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1979 NBA Draft: Players Career Achievements and Stats

Career data of players selected in the 1979 NBA Draft, including seasons played, Championships won, honors, awards and some stats.

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Abbreviations:
Ch = NBA Champion / ASG = All-Star Games / HOF = Hall of Fame as player / FMVP = Finals MVP / All-NBA = All-NBA Teams / All-Def = All-Defensive Teams / ROY = Rookie of the Year

1979 NBA Draft - Players Career Data

Round 1

    Honors & Awards Season Leaders Stats
Pick Player Yrs
Ch
 ASG HOF MVP FMPV All-NBA All-Def ROY Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk
Pts
Reb
Ast
1.
Magic Johnson		 13 5 12 HOF 3 3 10 - - - - 4 2 - 19.5 7.2 11.2
2.
Dave Greenwood		 12 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 10.2 7.9 2.0
3.
Bill Cartwright		 15 3 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 13.2 6.3 1.4
4.
Greg Kelser		 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.7 4.6 1.3
5.
Sidney Moncrief		 11 - 5 HOF - - 5 5 - - - - - - 15.6 4.7 3.6
6.
James Bailey		 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8.8 5.0 0.8
7.
Vinnie Johnson		 13 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 12.0 3.2 3.3
8.
Calvin Natt		 11 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 17.2 6.8 2.2
9.
Larry Demic		 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.7 3.9 0.5
10.
Roy Hamilton		 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.6 1.5 2.6
11.
Cliff Robinson		 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17.2 8.3 2.0
    Honors & Awards Season Leaders Stats
Pick Player Yrs
Ch
 ASG HOF MVP FMPV All-NBA All-Def ROY Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk
Pts
Reb
Ast
12.
Jim Paxson		 11 - 2 - - - 1 - - - - - - - 14.3 2.0 2.9
13.
Dudley Bradley		 9 - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 5.2 1.8 1.9
14.
Brad Holland		 3 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.2 0.6 0.7
15.
Phil Hubbard		 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10.9 5.3 1.3
16.
Jim Spanarkel		 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.7 2.5 2.2
17.
Lee Johnson		 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.4 1.8 0.1
18.
Reggie King		 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8.9 6.2 1.6
19.
Wiley Peck		 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.5 3.5 0.6
20.
Larry Knight		 -
21.
Sly Williams		 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10.9 4.2 2.0
22.
Kyle Macy		 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.5 2.2 4.0

Round 2

    Honors & Awards Season Leaders Stats
Pick Player Yrs
Ch
 ASG HOF MVP FMPV All-NBA All-Def ROY Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk
Pts
Reb
Ast
23.
Tico Brown		 -
24.
Johnny High		 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.1 2.3 1.9
25.
Ollie Mack		 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.2 2.5 1.8
26.
Bruce Flowers		 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.9 3.4 0.9
27.
Reggie Carter		 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.5 1.2 1.5
28.
Danny Salisbury		 -
29.
Tony Price		 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.8 0.0 0.6
30.
Gary Garland		 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.3 1.8 1.9
31.
Edgar Jones		 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.0 4.8 0.9
32.
Tony Zeno		 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.8 1.8 0.1
33.
Lawrence Butler		 -
    Honors & Awards Season Leaders Stats
Pick Player Yrs
Ch
 ASG HOF MVP FMPV All-NBA All-Def ROY Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk
Pts
Reb
Ast
34.
Kim Goetz		 -
35.
James Bradley		 -
36.
Clint Richardson		 8 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.0 2.4 2.5
37.
Bernard Toone		 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.4 1.5 0.5
38.
Larry Wilson		 -
39.
Victor King		 -
40.
Andrew Fields		 -
41.
Mark Young		 -
42.
Paul Mokeski		 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.0 3.4 0.7
43.
Johnny Moore		 9 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 9.4 3.0 7.4
44.
Joe DeSantis		 -

Round 3

    Honors & Awards Season Leaders Stats
Pick Player Yrs
Ch
 ASG HOF MVP FMPV All-NBA All-Def ROY Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk
Pts
Reb
Ast
45.
Arvid Kramer		 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.0 1.5 0.4
46.
Andrew Parker		 -
47.
Calvin Garrett		 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.2 2.6 1.5
48.
Terry Duerod		 4 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 6.7 1.1 1.2
49.
Cedrick Hordges		 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.6 5.9 1.2
50.
Geoff Huston		 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8.8 1.4 5.1
51.
John Gerdy		 -
52.
Larry Gibson		 -
53.
Wayne Kreklow		 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.2 0.5 0.4
54.
Cheese Johnson		 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.0 1.6 0.2
55.
Tom Channel		 -
    Honors & Awards Season Leaders Stats
Pick Player Yrs
Ch
 ASG HOF MVP FMPV All-NBA All-Def ROY Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk
Pts
Reb
Ast
56.
Mickey Fox		 -
57.
Don March		 -
58.
Earl Cureton		 12 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.4 4.7 1.0
59.
Ricardo Brown		 -
60.
Walter Daniels		 -
61.
Ernesto Malcolm		 -
62.
Terry Crosby		 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.5 0.3 1.8
63.
Sylvester Norris		 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.4 2.5 0.4
64.
Al Green		 -
65.
Bill Laimbeer		 14 2 4 - - - - - - - 1 - - - 12.9 9.7 2.0
66.
Charles Floyd		 -

Round 4

    Honors & Awards Season Leaders Stats
Pick Player Yrs
Ch
 ASG HOF MVP FMPV All-NBA All-Def ROY Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk
Pts
Reb
Ast
67.
Greg Deane		 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.4 0.9 0.9
68.
Nick Galis		 -
69.
Eugene Robinson		 -
70.
Rick Swing		 -
71.
Larry Rogers		 -
72.
George Maynor		 -
73.
James Donaldson		 14 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 8.6 7.8 0.8
74.
Don Newman		 -
75.
Ron Ripley		 -
76.
Sammy Drummer		 -
77.
Lionel Garrett		 -
    Honors & Awards Season Leaders Stats
Pick Player Yrs
Ch
 ASG HOF MVP FMPV All-NBA All-Def ROY Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk
Pts
Reb
Ast
78.
Daryll Robinson		 -
79.
Ray White		 -
80.
Lionel Green		 -
81.
Ricky Reed		 -
82.
Jerry Sichting		 10 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 6.9 1.4 3.3
83.
Mike Niles		 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.6 1.3 0.3
84.
Al Daniel		 -
85.
John McCullough		 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.6 0.5 0.4
86.
Malcolm Cesare		 -
87.
Richie Allen		 -
88.
Lamont Reid		 -

Round 5

    Honors & Awards Season Leaders Stats
Pick Player Yrs
Ch
 ASG HOF MVP FMPV All-NBA All-Def ROY Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk
Pts
Reb
Ast
89.
Wolfe Perry		 -
90.
Jimmy Allen		 -
91.
Matt Simpkins		 -
92.
F.R. Williams		 -
93.
Larry Washington		 -
94.
Johnny Green		 -
95.
Jim Abromaitis		 -
96.
George Lett		 -
97.
Jim Tillman		 -
98.
Billy Reid		 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.2 1.0 1.2
99.
Greg Joyner		 -
    Honors & Awards Season Leaders Stats
Pick Player Yrs
Ch
 ASG HOF MVP FMPV All-NBA All-Def ROY Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk
Pts
Reb
Ast
100.
Matt White		 -
101.
Tiny Pinder		 -
102.
Larry Williams		 -
103.
Carl McPipe		 -
104.
Allen Leavell		 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.5 1.7 4.8
105.
Curtis Watkins		 -
106.
Steve Schall		 -
107.
Mark Eaton		 11 - 1 - - - - 5 - - - - - 4 6.0 7.9 1.0
108.
Marshall Ashford		 -

Round 6

    Honors & Awards Season Leaders Stats
Pick Player Yrs
Ch
 ASG HOF MVP FMPV All-NBA All-Def ROY Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk
Pts
Reb
Ast
109.
Ernie Cobb		 -
110.
Marvin Delph		 -
111.
Truman Claytor		 -
112.
Joe Manning		 -
113.
Phil Abney		 -
114.
Steve Smith		 -
115.
Tony Smith		 -
116.
Derrick Mayes		 -
117.
Greg Guye		 -
118.
Jim Mitchem		 -
119.
Bob Bender		 -
    Honors & Awards Season Leaders Stats
Pick Player Yrs
Ch
 ASG HOF MVP FMPV All-NBA All-Def ROY Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk
Pts
Reb
Ast
120.
Ray Ellis		 -
121.
Dwight Williams		 -
122.
Odell Ball		 -
123.
Dan Hartshorne		 -
124.
Collie Davis		 -
125.
Terry Knight		 -
126.
Bob Roma		 -
127.
Dale Shackelford		 -
128.
Garcia Hopkins		 -

Round 7

    Honors & Awards Season Leaders Stats
Pick Player Yrs
Ch
 ASG HOF MVP FMPV All-NBA All-Def ROY Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk
Pts
Reb
Ast
129.
Paul Poe		 -
130.
Steve Castellan		 -
131.
Steve Skaggs		 -
132.
Ken Jones		 -
133.
Mike Eversley		 -
134.
Marc Coleman		 -
135.
Jim Strickland		 -
136.
Dirk Ewing		 -
137.
Ren Watson		 -
138.
Stan Ray		 -
139.
Jene Grey		 -
    Honors & Awards Season Leaders Stats
Pick Player Yrs
Ch
 ASG HOF MVP FMPV All-NBA All-Def ROY Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk
Pts
Reb
Ast
140.
Jeff Tropf		 -
141.
Tim Waterman		 -
142.
Bobby Willis		 -
143.
Rich Valavicius		 -
144.
John Johnson		 -
145.
Nick Daniels		 -
146.
Tyrone Branyan		 -
147.
Ollie Matson		 -

Round 8

    Honors & Awards Season Leaders Stats
Pick Player Yrs
Ch
 ASG HOF MVP FMPV All-NBA All-Def ROY Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk
Pts
Reb
Ast
148.
Keith McDonald		 -
149.
Glenn Sudhop		 -
150.
Rodney Lee		 -
151.
Mark Haymore		 -
152.
Billy Tucker		 -
153.
Tony Warren		 -
154.
H. Hollingsworth		 -
155.
Mario Butler		 -
156.
Larry Spicer		 -
157.
Brian Magid		 -
158.
Renaldo Lawrence		 -
    Honors & Awards Season Leaders Stats
Pick Player Yrs
Ch
 ASG HOF MVP FMPV All-NBA All-Def ROY Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk
Pts
Reb
Ast
159.
Willie Pounds		 -
160.
John Goedeke		 -
161.
Delbert Watson		 -
162.
Matt Teahan		 -
163.
Rick Raivio		 -
164.
Tony Vann		 -
165.
Charles Jones		 15 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.5 4.5 0.9
166.
Jo Jo Walters		 -

Round 9

    Honors & Awards Season Leaders Stats
Pick Player Yrs
Ch
 ASG HOF MVP FMPV All-NBA All-Def ROY Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk
Pts
Reb
Ast
167.
Milt Huggins		 -
168.
Kevin Sinnett		 -
169.
Tim Joyce		 -
170.
Val Bracey		 -
171.
James Jackson		 -
172.
Brett Wyatt		 -
173.
Ricky Free		 -
174.
Roger Lapham		 -
175.
Gene Ransom		 -
176.
Mike Dodd		 -
177.
Stan Eckwood		 -
    Honors & Awards Season Leaders Stats
Pick Player Yrs
Ch
 ASG HOF MVP FMPV All-NBA All-Def ROY Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk
Pts
Reb
Ast
178.
Cedric Oliver		 -
179.
Emmett Lewis		 -
180.
Coby Leavitt		 -
181.
Gary Wilson		 -
182.
Eddie McLeod		 -
183.
Hosea Champine		 -
184.
Ray Hooker		 -

Round 10

    Honors & Awards Season Leaders Stats
Pick Player Yrs
Ch
 ASG HOF MVP FMPV All-NBA All-Def ROY Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk
Pts
Reb
Ast
185.
Paul Dawkins		 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.5 2.2 1.4
186.
Alton Byrd		 -
187.
Willie Polk		 -
188.
Terry Peavy		 -
189.
Gordon Thomas		 -
190.
Marvin Thoms		 -
191.
Eric Fleisher		 -
192.
Kevin Heenan		 -
193.
Chris Fahrbach		 -
194.
Greg Hunter		 -
195.
Kelvin Small		 -
    Honors & Awards Season Leaders Stats
Pick Player Yrs
Ch
 ASG HOF MVP FMPV All-NBA All-Def ROY Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk
Pts
Reb
Ast
196.
Chad Nelson		 -
197.
Cortez Collins		 -
198.
Keith McCord		 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.0 1.0 0.5
199.
Glen Fine		 -
200.
Russell Saunders		 -
201.
Korky Nelson		 -
202.
Steve Martin		 -

Total picks: 202

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