# New York Knicks draft history

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

| Year | League | Round | Pick | Nationality | Player | College/High School/Club | Notes |
| 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 Strickland$^x$ | 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 | |