Date: Friday, April 24, 1953
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Number of Picks: 122 (31 played in NBA)
First Overall Pick: Ray Felix (39.6 Win Shares)
Most Win Shares: C. Hagan (75.1), K. Sears (55.8) and F. Ramsey (49.2)
All-Stars: 7 (W. Dukes, R. Felix, J. George, C. Hagan, J. Molinas, R. Regan and K. Sears)
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| Territorial Picks | Totals | Shooting | Per Game | Advanced | |||||||||||||
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| Pk | Tm | Player | College | G | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | WS | WS/48 |
| NYK | Walter Dukes | Seton Hall University | 553 | 14671 | 5765 | 6223 | 608 | .369 | .700 | 26.5 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 1.1 | 24.0 | .079 | ||
| PHW | Ernie Beck | University of Pennsylvania | 371 | 7054 | 2325 | 1191 | 669 | .383 | .762 | 19.0 | 6.3 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 9.0 | .061 | ||
| Round 1 | Totals | Shooting | Per Game | Advanced | |||||||||||||
| Pk | Tm | Player | College | G | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | WS | WS/48 |
| 1 | BLB | Ray Felix | Long Island University | 637 | 15187 | 6974 | 5654 | 456 | .412 | .678 | 23.8 | 10.9 | 8.9 | 0.7 | 39.6 | .125 | |
| 2 | MLH | Bob Houbregs | University of Washington | 281 | 6725 | 2611 | 1552 | 500 | .404 | .721 | 23.9 | 9.3 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 14.3 | .102 | |
| 3 | FTW | Jack Molinas | Columbia University | 32 | 958 | 370 | 228 | 51 | .390 | .759 | 29.9 | 11.6 | 7.1 | 1.6 | 3.6 | .179 | |
| 4 | ROC | Richie Regan | Seton Hall University | 215 | 5494 | 1785 | 554 | 629 | .344 | .717 | 25.6 | 8.3 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.5 | .031 | |
| 5 | BOS | Frank Ramsey | University of Kentucky | 623 | 15330 | 8378 | 3410 | 1134 | .399 | .804 | 24.6 | 13.4 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 49.2 | .154 | |
| 6 | SYR | Jim Neal | Wofford College | 80 | 1093 | 350 | 304 | 33 | .301 | .601 | 13.7 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | .005 | |
| 7 | MNL | Jim Fritsche | Hamline University | 84 | 1372 | 326 | 249 | 77 | .309 | .738 | 16.3 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 0.9 | -1.6 | -0.055 | |
| Round 2 | Totals | Shooting | Per Game | Advanced | |||||||||||||
| Pk | Tm | Player | College | G | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | WS | WS/48 |
| BOS | Chet Noe | University of Oregon | |||||||||||||||
| NYK | Don Ackerman | Long Island University | 28 | 220 | 43 | 15 | 23 | .222 | .536 | 7.9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | -0.6 | -0.123 | ||
| PHW | Larry Hennessy | Villanova University | 74 | 817 | 331 | 94 | 73 | .334 | .766 | 11.0 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | -0.9 | -0.052 | ||
| Round 3 | Totals | Shooting | Per Game | Advanced | |||||||||||||
| Pk | Tm | Player | College | G | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | WS | WS/48 |
| BOS | Cliff Hagan | University of Kentucky | 745 | 21731 | 13447 | 5116 | 2242 | .450 | .798 | 29.2 | 18.0 | 6.9 | 3.0 | 75.1 | .166 | ||
| NYK | Neil Gordon | Furman University | |||||||||||||||
| PHW | Norm Grekin | La Salle University | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .010 | ||||
| Round 4 | Totals | Shooting | Per Game | Advanced | |||||||||||||
| Pk | Tm | Player | College | G | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | WS | WS/48 |
| BOS | Earle Markey | College of the Holy Cross | |||||||||||||||
| NYK | Thomas Bishop | University of Southern Mississippi | |||||||||||||||
| PHW | Fred Ihle | La Salle University | |||||||||||||||
| Round 5 | Totals | Shooting | Per Game | Advanced | |||||||||||||
| Pk | Tm | Player | College | G | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | WS | WS/48 |
| BOS | Joe Holup | George Washington University | 192 | 3526 | 1347 | 852 | 193 | .342 | .781 | 18.4 | 7.0 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 4.2 | .058 | ||
| NYK | Bob Santini | Iona College | 4 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .500 | .500 | 5.8 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | .127 | ||
| PHW | Eddie Solomon | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | |||||||||||||||
| Round 6 | Totals | Shooting | Per Game | Advanced | |||||||||||||
| Pk | Tm | Player | College | G | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | WS | WS/48 |
| BOS | Vernon Stokes | St. Francis College | |||||||||||||||
| PHW | Don Eby | University of Southern California | |||||||||||||||
| Round 7 | Totals | Shooting | Per Game | Advanced | |||||||||||||
| Pk | Tm | Player | College | G | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | WS | WS/48 |
| BOS | Lou Tsioropoulos | University of Kentucky | 157 | 2977 | 910 | 751 | 165 | .315 | .717 | 19.0 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 2.1 | .033 | ||
| PHW | Bob Marske | ||||||||||||||||
| Round 8 | Totals | Shooting | Per Game | Advanced | |||||||||||||
| Pk | Tm | Player | College | G | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | WS | WS/48 |
| BOS | Ted Lallier | Colby College | |||||||||||||||
| PHW | Bill Dodd | Colgate University | |||||||||||||||
| Round 9 | Totals | Shooting | Per Game | Advanced | |||||||||||||
| Pk | Tm | Player | College | G | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | WS | WS/48 |
| BOS | Lewis Gilcrease | Texas State University | |||||||||||||||
| PHW | Bob Sassone | St. Bonaventure University | |||||||||||||||
| Round 10 | Totals | Shooting | Per Game | Advanced | |||||||||||||
| Pk | Tm | Player | College | G | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | WS | WS/48 |
| BOS | Tom Lillis | Saint Louis University | |||||||||||||||
| PHW | Toar Hester | Centenary College of Louisiana | |||||||||||||||
| Round 11 | Totals | Shooting | Per Game | Advanced | |||||||||||||
| Pk | Tm | Player | College | G | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | WS | WS/48 |
| BOS | Gil Reich | University of Kansas | |||||||||||||||
| PHW | John Doogan | Saint Joseph's University | |||||||||||||||
| Round 12 | Totals | Shooting | Per Game | Advanced | |||||||||||||
| Pk | Tm | Player | College | G | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | WS | WS/48 |
| BOS | Jim Dogerty | Whitworth | |||||||||||||||
| PHW | Charles Duffley | Saint Anselm College | |||||||||||||||
| Other Picks | Totals | Shooting | Per Game | Advanced | |||||||||||||
| Pk | Tm | Player | College | G | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | WS | WS/48 |
| BLB | Jack Carby | Kansas State University | |||||||||||||||
| BLB | Bob Emmercik | Clarion University of Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||
| BLB | Russ Johnson | ||||||||||||||||
| BLB | Bob Kraback | ||||||||||||||||
| BLB | Dennis Murphy | Georgetown University | |||||||||||||||
| BLB | Paul Nolen | Texas Tech University | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.724 | |||
| BLB | Bob Peterson | University of Oregon | 103 | 1342 | 479 | 389 | 78 | .386 | .669 | 13.0 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | .052 | ||
| BLB | Joe Piorkowski | ||||||||||||||||
| BLB | Connie Rea | Centenary College of Louisiana | 20 | 154 | 23 | 31 | 16 | .209 | .313 | 7.7 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.8 | -0.6 | -0.184 | ||
| BLB | Bill Schyman | DePaul University | |||||||||||||||
| BLB | Herman Sledzik | Pennsylvania State University | |||||||||||||||
| BLB | Bob Speight | North Carolina State University | |||||||||||||||
| BLB | Don Stemmerich | ||||||||||||||||
| BLB | Elmer Tolson | Eastern Kentucky University | |||||||||||||||
| BLB | Edward Walsh | ||||||||||||||||
| FTW | Jim Bingham | Eastern Kentucky University | |||||||||||||||
| FTW | Mike Bodnar | St. Bonaventure University | |||||||||||||||
| FTW | Jim Bredar | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |||||||||||||||
| FTW | George Glasgow | Fairleigh Dickinson University | |||||||||||||||
| FTW | William Hagan | Siena College | |||||||||||||||
| FTW | Dean Kelley | University of Kansas | |||||||||||||||
| FTW | Norb Lewinski | University of Notre Dame | |||||||||||||||
| FTW | Dick White | Eastern Kentucky University | |||||||||||||||
| MLH | Irv Bemoras | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 131 | 2479 | 827 | 341 | 125 | .347 | .672 | 18.9 | 6.3 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 | .026 | ||
| MLH | Bill Bolger | Georgetown University | 20 | 202 | 56 | 36 | 11 | .407 | .615 | 10.1 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | .039 | ||
| MLH | Paul Brandt | Columbia University | |||||||||||||||
| MLH | Joe Cipriano | University of Washington | |||||||||||||||
| MLH | Gene Dyker | DePaul University | 11 | 91 | 16 | 16 | 5 | .231 | .500 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -0.3 | -0.138 | ||
| MLH | Eddie O'Brien | Seattle University | |||||||||||||||
| MLH | John O'Brien | Seattle University | |||||||||||||||
| MLH | Bob Rousey | Kansas State University | |||||||||||||||
| MLH | Darrell Tucker | Utah State University | |||||||||||||||
| MNL | Doug Atkins | University of Tennessee | |||||||||||||||
| MNL | Hank Budde | Xavier University | |||||||||||||||
| MNL | Bill Chambers | College of William & Mary | |||||||||||||||
| MNL | Harold Christensen | Brigham Young University | |||||||||||||||
| MNL | Ron Feiereisel | DePaul University | 10 | 59 | 30 | 6 | 6 | .286 | .875 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | .040 | ||
| MNL | Ken Flowers | University of Southern California | |||||||||||||||
| MNL | Bob Gelle | University of Minnesota | |||||||||||||||
| MNL | Bob Gussner | Hamline University | |||||||||||||||
| MNL | Walt Kearns | University of Arkansas | |||||||||||||||
| MNL | Hartly Kruger | University of Idaho | |||||||||||||||
| MNL | Roger Kuss | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | |||||||||||||||
| MNL | Zippy Morocco | University of Georgia | |||||||||||||||
| MNL | Lloyd Olmstead | Cornell College | |||||||||||||||
| MNL | Joe Richey | Brigham Young University | |||||||||||||||
| MNL | Pete Silas | Georgia Institute of Technology | |||||||||||||||
| MNL | Lloyd Thorgaard | Hamline University | |||||||||||||||
| MNL | Chuck Wolfe | University of North Dakota | |||||||||||||||
| NYK | Dick Atha | Indiana State University | 43 | 448 | 137 | 66 | 51 | .393 | .795 | 10.4 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | .068 | ||
| NYK | Delmer Diercks | Iowa State University | |||||||||||||||
| NYK | Forrest Hamilton | Missouri State University | |||||||||||||||
| NYK | Bob Matheny | University of California | |||||||||||||||
| NYK | Larry O'Connor | Canisius College | |||||||||||||||
| NYK | Richard Prater | University of Kentucky | |||||||||||||||
| NYK | Allan Schutts | Springfield College | |||||||||||||||
| NYK | Joe Smyth | Niagara University | 40 | 495 | 131 | 98 | 49 | .348 | .538 | 12.4 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.1 | .006 | ||
| PHW | Jack George | La Salle University | 506 | 15860 | 5153 | 2129 | 2169 | .364 | .704 | 31.3 | 10.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 17.7 | .054 | ||
| ROC | Will Bales | Eastern Kentucky University | |||||||||||||||
| ROC | Hugh Beins | Georgetown University | |||||||||||||||
| ROC | Bill Edwards | St. Bonaventure University | |||||||||||||||
| ROC | Jim Gerber | Bowling Green State University | |||||||||||||||
| ROC | Bob Goss | North Carolina State University | |||||||||||||||
| ROC | Dick Gross | Wheaton College | |||||||||||||||
| ROC | Ed Kohl | Regis University | |||||||||||||||
| ROC | John Kurz | Loyola Marymount University | |||||||||||||||
| ROC | Gene Lambert | University of Arkansas | |||||||||||||||
| ROC | Nick McGuire | ||||||||||||||||
| ROC | Frank Reddout | Syracuse University | 7 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 0 | .833 | .750 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .802 | ||
| ROC | Jim Scottie | West Virginia University | |||||||||||||||
| ROC | Kenny Sears | Santa Clara University | 529 | 14923 | 7355 | 4142 | 843 | .455 | .826 | 28.2 | 13.9 | 7.8 | 1.6 | 55.8 | .179 | ||
| ROC | Kendall Sheets | Oklahoma State University | |||||||||||||||
| ROC | Tex Silverman | George Washington University | |||||||||||||||
| ROC | Paul Smaagard | Hamline University | |||||||||||||||
| ROC | Norm Swanson | University of Detroit Mercy | 63 | 611 | 100 | 110 | 33 | .226 | .594 | 9.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.5 | -0.4 | -0.034 | ||
| ROC | Will Walls | Miami University | |||||||||||||||
| SYR | Al Bailey | Duquesne University | |||||||||||||||
| SYR | Garrett Beshear | Murray State University | |||||||||||||||
| SYR | Glen Dille | University of Tulsa | |||||||||||||||
| SYR | Joe Hughes | University of Denver | |||||||||||||||
| SYR | Bill Hull | Utah State University | |||||||||||||||
| SYR | Bill Jenkins | LeMoyne College | |||||||||||||||
| SYR | Billy Kenville | St. Bonaventure University | 345 | 6778 | 2434 | 1206 | 715 | .363 | .758 | 19.6 | 7.1 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 13.7 | .097 | ||
| SYR | Dick Knostman | Kansas State University | 5 | 47 | 13 | 17 | 6 | .300 | .636 | 9.4 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | .183 | ||
| SYR | Andy McGowan | Manhattan College | |||||||||||||||
| SYR | Gerald Nappy | Georgetown University | |||||||||||||||
| SYR | Warren Shackelford | University of Tulsa | |||||||||||||||