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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1955
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 Pettit | PF | 9 |
| 2 | Red Kerr | C | 130 |
| 3 | Gene Shue | SG | 178 |
| 4 | Larry Costello | PG | 226 |
| 5 | Frank Ramsey | SF | 292 |
| 6 | Frank Selvy | SG | 312 |
| 7 | Togo Palazzi | SF | 840 |
| 8 | George Dempsey | PG | 935 |
| 9 | Francisco Buscato | PG | 968 |
| 10 | Ed Kalafat | C | 1174 |
| 11 | Tom Marshall | SF | 1238 |
| 12 | Dick Farley | SG | 1295 |
| 13 | Art Spoelstra | C | 1324 |
| 14 | Dick Rosenthal | SF | 1662 |
| 15 | Jack L. Turner | SF | 1982 |
| 16 | Jackie Moore | SF | 2004 |
| 17 | Bobby Watson | PG | 2084 |
| 18 | Red Morrison | PF | 2107 |
| 19 | Bert Cook | SG | 2281 |
| 20 | Bob Carney | SG | 2399 |
| 21 | Dan King | PF | 2588 |
| 22 | Jim Tucker | PF | 2676 |
| 23 | Fred Christ | SG | 2687 |
| 24 | Chuck Grigsby | SF | 2758 |
| 25 | Phil Martin | SG | 2824 |
| 26 | Massimo Villetti | SF | 2959 |
| 27 | Miodrag Nikolic | PG | 2960 |
| 28 | Slobodan Gordic | SF | 2961 |
| 29 | Don Anielak | PF | 3053 |
| 30 | Carl McNulty | SG | 3120 |
| 31 | Bob Knight | SG | 4293 |
| 32 | Tom Brennan | SF | 5027 |
| 33 | Boris Nachamkin | PF | 5331 |
| 34 | Fred Diute | SG | 5850 |
| 35 | Ronnie MacGilvray | SG | 5884 |
| 36 | Mike Kearns | PG | 5891 |
| 37 | Laszlo Gabanyu | PF | 6042 |
| 38 | Herm Hedderick | SG | 6125 |
| 39 | Worthy Patterson | SG | 6418 |
| 40 | Ed O'Connor | PF | 6490 |
| 41 | Charlie Hoxie | PF | 7018 |
| 42 | Ed Grindel | C | 7345 |
| 43 | Jorge Bogado | SF | 7656 |
| 44 | Boris Lukasik | SG | 8496 |
| 45 | Fletcher Johnson | PF | 8606 |
| 46 | Fred Segar | SG | 9003 |
| 47 | Fred Iehle | PG | 9373 |
| 48 | Hank Daubenschmidt | C | 10265 |
| 49 | Solly Walker | SG | 10582 |
| 50 | Harry Brooks | PG | 10830 |
| 51 | Don Warren | PF | 11099 |
| 52 | Frank Cutko | SF | 11514 |
| 53 | Bill Dankos | SG | 11809 |
| 54 | Joe Pehanick | C | 12041 |
| 55 | Joe Pascal | PG | 12298 |
| 56 | Johnny Michaels | PG | 12355 |
| 57 | Bill Hoover | C | 12465 |
| 58 | Bob Hurt | PG | 12466 |
| 59 | Mike Mayok | SG | 12929 |
| 60 | George Reis | C | 13724 |
| 61 | Nemanja Djuric | PF | 15293 |
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