1960–61 rookie class

1960 NBA Draft

Every selection in order, with the drafting team, player affiliation and a direct path into each available Sportsboxd career profile.

100selections

21rounds

8teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

Cincinnati Royals

Oscar Robertson

Cincinnati

Pick #2

Los Angeles Lakers

Jerry West

West Virginia

Pick #3

New York Knicks

Darrall Imhoff

California

Pick #4

Detroit Pistons

Jackie Moreland

Louisiana Tech

Pick #5

Syracuse Nationals

Lee Shaffer

North Carolina

Complete draft board

Every pick

Round one is open. Expand any later round to continue through the class.

Round 18 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Oscar Robertson	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati	1
2	Jerry West	Los Angeles Lakers	West Virginia	2
3	Darrall Imhoff	New York Knicks	California	3
4	Jackie Moreland	Detroit Pistons	Louisiana Tech	4
5	Lee Shaffer	Syracuse Nationals	North Carolina	5
6	Lenny Wilkens	St. Louis Hawks	Providence	6
7	Al Bunge	Philadelphia Warriors	Maryland	7
8	Thomas Sanders	Boston Celtics	New York University	8

Round 28 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
9	Jay Arnette	Cincinnati Royals	Texas	1
10	Dave Budd	New York Knicks	Wake Forest	2
11	Kelly Coleman	New York Knicks	Kentucky Wesleyan	3
12	Ron Johnson	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota	4
13	Wilbur Trosch	Syracuse Nationals	Saint Francis (PA)	5
14	Frank Radovich	St. Louis Hawks	Indiana	6
15	William Kennedy	Philadelphia Warriors	Temple	7
16	Leroy Wright	Boston Celtics	Pacific	8

Round 38 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
17	Ralph Davis	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati	1
18	Jim Hagan	Los Angeles Lakers	Tennessee Tech	2
19	Bob McNeill	New York Knicks	Saint Joseph's	3
20	Frank Case	Detroit Pistons	Dayton	4
21	Joe Roberts	Syracuse Nationals	Ohio State	5
22	Fred LaCour	St. Louis Hawks	San Francisco	6
23	Bob Mealy	Philadelphia Warriors	Manhattan	7
24	Mike Graney	Boston Celtics	Notre Dame	8

Round 48 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
25	Dalen Showalter	Cincinnati Royals	Tennessee	1
26	Wally Frank	Los Angeles Lakers	Kansas State	2
27	Ben Warley	Los Angeles Lakers	Tennessee State	3
28	Ken Remley	Detroit Pistons	West Virginia Wesleyan	4
29	Carl Cole	Syracuse Nationals	Eastern Kentucky	5
30	Horace Walker	St. Louis Hawks	Michigan State	6
31	Charley Sharp	Philadelphia Warriors	Texas State	7
32	Sid Cohen	Boston Celtics	Kentucky	8

Round 58 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
33	Don Ogorek	Cincinnati Royals	Seattle	1
34	George Farley	Los Angeles Lakers	Cornell	2
35	Charles McNeil	New York Knicks	Maryland	3
36	Willie Jones	Detroit Pistons	Northwestern	4
37	Jim Mudd	Syracuse Nationals	North Texas	5
38	Jimmy Darrow	St. Louis Hawks	Bowling Green	6
39	Alvin Attles	Philadelphia Warriors	North Carolina A&T	7
40	Wayne Lawrence	Boston Celtics	Texas A&M	8

Round 68 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
41	Bobby Joe Mason	Cincinnati Royals	Bradley	1
42	Bobby Goodall	Los Angeles Lakers	Tulsa	2
43	David Denton	New York Knicks	Georgia Tech	3
44	Bill Lowry	Detroit Pistons	Christian Brothers	4
45	Herschell Turner	Syracuse Nationals	Nebraska	5
46	York Larese	St. Louis Hawks	North Carolina	6
47	Jim Brangan	Philadelphia Warriors	Princeton	7
48	Roger Newman	Boston Celtics	Kentucky	8

Round 77 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
49	Fred Sobrero	Cincinnati Royals	Santa Clara	1
50	Howie Jolliff	Los Angeles Lakers	Ohio	2
51	Dick Doughty	New York Knicks	California	3
52	Doug Moe	Detroit Pistons	North Carolina	4
53	Bernie Kauffman	Syracuse Nationals	Kentucky	5
54	Bob Sims	St. Louis Hawks	Pepperdine	6
55	Bob Clarke	Philadelphia Warriors	Saint Joseph's	7

Round 87 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
56	Sam Stith	Cincinnati Royals	St. Bonaventure	1
57	John Werhas	Los Angeles Lakers	Southern California	2
58	George Price	New York Knicks	Memphis	3
59	Mike Yugovich	Detroit Pistons	Youngstown State	4
60	Don Lynch	Syracuse Nationals	Le Moyne	5
61	Don Curry	St. Louis Hawks	Southern Mississippi	6
62	George Raveling	Philadelphia Warriors	Villanova	7

Round 97 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
63	Al Nealey	Cincinnati Royals	Arizona State	1
64	Claude Lefevre	Los Angeles Lakers	Gonzaga	2
65	Tony Davis	New York Knicks	Hawaii	3
66	Martin Holland	Detroit Pistons	Kentucky Wesleyan	4
67	Bernie Findlay	Syracuse Nationals	San Diego State	5
68	Bob Castanada	St. Louis Hawks	Rockhurst	6
69	Joe Gallo	Philadelphia Warriors	Saint Joseph's	7

Round 105 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
70	Lon Sizemore	Cincinnati Royals	West Virginia Tech	1
71	Dick Harvey	Los Angeles Lakers	Creighton	2
72	Walter Mangham	New York Knicks	Marquette	3
73	Joe Kennelly	Detroit Pistons	Dayton	4
74	Americus John-Lewis	St. Louis Hawks	Iowa	5

Round 115 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
75	Dennis Moore	Cincinnati Royals	Regis (CO)	1
76	Sterling Forbes	Los Angeles Lakers	Pepperdine	2
77	Howard Willis	New York Knicks	Grambling	3
78	Mel Peterson	Detroit Pistons	Wheaton (IL)	4
79	Dick Davies	St. Louis Hawks	Louisiana State	5

Round 125 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
80	Ron Altenberg	Cincinnati Royals	Cornell College	1
81	Will Jones	Los Angeles Lakers	American	2
82	Henry Hart	New York Knicks	Auburn	3
83	John Dobbert	Detroit Pistons	Wheaton (IL)	4
84	Bob Wilkinson	St. Louis Hawks	Indiana	5

Round 133 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
85	John Milhoan	Cincinnati Royals	Marshall	1
86	Dick Furry	New York Knicks	Ohio State	2
87	Lee Hopfenspirger	Detroit Pistons	Hamline	3

Round 142 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
88	Larry Chaney	Cincinnati Royals	Montana State	1
89	Jim Hanna	New York Knicks	Southern California	2

Round 152 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
90	Ducky Potter	Cincinnati Royals	Moravian	1
91	Jerry Bechtal	New York Knicks	Maryland	2

Round 162 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
92	Gene Jordan	Cincinnati Royals	Northwest Missouri State	1
93	Jerry Schofield	New York Knicks	Utah State	2

Round 172 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
94	Ernie McCray	Cincinnati Royals	Arizona	1
95	Tandy Gillis	New York Knicks	California	2

Round 182 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
96	Don Mills	Cincinnati Royals	Kentucky	1
97	George Krajick	New York Knicks	Clemson	2

Round 191 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
98	Larry Willey	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati	1

Round 201 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
99	Tony Wilcox	Cincinnati Royals	Wittenberg	1

Round 211 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
100	Jim McDonald	Cincinnati Royals	West Virginia Wesleyan	1

Source: NBA.com Draft History. Draft-night trades can cause the team attached to a selection to differ from the player’s eventual rookie team.