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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1939
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 | Edward Dancker | C | 699 |
| 2 | Reuben Lautenschlager | SF | 930 |
| 3 | Kenneth Suesens | SG | 1148 |
| 4 | Irv Torgoff | SF | 1219 |
| 5 | Pop Gates | SG | 1275 |
| 6 | Paul Birch | PG | 1323 |
| 7 | Jewell Young | SF | 1581 |
| 8 | Paul Sokody | PF | 1601 |
| 9 | John Moir | SF | 1718 |
| 10 | George Hesik | PF | 2292 |
| 11 | Petey Rosenberg | PG | 2325 |
| 12 | Paul Nowak | C | 2513 |
| 13 | David Quabius | PG | 2525 |
| 14 | John Sines | SF | 2722 |
| 15 | John Townsend | PF | 2736 |
| 16 | Floyd Ebaugh | C | 2817 |
| 17 | James Birr | PF | 3010 |
| 18 | Bill Laughlin | PF | 3094 |
| 19 | Red Paris | PG | 3182 |
| 20 | Nick Shaback | PG | 3234 |
| 21 | Irving Terjesen | PF | 3253 |
| 22 | Lou Boudreau | SG | 3336 |
| 23 | Glynn Downey | SG | 3480 |
| 24 | John Posewitz | SG | 3697 |
| 25 | Arthur Stoefen | C | 3788 |
| 26 | Nick Hashu | SF | 3868 |
| 27 | Nicholas Yost | PF | 3900 |
| 28 | Nicholas Frascella | SF | 3928 |
| 29 | Dave Williams | C | 3982 |
| 30 | Stanley Zadel | PF | 4008 |
| 31 | Joe Fabel | SF | 4288 |
| 32 | Ernie Fortney | C | 4289 |
| 33 | John O'Brien | SG | 4330 |
| 34 | Glenn Adams | SF | 4338 |
| 35 | Robert Parsons | SF | 4570 |
| 36 | John Phares | SG | 4720 |
| 37 | James Kuplic | SF | 4772 |
| 38 | Erwin Graf | PF | 4832 |
| 39 | Marcellus McMichael | SG | 4992 |
| 40 | Joseph Posewitz | PG | 5015 |
| 41 | Reno Strand | SG | 5122 |
| 42 | Gene Rosenthal | SF | 5401 |
| 43 | Carl Roth | SG | 5441 |
| 44 | Joseph Leson | PF | 5482 |
| 45 | Jack Thornton | C | 5538 |
| 46 | Carl Anderson | SG | 5660 |
| 47 | Vernon Huffman | SF | 5711 |
| 48 | William Wendt | SF | 5740 |
| 49 | Charles Lonsdorf | PF | 5776 |
| 50 | Theodore Migdal | SF | 5819 |
| 51 | Charles Watson | C | 5859 |
| 52 | Louis Dehner | PF | 5898 |
| 53 | Edward Spotovich | PF | 6061 |
| 54 | Robert McElliott | C | 6192 |
| 55 | Kiernan Crowley | PG | 6288 |
| 56 | Lorvin Proctor | SF | 6461 |
| 57 | Rex Rudicel | PG | 6708 |
| 58 | Joe Kinney | C | 6757 |
| 59 | Eddie Kolar | PG | 6843 |
| 60 | Vincent Oliver | PG | 6942 |
| 61 | David Dupee | SF | 6999 |
| 62 | Bob Phillips | PG | 7299 |
| 63 | Emmet Birk | SF | 7427 |
| 64 | Robert Weigandt | PG | 7475 |
| 65 | Stephen Fowdy | SF | 7538 |
| 66 | Tommy O'Brien | SG | 7577 |
| 67 | Walter Grauman | SG | 7598 |
| 68 | Joe Proksa | SG | 7632 |
| 69 | Kit Carson | SF | 8150 |
| 70 | Barney Wilk | C | 8709 |
| 71 | Bill Martin (1917) | SF | 9515 |
| 72 | Porky Rosenthal | SF | 9516 |
| 73 | Bill Law | C | 9716 |
| 74 | George Syby | PF | 10176 |
| 75 | Nat Volpe | PG | 10226 |
| 76 | Joe Murphy (1915) | C | 10436 |
| 77 | Al Lenowicz | SF | 10597 |
| 78 | Bob Suiter | PG | 10938 |
| 79 | Lou Rosenfeld | PF | 10939 |
| 80 | Pickles Banks | C | 11619 |
| 81 | Robert Johnson | SG | 12328 |
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