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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1949
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 | Arnie Risen | C | 65 |
| 2 | Harry Gallatin | PF | 73 |
| 3 | Jim Pollard | PF | 98 |
| 4 | Joe Graboski | PF | 144 |
| 5 | Bobby Wanzer | SG | 165 |
| 6 | Jack Nichols | C | 363 |
| 7 | Red Holzman | PG | 426 |
| 8 | Odie Spears | SF | 464 |
| 9 | Arnie Johnson | PF | 504 |
| 10 | Bill Calhoun | SF | 507 |
| 11 | Mike Novak | C | 660 |
| 12 | Curly Armstrong | SG | 672 |
| 13 | Blackie Towery | PF | 677 |
| 14 | Herm Schaefer | SG | 716 |
| 15 | Bruce Hale | SG | 748 |
| 16 | Bob Kinney | C | 778 |
| 17 | Ed Mikan | C | 871 |
| 18 | Leo Klier | SF | 874 |
| 19 | Dillard Crocker | SF | 887 |
| 20 | Charlie Black | PF | 888 |
| 21 | Ray Lumpp | SG | 940 |
| 22 | Andrew Levane | SF | 954 |
| 23 | Walt Budko | PF | 989 |
| 24 | George Kaftan | SF | 1082 |
| 25 | Dick Triptow | SG | 1089 |
| 26 | Walt Kirk | SG | 1191 |
| 27 | Jack Smiley | SF | 1239 |
| 28 | Brady Walker | PF | 1250 |
| 29 | Howie Shannon | SG | 1271 |
| 30 | Hal Tidrick | SF | 1291 |
| 31 | Al Lucas | SF | 1335 |
| 32 | Freddie B. Lewis | SF | 1404 |
| 33 | Kenny Rollins | PG | 1427 |
| 34 | Jack Maddox | SF | 1472 |
| 35 | Andy Duncan | PF | 1494 |
| 36 | Ralph Hamilton | SG | 1540 |
| 37 | Bob Brown | PF | 1586 |
| 38 | Morris Udall | PF | 1669 |
| 39 | Arnie Ferrin | SF | 1676 |
| 40 | Easy Parham | SF | 1726 |
| 41 | Dee Gibson | SG | 1755 |
| 42 | Jack Dwan | SF | 1764 |
| 43 | Gale Bishop | SF | 1792 |
| 44 | Hoot Gibson | PF | 1814 |
| 45 | Matt Zunic | SG | 1825 |
| 46 | Fritz Nagy | SG | 2013 |
| 47 | Tex Ritter | SG | 2066 |
| 48 | Fran Curran | SG | 2126 |
| 49 | Henry O'Keeffe | SF | 2184 |
| 50 | Jake Carter | PF | 2312 |
| 51 | Leonard Alterman | SG | 2322 |
| 52 | Harold Hutcheson | SG | 2334 |
| 53 | Murray Mendenhall | PG | 2400 |
| 54 | Bill Roberts | C | 2457 |
| 55 | Harold Devoll | PF | 2522 |
| 56 | Carl Loyd | PG | 2589 |
| 57 | John Mandic | PF | 2605 |
| 58 | Les Pugh | C | 2619 |
| 59 | Albert Campbell | SF | 2717 |
| 60 | Ward Williams | PF | 2718 |
| 61 | Guy Mitchell | SF | 2740 |
| 62 | Leo Katkaveck | SG | 2792 |
| 63 | Art Bakeraitis | PG | 2857 |
| 64 | George Feigenbaum | PG | 2861 |
| 65 | Clarence Brannum | PF | 2999 |
| 66 | Mel McGaha | SG | 3000 |
| 67 | William Brown | PF | 3026 |
| 68 | Phil Farbman | SF | 3055 |
| 69 | Robert Lowther | PF | 3056 |
| 70 | Ray Ellefson | C | 3072 |
| 71 | Gene James | SF | 3106 |
| 72 | Casmir Wnorowski | SG | 3160 |
| 73 | Robert Powell | PF | 3208 |
| 74 | Whitey Kachan | SG | 3209 |
| 75 | Bob Mulvihill | SG | 3243 |
| 76 | Earl Gardner | SF | 3273 |
| 77 | Ed Mills | C | 3302 |
| 78 | Ralph Bishop | SF | 3332 |
| 79 | Paul Napolitano | SF | 3404 |
| 80 | Jack Spencer | SF | 3421 |
| 81 | Otto Schnellbacher | SF | 3455 |
| 82 | Lionel Malamed | PG | 3476 |
| 83 | Leroy Pryor | SF | 3531 |
| 84 | Jack Walton | SF | 3554 |
| 85 | George Crowe | PF | 3564 |
| 86 | Bob Williams | PF | 3628 |
| 87 | Paul Yesawich | SF | 3650 |
| 88 | Dick Shrider | SG | 3729 |
| 89 | Andy Kostecka | SF | 3737 |
| 90 | Len Ford | C | 3738 |
| 91 | Roy Pugh | C | 3792 |
| 92 | James Usry | PF | 3951 |
| 93 | David Wareham | SG | 3960 |
| 94 | Eddie Wollen | SF | 4035 |
| 95 | Jack Eskridge | C | 4159 |
| 96 | Robert Wood | PG | 4169 |
| 97 | Dermie O'Connell | SG | 4205 |
| 98 | Andy Tonkovich | SG | 4264 |
| 99 | Ray Ramsey | SG | 4315 |
| 100 | D.C. Wilcutt | SG | 4360 |
| 101 | Greek Athas | SG | 4480 |
| 102 | Herb Krautblatt | SG | 4679 |
| 103 | Bob Smith | C | 4765 |
| 104 | Johnny Bach | SF | 4800 |
| 105 | Dick Wehr | PF | 4875 |
| 106 | Fred Paine Jr. | PF | 4910 |
| 107 | Jim Browne | C | 4933 |
| 108 | Bill Brown | SF | 5005 |
| 109 | Lonnie Eggleston | SG | 5033 |
| 110 | Darrell Brown | SF | 5070 |
| 111 | Jim Spruill | SG | 5179 |
| 112 | Mickey Homa | SF | 5227 |
| 113 | Tom Kelly | SG | 5395 |
| 114 | Donnie Forman | PG | 5851 |
| 115 | Dave Fox | PF | 5975 |
| 116 | Frank Martello | SF | 6141 |
| 117 | John Hazen | SG | 6220 |
| 118 | Dan Kraus | SG | 6559 |
| 119 | George Kok | C | 6902 |
| 120 | Art Lentz | C | 7252 |
| 121 | Stan Novak | PG | 7555 |
| 122 | Jack McLaughlin | SF | 7633 |
| 123 | Oscar Grossman | SG | 7884 |
| 124 | Luis Salvadores | SG | 8443 |
| 125 | Paul Campbell | SG | 8484 |
| 126 | Verl Heap | SG | 8621 |
| 127 | Tony Sisti | PG | 8677 |
| 128 | Jimmy Weston | SG | 8727 |
| 129 | Marsh Gemberling | PF | 8899 |
| 130 | Walt Kaplowitz | PG | 8984 |
| 131 | Jim Cascia | SG | 9425 |
| 132 | Howard Sanders | C | 9634 |
| 133 | Johnny Hopper | SG | 9697 |
| 134 | Harold Reis | SG | 9758 |
| 135 | Fred Price | C | 10337 |
| 136 | Johnny Godzenovich | C | 10390 |
| 137 | Jeb Stewart | C | 10470 |
| 138 | Karl Grimm | C | 10550 |
| 139 | Ray Posipanko | PF | 10649 |
| 140 | Stan Fronczak | SG | 10659 |
| 141 | Jack McGaffney | SG | 10722 |
| 142 | John Phoenix | PG | 10723 |
| 143 | Nick Dietterick | SF | 10807 |
| 144 | Alan Friedman | PF | 10826 |
| 145 | Lee Brymesser | PF | 11040 |
| 146 | Ernie Johnson | PG | 11151 |
| 147 | Mike DeNoia | C | 11152 |
| 148 | John Padgett | C | 11173 |
| 149 | Don Galloway | PF | 11356 |
| 150 | Bob Hulton | PF | 11416 |
| 151 | Jack French | PF | 11563 |
| 152 | Bobby Stine | SF | 11676 |
| 153 | Danny Sandler | SF | 11753 |
| 154 | Ed Kosior | PG | 11754 |
| 155 | Phil Markoff | SF | 11810 |
| 156 | Tom Sweeney | SG | 11811 |
| 157 | Red Faber | PF | 11873 |
| 158 | Paul Marcincin | SF | 11992 |
| 159 | Jack Kane | SG | 12134 |
| 160 | Al Young | SG | 12177 |
| 161 | Bob Walsh | PF | 12184 |
| 162 | Wally Geoghan | PF | 12241 |
| 163 | Al Vogel | SG | 12519 |
| 164 | Ira Shain | PG | 12577 |
| 165 | Mel Flick | PF | 12578 |
| 166 | Stan Kauffman | SG | 12659 |
| 167 | Aaron Rosovsky | PG | 12931 |
| 168 | Red Bock | C | 13045 |
| 169 | Tony Yovicsin | C | 13343 |
| 170 | Joe Harrington | SG | 13626 |
| 171 | Jack Welsh | PG | 13842 |
| 172 | Homer Wickel | C | 13941 |
| 173 | Ed O'Halloran | PG | 14001 |
| 174 | George Shoemaker | PG | 14054 |
| 175 | Fred Bernhart | SF | 14107 |
| 176 | Les Lehman | SG | 14156 |
| 177 | Bill Stoerrie | PG | 14213 |
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