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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1966
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 | Rick Barry | SF | 45 |
| 2 | Billy Cunningham | PF | 50 |
| 3 | Gail Goodrich | PG | 132 |
| 4 | Dick Van Arsdale | SG | 289 |
| 5 | Jerry Sloan | SG | 307 |
| 6 | Tom Van Arsdale | SF | 309 |
| 7 | Dino Meneghin | C | 403 |
| 8 | Jon McGlocklin | SG | 499 |
| 9 | Jim Washington | PF | 520 |
| 10 | Jim Fox | C | 602 |
| 11 | Keith Erickson | SF | 636 |
| 12 | Bob Weiss | PG | 726 |
| 13 | Dave Stallworth | PF | 816 |
| 14 | Barry Clemens | SF | 817 |
| 15 | Fred Hetzel | PF | 879 |
| 16 | Jiri Zednicek | PG | 1318 |
| 17 | Bob Warlick | SG | 1580 |
| 18 | Joe Strawder | C | 1700 |
| 19 | Willie Somerset | PG | 1756 |
| 20 | Ron Reed | PF | 1765 |
| 21 | Nate Bowman | C | 1770 |
| 22 | Ljubodrag Simonovic | SF | 1909 |
| 23 | Bill Buntin | C | 2429 |
| 24 | Willie Murrell | SF | 2540 |
| 25 | Ron Watts | SF | 2688 |
| 26 | Will Frazier | C | 2892 |
| 27 | Dragan Kapicic | SF | 2928 |
| 28 | Georgi Khristov | PG | 2929 |
| 29 | John Fairchild | SF | 3156 |
| 30 | Jim Caldwell | C | 3445 |
| 31 | Johnny Jones | SF | 3537 |
| 32 | Jesse Branson | SF | 3837 |
| 33 | Stan Pawlak | SG | 4138 |
| 34 | Wayne Molis | C | 4432 |
| 35 | George Sutor | C | 4521 |
| 36 | Raymond Dalmau | PF | 4593 |
| 37 | Willie Porter | PF | 5168 |
| 38 | Jim Jackson | SF | 5280 |
| 39 | Wayne Cruse | C | 5496 |
| 40 | Thales McReynolds | SG | 6397 |
| 41 | Masatomo Traniguchi | SG | 6648 |
| 42 | Bill Jones (1944) | SG | 6681 |
| 43 | Pablo Garcia | SF | 7293 |
| 44 | Andrzej Kasprzak | SF | 7714 |
| 45 | Kenny Washington | SG | 7895 |
| 46 | Bojcho Branzov | SF | 8005 |
| 47 | Bill Smothers | C | 8714 |
| 48 | Roger Schurig | PG | 9875 |
| 49 | Mike Branch | C | 11200 |
| 50 | Phil Schoff | SF | 11361 |
| 51 | Gary Hess | SG | 11473 |
| 52 | Bob McCullough | SG | 11578 |
| 53 | Ollie Jones | PF | 11832 |
| 54 | Joe Newton | PF | 11907 |
| 55 | Dale Neel | PF | 11990 |
| 56 | Dick Ellis | SF | 12461 |
| 57 | Warren Isaac | SF | 12574 |
| 58 | Clem Galliard | PF | 13069 |
| 59 | Bob Camp | C | 13162 |
| 60 | Lyvonne LeFlore | C | 13235 |
| 61 | L.J. Wheeler | SF | 13278 |
| 62 | George Deehan | PF | 13361 |
| 63 | Daryl Ruby | SF | 13997 |
| 64 | Ken McIntyre | PG | 14048 |
| 65 | Garry Lupek | PF | 14470 |
| 66 | Buddy Quertimont | SF | 14631 |
| 67 | John Stevens | C | 14877 |
| 68 | John DiMaggio | SG | 14930 |
| 69 | Larry Lakins | PF | 14985 |
| 70 | Hal Blevins | PG | 15092 |
| 71 | Ed Wright | PF | 15192 |
| 72 | Curt Fromal | PG | 15234 |
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