1970 NBA Draft Class

Every pick from the 1970 NBA draft, headlined by No. 1 overall pick Bob Lanier. Click any player for full career stats.

Pick	Player	Team	School / Club	G	PTS	PPG
1	Bob Lanier	Detroit Pistons	St. Bonaventure	959	19,246	20.1
2	Rudy Tomjanovich	San Diego Rockets	Michigan	768	13,383	17.4
3	Pete Maravich	Atlanta Hawks	Louisiana State	658	15,946	24.2
4	Dave Cowens	Boston Celtics	Florida State	766	13,515	17.6
5	Sam Lacey	Cincinnati Royals	New Mexico State	1,001	10,303	10.3
6	Jim Ard	Seattle SuperSonics	Cincinnati	218	771	3.5
7	John Johnson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Iowa	873	11,235	12.9
8	Geoff Petrie	Portland Trail Blazers	Princeton	446	9,732	21.8
9	George E Johnson	Baltimore Bullets	Stephen F. Austin	N/A	N/A	N/A
10	Greg Howard	Phoenix Suns	Brill Cagliari	91	312	3.4
11	Jimmy Collins	Chicago Bulls	New Mexico State	74	281	3.8
12	Al Henry	Philadelphia 76ers	Wisconsin	48	194	4.0
13	Jim McMillian	Los Angeles Lakers	Columbia	632	8,736	13.8
14	John Vallely	Atlanta Hawks	UCLA	97	359	3.7
15	John Hummer	Buffalo Braves	Princeton	323	2,248	7.0
16	Gary Freeman	Milwaukee Bucks	Oregon State	51	167	3.3
17	Mike Price	New York Knicks	Illinois	117	391	3.3
R2 · 18	Calvin Murphy	San Diego Rockets	Niagara	999	17,949	18.0
R2 · 19	Nate Archibald	Cincinnati Royals	Texas-El Paso	876	16,481	18.8
R2 · 20	Jake Ford	Seattle SuperSonics	Maryland State	31	126	4.1
R2 · 21	Rex Morgan	Boston Celtics	Jacksonville	61	172	2.8
R2 · 22	Doug Cook	Cincinnati Royals	Davidson	N/A	N/A	N/A
R2 · 23	Pete Cross	Seattle SuperSonics	San Francisco	182	1,057	5.8
R2 · 24	Cornell Warner	Buffalo Braves	Jackson State	442	2,860	6.5
R2 · 25	Walt Gilmore	Portland Trail Blazers	Fort Valley State	27	58	2.1
R2 · 26	Dave Sorenson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ohio State	214	1,744	8.1
R2 · 27	Fred Taylor	Phoenix Suns	Pan American	87	385	4.4
R2 · 28	Paul Ruffner	Chicago Bulls	Brigham Young	47	109	2.3
R2 · 29	Joe DePre	Phoenix Suns	St. John's	N/A	N/A	N/A
R2 · 30	Earnie Killum	Los Angeles Lakers	Stetson	N/A	N/A	N/A
R2 · 31	Dan Hester	Atlanta Hawks	Louisiana State	N/A	N/A	N/A
R2 · 32	Ken Warzynski	Detroit Pistons	DePaul	N/A	N/A	N/A
R2 · 33	Bill Zopf	Milwaukee Bucks	Duquesne	52	118	2.3
R2 · 34	Howie Wright	New York Knicks	Austin Peay	N/A	N/A	N/A