1956 NBA Draft
Every pick from the 1956 NBA Draft, with the selecting team and college or prior team.
| Pick | Rd | Team | Player | College/From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | ROC | Si Green | Duquesne |
| 2 | 1 | STL | Bill Russell | San Francisco |
| 3 | 1 | MNL | Jim Paxson | Dayton |
| 4 | 1 | NYK | Ron Shavlik | NC State |
| 5 | 1 | SYR | Joe Holup | George Washington |
| 6 | 1 | BOS | Tom Heinsohn | Holy Cross |
| 7 | 1 | FTW | Ron Sobie | DePaul |
| 8 | 1 | PHW | Hal Lear | Temple |
| 9 | 2 | ROC | Bob Burrow | Kentucky |
| 10 | 2 | STL | Willie Naulls | UCLA |
| 11 | 2 | MNL | Terry Rand | Marquette |
| 12 | 2 | NYK | Gary Bergen | Utah |
| 13 | 2 | SYR | Paul Judson | Illinois |
| 14 | 2 | BOS | K.C. Jones | San Francisco |
| 15 | 2 | FTW | Bob Kessler | Maryland |
| 16 | 2 | PHW | Phil Rollins | Louisville |
| 17 | 3 | ROC | Dave Piontek | Xavier |
| 18 | 3 | STL | Darrell Floyd | Furman University |
| 19 | 3 | MNL | Jerry Bird | Kentucky |
| 20 | 3 | NYK | Jerry Harper | Alabama |
| 21 | 3 | SYR | Forest Able | Western Kentucky |
| 22 | 3 | BOS | George Linn | Alabama |
| 23 | 3 | FTW | Bill Thieben | Hofstra |
| 24 | 3 | PHW | Bevo Francis | University of Rio Grande |
| 25 | 4 | ROC | Johnny McCarthy | Canisius |
| 26 | 4 | STL | Robin Freeman | Ohio State |
| 27 | 4 | MNL | Lloyd Aubrey | Notre Dame |
| 28 | 4 | NYK | Ronnie Mayer | Duke |
| 29 | 4 | SYR | Swede Halbrook | Oregon State |
| 30 | 4 | BOS | Dan Swartz | Morehead State University |
| 31 | 4 | FTW | Charles Slack | Marshall |
| 32 | 4 | PHW | Phil Wheeler | Cincinnati |
| 33 | 5 | ROC | Bill Uhl | Dayton |
| 34 | 5 | STL | Norm Stewart | Missouri |
| 35 | 5 | MNL | Bill Reigel | McNeese State University |
| 36 | 5 | NYK | Joe Sexson | Purdue |
| 37 | 5 | SYR | Jim Ray | Toledo |
| 38 | 5 | BOS | Bill Logan | Iowa |
| 39 | 5 | FTW | Joe Liebler | Holy Cross |
| 40 | 5 | PHW | Joe Belmont | Duke |
| 41 | 6 | ROC | Kevin Thomas | Boston University |
| 42 | 6 | STL | Dave Plunkett | Cincinnati |
| 43 | 6 | MNL | Phil Jordon | Whitworth |
| 44 | 6 | NYK | Pat Dunn | Utah State University |
| 45 | 6 | SYR | Jim McLaughlin | Saint Louis |
| 46 | 6 | BOS | Don Boldebuck | Houston |
| 47 | 6 | FTW | Paul Schlimm | John Carroll University |
| 48 | 6 | PHW | Mickey Winograd | Duquesne |
| 49 | 7 | ROC | Carl Cain | Iowa |
| 50 | 7 | STL | Julius McCoy | Michigan State |
| 51 | 7 | MNL | John Barber | California State University, Los Angeles |
| 52 | 7 | NYK | Jack Adams | Eastern Kentucky University |
| 53 | 7 | SYR | Les Roh | Idaho State University |
| 54 | 7 | BOS | O'Neal Weaver | Midwestern State University |
| 55 | 7 | FTW | Bruce Harris | Tennessee Technological University |
| 56 | 7 | PHW | John Fannon | Notre Dame |
| 57 | 8 | ROC | Clayton Carter | Oklahoma State |
| 58 | 8 | STL | Morris Taft | UCLA |
| 59 | 8 | MNL | Sam Jones | NC Central |
| 60 | 8 | NYK | Art Bunte | Utah |
| 61 | 8 | SYR | Chester Webb | Georgia Southern University |
| 62 | 8 | BOS | Vic Molodet | NC State |
| 63 | 8 | PHW | Max Anderson | Oregon |
| 64 | 9 | ROC | Dan Mannix | St. Francis College |
| 65 | 9 | STL | Jim Reed | Texas Tech |
| 66 | 9 | MNL | Jim Springer | Gustavus Adolphus |
| 67 | 9 | NYK | Dick Miller | Wisconsin |
| 68 | 9 | SYR | Dick Julio | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth |
| 69 | 9 | BOS | Jim Houston | Brandeis University |
| 70 | 9 | PHW | Ronald Clark | Springfield College |
| 71 | 10 | ROC | Jerry Moreman | Louisville |
| 72 | 10 | STL | Herschel Pedersen | BYU |
| 73 | 10 | MNL | Phil Grawemeyer | Kentucky |
| 74 | 10 | NYK | Howie Crittenden | Murray State |
| 75 | 10 | SYR | Bob Hopkins | Grambling State University |
| 76 | 10 | BOS | Theophilus Lloyd | Maryland |
| 77 | 11 | ROC | Gene Carpenter | Texas Tech |
| 78 | 11 | STL | Wally Choice | Indiana |
| 79 | 11 | MNL | Robert Hodgson | Wichita State |
| 80 | 11 | NYK | Dick Miani | Miami (FL) |
| 81 | 11 | SYR | Willie Bergines | West Virginia |
| 82 | 12 | STL | Ed Huse | Wyoming |
| 83 | 12 | MNL | Carl Widseth | Tennessee |
| 84 | 12 | NYK | Ed Petrie | Seton Hall |
| 85 | 12 | SYR | Dick Kenyon | LeMoyne College |
| 86 | 13 | STL | Arthur Helms | Houston |
| 87 | 13 | MNL | John Patzwald | Gustavus Adolphus |
| 88 | 13 | NYK | Toby Roybal | New Mexico |
| 89 | 13 | SYR | Milt Graham | Colgate |
| 90 | 14 | STL | Junior Morgan | Duke |
| 91 | 14 | MNL | Elgin Baylor | Seattle University |
| 92 | 14 | SYR | Chuck Rolles | Cornell |