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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1948
Notes: This is a list of the greatest basketball players to start their pro career in the year listed.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Andy Phillip | SG | 97 |
| 2 | Carl Braun | SG | 113 |
| 3 | Paul Seymour | SG | 217 |
| 4 | Red Rocha | C | 257 |
| 5 | Chick Reiser | SG | 526 |
| 6 | Paul Hoffman | SG | 558 |
| 7 | Buddy Jeannette | PG | 576 |
| 8 | Elmer Gainer | PF | 971 |
| 9 | Gene Vance | SG | 1133 |
| 10 | James Homer | PF | 1163 |
| 11 | Bulbs Ehlers | SF | 1312 |
| 12 | Johnny Ezersky | SF | 1318 |
| 13 | Paul Noel | SF | 1344 |
| 14 | Ferenc Nemeth | C | 1350 |
| 15 | Saul Mariaschin | PG | 1430 |
| 16 | Paul Cloyd | SG | 1461 |
| 17 | Ben Schadler | SF | 1506 |
| 18 | Joe Camic | PF | 1529 |
| 19 | Raymond Patterson | SF | 1640 |
| 20 | Oliver Shoaff | PG | 1665 |
| 21 | Don E. Smith | SG | 1695 |
| 22 | Jack Toomay | C | 1717 |
| 23 | Paul Huston | SF | 1820 |
| 24 | Gene Stump | SF | 1839 |
| 25 | Chink Crossin | SG | 1844 |
| 26 | Dick O'Keefe | SG | 1845 |
| 27 | Johnny Jorgensen | SG | 1899 |
| 28 | Jimmy Darden | PG | 1969 |
| 29 | Leslie Deaton | PF | 1990 |
| 30 | Merlin Gilbertson | SG | 2082 |
| 31 | Sid Tanenbaum | SG | 2136 |
| 32 | John Sebastian | PG | 2173 |
| 33 | Ray Kuka | SF | 2213 |
| 34 | Carl Meinhold | SG | 2266 |
| 35 | Eugene Lalley | PG | 2284 |
| 36 | Bob Hubbard | C | 2330 |
| 37 | Lee Robbins | SF | 2486 |
| 38 | Ricardo Gonzalez | SG | 2611 |
| 39 | Gene Rock | PG | 2646 |
| 40 | Jack Tingle | PF | 2703 |
| 41 | Wat Misaka | PG | 2748 |
| 42 | Dick Holub | C | 2936 |
| 43 | Chet McNabb | SF | 2974 |
| 44 | Keith Carey | SG | 2975 |
| 45 | Bill Downey | C | 3041 |
| 46 | Bob O'Shaughnessy | SG | 3077 |
| 47 | Earl Hawkins | PF | 3115 |
| 48 | John Goldsmith | PG | 3556 |
| 49 | Theodore Cook | PG | 3560 |
| 50 | William Durkee | SG | 3687 |
| 51 | Ed Bogdanski | PF | 3746 |
| 52 | Jack Watkins | SG | 3773 |
| 53 | Vince Verdeschi | PF | 3832 |
| 54 | Bob O'Brien | PF | 3835 |
| 55 | Jack Rocker | PF | 3859 |
| 56 | LeRoy King | C | 3949 |
| 57 | Robert Grove | SF | 3950 |
| 58 | Fred Gantt | SF | 3980 |
| 59 | William DeVenzio | PG | 4011 |
| 60 | Frank Carswell | PG | 4110 |
| 61 | Robert Skarda | SG | 4153 |
| 62 | Abel Rodrigues | PG | 4223 |
| 63 | Richard Starzyk | PG | 4294 |
| 64 | Ray Kodish | PF | 4318 |
| 65 | Theodore Scalissi | PG | 4332 |
| 66 | Jack Forestieri | SG | 4367 |
| 67 | Joe Lord | SF | 4461 |
| 68 | Rufino Bernedo | SF | 4488 |
| 69 | Bill Zirkel | PF | 4675 |
| 70 | Hank Baietti | PG | 4687 |
| 71 | Ocie Richie | SF | 4700 |
| 72 | Warren Ajax | PF | 4780 |
| 73 | John Gibbs | SF | 4825 |
| 74 | Jim Springer | C | 4848 |
| 75 | Joe Cackovic | C | 4874 |
| 76 | Perk Stabley | C | 4885 |
| 77 | Grant Dunlap | SF | 4973 |
| 78 | Wes Myers | SG | 5096 |
| 79 | Don Markward | SF | 5470 |
| 80 | Sam Roth | PG | 5941 |
| 81 | Bill Pless | PF | 6015 |
| 82 | Paul Klapprodt | PF | 6049 |
| 83 | Victor Mahana | PF | 6087 |
| 84 | Bill Henry | C | 6178 |
| 85 | Aaron Tanitsky | C | 6193 |
| 86 | Ned Hall | C | 6199 |
| 87 | Arnold Jones | PF | 6237 |
| 88 | Dewey Boltz | PG | 6376 |
| 89 | Jack Flannery | PF | 6453 |
| 90 | Frank Frascella | SG | 6512 |
| 91 | Ponciano Saldana | SG | 6542 |
| 92 | Rodolfo Salas | SF | 6543 |
| 93 | Jimmy Joyce | PF | 6564 |
| 94 | Alfredo da Motta | SF | 6783 |
| 95 | Bill McClure | C | 6806 |
| 96 | Martin Acosta Lara | PF | 6902 |
| 97 | Ko Tai Chuen | SG | 6960 |
| 98 | Len Cohen | PG | 6996 |
| 99 | Ken Walters | PG | 7004 |
| 100 | Tony Karpowich | C | 7377 |
| 101 | Red Furey | PF | 7484 |
| 102 | Bob Sherman | C | 7613 |
| 103 | Preston Wilcox | PG | 7652 |
| 104 | Bink Manning | PF | 7707 |
| 105 | Russ Guensch | PF | 7802 |
| 106 | Jack Goepfert | SG | 7822 |
| 107 | Bill Kraus | PF | 7894 |
| 108 | Clarence Forbes | SF | 7983 |
| 109 | Dick Dewees | PF | 8045 |
| 110 | Jim Coughlin | C | 8299 |
| 111 | LeRoy Wattley | SF | 8345 |
| 112 | Jimmy Hernjak | PF | 8525 |
| 113 | Zenny De Azevedo | SG | 8565 |
| 114 | Byeong-Suk An | PG | 9098 |
| 115 | Joe Dougherty | SF | 9118 |
| 116 | Milt Breenberg | PF | 9313 |
| 117 | Andy Skvoretz | C | 9532 |
| 118 | Ben Pagliaroli | SF | 9685 |
| 119 | Oscar Baldwin | C | 9885 |
| 120 | Lou Decsi | PF | 9966 |
| 121 | George Dracha | SG | 10138 |
| 122 | Tommy McConnell | SF | 10483 |
| 123 | Frank Washington | SG | 10535 |
| 124 | Barney Goldberg | SF | 10575 |
| 125 | Moon Mullins | C | 10611 |
| 126 | Bill Budd | C | 10643 |
| 127 | Tony Derago | PF | 10747 |
| 128 | Mike Yovic | SF | 10829 |
| 129 | Paul Coront | PF | 11055 |
| 130 | George Sibby | SG | 11101 |
| 131 | Sid Roche | C | 11120 |
| 132 | Bud Long | SF | 11123 |
| 133 | Jack Colberg | C | 11140 |
| 134 | Barry Kreisberg | PF | 11298 |
| 135 | Andy Siket | SF | 11322 |
| 136 | Wade Ackley | SG | 11446 |
| 137 | Kenny Hopkins | SF | 11559 |
| 138 | Alfie Burch | SF | 11651 |
| 139 | Larry Doby | SF | 11745 |
| 140 | Cass Rosenman | PG | 11951 |
| 141 | Ludwig Hilf | SF | 12007 |
| 142 | Bob Kelty | PG | 12058 |
| 143 | Mex Siani | SG | 12059 |
| 144 | Al Palatella | SG | 12162 |
| 145 | Don Schuerholz | SG | 12540 |
| 146 | Jimmy Bunn | PG | 12594 |
| 147 | Ollie Byers | SG | 12661 |
| 148 | Bob Brenner | PG | 12829 |
| 149 | Harry DeFrank | PG | 12884 |
| 150 | Kermit Smith | SG | 13015 |
| 151 | Jim McAndrews | PG | 13120 |
| 152 | Johnny Dracha | SG | 13176 |
| 153 | Vince Smith | SG | 13384 |
| 154 | Albie Kitch | PG | 13478 |
| 155 | Andy Sember | PG | 13735 |
| 156 | Dave Hornstine | SG | 13885 |
| 157 | Jack Harvey | PG | 13984 |
| 158 | Wilson Schuerholz | PG | 13985 |
| 159 | George Dietrick | PF | 14208 |
| 160 | Frank Haas | PG | 14248 |
| 161 | Jim DiGiacamo | PG | 14288 |
| 162 | Ken McKee | PG | 14398 |
| 163 | Jesse Mair | PG | 14443 |
| 164 | Dan Ernst | PG | 14487 |
| 165 | John Shadle | PG | 14544 |
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