1972 NBA Draft
Every pick from the 1972 NBA Draft, with the selecting team and college or prior team.
| Pick | Rd | Team | Player | College/From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | POR | LaRue Martin | Loyola Chicago |
| 2 | 1 | BUF | Bob McAdoo | UNC |
| 3 | 1 | CLE | Dwight Davis | Houston |
| 4 | 1 | PHX | Corky Calhoun | Penn |
| 5 | 1 | PHI | Freddie Boyd | Oregon State |
| 6 | 1 | MIL | Russ Lee | Marshall |
| 7 | 1 | SEA | Bud Stallworth | Kansas |
| 8 | 1 | NYK | Tom Riker | South Carolina |
| 9 | 1 | DET | Bob Nash | Hawaii |
| 10 | 1 | BOS | Paul Westphal | USC |
| 11 | 1 | CHI | Ralph Simpson | Michigan State |
| 12 | 1 | MIL | Julius Erving | UMass |
| 13 | 1 | LAL | Travis Grant | Kentucky State University |
| 14 | 2 | POR | Bob Davis | Weber State |
| 15 | 2 | BUF | Harold Fox | Jacksonville University |
| 16 | 2 | LAL | Jim Price | Louisville |
| 17 | 2 | DET | Chris Ford | Villanova |
| 18 | 2 | SEA | Joby Wright | Indiana |
| 19 | 2 | KCO | Sam Sibert | Kentucky State University |
| 20 | 2 | HOU | John Gianelli | University of the Pacific |
| 21 | 2 | ATL | Steve Bracey | Tulsa |
| 22 | 2 | LAL | Paul Stovall | Arizona State |
| 23 | 2 | SEA | Brian Taylor | Princeton |
| 24 | 2 | CLE | Steve Hawes | Washington |
| 25 | 2 | BAL | Tom Patterson | Ouachita Baptist University |
| 26 | 2 | POR | Dave Twardzik | Old Dominion |
| 27 | 2 | BOS | Dennis Wuycik | UNC |
| 28 | 2 | KCO | Mike Ratliff | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
| 29 | 2 | MIL | Chuck Terry | Cal State Long Beach |
| 30 | 2 | POR | Ollie Johnson | Temple |
| 31 | 3 | POR | Lloyd Neal | Tennessee State |
| 32 | 3 | BUF | Bob Morse | Penn |
| 33 | 3 | PHX | Scott English | Texas-El Paso |
| 34 | 3 | PHX | Don Buse | University of Evansville |
| 35 | 3 | CHI | Frank Russell | Detroit Mercy |
| 36 | 3 | PHI | Charlie Tharpe | Belhaven College |
| 37 | 3 | HOU | Eric McWilliams | Cal State Long Beach |
| 38 | 3 | KCO | Ron Riley | USC |
| 39 | 3 | BAL | Kevin Porter | Saint Francis University |
| 40 | 3 | SEA | Jim Creighton | Colorado |
| 41 | 3 | NYK | Ansley Truitt | California |
| 42 | 3 | PHX | Claude Terry | Stanford |
| 43 | 3 | GSW | Bill Chamberlain | UNC |
| 44 | 3 | BOS | Wayne Grabiec | Michigan |
| 45 | 3 | CHI | Chuck Jura | Nebraska |
| 46 | 3 | MIL | George Adams | Gardner-Webb University |
| 47 | 3 | LAL | Gregg Northington | Alabama State University |
| 48 | 4 | POR | Gary Stewart | Canisius |
| 49 | 4 | BUF | George Bryant | Eastern Kentucky University |
| 50 | 4 | CLE | Hank Siemiontkowski | Villanova |
| 51 | 4 | DET | Ernie Fleming | Jacksonville University |
| 52 | 4 | PHI | Marshall Wingate | Niagara University |
| 53 | 4 | KCO | Frank Schade | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
| 54 | 4 | HOU | Wil Robinson | West Virginia |
| 55 | 4 | ATL | Reggie Bird | Princeton |
| 56 | 4 | BAL | Al Sanders | LSU |
| 57 | 4 | SEA | Joe Mackey | USC |
| 58 | 4 | NYK | Henry Bibby | UCLA |
| 59 | 4 | PHX | Matt Gantt | St. Bonaventure |
| 60 | 4 | GSW | John Tschogl | UC Santa Barbara |
| 61 | 4 | BOS | Nate Stephens | Cal State Long Beach |
| 62 | 4 | CHI | Ted Martiniuk | Saint Peter's College |
| 63 | 4 | MIL | Art White | Georgetown |
| 64 | 5 | POR | Mike Reid | University of California, Riverside |
| 65 | 5 | BUF | Arnie Berman | Brown University |
| 66 | 5 | CLE | Sam Cash | University of California, Riverside |
| 67 | 5 | DET | Ernest Pettis | Western Michigan |
| 68 | 5 | KCO | David Bustion | Denver |
| 69 | 5 | PHI | Joe Bynes | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff |
| 70 | 5 | HOU | James Silas | Stephen F. Austin |
| 71 | 5 | ATL | Bob Lackey | Marquette |
| 72 | 5 | BAL | Walter Jones | Long Island University |
| 73 | 5 | SEA | Gary Ladd | Seattle University |
| 74 | 5 | NYK | Bob Ford | Purdue |
| 75 | 5 | PHX | Wardell Dyson | Shaw |
| 76 | 5 | GSW | Charles Dudley | Washington |
| 77 | 5 | BOS | Bryan Adrian | Davidson |
| 78 | 5 | CHI | Rowland Garrett | Florida State |
| 79 | 5 | MIL | Ron Harris | Wichita State |
| 80 | 5 | LAL | Glen Summors | Gannon University |
| 81 | 6 | POR | Joe Gaines | Belmont |
| 82 | 6 | BUF | Ed Czernota | Sacred Heart University |
| 83 | 6 | CLE | Tom Parker | Kentucky |
| 84 | 6 | DET | Terry Benton | Wichita State |
| 85 | 6 | PHI | John Glover | Wiley College |
| 86 | 6 | KCO | Jerry Crocker | Guilford College |
| 87 | 6 | HOU | Mike Collins | Seattle University |
| 88 | 6 | ATL | Randy Knoll | Marshall |
| 89 | 6 | BAL | Dwaine Dillard | Eastern Michigan |
| 90 | 6 | SEA | Ron Thomas | Louisville |
| 91 | 6 | NYK | Greg Cluess | St. John's |
| 92 | 6 | PHX | Charles Edge | LeMoyne-Owen College |
| 93 | 6 | GSW | Henry Bacon | Louisville |
| 94 | 6 | BOS | Don Holcomb | Memphis |
| 95 | 6 | CHI | Mike Stewart | Santa Clara |
| 96 | 6 | BOS | Wally Rice | Widener University |
| 97 | 6 | LAL | Sam Simmons | Bradley |
| 98 | 7 | POR | Bob Lynn | Cal State Long Beach |
| 99 | 7 | BUF | Greg Kohls | Syracuse |
| 100 | 7 | CLE | Steve Davidson | West Texas A&M University |
| 101 | 7 | DET | Bruce Anderson | Arizona |
| 102 | 7 | KCO | Mike Sneed | Fayetteville State University |
| 103 | 7 | PHI | Curtis Pritchett | Saint Augustine's College |
| 104 | 7 | HOU | Mike Jackson | California State University, Los Angeles |
| 105 | 7 | ATL | Billy Pleas | Detroit Mercy |
| 106 | 7 | BAL | Marvin Brown | Jackson State University |
| 107 | 7 | SEA | Jerry Dunn | Western Kentucky |
| 108 | 7 | NYK | Tracy Tripucka | Lafayette College |
| 109 | 7 | PHX | Bernie Fryer | BYU |
| 110 | 7 | GSW | Bill Franklin | Purdue |
| 111 | 7 | BOS | Steve Previs | UNC |
| 112 | 7 | CHI | Jerry Pender | Fresno State |
| 113 | 7 | MIL | Mickey Davis | Duquesne |
| 114 | 8 | POR | Ruben Vance | Kent State University |
| 115 | 8 | BUF | Andy Denny | University of South Alabama |
| 116 | 8 | CLE | Roger Evans | Kent State University |
| 117 | 8 | DET | Ben Kelso | Central Michigan University |
| 118 | 8 | PHI | Jim Kopp | Rockhurst University |
| 119 | 8 | KCO | Jerry Clack | Oklahoma State |
| 120 | 8 | HOU | Henry Harris | Auburn |
| 121 | 8 | ATL | Oscar Evans | Butler |
| 122 | 8 | BAL | Jim Floyd | Shaw |
| 123 | 8 | SEA | Willie Stoudamire | Portland State |
| 124 | 8 | NYK | Tom Corde | Ohio University |
| 125 | 8 | PHX | Russell Golden | Jackson State University |
| 126 | 8 | GSW | John Burks | San Francisco |
| 127 | 8 | BOS | Sam McCamey | Oral Roberts |
| 128 | 8 | CHI | Cavin Andersen | Valley City State University |
| 129 | 8 | MIL | Charles Kirkland | Cheyney (PA) |
| 130 | 9 | POR | Scott McCandlish | Virginia |
| 131 | 9 | BUF | John Collins | State University of New York at Brockport |
| 132 | 9 | CLE | Greg Starrick | Southern Illinois |
| 133 | 9 | DET | Jesse Mangham | Ferris State University |
| 134 | 9 | KCO | Steve McMahon | Merrimack College |
| 135 | 9 | PHI | Rod Murray | UCLA |
| 136 | 9 | ATL | Larry Strozier | Morehouse College |
| 137 | 9 | BAL | Ruppert Breedlove | Oglethorpe University |
| 138 | 9 | SEA | Dwight Holiday | Hawaii |
| 139 | 9 | NYK | Tom Sullivan | Fordham |
| 140 | 9 | PHX | Bill Kennedy | Arizona |
| 141 | 9 | GSW | Bill Duwe | California |
| 142 | 9 | CHI | Ralph Houston | West Texas A&M University |
| 143 | 9 | MIL | Jim Regenold | Ball State University |
| 144 | 10 | POR | Kresimir Cosic | BYU |
| 145 | 10 | CLE | Kent Martens | Abilene Christian University |
| 146 | 10 | DET | Kent Hollenbeck | Kentucky |
| 147 | 10 | PHI | Gary Watson | Wisconsin |
| 148 | 10 | KCO | David Hall | Kansas State |
| 149 | 10 | ATL | Jim Clesson | Tulsa |
| 150 | 10 | BAL | Wilbert Loftin | Louisiana |
| 151 | 10 | SEA | Dan Steward | Washington State |
| 152 | 10 | NYK | Richie Garner | Manhattan University |
| 153 | 10 | PHX | Al Vilcheck | Louisville |
| 154 | 10 | BOS | Marty Hunt | Kenyon College |
| 155 | 10 | CHI | Chuck Taylor | West Liberty State College |
| 156 | 10 | MIL | Jolly Spight | Santa Clara |
| 157 | 11 | POR | Jimmy Wilkins | San Diego State |
| 158 | 11 | BUF | Jim Prokell | Edinboro University of Pennsylvania |
| 159 | 11 | KCO | Floyd Mathew | Northern Arizona University |
| 160 | 11 | ATL | Charles Allen | Texas Southern |
| 161 | 11 | BAL | Arvin Watkins | Jackson State University |
| 162 | 11 | SEA | Steve Turner | Vanderbilt |
| 163 | 11 | NYK | Chic Downing | Benedictine College |
| 164 | 11 | PHX | John Belcher | Arkansas State University |
| 165 | 11 | BOS | Mark Minor | Ohio State |
| 166 | 11 | CHI | Jackie Young | Rocky Mountain College |
| 167 | 12 | BUF | Frank DeWitt | Virginia |
| 168 | 12 | KCO | Len Baltimore | George Washington |
| 169 | 12 | ATL | James Green | Paine College |
| 170 | 12 | BAL | Lloyd Adams | Rhode Island |
| 171 | 12 | SEA | Greg Daust | Missouri-St. Louis |
| 172 | 12 | PHX | Mark Soderberg | Utah |
| 173 | 12 | BOS | Phil Stephens | South Carolina State |
| 174 | 12 | CHI | Al Cotler | Penn |
| 175 | 13 | POR | Larry Morris | Tulsa |
| 176 | 13 | BUF | Kim Huband | UNC |
| 177 | 13 | KCO | Kent Scott | Pitt |
| 178 | 13 | BAL | Mike Krawczyk | Loyola (MD) |
| 179 | 13 | PHX | Kelly Utley | Shaw |
| 180 | 13 | CHI | Mike Barr | Duquesne |
| 181 | 14 | POR | Paul Kelley | Shaw |
| 182 | 14 | BUF | Craig Corson | UNC |
| 183 | 14 | KCO | Bob Allen | Missouri |
| 184 | 14 | BAL | Aubrey Nash | Kansas |
| 185 | 14 | SEA | Cleveland Hill | Nicholls State |
| 186 | 14 | PHX | Ray Golson | West Texas A&M University |
| 187 | 14 | CHI | Andrew Pettes | Oklahoma |
| 188 | 15 | POR | Rich Habegger | Wake Forest |
| 189 | 15 | BUF | Paul Hoffman | St. Bonaventure |
| 190 | 15 | KCO | Mike Jeffries | Oklahoma State |
| 191 | 15 | BAL | Gary Handleman | Johns Hopkins University |
| 192 | 15 | CHI | Greg Lowery | Texas Tech |
| 193 | 16 | POR | Mose Adolph | California State University, Los Angeles |
| 194 | 16 | BUF | Norman Bounds | State University of New York at Brockport |
| 195 | 16 | KCO | Mike Peterson | Nebraska |
| 196 | 16 | CHI | Charles Hall | Montana-Western |
| 197 | 17 | CHI | John Thornton | South Carolina State |
| 198 | 18 | CHI | Ron Manning | Manhattan University |