The 1955–56 NBA season was the 10th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Philadelphia Warriors winning the NBA Championship, beating the Fort Wayne Pistons 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals.
The Hawks relocate from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to St. Louis, Missouri.
The NBA hands out a Most Valuable Player award for the first time. Its inaugural recipient is Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks. Also, the All-NBA teams are no longer positionless and now have two guards, two forwards, and a center on each team.
| Year | Draft | Round | Pick | Player | Pos | playerSlug | From | To | Notes | ROY | HOF | Allstar | Heismann |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 1956 | 1 | 1 | Si Green | si-green | Duquesne | Rochester | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 1 | 2 | Bill Russell | bill-russell | San Francisco | St. Louis | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 1 | 3 | Jim Paxson | jim-paxson | Dayton | Minneapolis | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 1 | 4 | Ronnie Shavlik | North Carolina State | New York | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 1 | 5 | Joe Holup | joe-holup | George Washington | Syracuse | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 1 | 6 | Tom Heinsohn | tom-heinsohn | Holy Cross | Boston | ! | 1957 | ||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 1 | 7 | Ron Sobie | ron-sobie | DePaul | Fort Wayne | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 1 | 8 | Hal Lear | hal-lear | Temple | Philadelphia | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | K.C. Jones | San Francisco | Boston | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | George Linn | Alabama | Boston | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Dan Swartz | dan-swartz | Morehead State | Boston | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Bill Logan | Iowa | Boston | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Don Boldebuck | Houston | Boston | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | O'Neal Weaver | Midwestern State | Boston | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Vic Molodet | North Carolina State | Boston | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Jim Houston | jim-houston | Brandeis | Boston | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Theophileus Lloyd | Maryland | Boston | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Bruce Harris | Tennessee Technological | Fort Wayne | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Bob Kessler | Maryland | Fort Wayne | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Joe Lieber | the Holy Cross | Fort Wayne | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | John Schlimm | John Carroll | Fort Wayne | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Charles Slack | Marshall | Fort Wayne | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Bill Thieben | bill-thieben | Hofstra | Fort Wayne | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Lloyd Aubrey | Notre Dame | Minneapolis | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | John Barber | john-barber | California State, Los Angeles | Minneapolis | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Elgin Baylor | elgin-baylor | Seattle | Minneapolis | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Jerry Bird | jerry-bird | Kentucky | Minneapolis | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Phil Grawmeyer | Kentucky | Minneapolis | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Robert Hodgson | Wichita State | Minneapolis | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Sam Jones | sam-jones | North Carolina Central | Minneapolis | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Phil Jordon | phil-jordon | Whitworth | Minneapolis | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | John Patzwald | Gustavus Adolphus | Minneapolis | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Terry Rand | Marquette | Minneapolis | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Bill Reigel | McNeese State | Minneapolis | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Jim Springer | jim-springer | Gustavus Adolphus | Minneapolis | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Carl Widseth | Tennessee | Minneapolis | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Jack Adams | jack-adams | Eastern Kentucky | New York | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Gary Bergen | gary-bergen | Utah | New York | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Art Bunte | Utah | New York | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Howard Crittendon | Murray State | New York | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Pat Dunn | pat-dunn | Utah State | New York | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Jerry Harper | Alabama | New York | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Ronnie Mayer | Duke | New York | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Dick Miani | Miami | New York | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Dick Miller | dick-miller | Wisconsin | New York | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Ed Petrie | Seton Hall | New York | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Tony Roybal | New Mexico | New York | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Joe Sexton | Purdue | New York | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Max Anderson | max-anderson | Oregon | Philadelphia | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Joe Belmont | joe-belmont | Duke | Philadelphia | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Ronald Clark | Springfield College | Philadelphia | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | John Fannon | Notre Dame | Philadelphia | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Bevo Francis | Rio Grande | Philadelphia | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Phil Rollins | phil-rollins | Louisville | Philadelphia | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Phil Wheeler | Cincinnati | Philadelphia | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Mickey Winograd | Duquesne | Philadelphia | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Bob Burrow | bob-burrow | Kentucky | Rochester | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Carl Cain | Iowa | Rochester | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Gene Carpenter | Texas Tech | Rochester | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Clayton Carter | Oklahoma State | Rochester | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Dan Mannix | St. Francis College | Rochester | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Johnny McCarthy | johnny-mccarthy | Canisius College | Rochester | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Jerry Moreman | Louisville | Rochester | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Dave Piontek | dave-piontek | Xavier | Rochester | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Kevin Thomas | kevin-thomas | Boston | Rochester | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Bill Uhl | Dayton | Rochester | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Wally Choice | Indiana | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Darrell Floyd | Furman | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Robin Freeman | Ohio State | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Arthur Helms | Houston | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Ed Huse | Wyoming | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Julius McCoy | Michigan State | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Junior Morgan | Duke | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Willie Naulls | willie-naulls | California, Los Angeles | St. Louis | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Hershel Pederson | Brigham Young | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Dave Plunkett | Cincinnati | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Jim Reed | Texas Tech | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Norm Stewart | norm-stewart | Missouri | St. Louis | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Morris Taft | California, Los Angeles | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Forest Able | forest-able | Western Kentucky | Syracuse | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Willie Bergines | West Virginia | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Milt Graham | milt-graham | Colgate | Syracuse | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Swede Halbrook | swede-halbrook | Oregon State | Syracuse | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Bob Hopkins | bob-hopkins | Grambling State | Syracuse | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Paul Judson | Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Dick Julio | Massachusetts Dartmouth | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Dick Kenyon | LeMoyne College | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Jim McLaughlin | jim-mclaughlin | Saint Louis | Syracuse | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Jim Ray | jim-ray | Toledo | Syracuse | ||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Jess Roh | Idaho State | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Chuck Rolles | Cornell | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | 2 | 0 | Chester Webb | Georgia Southern | Syracuse | |||||||
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