Boston Celtics NBA Draft Picks
Below is a list of all NBA Draft picks for the Boston Celtics NBA franchise since 1960.
[Source: Basketball Reference.]
[Note: Subsequent trades listed in parenthesis after prospect's name in table below.]
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| Year | Rd. | Pick | Prospect | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 14 | Aaron Nesmith | Vanderbilt |
| 2020 | 1 | 26 | Payton Pritchard | Oregon |
| 2020 | 1 | 30 | Desmond Bane (to MEM) | TCU |
| 2020 | 2 | 47 | Yam Madar | |
| 2019 | 1 | 14 | Romeo Langford | Indiana |
| 2019 | 1 | 20 | Matisse Thybulle (to PHI) | Washington |
| 2019 | 1 | 22 | Grant Williams | Tennessee |
| 2019 | 2 | 51 | Tremont Waters | LSU |
| 2018 | 1 | 27 | Robert Williams | Texas A&M |
| 2017 | 1 | 3 | Jayson Tatum | Duke |
| 2017 | 2 | 37 | Semi Ojeleye | SMU |
| 2017 | 2 | 53 | Kadeem Allen | Arizona |
| 2017 | 2 | 56 | Jabari Bird | California |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 | Jaylen Brown | California |
| 2016 | 1 | 16 | Guerschon Yabusele | |
| 2016 | 1 | 23 | Ante Zizic | |
| 2016 | 2 | 31 | Deyonta Davis (to MEM) | Michigan State |
| 2016 | 2 | 35 | Rade Zagorac (to MEM) | |
| 2016 | 2 | 45 | Demetrius Jackson | Notre Dame |
| 2016 | 2 | 51 | Ben Bentil | Providence |
| 2016 | 2 | 58 | Abdel Nader | Iowa State |
| 2015 | 1 | 16 | Terry Rozier | Louisville |
| 2015 | 1 | 28 | R.J. Hunter | Georgia State University |
| 2015 | 2 | 33 | Jordan Mickey | LSU |
| 2015 | 2 | 45 | Marcus Thornton | William & Mary |
| 2014 | 1 | 6 | Marcus Smart | Oklahoma State |
| 2014 | 1 | 17 | James Young | Kentucky |
| 2013 | 1 | 16 | Lucas Nogueira (to DAL to ATL) | |
| 2012 | 1 | 21 | Jared Sullinger | Ohio State |
| 2012 | 1 | 22 | Fab Melo | Syracuse |
| 2012 | 2 | 51 | Kris Joseph | Syracuse |
| 2011 | 1 | 25 | MarShon Brooks (to NJN) | Providence |
| 2011 | 2 | 55 | E'Twaun Moore | Purdue |
| 2010 | 1 | 19 | Avery Bradley | Texas |
| 2010 | 2 | 52 | Luke Harangody | Notre Dame |
| 2009 | 2 | 58 | Lester Hudson | University of Tennessee at Martin |
| 2008 | 1 | 30 | J.R. Giddens | New Mexico |
| 2008 | 2 | 60 | Semih Erden | |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 | Jeff Green (to SEA) | Georgetown |
| 2007 | 2 | 32 | Gabe Pruitt | USC |
| 2006 | 1 | 7 | Randy Foye (to POR to MIN) | Villanova |
| 2005 | 1 | 18 | Gerald Green | |
| 2005 | 2 | 50 | Ryan Gomes | Providence |
| 2005 | 2 | 53 | Orien Greene | Louisiana |
| 2004 | 1 | 15 | Al Jefferson | |
| 2004 | 1 | 24 | Delonte West | Saint Joseph's |
| 2004 | 1 | 25 | Tony Allen | Oklahoma State |
| 2004 | 2 | 40 | Justin Reed | Ole Miss |
| 2003 | 1 | 16 | Troy Bell (to MEM) | Boston College |
| 2003 | 1 | 20 | Dahntay Jones (to MEM) | Duke |
| 2003 | 2 | 56 | Brandon Hunter | Ohio University |
| 2002 | 2 | 50 | Darius Songaila | Wake Forest |
| 2001 | 1 | 10 | Joe Johnson | Arkansas |
| 2001 | 1 | 11 | Kedrick Brown | Okaloosa-Walton Community College |
| 2001 | 1 | 21 | Joseph Forte | UNC |
| 2000 | 1 | 11 | Jerome Moiso | UCLA |
| 1999 | 2 | 55 | Kris Clack | Texas |
| 1998 | 1 | 10 | Paul Pierce | Kansas |
| 1997 | 1 | 3 | Chauncey Billups | Colorado |
| 1997 | 1 | 6 | Ron Mercer | Kentucky |
| 1997 | 2 | 55 | Ben Pepper | |
| 1996 | 1 | 6 | Antoine Walker | Kentucky |
| 1996 | 2 | 38 | Steve Hamer | Tennessee |
| 1995 | 1 | 14 | Eric Williams | Providence |
| 1995 | 2 | 33 | Junior Burrough | Virginia |
| 1994 | 1 | 9 | Eric Montross | UNC |
| 1994 | 2 | 36 | Andrei Fetisov | |
| 1993 | 1 | 19 | Acie Earl | Iowa |
| 1992 | 1 | 21 | Jon Barry | Georgia Tech |
| 1992 | 2 | 47 | Darren Morningstar | Pitt |
| 1991 | 1 | 24 | Rick Fox | UNC |
| 1990 | 1 | 19 | Dee Brown | Jacksonville University |
| 1989 | 1 | 13 | Michael Smith | BYU |
| 1989 | 2 | 40 | Dino Rada | |
| 1988 | 1 | 24 | Brian Shaw | UC Santa Barbara |
| 1988 | 3 | 74 | Gerald Paddio | UNLV |
| 1987 | 1 | 22 | Reggie Lewis | Northeastern University |
| 1987 | 2 | 45 | Brad Lohaus | Iowa |
| 1987 | 4 | 70 | Tom Sheehey | Virginia |
| 1987 | 4 | 91 | Darryl Kennedy | Oklahoma |
| 1987 | 5 | 114 | Dave Butler | California |
| 1987 | 6 | 137 | Tim Naegeli | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
| 1987 | 7 | 160 | Jerry Corcoran | Northeastern University |
| 1986 | 1 | 2 | Len Bias | Maryland |
| 1986 | 4 | 93 | Tony Benford | Texas Tech |
| 1986 | 5 | 116 | Dave Colbert | Dayton |
| 1986 | 6 | 139 | Greg Wendt | Detroit Mercy |
| 1986 | 7 | 162 | Tom Ivey | Boston University |
| 1985 | 1 | 20 | Sam Vincent | Michigan State |
| 1985 | 3 | 70 | Andre Battle | Loyola Chicago |
| 1985 | 4 | 93 | Cliff Weber | Liberty |
| 1985 | 5 | 116 | Albert Butts | La Salle |
| 1985 | 6 | 139 | Ralph Lewis | La Salle |
| 1985 | 7 | 162 | Chris Remly | Rutgers University |
| 1984 | 1 | 24 | Michael Young | Houston |
| 1984 | 2 | 47 | Ronnie Williams | Florida |
| 1984 | 3 | 70 | Rick Carlisle | Virginia |
| 1984 | 4 | 93 | Kevin Mullin | Princeton |
| 1984 | 5 | 116 | Todd Orlando | Bentley College |
| 1984 | 6 | 139 | Steve Carfino | Iowa |
| 1984 | 7 | 162 | Mark Van Valkenburg | Framingham State College |
| 1984 | 8 | 184 | Champ Godboldt | Holy Cross |
| 1984 | 9 | 206 | Joe Dickson | Merrimack College |
| 1984 | 10 | 228 | Dan Trant | Clark University |
| 1983 | 1 | 21 | Greg Kite | BYU |
| 1983 | 3 | 52 | Winfred King | East Tennessee State University |
| 1983 | 3 | 68 | Craig Robinson | Virginia |
| 1983 | 4 | 91 | Carlos Clark | Ole Miss |
| 1983 | 5 | 114 | Bob Reitz | Stonehill College |
| 1983 | 6 | 137 | Paul Atkins | Houston Baptist University |
| 1983 | 7 | 160 | Ron Jackson | Providence |
| 1983 | 8 | 183 | Trent Johnson | Pitt |
| 1983 | 9 | 205 | John Rice | University of Massachusetts Boston |
| 1983 | 10 | 226 | Andy Kupec | Bentley College |
| 1982 | 1 | 23 | Darren Tillis | Cleveland State University |
| 1982 | 2 | 46 | Tony Guy | Kansas |
| 1982 | 3 | 69 | Perry Moss | Northeastern University |
| 1982 | 4 | 92 | Greg Stewart | Tulsa |
| 1982 | 5 | 115 | William Brown | Saint Peter's College |
| 1982 | 6 | 138 | John Schweitz | Richmond |
| 1982 | 7 | 161 | Phil Collins | West Virginia |
| 1982 | 8 | 184 | Ed Spriggs | Georgetown |
| 1982 | 9 | 205 | Panayoti Giannakis | |
| 1982 | 10 | 225 | Landon Turner | Indiana |
| 1981 | 1 | 23 | Charles Bradley | Wyoming |
| 1981 | 2 | 25 | Tracy Jackson | Notre Dame |
| 1981 | 2 | 31 | Danny Ainge | BYU |
| 1981 | 3 | 69 | John Johnson | Michigan |
| 1981 | 4 | 91 | Stanley Williams | La Salle |
| 1981 | 5 | 115 | Glen Grunwald | Indiana |
| 1981 | 6 | 137 | Steve Waite | Iowa |
| 1981 | 7 | 161 | Tom Seaman | Holy Cross |
| 1981 | 8 | 182 | George Morrow | Creighton |
| 1981 | 9 | 203 | Greg McCray | VCU |
| 1981 | 10 | 222 | Ken Matthews | NC State |
| 1980 | 1 | 3 | Kevin McHale | Minnesota |
| 1980 | 2 | 46 | Arnette Hallman | Purdue |
| 1980 | 3 | 54 | Ron Perry | Holy Cross |
| 1980 | 3 | 69 | Donald Newman | Idaho |
| 1980 | 4 | 92 | Kevin Hamilton | Iona College |
| 1980 | 5 | 115 | Rufus Harris | University of Maine |
| 1980 | 6 | 138 | Kenny Evans | Norfolk State |
| 1980 | 7 | 160 | Les Hanson | Virginia Tech |
| 1980 | 8 | 179 | Steve Wright | Boston University |
| 1980 | 9 | 199 | Brian Jung | Northwestern |
| 1980 | 10 | 214 | John Nolan | Providence |
| 1979 | 3 | 53 | Wayne Kreklow | Drake University |
| 1979 | 3 | 61 | Ernesto Malcolm | Briar Cliff University |
| 1979 | 4 | 68 | Nick Galis | Seton Hall |
| 1979 | 5 | 90 | Jimmy Allen | University of New Haven |
| 1979 | 6 | 110 | Marvin Delph | Arkansas |
| 1979 | 7 | 130 | Steve Castellan | Virginia |
| 1979 | 8 | 149 | Glenn Sudhop | NC State |
| 1979 | 9 | 168 | Kevin Sinnett | United States Naval Academy |
| 1979 | 10 | 186 | Alton Byrd | Columbia University |
| 1978 | 1 | 6 | Larry Bird | Indiana State University |
| 1978 | 1 | 8 | Freeman Williams (to SDC) | Portland State |
| 1978 | 2 | 30 | Jeff Judkins | Utah |
| 1978 | 3 | 50 | Dana Skinner | Merrimack College |
| 1978 | 4 | 72 | Dave Nelson | Bloomfield College |
| 1978 | 5 | 94 | Greg Tynes | Seton Hall |
| 1978 | 6 | 116 | Dave Winey | Minnesota |
| 1978 | 7 | 137 | Steve Balkun | Fairfield |
| 1978 | 8 | 156 | Kim Fisher | Fairfield |
| 1978 | 9 | 173 | Les Anderson | George Washington |
| 1978 | 10 | 188 | Walter Harrigan | Brandeis University |
| 1977 | 1 | 12 | Cedric Maxwell | UNC Charlotte |
| 1977 | 3 | 56 | Skip Brown | Wake Forest |
| 1977 | 4 | 78 | Jeff Cummings | Tulane |
| 1977 | 5 | 100 | Bill Langloh | Virginia |
| 1977 | 6 | 122 | Roy Pace | Rutgers University-Camden |
| 1977 | 7 | 142 | Dave Kyle | Cleveland State University |
| 1977 | 8 | 161 | Tom Harris | Bowling Green |
| 1976 | 1 | 16 | Norm Cook | Kansas |
| 1976 | 3 | 51 | Jerry Fort | Nebraska |
| 1976 | 4 | 67 | Lewis Linder | Kentucky State University |
| 1976 | 5 | 85 | Louis McKinney | Saint Louis |
| 1976 | 6 | 103 | Art Collins | St. Thomas University |
| 1976 | 7 | 121 | Ralph Drollinger | UCLA |
| 1976 | 8 | 139 | John Clark | Northeastern University |
| 1976 | 9 | 156 | Bill Collins | Boston College |
| 1976 | 10 | 172 | Otho Tucker | Illinois |
| 1975 | 1 | 17 | Tom Boswell | South Carolina |
| 1975 | 3 | 53 | Jerome Anderson | West Virginia |
| 1975 | 4 | 72 | Cyrus Mann | Illinois State |
| 1975 | 5 | 89 | Darryl Brown | Fordham |
| 1975 | 6 | 108 | Rick Coleman | Jacksonville University |
| 1975 | 7 | 125 | Al Boswell | Oral Roberts |
| 1975 | 8 | 144 | Roger Morningstar | Kansas |
| 1975 | 9 | 159 | Robert Rhodes | Albany State University |
| 1975 | 10 | 174 | Bill Endicott | UMass |
| 1974 | 1 | 17 | Glenn McDonald | Cal State Long Beach |
| 1974 | 2 | 35 | Kevin Stacom | Providence |
| 1974 | 3 | 53 | Roscoe Pondexter | Cal State Long Beach |
| 1974 | 4 | 71 | Lerman Battle | Fairmont State University |
| 1974 | 5 | 89 | Ben Clyde | Florida State |
| 1974 | 6 | 107 | Gene Harmon | Creighton |
| 1974 | 7 | 125 | Ron Brown | Penn State |
| 1974 | 8 | 143 | Richard Wallace | Georgia Southern University |
| 1974 | 9 | 160 | Al Skinner | UMass |
| 1974 | 10 | 177 | Phil Rogers | Fairfield |
| 1973 | 1 | 17 | Steve Downing | Indiana |
| 1973 | 2 | 35 | Phil Hankinson | Penn |
| 1973 | 3 | 52 | Martinez Denmon | Iowa State |
| 1973 | 4 | 69 | Richie Fuqua | Oral Roberts |
| 1973 | 5 | 86 | Byron Jones | San Francisco |
| 1973 | 6 | 103 | Joe Cafferky | NC State |
| 1973 | 7 | 120 | Mike Stewart | Santa Clara |
| 1973 | 8 | 137 | Robert White | Sam Houston State University |
| 1973 | 9 | 151 | Corky Taylor | Minnesota |
| 1973 | 10 | 165 | Steve Turner | Vanderbilt |
| 1973 | 11 | 174 | Ed Hastings | Villanova |
| 1973 | 12 | 182 | Bruce Winkler | Santa Clara |
| 1973 | 13 | 188 | Scott Koelzer | Montana State |
| 1973 | 14 | 193 | Rick Williams | Iowa |
| 1973 | 15 | 198 | James Gilchrist | Florida Southern College |
| 1973 | 16 | 202 | Sam Barber | Bethune-Cookman College |
| 1973 | 17 | 206 | Lamont King | Cal State Long Beach |
| 1973 | 18 | 208 | Peter Gavitt | University of Maine |
| 1973 | 19 | 210 | Tom Austin | UMass |
| 1972 | 1 | 10 | Paul Westphal | USC |
| 1972 | 2 | 27 | Dennis Wuycik | UNC |
| 1972 | 3 | 44 | Wayne Grabiec | Michigan |
| 1972 | 4 | 61 | Nate Stephens | Cal State Long Beach |
| 1972 | 5 | 77 | Bryan Adrian | Davidson |
| 1972 | 6 | 94 | Doug Holcomb | Memphis |
| 1972 | 6 | 96 | Wally Wright | Widener University |
| 1972 | 7 | 111 | Stephen Previs | UNC |
| 1972 | 8 | 127 | Sam McCarney | Oral Roberts |
| 1972 | 10 | 154 | Marty Hunt | Kenyon College |
| 1972 | 11 | 165 | Mark Minor | Ohio State |
| 1972 | 12 | 173 | Phil Stephens | South Carolina State |
| 1971 | 1 | 10 | Clarence Glover | Western Kentucky |
| 1971 | 2 | 28 | Jim Rose | Western Kentucky |
| 1971 | 3 | 44 | Dave Robisch | Kansas |
| 1971 | 4 | 61 | Randy Denton | Duke |
| 1971 | 6 | 95 | Thorpe Weber | Vanderbilt |
| 1971 | 7 | 112 | Skip Young | Florida State |
| 1971 | 8 | 129 | John Ribock | South Carolina |
| 1971 | 9 | 145 | Ray Green | California University of Pennslyvania |
| 1971 | 10 | 161 | Dale Dover | Harvard University |
| 1971 | 11 | 176 | Reggie Brooks | Southern New Hampshire University |
| 1971 | 12 | 189 | John Dalton | Suffolk University |
| 1971 | 13 | 201 | Leroy Chalk | Nebraska |
| 1970 | 1 | 4 | Dave Cowens | Florida State |
| 1970 | 2 | 21 | Rex Morgan | Jacksonville University |
| 1970 | 3 | 38 | Willie Williams | Florida State |
| 1970 | 4 | 55 | Jon McKinney | Norfolk State |
| 1970 | 5 | 72 | Tom Carter | Paul Quinn College |
| 1970 | 6 | 89 | Rod McIntyre | Jacksonville University |
| 1970 | 7 | 106 | Charlie Scott | UNC |
| 1970 | 8 | 123 | Bobby Croft | Tennessee |
| 1970 | 9 | 140 | Tom Little | Seattle University |
| 1970 | 10 | 157 | Mike Maloy | Davidson |
| 1969 | 1 | 9 | Jo Jo White | Kansas |
| 1969 | 3 | 38 | Julius Keye | Alcorn State |
| 1969 | 4 | 52 | Steve Kuberski | Bradley |
| 1969 | 5 | 66 | George Thompson | Marquette |
| 1969 | 6 | 80 | Dolph Pulliam | Drake University |
| 1969 | 7 | 94 | Jim Johnson | Wisconsin |
| 1969 | 8 | 108 | Bob Whitmore | Notre Dame |
| 1969 | 9 | 122 | Gordon Smith | Cincinnati |
| 1969 | 10 | 136 | Jim Picka | High Point University |
| 1969 | 11 | 150 | Larry Frinston | Kenyon College |
| 1969 | 12 | 163 | Rod Forbes | Boston State University |
| 1969 | 13 | 175 | Billy Evans | Boston College |
| 1968 | 1 | 12 | Don Chaney | Houston |
| 1968 | 3 | 32 | Garfield Smith | Eastern Kentucky University |
| 1968 | 4 | 46 | Rich Johnson | Grambling State University |
| 1968 | 5 | 60 | Thad Jaracz | Kentucky |
| 1968 | 6 | 74 | Jerry Newsom | Indiana State University |
| 1968 | 7 | 88 | Mike Lewis | Duke |
| 1968 | 8 | 102 | Julius Keye | Alcorn State |
| 1968 | 9 | 116 | Bill Butler | St. Bonaventure |
| 1968 | 10 | 130 | Ivan Leschinsky | Long Island University |
| 1968 | 11 | 143 | Tom Neimeir | University of Evansville |
| 1968 | 12 | 156 | Bill Langheld | Fordham |
| 1968 | 13 | 168 | Art Stephenson | Rhode Island |
| 1968 | 14 | 179 | Keith Hockstein | Holy Cross |
| 1967 | 1 | 11 | Mal Graham | NYU |
| 1967 | 4 | 40 | Neville Shedd | Texas-El Paso |
| 1967 | 5 | 52 | Mike Redd | Kentucky Wesleyan College |
| 1967 | 6 | 64 | Ed Hummer | Princeton |
| 1967 | 7 | 76 | Edgar Lacey | UCLA |
| 1967 | 8 | 88 | Andrew Anderson | Canisius |
| 1967 | 9 | 99 | Henry Brown | University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| 1967 | 10 | 110 | Rick Weitzman | Northeastern University |
| 1967 | 11 | 120 | Joe Harrington | Maryland |
| 1966 | 1 | 8 | Jim Barnett | Oregon |
| 1966 | 2 | 18 | Leon Clark | Wyoming |
| 1966 | 3 | 28 | Gary Turner | TCU |
| 1966 | 4 | 38 | Johnny Austin | Boston College |
| 1966 | 6 | 58 | Charlie Hunter | Oklahoma City University |
| 1966 | 7 | 67 | Jerry Ward | Maryland |
| 1966 | 8 | 76 | Russ Gumina | San Francisco |
| 1965 | 1 | 8 | Ollie Johnson | San Francisco |
| 1965 | 2 | 17 | Ron Watts | Wake Forest |
| 1965 | 3 | 26 | Toby Kimball | UConn |
| 1965 | 4 | 35 | Richie Tarrant | Saint Michael's College |
| 1965 | 5 | 44 | Don Davidson | Davidson |
| 1965 | 6 | 53 | Haskell Tison | Duke |
| 1965 | 7 | 61 | George Deehan | Lenoir-Rhyne College |
| 1964 | 1 | 7 | Mel Counts | Oregon State |
| 1964 | 2 | 16 | Ron Bonham | Cincinnati |
| 1964 | 3 | 25 | John Thompson | Providence |
| 1964 | 4 | 34 | Joe Strawder | Bradley |
| 1964 | 5 | 43 | Nick Werkman | Seton Hall |
| 1964 | 6 | 52 | Levern Tart | Bradley |
| 1964 | 7 | 61 | Rich Falk | Northwestern |
| 1964 | 8 | 70 | Jeff Blue | Butler |
| 1964 | 9 | 77 | Charles Kelley | West Virginia Tech |
| 1964 | 10 | 84 | Duane Corribeau | Clark University |
| 1963 | 1 | 8 | Bill Green | Colorado State |
| 1963 | 3 | 26 | Chuck Kriston | Valparaiso |
| 1963 | 4 | 35 | Connie McGuire | Southeastern Oklahoma State University |
| 1963 | 5 | 44 | Red Stroud | Mississippi State |
| 1963 | 6 | 53 | Vinnie Ernst | Providence |
| 1963 | 7 | 62 | Herb Magee | Philadelphia University |
| 1962 | 1 | 7 | John Havlicek | Ohio State |
| 1962 | 2 | 16 | Jack Foley | Holy Cross |
| 1962 | 3 | 25 | Jim Hadnot | Providence |
| 1962 | 4 | 34 | Roger Strickland | Jacksonville University |
| 1962 | 5 | 43 | Gary Daniels | The Citadel |
| 1962 | 6 | 52 | Jim Hooley | Boston College |
| 1962 | 7 | 60 | Clyde Arnold | Duquesne |
| 1962 | 8 | 69 | Chuck Chevalier | Boston College |
| 1962 | 9 | 78 | Mike Cingiser | Brown University |
| 1961 | 1 | 9 | Gary Phillips | Houston |
| 1961 | 2 | 17 | Al Butler | Niagara University |
| 1961 | 3 | 31 | Bill Depp | Vanderbilt |
| 1961 | 4 | 40 | Carl Cole | Eastern Kentucky University |
| 1961 | 5 | 49 | Bob DiStefano | NC State |
| 1961 | 6 | 58 | Ned Twyman | Duquesne |
| 1961 | 7 | 67 | Mel Klein | Northern State University |
| 1960 | 1 | 8 | Tom Sanders | NYU |
| 1960 | 2 | 16 | Leroy Wright | University of the Pacific |
| 1960 | 3 | 24 | Mike Graney | Notre Dame |
| 1960 | 4 | 32 | Sid Cohen | Kentucky |
| 1960 | 5 | 40 | Wayne Lawrence | Texas A&M |
| 1960 | 6 | 48 | Roger Newman | Kentucky |
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