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1959 NBA Draft

1958 NBA Draft 1960 NBA Draft

Date: Tuesday, March 31, 1959

Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

Number of Picks: 85 (23 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Bob Boozer (64.2 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: W. Chamberlain (247.3), B. Howell (114.8) and D. Barnett (68.7)

All-Stars: 6 (D. Barnett, B. Boozer, W. Chamberlain, J. Green, B. Howell and R. LaRusso)

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Matthew Maurer of TheDraftReview is an NBA Draft historian who has researched and collected the data on the entire history of the NBA Draft. Much of the biographical and draft data of the later rounds is thanks to his investigative research and work.

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85 Selections

Stats shown are for the player's NBA career

85 Selections Table
			Round 1			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
1	3	PHW	Wilt Chamberlain	Kansas	14	1045	47859	31419	23924	4643	.540		.511	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4	247.3	.248
2	7	STL	Bob Ferry	Saint Louis	10	634	12828	5780	3343	906	.433		.664	20.2	9.1	5.3	1.4	20.2	.076
3	1	CIN	Bob Boozer	Kansas State	11	874	25549	12964	7119	1237	.462		.761	29.2	14.8	8.1	1.4	64.2	.121
4	2	DET	Bailey Howell	Mississippi State	12	950	30627	17770	9383	1853	.480		.762	32.2	18.7	9.9	2.0	114.8	.180
5	4	MNL	Tom Hawkins	Notre Dame	10	764	18465	6672	4607	871	.447		.570	24.2	8.7	6.0	1.1	24.1	.063
6	5	SYR	Dick Barnett	Tennessee State	14	971	28937	15358	2812	2729	.456		.761	29.8	15.8	2.9	2.8	68.7	.114	-3.6	0.0
7	6	NYK	Johnny Green	Michigan State	14	1057	24624	12281	9083	1449	.493		.553	23.3	11.6	8.6	1.4	58.0	.113
8	8	BOS	John Richter	NC State	1	66	808	285	312	27	.340		.504	12.2	4.3	4.7	0.4	0.4	.026
			Round 2			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
9	9	DET	Tom Robitaille	Rice University
10	10	DET	Don Goldstein	Louisville
11	11	PHW	Joe Ruklick	Northwestern	3	114	909	398	286	48	.366		.613	8.0	3.5	2.5	0.4	0.0	-.001
12	12	MNL	Rudy LaRusso	Dartmouth College	10	736	24487	11507	6936	1556	.431		.767	33.3	15.6	9.4	2.1	61.4	.120
13	13	SYR	Gene Tormohlen	Tennessee	6	271	3223	1191	1122	257	.411		.579	11.9	4.4	4.1	0.9	2.3	.034
14	14	STL	Alan Seiden	St. John's
15	15	STL	Cal Ramsey	NYU	2	13	222	103	73	12	.383		.568	17.1	7.9	5.6	0.9	0.1	.013
16	16	BOS	Gene Guarilia	George Washington	4	129	1082	413	294	36	.376		.611	8.4	3.2	2.3	0.3	1.2	.055
			Round 3			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
17	17	CIN	Mike Mendenhall	Cincinnati
18	18	DET	Gary Alcorn	Fresno State	2	78	844	261	329	24	.293		.598	10.8	3.3	4.2	0.3	-1.3	-.072
19	19	PHW	Jim Hockaday	Memphis
20	20	MNL	Bobby Smith	West Virginia	2	13	137	37	33	14	.236		.688	10.5	2.8	2.5	1.1	-0.3	-.097
21	21	SYR	Jon Cincebox	Syracuse
22	22	NYK	Bob Anderegg	Michigan State	1	33	373	133	69	29	.385		.548	11.3	4.0	2.1	0.9	0.0	.002
23	23	STL	Hank Stein	Xavier
24	24	BOS	Ralph Crosthwaite	Western Kentucky
			Round 4			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
25	25	CIN	Leo Byrd	Marshall
26	26	DET	George Lee	Michigan	7	297	5158	2229	1235	258	.379		.734	17.4	7.5	4.2	0.9	6.6	.061
27	27	PHW	Ron Stevenson	TCU
28	28	MNL	Wilson Eison	Purdue
29	29	SYR	Paul Neumann	Stanford	6	451	11003	4989	1318	1453	.442		.799	24.4	11.1	2.9	3.2	28.3	.124
30	30	NYK	Johnny Cox	Kentucky	1	73	1685	573	280	142	.421		.704	23.1	7.8	3.8	1.9	0.5	.015
31	31	STL	Lee Harman	Oregon State
32	32	BOS	Ed Kazakavich	University of Scranton
			Round 5			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
33	33	CIN	Harry Kirchner	TCU
34	34	DET	Tony Windis	Wyoming	1	9	193	36	47	32	.267		.667	21.4	4.0	5.2	3.6	-0.2	-.057
35	35	PHW	Bill Telasky	George Washington
36	36	MNL	Bobby Joe Mason	Bradley
37	37	SYR	Roger Taylor	Illinois
38	38	NYK	Herb Busch	Virginia
39	39	STL	Nick Mantis	Northwestern	2	52	755	236	91	92	.367		.549	14.5	4.5	1.8	1.8	-0.8	-.049
40	40	BOS	Roy Lange	William & Mary
			Round 6			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
41	41	CIN	Don Hennon	Pitt
42	42	DET	Lou Jordan	Cornell
43	43	PHW	Joe Spratt	Saint Joseph's
44	44	MNL	Jim Henry	Vanderbilt
45	45	SYR	Bob Dalton	California
46	46	NYK	Bucky McDonald	George Washington
47	47	STL	Mike Moran	Marquette
48	48	BOS	Bob Cumings	Boston University
			Round 7			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
49	49	CIN	Dale Moore	Eastern Kentucky University
50	50	DET	Doug Smart	Washington
51	51	PHW	Joe Ryan	Villanova
52	52	MNL	Charley Grote	Georgetown College
53	53	SYR	Darnel Haney	Utah State University
54	54	NYK	Russ Robinson	Missouri State
55	55	STL	Orby Arnold	Memphis
			Round 8			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
56	56	CIN	Don Matuszak	Kansas State
57	57	DET	Chuck Curtis	Pacific Lutheran University
58	58	PHW	Dave Gunther	Iowa	1	1	5	2	3	3	.500			5.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	.204
59	59	MNL	Leon Hill	Texas Tech
60	60	NYK	Walt Torrence	UCLA
61	61	STL	Willie Merriweather	Purdue
			Round 9			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
62	62	CIN	Joe Billy McDade	Bradley
63	63	DET	Doyle Edmiston	Hardin-Simmons University
64	64	PHW	Carl Belz	Princeton
65	65	MNL	Jim Mudd	University of North Texas
66	66	NYK	Jerry Shipp	Southeastern Oklahoma State University
67	67	STL	Lou Pucillo	NC State
			Round 10			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
68	68	CIN	Joe Viviano	Xavier
69	69	DET	Bruno Boin	Washington
70	70	PHW	Tommy Sellari	Lenoir-Rhyne College
71	71	MNL	Roger Johnson	Minnesota
72	72	NYK	Paul Wilcox	Davis & Elkins College
73	73	STL	Ron Loneski	Kansas
			Round 11			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
74	74	CIN	Charlie Brown	Seattle University
75	75	DET	M. C. Burton	Michigan
76	76	PHW	Phil Warren	Northwestern
77	77	MNL	Jack Evens	Lake Superior State University
78	78	NYK	Paul Benes	Hope College
79	79	STL	John Barnhill	Tennessee State	7	426	10054	3648	1193	1205	.416		.651	23.6	8.6	2.8	2.8	10.4	.050
			Round 12			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
80	80	CIN	Roger Wendel	Tulsa
81	81	MNL	Vern Baggenstoss	St. Cloud State University
82	82	NYK	Ed Blair	Western Michigan
			Round 13			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
83	83	MNL	Dwayne Smith	Gustavus Adolphus
84	84	NYK	John Nicoll	BYU
			Round 14			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
85	85	NYK	Jack Israel	Missouri State

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