Last Updated on March 26, 2026 by Mat Diekhake
Detroit Pistons Draft History
| YEAR | PICK NO. | ROUND | PLAYER DRAFTED | POSITION | COLLEGE/TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | 2 | Chaz Lanier | G | Tennessee |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | Ron Holland | F | NBA G League Ignite |
| 2024 | 37 | 2 | Bobi Klintman | F | Cairns (Australia) |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | Ausar Thompson | G | Overtime Elite (Georgia) |
| 2023 | 25 | 1 | Marcus Sasser | G | Houston |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | Jaden Ivey | G | Purdue |
| 2022 | 13 | 1 | Jalen Duren | PF | Memphis |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | Cade Cunningham | SF | Oklahoma State |
| 2021 | 42 | 2 | Isaiah Livers | PF | Michigan |
| 2021 | 52 | 2 | Luka Garza | C | Iowa |
| 2020 | 7 | 1 | Killian Hayes | G | Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany) |
| 2020 | 16 | 1 | Isaiah Stewart II | C | Washington |
| 2020 | 19 | 1 | Saddiq Bey | F | Villanova |
| 2020 | 38 | 2 | Saben Lee | G | Vanderbilt |
| 2019 | 15 | 1 | Sekou Doumbouya | F | CSP Limoges (France) |
| 2019 | 37 | 2 | Deividas Sirvydis | GF | Lietuvos Rytas II (Lithuania) |
| 2019 | 56 | 2 | Jaylen Hands | G | UCLA |
| 2019 | 57 | 2 | Jordan Bone | SG | Tennessee |
| 2018 | 38 | 2 | Khyri Thomas | SG | Creighton |
| 2018 | 42 | 2 | Bruce Brown Jr. | SG | Miami (FL) |
| 2017 | 12 | 1 | Luke Kennard | SG | Duke |
| 2016 | 18 | 1 | Henry Ellenson | PF | Marquette |
| 2016 | 49 | 2 | Michael Patrick Gbinije | SF | Syracuse |
| 2015 | 8 | 1 | Stanley Johnson | G | Arizona |
| 2015 | 38 | 2 | Darrun Hilliard | SG | Villanova |
| 2014 | 38 | 2 | Spencer Dinwiddie | PG | Colorado |
| 2013 | 8 | 1 | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | SG | Georgia |
| 2013 | 37 | 2 | Tony Mitchell | F | North Texas |
| 2013 | 56 | 2 | Peyton Siva | PG | Louisville |
| 2012 | 9 | 1 | Andre Drummond | C | UConn |
| 2012 | 39 | 2 | Khris Middleton | SF | Texas A&M |
| 2012 | 44 | 2 | Kim English | SG | Missouri |
| 2011 | 8 | 1 | Brandon Knight | G | Kentucky |
| 2011 | 33 | 2 | Kyle Singler | F | Duke |
| 2011 | 52 | 2 | Vernon Macklin | F | Florida |
| 2010 | 7 | 1 | Greg Monroe | FC | Georgetown |
| 2010 | 36 | 2 | Terrico White | G | Ole Miss |
| 2009 | 15 | 1 | Austin Daye | F | Gonzaga |
| 2009 | 35 | 2 | DaJuan Summers | PF | Georgetown |
| 2009 | 39 | 2 | Jonas Jerebko | F | Edilnol Pallacanestro Biella (Italy) |
| 2008 | 32 | 2 | Walter Sharpe | F | UAB |
| 2008 | 46 | 2 | Trent Plaisted | C | Brigham Young |
| 2008 | 59 | 2 | Deron Washington | GF | Virginia Tech |
| 2007 | 15 | 1 | Rodney Stuckey | G | Eastern Washington |
| 2007 | 27 | 1 | Arron Afflalo | SG | UCLA |
| 2007 | 57 | 2 | Sammy Mejia | SF | DePaul |
| 2006 | 51 | 2 | Cheickh Samb | C | CB Cornella (Spain) |
| 2006 | 60 | 2 | Will Blalock | G | Iowa State |
| 2005 | 26 | 1 | Jason Maxiell | PF | Cincinnati |
| 2005 | 56 | 2 | Amir Johnson | PF | Westchester High School (California) |
| 2005 | 60 | 2 | Alex Acker | SG | Pepperdine |
| 2004 | 54 | 2 | Ricky Paulding | SF | Missouri |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | Darko Milicic | FC | KK Vrsac Swisslion (Serbia) |
| 2003 | 25 | 1 | Carlos Delfino | SG | Fortituto Kontatto Bologna (Italy) |
| 2003 | 58 | 2 | Andreas Glyniadakis | C | Olympiacos (Greece) |
| 2002 | 23 | 1 | Tayshaun Prince | F | Kentucky |
| 2001 | 9 | 1 | Rodney White | F | Charlotte |
| 2001 | 37 | 2 | Mehmet Okur | FC | Anadolu Efes (Turkey) |
| 2000 | 14 | 1 | Mateen Cleaves | G | Michigan State |
| 2000 | 44 | 2 | Brian Cardinal | PF | Purdue |
| 1998 | 40 | 2 | Korleone Young | SF | Hargrave Military Academy (Virginia) |
| 1997 | 19 | 1 | Scot Pollard | C-F | Kansas |
| 1997 | 31 | 2 | Charles O’Bannon | F | UCLA |
| 1996 | 26 | 1 | Jerome Williams | PF | Georgetown |
| 1996 | 47 | 2 | Ron Riley | SG | Arizona State |
| 1995 | 18 | 1 | Theo Ratliff | C | Wyoming |
| 1995 | 30 | 2 | Lou Roe | F | Massachusetts |
| 1995 | 58 | 2 | Don Reid | PF | Georgetown |
| 1994 | 3 | 1 | Grant Hill | SF | Duke |
| 1994 | 22 | 1 | Bill Curley | F | Boston College |
| 1994 | 48 | 2 | Jevon Crudup | F | Missouri |
| 1994 | 54 | 2 | Zeljko Rebraca | C | KK Partizan (Serbia) |
| 1993 | 10 | 1 | Lindsey Hunter | G | Jackson State |
| 1993 | 11 | 1 | Allan Houston | G | Tennessee |
| 1992 | 37 | 2 | Isaiah Morris | F | Arkansas |
| 1991 | 40 | 2 | Doug Overton | SG | La Salle |
| 1990 | 26 | 1 | Lance Blanks | SG | Texas |
| 1988 | 30 | 2 | Fennis Dembo | GF | Wyoming |
| 1988 | 48 | 2 | Micheal Williams | PG | Baylor |
| 1988 | 72 | 3 | Lee Johnson | PF | Norfolk State |
| 1987 | 24 | 2 | Freddie Banks | G | UNLV |
| 1987 | 65 | 3 | Eric White | F | Pepperdine |
| 1987 | 88 | 4 | Dave Popson | FC | North Carolina |
| 1987 | 89 | 4 | David Johnson | F | Oklahoma |
| 1987 | 111 | 5 | Gerry Wright | N/A | Iowa |
| 1987 | 134 | 6 | Antoine Joubert | G | Michigan |
| 1987 | 157 | 7 | Mark Gottfried | SG | Alabama |
| 1986 | 11 | 1 | John Salley | C | Georgia Tech |
| 1986 | 27 | 2 | Dennis Rodman | PF | Southeastern Oklahoma State |
| 1986 | 86 | 4 | Chauncey Robinson | SG | Mississippi State |
| 1986 | 109 | 5 | Clarence Hanley | C | Old Dominion |
| 1986 | 132 | 6 | Greg Grant | F | Utah State |
| 1986 | 155 | 7 | Larry Polec | F | Michigan State |
| 1985 | 18 | 1 | Joe Dumars | SG | McNeese State |
| 1985 | 60 | 3 | Andre Goode | PF | Northwestern |
| 1985 | 64 | 3 | Richie Johnson | PF | Evansville |
| 1985 | 87 | 4 | Spud Webb | G | NC State |
| 1985 | 110 | 5 | Mike Lahm | N/A | Murray State |
| 1985 | 133 | 6 | Vincent Giles | N/A | Eastern Michigan |
| 1985 | 156 | 7 | Frank James | N/A | UNLV |
| 1984 | 20 | 1 | Tony Campbell | GF | Ohio State |
| 1984 | 32 | 2 | Eric Turner | G | Michigan |
| 1984 | 66 | 3 | Kevin Springman | PF | Saint Joseph’s |
| 1984 | 89 | 4 | Phillip Smith | PG | New Mexico |
| 1984 | 112 | 5 | Rick Doyle | N/A | Texas-San Antonio |
| 1984 | 135 | 6 | Rennie Bailey | N/A | Louisiana Tech |
| 1984 | 158 | 7 | Barry Francisco | N/A | Bloomsburg |
| 1984 | 181 | 8 | Dale Roberts | N/A | Appalachian State |
| 1984 | 203 | 9 | Ben Tower | N/A | Michigan State |
| 1984 | 225 | 10 | Dan Pelekoudas | N/A | Michigan |
| 1983 | 55 | 3 | Erich Santifer | SG | Syracuse |
| 1983 | 78 | 4 | Steve Bouchie | PF | Indiana |
| 1983 | 101 | 5 | Ken Austin | SF | Rice |
| 1983 | 124 | 6 | Derek Perry | F | Michigan State |
| 1983 | 147 | 7 | Rob Gonzalez | N/A | Colorado |
| 1983 | 170 | 8 | George Wenzel | N/A | Augustana (IL) |
| 1983 | 192 | 9 | Marlow McLain | N/A | Eastern Michigan |
| 1983 | 213 | 10 | Ike Person | C | Michigan |
| 1982 | 9 | 1 | Cliff Levingston | N/A | Wichita State |
| 1982 | 18 | 1 | Ricky Pierce | SG | Rice |
| 1982 | 78 | 4 | Walker Russell Sr. | GF | Western Michigan |
| 1982 | 101 | 5 | John Ebeling | N/A | Florida Southern |
| 1982 | 124 | 6 | Gary Holmes | FC | Minnesota |
| 1982 | 147 | 7 | Dean Marquardt | C | Marquette |
| 1982 | 170 | 8 | Brian Nyenhuis | C | Marquette |
| 1982 | 193 | 9 | Kevin Smith | G | Michigan State |
| 1982 | 214 | 10 | David Coulthard | G | York (Canada) |
| 1981 | 2 | 1 | Isiah Thomas | PG | Indiana |
| 1981 | 12 | 1 | Kelly Tripucka | SF | Notre Dame |
| 1981 | 89 | 4 | Don Koonce | SG | Charlotte |
| 1981 | 94 | 5 | George DeVone | G | Charlotte |
| 1981 | 117 | 6 | Vince Brookins | F | Iowa |
| 1981 | 140 | 7 | Greg Nance | PF | West Virginia |
| 1981 | 163 | 8 | Joe Schoen | F | St. Francis (PA) |
| 1981 | 164 | 8 | Ken Webb | N/A | Fairleigh Dickinson |
| 1981 | 185 | 9 | Eddie Baker | C | Alcorn State |
| 1981 | 205 | 10 | Melvin Maxwell | N/A | Western Michigan |
| 1980 | 17 | 1 | Larry Drew | G | Missouri |
| 1980 | 64 | 3 | Jonathan Moore | PF | Furman |
| 1980 | 70 | 4 | Darwin Cook | G | Portland |
| 1980 | 93 | 5 | Tony Fuller | SG | Pepperdine |
| 1980 | 116 | 6 | Tony Turner | N/A | Alaska-Anchorage |
| 1980 | 139 | 7 | Carl Pierce | N/A | Gonzaga |
| 1980 | 161 | 8 | Leroy Loggins | SG | Adelaide (Australia) |
| 1980 | 180 | 9 | Terry Dupris | PG | Huron |
| 1979 | 4 | 1 | Greg Kelser | F | Michigan State |
| 1979 | 10 | 1 | Roy Hamilton | PG | UCLA |
| 1979 | 15 | 1 | Phil Hubbard | FC | Michigan |
| 1979 | 29 | 2 | Tony Price | SG | Pennsylvania |
| 1979 | 48 | 3 | Terry Duerod | SG | Detroit-Mercy |
| 1979 | 92 | 5 | Flintie Ray Williams | N/A | UNLV |
| 1979 | 111 | 6 | Truman Clayton | G | Kentucky |
| 1979 | 132 | 7 | Ken Jones | N/A | Saint Mary’s |
| 1979 | 150 | 8 | Rodney Lee | N/A | Memphis |
| 1979 | 170 | 9 | Val Bracey | N/A | Central Michigan |
| 1979 | 187 | 10 | Willie Polk | G | Grand Canyon |
| 1978 | 23 | 2 | Terry Tyler | GF | Detroit-Mercy |
| 1978 | 29 | 2 | John Long | GF | Detroit-Mercy |
| 1978 | 95 | 5 | Dave Caligaris | N/A | Northeastern |
| 1978 | 117 | 6 | Audie Matthews | G | Illinois |
| 1978 | 138 | 7 | Herb Entzminger | N/A | Johnson C. Smith |
| 1978 | 157 | 8 | Earl Evans | F | UNLV |
| 1978 | 174 | 9 | Ulice Payne | SF | Marquette |
| 1978 | 189 | 10 | Dave Grauzer | G | Central Michigan |
| 1977 | 36 | 2 | Ben Poquette | FC | Central Michigan |
| 1977 | 58 | 3 | John Irving | PF | Hofstra |
| 1977 | 80 | 4 | Bruce King | PF | Iowa |
| 1977 | 102 | 5 | Jim Kennedy | N/A | Missouri |
| 1977 | 124 | 6 | Herb Nobles | F | Kansas |
| 1977 | 144 | 7 | Robert Lewis | N/A | Johnson C. Smith |
| 1977 | 163 | 8 | Tim Appleton | N/A | Kenyon College |
| 1976 | 4 | 1 | Leon Douglas | C | Alabama |
| 1976 | 38 | 3 | Phil Sellers | SF | Rutgers |
| 1976 | 55 | 4 | Scott Thompson | SG | Iowa |
| 1976 | 72 | 5 | Jim Hearns | N/A | Marymount |
| 1976 | 90 | 6 | Russell Davis | N/A | Virginia Tech |
| 1976 | 108 | 7 | Curt Peterson | N/A | Puget Sound |
| 1976 | 126 | 8 | Randy Heary | N/A | Illinois State |
| 1976 | 144 | 9 | Bill Martin | N/A | Hartwick |
| 1976 | 161 | 10 | Bob Johnson | N/A | Wisconsin |
| 1975 | 27 | 2 | Walter Luckett | SG | Ohio |
| 1975 | 44 | 3 | Pete Trgovich | SG | UCLA |
| 1975 | 64 | 4 | Lindsay Hairston | SF | Michigan State |
| 1975 | 81 | 5 | Cliff Pratt | N/A | Shaw |
| 1975 | 98 | 6 | Allen Spruill | G | North Carolina A&T |
| 1975 | 118 | 7 | Ike Williams | G | Armstrong Atlantic |
| 1975 | 135 | 8 | John Kelley | N/A | Dillard |
| 1975 | 151 | 9 | Terry Thomas | PF | Detroit-Mercy |
| 1975 | 169 | 10 | Mickey Fox | G | Saint Mary’s-Halifax |
| 1974 | 15 | 1 | Al Eberhard | F | Missouri |
| 1974 | 33 | 2 | Eric Money | G | Arizona |
| 1974 | 51 | 3 | Roland Grant | C | New Mexico State |
| 1974 | 69 | 4 | Mickey Martin | SF | Pittsburgh |
| 1974 | 87 | 5 | Joe Newman | N/A | Temple |
| 1974 | 105 | 6 | Mike Sylvester | N/A | Dayton |
| 1974 | 123 | 7 | Sammy High | N/A | Tulsa |
| 1974 | 141 | 8 | Greg Newman | N/A | Drexel |
| 1974 | 158 | 9 | Gary Deitelhoff | N/A | Millikin |
| 1974 | 175 | 10 | Bill Ligon | GF | Vanderbilt |
| 1973 | 44 | 3 | Bo Lamar | PG | Louisiana |
| 1973 | 50 | 3 | Larry Kenon | PF | Memphis |
| 1973 | 61 | 4 | Ken Brady | C | Michigan |
| 1973 | 78 | 5 | Henry Wilmore | GF | Michigan |
| 1973 | 95 | 6 | Dennis Johnson | F | Ferris State |
| 1973 | 112 | 7 | Fred Smiley | N/A | Northwood (MI) |
| 1973 | 129 | 8 | Ben Kelso | G | Central Michigan |
| 1973 | 145 | 9 | Bill Kelgore | C | Michigan State |
| 1973 | 159 | 10 | Bob Solomon | N/A | Wayne State (MI) |
| 1973 | 171 | 11 | Len Paul | N/A | Akron |
| 1973 | 180 | 12 | Clarence Carlisle | N/A | Ferris State |
| 1972 | 9 | 1 | Bob Nash | SF | Hawaii |
| 1972 | 17 | 2 | Chris Ford | SG | Villanova |
| 1972 | 51 | 4 | Ernie Fleming | F | Jacksonville |
| 1972 | 67 | 5 | Ernest Pettis | N/A | Western Michigan |
| 1972 | 84 | 6 | Terry Benton | N/A | Wichita State |
| 1972 | 101 | 7 | Bruce Anderson | N/A | Arizona |
| 1972 | 117 | 8 | Ben Kelso | G | Central Michigan |
| 1972 | 133 | 9 | Jessie Mangham | F | Ferris State |
| 1972 | 146 | 10 | Kent Hollenbeck | G | Kentucky |
| 1971 | 11 | 1 | Curtis Rowe | PF | UCLA |
| 1971 | 29 | 2 | Isaiah Wilson | SG | University of Baltimore |
| 1971 | 45 | 3 | Marv Roberts | F | Utah State |
| 1971 | 62 | 4 | Jarrett Durham | F | Duquesne |
| 1971 | 79 | 5 | Vincent White | F | Savannah State |
| 1971 | 96 | 6 | Jim Larranga | N/A | Providence |
| 1971 | 113 | 7 | Steve Kelly | F | Brigham Young |
| 1971 | 130 | 8 | Wayne Jones | N/A | Niagara |
| 1971 | 146 | 9 | Paul Botts | G | Central Michigan |
| 1971 | 162 | 10 | Steve Butcher | N/A | Pikeville |
| 1971 | 177 | 11 | Larry Saunders | C | Duke |
| 1971 | 190 | 12 | Bob Horn | N/A | Drake |
| 1971 | 202 | 13 | Willie Roberson | N/A | Wyoming |
| 1971 | 212 | 14 | Art Davis | N/A | Johnson C. Smith |
| 1971 | 221 | 15 | James Fleming | F | Alcorn State |
| 1971 | 228 | 16 | Fred Smiley | N/A | Detroit-Mercy |
| 1971 | 232 | 17 | Leroy Jenkins | G | Detroit-Mercy |
| 1971 | 235 | 18 | Ike Bundy | N/A | Detroit Tech |
| 1971 | 237 | 19 | Ed Jenkins | N/A | Shaw |
| 1970 | 1 | 1 | Bob Lanier | C | St. Bonaventure |
| 1970 | 32 | 2 | Ken Warzynski | F | DePaul |
| 1970 | 37 | 3 | Bob St. Pierre | F | Hanover |
| 1970 | 47 | 3 | Jim Hayes | G | Boston College |
| 1970 | 71 | 5 | Bill Jankans | N/A | Long Beach State |
| 1970 | 88 | 6 | Seviro Brown | N/A | DePaul |
| 1970 | 105 | 7 | Marv Copeland | N/A | Michigan Lutheran |
| 1970 | 122 | 8 | Dan Issel | FC | Kentucky |
| 1970 | 139 | 9 | Alex Wynn | N/A | Dartmouth |
| 1970 | 156 | 10 | Bruce Chapman | N/A | Nevada |
| 1970 | 172 | 11 | Rick Anhauser | N/A | NC State |
| 1970 | 185 | 12 | Don Ogletree | N/A | Cincinnati |
| 1970 | 195 | 13 | Ernest Hardy | N/A | Harvard |
| 1970 | 205 | 14 | Randy Smith | GF | Buffalo State |
| 1970 | 215 | 15 | Dennis Clark | N/A | Springfield College (Massachusetts) |
| 1970 | 224 | 16 | Harvey Mariatt | N/A | Eastern Michigan |
| 1969 | 4 | 1 | Terry Driscoll | PF | Boston College |
| 1969 | 19 | 2 | Willie Norwood | PF | Alcorn State |
| 1969 | 47 | 4 | Ted Wierman | F | Washington State |
| 1969 | 61 | 5 | Steve Mix | F | Toledo |
| 1969 | 75 | 6 | Larry Jeffries | G | Trinity (TX) |
| 1969 | 89 | 7 | Steve Vandenberg | F | Duke |
| 1969 | 103 | 8 | Bob Arnzen | G | Notre Dame |
| 1969 | 117 | 9 | George Reynolds | G | Houston |
| 1969 | 131 | 10 | Bill English | F | Winston-Salem State |
| 1969 | 145 | 11 | Rusty Clark | C | North Carolina |
| 1968 | 6 | 1 | Otto Moore | C | Texas-RGV |
| 1968 | 20 | 2 | Manny Leaks | PF | Niagara |
| 1968 | 25 | 3 | Don Dee | PF | Saint Louis |
| 1968 | 42 | 4 | Rich Niemann | C | Saint Louis |
| 1968 | 56 | 5 | Carl Fuller | N/A | Bethune-Cookman |
| 1968 | 70 | 6 | Wally Anderzunas | F | Creighton |
| 1968 | 84 | 7 | Larry Newbold | N/A | Long Island |
| 1968 | 98 | 8 | Harry Laurie | G | Saint Peter’s |
| 1968 | 112 | 9 | Vaughn Harper | GF | Syracuse |
| 1968 | 126 | 10 | Tom Baack | N/A | Nebraska |
| 1967 | 1 | 1 | Jimmy Walker | SG | Providence |
| 1967 | 4 | 1 | Sonny Dove | F | St. John’s |
| 1967 | 14 | 2 | Steve Sullivan | F | Georgetown |
| 1967 | 21 | 3 | Darrell Hardy | F | Baylor |
| 1967 | 33 | 4 | Ron Franz | F | Kansas |
| 1967 | 45 | 5 | Paul Long | SG | Wake Forest |
| 1967 | 57 | 6 | Vaughn Harper | GF | Syracuse |
| 1967 | 69 | 7 | Bobby Lloyd | G | Rutgers |
| 1967 | 81 | 8 | George Carter | G | St. Bonaventure |
| 1967 | 125 | 12 | George Dalzell | N/A | Colgate |
| 1967 | 135 | 13 | Matt Aitch | F | Michigan State |
| 1966 | 2 | 1 | Dave Bing | G | Syracuse |
| 1966 | 12 | 2 | Dorie Murrey | PF | Detroit-Mercy |
| 1966 | 22 | 3 | Ollie Darden | F | Michigan |
| 1966 | 32 | 4 | Jeff Congdon | G | Brigham Young |
| 1966 | 42 | 5 | William Pickens | N/A | Georgia Southern |
| 1966 | 52 | 6 | Carroll Hooser | PF | Southern Methodist |
| 1966 | 61 | 7 | Ted Manning | N/A | North Carolina Central |
| 1966 | 70 | 8 | George McNeil | N/A | Southern Illinois |
| 1965 | T | T | Bill Buntin | N/A | Michigan |
| 1965 | 11 | 2 | Tom Van Arsdale | GF | Indiana |
| 1965 | 20 | 3 | Ron Reed | F | Notre Dame |
| 1965 | 29 | 4 | Jim King | F | Oklahoma State |
| 1965 | 38 | 5 | Ted Manning | N/A | North Carolina Central |
| 1965 | 47 | 6 | Barry Smith | N/A | High Point |
| 1964 | 2 | 1 | Joe Caldwell | GF | Arizona State |
| 1964 | 9 | 2 | Les Hunter | F | Loyola (IL) |
| 1964 | 15 | 2 | Bill Chmielewski | C | Dayton |
| 1964 | 18 | 3 | Wali Jones | G | Villanova |
| 1964 | 27 | 4 | Jim Davis | C | Colorado |
| 1964 | 36 | 5 | Ray Wolford | N/A | Toledo |
| 1964 | 45 | 6 | Larry Phillips | F | Rice |
| 1964 | 54 | 7 | Jerry Jackson | G | Ohio |
| 1964 | 63 | 8 | Ralph Telken | N/A | Rockhurst |
| 1963 | 4 | 1 | Eddie Miles | SG | Seattle |
| 1963 | 12 | 2 | Jerry Smith | G | Furman |
| 1963 | 21 | 3 | Mike McCoy | C | Miami (FL) |
| 1963 | 30 | 4 | Dave Erickson | F | Marquette |
| 1963 | 39 | 5 | Bill Small | G | Illinois |
| 1963 | 48 | 6 | Reggie Harding | C | Detroit Eastern High School |
| 1963 | 57 | 7 | Ira Harge | C | New Mexico |
| 1963 | 66 | 8 | Gary Silc | N/A | Northern Michigan |
| 1963 | 71 | 9 | Ernie Durston | N/A | Seattle |
| 1962 | T | T | Dave DeBusschere | N/A | Detroit |
| 1962 | 11 | 2 | Kevin Loughery | SG | St. John’s |
| 1962 | 20 | 3 | Harold Hudgens | F | Texas Tech |
| 1962 | 29 | 4 | Reggie Harding | C | Detroit Eastern High School |
| 1962 | 38 | 5 | Lindbergh Moody | N/A | South Carolina |
| 1962 | 47 | 6 | Ed Noe | C | Morehead State |
| 1962 | 56 | 7 | John Bradley | N/A | Lawrence Tech (MI) |
| 1962 | 64 | 8 | Mike Rice | N/A | Duquesne |
| 1962 | 73 | 9 | Bill Nelson | N/A | Hamline |
| 1962 | 82 | 10 | Glenn Moore | N/A | Oregon |
| 1961 | 4 | 1 | Ray Scott | FC | Allentown (United States) |
| 1961 | 12 | 2 | Johnny Egan | PG | Providence |
| 1961 | 26 | 3 | Doug Kistler | F | Duke |
| 1961 | 35 | 4 | George Finley | C | Tennessee State |
| 1961 | 44 | 5 | Danny Doyle | PF | Belmont Abbey |
| 1961 | 53 | 6 | Lee Patrone | N/A | West Virginia |
| 1961 | 62 | 7 | Burt Price | N/A | Wittenberg |
| 1961 | 71 | 8 | Walter Ward | N/A | Hampton |
| 1961 | 79 | 9 | Peter Baltic | N/A | Penn State |
| 1961 | 86 | 10 | Wayne Monson | N/A | Northern Michigan |
| 1961 | 94 | 11 | Richard Kraft | N/A | SUNY Brockport |
| 1960 | 4 | 1 | Jackie Moreland | F | LSU |
| 1960 | 12 | 2 | Ron Johnson | F | Minnesota |
| 1960 | 20 | 3 | Frank Case | G | Dayton |
| 1960 | 28 | 4 | Ken Remley | C | WV Wesleyan |
| 1960 | 36 | 5 | Willie Jones | G | Northwestern |
| 1960 | 44 | 6 | Bill Lowry | N/A | Christian Brothers |
| 1960 | 52 | 7 | Doug Moe | F | North Carolina |
| 1960 | 59 | 8 | Mike Yugovich | N/A | Youngstown State |
| 1960 | 66 | 9 | Martin Holland | N/A | Kentucky Wesleyan |
| 1960 | 73 | 10 | Joe Kennelly | F | Dayton |
| 1960 | 78 | 11 | Mel Peterson | GF | Wheaton (IL) |
| 1960 | 83 | 12 | Don Dobbert | N/A | Wheaton (IL) |
| 1960 | 87 | 13 | Lee Hopfenspirger | N/A | Hamline |
| 1959 | 2 | 1 | Bailey Howell | SF | Mississippi State |
| 1959 | 7 | 2 | Tom Robitaille | FC | Rice |
| 1959 | 8 | 2 | Don Goldstein | F | Louisville |
| 1959 | 16 | 3 | Gary Alcorn | C | Fresno State |
| 1959 | 24 | 4 | George Lee | G | Michigan |
| 1959 | 32 | 5 | Tony Windis | G | Wyoming |
| 1959 | 39 | 6 | Lou Jordan | N/A | Cornell |
| 1959 | 47 | 7 | Doug Smart | N/A | Washington |
| 1959 | 54 | 8 | Chuck Curtis | N/A | Pacific Lutheran |
| 1959 | 60 | 9 | Doyle Edmiston | N/A | Hardin-Simmons |
| 1959 | 66 | 10 | Bruno Boin | N/A | Washington |
| 1959 | 72 | 11 | M.C. Burton | N/A | Michigan |
| 1958 | 10 | 2 | Barney Cable | F | Bradley |
| 1958 | 18 | 3 | Roy DeWitz | G | Kansas State |
| 1958 | 26 | 4 | Ralph Croswaite | C | Western Kentucky |
| 1958 | 34 | 5 | Hank Morano | N/A | Saint Peter’s |
| 1958 | 36 | 5 | Don Ohl | SG | Illinois |
| 1958 | 42 | 6 | Shellie McMillon | F | Bradley |
| 1958 | 50 | 7 | Ed Blair | N/A | Western Michigan |
| 1958 | 58 | 8 | Jack Quiggle | GF | Michigan State |
| 1958 | 64 | 9 | Harry Marske | N/A | North Dakota State |
| 1958 | 70 | 10 | Pete Gaudin | N/A | Loyola (NO) |
| 1958 | 75 | 11 | Herb Merritt | N/A | Tennessee Tech |
| 1958 | 79 | 12 | Jim Dew | N/A | Alabama State |
| 1957 | 2 | 1 | Charlie Tyra | FC | Louisville |
| 1957 | 10 | 2 | Bob McCoy | F | Grambling State |
| 1957 | 18 | 3 | Bill Ebben | F | Detroit-Mercy |
| 1957 | 26 | 4 | Kurt Englebert | F | Saint Joseph’s |
| 1957 | 34 | 5 | Ron Kramer | G | Michigan |
| 1957 | 42 | 6 | Walt Acamushko | N/A | St. Francis (NY) |
| 1957 | 50 | 7 | Carl Boldt | F | San Francisco |
| 1957 | 57 | 8 | Doug Bolstorff | G | Minnesota |
| 1957 | 64 | 9 | Bob Lazor | N/A | Pittsburgh |
Fort Wayne Pistons Draft History
| YEAR | PICK NO. | ROUND | PLAYER DRAFTED | POSITION | COLLEGE/TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 14 | 2 | Bob Kessler | F | Maryland |
| 1956 | 22 | 3 | Bill Thieben | F | Hofstra |
| 1956 | 30 | 4 | Charles Slack | F | Marshall |
| 1956 | 38 | 5 | Joe Lieber | N/A | Holy Cross |
| 1956 | 46 | 6 | John Schlimm | N/A | John Carroll |
| 1956 | 54 | 7 | Bruce Harris | N/A | Tennessee Tech |
| 1955 | 6 | 1 | Johnny Horan | F | Dayton |
| 1955 | 9 | 2 | Corky Devlin | F | George Washington |
| 1955 | 13 | 2 | Jesse Arnelle | F | Penn State |
| 1955 | 22 | 3 | Ron Bennink | G | Washington State |
| 1955 | 29 | 4 | Dick Howard | F | Case Western Reserve |
| 1955 | 38 | 5 | Cleo Littleton | N/A | Wichita State |
| 1955 | 45 | 6 | Bob Reiter | N/A | Missouri |
| 1955 | 54 | 7 | Tom Harrold | N/A | Colorado |
| 1955 | 61 | 8 | Don Belcher | F | LSU |
| 1955 | 70 | 9 | Tom Mixon | N/A | Mercer |
| 1955 | 77 | 10 | Tom Mock | N/A | Colorado |
| 1955 | 85 | 11 | Happy Mahfouz | N/A | Spring Hill |
| 1955 | 90 | 12 | Ray Warren | N/A | TCU |
| 1954 | 4 | 1 | Dick Rosenthal | F | Notre Dame |
| 1954 | 13 | 2 | Arnold Short | G | Oklahoma City |
| 1954 | 22 | 3 | B.H. Born | C | Kansas |
| 1954 | 30 | 4 | Chuck Noble | SG | Louisville |
| 1954 | 31 | 4 | Mel Thompson | F | NC State |
| 1954 | 40 | 5 | Dutch Burch | N/A | Pittsburgh |
| 1954 | 49 | 6 | Charles Kraak | PF | Indiana |
| 1954 | 58 | 7 | Bernie Janicki | GF | Duke |
| 1954 | 67 | 8 | Don Bielke | C | Valparaiso |
| 1954 | 76 | 9 | Joel Hittleman | N/A | Loyola (MD) |
| 1954 | 84 | 10 | Phil Larson | N/A | Brigham Young |
| 1954 | 93 | 11 | Forrest Jackson | N/A | Taylor |
| 1953 | 3 | 1 | Jack Molinas | SF | Columbia |
| 1953 | 11 | 2 | George Glasgow | G | Fairleigh Dickinson |
| 1953 | 20 | 3 | Jim Bredar | G | Illinois |
| 1953 | 29 | 4 | Jim Bingham | N/A | Eastern Kentucky |
| 1953 | 38 | 5 | Mike Bodnar | N/A | St. Bonaventure |
| 1953 | 47 | 6 | Norb Lewinski | N/A | Notre Dame |
| 1953 | 56 | 7 | William Hagan | N/A | Siena |
| 1953 | 65 | 8 | Dean Kelley | N/A | Kansas |
| 1953 | 74 | 9 | Dick White | N/A | Eastern Kentucky |
| 1952 | 3 | 1 | Dick Groat | PG | Duke |
| 1952 | 13 | 2 | Monk Meineke | PF | Dayton |
| 1952 | 23 | 3 | Bill Carlson | N/A | Fordham |
| 1952 | 33 | 4 | Hal Cerra | N/A | Duquesne |
| 1952 | 43 | 5 | Bob Clifton | N/A | Iowa |
| 1952 | 53 | 6 | Leo Corkery | N/A | St. Bonaventure |
| 1952 | 63 | 7 | Lee Terrill | N/A | NC State |
| 1951 | 4 | 1 | Zeke Sinicola | G | Niagara |
| 1951 | 14 | 2 | Jack Kiley | G | Syracuse |
| 1951 | 24 | 3 | Jake Fendley | G | Northwestern |
| 1951 | 34 | 4 | Herb Hargett | N/A | Mississippi State |
| 1951 | 44 | 5 | Leo Johnson | N/A | Arizona |
| 1951 | 54 | 6 | Frank Clasbeek | N/A | Iowa |
| 1951 | 64 | 7 | Jim Ramstead | N/A | Stanford |
| 1951 | 74 | 8 | John Manning | N/A | Duquesne |
| 1950 | 1 | 1 | Charlie Share | C | Bowling Green |
| 1950 | 8 | 1 | George Yardley | GF | Stanford |
| 1950 | 20 | 2 | Jim Riffey | GF | Tulane |
| 1950 | 32 | 3 | Art Burris | GF | Tennessee |
| 1950 | 44 | 4 | Len Rzewszewski | N/A | Indiana State |
| 1950 | 56 | 5 | Ed Thompson | N/A | Kent State |
| 1950 | 68 | 6 | Bob Metcalf | N/A | Valparaiso |
| 1950 | 80 | 7 | Ed Jones | N/A | Tennessee |
| 1950 | 92 | 8 | Billy Adcock | F | Vanderbilt |
| 1950 | 104 | 9 | Al Henningsen | N/A | Northwest Missouri State |
| 1949 | 3 | 1 | Bob A. Harris | F | Oklahoma State |
| 1949 | 15 | 2 | John Oldham | G | Western Kentucky |
| 1949 | 27 | 3 | Fred Schaus | GF | West Virginia |
| 1949 | 38 | 4 | Jerry Nagel | G | Loyola (IL) |
| 1949 | 47 | 5 | Dal Zuber | N/A | Toledo |
| 1948 | 8 | 1 | Ward Williams | GF | Indiana |
| 1948 | 44 | 4 | Link Richmond | N/A | Arizona |