1952 NBA Draft
Every pick from the 1952 NBA Draft, with the selecting team and college or prior team.
| Pick | Rd | Team | Player | College/From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | MLH | Mark Workman | West Virginia |
| 2 | 1 | BLB | Jim Baechtold | Eastern Kentucky University |
| 3 | 1 | FTW | Dick Groat | Duke |
| 4 | 1 | PHW | Bill Mlkvy | Temple |
| 5 | 1 | INO | Joe Dean | LSU |
| 6 | 1 | NYK | Ralph Polson | Whitworth |
| 7 | 1 | BOS | Bill Stauffer | Missouri |
| 8 | 1 | SYR | Bob Lochmueller | Louisville |
| 9 | 1 | ROC | Chuck Darling | Iowa |
| 10 | 1 | MNL | Clyde Lovellette | Kansas |
| None | 2 | BLB | Chuck Grigsby | Dayton |
| None | 2 | BOS | Jim Iverson | Kansas State |
| None | 2 | FTW | Monk Meineke | Dayton |
| None | 2 | INO | Zeke Zawoluk | St. John's |
| None | 2 | MLH | Eddie Miller | Syracuse |
| None | 2 | MNL | Jim Holstein | Cincinnati |
| None | 2 | NYK | Bert Cook | Utah State University |
| None | 2 | PHW | Walt Davis | Texas A&M |
| None | 2 | ROC | Jack McMahon | St. John's |
| None | 2 | SYR | Jim Brasco | NYU |
| None | 3 | BLB | Jim Walsh | Stanford |
| None | 3 | BOS | J. C. Maze | Texas State University |
| None | 3 | FTW | Bill Carlson | Fordham |
| None | 3 | INO | Skippy Whitaker | Kentucky |
| None | 3 | MLH | Bobby Watson | Kentucky |
| None | 3 | MNL | Carl McNulty | Purdue |
| None | 3 | NYK | Dick Bunt | NYU |
| None | 3 | PHW | Moe Radovich | Wyoming |
| None | 3 | ROC | Ronnie MacGilvray | St. John's |
| None | 3 | SYR | Ken McBride | University of Maryland Eastern Shore |
| None | 4 | BLB | Blaine Denning | Lawrence Technological University |
| None | 4 | BOS | Herm Hedderick | Canisius |
| None | 4 | FTW | Hal Cerra | Duquesne |
| None | 4 | INO | Gene Rhodes | Western Kentucky |
| None | 4 | MLH | George McLeod | TCU |
| None | 4 | MNL | Tom Ackerman | West Liberty State College |
| None | 4 | NYK | Roy Belliveau | Seton Hall |
| None | 4 | PHW | Bob Brown | Louisville |
| None | 4 | ROC | Bryant Ivey | Alabama |
| None | 4 | SYR | Bud Donnelly | La Salle |
| None | 5 | BLB | Frank Guisness | Washington |
| None | 5 | BOS | Don Johnson | Oklahoma State |
| None | 5 | FTW | Bob Clifton | Iowa |
| None | 5 | INO | Jay Handlan | Washington & Lee University |
| None | 5 | MLH | Pete Brewster | Purdue |
| None | 5 | MNL | Thomas Bishop | Southern Miss |
| None | 5 | NYK | Ben Gibson | Saint Mary's |
| None | 5 | PHW | Burr Carlson | UConn |
| None | 5 | ROC | Leroy Leslie | Notre Dame |
| None | 5 | SYR | Jim Kennedy | Duquesne |
| None | 6 | BLB | Bob Priddy | New Mexico State |
| None | 6 | BOS | Jim Buchanan | Nebraska |
| None | 6 | FTW | Leo Corkery | St. Bonaventure |
| None | 6 | INO | Bill Harrell | Siena College |
| None | 6 | MLH | Roger Johnson | Arizona |
| None | 6 | MNL | Rod Fletcher | Illinois |
| None | 6 | NYK | Dick Surhoff | Long Island University |
| None | 6 | PHW | Newt Jones | La Salle |
| None | 6 | ROC | Jewell McDowell | Texas A&M |
| None | 6 | SYR | Harry Moore | West Virginia |
| None | 7 | BLB | Bill Lea | Missouri State |
| None | 7 | BOS | Fred Eydt | Cornell |
| None | 7 | FTW | Lee Terrill | NC State |
| None | 7 | INO | Jim Hoverder | Central Missouri State University |
| None | 7 | MLH | Ab Nicholas | Wisconsin |
| None | 7 | MNL | Dick Haag | Wyoming |
| None | 7 | NYK | Jim Julian | Missouri State |
| None | 7 | PHW | Nick Kladis | Loyola Chicago |
| None | 7 | ROC | Sam Miranda | Indiana |
| None | 7 | SYR | Bob Roche | Syracuse |
| None | 8 | BLB | Mike Magula | Youngstown State University |
| None | 8 | BOS | Jules Mugnier | Spring Hill College |
| None | 8 | FTW | Jim Ramstead | Stanford |
| None | 8 | INO | Gordon Stauffer | Michigan State |
| None | 8 | MLH | Dick Retherford | Baldwin-Wallace College |
| None | 8 | MNL | Don Holt | Tulane |
| None | 8 | NYK | Paul Sullivan | Alabama |
| None | 8 | PHW | Tom Brennan | Villanova |
| None | 8 | ROC | Jerry Romney | BYU |
| None | 9 | BLB | Don Penwell | Oklahoma City University |
| None | 9 | BOS | Jim Dilling | Holy Cross |
| None | 9 | INO | Dale Toft | Denver |
| None | 9 | MLH | John Snee | Clemson |
| None | 9 | MNL | Tom Katsimpalis | Eastern Illinois University |
| None | 9 | PHW | Don Scanlon | Penn |
| None | 9 | ROC | Ray Royce | Houston |
| None | 10 | BLB | Art Press | McDaniel College |
| None | 10 | BOS | Gene Conley | Washington State |
| None | 10 | MLH | Jim Tackett | New Mexico |
| None | 10 | MNL | Dick Means | Minnesota |
| None | 10 | PHW | Glen Smith | Utah |
| None | 10 | ROC | Arnold Smith | City College of New York |
| None | 11 | BLB | Bob Peterson | Oregon |
| None | 11 | MLH | Coyte Vance | Mississippi State |
| None | 11 | MNL | Dwane Morrison | South Carolina |
| None | 11 | PHW | Ben Stewart | Villanova |
| None | 11 | ROC | Ray Sonnenberg | Saint Louis |
| None | 12 | BLB | Bennie Purcell | Murray State |
| None | 12 | MNL | Ed Ramirez | Centenary (LA) |
| None | 12 | ROC | Ray Steiner | Saint Louis |
| None | 13 | MNL | Bob Schneider | Arizona |
| None | 13 | ROC | Bob Whitmer | Florida State |
| None | 14 | MNL | Gene Smith | Huron University |
| None | 15 | MNL | Gene Smith | Xavier |
| None | 16 | MNL | Homer Spain | Union University |
| None | 17 | MNL | John Wallisa | Memphis |