1963 NBA Draft
Every pick from the 1963 NBA Draft, with the selecting team and college or prior team.
| Pick | Rd | Team | Player | College/From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | NYK | Art Heyman | Duke |
| 2 | 1 | BAL | Rod Thorn | West Virginia |
| 3 | 1 | SFW | Nate Thurmond | Bowling Green |
| 4 | 1 | DET | Eddie Miles | Seattle University |
| 5 | 1 | CIN | Tom Thacker | Cincinnati |
| 6 | 1 | STL | Gerry Ward | Boston College |
| 7 | 1 | PHI | Tom Hoover | Villanova |
| 8 | 1 | LAL | Roger Strickland | Jacksonville University |
| 9 | 1 | BOS | Bill Green | Colorado State |
| 10 | 2 | NYK | Jerry Harkness | Loyola Chicago |
| 11 | 2 | BAL | Gus Johnson | Idaho |
| 12 | 2 | SFW | Gary Hill | Oklahoma City University |
| 13 | 2 | DET | Jerry Smith | Furman University |
| 14 | 2 | LAL | Jim King | Tulsa |
| 15 | 2 | STL | Leland Mitchell | Mississippi State |
| 16 | 2 | PHI | Hershell West | Grambling State University |
| 17 | 2 | LAL | Mel Gibson | Western Carolina University |
| 18 | 2 | STL | Ken Saylors | Arkansas Tech University |
| 19 | 3 | NYK | Bill O'Connor | Canisius |
| 20 | 3 | BAL | Tom Bolyard | Indiana |
| 21 | 3 | SFW | Steve Gray | Saint Mary's |
| 22 | 3 | DET | Mike McCoy | Miami (FL) |
| 23 | 3 | CIN | Jimmy Rayl | Indiana |
| 24 | 3 | STL | Bill Burwell | Illinois |
| 25 | 3 | PHI | Jerry Greenspan | Maryland |
| 26 | 3 | LAL | Lyle Harger | Houston |
| 27 | 3 | BOS | Chuck Kriston | Valparaiso |
| 28 | 4 | NYK | Nate Cloud | University of Delaware |
| 29 | 4 | BAL | Nolen Ellison | Kansas |
| 30 | 4 | SFW | Dave Downey | Illinois |
| 31 | 4 | DET | Dave Erickson | Marquette |
| 32 | 4 | CIN | Ken Charlton | Colorado |
| 33 | 4 | STL | Waite Bellamy | Florida A&M |
| 34 | 4 | PHI | Ray Flynn | Providence |
| 35 | 4 | LAL | Layton Johns | Auburn |
| 36 | 4 | BOS | Connie McGuire | Southeastern Oklahoma State University |
| 37 | 5 | NYK | Joe McDermott | Belmont Abbey College |
| 38 | 5 | BAL | Ron Glaser | Marquette |
| 39 | 5 | SFW | Don Turner | Southwestern College |
| 40 | 5 | DET | Bill Small | Illinois |
| 41 | 5 | CIN | Mack Herndon | Bradley |
| 42 | 5 | STL | Tony Yates | Cincinnati |
| 43 | 5 | PHI | Tony Cerkvenik | Arizona State |
| 44 | 5 | LAL | Larry Jones | Toledo |
| 45 | 5 | BOS | Red Stroud | Mississippi State |
| 46 | 6 | NYK | Jim Kerwin | Tulane |
| 47 | 6 | BAL | Ken Siebel | Wisconsin |
| 48 | 6 | SFW | Gene Shields | Santa Clara |
| 49 | 6 | DET | Reggie Harding | |
| 50 | 6 | CIN | Jim McCormick | West Virginia |
| 51 | 6 | STL | Al Santio | Maryland |
| 52 | 6 | PHI | Vince Brewer | Iowa State |
| 53 | 6 | LAL | Warren Sallade | Westminster College of Pennsylvania |
| 54 | 6 | BOS | Vinnie Ernst | Providence |
| 55 | 7 | NYK | Bob Woollard | Wake Forest |
| 56 | 7 | BAL | Larry Brown | UNC |
| 57 | 7 | SFW | Don Clemetson | Stanford |
| 58 | 7 | DET | Ira Harge | New Mexico |
| 59 | 7 | CIN | Hunter Beckman | Memphis |
| 60 | 7 | STL | Ken Rohloff | NC State |
| 61 | 7 | PHI | Bill Brown | Howard Payne University |
| 62 | 7 | LAL | Gordie Martin | USC |
| 63 | 7 | BOS | Herb Magee | Philadelphia University |
| 64 | 8 | NYK | Freddie Crawford | St. Bonaventure |
| 65 | 8 | BAL | Rich Froistad | Iowa State |
| 66 | 8 | SFW | Harry Dinnel | Pepperdine |
| 67 | 8 | DET | Gary Silc | Northern Michigan University |
| 68 | 8 | STL | Harold Ray Strother | Texas A&M |
| 69 | 9 | NYK | Ray Cronk | Lakeland College |
| 70 | 9 | BAL | Ron Jackson | Wisconsin |
| 71 | 9 | SFW | Chuck White | Idaho |
| 72 | 9 | DET | Ernie Dunston | Seattle University |
| 73 | 9 | STL | Frank Davis | Oklahoma Christian University |
| 74 | 10 | NYK | Gerald Glur | Furman University |
| 75 | 10 | BAL | M. C. Thompson | DePaul |
| 76 | 10 | STL | Carl Ritter | SE Missouri State |
| 77 | 11 | NYK | Orb Bowling | Tennessee |
| 78 | 11 | STL | Marv Straw | Iowa State |
| 79 | 12 | NYK | Bob Walters | Baldwin-Wallace College |
| 80 | 12 | STL | Hugh Evans | North Carolina A&T |
| 81 | 13 | NYK | Jerry Szachara | Cornell |
| 82 | 13 | STL | Gary McFarland | Central Missouri State University |
| 83 | 14 | NYK | Bill Raftery | La Salle |
| 84 | 15 | NYK | Ron Pickett | Eastern Kentucky University |