1982 NBA Draft
Every pick from the 1982 NBA Draft, with the selecting team and college or prior team.
| Pick | Rd | Team | Player | College/From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | LAL | James Worthy | UNC |
| 2 | 1 | SDC | Terry Cummings | DePaul |
| 3 | 1 | UTA | Dominique Wilkins | Georgia |
| 4 | 1 | DAL | Bill Garnett | Wyoming |
| 5 | 1 | KCK | LaSalle Thompson | Texas |
| 6 | 1 | NYK | Trent Tucker | Minnesota |
| 7 | 1 | CHI | Quintin Dailey | San Francisco |
| 8 | 1 | IND | Clark Kellogg | Ohio State |
| 9 | 1 | DET | Cliff Levingston | Wichita State |
| 10 | 1 | ATL | Keith Edmonson | Purdue |
| 11 | 1 | POR | Fat Lever | Arizona State |
| 12 | 1 | CLE | John Bagley | Boston College |
| 13 | 1 | NJN | Sleepy Floyd | Georgetown |
| 14 | 1 | GSW | Lester Conner | Oregon State |
| 15 | 1 | PHX | David Thirdkill | Bradley |
| 16 | 1 | HOU | Terry Teagle | Baylor |
| 17 | 1 | KCK | Brook Steppe | Georgia Tech |
| 18 | 1 | DET | Ricky Pierce | Rice University |
| 19 | 1 | DEN | Rob Williams | Houston |
| 20 | 1 | MIL | Paul Pressey | Tulsa |
| 21 | 1 | NJN | Eddie Phillips | Alabama |
| 22 | 1 | PHI | Mark McNamara | California |
| 23 | 1 | BOS | Darren Tillis | Cleveland State University |
| 24 | 2 | SAS | Oliver Robinson | UAB |
| 25 | 2 | WSB | Bryan Warrick | Saint Joseph's |
| 26 | 2 | CHI | Ricky Frazier | Missouri |
| 27 | 2 | MIL | Fred Roberts | BYU |
| 28 | 2 | CLE | Dave Magley | Kansas |
| 29 | 2 | NYK | Scott Hastings | Arkansas |
| 30 | 2 | CHI | Wallace Bryant | San Francisco |
| 31 | 2 | CHI | Rod Higgins | Fresno State |
| 32 | 2 | SDC | Richard Anderson | UC Santa Barbara |
| 33 | 2 | POR | Linton Townes | James Madison University |
| 34 | 2 | NYK | Vince Taylor | Duke |
| 35 | 2 | GSW | Derek Smith | Louisville |
| 36 | 2 | PHI | J.J. Anderson | Bradley |
| 37 | 2 | POR | Audie Norris | Jackson State University |
| 38 | 2 | GSW | Wayne Sappleton | Loyola Chicago |
| 39 | 2 | PHX | Kevin Magee | University of California, Irvine |
| 40 | 2 | IND | Guy Morgan | Wake Forest |
| 41 | 2 | WSB | Dwight Anderson | USC |
| 42 | 2 | HOU | Jeff Taylor | Texas Tech |
| 43 | 2 | IND | Jose Slaughter | University of Portland |
| 44 | 2 | WSB | Mike Gibson | USC Upstate |
| 45 | 2 | PHI | Russ Schoene | Chattanooga |
| 46 | 2 | BOS | Tony Guy | Kansas |
| 47 | 3 | CLE | Michael Wilson | Marquette |
| 48 | 3 | SDC | Craig Hodges | Cal State Long Beach |
| 49 | 3 | UTA | Steve Trumbo | BYU |
| 50 | 3 | DAL | Corny Thompson | UConn |
| 51 | 3 | KCK | Jim Johnstone | Wake Forest |
| 52 | 3 | NYK | Dan Caldwell | Washington |
| 53 | 3 | CHI | Tyrone Adams | Kansas State |
| 54 | 3 | LAL | Hutch Jones | Vanderbilt |
| 55 | 3 | UTA | Jerry Eaves | Louisville |
| 56 | 3 | ATL | Joe Kopicki | Detroit Mercy |
| 57 | 3 | NYK | Craig Tucker | Illinois |
| 58 | 3 | WSB | Mike Largey | Upsala College |
| 59 | 3 | NJN | Jimmy Black | UNC |
| 60 | 3 | GSW | Chris Engler | Wyoming |
| 61 | 3 | PHX | Charles Pittman | Maryland |
| 62 | 3 | DEN | Roylin Bond | Pepperdine |
| 63 | 3 | HOU | Chuck Nevitt | NC State |
| 64 | 3 | SAS | Willie Redden | South Florida |
| 65 | 3 | SEA | John Greig | Oregon |
| 66 | 3 | POR | Phillip Lockett | Alabama |
| 67 | 3 | LAL | Mike Hackett | Jacksonville University |
| 68 | 3 | PHI | Dale Solomon | Virginia Tech |
| 69 | 3 | BOS | Perry Moss | Northeastern University |
| 70 | 4 | CLE | Reggie Hannah | University of South Alabama |
| 71 | 4 | SDC | Darius Clemons | Loyola Chicago |
| 72 | 4 | UTA | Mark Eaton | UCLA |
| 73 | 4 | DAL | Rudy Woods | Texas A&M |
| 74 | 4 | KCK | Mike Sanders | UCLA |
| 75 | 4 | NYK | Norm Anchrum | UAB |
| 76 | 4 | CHI | Chuck Aleksinas | UConn |
| 77 | 4 | IND | Jeff Jones | Virginia |
| 78 | 4 | DET | Walker Russell | Western Michigan |
| 79 | 4 | POR | Eric Smith | Georgetown |
| 80 | 4 | NJN | James Griffin | Illinois |
| 81 | 4 | WSB | Dino Gregory | Cal State Long Beach |
| 82 | 4 | NJN | Tony Brown | Arkansas |
| 83 | 4 | GSW | Ken Stancell | VCU |
| 84 | 4 | DEN | Alford Turner | Louisiana |
| 85 | 4 | HOU | Andre Gaddy | George Mason |
| 86 | 4 | PHX | Rory White | University of South Alabama |
| 87 | 4 | SAS | Tony Grier | South Florida |
| 88 | 4 | SEA | Ken Owens | Idaho |
| 89 | 4 | MIL | Jerry Beck | Middle Tennessee |
| 90 | 4 | LAL | Craig McCormick | Western Kentucky |
| 91 | 4 | PHI | Bruce Atkins | Duquesne |
| 92 | 4 | BOS | Greg Stewart | Tulsa |
| 93 | 5 | CLE | Terry White | Texas-El Paso |
| 94 | 5 | SDC | Gary Carter | Tennessee |
| 95 | 5 | UTA | Mike McKay | UConn |
| 96 | 5 | DAL | Kenny Arnold | Iowa |
| 97 | 5 | KCK | Kenny Simpson | Grambling State University |
| 98 | 5 | NYK | Aaron Howard | Villanova |
| 99 | 5 | CHI | Rubin Jackson | Oklahoma City University |
| 100 | 5 | IND | Rich DiBenedetto | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
| 101 | 5 | DET | John Ebeling | Florida Southern College |
| 102 | 5 | ATL | Mark Hall | Minnesota |
| 103 | 5 | POR | Cherokee Rhone | Centenary (LA) |
| 104 | 5 | WSB | Clarence Dickerson | Hawaii |
| 105 | 5 | NJN | Chris Giles | UAB |
| 106 | 5 | GSW | Albert Irving | Alcorn State |
| 107 | 5 | HOU | Jeff Schneider | Virginia Tech |
| 108 | 5 | PHX | Marvin McCrary | Missouri |
| 109 | 5 | DEN | Bill Duffy | Santa Clara |
| 110 | 5 | SAS | Clarence Swannegan | Texas Tech |
| 111 | 5 | SEA | Rod Camp | Southern Illinois |
| 112 | 5 | WSB | Jerry Davis | Detroit Mercy |
| 113 | 5 | LAL | Howard McNeill | Seton Hall |
| 114 | 5 | PHI | Donald Mason | Fresno State |
| 115 | 5 | BOS | William Brown | Saint Peter's College |
| 116 | 6 | CLE | Vince Reynolds | South Florida |
| 117 | 6 | SDC | Eric Marbury | Georgia |
| 118 | 6 | UTA | Alvin Jackson | Southern University and A&M College |
| 119 | 6 | DAL | Wayne Waggoner | Northwestern State University |
| 120 | 6 | KCK | Poncho Wright | Louisville |
| 121 | 6 | NYK | Mike Kanieski | Dayton |
| 122 | 6 | CHI | B. B. Fontenet | Nevada |
| 123 | 6 | IND | Jeff Clark | Saint Joseph's |
| 124 | 6 | DET | Gary Holmes | Minnesota |
| 125 | 6 | POR | Leo Cunningham | Utah State University |
| 126 | 6 | ATL | Jay Bruchak | Mount St. Mary's University |
| 127 | 6 | WSB | Byron Williams | Idaho State University |
| 128 | 6 | NJN | Mel Daniel | Furman University |
| 129 | 6 | GSW | David Vann | Saint Mary's |
| 130 | 6 | PHX | Jake Bethany | Hardin-Simmons University |
| 131 | 6 | DEN | Chris Brust | UNC |
| 132 | 6 | HOU | Don Wilson | Louisiana-Monroe |
| 133 | 6 | SAS | Jaime Pena | New Mexico State |
| 134 | 6 | SEA | Bobby Potts | UNC Charlotte |
| 135 | 6 | MIL | Tony Carr | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
| 136 | 6 | LAL | Lynden Rose | Houston |
| 137 | 6 | PHI | Kevin Boyle | Iowa |
| 138 | 6 | BOS | John Schweitz | Richmond |
| 139 | 7 | CLE | Randy Reed | Kansas State |
| 140 | 7 | SDC | Eddie Hughes | Colorado State |
| 141 | 7 | UTA | Thad Garner | Michigan |
| 142 | 7 | DAL | Bob Grady | Northwestern |
| 143 | 7 | KCK | Perry Range | Illinois |
| 144 | 7 | NYK | Phil Seymore | Canisius |
| 145 | 7 | CHI | Chuck Verderber | Kentucky |
| 146 | 7 | IND | Brad Leaf | University of Evansville |
| 147 | 7 | DET | Dean Marquardt | Marquette |
| 148 | 7 | ATL | Horace Wyatt | Clemson |
| 149 | 7 | POR | Terry Long | Lamar |
| 150 | 7 | WSB | Wendell Gibson | South Carolina |
| 151 | 7 | NJN | Tony Anderson | UCLA |
| 152 | 7 | GSW | Matt Waldron | University of the Pacific |
| 153 | 7 | DEN | Jeb Barlow | UNC |
| 154 | 7 | HOU | Mike Helms | Wake Forest |
| 155 | 7 | PHX | Phil Ward | UNC Charlotte |
| 156 | 7 | SAS | Delonte Taylor | University of North Texas |
| 157 | 7 | SEA | Allen Rayhorn | Northern Illinois |
| 158 | 7 | MIL | Bobby Austin | Cincinnati |
| 159 | 7 | LAL | Maurice Williams | USC |
| 160 | 7 | PHI | Keith Hilliard | Missouri State |
| 161 | 7 | BOS | Phil Collins | West Virginia |
| 162 | 8 | CLE | Monty Knight | VCU |
| 163 | 8 | SDC | Jacques Tuz | Colorado |
| 164 | 8 | UTA | Rick Campbell | Middle Tennessee |
| 165 | 8 | DAL | Keith Peterson | Arkansas |
| 166 | 8 | KCK | Ed Nealy | Kansas State |
| 167 | 8 | NYK | Dan Terwilliger | Siena College |
| 168 | 8 | CHI | Mike Burns | UNLV |
| 169 | 8 | IND | Donald Reese | Bradley |
| 170 | 8 | DET | Brian Nyenhuis | Marquette |
| 171 | 8 | POR | Dave Porter | Western Oregon University |
| 172 | 8 | ATL | James Ratiff | Howard University |
| 173 | 8 | WSB | Ken Luck | University of Delaware |
| 174 | 8 | NJN | Otis Jackson | Memphis |
| 175 | 8 | GSW | Mark King | Florida Southern College |
| 176 | 8 | HOU | Dan Callandrillo | Seton Hall |
| 177 | 8 | PHX | Rick Elrod | Georgetown College |
| 178 | 8 | DEN | Donnie Speer | UAB |
| 179 | 8 | SAS | Chris Faggi | Memphis |
| 180 | 8 | SEA | Steve Burks | Washington |
| 181 | 8 | MIL | Bryan Leonard | Illinois |
| 182 | 8 | LAL | Micah Blunt | Tulane |
| 183 | 8 | PHI | Donald Seals | Jackson State University |
| 184 | 8 | BOS | Ed Spriggs | Georgetown |
| 185 | 9 | CLE | Tony Hafley | University of South Alabama |
| 186 | 9 | SDC | John Hegwood | San Francisco |
| 187 | 9 | UTA | Riley Clarida | Long Island University |
| 188 | 9 | DAL | Ralph McPherson | UT Arlington |
| 189 | 9 | KCK | Jack Moore | Nebraska |
| 190 | 9 | NYK | Merle Scott | South Carolina State |
| 191 | 9 | CHI | Skip Dillard | DePaul |
| 192 | 9 | IND | Mike Scearce | Purdue |
| 193 | 9 | DET | Kevin Smith | Michigan State |
| 194 | 9 | ATL | Pierre Bland | Elizabeth City State University |
| 195 | 9 | POR | Mark Dearborn | Saint Joseph's |
| 196 | 9 | WSB | James Terry | Howard University |
| 197 | 9 | NJN | Gary Johnson | Oral Roberts |
| 198 | 9 | GSW | Nick Morken | Tennessee |
| 199 | 9 | PHX | Ken Lyles | Washington |
| 200 | 9 | DEN | Dean Sears | UCLA |
| 201 | 9 | SAS | Harry O'Brien | St. Mary's University |
| 202 | 9 | MIL | Robert Tate | Idaho State University |
| 203 | 9 | LAL | Tim Byrne | Rutgers University |
| 204 | 9 | PHI | George Melton | Cheyney (PA) |
| 205 | 9 | BOS | Panagiotis Giannakis | |
| 206 | 10 | CLE | Durand Walker | Indiana Wesleyan University |
| 207 | 10 | SDC | Daryl Stovall | Creighton |
| 208 | 10 | UTA | Michael Edwards | New Orleans |
| 209 | 10 | DAL | Albert Culton | UT Arlington |
| 210 | 10 | KCK | Robert Estes | Iowa State |
| 211 | 10 | NYK | John Leonard | Manhattan University |
| 212 | 10 | CHI | Tony Britto | Campbell |
| 213 | 10 | IND | Craig Summers | University of Wisconsin-Stout |
| 214 | 10 | DET | David Coulthard | |
| 215 | 10 | POR | Grant Taylor | University of California, Irvine |
| 216 | 10 | ATL | Ronnie McAdoo | Old Dominion |
| 217 | 10 | WSB | Donald Sinclair | NC Central |
| 218 | 10 | NJN | Sean Tuohy | Ole Miss |
| 219 | 10 | GSW | Randy Whieldon | University of California, Irvine |
| 220 | 10 | DEN | Mike Phillips | Niagara University |
| 221 | 10 | PHX | Dale Wilkinson | Idaho State University |
| 222 | 10 | SAS | Keith White | McMurry University |
| 223 | 10 | MIL | Bob Coenen | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
| 224 | 10 | PHI | Randy Burkert | Drexel |
| 225 | 10 | BOS | Landon Turner | Indiana |