1977 NBA draft picks Full list
First round of the 1977 NBA draft
Second round of the 1977 NBA draft
Third round of the 1977 NBA draft
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | Bill Paterno | Notre Dame | Kansas City Kings |
| 46 | James Edwards | Washington | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 47 | Gary Yoder | Cincinnati | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 48 | Sam Smith | UNLV | Atlanta Hawks |
| 49 | Eddie Johnson | Auburn | Atlanta Hawks |
| 50 | Tony Hanson | Uconn | New Orleans Hornets |
| 51 | Stan Mayhew | Weber State | Indiana Pacers |
| 52 | Joe Hassett | Providence | Seattle SuperSonics |
| 53 | John Kuester | North Carolina | Kansas City Kings |
| 54 | Lloyd McMillian | Long Beach State | New York Knicks |
| 55 | Steve Grote | Michigan | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 56 | Skip Brown | Wake Forest | Boston Celtics |
| 57 | Steve Puidokas | Washington State | Washington Bullets |
| 58 | John Irving | Hofstra | Detroit Pistons |
| 59 | Dan Henderson | Arkansas State | San Antonio Spurs |
| 60 | Marlon Redmond | San Francisco | Golden State Warriors |
| 61 | Jerry Schellenberg | Wake Forest | Washington Bullets |
| 62 | Phil Bond | Louisville | Houston Rockets |
| 63 | Ricky Brown | Alabama | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 64 | Arnold Dugger | Oral Roberts | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 65 | Robert Smith | UNLV | Denver Nuggets |
| 66 | Mike Bratz | Stanford | Phoenix Suns |
4th round of the 1977 NBA draft
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | Bob Elmore | Wichita State | New York Nets |
| 68 | Melvin Watkins | Charlotte | Buffalo Braves |
| 69 | Lewis Brown | UNLV | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 70 | Dave Bormann | Gardner-Webb | Atlanta Hawks |
| 71 | Greg Griffin | Idaho State | Phoenix Suns |
| 72 | Dennis Boyd | Detroit Mercy | New Orleans Hornets |
| 73 | George Pendleton | Georgia State | Indiana Pacers |
| 74 | Jim Cooper | Alabama | Seattle SuperSonics |
| 75 | Larry Williams | Texas Southern | Kansas City Kings |
| 76 | Steve Hayes | Idaho State | New York Knicks |
| 77 | Melvin Jones | West Texas A&M | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 78 | Jeff Cummings | Tulane | Boston Celtics |
| 79 | Mike McConalthy | Louisiana Tech | Chicago Bulls |
| 80 | Bruce King | Iowa | Detroit Pistons |
| 81 | Matt Hicks | Northern Illinois | San Antonio Spurs |
| 82 | Roy Smith | Kentucky State | Golden State Warriors |
| 83 | David Reavis | Georgia | Washington Bullets |
| 84 | Rocky Smith | Oregon State | Houston Rockets |
| 85 | Greg White | USC | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 86 | Jack Jones | Utah | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 87 | Leartha Scott | Wisconsin-Parkside | Golden State Warriors |
| 88 | Tony Robertson | West Virginia | Los Angeles Lakers |
5th round of the 1977 NBA draft
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | Gerald Cunningham | Kentucky State | New York Nets |
| 90 | Mike Hanley | Niagara | Buffalo Braves |
| 91 | Ron Norwood | DePaul | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 92 | Bill Gordon | Chattanooga | Atlanta Hawks |
| 93 | Cecil Rellford | St. John's | Phoenix Suns |
| 94 | Jim Grady | Gonzaga | New Orleans Hornets |
| 95 | Marvin Jackson | Prairie View A&M | Indiana Pacers |
| 96 | Dale Haberman | McKendree | Seattle SuperSonics |
| 97 | Bob Chapman | Michigan State | Kansas City Kings |
| 98 | Bill Terry | Monmouth | New York Knicks |
| 99 | Al Smith | Jackson State | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 100 | Bill Langloh | Virginia | Boston Celtics |
| 101 | Nate Davis | South Carolina | Chicago Bulls |
| 102 | Jim Kennedy | Missouri | Detroit Pistons |
| 103 | Scott Sims | Missouri | San Antonio Spurs |
| 104 | Ray Epps | Norfolk State | Golden State Warriors |
| 105 | Bruce Parkinson | Purdue | Washington Bullets |
| 106 | Ed Thompson | Idaho State | Houston Rockets |
| 107 | Donn Wilber | La Salle | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 108 | Teko Wynder | Tulsa | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 109 | John Billups | Ole Miss | Denver Nuggets |
| 110 | John Robinson | Michigan | Los Angeles Lakers |
6th round of the 1977 NBA draft
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 111 | Mark Crow | Duke | New York Nets |
| 112 | Curvan Lewis | Virginia Union | Buffalo Braves |
| 113 | Chuck Goodyear | Miami (OH) | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 114 | Calvin Crews | Louisiana | Atlanta Hawks |
| 115 | Billy McKinney | Northwestern | Phoenix Suns |
| 116 | Wayne Golden | Chattanooga | New Orleans Hornets |
| 117 | Tom Scheffler | Purdue | Indiana Pacers |
| 118 | Bucky O'Brien | Seattle | Seattle SuperSonics |
| 119 | Bob Cooper | Providence | Kansas City Kings |
| 120 | Jerry Graycraft | Milligan | New York Knicks |
| 121 | Ron Cox | Eastern Washington | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 122 | Roy Pace | Rutgers-Camden | Boston Celtics |
| 123 | Jay Chessman | BYU | Chicago Bulls |
| 124 | Herb Nobles | Kansas | Detroit Pistons |
| 125 | Bruce Buckley | North Carolina | San Antonio Spurs |
| 126 | Jack Phelan | St. Francis (PA) | Golden State Warriors |
| 127 | Ernie Wansley | Virginia Tech | Washington Bullets |
| 128 | Myron Jordan | Pacific | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 129 | George Gibson | Winston-Salem State | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 130 | Jim Town | Massachusetts | Denver Nuggets |
| 131 | Grover Woolard | Murray State | Los Angeles Lakers |
7th round of the 1977 NBA draft
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 132 | Scott Conant | Newberry | New York Nets |
| 133 | Mike Jackson | Tennessee | Buffalo Braves |
| 134 | Ron Bostic | Detroit Mercy | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 135 | James Holliman | Arizona State | Atlanta Hawks |
| 136 | Alvin Scott | Oral Roberts | Phoenix Suns |
| 137 | Lusia Harris | Delta State | New Orleans Hornets |
| 138 | Billy Reynolds | Northwestern State | Seattle SuperSonics |
| 139 | Bruce Jenner | Graceland | Kansas City Kings |
| 140 | Tom Weadock | St. John's | New York Knicks |
| 141 | Bob Riddle | Eastern Michigan | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 142 | Dave Kyle | Cleveland State | Boston Celtics |
| 143 | Mike Smith | Evansville | Chicago Bulls |
| 144 | Robert Lewis | Johnson C. Smith | Detroit Pistons |
| 145 | Richard Robinson | New Mexico | San Antonio Spurs |
| 146 | Jerry Thurston | Mercer | Golden State Warriors |
| 147 | Calvin Brown | American | Washington Bullets |
| 148 | Don Smith | Oregon State | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 149 | Dennin Forest | Omaha | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 150 | Willie High | Alabama State | Denver Nuggets |
| 151 | Lars Hansen | Washington | Los Angeles Lakers |
8th round of the 1977 NBA draft
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 152 | Ralph Drollinger | UCLA | New York Nets |
| 153 | Emery Sammons | Philadelphia University | Buffalo Braves |
| 154 | Larry Pikes | Milwaukee | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 155 | Vern Thompson | BYU | Atlanta Hawks |
| 156 | Alvin Joseph | UC Riverside | Phoenix Suns |
| 157 | Dave Speicher | Toledo | New Orleans Hornets |
| 158 | Jeff Frey | Evansville | Seattle SuperSonics |
| 159 | Ken Slappy | Saint Peter's | New York Knicks |
| 160 | Tom Cutter | Western Michigan | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 161 | Tom Harris | Bowling Green | Boston Celtics |
| 162 | Rich Rhodes | Eastern Illinois | Chicago Bulls |
| 163 | Tim Appleton | Kenyon | Detroit Pistons |
| 164 | Jerome Gladney | Arizona | San Antonio Spurs |
| 165 | Ricky Marsh | Manhattan | Golden State Warriors |
| 166 | Pat McKinley | Towson | Washington Bullets |
| 167 | Harold Rhodes | Washington | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 168 | John Olive | Villanova | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 169 | Len Saunders | Florida | Denver Nuggets |
| 170 | Art Allen | Pepperdine | Los Angeles Lakers |
(1) Non NCAA international players are listed by the country in which they were playing when drafted or signed if undrafted.