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1956 NBA Draft

100 picks · 37 linked to player profiles.

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Most productive player from the 1956 class

Elgin Baylor

Pick #91 · 653 games · 25.9 career PPG

PickRdPlayerPositionTeamCollegeCareer GCareer PPG
1 1 Si Green Guard SAC Duquesne 403 8.5
1 1 Si Green Guard SAC Duquesne 403 8.5
2 1 Bill Russell Center ATL San Francisco 728 14.7
2 1 Bill Russell Center ATL San Francisco 728 14.7
3 1 Jim Paxson Guard LAL Dayton 967 13.1
3 1 Jim Paxson Guard LAL Dayton 967 13.1
3 1 Jim Paxson Guard LAL Dayton 967 13.1
4 1 Ron Shavlik Forward NYK NC State 8 1.2
4 1 Ron Shavlik Forward NYK North Carolina State 8 1.2
5 1 Joe Holup Forward PHI George Washington 245 6.5
5 1 Joe Holup Forward PHI George Washington 245 6.5
6 1 Tom Heinsohn Small Forward BOS Holy Cross 501 17.7
6 1 Ron Sobie Guard DET DePaul 208 8.3
7 1 Ron Sobie Guard DET DePaul 208 8.3
7 1 Hal Lear Point Guard GSW Temple 3 1.3
8 1 Hal Lear Point Guard GSW Temple 3 1.3
9 2 Bob Burrow Center SAC Kentucky 81 5.6
10 2 Willie Naulls Center ATL UCLA 703 13.1
11 2 Terry Rand — LAL Marquette — —
12 2 Gary Bergen Center NYK Utah 6 1.3
13 2 Paul Judson — PHI Illinois — —
14 2 K.C. Jones Guard BOS San Francisco 440 7.3
15 2 Bob Kessler — DET Maryland — —
16 2 Phil Rollins Guard GSW Louisville 160 5.3
17 3 Dave Piontek Forward SAC Xavier 416 8.1
18 3 Darrell Floyd — ATL Furman University — —
19 3 Jerry Bird Forward LAL Kentucky 11 2.3
20 3 Jerry Harper — NYK Alabama — —
21 3 Forest Able Guard PHI Western Kentucky 1 0.0
22 3 George Linn — BOS Alabama — —
23 3 Bill Thieben Forward DET Hofstra 85 4.0
24 3 Bevo Francis — GSW University of Rio Grande — —
25 4 Johnny McCarthy Guard SAC Canisius 222 7.9
26 4 Robin Freeman — ATL Ohio State — —
27 4 Lloyd Aubrey — LAL Notre Dame — —
28 4 Ronnie Mayer — NYK Duke — —
29 4 Swede Halbrook — PHI Oregon State — —
30 4 Dan Swartz Forward BOS Morehead State University 39 4.5
31 4 Charles Slack — DET Marshall — —
32 4 Phil Wheeler — GSW Cincinnati — —
33 5 Bill Uhl — SAC Dayton — —
34 5 Norm Stewart Forward ATL Missouri 5 2.0
35 5 Bill Reigel — LAL McNeese State University — —
36 5 Joe Sexson — NYK Purdue — —
37 5 Jim Ray Guard PHI Toledo 8 1.2
38 5 Bill Logan — BOS Iowa — —
39 5 Joe Liebler — DET Holy Cross — —
40 5 Joe Belmont — GSW Duke — —
41 6 Kevin Thomas — SAC Boston University — —
42 6 Dave Plunkett — ATL Cincinnati — —
43 6 Phil Jordon Center LAL Whitworth 345 10.0
44 6 Pat Dunn Shooting Guard NYK Utah State University 28 2.5
45 6 Jim McLaughlin — PHI Saint Louis — —
46 6 Don Boldebuck — BOS Houston — —
47 6 Paul Schlimm — DET John Carroll University — —
48 6 Mickey Winograd — GSW Duquesne — —
49 7 Carl Cain — SAC Iowa — —
50 7 Julius McCoy — ATL Michigan State — —
51 7 John Barber Forward LAL California State University, Los Angeles 99 7.2
52 7 Jack Adams — NYK Eastern Kentucky University — —
53 7 Les Roh — PHI Idaho State University — —
54 7 O'Neal Weaver — BOS Midwestern State University — —
55 7 Bruce Harris — DET Tennessee Technological University — —
56 7 John Fannon — GSW Notre Dame — —
57 8 Clayton Carter — SAC Oklahoma State — —
58 8 Morris Taft — ATL UCLA — —
59 8 Sam Jones Guard LAL NC Central 653 17.3
60 8 Art Bunte — NYK Utah — —
61 8 Chester Webb — PHI Georgia Southern University — —
62 8 Vic Molodet — BOS NC State — —
63 8 Max Anderson — GSW Oregon — —
64 9 Dan Mannix — SAC St. Francis College — —
65 9 Jim Reed — ATL Texas Tech — —
66 9 Jim Springer Center LAL Gustavus Adolphus 2 0.5
67 9 Dick Miller Forward NYK Wisconsin 16 1.0
68 9 Dick Julio — PHI University of Massachusetts Dartmouth — —
69 9 Jim Houston — BOS Brandeis University — —
70 9 Ronald Clark — GSW Springfield College — —
71 10 Jerry Moreman — SAC Louisville — —
72 10 Herschel Pedersen — ATL BYU — —
73 10 Phil Grawemeyer — LAL Kentucky — —
74 10 Howie Crittenden — NYK Murray State — —
75 10 Bob Hopkins Center PHI Grambling State University 273 8.2
76 10 Theophilus Lloyd — BOS Maryland — —
77 11 Gene Carpenter — SAC Texas Tech — —
78 11 Wally Choice — ATL Indiana — —
79 11 Robert Hodgson — LAL Wichita State — —
80 11 Dick Miani — NYK Miami (FL) — —
81 11 Willie Bergines — PHI West Virginia — —
82 12 Ed Huse — ATL Wyoming — —
83 12 Carl Widseth — LAL Tennessee — —
84 12 Ed Petrie — NYK Seton Hall — —
85 12 Dick Kenyon — PHI LeMoyne College — —
86 13 Arthur Helms — ATL Houston — —
87 13 John Patzwald — LAL Gustavus Adolphus — —
88 13 Toby Roybal — NYK New Mexico — —
89 13 Milt Graham — PHI Colgate — —
90 14 Junior Morgan — ATL Duke — —
91 14 Elgin Baylor Forward LAL Seattle University 653 25.9
92 14 Chuck Rolles — PHI Cornell — —