New York Knicks draft history

Madison Square Garden, the home of the Knicks, has also been the site of numerous NBA drafts.

This is a list of the New York Knicks' draft selections from the first and second rounds of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Basketball Association of America (BAA).

Key

Abbreviation	Meaning	Abbreviation	Meaning
T	Territorial pick	(#)	Retired Knicks' Number

^	Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
*	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team
+	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
x	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-NBA Team
#	Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game

Position	G	Guard	PG	Point guard	SG	Shooting guard	F	Forward	SF	Small forward	PF	Power forward	C	Center

Selections

Bill Bradley was drafted by the Knicks in 1965, as a territorial pick, from Princeton University. He played on the 1970 and 1973 championship teams.

Walt "Clyde" Frazier was the Knicks' first round pick in 1967, a member of the 1970 and 1973 championship squads, and is currently a broadcaster for the team

Phil Jackson was selected in the second round of the 1967 draft and would play on two championship teams with the Knicks. After retiring as a player, he became a coach and won eleven championships: Six with the Bulls and five with the Lakers

Mike Woodson (pictured in 2013) would later also become the Knicks' head coach.

Patrick Ewing was the first overall pick in the 1985 draft

Danilo Gallinari was the sixth overall pick in the 2008 draft. He has since been traded to the Denver Nuggets

Landry Fields was drafted in the second round in 2010

Year	League	Round	Pick	Nationality	Player	College/High School/Club	Notes	References
1947	1	5	Dick Holub	United States	C	Long Island
1948	1	4	Dolph Schayes^	United States	C	NYU
1949	1	7	Dick McGuire^ (15)	United States	G	St. John's
1950	1	6	Irwin Dambrot#	United States	F	CCNY
1950	2	17	Herb Scherer	United States	C	Long Island
1951	1	6	Ed Smith	United States	F	Harvard
1951	2	15	Roland Minson#	United States	G	Brigham Young
1952	1	5	Ralph Polson	United States	F/C	Whitworth
1953	T		Walter Dukes+	United States	C	Seton Hall
1953	2	9	Don Ackerman	United States	PG	Long Island
1953	2	15	Nield Gordon#	United States	F	Furman
1954	1	8	Jack Turner	United States	G/F	Western Kentucky
1954	2	17	Richie Guerin*	United States	G	Iona
1955	1	4	Ken Sears+	United States	PF	Santa Clara
1955	2	11	Jerry Mullen#	United States	F	San Francisco
1956	1	4	Ronnie Shavlik	United States	F	North Carolina State
1956	2	11	Gary Bergen	United States	C	Utah
1957	1	5	Brendan McCann	United States	G	St. Bonaventure
1957	2	13	Larry Friend	United States	G/F	California
1958	1	3	Mike Farmer	United States	SF	San Francisco
1958	1	4	Pete Brennan	United States	SF	North Carolina
1958	2	11	Joe Quigg#	United States	F/C	North Carolina
1959	1	5	Johnny Green	United States	SF	Michigan State
1960	1	3	Darrall Imhoff+	United States	C	California
1960	2	10	Dave Budd	United States	PF	Wake Forest
1960	2	11	Kelly Coleman#	United States	G	Kentucky Wesleyan
1961	1	2	Tom Stith	United States	SF	St. Bonaventure
1961	2	10	Whitey Martin	United States	G	St. Bonaventure
1962	1	2	Paul Hogue	United States	C	Cincinnati
1962	2	9	John Rudometkin	United States	SF	USC
1963	1	1	Art Heyman	United States	SF/G	Duke
1963	2	9	Jerry Harkness	United States	PG	Loyola (Chicago)
1964	1	1	Jim Barnes	United States	C/F	Texas Western
1964	2	8	Willis Reed^ (19)	United States	C/F	Grambling State
1964	2	13	Howard Komives	United States	PG	Bowling Green
1965	T		Bill Bradley^ (24)	United States	SF/SG	Princeton
1965	1	3	Dave Stallworth	United States	PF/C	Wichita State
1965	2	10	Dick Van Arsdale+	United States	G/SF	Indiana
1965	2	14	Hal Blevins	United States	G	Arkansas AM&N
1966	1	1	Cazzie Russell+	United States	SF/G	Michigan
1966	2	11	Henry Akin	United States	PF/C	Morehead State
1967	1	5	Walt Frazier^ (10)	United States	PG	Southern Illinois
1967	2	17	Phil Jackson	United States	F/C	North Dakota
1968	1	10	Bill Hosket, Jr.	United States	PF/C	Ohio State
1969	1	11	John Warren	United States	G/SF	St. John's
1969	2	26	Bill Bunting#	United States	F/C	North Carolina
1970	1	17	Mike Price	United States	G	Illinois
1970	2	34	Howie Wright#	United States	G	Austin Peay
1971	1	16	Dean Meminger	United States	PG	Marquette
1971	2	34	Gregg Northington#	United States	C	Alabama State
1972	1	8	Tom Riker	United States	C/F	South Carolina
1973	1	14	Mel Davis	United States	SF	St. John's
1973	2	28	Patrick McFarland#	United States	F/G	Saint Joseph's
1974	2	32	Jesse Dark	United States	G	Virginia Commonwealth
1975	1	9	Gene Short	United States	SF	Jackson State
1975	2	26	Luther Burden	United States	SG	Utah
1975	2	34	Larry Fogle	United States	G	Canisius
1976	2	25	Lonnie Shelton+	United States	PF/C	Oregon State
1977	1	10	Ray Williams	United States	PG	Minnesota
1977	2	26	Glen Gondrezick	United States	SF/SG	UNLV
1977	2	32	Toby Knight	United States	PF	Notre Dame
1978	1	4	Micheal Ray Richardson+	United States	PG/SG	Montana
1978	2	32	John Rudd	United States	F	McNeese State
1978	2	34	Greg Bunch	United States	SF	Cal State Fullerton
1979	1	3	Bill Cartwright+	United States	C	San Francisco
1979	1	9	Larry Demic	United States	F/C	Arizona
1979	1	21	Sly Williams	United States	SF/SG	Rhode Island
1979	2	27	Reggie Carter	United States	SG	St. John's
1979	2	34	Kim Goetz#	United States	F	San Diego State
1980	1	12	Mike Woodson	United States	SG/SF	Indiana
1980	2	36	DeWayne Scales	United States	PF	LSU
1981	2	40	Greg Cook#	United States	F	LSU
1982	1	6	Trent Tucker	United States	SG	Minnesota
1982	2	29	Scott Hastings	United States	PF/C	Arkansas
1982	2	34	Vince Taylor	United States	SF	Duke
1983	1	12	Darrell Walker	United States	G	Arkansas
1985	1	1	Patrick Ewing^ (33)	United States	C	Georgetown
1985	2	47	Gerald Wilkins	United States	SG	UT–Chattanooga
1986	1	5	Kenny Walker	United States	SF	Kentucky
1986	2	47	Michael Jackson	United States	PG	Georgetown
1987	1	18	Mark Jackson+	United States	PG	St. John's
1987	2	25	Ron Moore	United States	C	West Virginia State
1988	1	19	Rod Stricklandx	United States	PG	DePaul
1988	2	37	Greg Butler	United States	C	Stanford
1989	2	50	Brian Quinnett	United States	PF	Washington State
1990	1	17	Jerrod Mustaf	United States	PF/C	Maryland
1991	1	12	Greg Anthony	United States	PG	UNLV
1992	1	20	Hubert Davis	United States	SG	North Carolina
1994	1	24	Monty Williams	United States	SF	Notre Dame
1994	1	26	Charlie Ward	United States	PG	Florida State
1996	1	18	John Wallace	United States	SF	Syracuse
1996	1	19	Walter McCarty	United States	PF	Kentucky
1996	1	21	Dontae' Jones	United States	PF	Mississippi State
1997	1	25	John Thomas	United States	C	Minnesota
1998	2	38	DeMarco Johnson	United States	PF	UNC Charlotte
1998	2	44	Sean Marks	New Zealand	F/C	California
1999	1	15	Frédéric Weis#	France	C	CSP Limoges (France)
1999	2	46	J. R. Koch	United States	F	Iowa
2000	1	22	Donnell Harvey	United States	SF	Florida
2000	2	39	Lavor Postell	United States	SG	St. John's
2001	2	38	Michael Wright	United States	PF	Arizona
2001	2	42	Eric Chenowith	United States	C	Kansas
2002	1	7	Nenê	Brazil	PF/C	Vasco da Gama (Brazil)
2002	2	36	Miloš Vujanić	Serbia and Montenegro	PG	KK Partizan (Serbia)
2003	1	9	Michael Sweetney	United States	PF	Georgetown
2003	2	30	Maciej Lampe	Poland	F/C	Real Madrid (Spain)
2003	2	39	Slavko Vraneš	Serbia and Montenegro	C	Budućnost Podgorica (Montenegro)
2004	2	44	Trevor Ariza	United States	SF	UCLA
2005	1	8	Channing Frye	United States	PF/C	Arizona
2005	1	30	David Lee+	United States	PF/C	Florida
2005	2	54	Dijon Thompson	United States	SG/SF	UCLA
2006	1	20	Renaldo Balkman	United States	SF/PF	South Carolina
2006	1	29	Mardy Collins	United States	PG/SG	Temple
2007	1	23	Wilson Chandler	United States	SF	DePaul
2008	1	6	Danilo Gallinari	Italy	SF	Olimpia Milano (Italy)
2009	1	8	Jordan Hill	United States	PF	Arizona
2010	2	38	Andy Rautins	Canada	SG	Syracuse
2010	2	39	Landry Fields	United States	SG	Stanford
2011	1	17	Iman Shumpert	United States	SG/PG	Georgia Tech
2012	2	48	Kostas Papanikolaou	Greece	PF	Olympiacos (Greece)
2013	1	24	Tim Hardaway Jr.	United States	G	Michigan
2014	2	34	Cleanthony Early	United States	SF	Wichita State
2014	2	51	Thanasis Antetokounmpo	Greece	SF	Delaware 87ers (D-League)
2015	1	4	Kristaps Porziņģis	Latvia	C	CB Sevilla (Spain)
2017	1	8	Frank Ntilikina	France	PG	SIG Strasbourg (France)
2017	2	44	Damyean Dotson	United States	SG	Houston
2017	2	58	Ognjen Jaramaz	Serbia	PG	Mega Leks (Serbia)
2018	1	9	Kevin Knox II	United States	SF	Kentucky
2018	2	36	Mitchell Robinson	United States	C	Chalmette HS (Chalmette, Louisiana)
2019	1	3	RJ Barrett	Canada	SG	Duke
2019	2	55	Kyle Guy	United States	SG	Virginia	The Knicks traded Guy to the Sacramento Kings along with cash considerations in exchange for 47th pick Ignas Brazdeikis.
2020	1	8	Obi Toppin	United States	PF	Dayton
2020	1	23	Leandro Bolmaro	Argentina	SF	FC Barcelona (Spain)	The Knicks traded Bolmaro to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a three-team trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for 25th pick Immanuel Quickley.
2021	1	19	Kai Jones	Bahamas	C	Texas	The Knicks traded Jones to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for a future first-round pick. This pick was later traded to the Atlanta Hawks for Cam Reddish.
2021	1	21	Keon Johnson	United States	SG	Tennessee	The Knicks traded Johnson to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for the 25th pick Quentin Grimes.
2021	2	32	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	United States	PF/C	Villanova	The Knicks traded Robinson-Earl to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for the 34th (Miles McBride) and 36th picks (Rokas Jokubaitis).
2021	2	58	Jericho Sims	United States	PF	Texas
2022	1	11	Ousmane Dieng	France	SF	New Zealand Breakers (Australia)	The Knicks traded Dieng to the Oklahoma City Thunder for three future first-round picks, one of which was traded to the Charlotte Hornets for the 13th overall pick (Jalen Duren), who was subsequently traded to the Detroit Pistons.
2022	2	42	Trevor Keels	United States	SG	Duke

References

• New York Knickerbockers Draft Register from Basketball-Reference.com