Chicago Bulls draft history

In their 58-year history, the Chicago Bulls have selected the following players in the National Basketball Association draft.

Key

Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer	First Overall NBA Draft Pick	Selected for an NBA All-Star Game

Year	Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/High School/Club
1966	1	10	Dave Schellhase	United States	Purdue
	2	20	Erwin Mueller	United States	San Francisco
	3	30	Ed Bodkin	United States	Eastern Kentucky
	4	40	Jim Williams	United States	Temple
	5	50	Larry Humes	United States	Evansville
	7	68	John Comeaux	United States	Grambling State
	8	77	Stan Curtis	United States	Northern Michigan
	9	84	Gene Summers	United States	Northern Michigan
	10	91	Don Swanson	United States	DePaul
	11	97	Carver Clinton	United States	Penn State
1967	1	3	Clem Haskins	United States	Western Kentucky
	2	15	Byron Beck	United States	Denver
	3	22	John Dickson	United States	Arkansas State
	4	34	Jim Burns	United States	Northwestern
	5	46	Dick Pruet	United States	Jacksonville
	6	58	Marlbert Pradd	United States	Dillard
	7	70	Bob Wolf	United States	Marquette
	8	82	Leon Simon	United States	Santa Fe
	9	93	Ernie Laurent	United States	Albuquerque
	10	104	Jim Boshart	United States	Wake Forest
	11	115	Jim Andros	United States	New Haven
	12	126	Ron Widby	United States	Tennessee
	13	136	Tom Storm	United States	Montana State
	14	143	Don Whitehead	United States	Erskine
	15	149	Jim Garza	United States	Lawrence Tech
	16	154	Jimmy Dawson	United States	Illinois
1968	1	4	Tom Boerwinkle	United States	Tennessee
	2	17	Loy Petersen	United States	Oregon State
	2	19	Ron Dunlap	United States	Illinois
	3	31	Dave Newmark	United States	Columbia
	4	39	Mike Lynn	United States	UCLA
	5	53	Jim Tillman	United States	Loyola
	6	67	Ken Barnett	United States	Delaware
	7	81	Willie Davis	United States	North Texas
	8	95	Lloyd Higgins	United States	Point Loma Nazarene
	9	109	Corky Bell	United States	Loyola
	10	123	Mike Weaver	United States	Northwestern
	11	137	Jim McGonigle	United States	Iowa State
	12	150	John Lallensack	United States	Wisconsin–Oshkosh
	13	163	Herm Gilliam	United States	Purdue
	14	174	Dave Carr	United States	Washington
	15	183	Mickey McCarty	United States	TCU
	16	191	Fred Holden	United States	Louisville
	17	199	Tom Benedict	United States	Central Washington
	18	205	Bob Zoretich	United States	DePaul
	19	209	Rich Mason	United States	Indiana State
	20	212	Rich Rirkendal	United States	Norfolk State
	21	214	Willie Horton	United States	Delaware
1969	1	5	Larry Cannon	United States	La Salle
	2	16	Simmie Hill	United States	West Texas A&M
	2	20	Ken Spain	United States	Houston
	2	23	Johnny Baum	United States	Temple
	3	34	Norm Van Lier	United States	Saint Francis
	4	48	Dave Nash	United States	Kansas
	5	62	Chris Ellis	United States	Virginia Tech
	6	76	George Tinsley	United States	Kentucky Wesleyan
	7	90	Frank Judge	United States	Huston–Tillotson
	8	104	Roger Moller	United States	Westmar
	9	118	Sterling Burke	United States	Northwestern
	10	132	Al Smith	United States	Bradley
	11	146	Larry Bergh	United States	Weber State
	12	159	Harry Hall	United States	Wyoming
	13	172	Rick Kirkland	United States	Norfolk State
	14	183	Bill Boight	United States	SMU
1970	1	11	Jimmy Collins	United States	New Mexico State
	2	28	Paul Ruffner	United States	BYU
	3	45	Lou Herndon	United States	Jackson State
	4	57	John Davis	United States	Alabama State
	4	62	Jim Wilson	United States	Cheyney
	5	79	George Johnson	United States	Dillard
	6	96	Lonnie Kluttz	United States	North Carolina A&T
	7	113	Lou West	United States	Seattle
	8	130	Mike Casey	United States	Kentucky
	9	147	Glen Johnson	United States	Jackson State
	10	164	Dale Blaut	United States	West Texas A&M
	11	179	Doug Howard	United States	BYU
	12	191	Booker Brown	United States	Middle Tennessee
	13	201	Charles Bloodworth	United States	Northwestern State
	14	211	Paul Funkhouser	United States	McKendree
	15	220	Paul Otay	United States	Boise State
1971	1	15	Kennedy McIntosh	United States	Eastern Michigan
	2	20	Willard Sojourner	United States	Weber State
	2	32	Howard Porter	United States	Villanova
	3	40	Clifford Ray	United States	Oklahoma
	3	47	Mike Gale	United States	Elizabeth City State
	3	49	Dick Gibbs	United States	UTEP
	4	66	Jim Irving	United States	Saint Louis
	5	83	Larry Weatherford	United States	Purdue
	6	100	Jim England	United States	Tennessee
	7	117	Artis Gilmore	United States	Jacksonville
	8	134	Clarence Sherrod	United States	Wisconsin
	9	150	Jackie Dinkins	United States	Voorhees
	10	166	David Withers	United States	Delaware
	11	180	Al Smith	United States	Bradley
	12	193	Ken Riley	United States	Middle Tennessee
	13	205	Ed Goode	United States	DePaul
	14	214	Richard Dixon	United States	Loyola–New Orleans
	15	223	Liscio Thomas	United States	Furman
	16	229	Bob Bissant	United States	Loyola–New Orleans
1972	1	11	Ralph Simpson	United States	Michigan State
	3	35	Frank Russell	United States	Detroit
	3	45	Chuck Jura	United States	Nebraska
	4	62	Ted Martiniuk	United States	Saint Peter's
	5	78	Rowland Garrett	United States	Florida State
	6	95	Mike Stewart	United States	Santa Clara
	7	112	Jerry Pender	United States	Fresno State
	8	128	Cavin Anderson	United States	Valley City State
	9	142	Ralph Houston	United States	West Texas A&M
	10	155	Chuck Taylor	United States	West Liberty
	11	166	Jackie Young	United States	Rocky Mountain
	12	174	Al Cotler	United States	Pennsylvania
	13	180	Mike Barr	United States	Duquesne
	14	187	Andrew Pettes	United States	Oklahoma
	15	192	Greg Lowery	United States	Texas Tech
	16	196	Charles Hall	United States	Montana Western
	17	197	John Thornton	United States	South Carolina State
	18	198	Ron Manning	United States	Manhattan
1973	1	12	Kevin Kunnert	United States	Iowa
	2	24	Kevin Stacom	United States	Providence
	2	30	Wendell Hudson	United States	Alabama
	3	39	Martin Terry	United States	Arkansas
	3	47	Steve Newsome	United States	Houston
	4	64	Mark Sibley	United States	Northwestern
	5	81	Ray Simpson	United States	Furman
	6	98	Johnny Neumann	United States	Mississippi
	7	115	Billy Harris	United States	Northern Illinois
	8	132	J. G. Brosterhos	United States	Texas
	9	147	Rubin Montanez	Puerto Rico	Duquesne
	10	161	Russ Hunt	United States	Furman
1974	1	14	Maurice Lucas	United States	Marquette
	1	16	Cliff Pondexter	United States	Long Beach State
	2	27	Leon Benbow	United States	Jacksonville
	3	52	Bobby Wilson	United States	Wichita State
	4	70	Jim Forbes	United States	UTEP
	5	88	Randy Knowles	United States	Texas A&M
	6	106	Robert Rosier	United States	St. Thomas (Minn)
	7	124	Geoff Roberts	United States	Missouri
	8	142	Sam McCants	United States	Oral Roberts
	9	159	Jerry Davenport	United States	Cameron
	10	176	Rick Hockenos	United States	Saint Francis
1975	2	30	Steve Green	United States	Indiana
	2	32	John Laskowski	United States	Indiana
	4	68	Ron Haigler	United States	Pennsylvania
	5	86	Bob Iverson	United States	North Texas
	6	104	Bill Andreas	United States	Ohio State
	7	122	John Grochowalski	United States	Assumption
	8	140	John Murphy	United States	Massachusetts
	9	156	Gary Tomaszewski	United States	Saint Mary's
1976	1	2	Scott May	United States	Indiana
	2	18	Willie Smith	United States	Missouri
	3	35	Dallas Smith	United States	West Texas A&M
	3	37	Lars Hansen	Canada	Washington
	4	52	Keith Starr	United States	Pittsburgh
	5	69	Nate Williams	United States	Illinois
	6	87	Tom Paulin	United States	Winston-Salem State
	7	105	Barry McLeod	United States	Centenary
	9	141	John Thomas	United States	UConn
	10	158	John Hudson	United States	Concord
1977	1	13	Tate Armstrong	United States	Duke
	2	23	Mike Glenn	United States	Southern Illinois
	2	30	Steve Sheppard	United States	Maryland
	2	35	Mark Landsberger	United States	Arizona State
	4	79	Mike McConathy	United States	Louisiana Tech
	5	101	Nate Davis	United States	South Carolina
	6	123	Jay Chessman	United States	BYU
	7	143	Mike Smith	United States	Evansville
	8	162	Rich Rhodes	United States	Eastern Illinois
1978	1	9	Reggie Theus	United States	UNLV
	2	31	Marvin Johnson	United States	New Mexico
	3	53	Randy Ayers	United States	Miami(FL)
	5	97	Ron Anthony	United States	Jacksonville
	6	119	John Shoemaker	United States	Miami(FL)
	7	140	Jarvis Reynolds	United States	West Georgia
	8	159	Chubby Cox	United States	San Francisco
	9	176	Joe Ponsetto	United States	DePaul
	10	191	Mark Tucker	United States	Oklahoma State
1979	1	2	Dave Greenwood	United States	UCLA
	2	33	Lawrence Butler	United States	Idaho State
	3	47	Calvin Garrett	United States	Oral Roberts
	3	49	Cedrick Hordges	United States	South Carolina
	4	72	George Maynor	United States	East Carolina
	5	93	Larry Washington	United States	Drury
	6	114	Steve Smith	United States	USC
	7	133	Mike Eversley	United States	Chicago State
	8	153	Tony Warren	United States	North Carolina State
	9	171	James Jackson	United States	Minnesota
	10	190	Marvin Thoms	United States	UCLA
	10	197	Cortez Collins	United States	Southern Indiana
1980	1	4	Kelvin Ransey	United States	Ohio State
	2	26	Sam Worthen	United States	Marquette
	3	50	James Wilkes	United States	UCLA
	4	74	Ron Charles	United States	Michigan State
	5	96	Mike Campbell	United States	Northwestern
	6	120	Bernard Rencher	United States	St. John's
	7	142	Robert Byrd	United States	Marquette
	8	164	Modzel Greer	United States	North Park
	9	183	Jay Shidler	United States	Kentucky
	10	203	Billy Foster	United States	Montana State–Billings
1981	1	6	Orlando Woolridge	United States	Notre Dame
	2	32	Mike Olliver	United States	Lamar
	4	84	Oliver Lee	United States	Marquette
	5	108	Johnny Nash	United States	Arizona State
	6	130	Roger Burkman	United States	Louisville
	7	154	Scott Williams	United States	South Alabama
	8	175	Ben Mitchell	United States	Alabama–Huntsville
	9	197	Terry Martin	United States	Lambuth
	10	216	Kenny Easley	United States	UCLA
1982	1	7	Quintin Dailey	United States	San Francisco
	2	26	Ricky Frazier	United States	Missouri
	2	30	Wallace Bryant	United States	San Francisco
	2	31	Rod Higgins	United States	Fresno State
	3	53	Tyrone Adams	United States	Kansas State
	4	76	Chuck Aleksinas	United States	UConn
	5	99	Rubin Jackson	United States	Oklahoma City
	6	122	B. B. Fontenet	United States	Nevada
	7	145	Charles Verderber	United States	Kentucky
	8	168	Mike Burns	United States	UNLV
	9	191	Skip Dillard	United States	DePaul
	10	212	Tony Britto	United States	Campbell
1983	1	5	Sidney Green	United States	UNLV
	2	25	Sidney Lowe	United States	North Carolina State
	2	29	Larry Micheaux	United States	Houston
	4	75	Ron Crevier	Canada	Boston College
	5	98	Tim Andree	United States	Notre Dame
	6	121	Ernest Patterson	United States	New Mexico State
	7	144	Jacque Hill	United States	USC
	8	167	Terry Bradley	United States	Chicago State
	9	189	Ray Orange	United States	Oklahoma Christian
	10	210	Tom Emma	United States	Duke
1984	1	3	Michael Jordan	United States	North Carolina
	2	37	Ben Coleman	United States	Maryland
	2	43	Greg Wiltjer	Canada	Victoria
	3	49	Tim Dillon	United States	Northern Illinois
	4	72	Melvin Johnson	United States	Charlotte
	4	77	Mark Halsel	United States	Northeastern
	5	95	Lamont Robinson	United States	Lamar
	6	118	Jeff Tipton	United States	Morehead State
	7	141	Butch Hays	United States	California
	8	164	Brett Crawford	United States	USIU
	9	186	Calvin Pierce	United States	Oklahoma
	10	208	Carl Lewis	United States	Houston
1985	1	11	Keith Lee	United States	Memphis
	2	28	Ken Johnson	United States	Michigan State
	2	34	Aubrey Sherrod	United States	Wichita State
	2	46	Adrian Branch	United States	Maryland
	3	69	Mike Brown	United States	George Washington
	4	80	Craig Beard	United States	Samford
	5	103	Reid Gettys	United States	Houston
	6	126	Dan Meagher	Canada	Duke
	7	149	Jeff Adkins	United States	Maryland
1986	1	9	Brad Sellers	United States	Ohio State
	2	28	Larry Krystkowiak	United States	Montana
	3	52	Ricky Wilson	United States	George Mason
	4	74	Scott Meents	United States	Illinois
	5	98	Jimmy Gilbert	United States	Texas A&M
	6	120	Pete Myers	United States	Arkansas–Little Rock
	7	144	Robert Henderson	United States	Michigan
1987	1	8	Olden Polynice	Haiti	Virginia
	1	10	Horace Grant	United States	Clemson
	2	28	Rickie Winslow	United States	Houston
	2	33	Tony White	United States	Tennessee
	3	56	John Fox	United States	Millersville
	4	79	Jack Haley	United States	UCLA
	5	102	Anthony Wilson	United States	LSU
	6	125	Doug Altenberger	United States	Illinois
	7	148	Earvin Leavy	United States	Central Michigan
1988	1	11	Will Perdue	United States	Vanderbilt
1988	3	62	Derrick Lewis	United States	Maryland
1989	1	6	Stacey King	United States	Oklahoma
	1	18	B. J. Armstrong	United States	Iowa
	1	20	Jeff Sanders	United States	Georgia Southern
1990	2	29	Toni Kukoč	Yugoslavia^[a]	KK Split (Yugoslavia)
1991	1	26	Mark Randall	United States	Kansas
1992	1	27	Byron Houston	United States	Oklahoma State
	2	33	Corey Williams	United States	Oklahoma State
	2	39	Litterial Green	United States	Georgia
	2	52	Matt Steigenga	United States	Michigan State
1993	1	25	Corie Blount	United States	Cincinnati
1993	2	41	Anthony Reed	United States	Tulane
1994	1	21	Dickey Simpkins	United States	Providence
1994	2	49	Kris Bruton	United States	Benedict
1995	1	20	Jason Caffey	United States	Alabama
1995	2	31	Dragan Tarlac	Yugoslavia^[b]	Olympiacos (Greece)
1996	1	29	Travis Knight	United States	UConn
1997	1	28	Keith Booth	United States	Maryland
1997	2	57	Roberto Dueñas	Spain	FC Barcelona (Spain)
1998	1	28	Corey Benjamin	United States	Oregon State
	2	34	Shammond Williams	United States	North Carolina
	2	58	Maceo Baston	United States	Michigan
1999	1	1	Elton Brand	United States	Duke
	1	16	Ron Artest	United States	St. John's
	2	32	Michael Ruffin	United States	Tulsa
	2	49	Lari Ketner	United States	Massachusetts
2000	1	4	Marcus Fizer	United States	Iowa State
	1	7	Chris Mihm	United States	Texas
	1	24	Dalibor Bagaric	Croatia	Benston Zagreb (Croatia)
	2	32	A. J. Guyton	United States	Indiana
	2	33	Jake Voskuhl	United States	UConn
	2	34	Khalid El-Amin	United States	UConn
2001	1	4	Eddy Curry	United States	Thornwood High School (South Holland, Illinois)
	2	29	Trenton Hassell	United States	Austin Peay
	2	44	Sean Lampley	United States	California
2002	1	2	Jay Williams	United States	Duke
	2	30	Roger Mason Jr.	United States	Virginia
	2	43	Lonny Baxter	United States	Maryland
	2	53	Tommy Smith	United States	Arizona State
2003	1	7	Kirk Hinrich	United States	Kansas
	2	36	Mario Austin	United States	Mississippi State
	2	45	Matt Bonner	United States	Florida
2004	1	3	Ben Gordon	United States United Kingdom^[c]	UConn
	2	31	Jackson Vroman	Lebanon	Iowa State
	2	38	Chris Duhon	United States	Duke
2006	1	2	LaMarcus Aldridge	United States	Texas
2006	1	16	Rodney Carney	United States	Memphis
2007	1	9	Joakim Noah	United States France^[d]	Florida
	2	49	Aaron Gray	United States	Pittsburgh
	2	51	JamesOn Curry	United States	Oklahoma State
2008	1	1	Derrick Rose	United States	Memphis
2008	2	39	Sonny Weems	United States	Arkansas
2009	1	16	James Johnson	United States	Wake Forest
2009	1	26	Taj Gibson	United States	USC
2010	1	17	Kevin Séraphin	France	Cholet Basket (France)
2011	1	28	Norris Cole	United States	Cleveland State
	1	30	Jimmy Butler	United States	Marquette
	2	43	Malcolm Lee	United States	UCLA
2012	1	29	Marquis Teague	United States	Kentucky
2013	1	20	Tony Snell	United States	New Mexico
2013	2	49	Erik Murphy	United States Finland	Florida
2014	1	16	Jusuf Nurkic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Cedevita Zagreb (Croatia)
	1	19	Gary Harris	United States	Michigan State
	2	49	Cameron Bairstow	Australia	New Mexico
2015	1	22	Bobby Portis	United States	Arkansas
2016	1	14	Denzel Valentine	United States	Michigan State
2016	2	48	Paul Zipser	Germany	Bayern Munich (Germany)
2017	1	16	Justin Patton	United States	Creighton
2017	2	38	Jordan Bell	United States	Oregon
2018	1	7	Wendell Carter Jr.	United States	Duke
2018	1	22	Chandler Hutchison	United States	Boise State
2019	1	7	Coby White	United States	North Carolina
2019	2	38	Daniel Gafford	United States	Arkansas
2020	1	4	Patrick Williams	United States	Florida State
2020	2	44	Marko Simonović	Montenegro	Mega Soccerbet (Serbia)
2021	2	38	Ayo Dosunmu	United States	Illinois
2022	1	18	Dalen Terry	United States	Arizona
2023	2	35	Julian Phillips	United States	Tennessee
2024	1	11	Matas Buzelis	United States Lithuania	NBA G League Ignite

Notes and references

^ Now a citizen of Croatia.
^ Now a citizen of Serbia.
^ Gordon was born in London, but raised in Mount Vernon, New York.
^ Noah is a U.S. citizen by virtue of his birth in New York City. Shortly before the 2007 Draft, he acquired a French passport, qualifying through his father. He is also eligible for Swedish citizenship through his mother, and under FIBA rules is also eligible to play for Cameroon through his paternal grandfather. Noah has represented France internationally.

"Chicago Bulls Draft Register". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-10-23.

[1] Now a citizen of Croatia.

[2] Now a citizen of Serbia.

[3] Gordon was born in London, but raised in Mount Vernon, New York.

[4] Noah is a U.S. citizen by virtue of his birth in New York City. Shortly before the 2007 Draft, he acquired a French passport, qualifying through his father. He is also eligible for Swedish citizenship through his mother, and under FIBA rules is also eligible to play for Cameroon through his paternal grandfather. Noah has represented France internationally.

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