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1961 NBA Draft

217 picks · 67 linked to player profiles.

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Most productive player from the 1961 class

Walt Bellamy

Pick #1 · 1,050 games · 19.1 career PPG

PickRdPlayerPositionTeamCollegeCareer GCareer PPG
1 1 Walt Bellamy Center WAS Indiana 1,050 19.1
1 1 Walt Bellamy Center WAS Indiana 1,050 19.1
2 1 Tom Stith Forward NYK St. Bonaventure 25 3.1
2 1 Tom Stith Forward NYK St. Bonaventure 25 3.1
3 1 Larry Siegfried Guard SAC Ohio State 455 10.2
3 1 Larry Siegfried Guard SAC Ohio State 455 10.2
4 1 Ray Scott Forward DET University of Portland 537 14.9
4 1 Ray Scott Forward DET Portland 537 14.9
5 1 Wayne Yates Center LAL Memphis — —
5 1 Wayne Yates Center LAL Memphis — —
6 1 Ben Warley Forward PHI Tennessee State 283 5.9
6 1 Ben Warley Forward PHI Tennessee State 283 5.9
7 1 Tom Meschery Small Forward GSW Saint Mary's 547 13.6
7 1 Tom Meschery Small Forward GSW St. Mary's (CA) 547 13.6
8 1 Cleo Hill Point Guard ATL Winston-Salem State — —
8 1 Cleo Hill Point Guard ATL Winston-Salem State — —
9 1 Gary Phillips Guard BOS Houston 281 7.3
9 1 Gary Phillips Guard BOS Houston 281 7.3
10 2 Jack Turner Guard WAS Louisville 65 4.3
10 2 Jack Turner Guard WAS Louisville 65 4.3
10 2 Ronald Martin Guard NYK St. Bonaventure — —
11 2 Jerry Graves — WAS Mississippi State — —
11 2 Bob Wiesenhahn Forward SAC Cincinnati — —
12 2 York Larese Guard WAS UNC — —
12 2 Johnny Egan Guard DET Providence 663 8.8
13 2 Don Kojis Forward WAS Marquette 657 12.2
13 2 Fred Sawyer — LAL Louisville — —
14 2 Doug Moe — WAS UNC — —
14 2 Chris Smith — PHI Virginia Tech — —
15 2 Whitey Martin — NYK St. Bonaventure — —
15 2 Ted Luckenbill Forward GSW Houston 20 3.1
16 2 Bob Wiesenhahn Forward SAC Cincinnati — —
16 2 Ron Horn Forward ATL Indiana 28 2.6
17 2 Johnny Egan Guard DET Providence 663 8.8
17 2 Al Butler Point Guard BOS Niagara 175 8.3
18 2 Fred Sawyer — LAL Louisville — —
18 2 Jack Turner Guard WAS Louisville 65 4.3
19 2 Chris Smith Guard PHI Virginia Tech 426 7.8
19 2 Chris Smith Guard PHI Virginia Tech 226 5.0
19 2 Jerry Graves — WAS Mississippi State — —
20 2 Ted Luckenbill Forward GSW Houston 20 3.1
20 2 York Larese Guard WAS North Carolina — —
21 2 Ron Horn Forward ATL Indiana 28 2.6
21 2 Don Kojis Forward WAS Marquette 657 12.2
22 2 Al Butler Point Guard BOS Niagara University 175 8.3
22 2 Doug Moe — WAS North Carolina — —
23 2 Jeff Cohen — WAS William & Mary — —
23 2 Jeff Cohen — WAS William & Mary — —
24 3 Tony Jackson Point Guard NYK St. John's 2 1.0
24 3 Tony Jackson — NYK St. John's (NY) — —
25 3 Bevo Nordmann — SAC Saint Louis — —
25 3 Robert Nordmann Center SAC Saint Louis — —
26 3 Doug Kistler Power Forward DET Duke — —
26 3 Doug Kistler Power Forward DET Duke — —
27 3 Frank Burgess — LAL Gonzaga — —
27 3 Frank Burgess — LAL Gonzaga — —
28 3 Chuck Osborne Forward PHI Western Kentucky — —
28 3 Chuck Osborne Forward PHI Western Kentucky — —
29 3 Jack Egan — GSW Saint Joseph's — —
29 3 Jack Egan — GSW Saint Joseph's — —
30 3 Tom Chilton — ATL East Tennessee State University — —
30 3 Tom Chilton — ATL East Tennessee State — —
31 3 Bill Depp — BOS Vanderbilt — —
31 3 Bill Depp — BOS Vanderbilt — —
32 3 Bill Bridges Forward WAS Kansas 957 11.0
32 3 Bill Bridges Forward WAS Kansas 957 11.0
33 4 George Blaney Guard NYK Holy Cross — —
33 4 George Blaney Guard NYK Holy Cross — —
34 4 Lowery Kirk — SAC Memphis — —
34 4 Lowery Kirk — SAC Memphis — —
35 4 George Finley — DET Tennessee State — —
35 4 George Finley — DET Tennessee State — —
36 4 Charles Henke — LAL Missouri — —
36 4 Charles Henke — LAL Missouri — —
37 4 Hank Whitney — PHI Iowa State — —
37 4 Hank Whitney — PHI Iowa State — —
38 4 John Tidwell — GSW Michigan — —
38 4 John Tidwell — GSW Michigan — —
39 4 Gus Guydon — ATL Drake University — —
39 4 Gus Guydon — ATL Drake — —
40 4 Carl Cole — BOS Eastern Kentucky University — —
40 4 Carl Cole — BOS Eastern Kentucky — —
41 4 Roger Kaiser — WAS Georgia Tech — —
41 4 Roger Kaiser — WAS Georgia Tech — —
42 5 Bill Smith Center NYK Saint Peter's College — —
42 5 Bill Smith Forward NYK Saint Peter's College — —
42 5 Bill Smith Forward NYK St. Peter's — —
43 5 Rossie Johnson — SAC Tennessee State — —
43 5 Rossie Johnson — SAC Tennessee State — —
44 5 Danny Doyle Small Forward DET Belmont Abbey College 4 4.0
44 5 Danny Doyle Small Forward DET Belmont Abbey 4 4.0
45 5 Bill Lickert — LAL Kentucky — —
45 5 Bill Lickert — LAL Kentucky — —
46 5 Don Jacobsen — PHI South Dakota State — —
46 5 Don Jacobson — PHI South Dakota State — —
47 5 Bruce Spraggins — GSW Virginia Union University — —
47 5 Bruce Spraggins — GSW Virginia Union — —
48 5 John Berberich — ATL UCLA — —
48 5 John Berberich — ATL California-Los Angeles — —
49 5 Bob DiStefano — BOS NC State — —
49 5 Bob DiStefano — BOS North Carolina State — —
50 5 Howie Carl Guard WAS DePaul — —
50 5 Howie Carl Guard WAS DePaul — —
51 6 Cleveland Buckner Forward NYK Jackson State University 6 2.0
51 6 Cleveland Buckner Forward NYK Jackson State 6 2.0
52 6 Bob Slobodnik — SAC Duquesne — —
52 6 Bob Slobodnik — SAC Duquesne — —
53 6 Lee Patrone — DET West Virginia — —
53 6 Lee Patrone — DET West Virginia — —
54 6 Bill McClintock — LAL California — —
54 6 Bill McClintock — LAL California — —
55 6 Billy Joe Price — PHI New Mexico State — —
55 6 Billy Joe Price — PHI New Mexico State — —
56 6 Dick Goldberg — GSW Southern Miss — —
56 6 Dick Goldberg — GSW Southern Mississippi — —
57 6 Bob McDonald — ATL Maryland — —
57 6 Bob McDonald — ATL Maryland — —
58 6 Ned Twyman — BOS Duquesne — —
58 6 Ned Twyman — BOS Duquesne — —
59 6 Dave Voss — WAS Tulsa — —
59 6 Dave Voss — WAS Tulsa — —
60 7 Donnie Butcher Guard NYK Pikeville College 310 6.8
60 7 Donnie Butcher Guard NYK Pikeville 310 6.8
61 7 Dave Zeller Guard SAC Miami University — —
61 7 Dave Zeller Guard SAC Miami (FL) — —
62 7 Bert Price — DET Wittenberg University — —
62 7 Burt Price — DET Wittenberg — —
63 7 Albert Almanza — LAL Texas — —
63 7 Albert Alamanza — LAL Texas — —
64 7 Roger Newman — PHI Kentucky — —
64 7 Roger Newman — PHI Kentucky — —
65 7 Charley McNeil — GSW Maryland — —
65 7 Charles McNeil — GSW Maryland — —
66 7 Charles Riley — ATL Winston-Salem State — —
66 7 Charles Riley — ATL Winston-Salem State — —
67 7 Mel Klein — BOS Northern State University — —
67 7 Mel Klein — BOS Northern State — —
68 7 Ron Heller — WAS Wichita State — —
68 7 Ron Heller — WAS Wichita State — —
69 8 Cedric Price — NYK Kansas State — —
69 8 Cedrick Price — NYK Kansas State — —
70 8 Gerry Thelen — SAC Thomas More College — —
70 8 Jerry Thelen — SAC Thomas More — —
71 8 Walter Ward — DET Hampton — —
71 8 Walter Ward — DET Hampton — —
72 8 Bill Ellis — LAL UCLA — —
72 8 Bill Ellis — LAL California-Los Angeles — —
73 8 Dave Mills — PHI Seattle University — —
73 8 Dave Mills — PHI Seattle — —
74 8 Larry Swift — GSW Truman State University — —
74 8 Larry Swift — GSW Truman State — —
75 8 Gene Velloff — ATL Doane University — —
75 8 Gene Velloff — ATL Doane — —
76 8 John Wessels — WAS Illinois — —
76 8 John Wessels — WAS Illinois — —
77 9 Charlie Bowerman — NYK Wabash College — —
77 9 Charles Bowman — NYK Wabash — —
78 9 Larry Kruger — SAC Ohio University — —
78 9 Larry Krueger — SAC Ohio — —
79 9 Peter Baltic — DET Penn State — —
79 9 Peter Baltic — DET Penn State — —
80 9 Karl Anderson — LAL Oregon State — —
80 9 Carl Anderson — LAL Oregon State — —
81 9 Rex Tippitt — PHI Grambling State University — —
81 9 Rex Tippitt — PHI Grambling — —
82 9 Herbert Gray — ATL North Carolina A&T — —
82 9 Herbert Gray — ATL North Carolina A&T — —
83 9 Steve Strange — WAS SMU — —
83 9 Steve Strange — WAS Southern Methodist — —
84 10 Ron Dibelius — NYK UW-Milwaukee — —
84 10 Ron Debillous — NYK Milwaukee — —
85 10 Jack Waters — SAC Ole Miss — —
85 10 Jack Waters — SAC Mississippi — —
86 10 Wayne Monson — DET Northern Michigan University — —
86 10 Wayne Monson — DET Northern Michigan — —
87 10 Fred Williams — LAL Allan Hancock College — —
87 10 Robert Williams — LAL Allan Hancock College — —
88 10 Pete Chudy — PHI Syracuse — —
88 10 Pete Chudy — PHI Syracuse — —
89 10 Leo Hill — GSW UCLA — —
89 10 Leo Hill — GSW California-Los Angeles — —
90 10 Tom Faszholz — ATL Concordia Seminary — —
90 10 Tom Faszholz — ATL Concordia (MO) — —
91 10 Larry Comley Point Guard WAS Kansas State 12 2.1
91 10 Larry Comley Point Guard WAS Kansas State 12 2.1
92 11 Kevin Loughery Guard NYK St. John's 739 14.2
92 11 Kevin Loughery Guard NYK St. John's (NY) 739 14.2
93 11 Carl Short — SAC Newberry College — —
93 11 Carl Short — SAC Newberry — —
94 11 Richard Kraft — DET State University of New York at Brockport — —
94 11 Richard Kraft — DET SUNY Brockport — —
95 11 Howard Hurt — LAL Duke — —
95 11 Howard Hunt — LAL Duke — —
96 11 Charles Sammons — PHI LeMoyne College — —
96 11 Dick Sammons — PHI Le Moyne — —
97 11 Corky Withrow — GSW Georgetown College — —
97 11 Corky Whitrow — GSW Georgetown (KY) — —
98 11 Dick Kepley — ATL UNC — —
98 11 Dick Kepley — ATL North Carolina — —
99 12 Earl Shultz — NYK California — —
99 12 Earl Shultz — NYK California — —
100 12 George Patterson Center SAC Toledo 59 2.0
100 12 George Patterson Center SAC Toledo 59 2.0
101 12 Jackie Crawford — ATL Centenary (LA) — —
101 12 Jackie Crawford — ATL Centenary (LA) — —
102 13 Ned Jennings — NYK Kentucky — —
102 13 Ned Jennings — NYK Kentucky — —
103 13 Clair McRoberts — SAC Monmouth University — —
103 13 Clair McRoberts — SAC Monmouth — —
104 13 Howard Stacey — ATL Louisville — —
104 13 Howard Stacy — ATL Louisville — —
105 14 Bill Engesser — NYK USC — —
105 14 Bill Engressor — NYK Louisiana State — —
106 14 Carl Bouldin — SAC Cincinnati — —
106 14 Carl Bouldin — SAC Cincinnati — —
107 15 Vince Kempton — NYK Saint Joseph's — —
107 15 Vince Kempton — NYK Saint Joseph's — —