# List of Marshall Thundering Herd in the NBA draft

The Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team, representing the Marshall University, has had 20 players drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) since the league began holding the yearly event in 1947. Andy Tonkovich was the first Marshall player drafted when he was selected first overall in the 1948 draft.
Each NBA franchise seeks to add new players through an annual draft. The NBA uses a draft lottery to determine the first three picks of the NBA draft; the 14 teams that did not make the playoffs the previous year are eligible to participate. After the first three picks are decided, the rest of the teams pick in reverse order of their win–loss record. To be eligible for the NBA draft, a player in the United States must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft and must be at least one year removed from the graduation of his high school class. From 1967 until the ABA–NBA merger in 1976, the American Basketball Association (ABA) held its own draft.

## Key

| G | Guard | F | Forward | C | Center |
| * | Selected to an NBA/ABA All-Star Game | Selected to an NBA/ABA All-Star Game | Selected to an NBA/ABA All-Star Game | Selected to an NBA/ABA All-Star Game | Selected to an NBA/ABA All-Star Game |
| † | Won an NBA/ABA championship | Won an NBA/ABA championship | Won an NBA/ABA championship | Won an NBA/ABA championship | Won an NBA/ABA championship |
| ‡ | Selected to an All-Star Game and won an NBA/ABA championship | Selected to an All-Star Game and won an NBA/ABA championship | Selected to an All-Star Game and won an NBA/ABA championship | Selected to an All-Star Game and won an NBA/ABA championship | Selected to an All-Star Game and won an NBA/ABA championship |

## Players selected in the NBA draft

Marshall Thundering Herd selected in the NBA draft :
| Year | Round | Pick | Overall | Name | Position | Team | Notes |
| 1948 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Andy Tonkovich | G | Providence Steamrollers | — |
| 1954 | 3 | 2 | 20 | Walt Walowac | G | Milwaukee Hawks | — |
| 1956 | 4 | — | 30 | Charlie Slack | F | Fort Wayne Pistons | — |
| 1957 | 8 | 6 | 61 | Cebe Price | G | Syracuse Nationals | — |
| 1958 | 2 | 6 | 13 | Hal Greer$^‡$ | G | Syracuse Nationals | NBA All-Star (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1968) NBA Champion (1967) All-NBA Second Team (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969) Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee (2006) |
| 1959 | 4 | 1 | 25 | Leo Byrd | G | Cincinnati Royals | — |
| 1960 | 13 | 1 | 85 | John Milhoan | G | Cincinnati Royals | — |
| 1962 | 5 | 2 | 36 | Bob Burgess | F | New York Knicks | — |
| 1968 | 6 | 7 | 71 | Bob Allen | F | San Francisco Warriors | — |
| 1968 | 9 | 9 | 115 | George Stone$^†$ | F | Los Angeles Lakers | ABA Champion (1971) |
| 1968 | 11 | 7 | 141 | Bob Redd | G | New York Knicks | — |
| 1971 | 11 | 14 | 182 | Blaine Henry | C | Milwaukee Bucks | — |
| 1972 | 1 | 6 | 6 | Russ Lee | G, F | Milwaukee Bucks | — |
| 1972 | 6 | 8 | 88 | Randy Noll | F | Atlanta Hawks | — |
| 1973 | 2 | 2 | 20 | Mike D'Antoni | G | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | — |
| 1973 | 5 | 3 | 72 | Randy Noll | F | Buffalo Braves | — |
| 1983 | 9 | 12 | 196 | Charles Jones | C | New York Knicks | — |
| 1984 | 6 | 14 | 130 | LaVerne Evans | F | Dallas Mavericks | — |
| 1985 | 7 | 18 | 157 | Don Turney | C | Indiana Pacers | — |
| 2002 | 2 | 24 | 54 | Tamar Slay | G | New Jersey Nets | — |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 | 33 | Hassan Whiteside | F, C | Sacramento Kings | NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2016) |