1961 NBA Draft Class

Every pick from the 1961 NBA draft, headlined by No. 1 overall pick Walt Bellamy. Click any player for full career stats.

Pick	Player	Team	School / Club	G	PTS	PPG
1	Walt Bellamy	Chicago Packers	Indiana	1,043	20,943	20.1
2	Tom Stith	New York Knicks	St. Bonaventure	20	77	3.9
3	Larry Siegfried	Cincinnati Royals	Ohio State	543	5,962	11.0
4	Ray Scott	Detroit Pistons	Allentown Jets	681	10,202	15.0
5	Wayne Yates	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis State	34	72	2.1
6	Ben Warley	Syracuse Nationals	Cleveland Pipers	280	1,773	6.3
7	Tom Meschery	Philadelphia Warriors	Saint Mary's (CA)	778	9,906	12.7
8	Cleo Hill	St. Louis Hawks	Winston-Salem State	58	321	5.5
9	Gary Phillips	Boston Celtics	Houston	349	2,313	6.6
R2 · 10	Whitey Martin	New York Knicks	St. Bonaventure	N/A	N/A	N/A
R2 · 11	Bob Wiesenhahn	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati	55	120	2.2
R2 · 12	Johnny Egan	Detroit Pistons	Providence	685	5,520	8.1
R2 · 13	Fred Sawyer	Los Angeles Lakers	Louisville	N/A	N/A	N/A
R2 · 14	Chris Smith	Syracuse Nationals	Virginia Tech	224	1,140	5.1
R2 · 15	Ted Luckenbill	Philadelphia Warriors	Houston	73	196	2.7
R2 · 16	Ron Horn	St. Louis Hawks	Indiana	29	77	2.7
R2 · 17	Al Butler	Boston Celtics	Niagara	229	2,282	10.0
R2 · 18	Jack Turner	Chicago Packers	Louisville	39	200	5.1
R2 · 19	Jerry Graves	Chicago Packers	Mississippi State	N/A	N/A	N/A
R2 · 20	York Larese	Chicago Packers	North Carolina	56	302	5.4
R2 · 21	Don Kojis	Chicago Packers	Marquette	809	9,958	12.3
R2 · 22	Doug Moe	Chicago Packers	North Carolina	N/A	N/A	N/A
R2 · 23	Jeff Cohen	Chicago Packers	William & Mary	N/A	N/A	N/A

1961 NBA Draft: Frequently Asked Questions

Walt Bellamy was selected first overall in the 1961 NBA draft by the Chicago Packers.

Walt Bellamy (pick 1) leads the 1961 class with 20,943 career regular-season points.

The 1961 NBA draft included 23 picks across the first two rounds.