1948 NBA Draft
Every pick from the 1948 NBA Draft, with the selecting team and college or prior team.
| Pick | Rd | Team | Player | College/From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | PRO | Andy Tonkovich | Marshall |
| 2 | 1 | INJ | George Kok | Arkansas |
| 3 | 1 | BOS | George Hauptfuhrer | Harvard University |
| 4 | 1 | NYK | Dolph Schayes | NYU |
| 5 | 1 | CHS | Ed Mikan | DePaul |
| 6 | 1 | BLB | Walt Budko | Columbia University |
| 7 | 1 | STB | Robert Gale | Cornell |
| 8 | 1 | FTW | Ward Williams | Indiana |
| 9 | 1 | MNL | Chuck Hanger | California |
| 10 | 1 | ROC | Bobby Wanzer | Seton Hall |
| 11 | 1 | PHW | Don Ray | Western Kentucky |
| 12 | 1 | WSC | Jack Nichols | Washington |
| None | 2 | BLB | Joe Holland | Kentucky |
| None | 2 | BOS | Johnny Bach | Fordham |
| None | 2 | CHS | Hook Dillon | UNC |
| None | 2 | FTW | Bobby Cook | Wisconsin |
| None | 2 | INJ | Ray Lumpp | NYU |
| None | 2 | MNL | Johnny Orr | Beloit College |
| None | 2 | NYK | Harry Gallatin | Truman State University |
| None | 2 | PHW | Roy Pugh | SMU |
| None | 2 | PRO | Brady Walker | BYU |
| None | 2 | ROC | Bill Gabor | Syracuse |
| None | 2 | STB | Jack Burmaster | Illinois |
| None | 2 | WSC | Jack Parkinson | Kentucky |
| None | 3 | BLB | Darrel Brown | Humboldt State University |
| None | 3 | BOS | Marshall Hawkins | Tennessee |
| None | 3 | CHS | Whitey Kachan | DePaul |
| None | 3 | FTW | Kenny Rollins | Kentucky |
| None | 3 | INJ | Dick Wehr | Rice University |
| None | 3 | MNL | Arnie Ferrin | Utah |
| None | 3 | NYK | Mel McGaha | Arkansas |
| None | 3 | PHW | Bill Brown | Maryland |
| None | 3 | PRO | Jack Coleman | Louisville |
| None | 3 | ROC | Johnny Macknowski | Seton Hall |
| None | 3 | STB | Easy Parham | Texas Wesleyan University |
| None | 3 | WSC | Fred Bartell | Oregon |
| None | 4 | BLB | Jake Carter | |
| None | 4 | BOS | Tom Kelly | NYU |
| None | 4 | CHS | Odie Spears | Western Kentucky |
| None | 4 | FTW | Linc Richmond | Arizona |
| None | 4 | INJ | Alex Hannum | USC |
| None | 4 | MNL | Earl Gardner | DePauw University |
| None | 4 | NYK | Ed Peterson | Cornell |
| None | 4 | PHW | Deward Compton | Louisville |
| None | 4 | PRO | A. L. Bennett | Oklahoma State |
| None | 4 | ROC | Leo Kubiak | Bowling Green |
| None | 4 | STB | D.C. Wilcutt | Saint Louis |
| None | 4 | WSC | Ed Hughes | San Jose State |
| None | 5 | BLB | Dan Kraus | Georgetown |
| None | 5 | BOS | Murray Mitchell | Sam Houston State University |
| None | 5 | CHS | Mickey Marty | Loras College |
| None | 5 | FTW | Murray Wier | Iowa |
| None | 5 | INJ | Reede Berg | Oregon |
| None | 5 | MNL | Dee Gibson | Western Kentucky |
| None | 5 | NYK | Dick Shrider | Ohio University |
| None | 5 | PHW | Joe Nelson | BYU |
| None | 5 | PRO | Ed Faber | Trinity University |
| None | 5 | ROC | Alex Athas | Tulane |
| None | 5 | STB | Gordon Flick | Drake University |
| None | 5 | WSC | Leo Katkaveck | NC State |
| None | 6 | BLB | Herb Krautblatt | Rider University |
| None | 6 | BOS | Norman Carey | Oregon State |
| None | 6 | CHS | Ed Mills | Wisconsin |
| None | 6 | INJ | Andy Kostecka | Georgetown |
| None | 6 | MNL | Ken Jastrow | Denver |
| None | 6 | NYK | Gene Berce | Marquette |
| None | 6 | PHW | Clint Pace | Pepperdine |
| None | 6 | PRO | Verl Heap | Arizona State |
| None | 6 | ROC | Ed Keim | Niagara University |
| None | 6 | STB | John Hoppin | Dickinson College |
| None | 6 | WSC | Thornton Jenkins | Missouri |
| None | 7 | BLB | Jim Black | Occidental College |
| None | 7 | BOS | Bob Curran | Holy Cross |
| None | 7 | CHS | Johnny Reagan | Murray State |
| None | 7 | INJ | Jack Coleman | LSU |
| None | 7 | MNL | Cliff Crandall | Oregon State |
| None | 7 | NYK | Tex Ritter | Eastern Kentucky University |
| None | 7 | PHW | Tom Short | Kansas Wesleyan |
| None | 7 | PRO | Otto Schnellbacher | Kansas |
| None | 7 | ROC | Lionel Malamed | City College of New York |
| None | 7 | STB | Dan London | Washington University in Saint Louis |
| None | 7 | WSC | J.T. Parker | Louisiana Tech |
| None | 8 | BLB | Robert Carroll | West Virginia |
| None | 8 | BOS | Neil Dooley | Colgate |
| None | 8 | CHS | Joe Shafer | Wheaton College |
| None | 8 | INJ | Norman Kohler | UNC |
| None | 8 | MNL | Bob Lowther | LSU |
| None | 8 | NYK | Leland Byrd | West Virginia |
| None | 8 | PHW | Joe Wahl | University of Akron |
| None | 8 | ROC | Hank O'Keefe | Canisius |
| None | 8 | STB | Dan Miller | Saint Louis |
| None | 8 | WSC | Don Walker | Sam Houston State University |
| None | 9 | BLB | Marvin English | Newberry College |
| None | 9 | BOS | Jack Hauser | Denver |
| None | 9 | CHS | Fred Weber | Siena College |
| None | 9 | INJ | Bob Paxton | UNC |
| None | 9 | MNL | Junior Skogland | Gustavus Adolphus |
| None | 9 | NYK | Keith Grimes | East Central University |
| None | 9 | PHW | Andy Wolfe | California |
| None | 9 | ROC | Ed Stickel | Syracuse |
| None | 9 | WSC | Al Williams | Arkansas |
| None | 10 | BLB | Gene Fellmeth | Wittenberg University |
| None | 10 | BOS | Guinn Phillips | Texas Wesleyan University |
| None | 10 | INJ | Jack Phoenix | Idaho |
| None | 10 | MNL | Quentin Stinson | Southern Illinois |
| None | 10 | NYK | John Stanich | UCLA |
| None | 10 | ROC | Paul Yesawich | Niagara University |
| None | 11 | BLB | J. W. Fullerton | Arkansas State University |
| None | 11 | BOS | Ray Wehde | Iowa State |
| None | 12 | BLB | Marshall Gemberling | Lebanon Valley College |
| None | 13 | BLB | Vince Hanson | Washington State |
| None | 14 | BLB | Wayne Jones | American International College |
| None | 15 | BLB | Paul Marcincin | Moravian College |