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The Top Ranked Hockey Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1981

 

Notes: This is a list of the greatest hockey players to start their pro career in the year listed.

Ranking Explanation

 

Rnk Athlete POS Overall Rank
1 Paul Coffey D 15
2 Jari Kurri RW 38
3 Peter Stastny C 39
4 Denis Savard C 66
5 Larry Murphy D 139
6 Glenn Anderson RW 146
7 Dino Ciccarelli RW 176
8 Tim Kerr C 187
9 Andy Moog G 220
10 Steve Larmer RW 234
11 Don Beaupre G 337
12 Guy Carbonneau C 347
13 Barry Pederson C 393
14 Dave Babych D 395
15 Neal Broten C 421
16 Paul MacLean RW 488
17 Mike Bullard C 524
18 Rick Wamsley G 620
19 Anton Stastny LW 649
20 Brent Sutter C 757
21 Roland Melanson G 764
22 Dale Hunter C 795
23 Doug Crossman D 879
24 Scott Hartnell LW 909
25 Charlie Huddy D 936
26 Steve Kasper C 1090
27 Jim Fox RW 1100
28 Moe Mantha D 1128
29 Al Jensen G 1160
30 Steve Weeks G 1181
31 Keith Crowder RW 1239
32 Aaron Broten LW 1280
33 Rick Lanz D 1317
34 Jorgen Pettersson LW 1389
35 Doug Smail LW 1406
36 Steve Konroyd D 1504
37 Alan Haworth C 1541
38 Jim Peplinski RW 1544
39 Randy Cunneyworth LW 1630
40 Darren Veitch D 1635
41 Tom Laidlaw D 1721
42 Ron Flockhart C 1747
43 Gilles Hamel LW 1843
44 Normand Rochefort D 2075
45 Stew Gavin LW 2102
46 Lee Norwood D 2197
47 Doug Wickenheiser C 2211
48 Chris Kotsopoulos D 2246
49 Greg Terrion LW 2247
50 John Barrett D 2358
51 Kevin LaVallee LW 2374
52 Mike Allison LW 2587
53 Paul Gagne LW 2589
54 Dave Parro G 2632
55 Dave Pichette D 2664
56 Larry Melnyk D 2743
57 Jean-Francois Sauve C 2759
58 Bill Gardner C 2774
59 Torrie Robertson LW 2892
60 Mike Blaisdell RW 3037
61 Rick Heinz G 3143
62 Billy Carroll C 3283
63 Thomas Eriksson D 3419
64 Larry Lozinski G 3542
65 Don Spring D 3609
66 Marc Chorney D 3611
67 Steve Patrick RW 3682
68 Denis Cyr RW 3722
69 Don Nachbaur C 3856
70 Joe Paterson LW 3860
71 Tom Roulston C 3898
72 Brad Palmer LW 3922
73 Tim Tookey C 3938
74 Pierre Aubry LW 4124
75 Dan Bonar C 4190
76 Mickey Volcan D 4206
77 Mike Moller RW 4213
78 Ken Solheim LW 4298
79 Bill Baker D 4333
80 Murray Eaves C 4374
81 Dave Hindmarch RW 4421
82 Murray Brumwell D 4521
83 Jody Gage RW 4597
84 Howard Walker D 4767
85 Fred Arthur D 4814
86 Anders Steen C 4836
87 Michel Galarneau C 4927
88 Kevin Maxwell C 4929
89 Lance Nethery C 4937
90 Peter Wallin RW 5005
91 Jim McTaggart D 5076
92 Ron Friest LW 5088
93 Ed Cooper LW 5110
94 Florent Robidoux LW 5116
95 Dave Morrison RW 5154
96 Tony Feltrin D 5180
97 Greg Meredith RW 5222
98 Gaston Therrien D 5313
99 Dan McCarthy C 5347
100 Mark Plantery D 5371
101 Reid Bailey D 5407
102 Jack Hughes (1957) D 5432
103 Archie Henderson RW 5434
104 Gary Burns LW 5446
105 Gary Dillon C 5618
106 Les Auge D 5662
107 Bobby Crawford RW 5664
108 Bennett Wolf D 5715
109 Brian Young D 5748
110 Sandy Beadle LW 5779
111 Roy Sommer LW 5827
112 Jay Johnston D 5866
113 Jeff Bandura D 5919
114 Dwayne Lowdermilk D 5924
115 Roger Melin LW 5968
116 Joe Ward C 6012
117 Yvan Joly RW 6034
118 Kevin Kemp D 6037
119 Tony Curtale D 6063
120 Bill Whelton D 6093
121 Dave Chartier C 6161
122 Dave Orleski LW 6167
123 Don Waddell D 6183

 


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