Chicago Bulls draft history
In their 56-year history, the Chicago Bulls have selected the following players in the National Basketball Association draft.
| Year | Round | Pick | Name | Nationality | College/HS/club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 1 | 10 | Dave Schellhase |  United States
|
Purdue |
| 2 | 20 | Erwin Mueller | United States
|
San Francisco | |
| 3 | 30 | 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 | United States
|
Northern Michigan | ||
| 9 | 84 | United States
|
Northern Michigan | ||
| 10 | 91 | United States
|
DePaul | ||
| 11 | 97 | 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 | United States
|
Jacksonville | ||
| 6 | 58 | Marlbert Pradd | United States
|
Dillard | |
| 7 | 70 | United States
|
Marquette | ||
| 8 | 82 | United States
|
Santa Fe | ||
| 9 | 93 | United States
|
Albuquerque | ||
| 10 | 104 | United States
|
Wake Forest | ||
| 11 | 115 | United States
|
New Haven | ||
| 12 | 126 | Ron Widby | United States
|
Tennessee | |
| 13 | 136 | Tom Storm | United States
|
Montana State | |
| 14 | 143 | United States
|
Erskine | ||
| 15 | 149 | 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 | United States
|
Loyola | ||
| 6 | 67 | United States
|
Delaware | ||
| 7 | 81 | Willie Davis | United States
|
North Texas | |
| 8 | 95 | United States
|
Point Loma Nazarene | ||
| 9 | 109 | United States
|
Loyola | ||
| 10 | 123 | United States
|
Northwestern | ||
| 11 | 137 | United States
|
Iowa State | ||
| 12 | 150 | United States
|
Wisconsin–Oshkosh | ||
| 13 | 163 | Herm Gilliam | United States
|
Purdue | |
| 14 | 174 | United States
|
Washington | ||
| 15 | 183 | Mickey McCarty | United States
|
TCU | |
| 16 | 191 | United States
|
Louisville | ||
| 17 | 199 | United States
|
Central Washington | ||
| 18 | 205 | United States
|
DePaul | ||
| 19 | 209 | United States
|
Indiana State | ||
| 20 | 212 | United States
|
Norfolk State | ||
| 21 | 214 | 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 | United States
|
Kansas | ||
| 5 | 62 | Chris Ellis | United States
|
Virginia Tech | |
| 6 | 76 | George Tinsley | United States
|
Kentucky Wesleyan | |
| 7 | 90 | United States
|
Huston–Tillotson | ||
| 8 | 104 | United States
|
Westmar | ||
| 9 | 118 | United States
|
Northwestern | ||
| 10 | 132 | Al Smith | United States
|
Bradley | |
| 11 | 146 | Larry Bergh | United States
|
Weber State | |
| 12 | 159 | United States
|
Wyoming | ||
| 13 | 172 | Rick Kirkland | United States
|
Norfolk State | |
| 14 | 183 | United States
|
SMU | ||
| 1970 | 1 | 11 | Jimmy Collins | United States
|
New Mexico State |
| 2 | 28 | Paul Ruffner | United States
|
BYU | |
| 3 | 45 | United States
|
Jackson State | ||
| 4 | 57 | 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 | United States
|
Jackson State | ||
| 10 | 164 | United States
|
West Texas A&M | ||
| 11 | 179 | Doug Howard | United States
|
BYU | |
| 12 | 191 | Booker Brown | United States
|
Middle Tennessee | |
| 13 | 201 | United States
|
Northwestern State | ||
| 14 | 211 | United States
|
McKendree | ||
| 15 | 220 | 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 | United States
|
Saint Louis | ||
| 5 | 83 | United States
|
Purdue | ||
| 6 | 100 | United States
|
Tennessee | ||
| 7 | 117 | Artis Gilmore | United States
|
Jacksonville | |
| 8 | 134 | United States
|
Wisconsin | ||
| 9 | 150 | Jackie Dinkins | United States
|
Voorhees | |
| 10 | 166 | United States
|
Delaware | ||
| 11 | 180 | Al Smith | United States
|
Bradley | |
| 12 | 193 | United States
|
Middle Tennessee | ||
| 13 | 205 | United States
|
DePaul | ||
| 14 | 214 | United States
|
Loyola–New Orleans | ||
| 15 | 223 | United States
|
Furman | ||
| 16 | 229 | 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 | 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 | United States
|
Valley City State | ||
| 9 | 142 | United States
|
West Texas A&M | ||
| 10 | 155 | Chuck Taylor | United States
|
West Liberty | |
| 11 | 166 | Jackie Young | United States
|
Rocky Mountain | |
| 12 | 174 | United States
|
Pennsylvania | ||
| 13 | 180 | Mike Barr | United States
|
Duquesne | |
| 14 | 187 | United States
|
Oklahoma | ||
| 15 | 192 | United States
|
Texas Tech | ||
| 16 | 196 | United States
|
Montana Western | ||
| 17 | 197 | United States
|
South Carolina State | ||
| 18 | 198 | 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 | United States
|
Arkansas | ||
| 3 | 47 | United States
|
Houston | ||
| 4 | 64 | Mark Sibley | United States
|
Northwestern | |
| 5 | 81 | United States
|
Furman | ||
| 6 | 98 | Johnny Neumann | United States
|
Mississippi | |
| 7 | 115 | Billy Harris | United States
|
Northern Illinois | |
| 8 | 132 | United States
|
Texas | ||
| 9 | 147 |  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 | United States
|
Texas A&M | ||
| 6 | 106 | United States
|
St. Thomas (Minn) | ||
| 7 | 124 | United States
|
Missouri | ||
| 8 | 142 | United States
|
Oral Roberts | ||
| 9 | 159 | 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 | United States
|
North Texas | ||
| 6 | 104 | United States
|
Ohio State | ||
| 7 | 122 | United States
|
Assumption | ||
| 8 | 140 | John Murphy | United States
|
Massachusetts | |
| 9 | 156 | United States
|
Saint Mary's | ||
| 1976 | 1 | 2 | Scott May | United States
|
Indiana |
| 2 | 18 | Willie Smith | United States
|
Missouri | |
| 3 | 35 | United States
|
West Texas A&M | ||
| 3 | 37 | Lars Hansen |  Canada
|
Washington | |
| 4 | 52 | Keith Starr | United States
|
Pittsburgh | |
| 5 | 69 | United States
|
Illinois | ||
| 6 | 87 | United States
|
Winston-Salem State | ||
| 7 | 105 | United States
|
Centenary | ||
| 9 | 141 | John Thomas | United States
|
UConn | |
| 10 | 158 | 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 | United States
|
South Carolina | ||
| 6 | 123 | United States
|
BYU | ||
| 7 | 143 | United States
|
Evansville | ||
| 8 | 162 | 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 | United States
|
Jacksonville | ||
| 6 | 119 | John Shoemaker | United States
|
Miami(FL) | |
| 7 | 140 | United States
|
West Georgia | ||
| 8 | 159 | Chubby Cox | United States
|
San Francisco | |
| 9 | 176 | United States
|
DePaul | ||
| 10 | 191 | 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 | United States
|
East Carolina | ||
| 5 | 93 | Larry Washington | United States
|
Drury | |
| 6 | 114 | United States
|
USC | ||
| 7 | 133 | United States
|
Chicago State | ||
| 8 | 153 | United States
|
North Carolina State | ||
| 9 | 171 | United States
|
Minnesota | ||
| 10 | 190 | United States
|
UCLA | ||
| 10 | 197 | 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 | United States
|
Northwestern | ||
| 6 | 120 | United States
|
St. John's | ||
| 7 | 142 | United States
|
Marquette | ||
| 8 | 164 | United States
|
North Park | ||
| 9 | 183 | Jay Shidler | United States
|
Kentucky | |
| 10 | 203 | United States
|
Montana State–Billings | ||
| 1981 | 1 | 6 | Orlando Woolridge | United States
|
Notre Dame |
| 2 | 32 | Mike Olliver | United States
|
Lamar | |
| 4 | 84 | United States
|
Marquette | ||
| 5 | 108 | United States
|
Arizona State | ||
| 6 | 130 | Roger Burkman | United States
|
Louisville | |
| 7 | 154 | United States
|
South Alabama | ||
| 8 | 175 | United States
|
Alabama–Huntsville | ||
| 9 | 197 | 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 | United States
|
Kansas State | ||
| 4 | 76 | Chuck Aleksinas | United States
|
UConn | |
| 5 | 99 | Rubin Jackson | United States
|
Oklahoma City | |
| 6 | 122 | United States
|
Nevada | ||
| 7 | 145 | Charles Verderber | United States
|
Kentucky | |
| 8 | 168 | Mike Burns | United States
|
UNLV | |
| 9 | 191 | United States
|
DePaul | ||
| 10 | 212 | 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 | United States
|
New Mexico State | ||
| 7 | 144 | United States
|
USC | ||
| 8 | 167 | United States
|
Chicago State | ||
| 9 | 189 | United States
|
Oklahoma Christian | ||
| 10 | 210 | 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 | United States
|
Northern Illinois | ||
| 4 | 72 | United States
|
Charlotte | ||
| 4 | 77 | Mark Halsel | United States
|
Northeastern | |
| 5 | 95 | Lamont Robinson | United States
|
Lamar | |
| 6 | 118 | United States
|
Morehead State | ||
| 7 | 141 | Butch Hays | United States
|
California | |
| 8 | 164 | United States
|
USIU | ||
| 9 | 186 | 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 | United States
|
Samford | ||
| 5 | 103 | Reid Gettys | United States
|
Houston | |
| 6 | 126 | Dan Meagher | Canada
|
Duke | |
| 7 | 149 | 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 | 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 | United States
|
Millersville | ||
| 4 | 79 | Jack Haley | United States
|
UCLA | |
| 5 | 102 | United States
|
LSU | ||
| 6 | 125 | United States
|
Illinois | ||
| 7 | 148 | United States
|
Central Michigan | ||
| 1988 | 1 | 11 | Will Perdue | United States
|
Vanderbilt |
| 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 |
| 2 | 41 | Anthony Reed | United States
|
Tulane | |
| 1994 | 1 | 21 | Dickey Simpkins | United States
|
Providence |
| 2 | 49 | Kris Bruton | United States
|
Benedict | |
| 1995 | 1 | 20 | Jason Caffey | United States
|
Alabama |
| 2 | 31 | Dragan Tarlac |  Yugoslavia[b]
|
Olympiacos (Greece) | |
| 1996 | 1 | 29 | Travis Knight | United States
|
UConn |
| 1997 | 1 | 28 | Keith Booth | United States
|
Maryland |
| 2 | 57 | Roberto Dueñas |  ESP
|
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 |
| 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 |
| 2 | 39 | Sonny Weems | United States
|
Arkansas | |
| 2009 | 1 | 16 | James Johnson | United States
|
Wake Forest |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2 | 48 | Paul Zipser |  Germany
|
Bayern Munich (Germany) | |
| 2017 | 1 | 16 | Justin Patton | United States
|
Creighton |
| 2 | 38 | Jordan Bell | United States
|
Oregon | |
| 2018 | 1 | 7 | Wendell Carter Jr. | United States
|
Duke |
| 1 | 22 | Chandler Hutchison | United States
|
Boise State | |
| 2019 | 1 | 7 | Coby White | United States
|
North Carolina |
| 2 | 38 | Daniel Gafford | United States
|
Arkansas | |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 | Patrick Williams | United States
|
Florida State |
| 2 | 44 | Marko Simonović |  Montenegro
|
Mega Soccerbet (Serbia) | |
| 2021 | 2 | 38 | Ayo Dosunmu | United States
|
Illinois |
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.
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