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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1971
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 | Bob Lanier | C | 33 |
| 2 | Dave Cowens | C | 49 |
| 3 | Pete Maravich | SG | 65 |
| 4 | Tiny Archibald | PG | 66 |
| 5 | Dan Issel | C | 84 |
| 6 | Charlie Scott | SG | 114 |
| 7 | Rudy Tomjanovich | PF | 214 |
| 8 | Calvin Murphy | PG | 255 |
| 9 | Geoff Petrie | PG | 284 |
| 10 | Sam Lacey | C | 292 |
| 11 | John Johnson | SF | 338 |
| 12 | Billy Paultz | C | 349 |
| 13 | Dragan Kicanovic | SG | 493 |
| 14 | Ralph Simpson | SG | 523 |
| 15 | Jim McMillian | SF | 562 |
| 16 | Gar Heard | PF | 717 |
| 17 | Juan Antonio Corbalan | PG | 769 |
| 18 | Chuck Williams | PG | 796 |
| 19 | Curtis Perry | PF | 871 |
| 20 | Don Adams | SF | 980 |
| 21 | Dennis Awtrey | C | 1028 |
| 22 | Coby Dietrick | C | 1035 |
| 23 | Cornell Warner | PF | 1040 |
| 24 | Joe Hamilton | PG | 1512 |
| 25 | Wendell Ladner | SF | 1526 |
| 26 | John Hummer | PF | 1592 |
| 27 | Luis Miguel Santillana | PF | 1599 |
| 28 | Jim Ard | PF | 1878 |
| 29 | Terry Driscoll | PF | 2079 |
| 30 | George Irvine | SF | 2186 |
| 31 | Dave Sorenson | PF | 2218 |
| 32 | Oliver Taylor | SG | 2307 |
| 33 | Pete Cross | C | 2358 |
| 34 | Rick Mount | SG | 2363 |
| 35 | Ivan Bisson | PF | 2991 |
| 36 | Eddie Mast | PF | 3024 |
| 37 | Milt Williams | PG | 3527 |
| 38 | Al Henry | C | 3544 |
| 39 | George E. Johnson | C | 3587 |
| 40 | Paul Ruffner | C | 3706 |
| 41 | Greg Hyder | SF | 3774 |
| 42 | Tom Black | C | 4012 |
| 43 | Garfield Smith | C | 4066 |
| 44 | Joe Cooke | SG | 4076 |
| 45 | Ron Knight | PF | 4099 |
| 46 | Greg Howard | PF | 4451 |
| 47 | Harvey Marlatt | SG | 4463 |
| 48 | Mike Price | SG | 4566 |
| 49 | Billy DeAngelis | PG | 4582 |
| 50 | John Vallely | SG | 4606 |
| 51 | Mike Pratt | SG | 4628 |
| 52 | Fred Taylor | SG | 4706 |
| 53 | Al Williams | SF | 4720 |
| 54 | Joe DePre | SG | 4850 |
| 55 | Dennis Stewart | PF | 4883 |
| 56 | Jimmy Collins | SG | 5125 |
| 57 | Larry Mikan | SF | 5184 |
| 58 | Rex Morgan | SG | 5211 |
| 59 | Gary Freeman | SF | 5241 |
| 60 | Gary Zeller | SG | 5298 |
| 61 | Bill Zopf | PG | 5313 |
| 62 | Jeff Webb | SG | 5351 |
| 63 | Walker Banks | C | 5398 |
| 64 | Herb White | PG | 5564 |
| 65 | Jake Ford | PG | 5568 |
| 66 | Greg Fillmore | C | 5664 |
| 67 | Levi Fontaine | SG | 5709 |
| 68 | Walt Gilmore | PF | 5871 |
| 69 | Samuel Robinson | SF | 5991 |
| 70 | Moe Barr | SG | 5998 |
| 71 | Claude English | SF | 6012 |
| 72 | Joe Thomas | SF | 6038 |
| 73 | Ralph Ogden | SF | 6317 |
| 74 | Carl Fuller | C | 6371 |
| 75 | Bobby Croft | C | 6497 |
| 76 | Willie Williams | SF | 6498 |
| 77 | Dan Hester | C | 6709 |
| 78 | Mike Maloy | PF | 6733 |
| 79 | Dana Lewis | C | 6801 |
| 80 | John Shannon | SG | 6821 |
| 81 | Chuck Lloyd | C | 6858 |
| 82 | Samuel Watts | SG | 6906 |
| 83 | Marv Winkler | SG | 7068 |
| 84 | Francis O'Hanlon | PG | 7099 |
| 85 | Harry Laurie | PG | 7157 |
| 86 | Rafael Palomar | C | 7202 |
| 87 | Bill Stricker | PF | 7255 |
| 88 | Earle Higgins | PF | 7256 |
| 89 | Earnie Killum | SG | 7317 |
| 90 | Derek Sankey | SG | 7383 |
| 91 | Dick Nemelka | SG | 7508 |
| 92 | Ron Nelson | SG | 7727 |
| 93 | Ken Spain | C | 7991 |
| 94 | Robert Brooker | SG | 8030 |
| 95 | Ken Macklin | SG | 8150 |
| 96 | Jim Hayes | SG | 8200 |
| 97 | Bob Riley | PF | 8281 |
| 98 | Vann Williford | SF | 8441 |
| 99 | Stephen Wilson | SG | 8543 |
| 100 | Howie Wright | SG | 8671 |
| 101 | Gary Suiter | C | 8913 |
| 102 | Charles Hentz | PF | 9251 |
| 103 | Chris Wallace | C | 9331 |
| 104 | Clarence Brookins | PF | 9394 |
| 105 | A.W. Holt | SF | 9488 |
| 106 | Fred Daniels | PG | 9878 |
| 107 | Jim Wilson | PG | 9967 |
| 108 | Dan Crenshaw | SF | 10439 |
| 109 | Mike Johnson (1947) | SF | 10692 |
| 110 | Craig Mayberry | PF | 10852 |
| 111 | Fran Dunphy | PG | 10884 |
| 112 | Lonnie Kluttz | PF | 11105 |
| 113 | Tom Wieczerak | SG | 11167 |
| 114 | Mike Hauer | SF | 11272 |
| 115 | Dan Kelly | PG | 11657 |
| 116 | Lou Grillo | PG | 11841 |
| 117 | Willie Teague | C | 12149 |
| 118 | Frank Streety | PG | 12613 |
| 119 | Boyd Lynch | PF | 12833 |
| 120 | Dennis Dickens | SF | 12890 |
| 121 | Mike Bernard | SF | 12891 |
| 122 | Heywood Dotson | SG | 12951 |
| 123 | Melvin Bell | PF | 13332 |
| 124 | Willie Flowers | SF | 13387 |
| 125 | Ray Hodge | SG | 13483 |
| 126 | Ed Agard | PG | 13928 |
| 127 | Steve Koski | PF | 14291 |
| 128 | John Marren | PF | 14548 |
| 129 | Billy Robinson | SG | 14602 |
| 130 | Paul Favorite | PF | 14793 |
| 131 | Jack Bell | PF | 14881 |
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