1980–81 rookie class

1980 NBA Draft

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

214selections

10rounds

23teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

Golden State Warriors

Joe Barry Carroll

Purdue

Pick #2

Utah Jazz

Darrell Griffith

Louisville

Pick #3

Boston Celtics

Kevin McHale

Minnesota

Pick #4

Chicago Bulls

Kelvin Ransey

Ohio State

Pick #5

Denver Nuggets

Jamesearl Ray

Jacksonville

Complete draft board

Every pick

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

Round 123 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Joe Barry Carroll	Golden State Warriors	Purdue	1
2	Darrell Griffith	Utah Jazz	Louisville	2
3	Kevin McHale	Boston Celtics	Minnesota	3
4	Kelvin Ransey	Chicago Bulls	Ohio State	4
5	Jamesearl Ray	Denver Nuggets	Jacksonville	5
6	Mike O'Koren	New Jersey Nets	North Carolina	6
7	Mike Gminski	New Jersey Nets	Duke	7
8	Andrew Toney	Philadelphia 76ers	Louisiana-Lafayette	8
9	Michael Brooks	San Diego Clippers	La Salle	9
10	Ronnie Lester	Portland Trail Blazers	Iowa	10
11	Kiki Vandeweghe	Dallas Mavericks	California-Los Angeles	11
12	Mike Woodson	New York Knicks	Indiana	12
13	Rickey Brown	Golden State Warriors	Mississippi State	13
14	Wes Matthews	Washington Bullets	Wisconsin	14
15	Reggie Johnson	San Antonio Spurs	Tennessee	15
16	Charles Whitney	Kansas City Kings	North Carolina State	16
17	Larry Drew	Detroit Pistons	Missouri	17
18	Don Collins	Atlanta Hawks	Washington State	18
19	John Duren	Utah Jazz	Georgetown	19
20	Bill Hanzlik	Seattle SuperSonics	Notre Dame	20
21	Monti Davis	Philadelphia 76ers	Tennessee State	21
22	Chad Kinch	Cleveland Cavaliers	North Carolina-Charlotte	22
23	Carl Nicks	Denver Nuggets	Indiana State	23

Round 223 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
24	Larry Smith	Golden State Warriors	Alcorn State	1
25	Jeff Ruland	Golden State Warriors	Iona	2
26	Sam Worthen	Chicago Bulls	Marquette	3
27	John Stroud	Houston Rockets	Mississippi	4
28	Craig Shelton	Atlanta Hawks	Georgetown	5
29	Louis Orr	Indiana Pacers	Syracuse	6
30	Kenny Natt	Indiana Pacers	Louisiana-Monroe	7
31	Wayne Robinson	Los Angeles Lakers	Virginia Tech	8
32	David Lawrence	Portland Trail Blazers	McNeese State	9
33	Bruce Collins	Portland Trail Blazers	Weber State	10
34	Roosevelt Bouie	Dallas Mavericks	Syracuse	11
35	Rick Mahorn	Washington Bullets	Hampton	12
36	Dewayne Scales	New York Knicks	Louisiana State	13
37	Butch Carter	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana	14
38	Terry Stotts	Houston Rockets	Oklahoma	15
39	Michael Wiley	San Antonio Spurs	Long Beach State	16
40	Dick Miller	Indiana Pacers	Toledo	17
41	Jawann Oldham	Denver Nuggets	Seattle	18
42	Kimberly Belton	Phoenix Suns	Stanford	19
43	Billy Williams	Houston Rockets	Clemson	20
44	Clyde Austin	Philadelphia 76ers	North Carolina State	21
45	Brad Branson	Detroit Pistons	Southern Methodist	22
46	Arnette Hallman	Boston Celtics	Purdue	23

Round 323 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
47	Kurt Nimphius	Denver Nuggets	Arizona State	1
48	Eddie Lee	Denver Nuggets	Cincinnati	2
49	John Virgil	Golden State Warriors	North Carolina	3
50	James Wilkes	Chicago Bulls	California-Los Angeles	4
51	Ron Valentine	Denver Nuggets	Old Dominion	5
52	Lowes Moore	New Jersey Nets	West Virginia	6
53	Stuart House	Cleveland Cavaliers	Washington State	7
54	Ron Perry	Boston Celtics	Holy Cross	8
55	Wayne Abrams	Cleveland Cavaliers	Southern Illinois	9
56	Mike Harper	Portland Trail Blazers	North Park	10
57	David Britton	Dallas Mavericks	Texas A&M	11
58	Kurt Rambis	New York Knicks	Santa Clara	12
59	John Campbell	Phoenix Suns	Clemson	13
60	Lavon Mercer	San Antonio Spurs	Georgia	14
61	Rich Yonakor	San Antonio Spurs	North Carolina	15
62	Tony Murphy	Kansas City Kings	Southern University	16
63	Al Beal	Milwaukee Bucks	Oklahoma	17
64	Jonathan Moore	Detroit Pistons	Furman	18
65	Doug TRUE	Phoenix Suns	California	19
66	Carl Bailey	Seattle SuperSonics	Tuskegee	20
67	Reggie Gaines	Philadelphia 76ers	Winston-Salem State	21
68	Ron Jones	Cleveland Cavaliers	Illinois State	22
69	Donald Newman	Boston Celtics	Idaho	23

Round 423 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
70	Darwin Cook	Detroit Pistons	Portland	1
71	Robert Scott	Golden State Warriors	Alabama	2
72	Alan Taylor	Utah Jazz	Brigham Young	3
73	Sammie Ellis	Denver Nuggets	Pittsburgh	4
74	Ron Charles	Chicago Bulls	Michigan State	5
75	Rory Sparrow	New Jersey Nets	Villanova	6
76	Ed Odom	San Diego Clippers	Oklahoma State	7
77	Murray Brown	Cleveland Cavaliers	Florida State	8
78	Rich Branning	Indiana Pacers	Notre Dame	9
79	Kelvin Henderson	Portland Trail Blazers	Saint Louis	10
80	David Johnson	Dallas Mavericks	Weber State	11
81	Francois Wise	Washington Bullets	Long Beach State	12
82	Joseph Chmelich	New York Knicks	Wisconsin	13
83	Calvin Roberts	San Antonio Spurs	Cal State-Fullerton	14
84	Dean Hunger	Houston Rockets	Utah State	15
85	Billy Bryant	Philadelphia 76ers	Western Kentucky	16
86	Jeff Wolf	Milwaukee Bucks	North Carolina	17
87	Tony Jackson	Los Angeles Lakers	Florida State	18
88	Leroy Stampley	Phoenix Suns	Loyola-Chicago	19
89	Gary Ray Hooker	Seattle SuperSonics	Murray State	20
90	Harold Hubbard	Philadelphia 76ers	Savannah State	21
91	Ron Baxter	Los Angeles Lakers	Texas	22
92	Kevin Hamilton	Boston Celtics	Iona	23

Round 523 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
93	Tony Fuller	Detroit Pistons	Pepperdine	1
94	Wally West	Utah Jazz	Boston University	2
95	Don Carlino	Golden State Warriors	Southern California	3
96	Mike Campbell	Chicago Bulls	Northwestern	4
97	James Patrick	Denver Nuggets	Texas State	5
98	Aaron Curry	New Jersey Nets	Oklahoma	6
99	Wally Rank	San Diego Clippers	San Jose State	7
100	Joe Galvin	Indiana Pacers	Illinois State	8
101	LaVon Williams	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kentucky	9
102	Larry Belin	Portland Trail Blazers	New Mexico	10
103	Darrell Allums	Dallas Mavericks	California-Los Angeles	11
104	William Carey	New York Knicks	Albright	12
105	Daryl Strickland	Washington Bullets	Rutgers	13
106	Albert Jones	Houston Rockets	New Mexico State	14
107	Gib Hinz	San Antonio Spurs	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	15
108	Kevin Blakley	Kansas City Kings	Eastern Michigan	16
109	Ken Jones	Milwaukee Bucks	Virginia Commonwealth	17
110	Mike Doyle	Atlanta Hawks	South Carolina	18
111	Mark Stevens	Phoenix Suns	Northern Arizona	19
112	Lenny Horton	Seattle SuperSonics	Georgia Tech	20
113	Jim Swaney	Philadelphia 76ers	Toledo	21
114	Rick Raivio	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland	22
115	Rufus Harris	Boston Celtics	Maine	23

Round 623 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
116	Tony Turner	Detroit Pistons	Alaska-Anchorage	1
117	Neil Bresnahan	Golden State Warriors	Illinois	2
118	Ken Cunningham	Utah Jazz	Western Michigan	3
119	Ernie Hill	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City	4
120	Bernard Rencher	Chicago Bulls	St. John's (NY)	5
121	Rick Mattick	New Jersey Nets	Louisiana State	6
122	Londale Theus	San Diego Clippers	Santa Clara	7
123	Antonio Martin	Cleveland Cavaliers	Oral Roberts	8
124	Randy Owens	Indiana Pacers	Philadelphia University	9
125	Perry Mirkovich	Portland Trail Blazers	Lethbridge (CAN)	10
126	Leroy Jackson	Dallas Mavericks	Cameron	11
127	Ken Dancy	Washington Bullets	Chicago State	12
128	Kelvin Hicks	New York Knicks	New York Tech	13
129	Dean Uthoff	San Antonio Spurs	Iowa State	14
130	Everette Jefferson	Houston Rockets	New Mexico	15
131	Trent Grooms	Kansas City Kings	Kent State	16
132	Alex Gilbert	Milwaukee Bucks	Indiana State	17
133	Mike Zagardo	Atlanta Hawks	George Washington	18
134	Coby Leavitt	Phoenix Suns	Utah	19
135	Jim Strickland	Seattle SuperSonics	South Carolina	20
136	Donald Cooper	Philadelphia 76ers	Saint Augustine's	21
137	Odis Boddie	Los Angeles Lakers	North Alabama	22
138	Kenny Evans	Boston Celtics	Norfolk State	23

Round 722 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
139	Carl Pierce	Detroit Pistons	Gonzaga	1
140	Dave Colescott	Utah Jazz	North Carolina	2
141	Lorenzo Romar	Golden State Warriors	Washington	3
142	Robert Byrd	Chicago Bulls	Marquette	4
143	Tommy Springer	Denver Nuggets	Vanderbilt	5
144	Larry Spicer	New Jersey Nets	Alabama-Birmingham	6
145	Paul Anderson	San Diego Clippers	Southern California	7
146	Charles Naddaff	Indiana Pacers	Lafayette	8
147	Leroy Berry	Cleveland Cavaliers	Miami (OH)	9
148	Gig Sims	Portland Trail Blazers	California-Los Angeles	10
149	Tony Forch	Dallas Mavericks	Midwestern State	11
150	Bobby Turner	New York Knicks	Louisville	12
151	Karl Godine	Washington Bullets	Stephen F. Austin	13
152	Joe Nehls	Houston Rockets	Arizona	14
153	Alan Zahn	San Antonio Spurs	Arkansas	15
154	Arnold McDowell	Kansas City Kings	Montana State	16
155	Ron White	Milwaukee Bucks	Furman	17
156	Charles Hightower	Atlanta Hawks	Dillard	18
157	Ron Williams	Phoenix Suns	Montana Western	19
158	Carl Ervin	Seattle SuperSonics	Seattle	20
159	Richard Smith	Philadelphia 76ers	Weber State	21
160	Les Hanson	Boston Celtics	Virginia Tech	22

Round 819 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
161	Leroy Loggins	Detroit Pistons	Fairmont State	1
162	Kurt Kanaskie	Golden State Warriors	La Salle	2
163	Jim Brandon	Utah Jazz	St. Peter's	3
164	Modzel Greer	Chicago Bulls	North Park	4
165	Lloyd Terry	New Jersey Nets	New Orleans	5
166	Jim Ellinghausen	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ohio State	6
167	Steve Stielper	Indiana Pacers	James Madison	7
168	John Stroeder	Portland Trail Blazers	Montana	8
169	Clarence Kea	Dallas Mavericks	Lamar	9
170	Rich Valavicious	Washington Bullets	Auburn	10
171	James Salters	New York Knicks	Pennsylvania	11
172	Bill Bailey	San Antonio Spurs	Texas-Pan American	12
173	Rosie Barnes	Houston Rockets	Bowling Green	13
174	Keith Valentine	Milwaukee Bucks	Virginia Union	14
175	Jim Conolly	Phoenix Suns	La Salle	15
176	Al Dutch	Seattle SuperSonics	Georgetown	16
177	Martin Lemelle	Philadelphia 76ers	Grambling	17
178	Melvin Hooker	Los Angeles Lakers	Edinboro	18
179	Steve Wright	Boston Celtics	Boston University	19

Round 920 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
180	Terry Dupris	Detroit Pistons	Huron	1
181	Paul Renfro	Utah Jazz	Texas-Arlington	2
182	Billy Reid	Golden State Warriors	San Francisco	3
183	Jay Shidler	Chicago Bulls	Kentucky	4
184	Jim Graziano	Denver Nuggets	South Carolina	5
185	Barry Young	New Jersey Nets	Colorado State	6
186	Scott Rogers	Indiana Pacers	Kenyon	7
187	Melvin Crafter	Cleveland Cavaliers	Central State (OH)	8
188	Rich Boucher	Portland Trail Blazers	Maine	9
189	Ken Williams	Dallas Mavericks	Houston	10
190	Don Wiley	New York Knicks	Monmouth	11
191	Clinton Wyatt	Washington Bullets	Alcorn State	12
192	Al Williams	San Antonio Spurs	North Texas	13
193	Charley Cole	Kansas City Kings	Delta State	14
194	Del Yarbrough	Milwaukee Bucks	Illinois State	15
195	Stanley Lamb	Atlanta Hawks	Franciscan	16
196	Keith French	Phoenix Suns	North Park	17
197	Jim Tillman	Seattle SuperSonics	Eastern Kentucky	18
198	Luke Griffin	Philadelphia 76ers	Saint Joseph's	19
199	Brian Jung	Boston Celtics	Northwestern	20

Round 1015 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
200	Tim Higgins	Golden State Warriors	Nebraska-Kearney	1
201	Leroy Coleman	Utah Jazz	Middle Tennessee State	2
202	Earl Sango	Denver Nuggets	Regis (CO)	3
203	Billy Foster	Chicago Bulls	Montana State	4
204	John Bates	Indiana Pacers	West Virginia	5
205	Dave Kufeld	Portland Trail Blazers	Yeshiva	6
206	Tom Morgan	Dallas Mavericks	Cal State-Fullerton	7
207	Don Youman	Washington Bullets	Oklahoma State	8
208	Gerald Ross	New York Knicks	Grand Canyon	9
209	Steve Schall	San Antonio Spurs	Arkansas	10
210	Melvin Crayton	Milwaukee Bucks	Alabama State	11
211	Randy Carroll	Phoenix Suns	Kansas	12
212	Kent Williams	Seattle SuperSonics	Texas Tech	13
213	Joe Hand	Philadelphia 76ers	King's (PA)	14
214	John Nolan	Boston Celtics	Providence	15

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.