miniatura|Sidney Wicks, jugador que quedà en segona posició del draft. El Draft de l'NBA de 1971 va destacas per les figures d'Austin Carr, Sidney Wicks, Fred Brown i Spencer Haywood.
Primera ronda = All-Star = Hall of Fame Posició Jugador Nacionalitat Equip de l'NBA Origen (Universitat/club) 1Austin Carr (G) Cleveland Cavaliers Notre Dame 2Sidney Wicks (F/C) Portland Trail Blazers UCLA 3 Elmore Smith (C) Buffalo Braves Kentucky State 4 Ken Durrett (F) Cincinnati Royals La Salle 5 George Trapp (F/C) Atlanta Hawks Long Beach State 6Fred Brown (G) Seattle SuperSonics Iowa 7 Cliff Meely (F) Houston Rockets Colorado 8 Darnell Hillman (F/C) Golden State Warriors San Jose State 9 Stan Love (F) Baltimore Bullets Oregon 10 Clarence Glover (F) Boston Celtics Western Kentucky 11 Curtis Rowe (F) Detroit Pistons UCLA 12 Dana Lewis (C) Philadelphia 76ers Tulsa 13 Jim Cleamons (G) Los Angeles Lakers Ohio State 14 John Roche (G) Phoenix Suns South Carolina 15 Kenny McIntosh (F) Chicago Bulls Eastern Michigan 16 Dean Meminger (G) New York Knicks Marquette 17 Collis Jones (F) Milwaukee Bucks Notre Dame
Segona ronda Posició Jugador Nacionalitat Equip de l'NBA Origen (Universitat/club) 18 Steve Patterson (C) Cleveland Cavaliers UCLA 19 Fred Hilton (G/F) Buffalo Braves Grambling State 20 Willie Sojourner (C/F) Chicago Bulls Weber State 21 John Mengelt (G) Cincinnati Royals Auburn 22 Ted McClain (G) Atlanta Hawks Tennessee State 23 Jim McDaniels (C/F) Seattle SuperSonics Western Kentucky 24 Mike Newlin (G/F) Houston Rockets Utah 25 Charlie Yelverton (G/F) Golden State Warriors Fordham 26 Amos Thomas Buffalo Braves Southwestern Oklahoma State 27 Richard Fisher (F) Portland Trail Blazers Colorado State 28 Jim Rose Boston Celtics Western Kentucky 29 Isaiah Wilson (G) Detroit Pistons Baltimore 30Spencer Haywood (F/C) Buffalo Braves Detroit 31 Joe Bergman Cincinnati Royals Creighton 32 Howard Porter (F/C) Chicago Bulls Villanova 33 Marvin Stewart Philadelphia 76ers Nebraska 34 Gregg Northington (F) New York Knicks Alabama State 35 Willie Long (F/C) Cleveland Cavaliers New Mexico
1971