1985–86 rookie class

1985 NBA Draft

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

162selections

7rounds

23teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

New York Knicks

Patrick Ewing

Georgetown

Pick #2

Indiana Pacers

Wayman Tisdale

Oklahoma

Pick #3

Los Angeles Clippers

Benoit Benjamin

Creighton

Pick #4

Seattle SuperSonics

Xavier McDaniel

Wichita State

Pick #5

Atlanta Hawks

Jon Koncak

Southern Methodist

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	Patrick Ewing	New York Knicks	Georgetown	1
2	Wayman Tisdale	Indiana Pacers	Oklahoma	2
3	Benoit Benjamin	Los Angeles Clippers	Creighton	3
4	Xavier McDaniel	Seattle SuperSonics	Wichita State	4
5	Jon Koncak	Atlanta Hawks	Southern Methodist	5
6	Joe Kleine	Sacramento Kings	Arkansas	6
7	Chris Mullin	Golden State Warriors	St. John's (NY)	7
8	Detlef Schrempf	Dallas Mavericks	Washington	8
9	Charles Oakley	Cleveland Cavaliers	Virginia Union	9
10	Ed Pinckney	Phoenix Suns	Villanova	10
11	Keith Lee	Chicago Bulls	Memphis	11
12	Kenny Green	Washington Bullets	Wake Forest	12
13	Karl Malone	Utah Jazz	Louisiana Tech	13
14	Alfredrick Hughes	San Antonio Spurs	Loyola-Chicago	14
15	Blair Rasmussen	Denver Nuggets	Oregon	15
16	Bill Wennington	Dallas Mavericks	St. John's (NY)	16
17	Uwe Blab	Dallas Mavericks	Indiana	17
18	Joe Dumars	Detroit Pistons	McNeese State	18
19	Steve Harris	Houston Rockets	Tulsa	19
20	Sam Vincent	Boston Celtics	Michigan State	20
21	Terry Catledge	Philadelphia 76ers	South Alabama	21
22	Jerry Reynolds	Milwaukee Bucks	Louisiana State	22
23	A.C. Green	Los Angeles Lakers	Oregon State	23
24	Terry Porter	Portland Trail Blazers	Wisconsin-Stevens Point	24

Round 223 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
25	Mike Smrek	Portland Trail Blazers	Canisius	1
26	Bill Martin	Indiana Pacers	Georgetown	2
27	Dwayne McClain	Indiana Pacers	Villanova	3
28	Ken Johnson	Chicago Bulls	Michigan State	4
29	Mike Brittain	San Antonio Spurs	South Carolina	5
30	Calvin Duncan	Cleveland Cavaliers	Virginia Commonwealth	6
31	Manute Bol	Washington Bullets	Bridgeport	7
32	Nick Vanos	Phoenix Suns	Santa Clara	8
33	Greg Stokes	Philadelphia 76ers	Iowa	9
34	Aubrey Sherrod	Chicago Bulls	Wichita State	10
35	Tyrone Corbin	San Antonio Spurs	DePaul	11
36	Yvon Joseph	New Jersey Nets	Georgia Tech	12
37	Carey Scurry	Utah Jazz	Long Island-Brooklyn	13
38	Fernando Martin	New Jersey Nets	Real Madrid Baloncesto (Spain)	14
39	George Montgomery	Portland Trail Blazers	Illinois	15
40	Mark Acres	Dallas Mavericks	Oral Roberts	16
41	Lorenzo Charles	Atlanta Hawks	North Carolina State	17
42	Bobby Lee Hurt	Golden State Warriors	Alabama	18
43	Barry Stevens	Denver Nuggets	Iowa State	19
44	Voise Winters	Philadelphia 76ers	Bradley	20
45	Hot Rod Williams	Cleveland Cavaliers	Tulane	21
46	Adrian Branch	Chicago Bulls	Maryland	22
47	Gerald Wilkins	New York Knicks	Tennessee-Chattanooga	23

Round 323 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
48	Kenny Patterson	Indiana Pacers	DePaul	1
49	Brad Wright	Golden State Warriors	California-Los Angeles	2
50	Leonard Allen	Dallas Mavericks	San Diego State	3
51	Charles Bradley	Sacramento Kings	South Florida	4
52	Anicet Lavodrama	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Baptist	5
53	Rolando Lamb	Seattle SuperSonics	Virginia Commonwealth	6
54	Sam Mitchell	Houston Rockets	Mercer	7
55	Herb Johnson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Tulsa	8
56	Jerry Everett	Phoenix Suns	Lamar	9
57	Michael Payne	Houston Rockets	Iowa	10
58	Vernon Moore	Washington Bullets	Creighton	11
59	Sedric Toney	Atlanta Hawks	Dayton	12
60	Andre Goode	Detroit Pistons	Northwestern	13
61	Perry Young	Portland Trail Blazers	Virginia Tech	14
62	Nigel Miguel	New Jersey Nets	California-Los Angeles	15
63	Harold Keeling	Dallas Mavericks	Santa Clara	16
64	Richie Johnson	Detroit Pistons	Evansville	17
65	Ken Perry	Washington Bullets	Southern Illinois	18
66	Michael Adams	Sacramento Kings	Boston College	19
67	Steve Black	Philadelphia 76ers	La Salle	20
68	Eugene McDowell	Milwaukee Bucks	Florida	21
69	Mike Brown	Chicago Bulls	George Washington	22
70	Andre Battle	Boston Celtics	Loyola-Chicago	23

Round 423 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
71	Luster Goodwin	Golden State Warriors	Texas-El Paso	1
72	Vince Hamilton	Indiana Pacers	Clemson	2
73	Fred Cofield	New York Knicks	Eastern Michigan	3
74	Jim Deines	Los Angeles Clippers	Arizona State	4
75	Alex Stivrins	Seattle SuperSonics	Colorado	5
76	Willie Simmons	Sacramento Kings	Louisiana Tech	6
77	Arvydas Sabonis	Atlanta Hawks	BC Zalgiris (Lithuania)	7
78	Granger Hall	Phoenix Suns	Temple	8
79	Mark Davis	Cleveland Cavaliers	Old Dominion	9
80	Craig Beard	Chicago Bulls	Samford	10
81	Richie Adams	Washington Bullets	Nevada-Las Vegas	11
82	Scott Roth	San Antonio Spurs	Wisconsin	12
83	Delaney Rudd	Utah Jazz	Wake Forest	13
84	John Battle	Atlanta Hawks	Rutgers	14
85	Joe Atkinson	Portland Trail Blazers	Oklahoma State	15
86	Bubba Jennings	Dallas Mavericks	Texas Tech	16
87	Spud Webb	Detroit Pistons	North Carolina State	17
88	Mike Brooks	Houston Rockets	Tennessee	18
89	Pete Williams	Denver Nuggets	Arizona	19
90	Derrick Gervin	Philadelphia 76ers	Texas-San Antonio	20
91	Cozell McQueen	Milwaukee Bucks	North Carolina State	21
92	Dexter Shouse	Los Angeles Lakers	South Alabama	22
93	Cliff Weber	Boston Celtics	Liberty	23

Round 523 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
94	Kelvin Johnson	Indiana Pacers	Richmond	1
95	Greg Cavener	Golden State Warriors	Missouri	2
96	Mike Schlegel	New York Knicks	Virginia Commonwealth	3
97	Lou Stefanovic	Seattle SuperSonics	Illinois State	4
98	Bob Lojewski	Sacramento Kings	Saint Joseph's	5
99	Wayne Carlander	Los Angeles Clippers	Southern California	6
100	Larry Hampton	Atlanta Hawks	Hampton	7
101	Gunther Behnke	Cleveland Cavaliers	Bayer Giants Leverkusen (Germany)	8
102	Shawn Campbell	Phoenix Suns	Weber State	9
103	Reid Gettys	Chicago Bulls	Houston	10
104	Dean Shaffer	Washington Bullets	Florida State	11
105	Ray Hall	Utah Jazz	Canisius	12
106	Clayton Olivier	San Antonio Spurs	Southern California	13
107	James Anderson	Portland Trail Blazers	Union (KY)	14
108	Kelly Blaine	New Jersey Nets	South Alabama	15
109	Tommy Davis	Dallas Mavericks	Minnesota	16
110	Mike Lahm	Detroit Pistons	Murray State	17
111	Ivan Daniels	Indiana Pacers	Illinois-Chicago	18
112	Kenny Brown	Denver Nuggets	Texas A&M	19
113	Carl Wright	Philadelphia 76ers	Southern Methodist	20
114	Ray Knight	Milwaukee Bucks	Providence	21
115	Timo Saarelainen	Los Angeles Lakers	Brigham Young	22
116	Albert Butts	Boston Celtics	La Salle	23

Round 623 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
117	Gerald Crosby	Golden State Warriors	Georgia	1
118	Stu Primus	Indiana Pacers	Boston College	2
119	Kent Lockhart	New York Knicks	Texas-El Paso	3
120	Charles Valentine	Sacramento Kings	Arkansas	4
121	Malcolm Thomas	Los Angeles Clippers	Missouri	5
122	Earl Walker	Seattle SuperSonics	Mercer	6
123	Tony Duckett	Atlanta Hawks	Lafayette	7
124	Charles Rayne	Phoenix Suns	Temple	8
125	Ricky Johnson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Illinois State	9
126	Dan Meagher	Chicago Bulls	Duke	10
127	Matt England	Washington Bullets	Houston Baptist	11
128	Chris Harper	San Antonio Spurs	Oregon	12
129	Jim Miller	Utah Jazz	Virginia	13
130	George Almones	New Jersey Nets	Louisiana-Lafayette	14
131	Curtis Moore	Portland Trail Blazers	Nebraska	15
132	Carlton Cooper	Dallas Mavericks	Texas	16
133	Vincent Giles	Detroit Pistons	Eastern Michigan	17
134	Sam Potter	Houston Rockets	Oral Roberts	18
135	Joe Carrabino	Denver Nuggets	Harvard	19
136	Daryl Lloyd	Philadelphia 76ers	Drake	20
137	Quentin Anderson	Milwaukee Bucks	Texas Tech	21
138	Tony Neal	Los Angeles Lakers	Cal State-Fullerton	22
139	Ralph Lewis	Boston Celtics	La Salle	23

Round 723 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
140	Jeff Acres	Indiana Pacers	Oral Roberts	1
141	Eric Boyd	Golden State Warriors	North Carolina A&T	2
142	Ken Bantum	New York Knicks	Cornell	3
143	Gary Maloncon	Los Angeles Clippers	California-Los Angeles	4
144	Mike Phelps	Seattle SuperSonics	Alcorn State	5
145	Alton Lee Gipson	Sacramento Kings	Florida State	6
146	Bob Ferry	Atlanta Hawks	Harvard	7
147	Buzz Peterson	Cleveland Cavaliers	North Carolina	8
148	Georgi Glouchkov	Phoenix Suns	BC Cherno More Port Varna (Bulgaria)	9
149	Jeff Adkins	Chicago Bulls	Maryland	10
150	Keith Gray	Washington Bullets	Detroit Mercy	11
151	Mike Wacker	Utah Jazz	Texas-San Antonio	12
152	Al Young	San Antonio Spurs	Virginia Tech	13
153	Mark Owen	Portland Trail Blazers	College of Idaho	14
154	Gary McLain	New Jersey Nets	Villanova	15
155	Ed Catchings	Dallas Mavericks	Nevada-Las Vegas	16
156	Frank James	Detroit Pistons	Nevada-Las Vegas	17
157	Don Turney	Indiana Pacers	Marshall	18
158	Eddie Smith	Denver Nuggets	Arizona	19
159	Jaye Andrews	Philadelphia 76ers	Bucknell	20
160	Mario Elie	Milwaukee Bucks	American International	21
161	Keith Cleplicki	Los Angeles Lakers	William & Mary	22
162	Chris Remly	Boston Celtics	Rutgers	23

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.