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{{Short description|List of selected Cleveland Cavaliers players from the NBA draft}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

In their {{age|1970|2|6}}-year history, the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] have selected the following players in the [[National Basketball Association draft]].

==Key==
{| class="wikitable"
|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|<small>'''[[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer]]'''</small>
|bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|<small>'''[[List of first overall NBA draft picks|First overall NBA draft pick]]'''</small>
|bgcolor="FFCC00"|<small>'''[[List of NBA All-Stars|Selected for an NBA All-Star Game]]'''</small>
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="{{NBA color cell|Cleveland Cavaliers|border=2}};"|Year !! style="{{NBA color cell|Cleveland Cavaliers|border=2}};"|Round !! style="{{NBA color cell|Cleveland Cavaliers|border=2}};"|Pick !! style="{{NBA color cell|Cleveland Cavaliers|border=2}};"|Player !! style="{{NBA color cell|Cleveland Cavaliers|border=2}};"| College/high school/club
|-
| [[2024 NBA draft|2024]] || 1 	|| 20 	
| {{sortname|Jaylon|Tyson}}
| [[University of California, Berkeley]]
|-
| [[2023 NBA draft|2023]] || 2 	|| 49 	
| {{sortname|Emoni|Bates}}
| [[Eastern Michigan University]]
|-
| [[2022 NBA draft|2022]] || 1 || 14
| {{sortname|Ochai|Agbaji}}
| [[University of Kansas]]
|-
| [[2022 NBA draft|2022]] || 2 || 39
| {{sortname|Khalifa|Diop}}
| [[Senegal]]
|-
| [[2022 NBA draft|2022]] || 2 || 49
| {{sortname|Isaiah|Mobley}}
| [[University of Southern California|USC]]
|-
| [[2022 NBA draft|2022]] || 2 || 56
| {{sortname|Luke|Travers}}
| [[Australia]]
|-
| [[2021 NBA draft|2021]] || 1 || 3
| bgcolor="FFCC00"| {{sortname|Evan|Mobley}}
| [[University of Southern California|USC]]
|-
| [[2020 NBA draft|2020]] || 1 || 5
| {{sortname|Isaac|Okoro}}
| [[Auburn University]]
|-
| [[2019 NBA draft|2019]] || 1 || 5
| bgcolor="FFCC00"|{{sortname|Darius|Garland}}
| [[Vanderbilt University]]
|-
| [[2019 NBA draft|2019]] || 1 || 26
| {{sortname|Dylan|Windler}}
| [[Belmont University]]
|-
| [[2018 NBA draft|2018]] || 1 || 8
| {{sortname|Collin|Sexton}}
| [[University of Alabama]]
|-
| [[2015 NBA draft|2015]] || 1 || 24
| {{sortname|Tyus|Jones}}
| [[Duke University]]
|-
| [[2015 NBA draft|2015]] || 2 || 53
| {{sortname|Sir'Dominic|Pointer}}
| [[St. John's University (New York City)|St. John's University]]
|-
|  [[2014 NBA draft|2014]] || 1 || bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|1
|  bgcolor="FFCC00"|{{sortname|Andrew|Wiggins|Andrew Wiggins}}
|  [[University of Kansas]]
|-
|  [[2014 NBA draft|2014]] || 2 || 33
|  {{sortname|Joe|Harris|dab=basketball}}
|  [[University of Virginia]]
|-
| [[2013 NBA draft|2013]] || 1 || bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|1
| {{sortname|Anthony|Bennett|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of Nevada, Las Vegas]]
|-
| [[2013 NBA draft|2013]] || 1 || 19
| {{sortname|Sergey|Karasev|}}
| [[Russia]]
|-
| [[2013 NBA draft|2013]] || 2 || 31
| {{sortname|Allen|Crabbe|}}
| [[University of California, Berkeley]]
|-
| [[2013 NBA draft|2013]] || 2 || 34
| {{sortname|Carrick|Felix|}}
| [[Arizona State University]]

|-
| [[2012 NBA draft|2012]] || 1 || 4
| {{sortname|Dion|Waiters|}}
| [[Syracuse University]]
|-
| [[2012 NBA draft|2012]] || 1 || 24
| {{sortname|Jared|Cunningham|}}
| [[Oregon State University]]
|-
| [[2012 NBA draft|2012]] || 2 || 33
| {{sortname|Bernard|James|}}
| [[Florida State University]]
|-
| [[2012 NBA draft|2012]] || 2 || 34
| {{sortname|Jae|Crowder|}}
| [[Marquette University]]
|-
| [[2011 NBA draft|2011]] || 1 || bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|1
| bgcolor="FFCC00"|{{sortname|Kyrie|Irving|}}
| [[Duke University]]
|-
| [[2011 NBA draft|2011]] || 1 || 4
| {{sortname|Tristan|Thompson|}}
| [[University of Texas at Austin]]
|-
| [[2011 NBA draft|2011]] || 2 || 32
| {{sortname|Justin|Harper|Justin Harper (basketball)}}
| [[University of Richmond]]
|-
| [[2011 NBA draft|2011]] || 2 || 54
| {{sortname|Milan|Mačvan|}}
| [[Serbia]]
|-
| [[2009 NBA draft|2009]] || 1 || 30
| {{sortname|Christian|Eyenga|}}
| [[DR Congo]]
|-
| [[2009 NBA draft|2009]] || 2 || 46
| {{sortname|Danny|Green|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of North Carolina]]
|-
| [[2008 NBA draft|2008]] || 1 || 19
| {{sortname|JJ|Hickson}}
| [[North Carolina State University]]
|-
| [[2006 NBA draft|2006]] || 1 || 25
| {{sortname|Shannon|Brown|}}
| [[Michigan State University]]
|-
| [[2006 NBA draft|2006]] || 2 || 42
| {{sortname|Daniel|Gibson|}}
| [[University of Texas at Austin]]
|-
| [[2006 NBA draft|2006]] || 2 || 55
| {{sortname|Ejike|Ugboaja|}}
| [[Nigeria]]
|-
| [[2004 NBA draft|2004]] || 1 || 10
| {{sortname|Luke|Jackson|dab=basketball, born 1981}}
| [[University of Oregon]]
|-
| [[2003 NBA draft|2003]] || 1 || bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|1
| bgcolor="FFCC00"|{{sortname|LeBron|James|}}
| [[St. Vincent–St. Mary High School]]
|-
| [[2003 NBA draft|2003]] || 2 || 31
| {{sortname|Jason|Kapono|}}
| [[University of California, Los Angeles]]
|-
| [[2002 NBA draft|2002]] || 1 || 6
| {{sortname|Dajuan|Wagner|}}
| [[University of Memphis]]
|-
| [[2002 NBA draft|2002]] || 2 || 34
| bgcolor="FFCC00"|{{sortname|Carlos|Boozer|}}
| [[Duke University]]
|-
| [[2001 NBA draft|2001]] || 1 || 8
| {{sortname|DeSagana|Diop|}}
| [[Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia)|Oak Hill Academy]]
|-
| [[2001 NBA draft|2001]] || 1 || 20
| {{sortname|Brendan|Haywood|}}
| [[University of North Carolina]]
|-
| [[2001 NBA draft|2001]] || 2 || 35
| {{sortname|Jeff|Trepagnier|}}
| [[University of Southern California]]
|-
| [[2000 NBA draft|2000]] || 1 || 7
| {{sortname|Jamal|Crawford|}}
| [[University of Michigan]]
|-
| [[1999 NBA draft|1999]] || 1 || 8
| {{sortname|Andre|Miller|}}
| [[University of Utah]]
|-
| [[1999 NBA draft|1999]] || 1 || 11
| {{sortname|Trajan|Langdon|}}
| [[Duke University]]
|-
| [[1999 NBA draft|1999]] || 2 || 39
| {{sortname|A. J.|Bramlett|}}
| [[University of Arizona]]
|-
| [[1998 NBA draft|1998]] || 2 || 48
| {{sortname|Ryan|Stack|}}
| [[University of South Carolina]]
|-
| [[1997 NBA draft|1997]] || 1 || 13
| {{sortname|Derek|Anderson|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of Kentucky]]
|-
| [[1997 NBA draft|1997]] || 1 || 16
| {{sortname|Brevin|Knight|}}
| [[Stanford University]]
|-
| [[1997 NBA draft|1997]] || 2 || 44
| {{sortname|Cedric|Henderson|Cedric Henderson (basketball, born 1975)}}
| [[University of Memphis]]
|-
| [[1996 NBA draft|1996]] || 1 || 12
| {{sortname|Vitaly|Potapenko|}}
| [[Wright State University]]
|-
| [[1996 NBA draft|1996]] || 1 || 20
| bgcolor="FFCC00"|{{sortname|Zydrunas|Ilgauskas|}}
| [[Lithuania]]
|-
| [[1996 NBA draft|1996]] || 2 || 56
| {{sortname|Reggie|Geary|}}
| [[University of Arizona]]
|-
| [[1995 NBA draft|1995]] || 1 || 17
| {{sortname|Bob|Sura|}}
| [[Florida State University]]
|-
| [[1995 NBA draft|1995]] || 2 || 39
| {{sortname|Donny|Marshall|}}
| [[University of Connecticut]]
|-
| [[1994 NBA draft|1994]] || 2 || 42
| {{sortname|Gary|Collier|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of Tulsa]]
|-
| [[1993 NBA draft|1993]] || 1 || 22
| {{sortname|Chris|Mills|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of Arizona]]
|-
| [[1991 NBA draft|1991]] || 1 || 11
| bgcolor="FFCC00"|{{sortname|Terrell|Brandon|}}
| [[University of Oregon]]
|-
| [[1991 NBA draft|1991]] || 2 || 39
| {{sortname|Jimmy|Oliver|dab=basketball}}
| [[Purdue University]]
|-
| [[1990 NBA draft|1990]] || 2 || 52
| {{sortname|Stefano|Rusconi|}}
| [[Italy]]
|-
| [[1989 NBA draft|1989]] || 1 || 25
| {{sortname|John|Morton|dab=basketball}}
| [[Seton Hall University]]
|-
| [[1989 NBA draft|1989]] || 2 || 43
| {{sortname|Chucky|Brown|}}
| [[North Carolina State University]]
|-
| [[1988 NBA draft|1988]] || 1 || 22
| {{sortname|Randolph|Keys|}}
| [[University of Southern Mississippi]]
|-
| [[1988 NBA draft|1988]] || 3 || 64
| {{sortname|Winston|Bennett|}}
| [[University of Kentucky]]
|-
| [[1987 NBA draft|1987]] || 1 || 7
| bgcolor="FFCC00"|{{sortname|Kevin|Johnson|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of California]]
|-
| [[1987 NBA draft|1987]] || 2 || 41
| {{sortname|Kannard|Johnson|}}
| [[Western Kentucky University]]
|-
| [[1987 NBA draft|1987]] || 3 || 52
| {{sortname|Donald|Royal|}}
| [[University of Notre Dame]]
|-
| [[1987 NBA draft|1987]] || 4 || 75
| {{sortname|Chris|Dudley|}}
| [[Yale University]]
|-
| [[1987 NBA draft|1987]] || 4 || 80
| {{sortname|Carven|Holcombe|}}
| [[Texas Christian University]]
|-
| [[1987 NBA draft|1987]] || 5 || 98
| {{sortname|Carl|Lott|}}
| [[Texas Christian University]]
|-
| [[1987 NBA draft|1987]] || 6 || 121
| {{sortname|Harold|Jensen|}}
| [[Villanova University]]
|-
| [[1987 NBA draft|1987]] || 7 || 144
| {{sortname|Mike|Foster|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of South Carolina]]
|-
| [[1986 NBA draft|1986]] || 1 || bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|1
| bgcolor="FFCC00"|{{sortname|Brad|Daugherty|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of North Carolina]]
|-
| [[1986 NBA draft|1986]] || 1 || 8
| {{sortname|Ron|Harper|}}
| [[Miami University]]
|-
| [[1986 NBA draft|1986]] || 2 || 29
| {{sortname|Johnny|Newman|}}
| [[University of Richmond]]
|-
| [[1986 NBA draft|1986]] || 3 || 50
| {{sortname|Kevin|Henderson|dab=basketball}}
| [[California State University, Fullerton]]
|-
| [[1986 NBA draft|1986]] || 4 || 73
| {{sortname|Warren|Martin|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of North Carolina]]
|-
| [[1986 NBA draft|1986]] || 5 || 96
| {{sortname|Ben|Davis|nolink=y}}
| [[Gardner–Webb University]]
|-
| [[1986 NBA draft|1986]] || 6 || 119
| {{sortname|Gilbert|Wilburn|}}
| [[New Mexico State University]]
|-
| [[1986 NBA draft|1986]] || 7 || 142
| {{sortname|Ralph|Dalton|}}
| [[Georgetown University]]
|-
| [[1985 NBA draft|1985]] || 1 || 9
| bgcolor="FFCC00"|{{sortname|Charles|Oakley|}}
| [[Virginia Union University]]
|-
| [[1985 NBA draft|1985]] || 2 || 30
| {{sortname|Calvin|Duncan|Calvin Duncan (basketball)}}
| [[Virginia Commonwealth University]]
|-
| [[1985 NBA draft|1985]] || 2 || 45
| {{sortname|John|Williams|John "Hot Rod" Williams}}
| [[Tulane University]]
|-
| [[1985 NBA draft|1985]] || 3 || 55
| {{sortname|Herb|Johnson|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of Tulsa]]
|-
| [[1985 NBA draft|1985]] || 4 || 79
| {{sortname|Mark|Davis|dab=basketball, born 1963}}
| [[Old Dominion University]]
|-
| [[1985 NBA draft|1985]] || 5 || 101
| {{sortname|Gunther|Behnke|}}
| [[Germany]]
|-
| [[1985 NBA draft|1985]] || 6 || 125
| {{sortname|Ricky|Johnson|dab=basketball}}
| [[Illinois State University]]
|-
| [[1985 NBA draft|1985]] || 7 || 147
| {{sortname|Buzz|Peterson|}}
| [[University of North Carolina]]
|-
| [[1984 NBA draft|1984]] || 1 || 12
| {{sortname|Tim|McCormick|}}
| [[University of Michigan]]
|-
| [[1984 NBA draft|1984]] || 2 || 27
| {{sortname|Ron|Anderson|dab=basketball, born 1958}}
| [[California State University, Fresno]]
|-
| [[1984 NBA draft|1984]] || 3 || 50
| {{sortname|Ben|McDonald|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of California, Irvine]]
|-
| [[1984 NBA draft|1984]] || 3 || 60
| {{sortname|Leonard|Mitchell|dab=basketball}}
| [[Louisiana State University]]
|-
| [[1984 NBA draft|1984]] || 4 || 73
| {{sortname|Art|Aaron|}}
| [[Northwestern University]]
|-
| [[1984 NBA draft|1984]] || 5 || 96
| {{sortname|Vince|Hinchen|}}
| [[Boise State University]]
|-
| [[1984 NBA draft|1984]] || 6 || 119
| {{sortname|Matt|Doherty|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of North Carolina]]
|-
| [[1984 NBA draft|1984]] || 7 || 142
| {{sortname|Joe|Jakubick|}}
| [[University of Akron]]
|-
| [[1984 NBA draft|1984]] || 8 || 165
| {{sortname|Elliot|Beard|}}
| [[Oberlin College]]
|-
| [[1984 NBA draft|1984]] || 9 || 187
| {{sortname|John|Shimko|}}
| [[Xavier University]]
|-
| [[1984 NBA draft|1984]] || 10 || 209
| {{sortname|Darrell|Space|}}
| [[Northeastern Illinois University]]
|-
| [[1983 NBA draft|1983]] || 1 || 20
| {{sortname|Roy|Hinson|}}
| [[Rutgers University]]
|-
| [[1983 NBA draft|1983]] || 1 || 24
| {{sortname|Stewart|Granger|dab=basketball}}
| [[Villanova University]]
|-
| [[1983 NBA draft|1983]] || 2 || 27
| {{sortname|John|Garris|}}
| [[Boston College]]
|-
| [[1983 NBA draft|1983]] || 3 || 50
| {{sortname|Paul|Thompson|dab=basketball}}
| [[Tulane University]]
|-
| [[1983 NBA draft|1983]] || 3 || 56
| {{sortname|Larry|Anderson|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of Nevada, Las Vegas]]
|-
| [[1983 NBA draft|1983]] || 3 || 66
| {{sortname|Les|Craft|}}
| [[Kansas State University]]
|-
| [[1983 NBA draft|1983]] || 3 || 67
| {{sortname|Derrick|Hord|}}
| [[University of Kentucky]]
|-
| [[1983 NBA draft|1983]] || 4 || 73
| {{sortname|Dwight|Jones|dab=Cincinnati}}
| [[University of Cincinnati]]
|-
| [[1983 NBA draft|1983]] || 5 || 96
| {{sortname|Chris|Logan|}}
| [[College of the Holy Cross]]
|-
| [[1983 NBA draft|1983]] || 6 || 119
| {{sortname|Mel|McLaughlin|dab=basketball}}
| [[Central Michigan University]]
|-
| [[1983 NBA draft|1983]] || 7 || 142
| {{sortname|John|Columbo|}}
| [[John Carroll University]]
|-
| [[1983 NBA draft|1983]] || 8 || 165
| {{sortname|Larry|Tucker|dab=basketball}}
| [[Lewis University]]
|-
| [[1983 NBA draft|1983]] || 9 || 187
| {{sortname|Joe|Brown|dab=basketball}}
| [[Georgia State University]]
|-
| [[1983 NBA draft|1983]] || 10 || 208
| {{sortname|Jon|Hanley|}}
| [[Xavier University]]
|-
| [[1982 NBA draft|1982]] || 1 || 12
| {{sortname|John|Bagley|dab=basketball}}
| [[Boston College]]
|-
| [[1982 NBA draft|1982]] || 2 || 28
| {{sortname|Dave|Magley|}}
| [[University of Kansas]]
|-
| [[1982 NBA draft|1982]] || 3 || 47
| {{sortname|Michael|Wilson|Mike Wilson (basketball)}}
| [[Marquette University]]
|-
| [[1982 NBA draft|1982]] || 4 || 70
| {{sortname|Reggie|Hannah|}}
| [[University of South Alabama]]
|-
| [[1982 NBA draft|1982]] || 5 || 93
| {{sortname|Terry|White|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of Texas at El Paso]]
|-
| [[1982 NBA draft|1982]] || 6 || 116
| {{sortname|Vince|Reynolds|}}
| [[University of South Florida]]
|-
| [[1982 NBA draft|1982]] || 7 || 139
| {{sortname|Randy|Reed|}}
| [[Kansas State University]]
|-
| [[1982 NBA draft|1982]] || 8 || 162
| {{sortname|Monty|Knight|}}
| [[Virginia Commonwealth University]]
|-
| [[1982 NBA draft|1982]] || 9 || 185
| {{sortname|Tony|Hafley|}}
| [[University of South Alabama]]
|-
| [[1982 NBA draft|1982]] || 10 || 206
| {{sortname|Durand|Walker|}}
| [[Indiana Wesleyan University|Marion College]]
|-
| [[1981 NBA draft|1981]] || 3 || 55
| {{sortname|Mickey|Dillard|}}
| [[Florida State University]]
|-
| [[1981 NBA draft|1981]] || 3 || 59
| {{sortname|Russell|Bowers|dab=basketball}}
| [[American University]]
|-
| [[1981 NBA draft|1981]] || 4 || 74
| {{sortname|Ethan|Martin|dab=basketball}}
| [[Louisiana State University]]
|-
| [[1981 NBA draft|1981]] || 5 || 96
| {{sortname|Ken|Page|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of New Mexico]]
|-
| [[1981 NBA draft|1981]] || 6 || 120
| {{sortname|Aaron|Strayhorn|}}
| [[University of Hawaii]]
|-
| [[1981 NBA draft|1981]] || 7 || 142
| {{sortname|Andre|Smith|dab=basketball, born 1958}}
| [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]]
|-
| [[1981 NBA draft|1981]] || 8 || 166
| {{sortname|Glen|Marcus|}}
| [[University of Alabama at Birmingham]]
|-
| [[1981 NBA draft|1981]] || 9 || 187
| {{sortname|Paul|Roba|}}
| [[Cleveland State University]]
|-
| [[1981 NBA draft|1981]] || 10 || 208
| {{sortname|Greg|Boone|dab=basketball}}
| [[Augsburg University|Augsburg College]]
|-
| [[1980 NBA draft|1980]] || 1 || 22
| {{sortname|Chad|Kinch|}}
| [[University of North Carolina at Charlotte]]
|-
| [[1980 NBA draft|1980]] || 3 || 53
| {{sortname|Stuart|House|dab=basketball}}
| [[Washington State University]]
|-
| [[1980 NBA draft|1980]] || 3 || 55
| {{sortname|Wayne|Abrams|}}
| [[Southern Illinois University]]
|-
| [[1980 NBA draft|1980]] || 3 || 68
| {{sortname|Ron|Jones|dab=basketball}}
| [[Illinois State University]]
|-
| [[1980 NBA draft|1980]] || 4 || 77
| {{sortname|Murray|Brown|dab=basketball}}
| [[Florida State University]]
|-
| [[1980 NBA draft|1980]] || 5 || 101
| {{sortname|LaVon|Williams|}}
| [[University of Kentucky]]
|-
| [[1980 NBA draft|1980]] || 6 || 123
| {{sortname|Antonio|Martin|nolink=y}}
| [[Oral Roberts University]]
|-
| [[1980 NBA draft|1980]] || 7 || 147
| {{sortname|Leroy|Berry|dab=basketball}}
| [[Wilmington College (Ohio)|Wilmington College]]
|-
| [[1980 NBA draft|1980]] || 8 || 166
| {{sortname|Jim|Ellinghausen|}}
| [[Ohio State University]]
|-
| [[1980 NBA draft|1980]] || 9 || 187
| {{sortname|Melvin|Crafter|}}
| [[Central State University]]
|-
| [[1979 NBA draft|1979]] || 2 || 26
| {{sortname|Bruce|Flowers|}}
| [[University of Notre Dame]]
|-
| [[1979 NBA draft|1979]] || 3 || 65
| bgcolor="FFCC00"|{{sortname|Bill|Laimbeer|}}
| [[University of Notre Dame]]
|-
| [[1979 NBA draft|1979]] || 4 || 70
| {{sortname|Rick|Swing|}}
| [[The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina|The Citadel]]
|-
| [[1979 NBA draft|1979]] || 5 || 91
| {{sortname|Matt|Simpkins|}}
| [[Georgia Southern University]]
|-
| [[1979 NBA draft|1979]] || 6 || 112
| {{sortname|Joe|Manning| dab= basketball}}
| [[North Texas State University]]
|-
| [[1979 NBA draft|1979]] || 7 || 131
| {{sortname|Steve|Skaggs|}}
| [[Ohio University]]
|-
| [[1979 NBA draft|1979]] || 8 || 151
| {{sortname|Mark|Haymore|}}
| [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]
|-
| [[1979 NBA draft|1979]] || 9 || 169
| {{sortname|Tim|Joyce|dab=basketball}}
| [[Ohio University]]
|-
| [[1979 NBA draft|1979]] || 10 || 188
| {{sortname|Terry|Peavy|}}
| [[Point Park University]]
|-
| [[1978 NBA draft|1978]] || 1 || 15
| bgcolor="FFCC00"|{{sortname|Mike|Mitchell|dab=basketball, born 1956}}
| [[Auburn University]]
|-
| [[1978 NBA draft|1978]] || 2 || 33
| {{sortname|Harry|Davis|dab=basketball}}
| [[Florida State University]]
|-
| [[1978 NBA draft|1978]] || 3 || 57
| {{sortname|Ken|Higgs|Kenny Higgs}}
| [[Louisiana State University]]
|-
| [[1978 NBA draft|1978]] || 4 || 78
| {{sortname|Stan|Rome|}}
| [[Clemson University]]
|-
| [[1978 NBA draft|1978]] || 5 || 99
| {{sortname|Ken|Koenigs|}}
| [[University of Kansas]]
|-
| [[1978 NBA draft|1978]] || 6 || 123
| {{sortname|Ron|Bell|Ron Bell (basketball)}}
| [[Virginia Tech]]
|-
| [[1978 NBA draft|1978]] || 7 || 143
| {{sortname|Tony|Smith|nolink=y}}
| [[University of Nevada, Las Vegas]]
|-
| [[1978 NBA draft|1978]] || 8 || 161
| {{sortname|Roland|Martin|dab=basketball}}
| [[Missouri Southern State University]]
|-
| [[1978 NBA draft|1978]] || 9 || 180
| {{sortname|Steve|Bayless|}}
| [[Central State University]]
|-
| [[1978 NBA draft|1978]] || 10 || 194
| {{sortname|Gary|Winton}}
| [[United States Military Academy]]
|-
| [[1977 NBA draft|1977]] || 2 || 33
| {{sortname|Eddie|Jordan|dab=basketball}}
| [[Rutgers University]]
|-
| [[1977 NBA draft|1977]] || 3 || 55
| {{sortname|Steve|Grote|}}
| [[University of Michigan]]
|-
| [[1977 NBA draft|1977]] || 4 || 77
| {{sortname|Melvin|Jones|dab=basketball}}
| [[West Texas A&M University]]
|-
| [[1977 NBA draft|1977]] || 5 || 99
| {{sortname|Al|Smith|nolink=y}}
| [[Jackson State University]]
|-
| [[1977 NBA draft|1977]] || 6 || 121
| {{sortname|Ron|Cox|dab=basketball}}
| [[Eastern Washington University]]
|-
| [[1977 NBA draft|1977]] || 7 || 141
| {{sortname|Bob|Riddle|}}
| [[Eastern Michigan University]]
|-
| [[1977 NBA draft|1977]] || 8 || 160
| {{sortname|Tom|Cutter|}}
| [[Western Michigan University]]
|-
| [[1976 NBA draft|1976]] || 1 || 15
| {{sortname|Chuckie|Williams|}}
| [[Kansas State University]]
|-
| [[1976 NBA draft|1976]] || 2 || 32
| {{sortname|Mo|Howard|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]]
|-
| [[1976 NBA draft|1976]] || 3 || 50
| {{sortname|Gary|Cole|Abdul Jeelani}}{{efn|Now known as Abdul Qadir Jeelani.}}
| [[University of Wisconsin–Parkside]]
|-
| [[1976 NBA draft|1976]] || 4 || 66
| {{sortname|John|Engles|}}
| [[University of Pennsylvania]]
|-
| [[1976 NBA draft|1976]] || 5 || 84
| {{sortname|Edmund|Lawrence|dab=basketball}}
| [[McNeese State University]]
|-
| [[1976 NBA draft|1976]] || 6 || 102
| {{sortname|Harry|Davis|nolink=y}}
| [[Morris Brown College]]
|-
| [[1976 NBA draft|1976]] || 7 || 120
| {{sortname|Johnny|Britt|}}
| [[Western Kentucky University]]
|-
| [[1976 NBA draft|1976]] || 8 || 123
| {{sortname|Dale|Koehler|}}
| [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]
|-
| [[1976 NBA draft|1976]] || 8 || 138
| {{sortname|Tim|Sisneros|}}
| [[Middle Tennessee State University]]
|-
| [[1976 NBA draft|1976]] || 9 || 155
| {{sortname|Bruce|Parkinson|}}
| [[Purdue University]]
|-
| [[1976 NBA draft|1976]] || 10 || 171
| {{sortname|Elisha|McSweeney|}}
| [[Minnesota State University, Mankato]]
|-
| [[1975 NBA draft|1975]] || 1 || 15
| {{sortname|John|Lambert|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of Southern California]]
|-
| [[1975 NBA draft|1975]] || 2 || 28
| bgcolor="FFCC00"|{{sortname|Dan|Roundfield|}}
| [[Central Michigan University]]
|-
| [[1975 NBA draft|1975]] || 2 || 33
| {{sortname|Mel|Utley|}}
| [[St. John's University (New York City)|St. John's University]]
|-
| [[1975 NBA draft|1975]] || 3 || 45
| {{sortname|Ted|Hathaway|}}
| [[Cleveland State University]]
|-
| [[1975 NBA draft|1975]] || 4 || 62
| {{sortname|Eric|Fernsten|}}
| [[University of San Francisco]]
|-
| [[1975 NBA draft|1975]] || 5 || 79
| {{sortname|Jim|Lee|dab=basketball}}
| [[Syracuse University]]
|-
| [[1975 NBA draft|1975]] || 5 || 82
| {{sortname|Mike|Odems|}}
| [[Western Kentucky University]]
|-
| [[1975 NBA draft|1975]] || 6 || 99
| {{sortname|Henry|Ward|dab=basketball}}
| [[Jackson State University]]
|-
| [[1975 NBA draft|1975]] || 7 || 116
| {{sortname|Shawn|Leftwich|}}
| [[Jacksonville University]]
|-
| [[1975 NBA draft|1975]] || 8 || 136
| {{sortname|Andre|McCarter|}}
| [[University of California, Los Angeles]]
|-
| [[1975 NBA draft|1975]] || 9 || 152
| {{sortname|Skip|Howard|}}
| [[Bowling Green State University]]
|-
| [[1975 NBA draft|1975]] || 10 || 167
| {{sortname|Eric|Anderson|nolink=y}}
| [[Macalester College]]
|-
| [[1974 NBA draft|1974]] || 1 || 8
| bgcolor="FFCC00"|{{sortname|Campy|Russell|}}
| [[University of Michigan]]
|-
| [[1974 NBA draft|1974]] || 3 || 38
| {{sortname|Clarence|Walker|link=Foots Walker}}
| [[University of West Georgia|State University of West Georgia]]
|-
| [[1974 NBA draft|1974]] || 3 || 39
| {{sortname|Kevin|Restani|}}
| [[University of San Francisco]]
|-
| [[1974 NBA draft|1974]] || 4 || 57
| {{sortname|James|Foster|Jimmy Foster (basketball)}}
| [[University of Connecticut]]
|-
| [[1974 NBA draft|1974]] || 5 || 75
| {{sortname|Gary|Novak|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of Notre Dame]]
|-
| [[1974 NBA draft|1974]] || 6 || 93
| {{sortname|Aron|Stewart|}}
| [[University of Richmond]]
|-
| [[1974 NBA draft|1974]] || 7 || 111
| {{sortname|Mike|Robinson|Mike Robinson (basketball, born 1952)}}
| [[Michigan State University]]
|-
| [[1974 NBA draft|1974]] || 8 || 129
| {{sortname|Kerry|Hughes|}}
| [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]
|-
| [[1974 NBA draft|1974]] || 9 || 147
| {{sortname|Jim|Buskofsky|}}
| [[Upper Iowa University]]
|-
| [[1974 NBA draft|1974]] || 10 || 164
| {{sortname|Jim|Kelly|dab=basketball player}}
| [[Loras College]]
|-
| [[1973 NBA draft|1973]] || 1 || 2
| {{sortname|Jim|Brewer|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of Minnesota]]
|-
| [[1973 NBA draft|1973]] || 2 || 26
| {{sortname|Allan|Hornyak|}}
| [[Ohio State University]]
|-
| [[1973 NBA draft|1973]] || 3 || 37
| {{sortname|Jim|O'Brien|dab=basketball, born 1951}}
| [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]]
|-
| [[1973 NBA draft|1973]] || 3 || 40
| {{sortname|Ozzie|Edwards|}}
| [[Oklahoma City University]]
|-
| [[1973 NBA draft|1973]] || 3 || 41
| {{sortname|James|Lister|dab=basketball}}
| [[Sam Houston State University]]
|-
| [[1973 NBA draft|1973]] || 4 || 57
| {{sortname|Luke|Witte|}}
| [[Ohio State University]]
|-
| [[1973 NBA draft|1973]] || 5 || 74
| {{sortname|John|Coughran|}}
| [[University of California]]
|-
| [[1973 NBA draft|1973]] || 6 || 91
| {{sortname|Willie|Calvert|}}
| [[Abilene Christian University]]
|-
| [[1973 NBA draft|1973]] || 7 || 108
| {{sortname|Larry|Farmer|Larry Farmer (basketball coach)}}
| [[University of California, Los Angeles]]
|-
| [[1973 NBA draft|1973]] || 8 || 125
| {{sortname|John|Ritter|dab=basketball}}
| [[Indiana University]]
|-
| [[1973 NBA draft|1973]] || 9 || 142
| {{sortname|Les|Taylor|dab=basketball}}
| [[Murray State University]]
|-
| [[1973 NBA draft|1973]] || 10 || 156
| {{sortname|Dean|Martin|dab=basketball}}
| [[Baldwin-Wallace College]]
|-
| [[1973 NBA draft|1973]] || 11 || 169
| {{sortname|Floyd|Lewis|}}
| [[Harvard University]]
|-
| [[1973 NBA draft|1973]] || 12 || 178
| {{sortname|Chris|McMurray|}}
| [[San Diego State University]]
|-
| [[1973 NBA draft|1973]] || 13 || 185
| {{sortname|John|Pennebacker|}}
| [[University of Hawaii]]
|-
| [[1973 NBA draft|1973]] || 14 || 191
| {{sortname|Charles|Mitchell|dab=basketball}}
| [[Eastern Kentucky University]]
|-
| [[1973 NBA draft|1973]] || 15 || 196
| {{sortname|Reese|Stovall|}}
| [[University of Texas–Pan American]]
|-
| [[1973 NBA draft|1973]] || 16 || 201
| {{sortname|Tom|O'Connor|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of Iowa]]
|-
| [[1973 NBA draft|1973]] || 17 || 205
| {{sortname|Phil|Elderkin|}}
| [[Boston University]]
|-
| [[1972 NBA draft|1972]] || 1 || 3
| {{sortname|Dwight|Davis|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of Houston]]
|-
| [[1972 NBA draft|1972]] || 2 || 24
| {{sortname|Steve|Hawes|}}
| [[University of Washington]]
|-
| [[1972 NBA draft|1972]] || 4 || 50
| {{sortname|Hank|Siemiontkowski|}}
| [[Villanova University]]
|-
| [[1972 NBA draft|1972]] || 5 || 66
| {{sortname|Sam|Cash|}}
| [[University of California, Riverside]]
|-
| [[1972 NBA draft|1972]] || 6 || 83
| {{sortname|Tom|Parker|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of Kentucky]]
|-
| [[1972 NBA draft|1972]] || 7 || 100
| {{sortname|Steve|Davidson|}}
| [[West Texas A&M University]]
|-
| [[1972 NBA draft|1972]] || 8 || 116
| {{sortname|Roger|Evans|dab=basketball}}
| [[Kent State University]]
|-
| [[1972 NBA draft|1972]] || 9 || 132
| {{sortname|Greg|Starrick|}}
| [[Southern Illinois University]]
|-
| [[1972 NBA draft|1972]] || 10 || 145
| {{sortname|Kent|Martens|}}
| [[Abilene Christian University]]
|-
| [[1971 NBA draft|1971]] || 1 || bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|1
| bgcolor="FFCC00"|{{sortname|Austin|Carr|}}
| [[University of Notre Dame]]
|-
| [[1971 NBA draft|1971]] || 2 || 18
| {{sortname|Steve|Patterson|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of California, Los Angeles]]
|-
| [[1971 NBA draft|1971]] || 2 || 35
| {{sortname|Willie|Long|}}
| [[University of New Mexico]]
|-
| [[1971 NBA draft|1971]] || 3 || 36
| {{sortname|Gerald|Lockett|}}
| [[University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff]]
|-
| [[1971 NBA draft|1971]] || 3 || 41
| {{sortname|Jackie|Ridgle|}}
| [[University of California]]
|-
| [[1971 NBA draft|1971]] || 4 || 52
| {{sortname|Cliff|Harris|dab=basketball}}
| [[Hardin–Simmons University]]
|-
| [[1971 NBA draft|1971]] || 5 || 69
| {{sortname|Brian|Mahoney|dab=basketball}}
| [[Manhattan College]]
|-
| [[1971 NBA draft|1971]] || 6 || 86
| {{sortname|Mike|Childress|}}
| [[Colorado State University]]
|-
| [[1971 NBA draft|1971]] || 7 || 103
| {{sortname|Tom|Bush|dab=basketball}}
| [[Drake University]]
|-
| [[1971 NBA draft|1971]] || 8 || 120
| {{sortname|Charlie|Davis|dab=basketball}}
| [[Wake Forest University]]
|-
| [[1971 NBA draft|1971]] || 9 || 137
| {{sortname|Rich|Walker|}}
| [[Bowling Green State University]]
|-
| [[1971 NBA draft|1971]] || 10 || 153
| {{sortname|Jim|Meredith|}}
| [[Washington State University]]
|-
| [[1971 NBA draft|1971]] || 11 || 169
| {{sortname|Mike|Casey|dab=basketball}}
| [[University of Kentucky]]
|-
| [[1971 NBA draft|1971]] || 12 || 183
| {{sortname|Doug|Hess|}}
| [[University of Toledo]]
|-
| [[1971 NBA draft|1971]] || 13 || 196
| {{sortname|Bobby|Jones|dab=Drake University basketball}}
| [[Drake University]]
|-
| [[1971 NBA draft|1971]] || 14 || 208
| {{sortname|Bubbles|Harris|}}
| [[Indiana University]]
|-
| [[1971 NBA draft|1971]] || 15 || 217
| {{sortname|Larry|Baker|dab=basketball}}
| [[Wittenberg University]]
|-
| [[1971 NBA draft|1971]] || 16 || 225
| {{sortname|Vance|Tyree|}}
| [[University of Wisconsin–La Crosse]]
|-
| [[1970 NBA draft|1970]] || 1 || 7
| bgcolor="FFCC00"|{{sortname|John|Johnson|dab=basketball, born 1947}}
| [[University of Iowa]]
|-
| [[1970 NBA draft|1970]] || 2 || 26
| {{sortname|Dave|Sorenson|}}
| [[Ohio State University]]
|-
| [[1970 NBA draft|1970]] || 3 || 41
| {{sortname|Surry|Oliver|}}
| [[Stephen F. Austin State University]]
|-
| [[1970 NBA draft|1970]] || 4 || 60
| {{sortname|Glen|Vidnovic|}}
| [[University of Iowa]]
|-
| [[1970 NBA draft|1970]] || 5 || 75
| {{sortname|Wayne|Sokolowski|}}
| [[Ashland University]]
|-
| [[1970 NBA draft|1970]] || 6 || 94
| {{sortname|Joe|Cooke|dab=basketball}}
| [[Indiana University]]
|-
| [[1970 NBA draft|1970]] || 7 || 109
| {{sortname|Narvis|Anderson|}}
| [[Stephen F. Austin State University]]
|-
| [[1970 NBA draft|1970]] || 8 || 128
| {{sortname|Walter|Robertson|nolink=y}}
| [[Loyola University Chicago]]
|-
| [[1970 NBA draft|1970]] || 9 || 143
| {{sortname|Tom|Lagodich|}}
| [[Kent State University]]
|-
| [[1970 NBA draft|1970]] || 10 || 162
| {{sortname|Ken|Johnson|dab=defensive end, born 1947}}
| [[Indiana University]]
|-
| [[1970 NBA draft|1970]] || 11 || 175
| {{sortname|Dave|Schneider|nolink=y}}
| [[Wayne State University]]
|-
| [[1970 NBA draft|1970]] || 12 || 189
| {{sortname|Oliver|Taylor|Ollie Taylor}}
| [[University of Houston]]
|-
| [[1970 NBA draft|1970]] || 13 || 198
| {{sortname|Kevin|Wilson|dab=basketball}}
| [[Ashland University]]
|-
| [[1970 NBA draft|1970]] || 14 || 209
| {{sortname|Don|Tomilson|}}
| [[University of Missouri]]
|-
| [[1970 NBA draft|1970]] || 15 || 217
| {{sortname|Steve|Wannamaker|}}
| [[Drake University]]
|-
| [[1970 NBA draft|1970]] || 16 || 227
| {{sortname|Steve|Wilson|nolink=y}}
| [[Hanover College]]
|-
| [[1970 NBA draft|1970]] || 17 || 231
| {{sortname|Bob|Peterson|nolink=y}}
| [[Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota)|Concordia College (Minnesota)]]
|-
| [[1970 NBA draft|1970]] || 18 || 236
| {{sortname|John|Cannon|dab=basketball}}
| [[Grambling State University]]
|-
| [[1970 NBA draft|1970]] || 19 || 238
| {{sortname|Allen|Waller|}}
| [[St. Mary of the Plains College]]
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
* [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CLE/draft.html Cleveland Cavaliers Draft Register] at Basketball-Reference.com

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