| 1979 | 1 | 1 | Earvin Johnson | Michigan State | LA Lakers | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 2 | David Greenwood | UCLA | Chicago | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 3 | Bill Cartwright | San Francisco | New York | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 4 | Greg Kelser | Michigan State | Detroit | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 5 | Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | Milwaukee | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 6 | James Bailey | Rutgers | Seattle | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 7 | Vinnie Johnson | Baylor | Seattle | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 8 | Calvin Natt | NE Louisiana | New Jersey | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 9 | Larry Demic | Arizona | New York | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 10 | Roy Hamilton | UCLA | Detroit | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 11 | Cliff Robinson | USC | New Jersey | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 12 | Jim Paxson | Dayton | Portland | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 13 | Dudley Bradley | North Carolina | Indiana | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 14 | Brad Holland | UCLA | LA Lakers | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 15 | Phil Hubbard | Michigan | Detroit | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 16 | Jim Spanarkel | Duke | Philadelphia | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 17 | Lee Johnson | East Texas State | Houston | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 18 | Reggie King | Alabama | Kansas City | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 19 | Wiley Peck | Mississippi State | San Antonio | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 20 | Larry Knight | Loyola (IL) | Utah | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 21 | Sylvester Williams | Rhode Island | New York | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 22 | Kyle Macy | Kentucky | Phoenix | ||
| 1979 | 2 | 23 | Tico Brown | Georgia Tech | Utah | ||
| 1979 | 2 | 24 | Johnny High | Nevada-Reno | Phoenix | ||
| 1979 | 2 | 25 | Oliver Mack | East Carolina | LA Lakers | ||
| 1979 | 2 | 26 | Bruce Flowers | Notre Dame | Cleveland | ||
| 1979 | 2 | 27 | Reggie Carter | St. John's | New York | ||
| 1979 | 2 | 28 | Danny Salisbury | Pan American | Golden State | ||
| 1979 | 2 | 29 | Tony Price | Penn | Detroit | ||
| 1979 | 2 | 30 | Gary Garland | DePaul | Denver | ||
| 1979 | 2 | 31 | Edgar Jones | Nevada-Reno | Milwaukee | ||
| 1979 | 2 | 32 | Tony Zeno | Arizona State | Indiana | ||
| 1979 | 2 | 33 | Lawrence Butler | Idaho State | Chicago | ||
| 1979 | 2 | 34 | Kim Goetz | San Diego State | New York | ||
| 1979 | 2 | 35 | James Bradley | Memphis State | Atlanta | ||
| 1979 | 2 | 36 | Clint Richardson | Seattle | Philadelphia | ||
| 1979 | 2 | 37 | Bernard Toone | Marquette | Philadelphia | ||
| 1979 | 2 | 38 | Larry Wilson | Nicholls State | Atlanta | ||
| 1979 | 2 | 39 | Victor King | Louisiana Tech | LA Lakers | ||
| 1979 | 2 | 40 | Andrew Fields | Cheyney State | Portland | ||
| 1979 | 2 | 41 | Mark Young | Fairfield | LA Lakers | ||
| 1979 | 2 | 42 | Paul Mokeski | Kansas | Houston | ||
| 1979 | 2 | 43 | John Moore | Texas | Seattle | ||
| 1979 | 2 | 44 | Joe DeSantis | Fairfield | Washington | ||
| 1979 | 3 | 45 | Arvid Kramer | Augustana (SD) | Utah | ||
| 1979 | 3 | 46 | Andrew Parker | Iowa State | Washington | ||
| 1979 | 3 | 47 | Calvin Garrett | Oral Roberts | Chicago | ||
| 1979 | 3 | 48 | Terry Duerod | Detroit | Detroit | ||
| 1979 | 3 | 49 | Cedrick Hordges | South Carolina | Chicago | ||
| 1979 | 3 | 50 | Geoff Huston | Texas Tech | New York | ||
| 1979 | 3 | 51 | John Gerdy | Davidson | New Jersey | ||
| 1979 | 3 | 52 | Larry Gibson | Maryland | Milwaukee | ||
| 1979 | 3 | 53 | Wayne Kreklow | Drake | Boston | ||
| 1979 | 3 | 54 | Lynbert Johnson | Wichita State | Golden State | ||
| 1979 | 3 | 55 | Tom Channel | Boston U | San Diego | ||
| 1979 | 3 | 56 | Mickey Fox | St. Mary's (Canada) | Portland | ||
| 1979 | 3 | 57 | Don March | Franklin & Marshall | Atlanta | ||
| 1979 | 3 | 58 | Earl Cureton | Detroit | Philadelphia | ||
| 1979 | 3 | 59 | Ricardo Brown | Pepperdine | Houston | ||
| 1979 | 3 | 60 | Walter Daniels | Georgia | LA Lakers | ||
| 1979 | 3 | 61 | Ernesto Malcolm | Briarcliff | Boston | ||
| 1979 | 3 | 62 | Terry Crosby | Tennessee | Kansas City | ||
| 1979 | 3 | 63 | Sylvester Norris | Jackson State | San Antonio | ||
| 1979 | 3 | 64 | Al Green | Louisiana State | Phoenix | ||
| 1979 | 3 | 65 | Bill Laimbeer | Notre Dame | Cleveland | ||
| 1979 | 3 | 66 | Charles Floyd | High Point | Washington | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 67 | Greg Deane | Utah | Utah | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 68 | Nick Galis | Seton Hall | Boston | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 69 | Eugene Robinson | NE Louisiana | Milwaukee | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 70 | Rick Swing | Citadel | Cleveland | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 71 | Larry Rogers | SE Missouri State | New York | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 72 | George Maynor | East Carolina | Chicago | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 73 | James Donaldson | Washington State | Seattle | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 74 | Don Newman | Idaho | Indiana | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 75 | Ron Ripley | Wisconsin-Green Bay | Golden State | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 76 | Sammy Drummer | Georgia Tech | Houston | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 77 | Lionel Garrett | Southern | San Diego | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 78 | Daryll Robinson | Appalachian State | Portland | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 79 | Ray White | Mississippi State | LA Lakers | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 80 | Lionel Green | Louisiana State | Houston | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 81 | Ricky Reed | Temple | LA Lakers | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 82 | Jerry Sichting | Purdue | Golden State | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 83 | Mike Niles | Cal State-Fullerton | Philadelphia | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 84 | Al Daniel | Furman | San Antonio | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 85 | John McCullough | Oklahoma | Kansas City | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 86 | Malcolm Cesare | Florida | Phoenix | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 87 | Richie Allen | Cal State-Dominguez Hills | Seattle | ||
| 1979 | 4 | 88 | Lamont Reid | Oral Roberts | Washington | ||
| 1979 | 5 | 89 | Perry Wolfe | Stanford | Utah | ||
| 1979 | 5 | 90 | Jimmy Allen | New Haven | Boston | ||
| 1979 | 5 | 91 | Matt Simpkins | Georgia Southern | Cleveland | ||
| 1979 | 5 | 92 | Flintie Williams | Nevada-Las Vegas | Detroit | ||
| 1979 | 5 | 93 | Larry Washington | Drury (MO) | Chicago | ||
| 1979 | 5 | 94 | Johnny Green | California-Riverside | New York | ||
| 1979 | 5 | 95 | Joe Abramaitis | Connecticut | New Jersey | ||
| 1979 | 5 | 96 | George Lett | Centenary | Golden State | ||
| 1979 | 5 | 97 | Jim Tillman | Eastern Kentucky | Milwaukee | ||
| 1979 | 5 | 98 | Billy Reid | San Francisco | Indiana | ||
| 1979 | 5 | 99 | Greg Joyner | Middle Tennessee State | San Diego | ||
| 1979 | 5 | 100 | Matt White | Penn | Portland | ||
| 1979 | 5 | 101 | Tiny Pinder | North Carolina State | Atlanta | ||
| 1979 | 5 | 102 | Larry Williams | Louisville | Denver | ||
| 1979 | 5 | 103 | Carl McPipe | Nebraska | Philadelphia | ||
| 1979 | 5 | 104 | Allen Leavell | Oklahoma City | Houston | ||
| 1979 | 5 | 105 | Curtis Watkins | DePaul | Kansas City | ||
| 1979 | 5 | 106 | Steve Schall | Arkansas | San Antonio | ||
| 1979 | 5 | 107 | Mark Eaton | Cypress JC | Phoenix | ||
| 1979 | 5 | 108 | Marshall Ashford | Virginia Tech | Washington | ||
| 1979 | 6 | 109 | Ernie Cobb | Boston U | Utah | ||
| 1979 | 6 | 110 | Marvin Delph | Arkansas | Boston | ||
| 1979 | 6 | 111 | Truman Clayton | Kentucky | Detroit | ||
| 1979 | 6 | 112 | Joe Manning | North Texas State | Cleveland | ||
| 1979 | 6 | 113 | Phil Abney | New Mexico | New York | ||
| 1979 | 6 | 114 | Steve Smith | USC | Chicago | ||
| 1979 | 6 | 115 | Tony Smith | Nevada-Las Vegas | New Jersey | ||
| 1979 | 6 | 116 | Derrick Mayes | Illinois State | Milwaukee | ||
| 1979 | 6 | 117 | Greg Guye | Stetson | Indiana | ||
| 1979 | 6 | 118 | Jim Mitchem | DePaul | Golden State | ||
| 1979 | 6 | 119 | Bob Bender | Duke | San Diego | ||
| 1979 | 6 | 120 | Ray Ellis | Pepperdine | Portland | ||
| 1979 | 6 | 121 | Dwight Williams | Gardner-Webb | Atlanta | ||
| 1979 | 6 | 122 | Odell Ball | Marquette | Denver | ||
| 1979 | 6 | 123 | Dan Hartshorne | Oregon | Philadelphia | ||
| 1979 | 6 | 124 | Collie Davis | Southern | Houston | ||
| 1979 | 6 | 125 | Terry Knight | Pittsburgh | San Antonio | ||
| 1979 | 6 | 126 | Bob Roma | Princeton | Kansas City | ||
| 1979 | 6 | 127 | Dale Shackelford | Syracuse | Phoenix | ||
| 1979 | 6 | 128 | Garcia Hopkins | Morgan State | Washington | ||
| 1979 | 7 | 129 | Paul Poe | Louisiana | Utah | ||
| 1979 | 7 | 130 | Steve Castellan | Virginia | Boston | ||
| 1979 | 7 | 131 | Steve Skaggs | Ohio | Cleveland | ||
| 1979 | 7 | 132 | Ken Jones | St. Mary's (CA) | Detroit | ||
| 1979 | 7 | 133 | Mike Eversley | Chicago State | Chicago | ||
| 1979 | 7 | 134 | Marc Coleman | Seton Hall | New York | ||
| 1979 | 7 | 135 | Jim Strickland | South Carolina | New Jersey | ||
| 1979 | 7 | 136 | Dirk Ewing | Stetson | Indiana | ||
| 1979 | 7 | 137 | Ren Watson | Virginia Commonwealth | Golden State | ||
| 1979 | 7 | 138 | Stan Ray | Cal State-Fullerton | Milwaukee | ||
| 1979 | 7 | 139 | Jene Grey | LeMoyne | San Diego | ||
| 1979 | 7 | 140 | Jeff Tropf | Central Michigan | Portland | ||
| 1979 | 7 | 141 | Tim Waterman | St. Bonaventure | Atlanta | ||
| 1979 | 7 | 142 | Bobby Willis | Penn | Philadelphia | ||
| 1979 | 7 | 143 | Rich Valavicius | Auburn | Houston | ||
| 1979 | 7 | 144 | John Johnson | Creighton | Denver | ||
| 1979 | 7 | 145 | Nick Daniels | Xavier (OH) | Kansas City | ||
| 1979 | 7 | 146 | Tyrone Branyan | Texas | San Antonio | ||
| 1979 | 7 | 147 | Ollie Matson | Pepperdine | Phoenix | ||
| 1979 | 8 | 148 | Keith McDonald | Utah State | Utah | ||
| 1979 | 8 | 149 | Glenn Sudhop | North Carolina State | Boston | ||
| 1979 | 8 | 150 | Rodney Lee | Memphis State | Detroit | ||
| 1979 | 8 | 151 | Mark Haymore | Massachusetts | Cleveland | ||
| 1979 | 8 | 152 | Billy Tucker | Tennessee State | New York | ||
| 1979 | 8 | 153 | Tony Warren | North Carolina State | Chicago | ||
| 1979 | 8 | 154 | Henry Hollingsworth | Hofstra | New Jersey | ||
| 1979 | 8 | 155 | Mario Butler | Briarcliff | Golden State | ||
| 1979 | 8 | 156 | Larry Spicer | Alabama-Birmingham | Milwaukee | ||
| 1979 | 8 | 157 | Brian Magid | George Washington | Indiana | ||
| 1979 | 8 | 158 | Renaldo Lawrence | Appalachian State | San Diego | ||
| 1979 | 8 | 159 | Willie Pounds | Chaminade | Portland | ||
| 1979 | 8 | 160 | John Goedeke | Maryland-Baltimore County | Atlanta | ||
| 1979 | 8 | 161 | Delbert Watson | East Tennessee State | Houston | ||
| 1979 | 8 | 162 | Matt Teahan | Denver | Denver | ||
| 1979 | 8 | 163 | Rick Raivio | Portland | Philadelphia | ||
| 1979 | 8 | 164 | Tony Vann | Alabama-Huntsville | Kansas City | ||
| 1979 | 8 | 165 | Charles Jones | Albany State | Phoenix | ||
| 1979 | 8 | 166 | Jo Jo Walters | Manhattan | Washington | ||
| 1979 | 9 | 167 | Milt Huggins | Southern Illinois | Utah | ||
| 1979 | 9 | 168 | Kevin Sinnett | Navy | Boston | ||
| 1979 | 9 | 169 | Tim Joyce | Ohio | Cleveland | ||
| 1979 | 9 | 170 | Val Bracey | Central Michigan | Detroit | ||
| 1979 | 9 | 171 | James Jackson | Minnesota | Chicago | ||
| 1979 | 9 | 172 | Brett Wyatt | Jersey City State | New York | ||
| 1979 | 9 | 173 | Ricky Free | Columbia | New Jersey | ||
| 1979 | 9 | 174 | Roger Lapham | Maine | Milwaukee | ||
| 1979 | 9 | 175 | Gene Ransom | California | Golden State | ||
| 1979 | 9 | 176 | Mike Dodd | San Diego State | San Diego | ||
| 1979 | 9 | 177 | Stan Eckwood | Harding (AR) | Portland | ||
| 1979 | 9 | 178 | Cedric Oliver | Hamilton | Atlanta | ||
| 1979 | 9 | 179 | Emmett Lewis | Colorado | Denver | ||
| 1979 | 9 | 180 | Coby Leavitt | Utah | Philadelphia | ||
| 1979 | 9 | 181 | Gary Wilson | Southern Illinois | Kansas City | ||
| 1979 | 9 | 182 | Eddie McLeod | Nevada-Las Vegas | San Antonio | ||
| 1979 | 9 | 183 | Hosea Champine | Robert Morris | Phoenix | ||
| 1979 | 9 | 184 | Ray Hooker | Murray State | Washington | ||
| 1979 | 10 | 185 | Paul Dawkins | Northern Illinois | Utah | ||
| 1979 | 10 | 186 | Alton Byrd | Columbia | Boston | ||
| 1979 | 10 | 187 | Willie Polk | Grand Canyon | Detroit | ||
| 1979 | 10 | 188 | Terry Peavy | Point Park | Cleveland | ||
| 1979 | 10 | 189 | Gordon Thomas | St. John's | New York | ||
| 1979 | 10 | 190 | Marvin Thoms | UCLA | Chicago | ||
| 1979 | 10 | 191 | Eric Fleisher | Tulane | New Jersey | ||
| 1979 | 10 | 192 | Kevin Heenan | Cal State-Fullerton | Golden State | ||
| 1979 | 10 | 193 | Chris Fahrbach | North Dakota | Milwaukee | ||
| 1979 | 10 | 194 | Greg Hunter | Loyola Marymount | San Diego | ||
| 1979 | 10 | 195 | Kelvin Small | Oregon | Portland | ||
| 1979 | 10 | 196 | Chad Nelson | Drake | Atlanta | ||
| 1979 | 10 | 197 | Cortez Collins | Indiana State-Evansville | Chicago | ||
| 1979 | 10 | 198 | Keith McCord | Alabama-Birmingham | Philadelphia | ||
| 1979 | 10 | 199 | Glen Fine | Harvard | San Antonio | ||
| 1979 | 10 | 200 | Russell Saunders | New Mexico | Kansas City | ||
| 1979 | 10 | 201 | Korky Nelson | Santa Clara | Phoenix | ||
| 1979 | 10 | 202 | Steve Martin | Georgetown | Washington | ||
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