1953 NBA Draft
Every pick from the 1953 NBA Draft, with the selecting team and college or prior team.
| Pick | Rd | Team | Player | College/From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | PHW | Ernie Beck | Penn |
| 2 | 1 | BLB | Ray Felix | Long Island University |
| 3 | 1 | MLH | Bob Houbregs | Washington |
| 4 | 1 | FTW | Jack Molinas | Columbia University |
| 5 | 1 | ROC | Richie Regan | Seton Hall |
| 6 | 1 | BOS | Frank Ramsey | Kentucky |
| 7 | 1 | SYR | Jim Neal | Wofford College |
| 8 | 1 | NYK | Walter Dukes | Seton Hall |
| 9 | 1 | MNL | Jim Fritsche | Hamline University |
| 10 | 2 | PHW | Larry Hennessy | Villanova |
| 11 | 2 | NYK | Don Ackerman | Long Island University |
| 12 | 2 | BLB | Bob Speight | NC State |
| 13 | 2 | FTW | George Glasgow | Fairleigh Dickinson University |
| 14 | 2 | ROC | Norm Swanson | Detroit Mercy |
| 15 | 2 | BOS | Chet Noe | Oregon |
| 16 | 2 | SYR | Dick Knostman | Kansas State |
| 17 | 2 | NYK | Nield Gordon | Furman University |
| 18 | 2 | MNL | Ron Feiereisel | DePaul |
| None | 3 | BLB | Bob Peterson | Oregon |
| None | 3 | BOS | Cliff Hagan | Kentucky |
| None | 3 | FTW | Jim Bredar | Illinois |
| None | 3 | MLH | Irv Bemoras | Illinois |
| None | 3 | MNL | Hartly Kruger | Idaho |
| None | 3 | NYK | Dick Atha | Indiana State University |
| None | 3 | PHW | Norm Grekin | La Salle |
| None | 3 | ROC | Frank Reddout | Syracuse |
| None | 3 | SYR | Billy Kenville | St. Bonaventure |
| None | 4 | BLB | Paul Nolen | Texas Tech |
| None | 4 | BOS | Earle Markey | Holy Cross |
| None | 4 | FTW | Jim Bingham | Eastern Kentucky University |
| None | 4 | MLH | Bill Bolger | Georgetown |
| None | 4 | MLH | Gene Dyker | DePaul |
| None | 4 | MNL | Ken Flower | USC |
| None | 4 | NYK | Thomas Bishop | Southern Miss |
| None | 4 | PHW | Fred Iehle | La Salle |
| None | 4 | SYR | Andy McGowan | Manhattan University |
| None | 5 | BLB | Bill Schyman | DePaul |
| None | 5 | BOS | John Holup | George Washington |
| None | 5 | FTW | Mike Bednar | St. Bonaventure |
| None | 5 | MLH | Joe Cipriano | Washington |
| None | 5 | MNL | Zippy Morocco | Georgia |
| None | 5 | NYK | Bob Santini | Iona College |
| None | 5 | PHW | Eddie Solomon | West Virginia Tech |
| None | 5 | ROC | Dick Walls | Miami University |
| None | 5 | SYR | Warren Shackelford | Tulsa |
| None | 6 | BLB | Elmer Tolson | Eastern Kentucky University |
| None | 6 | BOS | Vernon Stokes | St. Francis College |
| None | 6 | FTW | Norb Lewinski | Notre Dame |
| None | 6 | MLH | John O'Brien | Seattle University |
| None | 6 | MNL | Pete Silas | Georgia Tech |
| None | 6 | NYK | Joe Smyth | Niagara University |
| None | 6 | PHW | Don Eby | USC |
| None | 6 | ROC | Hugh Beins | Georgetown |
| None | 6 | SYR | Bill Jenkins | LeMoyne College |
| None | 7 | BLB | Herman Sledzik | Penn State |
| None | 7 | BOS | Lou Tsioropoulos | Kentucky |
| None | 7 | FTW | William Hogan | Siena College |
| None | 7 | MLH | Eddie O'Brien | Seattle University |
| None | 7 | MNL | Lloyd Olmstead | Cornell College |
| None | 7 | NYK | Bob Matheny | California |
| None | 7 | PHW | Bob Marske | |
| None | 7 | ROC | Kendall Sheets | Oklahoma State |
| None | 7 | SYR | Bill Hull | Utah State University |
| None | 8 | BLB | Connie Rea | Centenary (LA) |
| None | 8 | BOS | Ted Lallier | Colby College |
| None | 8 | FTW | Dean Kelley | Kansas |
| None | 8 | MLH | Darrell Tucker | Utah State University |
| None | 8 | MNL | Joe Richey | BYU |
| None | 8 | NYK | Alan Schutts | Springfield College |
| None | 8 | PHW | Bill Dodd | Colgate |
| None | 8 | ROC | Jim Sottile | West Virginia |
| None | 8 | SYR | Joe Hughes | Denver |
| None | 9 | BLB | Dennis Murphy | Georgetown |
| None | 9 | BOS | Lewis Gilcrease | Texas State University |
| None | 9 | FTW | Dick White | Eastern Kentucky University |
| None | 9 | MLH | Paul Brandt | Columbia University |
| None | 9 | MNL | Huck Budde | Xavier |
| None | 9 | NYK | Forrest Hamilton | Missouri State |
| None | 9 | PHW | Bob Sassone | St. Bonaventure |
| None | 9 | ROC | Dick Gross | Wheaton College |
| None | 9 | SYR | Gerry Nappy | Georgetown |
| None | 10 | BLB | Jack Carby | Kansas State |
| None | 10 | BOS | Tom Lillis | Saint Louis |
| None | 10 | MLH | Bob Rousey | Kansas State |
| None | 10 | MNL | Walt Kearns | Arkansas |
| None | 10 | NYK | Dick Prater | Kentucky |
| None | 10 | PHW | Toar Hester | Centenary (LA) |
| None | 10 | ROC | Jim Gerber | Bowling Green |
| None | 10 | SYR | Al Bailey | Duquesne |
| None | 11 | BLB | Don Stemmerich | Clarion University of Pennsylvania |
| None | 11 | BOS | Gil Reich | Kansas |
| None | 11 | MNL | Bill Chambers | William & Mary |
| None | 11 | NYK | Larry O'Connor | Canisius |
| None | 11 | PHW | John Doogan | Saint Joseph's |
| None | 11 | ROC | Bill Bales | Eastern Kentucky University |
| None | 11 | SYR | Glenn Dille | Tulsa |
| None | 12 | BLB | Russ Johnson | DePaul |
| None | 12 | BOS | Jim Doherty | Whitworth |
| None | 12 | MNL | Harold Christensen | BYU |
| None | 12 | NYK | Delmer Diercks | Iowa State |
| None | 12 | PHW | Charles Duffley | Saint Anselm College |
| None | 12 | ROC | Bill Edwards | St. Bonaventure |
| None | 12 | SYR | Garrett Beshear | Murray State |
| None | 13 | BLB | Bob Karbach | Pepperdine |
| None | 13 | MNL | Bob Gelle | Minnesota |
| None | 13 | PHW | Jack George | La Salle |
| None | 13 | ROC | Bob Goss | NC State |
| None | 14 | BLB | Joe Piorkowski | Penn State |
| None | 14 | MNL | Lloyd Thorgaard | Hamline University |
| None | 14 | ROC | Paul Smaagard | Hamline University |
| None | 15 | BLB | Jack Walsh | |
| None | 15 | MNL | Bob Gussner | Hamline University |
| None | 15 | ROC | Kenny Sears | Santa Clara |
| None | 16 | BLB | Rich Gott | Murray State |
| None | 16 | MNL | Chuck Wolfe | University of North Dakota |
| None | 16 | ROC | John Kurtz | Loyola Marymount |
| None | 17 | MNL | Doug Atkins | Tennessee |
| None | 17 | ROC | Ed Kohl | Regis University |
| None | 18 | MNL | Roger Kuss | Wisconsin-River Falls |
| None | 18 | ROC | Gene Lambert Jr. | Arkansas |
| None | 19 | ROC | Tex Silverman | George Washington |
| None | 20 | ROC | Nick Maguire | Villanova |