1949 NBA Draft
Every pick from the 1949 NBA Draft, with the selecting team and college or prior team.
| Pick | Rd | Team | Player | College/From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | PRO | Howie Shannon | Kansas State |
| 2 | 1 | INJ | Alex Groza | Kentucky |
| 3 | 1 | FTW | Bob Harris | Oklahoma State |
| 4 | 1 | BOS | George Kaftan | Holy Cross |
| 5 | 1 | STB | Ed Macauley | Saint Louis |
| 6 | 1 | PHW | Vern Gardner | Utah |
| 7 | 1 | BLB | Ron Livingstone | Wyoming |
| 8 | 1 | NYK | Dick McGuire | St. John's |
| 9 | 1 | WSC | Wah Wah Jones | Kentucky |
| 10 | 1 | CHS | Ralph Beard | Kentucky |
| 11 | 1 | MNL | Vern Mikkelsen | Hamline University |
| 12 | 1 | ROC | Pep Saul | Seton Hall |
| 13 | 2 | PRO | Paul Courty | Oklahoma |
| 14 | 2 | INJ | Leo Barnhorst | Notre Dame |
| 15 | 2 | FTW | John Oldham | Western Kentucky |
| 16 | 2 | BOS | Tony Lavelli | Yale |
| 17 | 2 | STB | Johnny Orr | Beloit College |
| 18 | 2 | PHW | Jim Nolan | Georgia Tech |
| 19 | 2 | BLB | Roger Wiley | Oregon |
| 20 | 2 | NYK | Harry Gallatin | Truman State University |
| 21 | 2 | WSC | Red Owens | Baylor |
| 22 | 2 | CHS | Jack Kerris | Loyola Chicago |
| 23 | 2 | MNL | Bob Harrison | Michigan |
| 24 | 2 | ROC | Jack Coleman | Louisville |
| None | 2 | PRO | Ed Leede | Dartmouth College |
| None | 3 | BLB | Paul Gordon | Notre Dame |
| None | 3 | BOS | Joe Mullaney | Holy Cross |
| None | 3 | BOS | Bill Tom | Rice University |
| None | 3 | CHS | Dike Eddleman | Illinois |
| None | 3 | FTW | Fred Schaus | West Virginia |
| None | 3 | INJ | Mac Otten | Bowling Green |
| None | 3 | MNL | Slater Martin | Texas |
| None | 3 | NYK | Harry Donovan | Muhlenberg College |
| None | 3 | PHW | Nelson Bobb | Temple |
| None | 3 | STB | Marv Schatzman | Saint Louis |
| None | 4 | BOS | Ed Little | Denver Junior College |
| None | 4 | FTW | Jerry Nagel | Loyola Chicago |
| None | 4 | INJ | Bob Evans | Butler |
| None | 4 | MNL | Paul Walther | Tennessee |
| None | 4 | NYK | Ernie Vandeweghe | Colgate |
| None | 4 | PRO | Warren Perkins | Tulane |
| None | 4 | STB | Preston Ward | Missouri State |
| None | 5 | BOS | Bill Simpson | Bates College |
| None | 5 | FTW | Dal Zuber | Toledo |
| None | 5 | INJ | Charlie Maas | Butler |
| None | 5 | NYK | Bill Kleine | Missouri Valley College |
| None | 5 | PRO | Ray Corley | Georgetown |
| None | 5 | STB | Claude Retherford | Nebraska |
| None | 5 | WSC | Cliff Barker | Kentucky |
| None | 6 | BOS | Bill Vandenburgh | Washington |
| None | 6 | INJ | Don Boven | Western Michigan |
| None | 6 | NYK | Dan Bagley | Notre Dame |
| None | 6 | STB | Cliff Crandall | Oregon State |
| None | 7 | BOS | Duane Klueh | Indiana State University |
| None | 7 | INJ | Jim O'Halloran | Notre Dame |
| None | 7 | NYK | Bob Prewitt | SMU |
| None | 7 | STB | Earl Dodd | Truman State University |
| None | 8 | BOS | Emerson Speicher | Bowling Green |
| None | 8 | INJ | J.L. Parks | Oklahoma State |
| None | 8 | NYK | Ken Kearns | Arkansas |
| None | 8 | PRO | Bob Royer | Indiana State University |
| None | 8 | STB | Eddie Van Zant | Northwestern Oklahoma State University |
| None | 9 | BOS | Joe Weight | BYU |
| None | 9 | NYK | Bill Litchfield | Emporia State University |
| None | 9 | STB | Dave Davidson | Stanford |
| None | 10 | BOS | Russ Washburn | Colby College |
| None | None | BLB | Joe Dolhon | NYU |
| None | None | BLB | Bill Evans | Drake University |
| None | None | BLB | Tom Gallagher | St. Francis College |
| None | None | BLB | Howie Janotta | Seton Hall |
| None | None | BLB | Mal McMullen | Xavier |
| None | None | BLB | Eppa Rixey III | Kenyon College |
| None | None | BLB | Marty Zippel | Lafayette College |
| None | None | FTW | Lloyd Doehrmann | Indiana Institute of Technology |
| None | None | FTW | Charlie Parsley | Western Kentucky |
| None | None | PHW | Johnny Payak | Bowling Green |
| None | None | PRO | Carl Shaeffer | Alabama |
| None | None | PRO | Hans Tanzler | Florida |
| None | None | PRO | Jack Phelan | DePaul |
| None | None | ROC | Jim McIntyre | Minnesota |
| None | None | STB | John Pritchard | Drake University |
| None | None | WSC | Maynard Haithcock | George Washington |
| None | None | WSC | Jim Lacy | Loyola (MD) |