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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1948
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 | Andy Phillip | SG | 99 |
| 2 | Carl Braun | SG | 117 |
| 3 | Paul Seymour | SG | 224 |
| 4 | Red Rocha | C | 263 |
| 5 | Chick Reiser | SG | 538 |
| 6 | Paul Hoffman | SG | 572 |
| 7 | Buddy Jeannette | PG | 590 |
| 8 | Elmer Gainer | PF | 991 |
| 9 | Gene Vance | SG | 1157 |
| 10 | James Homer | PF | 1190 |
| 11 | Bulbs Ehlers | SF | 1342 |
| 12 | Johnny Ezersky | SF | 1348 |
| 13 | Paul Noel | SF | 1374 |
| 14 | Ferenc Nemeth | C | 1383 |
| 15 | Saul Mariaschin | PG | 1471 |
| 16 | Paul Cloyd | SG | 1503 |
| 17 | Ben Schadler | SF | 1550 |
| 18 | Joe Camic | PF | 1574 |
| 19 | Raymond Patterson | SF | 1687 |
| 20 | Oliver Shoaff | PG | 1710 |
| 21 | Don E. Smith | SG | 1738 |
| 22 | Jack Toomay | C | 1760 |
| 23 | Paul Huston | SF | 1868 |
| 24 | Gene Stump | SF | 1887 |
| 25 | Chink Crossin | SG | 1891 |
| 26 | Dick O'Keefe | SG | 1892 |
| 27 | Johnny Jorgensen | SG | 1949 |
| 28 | Jimmy Darden | PG | 2024 |
| 29 | Leslie Deaton | PF | 2046 |
| 30 | Merlin Gilbertson | SG | 2145 |
| 31 | Sid Tanenbaum | SG | 2197 |
| 32 | John Sebastian | PG | 2235 |
| 33 | Ray Kuka | SF | 2277 |
| 34 | Carl Meinhold | SG | 2328 |
| 35 | Eugene Lalley | PG | 2349 |
| 36 | Bob Hubbard | C | 2393 |
| 37 | Lee Robbins | SF | 2552 |
| 38 | Ricardo Gonzalez | SG | 2681 |
| 39 | Gene Rock | PG | 2719 |
| 40 | Jack Tingle | PF | 2776 |
| 41 | Wat Misaka | PG | 2827 |
| 42 | Dick Holub | C | 3015 |
| 43 | Chet McNabb | SF | 3057 |
| 44 | Keith Carey | SG | 3058 |
| 45 | Bill Downey | C | 3123 |
| 46 | Bob O'Shaughnessy | SG | 3161 |
| 47 | Earl Hawkins | PF | 3196 |
| 48 | John Goldsmith | PG | 3651 |
| 49 | Theodore Cook | PG | 3655 |
| 50 | William Durkee | SG | 3786 |
| 51 | Ed Bogdanski | PF | 3849 |
| 52 | Jack Watkins | SG | 3878 |
| 53 | Vince Verdeschi | PF | 3950 |
| 54 | Bob O'Brien | PF | 3953 |
| 55 | Jack Rocker | PF | 3976 |
| 56 | LeRoy King | C | 4067 |
| 57 | Robert Grove | SF | 4068 |
| 58 | Fred Gantt | SF | 4095 |
| 59 | William DeVenzio | PG | 4125 |
| 60 | Frank Carswell | PG | 4228 |
| 61 | Robert Skarda | SG | 4265 |
| 62 | Abel Rodrigues | PG | 4341 |
| 63 | Richard Starzyk | PG | 4410 |
| 64 | Ray Kodish | PF | 4430 |
| 65 | Theodore Scalissi | PG | 4442 |
| 66 | Jack Forestieri | SG | 4487 |
| 67 | Joe Lord | SF | 4582 |
| 68 | Rufino Bernedo | SF | 4614 |
| 69 | Bill Zirkel | PF | 4801 |
| 70 | Hank Baietti | PG | 4815 |
| 71 | Ocie Richie | SF | 4826 |
| 72 | Warren Ajax | PF | 4911 |
| 73 | John Gibbs | SF | 4956 |
| 74 | Jim Springer | C | 4980 |
| 75 | Joe Cackovic | C | 5010 |
| 76 | Perk Stabley | C | 5021 |
| 77 | Grant Dunlap | SF | 5117 |
| 78 | Wes Myers | SG | 5245 |
| 79 | Don Markward | SF | 5646 |
| 80 | Sam Roth | PG | 6134 |
| 81 | Bill Pless | PF | 6210 |
| 82 | Paul Klapprodt | PF | 6249 |
| 83 | Victor Mahana | PF | 6290 |
| 84 | Bill Henry | C | 6386 |
| 85 | Aaron Tanitsky | C | 6400 |
| 86 | Ned Hall | C | 6407 |
| 87 | Arnold Jones | PF | 6447 |
| 88 | Dewey Boltz | PG | 6581 |
| 89 | Jack Flannery | PF | 6661 |
| 90 | Frank Frascella | SG | 6721 |
| 91 | Ponciano Saldana | SG | 6754 |
| 92 | Rodolfo Salas | SF | 6755 |
| 93 | Jimmy Joyce | PF | 6776 |
| 94 | Alfredo da Motta | SF | 6998 |
| 95 | Bill McClure | C | 7015 |
| 96 | Martin Acosta Lara | PF | 7109 |
| 97 | Ko Tai Chuen | SG | 7172 |
| 98 | Len Cohen | PG | 7200 |
| 99 | Ken Walters | PG | 7212 |
| 100 | Tony Karpowich | C | 7597 |
| 101 | Red Furey | PF | 7704 |
| 102 | Bob Sherman | C | 7845 |
| 103 | Preston Wilcox | PG | 7880 |
| 104 | Bink Manning | PF | 7935 |
| 105 | Russ Guensch | PF | 8034 |
| 106 | Jack Goepfert | SG | 8054 |
| 107 | Bill Kraus | PF | 8129 |
| 108 | Clarence Forbes | SF | 8222 |
| 109 | Dick Dewees | PF | 8282 |
| 110 | Jim Coughlin | C | 8540 |
| 111 | LeRoy Wattley | SF | 8586 |
| 112 | Jimmy Hernjak | PF | 8765 |
| 113 | Zenny De Azevedo | SG | 8795 |
| 114 | Byeong-Suk An | PG | 9330 |
| 115 | Joe Dougherty | SF | 9358 |
| 116 | Milt Breenberg | PF | 9569 |
| 117 | Andy Skvoretz | C | 9792 |
| 118 | Ben Pagliaroli | SF | 9950 |
| 119 | Oscar Baldwin | C | 10159 |
| 120 | Lou Decsi | PF | 10237 |
| 121 | George Dracha | SG | 10413 |
| 122 | Tommy McConnell | SF | 10770 |
| 123 | Frank Washington | SG | 10827 |
| 124 | Barney Goldberg | SF | 10857 |
| 125 | Moon Mullins | C | 10898 |
| 126 | Bill Budd | C | 10937 |
| 127 | Tony Derago | PF | 11041 |
| 128 | Mike Yovic | SF | 11120 |
| 129 | Paul Coront | PF | 11357 |
| 130 | George Sibby | SG | 11417 |
| 131 | Sid Roche | C | 11421 |
| 132 | Bud Long | SF | 11424 |
| 133 | Jack Colberg | C | 11443 |
| 134 | Barry Kreisberg | PF | 11618 |
| 135 | Andy Siket | SF | 11625 |
| 136 | Wade Ackley | SG | 11761 |
| 137 | Kenny Hopkins | SF | 11876 |
| 138 | Alfie Burch | SF | 11973 |
| 139 | Larry Doby | SF | 12093 |
| 140 | Cass Rosenman | PG | 12301 |
| 141 | Ludwig Hilf | SF | 12357 |
| 142 | Bob Kelty | PG | 12412 |
| 143 | Mex Siani | SG | 12413 |
| 144 | Al Palatella | SG | 12520 |
| 145 | Don Schuerholz | SG | 12895 |
| 146 | Jimmy Bunn | PG | 12953 |
| 147 | Ollie Byers | SG | 13046 |
| 148 | Bob Brenner | PG | 13213 |
| 149 | Harry DeFrank | PG | 13281 |
| 150 | Kermit Smith | SG | 13412 |
| 151 | Jim McAndrews | PG | 13513 |
| 152 | Johnny Dracha | SG | 13570 |
| 153 | Vince Smith | SG | 13790 |
| 154 | Albie Kitch | PG | 13893 |
| 155 | Andy Sember | PG | 14157 |
| 156 | Dave Hornstine | SG | 14314 |
| 157 | Jack Harvey | PG | 14415 |
| 158 | Wilson Schuerholz | PG | 14416 |
| 159 | George Dietrick | PF | 14632 |
| 160 | Frank Haas | PG | 14674 |
| 161 | Jim DiGiacamo | PG | 14727 |
| 162 | Ken McKee | PG | 14837 |
| 163 | Jesse Mair | PG | 14878 |
| 164 | Dan Ernst | PG | 14931 |
| 165 | John Shadle | PG | 14986 |
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