1979 NBA Draft
Every pick from the 1979 NBA Draft, with the selecting team and college or prior team.
| Pick | Rd | Team | Player | College/From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | LAL | Magic Johnson | Michigan State |
| 2 | 1 | CHI | Dave Greenwood | UCLA |
| 3 | 1 | NYK | Bill Cartwright | San Francisco |
| 4 | 1 | DET | Greg Kelser | Michigan State |
| 5 | 1 | MIL | Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas |
| 6 | 1 | SEA | James Bailey | Rutgers University |
| 7 | 1 | SEA | Vinnie Johnson | Baylor |
| 8 | 1 | NJN | Calvin Natt | Louisiana-Monroe |
| 9 | 1 | NYK | Larry Demic | Arizona |
| 10 | 1 | DET | Roy Hamilton | UCLA |
| 11 | 1 | NJN | Cliff Robinson | USC |
| 12 | 1 | POR | Jim Paxson | Dayton |
| 13 | 1 | IND | Dudley Bradley | UNC |
| 14 | 1 | LAL | Brad Holland | UCLA |
| 15 | 1 | DET | Phil Hubbard | Michigan |
| 16 | 1 | PHI | Jim Spanarkel | Duke |
| 17 | 1 | HOU | Lee Johnson | |
| 18 | 1 | KCK | Reggie King | Alabama |
| 19 | 1 | SAS | Wiley Peck | Mississippi State |
| 20 | 1 | UTA | Larry Knight | Loyola Chicago |
| 21 | 1 | NYK | Sly Williams | Rhode Island |
| 22 | 1 | PHX | Kyle Macy | Kentucky |
| 23 | 2 | UTA | Tico Brown | Georgia Tech |
| 24 | 2 | PHX | Johnny High | Nevada |
| 25 | 2 | LAL | Ollie Mack | East Carolina University |
| 26 | 2 | CLE | Bruce Flowers | Notre Dame |
| 27 | 2 | NYK | Reggie Carter | St. John's |
| 28 | 2 | GSW | Danny Salisbury | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
| 29 | 2 | DET | Tony Price | Penn |
| 30 | 2 | DEN | Gary Garland | DePaul |
| 31 | 2 | MIL | Edgar Jones | Nevada |
| 32 | 2 | IND | Tony Zeno | Arizona State |
| 33 | 2 | CHI | Lawrence Butler | Idaho State University |
| 34 | 2 | NYK | Kim Goetz | San Diego State |
| 35 | 2 | ATL | James Bradley | Memphis |
| 36 | 2 | PHI | Clint Richardson | Seattle University |
| 37 | 2 | PHI | Bernard Toone | Marquette |
| 38 | 2 | ATL | Larry Wilson | Nicholls State |
| 39 | 2 | LAL | Victor King | Louisiana Tech |
| 40 | 2 | POR | Andrew Fields | Cheyney (PA) |
| 41 | 2 | LAL | Mark Young | Fairfield |
| 42 | 2 | HOU | Paul Mokeski | Kansas |
| 43 | 2 | SEA | Johnny Moore | Texas |
| 44 | 2 | WSB | Joe DeSantis | Fairfield |
| 45 | 3 | UTA | Arvid Kramer | Augustana College (SD) |
| 46 | 3 | WSB | Andrew Parker | Iowa State |
| 47 | 3 | CHI | Calvin Garrett | Oral Roberts |
| 48 | 3 | DET | Terry Duerod | Detroit Mercy |
| 49 | 3 | CHI | Cedrick Hordges | South Carolina |
| 50 | 3 | NYK | Geoff Huston | Texas Tech |
| 51 | 3 | NJN | John Gerdy | Davidson |
| 52 | 3 | MIL | Larry Gibson | Maryland |
| 53 | 3 | BOS | Wayne Kreklow | Drake University |
| 54 | 3 | GSW | Cheese Johnson | Wichita State |
| 55 | 3 | SDC | Tom Channel | Boston University |
| 56 | 3 | POR | Mickey Fox | Saint Mary's University |
| 57 | 3 | ATL | Don Marsh | Franklin & Marshall College |
| 58 | 3 | PHI | Earl Cureton | Detroit Mercy |
| 59 | 3 | HOU | Ricardo Brown | Pepperdine |
| 60 | 3 | LAL | Walter Daniels | Georgia |
| 61 | 3 | BOS | Ernesto Malcolm | Briar Cliff University |
| 62 | 3 | KCK | Terry Crosby | Tennessee |
| 63 | 3 | SAS | Sylvester Norris | Jackson State University |
| 64 | 3 | PHX | Al Green | LSU |
| 65 | 3 | CLE | Bill Laimbeer | Notre Dame |
| 66 | 3 | WSB | Charles Floyd | High Point University |
| 67 | 4 | UTA | Greg Deane | Utah |
| 68 | 4 | BOS | Nick Galis | Seton Hall |
| 69 | 4 | MIL | Eugene Robinson | Louisiana-Monroe |
| 70 | 4 | CLE | Rick Swing | The Citadel |
| 71 | 4 | NYK | Larry Rogers | SE Missouri State |
| 72 | 4 | CHI | George Maynor | East Carolina University |
| 73 | 4 | SEA | James Donaldson | Washington State |
| 74 | 4 | IND | Don Newman | Idaho |
| 75 | 4 | GSW | Ron Ripley | Green Bay |
| 76 | 4 | HOU | Sammy Drummer | Georgia Tech |
| 77 | 4 | SDC | Lionel Garrett | Southern University and A&M College |
| 78 | 4 | POR | Darryl Robinson | Appalachian State University |
| 79 | 4 | LAL | Ray White | Mississippi State |
| 80 | 4 | HOU | Lionel Green | LSU |
| 81 | 4 | LAL | Ricky Reed | Temple |
| 82 | 4 | GSW | Jerry Sichting | Purdue |
| 83 | 4 | PHI | Mike Niles | Cal State Fullerton |
| 84 | 4 | SAS | Al Daniel | Furman University |
| 85 | 4 | KCK | John McCullough | Oklahoma |
| 86 | 4 | PHX | Malcolm Cesare | Florida |
| 87 | 4 | SEA | Richie Allen | Cal State Dominguez Hills |
| 88 | 4 | WSB | Lamont Reid | Oral Roberts |
| 89 | 5 | UTA | Perry Wolfe | Stanford |
| 90 | 5 | BOS | Jimmy Allen | University of New Haven |
| 91 | 5 | CLE | Matt Simpkins | Georgia Southern University |
| 92 | 5 | DET | Flintie Ray Williams | UNLV |
| 93 | 5 | CHI | Larry Washington | Drury University |
| 94 | 5 | NYK | Johnny Green | University of California, Riverside |
| 95 | 5 | NJN | Jim Abromaitis | UConn |
| 96 | 5 | GSW | George Lett | Centenary (LA) |
| 97 | 5 | MIL | Jim Tillman | Eastern Kentucky University |
| 98 | 5 | IND | Billy Reid | San Francisco |
| 99 | 5 | SDC | Greg Joyner | Middle Tennessee |
| 100 | 5 | POR | Matt White | Penn |
| 101 | 5 | ATL | Tiny Pinder | NC State |
| 102 | 5 | DEN | Larry Williams | Louisville |
| 103 | 5 | PHI | Carl McPipe | Nebraska |
| 104 | 5 | HOU | Allen Leavell | Oklahoma City University |
| 105 | 5 | KCK | Curtis Watkins | DePaul |
| 106 | 5 | SAS | Steve Schall | Arkansas |
| 107 | 5 | PHX | Mark Eaton | UCLA |
| 108 | 5 | WSB | Marshall Ashford | Virginia Tech |
| 109 | 6 | UTA | Ernie Cobb | Boston University |
| 110 | 6 | BOS | Marvin Delph | Arkansas |
| 111 | 6 | DET | Truman Claytor | Kentucky |
| 112 | 6 | CLE | Jon Manning | University of North Texas |
| 113 | 6 | NYK | Phil Abney | New Mexico |
| 114 | 6 | CHI | Steve Smith | USC |
| 115 | 6 | NJN | Tony Smith | UNLV |
| 116 | 6 | MIL | Derrick Mayes | Illinois State |
| 117 | 6 | IND | Greg Guye | Stetson University |
| 118 | 6 | GSW | Jim Mitchem | DePaul |
| 119 | 6 | SDC | Bob Bender | Duke |
| 120 | 6 | POR | Ray Ellis | Pepperdine |
| 121 | 6 | ATL | Dwight Williams | Gardner-Webb University |
| 122 | 6 | DEN | Odell Ball | Marquette |
| 123 | 6 | PHI | Dan Hartshorne | Oregon |
| 124 | 6 | HOU | Collie Davis | Southern University and A&M College |
| 125 | 6 | SAS | Terry Knight | Pitt |
| 126 | 6 | KCK | Bob Roma | Princeton |
| 127 | 6 | PHX | Dale Shackleford | Syracuse |
| 128 | 6 | WSB | Garcia Hopkins | Morgan State University |
| 129 | 7 | UTA | Paul Poe | Louisiana College |
| 130 | 7 | BOS | Steve Castellan | Virginia |
| 131 | 7 | CLE | Steve Skaggs | Ohio University |
| 132 | 7 | DET | Ken Jones | Saint Mary's |
| 133 | 7 | CHI | Mike Eversley | Chicago State |
| 134 | 7 | NYK | Marc Coleman | Seton Hall |
| 135 | 7 | NJN | Jim Strickland | South Carolina |
| 136 | 7 | IND | Dirk Ewing | Stetson University |
| 137 | 7 | GSW | Ren Watson | VCU |
| 138 | 7 | MIL | Stan Ray | Cal State Fullerton |
| 139 | 7 | SDC | Jene Grey | LeMoyne College |
| 140 | 7 | POR | Jeff Tropf | Central Michigan University |
| 141 | 7 | ATL | Tim Waterman | St. Bonaventure |
| 142 | 7 | PHI | Bobby Willis | Penn |
| 143 | 7 | HOU | Rich Valavicius | Auburn |
| 144 | 7 | DEN | John Johnson | Creighton |
| 145 | 7 | KCK | Nick Daniels | Xavier |
| 146 | 7 | SAS | Tyrone Branyan | Texas |
| 147 | 7 | PHX | Ollie Matson Jr. | Pepperdine |
| 148 | 8 | UTA | Keith McDonald | Utah State University |
| 149 | 8 | BOS | Glenn Sudhop | NC State |
| 150 | 8 | DET | Rodney Lee | Memphis |
| 151 | 8 | CLE | Mark Haymore | UMass |
| 152 | 8 | NYK | Billy Tucker | Tennessee State |
| 153 | 8 | CHI | Tony Warren | NC State |
| 154 | 8 | NJN | Henry Hollingsworth | Hofstra |
| 155 | 8 | GSW | Mario Butler | Briar Cliff University |
| 156 | 8 | MIL | Larry Spicer | UAB |
| 157 | 8 | IND | Brian Magid | George Washington |
| 158 | 8 | SDC | Renaldo Lawrence | Appalachian State University |
| 159 | 8 | POR | Willie Pounds | Chaminade University of Honolulu |
| 160 | 8 | ATL | John Goedeke | UMBC |
| 161 | 8 | HOU | Delbert Watson | East Tennessee State University |
| 162 | 8 | DEN | Matt Teahan | Denver |
| 163 | 8 | PHI | Rick Raivio | University of Portland |
| 164 | 8 | KCK | Tony Vann | |
| 165 | 8 | PHX | Charles Jones | Albany State University |
| 166 | 8 | WSB | Jo Jo Walters | Manhattan University |
| 167 | 9 | UTA | Milt Huggins | Southern Illinois |
| 168 | 9 | BOS | Kevin Sinnett | United States Naval Academy |
| 169 | 9 | CLE | Tim Joyce | Ohio University |
| 170 | 9 | DET | Val Bracey | Central Michigan University |
| 171 | 9 | CHI | James Jackson | Minnesota |
| 172 | 9 | NYK | Brett Wyatt | New Jersey City University |
| 173 | 9 | NJN | Ricky Free | Columbia University |
| 174 | 9 | MIL | Roger Lapham | University of Maine |
| 175 | 9 | GSW | Gene Ransom | California |
| 176 | 9 | SDC | Mike Dodd | San Diego State |
| 177 | 9 | POR | Stan Eckwood | Harding University |
| 178 | 9 | ATL | Cedric Oliver | Hamilton College |
| 179 | 9 | DEN | Emmett Lewis | Colorado |
| 180 | 9 | PHI | Coby Leavitt | Utah |
| 181 | 9 | KCK | Gary Wilson | Southern Illinois |
| 182 | 9 | SAS | Eddie McLeod | UNLV |
| 183 | 9 | PHX | Hosea Champine | Robert Morris University (PA) |
| 184 | 9 | WSB | Gary Ray Hooker | Murray State |
| 185 | 10 | UTA | Paul Dawkins | Northern Illinois |
| 186 | 10 | BOS | Alton Byrd | Columbia University |
| 187 | 10 | DET | Willie Polk | Grand Canyon University |
| 188 | 10 | CLE | Terry Peavy | Point Park University |
| 189 | 10 | NYK | Gordon Thomas | St. John's |
| 190 | 10 | CHI | Marvin Thomas | UCLA |
| 191 | 10 | NJN | Eric Fleisher | Tulane |
| 192 | 10 | GSW | Kevin Heenan | Cal State Fullerton |
| 193 | 10 | MIL | Chris Fahrbach | University of North Dakota |
| 194 | 10 | SDC | Greg Hunter | Loyola Marymount |
| 195 | 10 | POR | Kelvin Small | Oregon |
| 196 | 10 | ATL | Chad Nelson | Drake University |
| 197 | 10 | CHI | Cortez Collins | Southern Indiana |
| 198 | 10 | PHI | Keith McCord | UAB |
| 199 | 10 | SAS | Glenn Fine | Harvard University |
| 200 | 10 | KCK | Russell Saunders | New Mexico |
| 201 | 10 | PHX | Korky Nelson | Santa Clara |
| 202 | 10 | WSB | Steve Martin | Georgetown |