| First Round | Player | College |
| 1. Golden State | Joe Smith | Maryland |
| 2. LA Clippers (1) | Antonio McDyess | Alabama |
| 3. Philadelphia | Jerry Stackhouse | North Carolina |
| 4. Washington | Rasheed Wallace | North Carolina |
| 5. Minnesota | Kevin Garnett | Farragut Academy (Ill.) |
| 6. Vancouver | Bryant Reeves | Oklahoma State |
| 7. Toronto | Damon Stoudamire | Arizona |
| 8. Portland (from Detroit) (2) | Shawn Respert | Michigan State |
| 9. New Jersey | Ed O'Bannon | UCLA |
| 10. Miami | Kurt Thomas | Texas Christian |
| 11. Milwaukee (2) | Gary Trent | Ohio University |
| 12. Dallas | Cherokee Parks | Duke |
| 13. Sacramento | Corliss Williamson | Arkansas |
| 14. Boston | Eric Williams | Providence |
| 15. Denver (1) | Brent Barry | Oregon State |
| 16. Atlanta | Alan Henderson | Indiana |
| 17. Cleveland | Bob Sura | Florida State |
| 18. Detroit (from Portland) | Theo Ratliff | Wyoming |
| 19. Detroit (from Houston) | Randolph Childress | Wake Forest |
| 20. Chicago | Jason Caffey | Alabama |
| 21. Phoenix (from LA Lakers) | Michael Finley | Wisconsin |
| 22. Charlotte | George Zidek | UCLA |
| 23. Indiana | Travis Best | Georgia Teach |
| 24. Dallas (from New York) | Loren Meyer | Iowa State |
| 25. Orlando | David Vaughn | Memphis |
| 26. Seattle | Sherell Ford | Illinois-Chicago |
| 27. Phoenix | Mario Bennett | Arizona State |
| 28. Utah | Greg Ostertag | Kansas |
| 29. San Antonio | Cory Alexander | Virginia |
Notes:
(1) LA Clippers traded the rights to Antonio McDyess and veteran guard Randy Woods to Denver for veteran forward Rodney Rogers and the rights to Brent Barry.
(2) Portland traded the rights to Shawn Respert to Milwaukee for the rights to Gary Trent and a 1996 first-round draft pick.
