1961 NBA draft picks Full list
First round of the 1961 NBA draft
Second round of the 1961 NBA draft
Third round of the 1961 NBA draft
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Tony Jackson | St. John's | New York Knicks |
| 25 | Bevo Nordmann | Saint Louis | Cincinnati Royals |
| 26 | Doug Kistler | Duke | Detroit Pistons |
| 27 | Frank Burgess | Gonzaga | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 28 | Chuck Osborne | Western Kentucky | Syracuse Nationals |
| 29 | Jack Egan | Saint Joseph's | Philadelphia Warriors |
| 30 | Tom Chilton | East Tennessee State | St. Louis Hawks |
| 31 | Bill Depp | Vanderbilt | Boston Celtics |
| 32 | Bill Bridges | Kansas | Chicago Packers |
4th round of the 1961 NBA draft
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | George Blaney | Holy Cross | New York Knicks |
| 34 | Lowery Kirk | Memphis | Cincinnati Royals |
| 35 | George Finley | Tennessee State | Detroit Pistons |
| 36 | Charles Henke | Missouri | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 37 | Henry Whitney | Iowa State | Syracuse Nationals |
| 38 | John Tidwell | Michigan | Philadelphia Warriors |
| 39 | Gus Guydon | Drake | St. Louis Hawks |
| 40 | Carl Cole | Eastern Kentucky | Boston Celtics |
| 41 | Roger Kaiser | Georgia Tech | Chicago Packers |
5th round of the 1961 NBA draft
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Bill Smith | Saint Peter's | New York Knicks |
| 43 | Rossie Johnson | Tennessee State | Cincinnati Royals |
| 44 | Danny Doyle | Belmont Abbey College | Detroit Pistons |
| 45 | Bill Lickert | Kentucky | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 46 | Don Jacobson | South Dakota | Syracuse Nationals |
| 47 | Bruce Spraggins | Virginia Union | Philadelphia Warriors |
| 48 | John Berberich | UCLA | St. Louis Hawks |
| 49 | Bob DiStefano | NC State | Boston Celtics |
| 50 | Howie Carl | DePaul | Chicago Packers |
6th round of the 1961 NBA draft
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Cleveland Buckner | Jackson State | New York Knicks |
| 52 | Bob Slobodnik | Duquesne | Cincinnati Royals |
| 53 | Lee Patrone | West Virginia | Detroit Pistons |
| 54 | Bill McClintock | California | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 55 | Billy Joe Price | New Mexico State | Syracuse Nationals |
| 56 | Dick Goldberg | Southern Mississippi | Philadelphia Warriors |
| 57 | Bob McDonald | Maryland | St. Louis Hawks |
| 58 | Ned Twyman | Duquesne | Boston Celtics |
| 59 | Dave Voss | Tulsa | Chicago Packers |
7th round of the 1961 NBA draft
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | Donnis Butcher | Pikeville | New York Knicks |
| 61 | Dave Zeller | Miami (OH) | Cincinnati Royals |
| 62 | Burt Price | Wittenberg | Detroit Pistons |
| 63 | Albert Alamanza | Texas | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 64 | Roger Newman | Kentucky | Syracuse Nationals |
| 65 | Charles McNeil | Maryland | Philadelphia Warriors |
| 66 | Charles Riley | Winston-Salem State | St. Louis Hawks |
| 67 | Mel Klein | Northern State | Boston Celtics |
| 68 | Ron Heller | Wichita State | Chicago Packers |
8th round of the 1961 NBA draft
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | Cedrick Price | Kansas State | New York Knicks |
| 70 | Jerry Thelen | Thomas More | Cincinnati Royals |
| 71 | Walter Ward | Hampton | Detroit Pistons |
| 72 | Bill Ellis | UCLA | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 73 | Dave Mills | Seattle | Syracuse Nationals |
| 74 | Larry Swift | Truman State | Philadelphia Warriors |
| 75 | Gene Velloff | Doane College | St. Louis Hawks |
| 76 | John Wessels | Illinois | Chicago Packers |
9th round of the 1961 NBA draft
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | Charles Bowman | Wabash | New York Knicks |
| 78 | Larry Krueger | Ohio | Cincinnati Royals |
| 79 | Peter Baltic | Penn State | Detroit Pistons |
| 80 | Carl Anderson | Oregon State | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 81 | Rex Tippitt | Grambling | Syracuse Nationals |
| 82 | Herbert Gray | North Carolina A&T | St. Louis Hawks |
| 83 | Steve Strange | SMU | Chicago Packers |
10th round of the 1961 NBA draft
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | Ron Debillous | Milwaukee | New York Knicks |
| 85 | Jack Waters | Ole Miss | Cincinnati Royals |
| 86 | Wayne Monson | Northern Michigan | Detroit Pistons |
| 87 | Robert Williams | Allan Hancock College | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 88 | Pete Chudy | Syracuse | Syracuse Nationals |
| 89 | Leo Hill | Cal State-Los Angeles | Philadelphia Warriors |
| 90 | Tom Faszholz | N.D. | St. Louis Hawks |
| 91 | Larry Comley | Kansas State | Chicago Packers |
11th round of the 1961 NBA draft
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | Kevin Loughery | St. John's | New York Knicks |
| 93 | Carl Short | Newberry | Cincinnati Royals |
| 94 | Richard Kraft | Brockport State | Detroit Pistons |
| 95 | Howard Hunt | Duke | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 96 | Dick Sammons | Le Moyne | Syracuse Nationals |
| 97 | Corky Whitrow | Georgetown College | Philadelphia Warriors |
| 98 | Dick Kepley | North Carolina | St. Louis Hawks |
12th round of the 1961 NBA draft
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | Earl Shultz | California | New York Knicks |
| 100 | George Patterson | Toledo | Cincinnati Royals |
| 101 | Jackie Crawford | Centenary College (LA) | St. Louis Hawks |
13th round of the 1961 NBA draft
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 102 | Ned Jennings | Kentucky | New York Knicks |
| 103 | Clair McRoberts | Monmouth | Cincinnati Royals |
| 104 | Howard Stacy | Louisville | St. Louis Hawks |
14th round of the 1961 NBA draft
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | Bill Engressor | LSU | New York Knicks |
| 106 | Carl Bouldin | Cincinnati | Cincinnati Royals |
15th round of the 1961 NBA draft
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 107 | Vince Kempton | Saint Joseph's | New York Knicks |
(1) Non NCAA international players are listed by the country in which they were playing when drafted or signed if undrafted.