1978 NBA Draft Class

Every pick from the 1978 NBA draft, headlined by No. 1 overall pick Mychal Thompson. Larry Bird (pick 6) 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	Mychal Thompson	Portland Trail Blazers	Minnesota	926	12,609	13.6
2	Phil Ford	Kansas City Kings	North Carolina	482	5,594	11.6
3	Rick Robey	Indiana Pacers	Kentucky	493	3,723	7.6
4	Micheal Ray Richardson	New York Knicks	Montana	556	8,251	14.8
5	Purvis Short	Golden State Warriors	Jackson State	842	14,603	17.3
6	Larry Bird	Boston Celtics	Indiana State	897	21,791	24.3
7	Ron Brewer	Portland Trail Blazers	Arkansas	501	5,973	11.9
8	Freeman Williams	Boston Celtics	Portland State	344	4,809	14.0
9	Reggie Theus	Chicago Bulls	UNLV	1,026	19,015	18.5
10	Butch Lee	Atlanta Hawks	Marquette	95	773	8.1
11	James Hardy	New Orleans Jazz	San Francisco	247	1,410	5.7
12	George Johnson	Milwaukee Bucks	St. John's	887	4,391	5.0
13	Winford Boynes	New Jersey Nets	San Francisco	176	1,478	8.4
14	Roger Phegley	Washington Bullets	Bradley	345	3,011	8.7
15	Mike Mitchell	Cleveland Cavaliers	Auburn	759	15,020	19.8
16	Jack Givens	Atlanta Hawks	Kentucky	156	1,038	6.7
17	Rod Griffin	Denver Nuggets	Wake Forest	N/A	N/A	N/A
18	Dave Corzine	Washington Bullets	DePaul	891	7,615	8.5
19	Marty Byrnes	Phoenix Suns	Syracuse	263	1,495	5.7
20	Frankie Sanders	San Antonio Spurs	Southern	69	352	5.1
21	Mike Evans	Denver Nuggets	Kansas State	591	4,531	7.7
22	Raymond Townsend	Golden State Warriors	UCLA	154	745	4.8
R2 · 23	Terry Tyler	Detroit Pistons	Detroit	871	8,868	10.2
R2 · 24	Keith Herron	Portland Trail Blazers	Villanova	124	1,219	9.8
R2 · 25	Rick Wilson	Atlanta Hawks	Louisville	66	194	2.9
R2 · 26	Ron Carter	Los Angeles Lakers	VMI	59	176	3.0
R2 · 27	Wayne Radford	Indiana Pacers	Indiana	52	202	3.9
R2 · 28	Buster Matheney	Houston Rockets	Utah	N/A	N/A	N/A
R2 · 29	John Long	Detroit Pistons	Detroit	893	12,127	13.6
R2 · 30	Jeff Judkins	Boston Celtics	Utah	271	1,482	5.5
R2 · 31	Marvin Johnson	Chicago Bulls	New Mexico	N/A	N/A	N/A
R2 · 32	John Rudd	New York Knicks	McNeese State	58	184	3.2
R2 · 33	Harry Davis	Cleveland Cavaliers	Florida State	44	175	4.0
R2 · 34	Greg Bunch	New York Knicks	Cal State Fullerton	12	28	2.3
R2 · 35	Tommie Green	New Orleans Jazz	Southern	N/A	N/A	N/A
R2 · 36	Maurice Cheeks	Philadelphia 76ers	West Texas State	1,101	12,195	11.1
R2 · 37	Terry Sykes	Washington Bullets	Grambling State	N/A	N/A	N/A
R2 · 38	Lew Massey	Los Angeles Lakers	UNC Charlotte	N/A	N/A	N/A
R2 · 39	James Lee	Seattle SuperSonics	Kentucky	N/A	N/A	N/A
R2 · 40	Wayne Cooper	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans	984	7,777	7.9
R2 · 41	Jerome Whitehead	Buffalo Braves	Marquette	678	4,423	6.5
R2 · 42	Keven McDonald	Seattle SuperSonics	Pennsylvania	N/A	N/A	N/A
R2 · 43	Glenn Hagan	Philadelphia 76ers	St. Bonaventure	4	7	1.8
R2 · 44	Clemon Johnson	Portland Trail Blazers	Florida A&M	782	4,350	5.6