1956 NBA Draft Pick Transactions
yellow = data that is incomplete or uncertain
Information about draft order after the first round of this draft is not known. Picks are listed according to each team.
| Overall # | Round # | Team | Transactions | Player Drafted |
| Territorial Pick | ||||
| 1 | T-1 | Celtics | Tom Heinsohn | |
| Round 1 | ||||
| 2 | 1-1 | Royals | Sihugo Green | |
| 3 | 1-2 | Hawks | Bill Russell | |
| 4 | 1-3 | Lakers | John Paxson | |
| 5 | 1-4 | Knicks | Ronnie Shavlik | |
| 6 | 1-5 | Nationals | Joe Holup | |
| Celtics | used to select Tom Heinsohn as territorial pick (above) | |||
| 7 | 1-6 | Pistons | Ron Sobie | |
| 8 | 1-7 | Warriors | Hal Lear | |
| Celtics | ||||
| 1 | Tom Heinsohn | |||
| 2 | K.C. Jones | |||
| 3 | George Linn | |||
| 4 | Dan Swartz | |||
| 5 | Bill Logan | |||
| 6 | Don Boldebuck | |||
| 7 | O'Neal Weaver | |||
| 8 | Vic Molodet | |||
| 9 | Jim Houston | |||
| 10 | Theophileus Lloyd | |||
| Hawks | ||||
| Bill Russell | ||||
| Willie Naulls | ||||
| Darrell Floyd | ||||
| Robin Freeman | ||||
| Norman Stewart | ||||
| Dave Plunkett | ||||
| Julius McCoy | ||||
| Morris Taft | ||||
| Jim Reed | ||||
| Hershel Pederson | ||||
| Wally Choice | ||||
| Ed Huse | ||||
| Arthur Helms | ||||
| Junior Morgan | ||||
| Knicks | ||||
| Ronnie Shavlik | ||||
| Gary Bergen | ||||
| Jerry Harper | ||||
| Ronnie Mayer | ||||
| Joe Sexton | ||||
| Pat Dunn | ||||
| Jack Adams | ||||
| Art Bunte | ||||
| Dick Miller | ||||
| Howard Crittendon | ||||
| Dick Miani | ||||
| Ed Petrie | ||||
| Tony Roybal | ||||
| Lakers | ||||
| Jim Paxson | ||||
| Terry Rand | ||||
| Jerry Bird | ||||
| Lloyd Aubrey | ||||
| Bill Reigel | ||||
| Phil Jordon | ||||
| John Barber | ||||
| Sam Jones | ||||
| Jim Springer | ||||
| Phil Grawmeyer | ||||
| Robert Hodgson | ||||
| Carl Widseth | ||||
| John Patzwald | ||||
| Elgin Baylor | ||||
| Nationals | ||||
| Joe Holup | ||||
| Paul Judson | ||||
| Forest Able | ||||
| Swede Halbrook | ||||
| Jim Ray | ||||
| Jim McLaughlin | ||||
| Jess Roh | ||||
| Chester Webb | ||||
| Dick Julio | ||||
| Bob Hopkins | ||||
| Willie Bergines | ||||
| Dick Kenyon | ||||
| Milt Graham | ||||
| Chuck Rolles | ||||
| Pistons | ||||
| Ron Sobie | ||||
| Bob Kessler | ||||
| Bill Thieben | ||||
| Charles Slack | ||||
| Joe Lieber | ||||
| John Schlimm | ||||
| Bruce Harris | ||||
| Royals | ||||
| Si Green | ||||
| Bob Burrow | ||||
| Dave Piontek | ||||
| John McCarthy | ||||
| Bill Uhl | ||||
| Kevin Thomas | ||||
| Carl Cain | ||||
| Clayton Carter | ||||
| Dan Mannix | ||||
| Jerry Moreman | ||||
| Gene Carpenter | ||||
| Warriors | ||||
| Hal Lear | ||||
| Phil Rollins | ||||
| Bevo Francis | ||||
| Phil Wheeler | ||||
| Joe Belmont | ||||
| Mickey Winograd | ||||
| John Fannon | ||||
| Max Anderson | ||||
| Ronald Clark | ||||