1970 NBA Draft
Every pick from the 1970 NBA Draft, with the selecting team and college or prior team.
| Pick | Rd | Team | Player | College/From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | DET | Bob Lanier | St. Bonaventure |
| 2 | 1 | SDR | Rudy Tomjanovich | Michigan |
| 3 | 1 | ATL | Pete Maravich | LSU |
| 4 | 1 | BOS | Dave Cowens | Florida State |
| 5 | 1 | CIN | Sam Lacey | New Mexico State |
| 6 | 1 | SEA | Jim Ard | Cincinnati |
| 7 | 1 | CLE | John Johnson | Iowa |
| 8 | 1 | POR | Geoff Petrie | Princeton |
| 9 | 1 | BAL | George Johnson | Stephen F. Austin |
| 10 | 1 | PHX | Greg Howard | New Mexico |
| 11 | 1 | CHI | Jimmy Collins | New Mexico State |
| 12 | 1 | PHI | Al Henry | Wisconsin |
| 13 | 1 | LAL | Jim McMillian | Columbia University |
| 14 | 1 | ATL | John Vallely | UCLA |
| 15 | 1 | BUF | John Hummer | Princeton |
| 16 | 1 | MIL | Gary Freeman | Oregon State |
| 17 | 1 | NYK | Mike Price | Illinois |
| 18 | 2 | SDR | Calvin Murphy | Niagara University |
| 19 | 2 | CIN | Tiny Archibald | Texas-El Paso |
| 20 | 2 | SEA | Jake Ford | University of Maryland Eastern Shore |
| 21 | 2 | BOS | Rex Morgan | Jacksonville University |
| 22 | 2 | CIN | Doug Cook | Davidson |
| 23 | 2 | SEA | Pete Cross | San Francisco |
| 24 | 2 | BUF | Cornell Warner | Jackson State University |
| 25 | 2 | POR | Walt Gilmore | Fort Valley State University |
| 26 | 2 | CLE | Dave Sorenson | Ohio State |
| 27 | 2 | PHX | Fred Taylor | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
| 28 | 2 | CHI | Paul Ruffner | BYU |
| 29 | 2 | PHX | Joe DePre | St. John's |
| 30 | 2 | LAL | Earnie Killum | Stetson University |
| 31 | 2 | ATL | Dan Hester | LSU |
| 32 | 2 | DET | Ken Warzynski | DePaul |
| 33 | 2 | MIL | Bill Zopf | Duquesne |
| 34 | 2 | NYK | Howie Wright | Austin Peay State University |
| 35 | 3 | SDR | Curtis Perry | Missouri State |
| 36 | 3 | SFW | Earle Higgins | Eastern Michigan |
| 37 | 3 | DET | Bob St. Pierre | Hanover College |
| 38 | 3 | BOS | Willie Williams | Florida State |
| 39 | 3 | CIN | Greg Hyder | Eastern New Mexico University |
| 40 | 3 | SEA | Gar Heard | Oklahoma |
| 41 | 3 | CLE | Surry Oliver | Stephen F. Austin |
| 42 | 3 | POR | Bill Cain | Iowa State |
| 43 | 3 | BUF | Chip Case | Virginia |
| 44 | 3 | PHX | Greg McDivitt | Ohio University |
| 45 | 3 | CHI | Lou Herndon | Jackson State University |
| 46 | 3 | PHI | Dennis Awtrey | Santa Clara |
| 47 | 3 | DET | Jim Hayes | Boston University |
| 48 | 3 | PHX | Vann Williford | NC State |
| 49 | 3 | BAL | Seabern Hill | Arizona State |
| 50 | 3 | MIL | Marv Winkler | Louisiana |
| 51 | 3 | NYK | Al Williams | Drake University |
| 52 | 4 | SDR | Jody Finney | Ohio State |
| 53 | 4 | SFW | Ralph Ogden | Santa Clara |
| 54 | 4 | BAL | Bill Stricker | University of the Pacific |
| 55 | 4 | BOS | Jon McKinney | Norfolk State |
| 56 | 4 | CIN | Wade Fuller | Loyola Chicago |
| 57 | 4 | CHI | John Davis | Alabama State University |
| 58 | 4 | BUF | Erwin Polnick | Stephen F. Austin |
| 59 | 4 | POR | Jim Penix | Bowling Green |
| 60 | 4 | CLE | Glenn Vidnovic | Iowa |
| 61 | 4 | PHX | Bob Lienhard | Georgia |
| 62 | 4 | CHI | Jim Wilson | Cheyney (PA) |
| 63 | 4 | PHI | Dan Crenshaw | Alabama State University |
| 64 | 4 | LAL | Larry Mikan | Minnesota |
| 65 | 4 | ATL | Fred Davis | Howard Payne University |
| 66 | 4 | BAL | Billy Jones | Louisiana College |
| 67 | 4 | MIL | Virgle Fredrick | Drury University |
| 68 | 4 | NYK | John Marren | Manhattan University |
| 69 | 5 | SDR | James Gilbert | Adams State College |
| 70 | 5 | SFW | Levi Fontaine | University of Maryland Eastern Shore |
| 71 | 5 | DET | Bill Jankans | Cal State Long Beach |
| 72 | 5 | BOS | Tom Carter | Paul Quinn College |
| 73 | 5 | CIN | Uluss Thompson | Wiley College |
| 74 | 5 | SEA | Boyd Lynch | Eastern Kentucky University |
| 75 | 5 | CLE | Wayne Sokolowski | Ashland University |
| 76 | 5 | POR | Ron Knight | California State University, Los Angeles |
| 77 | 5 | BUF | Robert Moore | Central State University |
| 78 | 5 | PHX | John Canine | Ohio University |
| 79 | 5 | CHI | George Johnson | Dillard University |
| 80 | 5 | PHI | Perry Wallace | Vanderbilt |
| 81 | 5 | LAL | John Fultz | Rhode Island |
| 82 | 5 | ATL | Bob Riley | Mount St. Mary's University |
| 83 | 5 | BAL | Gary Zeller | Drake University |
| 84 | 5 | MIL | Mike Grosso | Louisville |
| 85 | 5 | NYK | Jim Oxley | United States Military Academy |
| 86 | 6 | SDR | Mike Kretzer | East Tennessee State University |
| 87 | 6 | SFW | Vic Bartolome | Oregon State |
| 88 | 6 | DET | Sevira Brown | DePaul |
| 89 | 6 | BOS | Rod McIntyre | Jacksonville University |
| 90 | 6 | CIN | Charles Bishop | Louisiana Tech |
| 91 | 6 | SEA | Sam Robinson | Cal State Long Beach |
| 92 | 6 | BUF | Doug Hess | Toledo |
| 93 | 6 | POR | George Janky | Dayton |
| 94 | 6 | CLE | Joe Cooke | Indiana |
| 95 | 6 | PHX | Joe Thomas | Marquette |
| 96 | 6 | CHI | Lonnie Kluttz | North Carolina A&T |
| 97 | 6 | PHI | Jerry Venable | Kansas State |
| 98 | 6 | LAL | Jerry Kroll | Davidson |
| 99 | 6 | ATL | Dave Parker | Windham College |
| 100 | 6 | BAL | Marvin Polnick | Stephen F. Austin |
| 101 | 6 | MIL | Willie Watson | Oklahoma City University |
| 102 | 6 | NYK | Jim Signorile | NYU |
| 103 | 7 | SDR | Billy Paultz | St. John's |
| 104 | 7 | SFW | Joe Bergman | Creighton |
| 105 | 7 | DET | Marv Copeland | Shaw College (MI) |
| 106 | 7 | BOS | Charlie Scott | UNC |
| 107 | 7 | CIN | Mike Bernard | Kentucky State University |
| 108 | 7 | SEA | James Morgan | Maryland |
| 109 | 7 | CLE | Narvis Anderson | Stephen F. Austin |
| 110 | 7 | POR | Claude English | Rhode Island |
| 111 | 7 | BUF | Cliff Shegogg | Colorado State |
| 112 | 7 | PHX | Heyward Dotson | Columbia University |
| 113 | 7 | CHI | Lou West | Seattle University |
| 114 | 7 | PHI | Carlton Poole | Philadelphia University |
| 115 | 7 | LAL | Willie Woods | Eastern Kentucky University |
| 116 | 7 | ATL | John Shinall | Jackson State University |
| 117 | 7 | BAL | Charlie Wallace | Oklahoma City University |
| 118 | 7 | MIL | John Rinka | Kenyon College |
| 119 | 7 | NYK | Ray Hodge | Wagner College |
| 120 | 8 | SDR | Don Adams | Northwestern |
| 121 | 8 | SFW | Jeff Sewell | Marquette |
| 122 | 8 | DET | Dan Issel | Kentucky |
| 123 | 8 | BOS | Bobby Croft | Tennessee |
| 124 | 8 | CIN | Joe McBride | Augusta State University |
| 125 | 8 | SEA | George Irvine | Washington |
| 126 | 8 | BUF | Larry Woods | West Virginia |
| 127 | 8 | POR | Doug Boyd | TCU |
| 128 | 8 | CLE | Walter Robertson | Loyola Chicago |
| 129 | 8 | PHX | Steve Patterson | UCLA |
| 130 | 8 | CHI | Mike Casey | Kentucky |
| 131 | 8 | PHI | Fran O'Hanlon | Villanova |
| 132 | 8 | LAL | Rick Mount | Purdue |
| 133 | 8 | ATL | Herb White | Georgia |
| 134 | 8 | BAL | Tom Dykstra | Wheaton College |
| 135 | 8 | MIL | Jim Sarno | Northwestern |
| 136 | 8 | NYK | Greg Fillmore | Cheyney (PA) |
| 137 | 9 | SDR | Jim Gottschall | Dayton |
| 138 | 9 | SFW | Lou Small | UNLV |
| 139 | 9 | DET | Alex Winn | Dartmouth College |
| 140 | 9 | BOS | Tom Little | Seattle University |
| 141 | 9 | CIN | Bob Mabry | University of Rio Grande |
| 142 | 9 | SEA | Claude Virden | Murray State |
| 143 | 9 | CLE | Tom Lagodich | Kent State University |
| 144 | 9 | POR | Billy Gaskins | Oregon |
| 145 | 9 | BUF | Larry Duckworth | Henderson State University |
| 146 | 9 | PHX | Carl Ashley | Wyoming |
| 147 | 9 | CHI | Glen Johnson | Jackson State University |
| 148 | 9 | PHI | Mike Hauer | Saint Joseph's |
| 149 | 9 | LAL | Bobby Sands | Pepperdine |
| 150 | 9 | ATL | Larry Jackson | Sul Ross State University |
| 151 | 9 | BAL | Will Hetzel | Maryland |
| 152 | 9 | MIL | Joe Hamilton | University of North Texas |
| 153 | 9 | NYK | Walker Banks | Western Kentucky |
| 154 | 10 | SDR | Toke Coleman | Eastern Kentucky University |
| 155 | 10 | SFW | Coby Dietrick | San Jose State |
| 156 | 10 | DET | Bruce Chapman | UNLV |
| 157 | 10 | BOS | Mike Maloy | Davidson |
| 158 | 10 | CIN | Carl Johnson | Gustavus Adolphus |
| 159 | 10 | SEA | Chuck Lloyd | Yankton College |
| 160 | 10 | BUF | Joe Taylor | Dillard University |
| 161 | 10 | POR | Israel Oliver | Elizabeth City State University |
| 162 | 10 | CLE | Ken Johnson | Indiana |
| 163 | 10 | PHX | Gerhard Schreur | Arizona State |
| 164 | 10 | CHI | Dale Blaut | West Texas A&M University |
| 165 | 10 | PHI | Gordon Stiles | American University |
| 166 | 10 | LAL | Kindell Stephens | Fisk University |
| 167 | 10 | ATL | Manuel Raga | |
| 168 | 10 | BAL | Ron Becker | New Mexico |
| 169 | 10 | MIL | Bob Seemer | Georgia Tech |
| 170 | 10 | NYK | Don Curnutt | Miami (FL) |
| 171 | 11 | SDR | Ron Belton | Bellarmine University |
| 172 | 11 | DET | Rick Anheuser | NC State |
| 173 | 11 | CIN | Ted Hillary | Saint Joseph's College |
| 174 | 11 | SEA | Andy Owens | Florida |
| 175 | 11 | CLE | Dave Schneider | Wayne State College |
| 176 | 11 | POR | Dan McLemore | Bowling Green |
| 177 | 11 | BUF | Dick Walker | Wake Forest |
| 178 | 11 | PHX | Jim Walls | Clark Atlanta University |
| 179 | 11 | CHI | Doug Howard | BYU |
| 180 | 11 | PHI | David Whitley | Tufts University |
| 181 | 11 | LAL | Bob Dukiet | Boston College |
| 182 | 11 | ATL | Dino Meneghin | |
| 183 | 11 | BAL | Mel Bell | Houston |
| 184 | 12 | SDR | Jim Brooks | Nebraska |
| 185 | 12 | DET | Don Ogletree | Cincinnati |
| 186 | 12 | CIN | Reggie Roach | Virginia State University |
| 187 | 12 | SEA | Joe Brunson | Furman University |
| 188 | 12 | POR | Paul Adams | Central Washington University |
| 189 | 12 | CLE | Ollie Taylor | Houston |
| 190 | 12 | PHX | Ric Cobb | Marquette |
| 191 | 12 | CHI | Booker Brown | Middle Tennessee |
| 192 | 12 | LAL | Dewey Varner | Tuskegee University |
| 193 | 12 | BAL | Ben McGilmer | Iowa |
| 194 | 13 | SDR | Harry Lozon | Old Dominion |
| 195 | 13 | DET | Ernest Hardy | Harvard University |
| 196 | 13 | CIN | Larry Gray | Huston-Tillotson University |
| 197 | 13 | SEA | Allen McManus | Winston-Salem State |
| 198 | 13 | CLE | Kevin Wilson | Ashland University |
| 199 | 13 | POR | Alex Boyd | Nevada |
| 200 | 13 | PHX | Fred Carpenter | Hawaii |
| 201 | 13 | CHI | Charles Bloodworth | Northwestern State University |
| 202 | 13 | LAL | Gary Elliot | Washington State |
| 203 | 13 | BAL | Don Debardelaben | Northern Arizona University |
| 204 | 14 | SDR | Clyde Oatis | Aurora University |
| 205 | 14 | DET | Randy Smith | Buffalo State |
| 206 | 14 | CIN | Andy Jennings | Alderson-Broaddus College |
| 207 | 14 | SEA | Dan Beeson | Linfield College |
| 208 | 14 | POR | Frank Lothridge | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
| 209 | 14 | CLE | Don Tomilson | Missouri |
| 210 | 14 | PHX | Chad Calabria | Iowa |
| 211 | 14 | CHI | Paul Funkhouser | McKendree College |
| 212 | 14 | LAL | Ron Sanford | New Mexico |
| 213 | 14 | BAL | Mike Williams | Northern Arizona University |
| 214 | 15 | SDR | Jay Bond | Washington |
| 215 | 15 | DET | Denis Clark | Springfield College |
| 216 | 15 | CIN | Mike Neer | Washington & Lee University |
| 217 | 15 | CLE | Steve Wannamaker | Drake University |
| 218 | 15 | POR | Wayne Canaday | Miami (FL) |
| 219 | 15 | PHX | Walt Williams | Miami University |
| 220 | 15 | CHI | Paul Otay | Boise State |
| 221 | 15 | LAL | Will Teague | Youngstown State University |
| 222 | 15 | BAL | Ted Rose | Northern Michigan University |
| 223 | 16 | SDR | Dean Elofson | Wayne State College |
| 224 | 16 | DET | Harvey Marlatt | Eastern Michigan |
| 225 | 16 | CIN | Paul Favorite | Georgetown |
| 226 | 16 | POR | Doug Williams | St. Mary's University |
| 227 | 16 | CLE | Steve Wilson | Hanover College |
| 228 | 16 | LAL | Pete Walthour | Fort Valley State University |
| 229 | 16 | BAL | Don Rather | Northern Arizona University |
| 230 | 17 | SDR | Dennis Dickens | Azusa Pacific University |
| 231 | 17 | CLE | Rich Peterson | Concordia College |
| 232 | 17 | LAL | Bob Thati | Occidental College |
| 233 | 17 | BAL | Vince Fritz | Oregon State |
| 234 | 18 | SDR | Jeff Cunningham | University of California, Irvine |
| 235 | 18 | POR | Bruce Butchko | Southern Illinois |
| 236 | 18 | CLE | Emmanuel Cannon | Grambling State University |
| 237 | 19 | SDR | Rick Erickson | Washington State |
| 238 | 19 | CLE | Allen Waller | Saint Mary of the Plains College |
| 239 | 19 | POR | Mark Gabriel | Hanover College |