1984–85 rookie class

1984 NBA Draft

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

228selections

10rounds

23teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

Houston Rockets

Hakeem Olajuwon

Houston

Pick #2

Portland Trail Blazers

Sam Bowie

Kentucky

Pick #3

Chicago Bulls

Michael Jordan

North Carolina

Pick #4

Dallas Mavericks

Sam Perkins

North Carolina

Pick #5

Philadelphia 76ers

Charles Barkley

Auburn

Complete draft board

Every pick

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

Round 124 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Hakeem Olajuwon	Houston Rockets	Houston	1
2	Sam Bowie	Portland Trail Blazers	Kentucky	2
3	Michael Jordan	Chicago Bulls	North Carolina	3
4	Sam Perkins	Dallas Mavericks	North Carolina	4
5	Charles Barkley	Philadelphia 76ers	Auburn	5
6	Mel Turpin	Washington Bullets	Kentucky	6
7	Alvin Robertson	San Antonio Spurs	Arkansas	7
8	Lancaster Gordon	Los Angeles Clippers	Louisville	8
9	Otis Thorpe	Kansas City Kings	Providence	9
10	Leon Wood	Philadelphia 76ers	Cal State-Fullerton	10
11	Kevin Willis	Atlanta Hawks	Michigan State	11
12	Tim McCormick	Cleveland Cavaliers	Michigan	12
13	Jay Humphries	Phoenix Suns	Colorado	13
14	Michael Cage	Los Angeles Clippers	San Diego State	14
15	Terence Stansbury	Dallas Mavericks	Temple	15
16	John Stockton	Utah Jazz	Gonzaga	16
17	Jeff Turner	New Jersey Nets	Vanderbilt	17
18	Vern Fleming	Indiana Pacers	Georgia	18
19	Bernard Thompson	Portland Trail Blazers	Fresno State	19
20	Tony Campbell	Detroit Pistons	Ohio State	20
21	Kenny Fields	Milwaukee Bucks	California-Los Angeles	21
22	Tom Sewell	Philadelphia 76ers	Lamar	22
23	Earl Jones	Los Angeles Lakers	District of Columbia	23
24	Michael Young	Boston Celtics	Houston	24

Round 223 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
25	Devin Durrant	Indiana Pacers	Brigham Young	1
26	Victor Fleming	Portland Trail Blazers	Xavier	2
27	Ron Anderson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Fresno State	3
28	Cory Blackwell	Seattle SuperSonics	Wisconsin	4
29	Stuart Gray	Indiana Pacers	California-Los Angeles	5
30	Steve Burtt	Golden State Warriors	Iona	6
31	Jay Murphy	Golden State Warriors	Boston College	7
32	Eric Turner	Detroit Pistons	Michigan	8
33	Steve Colter	Portland Trail Blazers	New Mexico State	9
34	Tony Costner	Washington Bullets	Saint Joseph's	10
35	Othell Wilson	Golden State Warriors	Virginia	11
36	Charles Jones	Phoenix Suns	Louisville	12
37	Ben Coleman	Chicago Bulls	Maryland	13
38	Charlie Sitton	Dallas Mavericks	Oregon State	14
39	Danny Young	Seattle SuperSonics	Wake Forest	15
40	Anthony Teachey	Dallas Mavericks	Wake Forest	16
41	Tom Sluby	Dallas Mavericks	Notre Dame	17
42	Willie White	Denver Nuggets	Tennessee-Chattanooga	18
43	Greg Wiltjer	Chicago Bulls	Victoria (CAN)	19
44	Fred Reynolds	Washington Bullets	Texas-El Paso	20
45	Gary Plummer	Golden State Warriors	Boston University	21
46	Jerome Kersey	Portland Trail Blazers	Longwood	22
47	Ronnie Williams	Boston Celtics	Florida	23

Round 323 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
48	James Banks	Philadelphia 76ers	Georgia	1
49	Tim Dillon	Chicago Bulls	Northern Illinois	2
50	Ben McDonald	Cleveland Cavaliers	California-Irvine	3
51	Jim Petersen	Houston Rockets	Minnesota	4
52	Terry Williams	Seattle SuperSonics	Alabama	5
53	Ricky Ross	Washington Bullets	Tulsa	6
54	Roosevelt Chapman	Kansas City Kings	Dayton	7
55	Lewis Jackson	Golden State Warriors	Alabama State	8
56	Jeff Allen	Kansas City Kings	St. John's (NY)	9
57	Joe Binion	San Antonio Spurs	North Carolina A&T	10
58	Bobby Parks	Atlanta Hawks	Memphis	11
59	Murray Jarman	Phoenix Suns	Clemson	12
60	Leonard Mitchell	Cleveland Cavaliers	Louisiana State	13
61	Jeff Cross	Dallas Mavericks	Maine	14
62	David Pope	Utah Jazz	Norfolk State	15
63	Yommy Sangodeyi	New Jersey Nets	Sam Houston State	16
64	Curtis Green	New York Knicks	Southern Mississippi	17
65	Tim Kearney	Portland Trail Blazers	West Virginia	18
66	Kevin Springman	Detroit Pistons	Saint Joseph's	19
67	Vernon Delancy	Milwaukee Bucks	Florida	20
68	Butch Graves	Philadelphia 76ers	Yale	21
69	George Singleton	Los Angeles Lakers	Furman	22
70	Rick Carlisle	Boston Celtics	Virginia	23

Round 423 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
71	Ralph Jackson	Indiana Pacers	California-Los Angeles	1
72	Melvin Johnson	Chicago Bulls	North Carolina-Charlotte	2
73	Art Aaron	Cleveland Cavaliers	Northwestern	3
74	Willie Jackson	Houston Rockets	Centenary (LA)	4
75	Marc Glass	Los Angeles Clippers	Montana	5
76	Jim Grandholm	Washington Bullets	South Florida	6
77	Mark Halsel	Chicago Bulls	Northeastern	7
78	John Devereaux	San Antonio Spurs	Ohio	8
79	Karl Tilleman	Denver Nuggets	Calgary (CAN)	9
80	Carl Henry	Kansas City Kings	Kansas	10
81	Dickie Beal	Atlanta Hawks	Kentucky	11
82	Jeff Collins	Phoenix Suns	Nevada-Las Vegas	12
83	Jeff Jenkins	Seattle SuperSonics	Xavier	13
84	John Horrocks	Dallas Mavericks	North Texas	14
85	Hank Cornley	New Jersey Nets	Illinois State	15
86	Jim Rowinski	Utah Jazz	Purdue	16
87	Bob Thornton	New York Knicks	California-Irvine	17
88	Brett Applegate	Portland Trail Blazers	Brigham Young	18
89	Phillip Smith	Detroit Pistons	New Mexico	19
90	Ozell Jones	San Antonio Spurs	Cal State-Fullerton	20
91	Earl Harrison	Philadelphia 76ers	Morehead State	21
92	John Revelli	Los Angeles Lakers	Stanford	22
93	Kevin Mullin	Boston Celtics	Princeton	23

Round 523 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
94	Gene Smith	Indiana Pacers	Georgetown	1
95	Lamont Robinson	Chicago Bulls	Lamar	2
96	Vince Hinchen	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boise State	3
97	Al McClain	Houston Rockets	New Hampshire	4
98	Alonza Allen	Los Angeles Clippers	Louisiana-Lafayette	5
99	Cohn Irish	Washington Bullets	Bowling Green	6
100	Eric Richardson	San Antonio Spurs	Alabama	7
101	Steve Bartek	Golden State Warriors	Doane	8
102	Jim Foster	Kansas City Kings	South Carolina	9
103	Prince Bridges	Denver Nuggets	Missouri	10
104	Terry Martin	Atlanta Hawks	Louisiana-Monroe	11
105	Bill Flye	Phoenix Suns	Richmond	12
106	Eli Pasquale	Seattle SuperSonics	Victoria (CAN)	13
107	Dave Williams	Dallas Mavericks	Illinois-Chicago	14
108	Marcus Gaither	Utah Jazz	Fairleigh Dickinson	15
109	Michael Gerren	New Jersey Nets	South Alabama	16
110	Scott McCollum	Golden State Warriors	Pepperdine	17
111	Mike Whitmarsh	Portland Trail Blazers	San Diego	18
112	Rick Doyle	Detroit Pistons	Texas-San Antonio	19
113	Ernie Floyd	Milwaukee Bucks	Holy Cross	20
114	Dan Federman	Philadelphia 76ers	Tennessee	21
115	Lance Berwald	Los Angeles Lakers	North Dakota State	22
116	Todd Orlando	Boston Celtics	Bentley	23

Round 623 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
117	Clyde Vaughn	Indiana Pacers	Pittsburgh	1
118	Jeff Tipton	Chicago Bulls	Morehead State	2
119	Matt Doherty	Cleveland Cavaliers	North Carolina	3
120	Mckinley Singleton	Milwaukee Bucks	Alabama-Birmingham	4
121	Phillip Haynes	Los Angeles Clippers	Memphis	5
122	Blaise Bugajeski	Washington Bullets	Illinois Wesleyan	6
123	Tony Martin	Golden State Warriors	Wyoming	7
124	Dion Brown	San Antonio Spurs	Louisiana-Lafayette	8
125	Willie Burton	Denver Nuggets	Tennessee	9
126	Bruce Vanley	Kansas City Kings	Tulsa	10
127	Jim Master	Atlanta Hawks	Kentucky	11
128	Herman Veal	Phoenix Suns	Maryland	12
129	Graylin Warner	Seattle SuperSonics	Louisiana-Lafayette	13
130	LaVerne Evans	Dallas Mavericks	Marshall	14
131	Oscar Schmidt	New Jersey Nets	Juvecaserta Basket (Italy)	15
132	Chris Harrison	Utah Jazz	West Virginia Wesleyan	16
133	Eddielee Wilkins	New York Knicks	Gardner-Webb	17
134	Lance Ball	Portland Trail Blazers	Western Oregon	18
135	Rennie Bailey	Detroit Pistons	Louisiana Tech	19
136	Mike Reddick	Milwaukee Bucks	Stetson	20
137	Gary Springer	Philadelphia 76ers	Iona	21
138	Keith Jones	Los Angeles Lakers	Stanford	22
139	Steve Carfino	Boston Celtics	Iowa	23

Round 723 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
140	Kent Edelin	Indiana Pacers	Virginia	1
141	Butch Hays	Chicago Bulls	California	2
142	Joe Jakubick	Cleveland Cavaliers	Akron	3
143	Joedy Gardner	Houston Rockets	Long Beach State	4
144	David Brantley	Los Angeles Clippers	Oregon	5
145	Tim Garrett	Washington Bullets	New Mexico	6
146	Michael Pitts	San Antonio Spurs	California	7
147	Cliff Higgins	Golden State Warriors	Cal State-Northridge	8
148	Chip Harris	Kansas City Kings	Robert Morris	9
149	Mark Simpson	Denver Nuggets	Catawba	10
150	Vince Martello	Atlanta Hawks	Florida State	11
151	Raymond Crenshaw	Phoenix Suns	Oklahoma State	12
152	Gary Gatewood	Seattle SuperSonics	Oregon	13
153	George Turner	Dallas Mavericks	California-Irvine	14
154	Bob Evans	Utah Jazz	Southern Utah	15
155	Sean Kerins	New Jersey Nets	Syracuse	16
156	Ken Bannister	New York Knicks	Saint Augustine's	17
157	Victor Anger	Portland Trail Blazers	Pepperdine	18
158	Barry Francisco	Detroit Pistons	Bloomsburg	19
159	Tony William	Milwaukee Bucks	Florida State	20
160	Rich Congo	Philadelphia 76ers	Drexel	21
161	Richard Haenisch	Los Angeles Lakers	Chaminade	22
162	Mark Van Valkenburg	Boston Celtics	Framingham State	23

Round 822 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
163	Tom Heitz	Indiana Pacers	Kentucky	1
164	Brett Crawford	Chicago Bulls	United States International	2
165	Elliot Beard	Cleveland Cavaliers	Oberlin	3
166	Greg Wolff	Houston Rockets	Angelo State	4
167	Jim McLoughlin	Los Angeles Clippers	Temple	5
168	Darryl Odom	Washington Bullets	West Virginia Wesleyan	6
169	Paul Brozovich	Golden State Warriors	Nevada-Las Vegas	7
170	Dan Tarkanian	San Antonio Spurs	Nevada-Las Vegas	8
171	Bill Wendlandt	Denver Nuggets	Texas	9
172	Nate Rollins	Kansas City Kings	Fort Hays State	10
173	Robert Brown	Atlanta Hawks	Long Island-Brooklyn	11
174	Mark Fothergill	Phoenix Suns	Maryland	12
175	Jerry McMillan	Seattle SuperSonics	DePaul	13
176	Leroy Sutton	Dallas Mavericks	Arkansas	14
177	Chris Winans	New Jersey Nets	Utah	15
178	Eric Booker	Utah Jazz	Nevada-Las Vegas	16
179	Ricky Tunstall	New York Knicks	Youngstown State	17
180	Steve Flint	Portland Trail Blazers	California-San Diego	18
181	Dale Roberts	Detroit Pistons	Appalachian State	19
182	Brad Jergenson	Milwaukee Bucks	South Carolina	20
183	Frank Dobbs	Philadelphia 76ers	Villanova	21
184	Champ Godboldt	Boston Celtics	Holy Cross	22

Round 922 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
185	Brian Martin	Indiana Pacers	Kansas	1
186	Calvin Pierce	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma	2
187	John Shimko	Cleveland Cavaliers	Xavier	3
188	Bill Coon	Houston Rockets	Presbyterian	4
189	Dave Schultz	Los Angeles Clippers	Westmont	5
190	Mike Emanuel	Washington Bullets	North Carolina Pembroke	6
191	Melvin Roseboro	San Antonio Spurs	St. Mary's (TX)	7
192	Mitch Arnold	Golden State Warriors	Fresno State	8
193	Greg Turner	Kansas City Kings	Auburn	9
194	Cecil Exum	Denver Nuggets	North Carolina	10
195	Fred Brown	Atlanta Hawks	Georgetown	11
196	Buddy Cox	Phoenix Suns	Bellarmine	12
197	Mike Williams	Seattle SuperSonics	Idaho State	13
198	John Tudor	Dallas Mavericks	Louisiana State	14
199	Kelly Knight	Utah Jazz	Kansas	15
200	Billy Ryan	New Jersey Nets	Princeton	16
201	Marc Marotta	New York Knicks	Marquette	17
202	Dennis Black	Portland Trail Blazers	Portland	18
203	Ben Tower	Detroit Pistons	Michigan State	19
204	Edwin Green	Milwaukee Bucks	Massachusetts	20
205	Michael Mitchell	Philadelphia 76ers	Drexel	21
206	Joe Dixon	Boston Celtics	Merrimack	22

Round 1022 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
207	Gary Carver	Indiana Pacers	Western Kentucky	1
208	Carl Lewis	Chicago Bulls	Houston	2
209	Darrell Space	Cleveland Cavaliers	Northeastern Illinois	3
210	Robert Turner	Houston Rockets	Canisius	4
211	Dick Mumma	Los Angeles Clippers	Penn State	5
212	Glynn Myrick	Washington Bullets	Stetson	6
213	Tim Bell	Golden State Warriors	California-Riverside	7
214	Frank Rodriguez	San Antonio Spurs	New Mexico State	8
215	Dexter Bailey	Denver Nuggets	Xavier	9
216	Victor Coleman	Kansas City Kings	Northwest Missouri State	10
217	Doug Mills	Atlanta Hawks	Hofstra	11
218	Ezra Hill	Phoenix Suns	Liberty	12
219	Greg Brandon	Seattle SuperSonics	Creighton	13
220	Napoleon Johnson	Dallas Mavericks	Grambling	14
221	Phil Jamison	New Jersey Nets	St. Peter's	15
222	Mike Curran	Utah Jazz	Niagara	16
223	Mike Henderson	New York Knicks	Long Island Post	17
224	Randy Dunn	Portland Trail Blazers	George Fox	18
225	Dan Pelekoudas	Detroit Pistons	Michigan	19
226	Mike Toomer	Milwaukee Bucks	Florida A&M	20
227	Martin Clark	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston College	21
228	Dan Trant	Boston Celtics	Clark (MA)	22

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.