June 29, 2004
| The National Basketball Association (NBA) held its first draft of college-players in 1947. Here is a list of University of Iowa players drafted by NBA teams: | ||||
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| Year | Player, Team | Round | # Pick in Round | # Pick Overall |
| 1947 | Dick Ives, Pittsburgh | |||
| Herb Wilkinson, St. Louis | ||||
| 1948 | Murray Wier, Ft. Wayne | |||
| 1951 | Frank Calsbeek, Ft. Wayne | |||
| 1952 | Bob Clifton, Fort Wayne | |||
| Charles Darling, Rochester | ||||
| 1956 | Carl Cain, Rochester | |||
| Bill Logan, Boston | ||||
| 1959 | Dave Gunther, Philadelphia | 8 | 3 | 56 |
| 1960 | Americus John Lewis, St. Louis | 7 | 6 | 54 |
| 1962 | Don Nelson, Chicago | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| 1966 | George Peeples, Baltimore | 4 | 5 | 35 |
| 1967 | Gerry Jones, Los Angeles | 13 | 4 | 137 |
| 1968 | Sam Williams, Milwaukee | 3 | 13 | 35 |
| 1969 | Ben McGilmer, Seattle | 6 | 3 | 74 |
| 1970 | John Johnson, Cleveland | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Glenn Vidnovic, Cleveland | 4 | 9 | 60 | |
| Ben McGilmer, Baltimore | 12 | 10 | 193 | |
| Chad Calabria, Phoenix | 14 | 7 | 210 | |
| 1971 | Fred Brown, Seattle | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 1973 | Kevin Kunnert, Chicago | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Rick Williams, Boston | 14 | 5 | 193 | |
| 1976 | Scott Thompson, Detroit | 4 | 4 | 55 |
| Dan Frost, Milwaukee | 4 | 8 | 59 | |
| 1977 | Bruce King, Detroit | 4 | 14 | 80 |
| 1980 | Ronnie Lester, Portland | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| 1981 | Steve Krafcisin, Atlanta | 5 | 6 | 98 |
| Vince Brookins, Detroit | 6 | 2 | 117 | |
| Steve Waite, Boston | 6 | 22 | 137 | |
| 1982 | Kenny Arnold, Dallas | 5 | 4 | 96 |
| Kevin Boyle, Philadelphia | 6 | 22 | 137 | |
| 1983 | Bob Hansen, Utah | 3 | 7 | 54 |
| Mark Gannon, San Diego | 8 | 4 | 166 | |
| 1984 | Steve Carfino, Boston | 6 | 23 | 139 |
| 1985 | Greg Stokes, Philadelphia | 2 | 9 | 33 |
| Michael Payne, Houston | 3 | 10 | 57 | |
| 1986 | Andre Banks, Houston | 5 | 19 | 112 |
| 1987 | Brad Lohaus, Boston | 2 | 22 | 45 |
| Kevin Gamble, Portland | 3 | 17 | 63 | |
| Gerry Wright, Detroit | 5 | 19 | 111 | |
| 1988 | Jeff Moe, Utah | 2 | 17 | 42 |
| 1989 | B.J. Armstrong, Chicago | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Roy Marble, Atlanta | 1 | 23 | 23 | |
| Ed Horton, Washington | 2 | 12 | 39 | |
| 1990 | Les Jepsen, Golden State | 2 | 1 | 28 |
| 1993 | Acie Earl, Boston | 1 | 19 | 19 |
| 1996 | Russ Millard, Phoenix | 2 | 10 | 39 |
| 1998 | Ricky Davis, Charlotte | 1 | 21 | 21 |
| Ryan Bowen, Denver | 2 | 26 | 55 | |
| 1999 | J.R. Koch, New York | 2 | 17 | 46 |