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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1980

 

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 Larry Bird SF 6
2 Magic Johnson PG 11
3 Sidney Moncrief SG 139
4 Calvin Natt SF 321
5 Cliff Robinson SF 345
6 Jim Paxson Jr. SG 462
7 Bill Cartwright C 463
8 Dave Greenwood PF 527
9 Vinnie Johnson SG 701
10 Allen Leavell PG 800
11 Gerald Henderson Sr. PG 887
12 Phil Hubbard PF 910
13 Pat Cummings PF 1092
14 Geoff Huston PG 1193
15 James Bailey PF 1244
16 Nik Galis SG 1301
17 Dudley Bradley SG 1340
18 Reggie King SF 1409
19 Clint Richardson SG 1421
20 Mike Evans PG 1484
21 Jeff Cook PF 1617
22 Sly Williams SF 1884
23 Paul Mokeski C 1909
24 Jordi Villacampa SG 2211
25 Greg Kelser SF 2374
26 Major Jones PF 2541
27 Billy Ray Bates SG 2738
28 Jim Spanarkel SG 2781
29 Abdul Jeelani PF 3609
30 Tico Brown SG 3980
31 Johnny High SG 4182
32 Sam Pellom PF 4538
33 Terry Duerod SG 4631
34 Andrea Gracis SG 4754
35 Larry Demic PF 4759
36 Rik Samaey SF 4886
37 Ollie Mack SG 5115
38 Georgi Mladenov PG 5558
39 Gary Garland PG 5588
40 Roy Hamilton PG 5921
41 Brad Holland SG 5934
42 Andy Fields C 6109
43 Hollis Copeland SF 6119
44 Ajmer Singh Chopra SF 6544
45 Philippe Szanyiel PF 6609
46 Alberto Tonut SF 6627
47 Wiley Peck SG 6777
48 Joao Carlos Cruz SF 6837
49 Adi Gordon PG 7058
50 Alton Byrd PG 7174
51 Birejma Diagne C 7241
52 Earl Evans PF 7247
53 Larry Sengstock PF 7336
54 Paul Dawkins SF 7353
55 Danny Salisbery SF 7397
56 Danko Cvjeticanin SG 7715
57 Bernard Toone PF 7773
58 Juan de La Cruz C 7782
59 Sylvester Norris C 7917
60 Lawrence Boston PF 8088
61 Duck Williams PG 8199
62 Bubba Wilson SG 8209
63 Srdjan Dabic SG 8291
64 Tony Zeno SF 8410
65 Marko Ivanovic PF 8455
66 Arvid Kramer C 8504
67 Greg Deane SG 8522
68 Terry Crosby SG 8657
69 Andrew Parker SF 8679
70 Carl Kilpatrick C 8704
71 Greg Joyner SF 8709
72 Cheese Johnson SF 8866
73 Tony Price SG 8884
74 Al Green PG 8964
75 Wayne Kreklow SG 9041
76 Igors Melniks C 9161
77 Larry Knight PF 9585
78 Charles Hightower PF 9628
79 Rodgers Washington SF 9659
80 Georgios Doxakis PG 9690
81 Julio Politi SG 9694
82 Mario Butler C 9978
83 Jarvis Reynolds PF 10137
84 Fausto Bargna PF 10194
85 Tim Waterman PF 10385
86 Stan Eckwood SG 10518
87 Fedrico Ramiro PG 10738
88 Dusko Ivanovic SG 10834
89 Israel Elimelech PG 11157
90 Larry Williams (6'9") PF 11202
91 Frederic Hufnagel PG 11419
92 Victor King PF 11530
93 Irv Chatman C 11822
94 George Lett SF 11874
95 Al Davis SF 11964
96 Ollie Matson Jr. SF 12223
97 Doug Jemison SF 12365
98 Drew Skonberg PF 12469
99 Carl McPipe C 12546
100 Lionel Garrett PF 12732
101 Derrick Mayes PG 12761
102 Glenn Sudhop C 12870
103 Roger Leyseth SF 12877
104 Davide Croce PG 12884
105 John Gerdy SG 12924
106 Dale Shackelford SF 12966
107 Jo Jo Walters SG 13468
108 Norm Kelly C 13615
109 Melvin Baltimore C 13655
110 Ricky Sutton PG 13759
111 Reggie Wells SG 13964
112 Robert Jenkins SG 14005
113 Greg Miller PF 14053
114 Ren Watson PF 14369
115 Rob King SG 14380
116 Nick Urzetta SG 14407
117 Rick Reed PG 14507
118 Craig Finberg PG 14535
119 Ron McFarland SG 14680
120 Gary Devlin PG 14762
121 Dave Everett (G) G 14802
122 Matt Teahan PF 14865
123 Phil Abney SG 14867
124 Donnie Marsh PG 14974
125 Bruce Lee PG 15008
126 Don Brough SF 15048
127 Ernie Cobb PG 15096
128 Dorian Dent C 15141
129 Gordon Thomas PG 15185
130 Kevin McDonald PF 15204
131 Bob Stephens PF 15218
132 Bobby Willis PG 15296
133 Joe DeSantis PG 15324

 


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