First Round | Player | College |
| 1. Portland Trail Blazers | Mychal Thompson | Minnesota |
| 2. Kansas City Kings | Phil Ford | North Carolina |
| 3. Indiana Pacers | Rick Robey | Kentucky |
| 4. New York Knicks | Michael Ray Richardson | Montana |
| 5. Golden State Warriors | Purvis Short | Jackson State |
| 6. Boston Celtics | Larry Bird | Indiana State |
| 7. Portland Trail Blazers | Ron Brewer | Arkansas |
| 8. Boston Celtics | Freeman Williams | Portland State |
| 9. Chicago Bulls | Reggie Theus | Nevada-Las Vegas |
| 10. Atlanta Hawks | Butch Lee | Marquette |
| 11. New Orleans Jazz | James Hardy | San Francisco |
| 12. Milwaukee Bucks | George Johnson | St. John's |
| 13. New Jersey Nets | Winford Boynes | San Francisco |
| 14. Washington Bullets | Roger Phegley | Bradley |
| 15. Cleveland Cavaliers | Mike Mitchell | Auburn |
| 16. Atlanta Hawks | Jack Givens | Kentucky |
| 17. Denver Nuggets | Rod Griffin | Wake Forest |
| 18. Washington Bullets | Dave Corzine | DePaul |
| 19. Phoenix Suns | Marty Byrnes | Syracuse |
| 20. San Antonio Spurs | Frank Sanders | Southern |
| 21. Denver Nuggets | Mike Evans | Kansas State |
| 22. Golden State Warriors | Ray Townsend | UCLA |
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