The Top Ranked Basketball Players of
All-Time by
Rookie Year-1965
Notes: This is a list of the
greatest basketball players to start their pro career in the year listed.
Ranking Explanation
Rnk |
Athlete |
POS |
Overall Rank |
1 |
Willis Reed |
C |
84 |
2 |
Jeff Mullins |
SG |
215 |
3 |
Paul Silas |
PF |
280 |
4 |
Happy Hairston |
PF |
284 |
5 |
Walt Hazzard |
PG |
293 |
6 |
Joe Caldwell |
SF |
299 |
7 |
Larry Jones |
SG |
365 |
8 |
Luke Jackson |
PF |
473 |
9 |
Howie Komives |
PG |
501 |
10 |
Mel Counts |
C |
592 |
11 |
McCoy McLemore |
PF |
607 |
12 |
Wali Jones |
PG |
614 |
13 |
John Tresvant |
PF |
620 |
14 |
Em Bryant |
PG |
670 |
15 |
Jim Barnes |
C |
774 |
16 |
George Wilson |
C |
780 |
17 |
Les Hunter |
PF |
814 |
18 |
Jim Davis |
C |
880 |
19 |
Ira Harge |
C |
1142 |
20 |
Atanas Golomeev |
C |
1221 |
21 |
Freddie Crawford |
SG |
1412 |
22 |
Levern Tart |
SG |
1508 |
23 |
Gary Bradds |
SF |
1510 |
24 |
John Thompson |
C |
1972 |
25 |
Bud Koper |
SG |
2276 |
26 |
Maurice McHartley |
SG |
2683 |
27 |
Ron Bonham |
SF |
2699 |
28 |
Mel Peterson |
SG |
3313 |
29 |
Cotton Nash |
SF |
3426 |
30 |
Pedro Chappe |
PF |
4072 |
31 |
John Savage |
SF |
4280 |
32 |
Pedro Rivas |
SG |
5607 |
33 |
Frank Corace |
PF |
5673 |
34 |
Barry Kramer |
SF |
5860 |
35 |
Swish McKinney |
SG |
6619 |
36 |
Adrian Papa |
PG |
6636 |
37 |
Holger Geschwindner |
SF |
6899 |
38 |
Steve Courtin |
SG |
6934 |
39 |
Tal Brody |
PG |
8114 |
40 |
Dennis Cuff |
SG |
8308 |
41 |
Nick Werkman |
SF |
9891 |
42 |
Paul Krieger |
C |
11149 |
43 |
Ernie Brock |
PF |
11278 |
44 |
Bill Chmielewski |
C |
11762 |
45 |
Brian Generalovich |
SF |
12464 |
46 |
Leroy Haywood |
C |
12537 |
47 |
Tom Mitchell |
SF |
12654 |
48 |
Bill Baggett |
C |
12860 |
49 |
Preston Ross |
PF |
12986 |
50 |
Dave Roman |
PG |
13266 |
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