1990 NBA draft

| SG

| SF

| PF

| C

! width="1%"| Round

! width="1%"| Pick

! width="20%"| Player

! width="1%"| Pos.

! width="20%"| Nationality{{refn|group=n|Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.}}

! width="35%"| NBA team

! width="25%"| School/Club team

|align=center| 1

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| {{sortname|Derrick|Coleman}}^*

| PF/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| New Jersey Nets

| Syracuse (Sr.)

|align=center| 2

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Gary|Payton}}^{^}

| PG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Seattle SuperSonics (from Golden State via Seattle)

| Oregon State (Sr.)

|align=center| 3

| {{sortname|Chris|Jackson|Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf}}{{refn|group=n|Chris Jackson changed his name to Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf in 1993.{{cite web | url=https://www.sbnation.com/2014/3/25/5544920/mahmoud-abdul-rauf-nuggets-national-anthem | title=Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf: Here, gone and quickly forgotten | publisher=SB⋆NATION | date=March 25, 2014 | access-date=May 13, 2017 | author=Eddie Maisonet}}}}

| PG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Denver Nuggets (from Miami)

| LSU (So.)

|align=center| 4

| {{sortname|Dennis|Scott|dab=basketball}}

| SG/SF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Orlando Magic

| Georgia Tech (Jr.)

|align=center| 5

| {{sortname|Kendall|Gill}}

| SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Charlotte Hornets

| Illinois (Sr.)

|align=center| 6

| {{sortname|Felton|Spencer}}

| C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Minnesota Timberwolves

| Louisville (Sr.)

|align=center| 7

| {{sortname|Lionel|Simmons}}

| SF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Sacramento Kings

| La Salle (Sr.)

|align=center| 8

| {{sortname|Bo|Kimble}}

| SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Los Angeles Clippers

| Loyola Marymount (Sr.)

|align=center| 9

| {{sortname|Willie|Burton}}

| SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Miami Heat (from Washington via Dallas and Denver)

| Minnesota (Sr.)

|align=center| 10

| {{sortname|Rumeal|Robinson}}

| PG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Atlanta Hawks (from Golden State)

| Michigan (Sr.)

|align=center| 11

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"| {{sortname|Tyrone|Hill}}⁺

| PF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Golden State Warriors (from Atlanta)

| Xavier (Sr.)

|align=center| 12

| {{sortname|Alec|Kessler}}

| PF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Houston Rockets (traded to Miami for Carl Herrera and the rights to Dave Jamerson)

| Georgia (Sr.)

|align=center| 13

| {{sortname|Loy|Vaught}}

| PF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Los Angeles Clippers (from Cleveland)

| Michigan (Sr.)

|align=center| 14

| {{sortname|Travis|Mays}}

| PG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Sacramento Kings (from Indiana via Dallas)

| Texas (Sr.)

|align=center| 15

| {{sortname|Dave|Jamerson}}

| SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Miami Heat (from Denver; traded with Carl Herrera to Houston for the rights to Alec Kessler)

| Ohio (Sr.)

|align=center| 16

| {{sortname|Terry|Mills|dab=basketball}}

| SF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Milwaukee Bucks

| Michigan (Sr.)

|align=center| 17

| {{sortname|Jerrod|Mustaf}}

| PF/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| New York Knicks

| Maryland (Sr.)

|align=center| 18

| {{sortname|Duane|Causwell}}

| C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Sacramento Kings (from Dallas)

| Temple (Sr.)

|align=center| 19

| {{sortname|Dee|Brown|dab=basketball, born 1968}}

| SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Boston Celtics

| Jacksonville (Sr.)

|align=center| 20

| {{sortname|Gerald|Glass}}

| SF/SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Minnesota Timberwolves (from Philadelphia)

| Ole Miss (Sr.)

|align=center| 21

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"| {{sortname|Jayson|Williams}}⁺

| PF/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Phoenix Suns

| St. John's (Sr.)

|align=center| 22

| {{sortname|Tate|George}}

| SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| New Jersey Nets (from Chicago)

| Connecticut (Sr.)

|align=center| 23

| {{sortname|Anthony|Bonner}}

| PF/SF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Sacramento Kings (from Utah)

| Saint Louis (Sr.)

|align=center| 24

| {{sortname|Dwayne|Schintzius}}

| C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| San Antonio Spurs

| Florida (Sr.)

|align=center| 25

| {{sortname|Alaa|Abdelnaby}}

| PF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Portland Trail Blazers

| Duke (Sr.)

|align=center| 26

| {{sortname|Lance|Blanks}}

| PG/SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Detroit Pistons

| Texas (Sr.)

|align=center| 27

| {{sortname|Elden|Campbell}}

| PF/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Los Angeles Lakers

| Clemson (Sr.)

|align=center| 28

| {{sortname|Les|Jepsen}}

| C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Golden State Warriors

| Iowa (Sr.)

|align=center| 29

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|{{sortname|Toni|Kukoč}}^{^}

| SF

| {{YUG}}

| Chicago Bulls (from Orlando)

| KK Split (Yugoslavia)

|align=center| 30

| {{sortname|Carl|Herrera}}

| PF

| {{VEN}}

| Miami Heat

| Houston (Jr.)

|align=center| 31

| {{sortname|Negele|Knight}}

| PG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Phoenix Suns

| Dayton (Sr.)

|align=center| 32

| {{sortname|Brian|Oliver|dab=basketball, born 1968}}

| SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Philadelphia 76ers

| Georgia Tech (Sr.)

|align=center| 33

| {{sortname|Walter|Palmer|dab=basketball}}

| C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Utah Jazz

| Dartmouth (Sr.)

|align=center| 34

| {{sortname|Kevin|Pritchard}}

| PG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Golden State Warriors

| Kansas (Sr.)

|align=center| 35

| {{sortname|Greg|Foster|dab=basketball}}

| PF/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Washington Bullets

| UTEP (Sr.)

|align=center| 36

| {{sortname|Trevor|Wilson|dab=basketball}}

| SF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Atlanta Hawks

| UCLA (Sr.)

|align=center| 37

| {{sortname|A. J.|English}}

| SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Washington Bullets

| Virginia Union (Sr.)

|align=center| 38

| {{sortname|Jud|Buechler}}

| SF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Seattle SuperSonics

| Arizona (Sr.)

|align=center| 39

| {{sortname|Steve|Scheffler}}

| C/PF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Charlotte Hornets

| Purdue (Sr.)

|align=center| 40

| {{sortname|Bimbo|Coles}}

| PG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Sacramento Kings

| Virginia Tech (Sr.)

|align=center| 41

| {{sortname|Steve|Bardo}}

| SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Atlanta Hawks

| Illinois (Sr.)

|align=center| 42

| {{sortname|Marcus|Liberty}}

| SF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Denver Nuggets

| Illinois (So.)

|align=center| 43

| {{sortname|Tony|Massenburg}}

| PF/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| San Antonio Spurs

| Maryland (Sr.)

|align=center| 44

| {{sortname|Steve|Henson}}

| PG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Milwaukee Bucks

| Kansas State (Sr.)

|align=center| 45

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"| {{sortname|Antonio|Davis}}⁺

| PF/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Indiana Pacers

| UTEP (Sr.)

|align=center| 46

| {{sortname|Kenny|Williams|dab=basketball, born 1969}}

| SF/PF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Indiana Pacers

| Barton CC (Fr.)

|align=center| 47

| {{sortname|Derek|Strong}}

| PF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Philadelphia 76ers

| Xavier (Jr.)

|align=center| 48

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"| {{sortname|Cedric|Ceballos}}⁺

| SF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Phoenix Suns

| Cal State Fullerton (Sr.)

|align=center| 49

| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| {{sortname|Phil|Henderson|dab=basketball}}^#

| SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Dallas Mavericks

| Duke (Sr.)

|align=center| 50

| {{sortname|Miloš|Babić}}

| C

| {{YUG}}

| Phoenix Suns

| Tennessee Tech (Jr.)

|align=center| 51

| {{sortname|Tony|Smith|dab=basketball}}

| SG/PG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Los Angeles Lakers (from San Antonio)

| Marquette (Sr.)

|align=center| 52

| {{sortname|Stefano|Rusconi}}

| PF/C

| {{flagu|Italy}}

| Cleveland Cavaliers

| Ranger Varese (Italy)

|align=center| 53

| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| {{sortname|Abdul|Shamsid-Deen}}^#

| C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Seattle SuperSonics

| Providence (Sr.)

|align=center| 54

| {{sortname|Sean|Higgins|dab=basketball}}

| SG/SF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| San Antonio Spurs (from L.A. Lakers)

| Michigan (Jr.)

! width="19%"| Player

! width="1%" | Position

! width="20%"| Nationality

! width="25%"| School/Club team

|F

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Alabama (Sr.)

|SF

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Charlotte (Sr.)

|SF

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Alabama (Sr.)

|F

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Iowa (Sr.)

|SG

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Kansas (Sr.)

|SF

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Minnesota (Sr.)

| PF/C

|{{IRE}}

|Providence (Sr.)

| SG/SF

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Georgia Southern (Sr.)

| C

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Evansville (Sr.)

|PF/C

|{{CUB}}

|Cantera Instituto Manuel Fajardo (Cuba)

|SG

|{{flagu|United States}}

|New Orleans (Sr.)

|SG

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Oklahoma (Sr.)

|SF

|{{flagu|United States}}

|NC State (Sr.)

|PG

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Towson (Sr.)

|SF

|{{flag|The Bahamas}}

|Tennessee (Sr.)

|SG

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Florida State (Sr.)

|PF

|{{flagu|United States}}

|USC (Sr.)

|SG

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Minnesota (Sr.)

|C/PF

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Fordham (Sr.)

|C

|{{flagu|United States}}

|UAB (Sr.)

|PF

|{{flagu|United States}}

|McNeese State (Sr.)

|G

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Washington (Sr.)

|SF/SG

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Centenary (Sr.)

|PF

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Florida State (Sr.)

|SG

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Syracuse (Sr.)

|SG/SF

|{{flagu|United States}}

|BYU (Sr.)

|C/PF

|{{flagu|United States}}

|North Carolina (Sr.)

! Player !! {{tooltip|Team|Most recent team played for before the draft}} !!class=unsortable| Note !!class=unsortable| Ref.