Completed draft · verified results
All draft years1963 NBA Draft
84 selections across 15 rounds, with source attribution and no retrospective commentary added.
Basketball ReferenceStructured historical selection facts; no source commentary is reproduced.Open source record ↗
84 shown
PickRoundPlayerPositionCollege / former clubDrafted by
11Art Heyman—DukeNYK
21Rod Thorn—West VirginiaBAL
31Nate Thurmond—Bowling GreenSFW
41Eddie Miles—Seattle UniversityDET
51Tom Thacker—CincinnatiCIN
61Gerry Ward—Boston CollegeSTL
71Tom Hoover—VillanovaPHI
81Roger Strickland—Jacksonville UniversityLAL
91Bill Green—Colorado StateBOS
102Jerry Harkness—Loyola ChicagoNYK
112Gus Johnson—IdahoBAL
122Gary Hill—Oklahoma City UniversitySFW
132Jerry Smith—Furman UniversityDET
142Jim King—TulsaLAL
152Leland Mitchell—Mississippi StateSTL
162Hershell West—Grambling State UniversityPHI
172Mel Gibson—Western Carolina UniversityLAL
182Ken Saylors—Arkansas Tech UniversitySTL
193Bill O'Connor—CanisiusNYK
203Tom Bolyard—IndianaBAL
213Steve Gray—Saint Mary'sSFW
223Mike McCoy—Miami (FL)DET
233Jimmy Rayl—IndianaCIN
243Bill Burwell—IllinoisSTL
253Jerry Greenspan—MarylandPHI
263Lyle Harger—HoustonLAL
273Chuck Kriston—ValparaisoBOS
284Nate Cloud—University of DelawareNYK
294Nolen Ellison—KansasBAL
304Dave Downey—IllinoisSFW
314Dave Erickson—MarquetteDET
324Ken Charlton—ColoradoCIN
334Waite Bellamy—Florida A&MSTL
344Ray Flynn—ProvidencePHI
354Layton Johns—AuburnLAL
364Connie McGuire—Southeastern Oklahoma State UniversityBOS
375Joe McDermott—Belmont Abbey CollegeNYK
385Ron Glaser—MarquetteBAL
395Don Turner—Southwestern CollegeSFW
405Bill Small—IllinoisDET
415Mack Herndon—BradleyCIN
425Tony Yates—CincinnatiSTL
435Tony Cerkvenik—Arizona StatePHI
445Larry Jones—ToledoLAL
455Red Stroud—Mississippi StateBOS
466Jim Kerwin—TulaneNYK
476Ken Siebel—WisconsinBAL
486Gene Shields—Santa ClaraSFW
496Reggie Harding——DET
506Jim McCormick—West VirginiaCIN
516Al Santio—MarylandSTL
526Vince Brewer—Iowa StatePHI
536Warren Sallade—Westminster College of PennsylvaniaLAL
546Vinnie Ernst—ProvidenceBOS
557Bob Woollard—Wake ForestNYK
567Larry Brown—UNCBAL
577Don Clemetson—StanfordSFW
587Ira Harge—New MexicoDET
597Hunter Beckman—MemphisCIN
607Ken Rohloff—NC StateSTL
617Bill Brown—Howard Payne UniversityPHI
627Gordie Martin—USCLAL
637Herb Magee—Philadelphia UniversityBOS
648Freddie Crawford—St. BonaventureNYK
658Rich Froistad—Iowa StateBAL
668Harry Dinnel—PepperdineSFW
678Gary Silc—Northern Michigan UniversityDET
688Harold Ray Strother—Texas A&MSTL
699Ray Cronk—Lakeland CollegeNYK
709Ron Jackson—WisconsinBAL
719Chuck White—IdahoSFW
729Ernie Dunston—Seattle UniversityDET
739Frank Davis—Oklahoma Christian UniversitySTL
7410Gerald Glur—Furman UniversityNYK
7510M. C. Thompson—DePaulBAL
7610Carl Ritter—SE Missouri StateSTL
7711Orb Bowling—TennesseeNYK
7811Marv Straw—Iowa StateSTL
7912Bob Walters—Baldwin-Wallace CollegeNYK
8012Hugh Evans—North Carolina A&TSTL
8113Jerry Szachara—CornellNYK
8213Gary McFarland—Central Missouri State UniversitySTL
8314Bill Raftery—La SalleNYK
8415Ron Pickett—Eastern Kentucky UniversityNYK
No selections match those filters.