1971 NBA Draft
Every pick from the 1971 NBA Draft, with the selecting team and college or prior team.
| Pick | Rd | Team | Player | College/From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | CLE | Austin Carr | Notre Dame |
| 2 | 1 | POR | Sidney Wicks | UCLA |
| 3 | 1 | BUF | Elmore Smith | Kentucky State University |
| 4 | 1 | CIN | Ken Durrett | La Salle |
| 5 | 1 | ATL | George Trapp | Cal State Long Beach |
| 6 | 1 | SEA | Fred Brown | Iowa |
| 7 | 1 | HOU | Cliff Meely | Colorado |
| 8 | 1 | GSW | Darnell Hillman | San Jose State |
| 9 | 1 | BAL | Stan Love | Oregon |
| 10 | 1 | BOS | Clarence Glover | Western Kentucky |
| 11 | 1 | DET | Curtis Rowe | UCLA |
| 12 | 1 | PHI | Dana Lewis | Tulsa |
| 13 | 1 | LAL | Jim Cleamons | Ohio State |
| 14 | 1 | PHX | John Roche | South Carolina |
| 15 | 1 | CHI | Kenny McIntosh | Eastern Michigan |
| 16 | 1 | NYK | Dean Meminger | Marquette |
| 17 | 1 | MIL | Collis Jones | Notre Dame |
| 18 | 2 | CLE | Steve Patterson | UCLA |
| 19 | 2 | BUF | Fred Hilton | Grambling State University |
| 20 | 2 | CHI | Willie Sojourner | Weber State |
| 21 | 2 | CIN | John Mengelt | Auburn |
| 22 | 2 | ATL | Ted McClain | Tennessee State |
| 23 | 2 | SEA | Jim McDaniels | Western Kentucky |
| 24 | 2 | HOU | Mike Newlin | Utah |
| 25 | 2 | POR | Charlie Yelverton | Fordham |
| 26 | 2 | BUF | Amos Thomas | Southwestern Oklahoma State University |
| 27 | 2 | POR | Rick Fisher | Colorado State |
| 28 | 2 | BOS | Jim Rose | Western Kentucky |
| 29 | 2 | DET | Isaiah Wilson | University of Baltimore |
| 30 | 2 | BUF | Spencer Haywood | Detroit Mercy |
| 31 | 2 | CIN | Joe Bergman | Creighton |
| 32 | 2 | CHI | Howard Porter | Villanova |
| 33 | 2 | PHI | Marvin Stewart | Nebraska |
| 34 | 2 | NYK | Gregg Northington | Alabama State University |
| 35 | 2 | CLE | Willie Long | New Mexico |
| 36 | 3 | CLE | Gerald Lockett | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff |
| 37 | 3 | POR | Larry Steele | Kentucky |
| 38 | 3 | CIN | Rich Yunkus | Georgia Tech |
| 39 | 3 | ATL | Jeff Halliburton | Drake University |
| 40 | 3 | CHI | Clifford Ray | Oklahoma |
| 41 | 3 | CLE | Jackie Ridgle | California |
| 42 | 3 | POR | William Smith | Syracuse |
| 43 | 3 | BAL | Rich Rinaldi | Saint Peter's College |
| 44 | 3 | BOS | Dave Robisch | Kansas |
| 45 | 3 | DET | Marv Roberts | Utah State University |
| 46 | 3 | PHI | Dave Wohl | Penn |
| 47 | 3 | CHI | Mike Gale | Elizabeth City State University |
| 48 | 3 | PHX | Mo Layton | USC |
| 49 | 3 | CHI | Dick Gibbs | Texas-El Paso |
| 50 | 3 | NYK | Ken Mayfield | Tuskegee University |
| 51 | 3 | MIL | Gary Brell | Marquette |
| 52 | 4 | CLE | Cliff Harris | Hardin-Simmons University |
| 53 | 4 | BUF | Jimmy O'Brien | Boston College |
| 54 | 4 | POR | Bobby Fields | La Salle |
| 55 | 4 | CIN | Sid Catlett | Notre Dame |
| 56 | 4 | ATL | Jim Welch | Houston |
| 57 | 4 | SEA | Pembrook Burrows | Jacksonville University |
| 58 | 4 | HOU | Tom Owens | South Carolina |
| 59 | 4 | GSW | Greg Gary | St. Bonaventure |
| 60 | 4 | BAL | Willie Allen | Miami (FL) |
| 61 | 4 | BOS | Randy Denton | Duke |
| 62 | 4 | DET | Jarrett Durham | Duquesne |
| 63 | 4 | PHI | Erwin Johnson | Augusta State University |
| 64 | 4 | LAL | Roger Brown | Kansas |
| 65 | 4 | PHX | Walt Szczerbiak | George Washington |
| 66 | 4 | CHI | Jim Irving | Saint Louis |
| 67 | 4 | NYK | Steve Niles | Texas A&M |
| 68 | 4 | MIL | Henry Smith | Missouri |
| 69 | 5 | CLE | Brian Mahoney | Manhattan University |
| 70 | 5 | BUF | Garry Nelson | Duquesne |
| 71 | 5 | POR | Hector Blondet | Murray State |
| 72 | 5 | CIN | Jimmie Guymon | Eastern New Mexico University |
| 73 | 5 | CIN | Tyrone Marioneaux | Loyola New Orleans |
| 74 | 5 | SEA | Jeff Smith | New Mexico State |
| 75 | 5 | HOU | Rudy Benjamin | Michigan State |
| 76 | 5 | GSW | Odis Allison | UNLV |
| 77 | 5 | BAL | Don Johnson | Tennessee |
| 78 | 5 | HOU | Greg Nelson | Jacksonville University |
| 79 | 5 | DET | Vincent White | Savannah State University |
| 80 | 5 | PHI | Richard Hood | Phillips University |
| 81 | 5 | LAL | Lee Dedmon | UNC |
| 82 | 5 | PHX | Ken Gardner | Utah |
| 83 | 5 | CHI | Larry Weatherford | Purdue |
| 84 | 5 | PHX | Bob Kissane | Holy Cross |
| 85 | 5 | MIL | Barry Nelson | Duquesne |
| 86 | 6 | CLE | Mike Childress | Colorado State |
| 87 | 6 | BUF | Glen Summors | Gannon University |
| 88 | 6 | POR | Jim Day | Morehead State University |
| 89 | 6 | CIN | Gil McGregor | Wake Forest |
| 90 | 6 | ATL | Willie Humes | Idaho |
| 91 | 6 | SEA | Mike Necaise | William Carey College |
| 92 | 6 | HOU | Gary Reist | Rice University |
| 93 | 6 | GSW | Charles Johnson | California |
| 94 | 6 | BAL | John Novey | Mount St. Mary's University |
| 95 | 6 | BOS | Thorpe Weber | Vanderbilt |
| 96 | 6 | DET | Jim Larranaga | Providence |
| 97 | 6 | PHI | Jake Jones | Assumption College |
| 98 | 6 | LAL | Bill Brickhouse | Montana State |
| 99 | 6 | PHX | William Graham | Kentucky State University |
| 100 | 6 | CHI | Jim England | Tennessee |
| 101 | 6 | NYK | Bill Mainor | Fordham |
| 102 | 6 | MIL | Ed Kemp | Adams State College |
| 103 | 7 | CLE | Tom Bush | Drake University |
| 104 | 7 | BUF | Randy Smith | Buffalo State |
| 105 | 7 | POR | Gene Knolle | Texas Tech |
| 106 | 7 | CIN | Ollie Shannon | Minnesota |
| 107 | 7 | ATL | Mike Jordan | Savannah State University |
| 108 | 7 | SEA | John Duncan | Kentucky Wesleyan College |
| 109 | 7 | HOU | Eric Hill | Minnesota |
| 110 | 7 | GSW | Ken May | Dayton |
| 111 | 7 | BAL | Dennis Hogg | Washington State |
| 112 | 7 | BOS | Ahmad Aliyy | Florida State |
| 113 | 7 | DET | Steve Kelly | BYU |
| 114 | 7 | PHI | Curtis Ford | Northeastern State University |
| 115 | 7 | LAL | Gene Gathers | Bradley |
| 116 | 7 | PHX | Ralph Brateris | Trenton State University |
| 117 | 7 | CHI | Artis Gilmore | Jacksonville University |
| 118 | 7 | NYK | Danny Davis | Henderson State University |
| 119 | 7 | MIL | Gene Phillips | SMU |
| 120 | 8 | CLE | Charlie Davis | Wake Forest |
| 121 | 8 | BUF | Craig Love | Ohio University |
| 122 | 8 | POR | John Sutter | Tulane |
| 123 | 8 | CIN | Frank Fitzgerald | Boston College |
| 124 | 8 | ATL | Jim Smith | Kentucky Wesleyan College |
| 125 | 8 | SEA | Charlie Lowery | University of Puget Sound |
| 126 | 8 | HOU | Rick Katherman | Duke |
| 127 | 8 | GSW | Jim Haderlein | Loyola Marymount |
| 128 | 8 | BAL | Russell Golden | Jackson State University |
| 129 | 8 | BOS | John Ribock | South Carolina |
| 130 | 8 | DET | Wayne Jones | Niagara University |
| 131 | 8 | PHI | Barry Yates | Maryland |
| 132 | 8 | LAL | Luke Adams | Lamar |
| 133 | 8 | PHX | Vernell Ellzy | Florida State |
| 134 | 8 | CHI | Clarence Sherrod | Wisconsin |
| 135 | 8 | NYK | Leroy Eldridge | Cheyney (PA) |
| 136 | 8 | MIL | Felix Thurston | Trinity University |
| 137 | 9 | CLE | Rich Walker | Bowling Green |
| 138 | 9 | BUF | Gary Stewart | Canisius |
| 139 | 9 | POR | Goo Kennedy | TCU |
| 140 | 9 | ATL | Ernie Fleming | Jacksonville University |
| 141 | 9 | SEA | Larry Holliday | Oregon |
| 142 | 9 | HOU | Willie Cherry | Denver |
| 143 | 9 | GSW | Clarence Smith | Villanova |
| 144 | 9 | BAL | Ron Johnson | Murray State |
| 145 | 9 | BOS | Ray Greene | California University of Pennslyvania |
| 146 | 9 | DET | Paul Botts | Central Michigan University |
| 147 | 9 | PHI | Tom Lee | Arizona |
| 148 | 9 | LAL | Bob Cheeks | Whittier College |
| 149 | 9 | PHX | Mike Johnson | Kansas State |
| 150 | 9 | CHI | Jackie Dinkins | Voorhees College |
| 151 | 9 | NYK | Mike O'Brien | Saint Leo University |
| 152 | 9 | MIL | Rick Howat | Illinois |
| 153 | 10 | CLE | Jim Meredith | Washington State |
| 154 | 10 | BUF | Don Ward | Colgate |
| 155 | 10 | POR | Greg Starrick | Southern Illinois |
| 156 | 10 | ATL | Ron Rippetoe | Lipscomb |
| 157 | 10 | SEA | Ed Huston | University of Puget Sound |
| 158 | 10 | HOU | Calvin Oliver | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
| 159 | 10 | GSW | Bill Drozdiak | Oregon |
| 160 | 10 | BAL | Eddie Myers | Arizona |
| 161 | 10 | BOS | Dale Dover | Harvard University |
| 162 | 10 | DET | Steve Butcher | Pikeville College |
| 163 | 10 | PHI | Jim Dinwiddie | Kentucky |
| 164 | 10 | LAL | Cliff Mosley | Quinnipiac University |
| 165 | 10 | PHX | Tom Newell | Hawaii |
| 166 | 10 | CHI | David Withers | University of Delaware |
| 167 | 10 | NYK | Andy Toth | Cheyney (PA) |
| 168 | 10 | MIL | Dan Fife | Michigan |
| 169 | 11 | CLE | Mike Casey | Kentucky |
| 170 | 11 | BUF | Bill Warner | Arizona |
| 171 | 11 | POR | Howard Burford | Gonzaga |
| 172 | 11 | ATL | Levi Wyatt | Alcorn State |
| 173 | 11 | SEA | Jerome Perry | Western Kentucky |
| 174 | 11 | HOU | Doug Rex | UC Santa Barbara |
| 175 | 11 | BAL | Chuck Olkowski | University of Baltimore |
| 176 | 11 | BOS | Reggie Brooks | Southern New Hampshire University |
| 177 | 11 | DET | Larry Saunders | Duke |
| 178 | 11 | PHI | Dana Pagett | USC |
| 179 | 11 | PHX | Paul Litz | Western Carolina University |
| 180 | 11 | CHI | Al Smith | Bradley |
| 181 | 11 | NYK | Ken Davis | Georgetown College |
| 182 | 11 | MIL | Blaine Henry | Marshall |
| 183 | 12 | CLE | Doug Hess | Toledo |
| 184 | 12 | BUF | Butch Webster | LSU |
| 185 | 12 | POR | Don Sechler | Delaware Valley College |
| 186 | 12 | ATL | Roger Moore | Columbus State University |
| 187 | 12 | HOU | Chris Schrobilgen | USC |
| 188 | 12 | BAL | Bob Connor | Loyola (MD) |
| 189 | 12 | BOS | John Dalton | Suffolk University |
| 190 | 12 | DET | Bob Horn | Drake University |
| 191 | 12 | PHI | Ken Kowall | Ohio University |
| 192 | 12 | PHX | Floyd Mason | Alcorn State |
| 193 | 12 | CHI | Ken Riley | Middle Tennessee |
| 194 | 12 | NYK | Carl Greenfield | Eastern Kentucky University |
| 195 | 12 | MIL | Gene Mumford | University of Scranton |
| 196 | 13 | CLE | Bobby Jones | Drake University |
| 197 | 13 | BUF | Pete Smith | Valdosta State University |
| 198 | 13 | ATL | Ed Jenkins | Shaw College (MI) |
| 199 | 13 | HOU | Lee McCullough | Indiana |
| 200 | 13 | BAL | Tom Crosswhite | Dayton |
| 201 | 13 | BOS | Leroy Chalk | Nebraska |
| 202 | 13 | DET | Willie Roberson | Wyoming |
| 203 | 13 | PHI | Hank Commodore | Northwestern Oklahoma State University |
| 204 | 13 | PHX | Ron Dorsey | Tennessee State |
| 205 | 13 | CHI | Ed Goode | DePaul |
| 206 | 13 | NYK | Larry Duckworth | Henderson State University |
| 207 | 13 | MIL | Pierre Russell | Kansas |
| 208 | 14 | CLE | Bubbles Harris | Indiana |
| 209 | 14 | BUF | Ray Lavender | Drury University |
| 210 | 14 | HOU | Gene Roberson | Canisius |
| 211 | 14 | BAL | Rudolph Peele | Norfolk State |
| 212 | 14 | DET | Art Davis | Johnson C. Smith University |
| 213 | 14 | PHX | Ken Booker | UCLA |
| 214 | 14 | CHI | Richard Dixon | Loyola Marymount |
| 215 | 14 | NYK | Jack O'Connor | University of Great Falls |
| 216 | 14 | MIL | George Jackson | Dayton |
| 217 | 15 | CLE | Larry Baker | Wittenberg University |
| 218 | 15 | BUF | William Chatmon | Baylor |
| 219 | 15 | HOU | Bill Quigg | Gonzaga |
| 220 | 15 | BAL | Morrell James | Norfolk State |
| 221 | 15 | DET | James Fleming | Alcorn State |
| 222 | 15 | PHX | Curtis Carter | Bishop College |
| 223 | 15 | CHI | Lisco Thomas | Furman University |
| 224 | 15 | MIL | Loyd King | Virginia Tech |
| 225 | 16 | CLE | Tyree Vance | University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse |
| 226 | 16 | BUF | James Douglas | Memphis |
| 227 | 16 | HOU | Leonard Jackson | Oregon |
| 228 | 16 | DET | Fred Smiley | Davenport University |
| 229 | 16 | CHI | Bob Bissant | Loyola New Orleans |
| 230 | 17 | BUF | Nelson Isley | LSU |
| 231 | 17 | HOU | Steve Sims | Pepperdine |
| 232 | 17 | DET | Leroy Jenkins | Davenport University |
| 233 | 18 | BUF | Joey Meyer | DePaul |
| 234 | 18 | HOU | Carlos Quintanar | |
| 235 | 18 | DET | Ike Bundy | Detroit Institute of Technology |
| 236 | 19 | HOU | Gary Schneider | San Diego State |
| 237 | 19 | DET | Ed Jenkins | Shaw |