Rockets Draft History

2000's: 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003
1990's: 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999
1980's: 1980 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988
1970's: 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979
1960's: 1967 | 1968 | 1969

2003

Round	Player	College
2.	Malick Badiane	Senegal

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2002

Round	Player	College
1.	Yao Ming	China
1.	Bostjan Nachbar	Slovenia
1.	Tito Maddox	Fresno State

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2001

Round	Player	College
1.	Richard Jefferson	Arizona
1.	Jason Collins	Stanford
1.	Brandon Armstrong	Pepperdine

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2000

Round	Player	College
1.	Joel Przybilla	Minnesota
2.	Eduardo Najera	Oklahoma

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1999

Round	Player	College
1.	Kenny Thomas	New Mexico
2.	Tyrone Washington	Mississippi State
2.	Venson Hamilton	Nebraska

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1998

Round	Player	College
1.	Michael Dickerson	Arizona
1.	Bryce Drew	Valparaiso
1.	Mirsad Turkcan	Turkey
2.	Cuttino Mobley	Rhode Island

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1997

Round	Player	College
1.	Rodrick Rhodes	Southern California
2.	Serge Zwikker	North Carolina

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1996

Round	Player	College
2.	Othella Harrington	Georgetown
2.	Randy Livingston	LSU
2.	Terrell Bell	Georgia

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1995

Round	Player	College
2.	Erik Meek	Duke

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1994

Round	Player	College
2.	Albert Burditt	Texas

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1993

Round	Player	College
1.	Sam Cassell	Florida State
2.	Richard Petruska	UCLA
2.	Marcelo Nicola	Argentina

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1992

Round	Player	College
1.	Robert Horry	Alabama
2.	Popeye Jones	Murray State
2.	Curtis Blair	Richmond

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1991

Round	Player	College
1.	John Turner	Phillips
2.	Keith Hughes	Rutgers
2.	Zan Tabak	POP 84 Split

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1990

Round	Player	College
1.	Alec Kessler	Georgia

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1988

Round	Player	College
1.	Derrick Chievous	Missouri

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1987

Round	Player	College
2.	Doug Lee	Purdue
4.	Joe Niego	Lewis (Ill.)
5.	Andre LaFleur	Northeastern
6.	Fred Jenkins	Tennessee
7.	Clarence Grier	Campbell

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1986

Round	Player	College
1.	Buck Johnson	Alabama
2.	Dave Feitl	Texas El-Paso
3.	Anthony Bowie	Oklahoma
4.	Conner Henry	UC Santa Barbara
5.	Andrew Banks	Iowa
6.	Robert Worthy	Dyke (Oh.)
7.	Rick Olson	Wisconsin

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1985

Round	Player	College
1.	Steve Harris	Tulsa
2.	Sam Mitchell	Mercer
3.	Michael Payne	Iowa
4.	Michael Brooks	Tennessee
6.	Sam Potter	Oral Roberts
7.	Don Turney	Marshall

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1984

Round	Player	College
1.	Hakeem Olajuwon	Houston
3.	Jim Petersen	Minnesota
4.	Willie Jackson	Centenary
5.	Al McClain	New Hampshire
7.	Joedy Gardner	Long Beach State
8.	Greg Wolff	Angelo State
9.	Bill Coon	Prebyterian
10.	Robert Turner	Canisius

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1983

Round	Player	College
1.	Ralph Sampson	Virginia
1.	Rodney McCray	Louisville
3.	Craig Ehlo	Washington State
4.	Darrell Browder	TCU
5.	Chuck Barnett	Oklahoma
6.	Jim Stack	Northwestern
7.	Brian Kellerman	Idaho
8.	Jeff Boldring	Arkansas State
9.	James Campbell	Oklahoma State

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1982

Round	Player	College
1.	Terry Teagle	Baylor
2.	Jeff Taylor	Texas Tech
3.	Chuck Nevitt	North Carolina State
4.	Andrew Gaddy	George Mason
5.	Jeff Schneider	Virginia Tech
6.	Donald Wilson	NE Louisiana
7.	Mike Helms	Wake Forest
8.	Dan Callandrillo	Seton Hall

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1981

Round	Player	College
2.	Ed Turner	Texas A&I
4.	Larry Spriggs	Howard
5.	Hasan Houston	Bradley
6.	Fred Cowan	Kentucky
7.	Joe Faine	Bowling Green
8.	Stanley Brewer	West Georgia

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1980

Round	Player	College
2.	John Stroud	Mississippi
2.	Terry Stotts	Oklahoma
2.	Billy Williams	Clemson
4.	Dean Hunger	Utah State
5.	Albert Jones	New Mexico State
6.	Everette Jefferson	New Mexico
7.	Joe Nehls	Arizona
8.	Rosie Barnes	Bowling Green

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1979

Round	Player	College
1.	Lee Johnson	East Texas State
2.	Paul Mokeski	Kansas
3.	Ricardo Brown	Pepperdine
4.	Sammy Drummer	Georgia Tech
4.	Lionel Green	LSU
5.	Allen Leavell	Oklahoma City

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1978

Round	Player	College
2.	Buster Matheny	Utah
3.	Billy Ray Bates	Kentucky State
4.	Jackie Robinson	UNLV
4.	Joel Thompson	Michigan
5.	Gary Goodney	Texas
6.	Eddie Joe Chavez	Santa Clara
7.	Stan Stewart	Loyola-Marymount

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1977

Round	Player	College
2.	Larry Moffett	UNLV
2.	Robert Reid	St. Mary's (Tx.)
3.	Phil Bond	Louisville
4.	Rocky Smith	Oregon State
5.	Ed Thompson	Idaho State

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1976

Round	Player	College
1.	John Lucas	Maryland
2.	Phil Hicks	Tulane
3.	Barnes Hauptfuhrer	Princeton
4.	Hercle Ivy	Iowa State
5.	David Marrs	Houston
6.	Robert Paige	Houston Baptist
7.	Barry Davis	Texas A&M
8.	Dan Kreuger	Texas

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1975

Round	Player	College
1.	Joe Meriweather	Southern Illinois
2.	Jim Blanks	Garner-Webb
3.	Rudy White	Arizona State
4.	Ken Smith	Tulsa
5.	Rick Whitlow	Illinois State
6.	William Johnson	Texas Tech
7.	Nate Barnett	Akron
8.	Leon Johnson	Centenary

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1974

Round	Player	College
1.	Bobby Jones	North Carolina
2.	Gus Bailey	Texas El-Paso
3.	Robert Wilson	Iowa State
4.	Larry Robinson	Texas
5.	Owen Wells	Detroit
6.	Lawrence Johnson	Prairie View A&M
7.	Kevin Fitzgerald	Oklahoma State
8.	Steve Brooks	Arkansas State
9.	Ken Stallings	Missouri-Rolla
10.	Marcus Washington	Marquette

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1973

Round	Player	College
1.	Ed Ratleff	Long Beach State
2.	E.C. Coleman	Houston Baptist
4.	Lee Colburn	South Dakota State
5.	Gary Rhoades	Colorado State
6.	Tom Peck	Wisconsin-Eau Claire
8.	John Thomas	Missouri Southern

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1972

Round	Player	College
2.	John Gianelli	Pacific
3.	Eric McWilliams	Long Beach State
4.	Wil Robinson	West Virginia
5.	James Silas	S.F. Austin
6.	Mike Collins	Seattle
7.	Mike Jackson	Los Angeles State
8.	Henry Harris	Auburn

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1971

Round	Player	College
1.	Cliff Meely	Colorado
2.	Mike Newlin	Utah
3.	Tom Owens	South Carolina
4.	Rudy Benjamin	Michigan State
5.	Greg Nelson	Jacksonville
6.	Gary Reist	Rice
7.	Eric Hill	Minnesota
8.	Rick Katherman	Duke
9.	Willie Cherry	Denver
10.	Calvin Oliver	Pan American
11.	Doug Rex	UC Santa Barbara
12.	Chris Schrobilgen	Southern Cal
13.	Lee McCullough	Indiana State (Pa.)
14.	Gene Robertson	Canisius
15.	Bill Quigg	Gonzaga
16.	Leonard Jackson	Oregon
17.	Steve Sims	Pepperdine
18.	Carlos Quintinar	Mexico
19.	Gary Schneider	San Diego State

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1970

Round	Player	College
1.	Rudy Tomjanovich	Michigan
2.	Calvin Murphy	Niagra
3.	Curtis Perry	SW Missouri
4.	Jody Finney	Ohio State
5.	Jim Gilbert	Adams State
6.	Mike Kretzer	East Tennessee
7.	Bill Paultz	St. John's
8.	Don Adams	Northwestern
9.	Jim Gottschall	Dayton
10.	Toke Coleman	Eastern Kentucky
11.	Ron Belton	Bellarmine
12.	Jim Brooks	Nebraska
13.	Harry Lozon	Old Dominion
14.	Clyde Otis	Aurora (Ill.)
15.	Jay Bond	Washington
16.	Dean Elofson	Wayne State
17.	Dennis Dickens	Azusa-Pacific
18.	Jeff Cunningham	UC Irvine

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1969

Round	Player	College
1.	Bobby Smith	Tulsa
2.	Bernie Williams	LaSalle
3.	Charles Bonaparte	Norfolk State
4.	Johnny Allen	Bethune-Cookman
5.	Charles Hentz	Arkansas A&M
6.	Bob Tallent	George Washington
7.	Lynn Shackelford	UCLA
8.	Bill DeHeer	Indiana
9.	Larry Cheatham	Tulsa
10.	Lee Sims	Ashland
11.	Justis Thigpen	Weber State
12.	Raul Duarte	South Dakota State
13.	Joe McBride	Augusta
14.	Mike Heckman	UC Irvine
15.	Jerry Nickens	Tougaloo
16.	Dick Groves	San Jose State
17.	Steve Howell	Ohio State
18.	Joe Pridgen	North Carolina State
19.	Blaine Royer	Illinois State

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1968

Round	Player	College
1.	Elvin Hayes	Houston
2.	John Q. Trapp	UNLV
3.	Stu Lantz	Nebraska
4.	Harry Barnes	Northeastern
5.	Glen Combs	Virginia Tech
6.	Eldridge Webb	Tulsa
7.	Rick Adelman	Loyola-Marymount
8.	Aaron Sellers	Jackson State
9.	John Schetzsie	Ashland
10.	Mike Butler	Memphis State
11.	Sonny Epps	Clark (Ga.)
12.	Ray Manning	Lane (Tenn.)
13.	Dave Miller	San Diego State
14.	Chuck Caldwell	Missouri-St. Louis
15.	Bill Corley	Connecticut
16.	Marshall Evans	Lincoln
17.	William Gaines	East Texas State
18.	Hal Grant	Pepperdine

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1967

Round	Player	College
1.	Pat Riley	Kentucky
2.	Bob Netolicky	Drake
3.	Richie Moore	Hiram Scott (Neb.)
3.	Nick Jones	Oregon
4.	Ron Kozlicki	Northwestern
4.	Craig Dill	Michigan
5.	Herb McPherson	Murray State
6.	Robert Cole	St. Louis
7.	Elbert Miller	UNLV
8.	Al Grundy	St. Joseph's (PA)
9.	Ron Coleman	Missouri
10.	John Duncan	Murray State
11.	Al Ratzutis	California-Western
12.	Martin Navia	New Mexico-Highlands
13.	Bob Chlupsa	Manhattan
14.	John Tolbert	South Carolina A&T

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