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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1968
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 | Walt Frazier | PG | 84 |
| 2 | Mel Daniels | C | 96 |
| 3 | Connie Hawkins | PF | 128 |
| 4 | Earl Monroe | SG | 155 |
| 5 | Louie Dampier | PG | 285 |
| 6 | Roger W. Brown | SF | 301 |
| 7 | Jimmy Jones | SG | 336 |
| 8 | Jimmy Walker | PG | 361 |
| 9 | Bill Bradley | SF | 437 |
| 10 | Donnie Freeman | SG | 440 |
| 11 | Cincy Powell | PF | 481 |
| 12 | Bob Netolicky | PF | 500 |
| 13 | Clem Haskins | SG | 526 |
| 14 | Stew Johnson | PF | 587 |
| 15 | George Carter | SF | 620 |
| 16 | Bob Rule | C | 622 |
| 17 | Gerald Govan | PF | 682 |
| 18 | Red Robbins | PF | 705 |
| 19 | Steve Jones | SG | 727 |
| 20 | Byron Beck | C | 732 |
| 21 | Art Williams | PG | 855 |
| 22 | Phil Jackson | PF | 897 |
| 23 | John Beasley | PF | 903 |
| 24 | Wayne Brabender | SG | 926 |
| 25 | Goose Ligon | PF | 949 |
| 26 | Doug Moe | SF | 959 |
| 27 | Larry Brown | PG | 1074 |
| 28 | Ed Manning | SF | 1106 |
| 29 | Stan McKenzie | SF | 1155 |
| 30 | Darel Carrier | SG | 1185 |
| 31 | Warren Davis | PF | 1188 |
| 32 | Pat Riley | SG | 1195 |
| 33 | Bob Verga | SG | 1197 |
| 34 | Trooper Washington | PF | 1248 |
| 35 | Tony Jackson | SF | 1287 |
| 36 | Charles Williams | PG | 1351 |
| 37 | Arthur Becker | PF | 1429 |
| 38 | Ronald Franz | SF | 1439 |
| 39 | Al Tucker | PF | 1446 |
| 40 | John Wetzel | SG | 1536 |
| 41 | Randolph Mahaffey | PF | 1568 |
| 42 | Bill Turner | SF | 1585 |
| 43 | Julian Hammond | SF | 1912 |
| 44 | Dave Lattin | PF | 1971 |
| 45 | Steve Chubin | SG | 2098 |
| 46 | Skip Thoren | C | 2163 |
| 47 | George Patterson | C | 2203 |
| 48 | George Peeples | C | 2220 |
| 49 | Bill Dinwiddie | SF | 2244 |
| 50 | Bobby Lewis | SG | 2301 |
| 51 | Nikola Plecas | PG | 2303 |
| 52 | Sonny Dove | PF | 2318 |
| 53 | Charles Beasley | SG | 2335 |
| 54 | Dan Anderson | C | 2359 |
| 55 | Hank Whitney | PF | 2390 |
| 56 | Ollie Darden | PF | 2476 |
| 57 | Sam Smith | SF | 2524 |
| 58 | Jeffrey Congdon | PG | 2533 |
| 59 | Bob Bedell | SF | 2705 |
| 60 | Ron Perry | SG | 2747 |
| 61 | Tom Workman | PF | 2803 |
| 62 | Andrzej Seweryn | PG | 2923 |
| 63 | Barry Liebowitz | SG | 2924 |
| 64 | Carlo Caglieris | PG | 2925 |
| 65 | Dragutin Cermak | SG | 2926 |
| 66 | Fabrizio Della Fiori | PF | 2927 |
| 67 | Ken Wilburn | SF | 2972 |
| 68 | Dewitt Menyard | C | 3158 |
| 69 | Nick Jones | SG | 3175 |
| 70 | Larry Bunce | C | 3359 |
| 71 | Leary Lentz | SF | 3384 |
| 72 | Joe Hamood | SG | 3418 |
| 73 | Mal Graham | PG | 3439 |
| 74 | Errol Palmer | SF | 3474 |
| 75 | Andrew Anderson | PG | 3496 |
| 76 | Dennis Hamilton | PF | 3548 |
| 77 | Cliff Anderson | SG | 3571 |
| 78 | Plummer Lott | SF | 3631 |
| 79 | Paul Long | SG | 3722 |
| 80 | Jay Miller | SF | 3725 |
| 81 | Bobby F. Wilson | PF | 3784 |
| 82 | Arvesta Kelly | PG | 3871 |
| 83 | Gary Gray | SG | 3988 |
| 84 | Kendall Rhine | C | 4029 |
| 85 | Bobby Lloyd | PG | 4039 |
| 86 | Bud Acton | SF | 4065 |
| 87 | Tommie Bowens | PF | 4216 |
| 88 | Jimmy Rayl | PG | 4258 |
| 89 | Arturo Guerrero | SG | 4449 |
| 90 | Jim Jarvis | PG | 4641 |
| 91 | Bill Garner | C | 4664 |
| 92 | Riney Lochmann | SF | 4674 |
| 93 | Al Jackson | SG | 4684 |
| 94 | Craig Dill | C | 4716 |
| 95 | Howard Bayne | PF | 4791 |
| 96 | Bobby Rascoe | SG | 4952 |
| 97 | Ervin Inniger | SG | 4986 |
| 98 | Willis Thomas | SG | 5176 |
| 99 | Gary Keller | PF | 5220 |
| 100 | Hal Hale | PG | 5341 |
| 101 | Lester Selvage | PG | 5364 |
| 102 | Grant Simmons | PG | 5437 |
| 103 | Johnny Mathis | PF | 5545 |
| 104 | Jerry Pettway | SG | 5546 |
| 105 | Leland Mitchell | SG | 5547 |
| 106 | Stephen Vacendak | PG | 5619 |
| 107 | Guy Manning | SF | 5671 |
| 108 | Bill C. Bradley | SG | 5707 |
| 109 | Davis Peralta | PG | 5863 |
| 110 | Jim Reid | PF | 5951 |
| 111 | Bill Allen | C | 6458 |
| 112 | Roderick McDonald | SF | 6484 |
| 113 | Roland West | SG | 6641 |
| 114 | Ron Filipek | SF | 6673 |
| 115 | Carroll Hooser | PF | 6702 |
| 116 | Bobby Edmonds | SF | 6795 |
| 117 | Danny Florencio | SG | 6828 |
| 118 | Craig Spitzer | C | 6891 |
| 119 | Rich Peek | C | 6996 |
| 120 | Rick Weitzman | SG | 7081 |
| 121 | Richard Clark | SG | 7120 |
| 122 | Matthew Aitch | PF | 7221 |
| 123 | Tyrone Britt | SG | 7262 |
| 124 | Enrico Bovone | C | 7292 |
| 125 | Elton McGriff | C | 7371 |
| 126 | Terry Kunze | SG | 7592 |
| 127 | Dennis Holman | PG | 7713 |
| 128 | Mariano Ortiz | SG | 7781 |
| 129 | Chuck Gardner | PF | 7838 |
| 130 | Lonnie Lynn | SF | 7924 |
| 131 | David G. Lee | SF | 8095 |
| 132 | Bob McIntyre | SF | 8214 |
| 133 | Marlbert Pradd | SG | 8257 |
| 134 | Eliecer Ellis | SG | 8437 |
| 135 | Richard Parks | SF | 8438 |
| 136 | Wesley Bialosuknia | SG | 8519 |
| 137 | Al Beard | C | 8641 |
| 138 | Randy Stoll | PF | 8673 |
| 139 | Tony Upson | PG | 9249 |
| 140 | Rubin Russell | SG | 9282 |
| 141 | Ronald Kozlicki | SF | 9385 |
| 142 | Jimmy Dawson | PG | 9512 |
| 143 | Dick Davidson | SF | 9717 |
| 144 | Darrell Hardy | PF | 9757 |
| 145 | Al Salvadori | PF | 9921 |
| 146 | Bob Riedy | PF | 10109 |
| 147 | Wally Goodwin | SG | 10144 |
| 148 | Ron Widby | SF | 10224 |
| 149 | Tommy Woods | PF | 10546 |
| 150 | Richard Moore | SG | 10658 |
| 151 | Dexter Westbrook | PF | 10766 |
| 152 | Sam Singleton | SG | 10934 |
| 153 | Calvin Graham | SG | 10955 |
| 154 | Bob Benfield | PF | 10962 |
| 155 | John Dickson | C | 10987 |
| 156 | Vaughn Harper | SF | 11079 |
| 157 | Orbie Bowling | C | 11199 |
| 158 | Harry Dinnel | SF | 11305 |
| 159 | John Morrison | SG | 11415 |
| 160 | Bill Meyer | SG | 11449 |
| 161 | Joe Lalli | PG | 11580 |
| 162 | Willie Wolters | PF | 11586 |
| 163 | Larry Moore | PF | 11614 |
| 164 | Mike Dabich | C | 11872 |
| 165 | Tom Kerwin | PF | 11989 |
| 166 | Paul Mickey | C | 12267 |
| 167 | Red Stroud | PG | 12295 |
| 168 | Herman Knowings | C | 12335 |
| 169 | Frank Kunze | SG | 12480 |
| 170 | Chris Kefalos | SF | 12512 |
| 171 | R.B. Lynam | PG | 12513 |
| 172 | David Gaines | SG | 12636 |
| 173 | Don Whitehead | SF | 12749 |
| 174 | Bill Crow | SG | 13042 |
| 175 | Hank Brown | SF | 13052 |
| 176 | Dick Lee | PF | 13276 |
| 177 | John Mundy | SG | 13277 |
| 178 | Larry Conley | SG | 13404 |
| 179 | Jim Burns | SG | 13433 |
| 180 | Bill Otte | SF | 13455 |
| 181 | Doug Hice | SF | 13506 |
| 182 | Jim Connelly | SG | 14153 |
| 183 | Larry Carpenter | SF | 14208 |
| 184 | Essex Thompson | SG | 14266 |
| 185 | Andy Benson | PF | 14469 |
| 186 | Dick Thompson | PF | 14569 |
| 187 | Bill Hollowaity | PG | 14673 |
| 188 | Bob Williams (1942) | SG | 14790 |
| 189 | Dick Graul | SF | 14835 |
| 190 | Gary Palladino | SG | 14928 |
| 191 | Frank Stronczek | SF | 14983 |
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