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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1969
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 | Elvin Hayes | PF | 32 |
| 2 | Wes Unseld | C | 154 |
| 3 | Bob Kauffman | PF | 314 |
| 4 | Ron Boone | SG | 322 |
| 5 | Pierlo Marzorati | PG | 599 |
| 6 | Tom Boerwinkle | C | 648 |
| 7 | Jim Eakins | C | 683 |
| 8 | Don Chaney | SG | 701 |
| 9 | Otto Moore | C | 702 |
| 10 | Mike Riordan | SG | 733 |
| 11 | Stu Lantz | SG | 789 |
| 12 | Greg Smith | SF | 881 |
| 13 | Zaid Abdul-Aziz | C | 902 |
| 14 | Ron Williams | SG | 904 |
| 15 | Warren Jabali | SG | 961 |
| 16 | Glen Combs | SG | 983 |
| 17 | Dale Schlueter | C | 1017 |
| 18 | Larry Miller | SG | 1026 |
| 19 | Rick Adelman | PG | 1029 |
| 20 | Manny Leaks | C | 1033 |
| 21 | Gene Moore | C | 1034 |
| 22 | Fred Foster | SF | 1071 |
| 23 | Mike Lewis | C | 1261 |
| 24 | Don May | SF | 1284 |
| 25 | Alphonse Bile | PG | 1310 |
| 26 | Gary Gregor | PF | 1331 |
| 27 | Bill Hewitt | PF | 1337 |
| 28 | Bob Warren | SG | 1408 |
| 29 | Lee Davis | C | 1504 |
| 30 | Dick Cunningham | C | 1558 |
| 31 | Renzo Bariviera | SF | 1577 |
| 32 | John Trapp | SF | 1641 |
| 33 | Donald Sidle | PF | 1698 |
| 34 | Jacques Cachemire | SF | 1908 |
| 35 | Art Harris | PG | 2009 |
| 36 | Shaler Halimon | SG | 2056 |
| 37 | Lonnie Wright | PG | 2071 |
| 38 | George Stone | SF | 2122 |
| 39 | Frank Card | PF | 2128 |
| 40 | Mervin Jackson | PG | 2267 |
| 41 | Rich Niemann | C | 2481 |
| 42 | Bill Hosket | PF | 2790 |
| 43 | Craig Raymond | C | 2852 |
| 44 | Carmelo Cabrera | PG | 2921 |
| 45 | Vassilis Goumas | PF | 2922 |
| 46 | Ed Johnson | C | 2994 |
| 47 | Bob Quick | SF | 3020 |
| 48 | Barry Orms | PG | 3077 |
| 49 | Dave Newmark | C | 3147 |
| 50 | Joe Kennedy | SF | 3212 |
| 51 | Charlie Paulk | PF | 3328 |
| 52 | Mike Butler | SG | 3457 |
| 53 | Rich Johnson | C | 3613 |
| 54 | Sam H. Williams | SG | 3804 |
| 55 | Loy Petersen | SG | 3870 |
| 56 | Al Hairston | SG | 4131 |
| 57 | Pat Frink | SG | 4226 |
| 58 | Richie Cornwall | PG | 4286 |
| 59 | Wayne Chapman | SG | 4313 |
| 60 | Skip Harlicka | PG | 4407 |
| 61 | Henry Logan | SG | 4526 |
| 62 | Jay Carty | PF | 4530 |
| 63 | Spider Bennett | PG | 4545 |
| 64 | Mack Daughtry | SG | 4735 |
| 65 | Walter Piatkowski | PF | 4736 |
| 66 | Bob Allen | PF | 4749 |
| 67 | Reggie Lacefield | SG | 4762 |
| 68 | John Arthurs | SG | 5030 |
| 69 | Donald Dee | PF | 5116 |
| 70 | Rod Knowles | C | 5143 |
| 71 | Keith Swagerty | PF | 5246 |
| 72 | Cliff Williams | SG | 5298 |
| 73 | Doug Sims | SF | 5340 |
| 74 | John Smith | C | 5462 |
| 75 | Don Carlos | SG | 5820 |
| 76 | John Clawson | SF | 5856 |
| 77 | Dennis Grey | C | 6055 |
| 78 | Neftali Rivera | SG | 6168 |
| 79 | Eddie Griffin (1947) | PG | 6208 |
| 80 | Dwight Waller | SF | 6445 |
| 81 | Joe Heiser | SG | 6467 |
| 82 | Daniel Sparks | PF | 6519 |
| 83 | Willie Davis | C | 6787 |
| 84 | Bobby Hooper | PG | 6802 |
| 85 | Tony Koski | SF | 6816 |
| 86 | Jasper Wilson | SF | 6986 |
| 87 | Harry Barnes | SF | 7282 |
| 88 | Dallas Thornton | SF | 7465 |
| 89 | Edgar Lacey | SF | 7471 |
| 90 | Mike Morrow | SF | 7686 |
| 91 | Vladimir Arzamaskov | SG | 7780 |
| 92 | Phil Harris | C | 8315 |
| 93 | Ed Biedenbach | PG | 8404 |
| 94 | Willie Iverson | PG | 8672 |
| 95 | Tom Kondla | C | 8921 |
| 96 | Russell Critchfield | PG | 9039 |
| 97 | Elvin Ivory | PF | 9165 |
| 98 | Jackie Wilson | SF | 9189 |
| 99 | Art Stephenson | C | 9247 |
| 100 | Mel Witherspoon | SF | 9410 |
| 101 | Bill Butler | SG | 9481 |
| 102 | Willie Rogers | SG | 9631 |
| 103 | Ken Morehead | PF | 9663 |
| 104 | Glynn Saulters | PG | 10223 |
| 105 | Rusty Parker | SF | 10239 |
| 106 | Phillip Wagner | PG | 10330 |
| 107 | Brian Brunkhorst | PF | 10545 |
| 108 | Ron Dunlap | C | 11037 |
| 109 | George Leo | C | 11245 |
| 110 | Jim Kissane | PF | 11304 |
| 111 | Jack Thompson | PG | 11414 |
| 112 | Bill Gaines | SG | 11613 |
| 113 | George Hicker | SF | 11638 |
| 114 | Marion Bozman | PG | 11709 |
| 115 | Rich Dumas | SG | 11746 |
| 116 | Al Murrell | SG | 11782 |
| 117 | Butch Joyner | SF | 11871 |
| 118 | Hamp Hazelton | PF | 11933 |
| 119 | Penny Early | PG | 11988 |
| 120 | Greg Cisson | SF | 11996 |
| 121 | Billy Smith | C | 12039 |
| 122 | Charles Parks | PF | 12171 |
| 123 | Aaron Sellers | PF | 12460 |
| 124 | Oscar Smith | PF | 12894 |
| 125 | Gregg Morris | SG | 13217 |
| 126 | Cal Pettit | PF | 13403 |
| 127 | Billy Taylor | SF | 13454 |
| 128 | Ron Krayl | SG | 13568 |
| 129 | Rudy Bogad | SF | 13673 |
| 130 | Ron Woodruff | C | 13837 |
| 131 | Frank Standard | SF | 14207 |
| 132 | Billy Tindall | SF | 14412 |
| 133 | Bill Soens | C | 14630 |
| 134 | Ted Campbell | SF | 14874 |
| 135 | Topsy Del Gobbo | PF | 14875 |
| 136 | John Schetzsle | SF | 15046 |
| 137 | Julius Powell | SG | 15142 |
| 138 | Hal Payne | PG | 15232 |
| 139 | Joe Castaldi | SG | 15276 |
| 140 | Paul Plowden | PG | 15277 |
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