1977 NBA Draft Class

Every pick from the 1977 NBA draft, headlined by No. 1 overall pick Kent Benson. Bernard King (pick 7) went on to score the most career points in the class. Click any player for full career stats.

Pick	Player	Team	School / Club	G	PTS	PPG
1	Kent Benson	Milwaukee Bucks	Indiana	679	6,158	9.1
2	Otis Birdsong	Kansas City Kings	Houston	696	12,546	18.0
3	Marques Johnson	Milwaukee Bucks	UCLA	689	13,816	20.1
4	Greg Ballard	Washington Bullets	Oregon	802	9,954	12.4
5	Walter Davis	Phoenix Suns	North Carolina	1,033	19,521	18.9
6	Kenny Carr	Los Angeles Lakers	NC State	675	7,821	11.6
7	Bernard King	New York Nets	Tennessee	875	19,655	22.5
8	Jack Sikma	Seattle SuperSonics	Illinois Wesleyan	1,107	17,285	15.6
9	Tom LaGarde	Denver Nuggets	North Carolina	312	2,376	7.6
10	Ray Williams	New York Knicks	Minnesota	656	10,179	15.5
11	Ernie Grunfeld	Milwaukee Bucks	Tennessee	693	5,126	7.4
12	Cedric Maxwell	Boston Celtics	UNC Charlotte	834	10,461	12.5
13	Tate Armstrong	Chicago Bulls	Duke	91	350	3.8
14	Tree Rollins	Atlanta Hawks	Clemson	1,156	6,249	5.4
15	Brad Davis	Los Angeles Lakers	Maryland	961	7,869	8.2
16	Rickey Green	Golden State Warriors	Michigan	946	8,870	9.4
17	Bo Ellis	Washington Bullets	Marquette	168	613	3.6
18	Wesley Cox	Golden State Warriors	Louisville	74	343	4.6
19	Rich Laurel	Portland Trail Blazers	Hofstra	10	24	2.4
20	Glenn Mosley	Philadelphia 76ers	Seton Hall	32	98	3.1
21	Anthony Roberts	Denver Nuggets	Oral Roberts	213	1,658	7.8
22	Norm Nixon	Los Angeles Lakers	Duquesne	768	12,065	15.7
R2 · 23	Mike Glenn	Chicago Bulls	Southern Illinois	593	4,496	7.6
R2 · 24	Larry Johnson	Buffalo Braves	Kentucky	4	6	1.5
R2 · 25	Wilson Washington	Philadelphia 76ers	Old Dominion	100	731	7.3
R2 · 26	Glen Gondrezick	New York Knicks	UNLV	435	2,544	5.8
R2 · 27	Glen Williams	Milwaukee Bucks	St. John's	N/A	N/A	N/A
R2 · 28	Kim Anderson	Portland Trail Blazers	Missouri	21	63	3.0
R2 · 29	Alonzo Bradley	Indiana Pacers	Texas Southern	97	440	4.5
R2 · 30	Steve Sheppard	Chicago Bulls	Maryland	103	367	3.6
R2 · 31	Eddie Owens	Kansas City Kings	UNLV	8	21	2.6
R2 · 32	Toby Knight	New York Knicks	Notre Dame	283	3,640	12.9
R2 · 33	Eddie Jordan	Cleveland Cavaliers	Rutgers	420	3,414	8.1
R2 · 34	Larry Moffett	Houston Rockets	UNLV	20	16	0.8
R2 · 35	Mark Landsberger	Chicago Bulls	Arizona State	435	2,482	5.7
R2 · 36	Ben Poquette	Detroit Pistons	Central Michigan	717	4,898	6.8
R2 · 37	Jeff Wilkins	San Antonio Spurs	Illinois State	454	3,575	7.9
R2 · 38	Ricky Love	Golden State Warriors	Alabama-Huntsville	N/A	N/A	N/A
R2 · 39	Phil Walker	Washington Bullets	Millersville	40	178	4.5
R2 · 40	Robert Reid	Houston Rockets	St. Mary's (Texas)	917	10,430	11.4
R2 · 41	T. R Dunn	Portland Trail Blazers	Alabama	N/A	N/A	N/A
R2 · 42	Bob Elliott	Philadelphia 76ers	Arizona	141	980	7.0
R2 · 43	Herman Harris	Philadelphia 76ers	Arizona	N/A	N/A	N/A
R2 · 44	Essie Hollis	New Orleans	St. Bonaventure	24	69	2.9