Official NBA Draft History

1968 NBA Draft

The factual class record, presented in the source's order and historical shape.

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Draft year

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214 verified selections of 214 expected from the source. 214 player identities are not yet linked to a public profile. 100 team identities are unresolved; the source label is shown.

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Round 1

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 1Round 1, pick 1	E Elvin Hayes	San Diego Rockets	Houston	—
No. 2Round 1, pick 2	W Wes Unseld	Baltimore Bullets	Louisville	—
No. 3Round 1, pick 3	B Bob Kauffman	Seattle SuperSonics	Guilford	—
No. 4Round 1, pick 4	T Tom Boerwinkle	Chicago Bulls	Tennessee	—
No. 5Round 1, pick 5	Z Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Cincinnati Royals	Iowa State	—
No. 6Round 1, pick 6	O Otto Moore	Detroit Pistons	Texas-Pan American	—
No. 7Round 1, pick 7	C Charlie Paulk	Milwaukee Bucks	Northeastern State	—
No. 8Round 1, pick 8	G Gary Gregor	Phoenix Suns	South Carolina	—
No. 9Round 1, pick 9	R Ron Williams	San Francisco Warriors	West Virginia	—
No. 10Round 1, pick 10	W Wilmer Hosket	New York Knicks	Ohio State	—
No. 11Round 1, pick 11	B Bill Hewitt	Los Angeles Lakers	Southern California	—
No. 12Round 1, pick 12	D Don Chaney	Boston Celtics	Houston	—
No. 13Round 1, pick 13	S Skip Harlicka	Atlanta Hawks	South Carolina	—
No. 14Round 1, pick 14	S Shaler Halimon	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah State	—

Round 2

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 15Round 2, pick 1	J John Trapp	San Diego Rockets	Nevada-Las Vegas	—
No. 16Round 2, pick 2	A Art Harris	Seattle SuperSonics	Stanford	—
No. 17Round 2, pick 3	L Loy Petersen	Chicago Bulls	Oregon State	—
No. 18Round 2, pick 4	B Bob Quick	Baltimore Bullets	Xavier	—
No. 19Round 2, pick 5	R Ron Dunlap	Chicago Bulls	Illinois	—
No. 20Round 2, pick 6	E Emanuel Leaks	Detroit Pistons	Niagara	—
No. 21Round 2, pick 7	D Dick Cunningham	Phoenix Suns	Murray State	—
No. 22Round 2, pick 8	G Gene Moore	Milwaukee Bucks	Saint Louis	—

Round 3

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 23Round 3, pick 1	S Stu Lantz	San Diego Rockets	Nebraska	—
No. 24Round 3, pick 2	J Jeff Ockel	Seattle SuperSonics	Utah	—
No. 25Round 3, pick 3	D Donald Dee	Detroit Pistons	St. Mary of the Plains	—
No. 26Round 3, pick 4	R Ron Nelson	Baltimore Bullets	New Mexico	—
No. 27Round 3, pick 5	P Pat Frink	Cincinnati Royals	Colorado	—
No. 28Round 3, pick 6	F Fred Foster	Cincinnati Royals	Miami (OH)	—
No. 29Round 3, pick 7	D Donald Sidle	San Francisco Warriors	Oklahoma	—
No. 30Round 3, pick 8	D Don May	New York Knicks	Dayton	—
No. 31Round 3, pick 9	D Dave Newmark	Chicago Bulls	Columbia	—
No. 32Round 3, pick 10	G Garfield Smith	Boston Celtics	Eastern Kentucky	—
No. 33Round 3, pick 11	J Jack Thompson	Baltimore Bullets	South Carolina	—
No. 34Round 3, pick 12	E Ed Johnson	Seattle SuperSonics	Tennessee State	—
No. 35Round 3, pick 13	S Sam Williams	Milwaukee Bucks	Iowa	—
No. 36Round 3, pick 14	A Art Beatty	Phoenix Suns	American	—

Round 4

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 37Round 4, pick 1	H Harry Barnes	San Diego Rockets	Northeastern	—
No. 38Round 4, pick 2	H Henry Logan	Seattle SuperSonics	Western Carolina	—
No. 39Round 4, pick 3	M Mike Lynn	Chicago Bulls	California-Los Angeles	—
No. 40Round 4, pick 4	D Dallas Thornton	Baltimore Bullets	Kentucky Wesleyan	—
No. 41Round 4, pick 5	D Daniel Sparks	Cincinnati Royals	Weber State	—
No. 42Round 4, pick 6	R Rich Niemann	Detroit Pistons	Saint Louis	—
No. 43Round 4, pick 7	E Edgar Lacey	San Francisco Warriors	California-Los Angeles	—
No. 44Round 4, pick 8	W Warren Jabali	New York Knicks	Wichita State	—
No. 45Round 4, pick 9	E Ed Biedenbach	Los Angeles Lakers	North Carolina State	—
No. 46Round 4, pick 10	R Rich Johnson	Boston Celtics	Grambling	—
No. 47Round 4, pick 11	B Bob Warren	Atlanta Hawks	Vanderbilt	—
No. 48Round 4, pick 12	D Darryl Jones	San Diego Rockets	Saint Benedict's Preparatory School	—
No. 49Round 4, pick 13	R Rich Jones	Phoenix Suns	Memphis	—
No. 50Round 4, pick 14	G Greg Smith	Milwaukee Bucks	Western Kentucky	—

Round 5

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 51Round 5, pick 1	G Glen Combs	San Diego Rockets	Virginia Tech	—
No. 52Round 5, pick 2	A Al Hairston	Seattle SuperSonics	Bowling Green	—
No. 53Round 5, pick 3	J Jim Tillman	Chicago Bulls	Loyola-Chicago	—
No. 54Round 5, pick 4	E Ed Chaplin	Baltimore Bullets	Voorhees	—
No. 55Round 5, pick 5	J Jim Kissane	Cincinnati Royals	Boston College	—
No. 56Round 5, pick 6	C Carl Fuller	Detroit Pistons	Bethune-Cookman	—
No. 57Round 5, pick 7	J Jim Eakins	San Francisco Warriors	Brigham Young	—
No. 58Round 5, pick 8	H Hal Booker	New York Knicks	Cheyney	—
No. 59Round 5, pick 9	L Lou Shephard	Los Angeles Lakers	Missouri State	—
No. 60Round 5, pick 10	T Thad Jaracz	Boston Celtics	Kentucky	—
No. 61Round 5, pick 11	R Rusty Parker	Atlanta Hawks	Miami (FL)	—
No. 62Round 5, pick 12	L Larry Miller	Philadelphia 76ers	North Carolina	—
No. 63Round 5, pick 13	J Joe Franklin	Milwaukee Bucks	Wisconsin	—
No. 64Round 5, pick 14	H Harry Hollines	Phoenix Suns	Denver	—

Round 6

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 65Round 6, pick 1	E Eldridge Webb	San Diego Rockets	Tulsa	—
No. 66Round 6, pick 2	R Ron Guziak	Seattle SuperSonics	Duquesne	—
No. 67Round 6, pick 3	K Ken Barnett	Chicago Bulls	Delaware	—
No. 68Round 6, pick 4	J Joe Heiser	Baltimore Bullets	Princeton	—
No. 69Round 6, pick 5	C Calvin Martin	Cincinnati Royals	Texas Southern	—
No. 70Round 6, pick 6	W Wally Anderzunas	Detroit Pistons	Creighton	—
No. 71Round 6, pick 7	B Bob Allen	San Francisco Warriors	Marshall	—
No. 72Round 6, pick 8	B Brian Brunkhorst	New York Knicks	Marquette	—
No. 73Round 6, pick 9	N Nick Pino	Los Angeles Lakers	Kansas State	—
No. 74Round 6, pick 10	J Jerry Newsom	Boston Celtics	Indiana State	—
No. 75Round 6, pick 11	P Phil Wagner	Atlanta Hawks	Georgia Tech	—
No. 76Round 6, pick 12	C Chuck Williams	Philadelphia 76ers	Colorado	—
No. 77Round 6, pick 13	R Rod Knowles	Phoenix Suns	Davidson	—
No. 78Round 6, pick 14	F Fred Smith	Milwaukee Bucks	Hawaii	—

Round 7

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 79Round 7, pick 1	R Rick Adelman	San Diego Rockets	Loyola-Marymount	—
No. 80Round 7, pick 2	J Jim McKean	Seattle SuperSonics	Washington State	—
No. 81Round 7, pick 3	W Willie Davis	Chicago Bulls	North Texas	—
No. 82Round 7, pick 4	J Jasper Wilson	Baltimore Bullets	Southern University	—
No. 83Round 7, pick 5	D Dick Dumas	Cincinnati Royals	Northeastern State	—
No. 84Round 7, pick 6	L Larry Newbold	Detroit Pistons	Long Island-Brooklyn	—
No. 85Round 7, pick 7	D Dave Reasor	San Francisco Warriors	West Virginia	—
No. 86Round 7, pick 8	B Bob Waldal	New York Knicks	Dickinson State	—
No. 87Round 7, pick 9	D Dennis Hrcka	Los Angeles Lakers	Hillsdale	—
No. 88Round 7, pick 10	M Mike Lewis	Boston Celtics	Duke	—
No. 89Round 7, pick 11	O Oscar Smith	Atlanta Hawks	Elizabeth City State	—
No. 90Round 7, pick 12	B Bill Jones	Philadelphia 76ers	Fairfield	—
No. 91Round 7, pick 13	T Tom Kondla	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota	—
No. 92Round 7, pick 14	C Charles Parkes	Phoenix Suns	Idaho State	—

Round 8

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 93Round 8, pick 1	A Aaron Sellers	San Diego Rockets	Jackson State	—
No. 94Round 8, pick 2	W Willie Rogers	Seattle SuperSonics	Oklahoma	—
No. 95Round 8, pick 3	L Lloyd Higgins	Chicago Bulls	Point Loma Nazarene	—
No. 96Round 8, pick 4	B Barry Orms	Baltimore Bullets	Saint Louis	—
No. 97Round 8, pick 5	D Dave Williams	Cincinnati Royals	Mississippi State	—
No. 98Round 8, pick 6	H Harry Laurie	Detroit Pistons	St. Peter's	—
No. 99Round 8, pick 7	W Walt Platkowski	San Francisco Warriors	Bowling Green	—
No. 100Round 8, pick 8	B Bobby Hooper	New York Knicks	Dayton	—
No. 101Round 8, pick 9	J John Smith	Los Angeles Lakers	Colorado State-Pueblo	—
No. 102Round 8, pick 10	J Julius Keye	Boston Celtics	Alcorn State	—
No. 103Round 8, pick 11	M Marin Baietti	Atlanta Hawks	Manhattan	—
No. 104Round 8, pick 12	M Melvin Jones	Philadelphia 76ers	Albany State (GA)	—
No. 105Round 8, pick 13	B Brian Clare	Phoenix Suns	Denver	—
No. 106Round 8, pick 14	E Elbert Miller	Milwaukee Bucks	Nevada-Las Vegas	—

Round 9

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 107Round 9, pick 1	J John Schetzsle	San Diego Rockets	Ashland	—
No. 108Round 9, pick 2	J Jimmy Smith	Seattle SuperSonics	Utah State	—
No. 109Round 9, pick 3	C Corky Bell	Chicago Bulls	Loyola-Chicago	—
No. 110Round 9, pick 4	W Wayne Chapman	Baltimore Bullets	Western Kentucky	—
No. 111Round 9, pick 5	B Butch Joyner	Cincinnati Royals	Indiana	—
No. 112Round 9, pick 6	V Vaughn Harper	Detroit Pistons	Syracuse	—
No. 113Round 9, pick 7	A Art Wilmore	San Francisco Warriors	San Francisco	—
No. 114Round 9, pick 8	R Roger Bohnenstiel	New York Knicks	Kansas	—
No. 115Round 9, pick 9	G George Stone	Los Angeles Lakers	Marshall	—
No. 116Round 9, pick 10	B Bill Butler	Boston Celtics	St. Bonaventure	—
No. 117Round 9, pick 11	M Mack Daughty	Atlanta Hawks	Albany State (GA)	—
No. 118Round 9, pick 12	C Clarence Brookins	Philadelphia 76ers	Temple	—
No. 119Round 9, pick 13	C Cliff Berger	Milwaukee Bucks	Kentucky	—
No. 120Round 9, pick 14	M Mervin Jackson	Phoenix Suns	Utah	—

Round 10

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 121Round 10, pick 1	M Mike Butler	San Diego Rockets	Memphis	—
No. 122Round 10, pick 2	J Joe Kennedy	Seattle SuperSonics	Duke	—
No. 123Round 10, pick 3	M Mike Weaver	Chicago Bulls	Northwestern	—
No. 124Round 10, pick 4	S Steve Adelman	Baltimore Bullets	Boston College	—
No. 125Round 10, pick 5	R Robert Wyendanet	Cincinnati Royals	Vanderbilt	—
No. 126Round 10, pick 6	T Tom Baack	Detroit Pistons	Nebraska	—
No. 127Round 10, pick 7	B Bob Heaney	San Francisco Warriors	Santa Clara	—
No. 128Round 10, pick 8	S Sylvester Adams	New York Knicks	North Carolina A&T	—
No. 129Round 10, pick 9	C Charles Alford	Los Angeles Lakers	East Carolina	—
No. 130Round 10, pick 10	I Ivan Leschinsky	Boston Celtics	Long Island-Brooklyn	—
No. 131Round 10, pick 11	D Dwight Waller	Atlanta Hawks	Tennessee State	—
No. 132Round 10, pick 12	G Greg Cisson	Philadelphia 76ers	Rider	—
No. 133Round 10, pick 13	L Lee Davis	Phoenix Suns	North Carolina Central	—
No. 134Round 10, pick 14	E Eugene Jones	Milwaukee Bucks	Missouri	—

Round 11

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 135Round 11, pick 1	L Leonardo Epps	San Diego Rockets	Clark Atlanta	—
No. 136Round 11, pick 2	J Jim Marsh	Seattle SuperSonics	Southern California	—
No. 137Round 11, pick 3	J Jim McGonigle	Chicago Bulls	Iowa State	—
No. 138Round 11, pick 4	A Al Dixon	Baltimore Bullets	Bowling Green	—
No. 139Round 11, pick 5	J James Robinson	Cincinnati Royals	Rochester Tech	—
No. 140Round 11, pick 6	J Jerry Chandler	San Francisco Warriors	Nevada-Las Vegas	—
No. 141Round 11, pick 7	B Bob Redd	New York Knicks	Marshall	—
No. 142Round 11, pick 8	H Harry Singletary	Los Angeles Lakers	Presbyterian	—
No. 143Round 11, pick 9	T Tom Neimeir	Boston Celtics	Evansville	—
No. 144Round 11, pick 10	H Henry Watkins	Atlanta Hawks	Tennessee State	—
No. 145Round 11, pick 11	B Bill Soens	Philadelphia 76ers	Miami (FL)	—
No. 146Round 11, pick 12	B Brad Luchini	Milwaukee Bucks	Marquette	—
No. 147Round 11, pick 13	R Ron Boone	Phoenix Suns	Idaho State	—

Round 12

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 148Round 12, pick 1	R Roy Manning	San Diego Rockets	Lane	—
No. 149Round 12, pick 2	W Walt Simon	Seattle SuperSonics	Utah	—
No. 150Round 12, pick 3	J John Lallensack	Chicago Bulls	Wisconsin-Oshkosh	—
No. 151Round 12, pick 4	W Willie Cager	Baltimore Bullets	Texas-El Paso	—
No. 152Round 12, pick 5	G Glynn Saulters	Cincinnati Royals	Louisiana-Monroe	—
No. 153Round 12, pick 6	B Bob Wolfe	San Francisco Warriors	California	—
No. 154Round 12, pick 7	P Pat Moriarty	New York Knicks	Guilford	—
No. 155Round 12, pick 8	R Reggie Lacefield	Los Angeles Lakers	Western Michigan	—
No. 156Round 12, pick 9	B Bill Langheld	Boston Celtics	Fordham	—
No. 157Round 12, pick 10	B Bill Harris	Atlanta Hawks	Texas-El Paso	—
No. 158Round 12, pick 11	T Ted Campbell	Philadelphia 76ers	North Carolina A&T	—
No. 159Round 12, pick 12	D Dave Miller	Milwaukee Bucks	Florida	—
No. 160Round 12, pick 13	B Bill Davis	Phoenix Suns	Arizona	—

Round 13

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 161Round 13, pick 1	M Marshall Evans	San Diego Rockets	Lincoln (MO)	—
No. 162Round 13, pick 2	C Carlos Ogden	Seattle SuperSonics	Santa Clara	—
No. 163Round 13, pick 3	H Herm Gilliam	Chicago Bulls	Purdue	—
No. 164Round 13, pick 4	R Rudy Bogad	Baltimore Bullets	St. John's (NY)	—
No. 165Round 13, pick 5	B Bill Tindall	Cincinnati Royals	Massachusetts	—
No. 166Round 13, pick 6	K Ken Morehead	New York Knicks	Hiram Scott	—
No. 167Round 13, pick 7	H Harvey Mumford	Los Angeles Lakers	Montana State	—
No. 168Round 13, pick 8	A Art Stephenson	Boston Celtics	Rhode Island	—
No. 169Round 13, pick 9	F Frank Standard	Atlanta Hawks	South Carolina	—
No. 170Round 13, pick 10	E Earl Seyfert	Philadelphia 76ers	Kansas State	—
No. 171Round 13, pick 11	P Pat Hobard	Phoenix Suns	California (PA)	—

Round 14

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 172Round 14, pick 1	B Bobby Lewis	San Diego Rockets	North Carolina State	—
No. 173Round 14, pick 2	M Mike Warren	Seattle SuperSonics	California-Los Angeles	—
No. 174Round 14, pick 3	D Dave Carr	Chicago Bulls	Washington	—
No. 175Round 14, pick 4	E Ernest Sims	Baltimore Bullets	East Tennessee State	—
No. 176Round 14, pick 5	C Charles Core	Cincinnati Royals	Southeastern Louisiana	—
No. 177Round 14, pick 6	J John Harlow	New York Knicks	Princeton	—
No. 178Round 14, pick 7	J John Godfrey	Los Angeles Lakers	Abilene Christian	—
No. 179Round 14, pick 8	K Keith Hockstein	Boston Celtics	Holy Cross	—
No. 180Round 14, pick 9	G George Hicker	Atlanta Hawks	Syracuse	—
No. 181Round 14, pick 10	T Tom Youngdale	Philadelphia 76ers	Davidson	—

Round 15

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 182Round 15, pick 1	B Bill Gaines	San Diego Rockets	Texas A&M-Commerce	—
No. 183Round 15, pick 2	M Mickey McCarthy	Chicago Bulls	Texas Christian	—
No. 184Round 15, pick 3	J Joe Allen	Baltimore Bullets	Bradley	—
No. 185Round 15, pick 4	M Mike Drepling	Cincinnati Royals	Westminster (PA)	—
No. 186Round 15, pick 5	E Ed Fellers	New York Knicks	Guilford	—
No. 187Round 15, pick 6	J Johnny Baum	Los Angeles Lakers	Temple	—
No. 188Round 15, pick 7	B Bernie Foster	Atlanta Hawks	Point Loma Nazarene	—
No. 189Round 15, pick 8	G George Mack	Philadelphia 76ers	North Carolina A&T	—

Round 16

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 190Round 16, pick 1	C Chuck Caldwell	San Diego Rockets	Missouri-St. Louis	—
No. 191Round 16, pick 2	F Fred Holden	Chicago Bulls	Louisville	—
No. 192Round 16, pick 3	D Dennis Blace	Baltimore Bullets	San Francisco	—
No. 193Round 16, pick 4	D Dick Harris	Cincinnati Royals	Unknown	—
No. 194Round 16, pick 5	B Bob Ferguson	New York Knicks	Tennessee Wesleyan	—
No. 195Round 16, pick 6	M Mike Eberle	Los Angeles Lakers	Wyoming	—
No. 196Round 16, pick 7	T Terry Allerton	Atlanta Hawks	Baldwin Wallace	—
No. 197Round 16, pick 8	J Joe Crews	Philadelphia 76ers	Villanova	—

Round 17

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 198Round 17, pick 1	D Dave Miller	San Diego Rockets	South Dakota State	—
No. 199Round 17, pick 2	T Tom Benedict	Chicago Bulls	Central Washington	—
No. 200Round 17, pick 3	G Greg Morris	Baltimore Bullets	Cornell	—
No. 201Round 17, pick 4	J John Howard	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati	—
No. 202Round 17, pick 5	M Milt Williams	New York Knicks	Lincoln (MO)	—
No. 203Round 17, pick 6	N Nate Ware	Philadelphia 76ers	Tennessee State	—

Round 18

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 204Round 18, pick 1	H Harold Grant	San Diego Rockets	Pepperdine	—
No. 205Round 18, pick 2	B Bob Zoretich	Chicago Bulls	DePaul	—
No. 206Round 18, pick 3	A Art Kenny	Baltimore Bullets	Fairfield	—
No. 207Round 18, pick 4	L Larry Humes	Cincinnati Royals	Evansville	—

Round 19

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 208Round 19, pick 1	B Bill Corley	San Diego Rockets	Connecticut	—
No. 209Round 19, pick 2	R Rich Mason	Chicago Bulls	Indiana State	—
No. 210Round 19, pick 3	J Jim LaCour	Baltimore Bullets	Seattle	—
No. 211Round 19, pick 4	J Jay Reffords	Cincinnati Royals	Unknown	—

Round 20

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 212Round 20, pick 1	R Rich Rirkendal	Chicago Bulls	Norfolk State	—
No. 213Round 20, pick 2	R Ron Woodruff	Baltimore Bullets	Midwestern State	—

Round 21

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 214Round 21, pick 1	W Willie Horton	Chicago Bulls	Delaware	—