| First Round | Player | College |
| 1. Los Angeles Lakers | James Worthy | North Carolina |
| 2. San Diego Clippers | Terry Cummings | DePaul |
| 3. Utah Jazz | Dominique Wilkins | Georgia |
| 4. Dallas Mavericks | Bill Garnett | Wyoming |
| 5. Kansas City Kings | LaSalle Thompson | Texas |
| 6. New York Knicks | Trent Tucker | Minnesota |
| 7. Chicago Bulls | Quintin Dailey | San Francisco |
| 8. Indiana Pacers | Clark Kellogg | Ohio State |
| 9. Detroit Pistons | Cliff Levingston | Wichita State |
| 10. Atlanta Hawks | Keith Edmonson | Purdue |
| 11. Portland Trail Blazers | Lafayette Lever | Arizona State |
| 12. Cleveland Cavaliers | John Bagley | Boston College |
| 13. New Jersey Nets | Eric Floyd | Georgetown |
| 14. Golden State Warriors | Lester Conner | Oregon State |
| 15. Phoenix Suns | David Thirdkill | Bradley |
| 16. Houston Rockets | Terry Teagle | Baylor |
| 17. Kansas City Kings | Brook Steppe | Georgia Tech |
| 18. Detroit Pistons | Ricky Pierce | Rice |
| 19. Denver Nuggets | Rob Williams | Houston |
| 20. Milwaukee Bucks | Paul Pressey | Tulsa |
| 21. New Jersey Nets | Eddie Phillips | Alabama |
| 22. Philadelphia 76ers | Mark McNamara | California |
| 23. Boston Celtics | Darren Tillis | Cleveland State |
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