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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1951
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 | Bob Cousy | PG | 27 |
| 2 | Paul Arizin | SF | 39 |
| 3 | Larry Foust | C | 91 |
| 4 | Bill Sharman | SG | 106 |
| 5 | Nathaniel Clifton | C | 252 |
| 6 | Earl Lloyd | PF | 414 |
| 7 | Chuck Cooper | PF | 421 |
| 8 | Dick Schnittker | SF | 777 |
| 9 | Cal Christensen | PF | 928 |
| 10 | Bob Lavoy | PF | 944 |
| 11 | Bob Donham | SG | 1021 |
| 12 | Don Lofgran | PF | 1218 |
| 13 | Amaury Pasos | PF | 1543 |
| 14 | Don Rehfeldt | SF | 1802 |
| 15 | John Givens | SG | 1853 |
| 16 | Kevin O'Shea | SG | 1904 |
| 17 | Stanley Weber | C | 1931 |
| 18 | Ken Murray | SG | 1934 |
| 19 | Nate DeLong | C | 1958 |
| 20 | Joe Hutton | SG | 1984 |
| 21 | Joe McNamee | PF | 1999 |
| 22 | Joseph Nelson | SF | 2298 |
| 23 | Buddy Cate | PF | 2321 |
| 24 | Art Burris | SF | 2401 |
| 25 | Gerry Calabrese | SG | 2518 |
| 26 | George Bush | SG | 2557 |
| 27 | Carlos Loyzaga | C | 2714 |
| 28 | Jerry Fowler | C | 2763 |
| 29 | Chuck Mrazovich | SF | 2789 |
| 30 | Paul Hicks | SG | 2826 |
| 31 | Walter Kersulis | SF | 2896 |
| 32 | Gianfranco Pieri | PG | 2964 |
| 33 | Jef Eygel | PG | 2965 |
| 34 | Alan Sawyer | PF | 3024 |
| 35 | Harold Haskins | SF | 3025 |
| 36 | Leon Blevins | SG | 3095 |
| 37 | Mack Suprunowicz | SG | 3122 |
| 38 | Jim Riffey | PF | 3207 |
| 39 | Jean-Paul Beugnot | PF | 3326 |
| 40 | Norm Mager | SF | 3388 |
| 41 | Herb Scherer | C | 3408 |
| 42 | Norman McCool | PG | 3453 |
| 43 | Keith Bloom | SF | 3501 |
| 44 | Bill Butterfield | C | 3555 |
| 45 | Ed Gayda | SG | 3583 |
| 46 | Rallo Johnson | PF | 3619 |
| 47 | John Bruce | SF | 3713 |
| 48 | Francis Allen | C | 3822 |
| 49 | Ed Beach | SF | 3847 |
| 50 | Kenny Mauer | SG | 3848 |
| 51 | Al Madsen | PG | 3915 |
| 52 | Jimmy Doyle | SG | 3959 |
| 53 | Robert Vollers | SF | 3989 |
| 54 | Jim Cathcart | PF | 4028 |
| 55 | Joe Hafele | SG | 4158 |
| 56 | Jack Leighton | SF | 4167 |
| 57 | Paul Hickey | SG | 4193 |
| 58 | George Latham | SF | 4263 |
| 59 | Don McMillan | SF | 4340 |
| 60 | Bill Tom | PF | 4409 |
| 61 | Arnie Flinn | SG | 4531 |
| 62 | Ed Roman | C | 4591 |
| 63 | Lee Nichols | SF | 4608 |
| 64 | Russ DeVette | SF | 4686 |
| 65 | Bob Kohlmeyer | SF | 4825 |
| 66 | Floyd Layne | SG | 4838 |
| 67 | Clayton Bristow | SF | 4874 |
| 68 | James Stone | PF | 4909 |
| 69 | Gene Peterson | SF | 4955 |
| 70 | Raymond Gaisser | SF | 5032 |
| 71 | Al Henningsen | PF | 5092 |
| 72 | Jack Shelton | C | 5112 |
| 73 | Ed Warner | C | 5126 |
| 74 | Bill Erickson | SG | 5157 |
| 75 | Warren Switzer | SF | 5178 |
| 76 | Erv Mencel | PG | 5223 |
| 77 | Dick Gates | PG | 5252 |
| 78 | Gene Latham | PG | 5299 |
| 79 | Hal England | SG | 5342 |
| 80 | Wally Sheil | C | 5930 |
| 81 | Joel Kaufman | SG | 6064 |
| 82 | Bucky Hatchett | SG | 6100 |
| 83 | Joe Hannon | SG | 6582 |
| 84 | Ike Borsavage | C | 6691 |
| 85 | Irwin Dambrot | PF | 6900 |
| 86 | Brooks Ricca | SG | 6931 |
| 87 | Harry Wade | SG | 7047 |
| 88 | Vic Hanson (1929) | SG | 7062 |
| 89 | Kirby Minter | PF | 7171 |
| 90 | Leo Wolfe | PF | 7447 |
| 91 | Matty Forman | C | 7474 |
| 92 | Dick Smuin | C | 7787 |
| 93 | Kenny Reeves | SG | 7843 |
| 94 | Herb Lyon | C | 7919 |
| 95 | Mario Alesini | SG | 7951 |
| 96 | Bob Roper | PF | 8072 |
| 97 | Andrzej Nartowski | SF | 8190 |
| 98 | Mike Zedalis | SG | 8230 |
| 99 | Zdenek Bobrovsky | SG | 8442 |
| 100 | Bob MacKinnon | SF | 8498 |
| 101 | Tommy O'Keefe | SG | 8559 |
| 102 | Al Shiels | PF | 8620 |
| 103 | Don Parsons | PF | 8794 |
| 104 | Mariano Tolentino | PF | 9166 |
| 105 | Marv Jaffe | SF | 9217 |
| 106 | Paul Senesky | SG | 9295 |
| 107 | Al Ablondi | PF | 9309 |
| 108 | Perry Del Purgatorio | PG | 9503 |
| 109 | Leroy Banks | C | 9513 |
| 110 | Floyd Becker | SF | 9557 |
| 111 | Ed Krause | SG | 9735 |
| 112 | Pete Clark | C | 9853 |
| 113 | Johnny Hughes | C | 9923 |
| 114 | Joe Galiber | SG | 9949 |
| 115 | John Weglecki | SF | 10126 |
| 116 | Al Saemmer | SG | 10174 |
| 117 | Frank Comerford | SG | 10175 |
| 118 | Paul McDermott | PF | 10256 |
| 119 | Duane Warrick | C | 10387 |
| 120 | Harold Hunter | SG | 10388 |
| 121 | Jackie Laub | SF | 10548 |
| 122 | Johnny Rucker | SF | 10549 |
| 123 | Bill Gallagher | SF | 10559 |
| 124 | Gene Belletierre | SF | 10915 |
| 125 | Hank Poppe | SF | 10936 |
| 126 | Tom Frein | SF | 11013 |
| 127 | Eddie Anlian | SF | 11039 |
| 128 | Tom Keesey | PG | 11145 |
| 129 | Dick McGee | C | 11203 |
| 130 | Harry Foley | SF | 11248 |
| 131 | Tom O'Connor | SG | 11354 |
| 132 | Ace McCann | PF | 11488 |
| 133 | Tom Muller | SG | 11617 |
| 134 | Harold Swayze | SG | 11682 |
| 135 | Alex Petersen | PG | 11752 |
| 136 | Tom Sabol | SF | 12356 |
| 137 | Harrison Stump | PG | 12517 |
| 138 | Ken DePoe | SG | 12890 |
| 139 | Nick Ledger | PF | 12983 |
| 140 | Johnny Ballots | SG | 13410 |
| 141 | Howie Kauterman | PG | 13625 |
| 142 | George Lindeman | SG | 13840 |
| 143 | Bob Lamon | SG | 14000 |
| 144 | Lou Graboyes | PG | 14212 |
| 145 | Danny Mackin | SF | 14269 |
| 146 | Stu Tomkins | PG | 14313 |
| 147 | Pete Monska | PG | 14414 |
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