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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1970

 

Notes: This is a list of the greatest basketball players to start their pro career in the year listed.

Ranking Explanation

 

Rnk Athlete POS Overall Rank
1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar C 1
2 Spencer Haywood PF 77
3 Jo Jo White PG 177
4 Bob Dandridge SF 180
5 Norm Van Lier PG 270
6 Lucius Allen PG 453
7 Fred Carter SG 492
8 Willie Wise PF 550
9 Neal Walk C 593
10 Bingo Smith SF 603
11 Butch Beard PG 604
12 Wil Jones PF 617
13 Rich Jones PF 689
14 Steve Mix PF 736
15 Herm Gilliam SG 761
16 George Thompson PG 804
17 Fatty Taylor PG 845
18 Bill Keller SG 883
19 Rick Roberson C 898
20 John Brisker SF 1269
21 Steve Kuberski PF 1278
22 Lee Winfield PG 1298
23 Rafael Rullan PF 1319
24 Julius Keye PF 1325
25 Lamar Green PF 1340
26 Dick Garrett SG 1356
27 Gene Littles PG 1422
28 Luther Rackley C 1742
29 Anatoly Myshkin SF 1753
30 John Warren SG 1807
31 Mike A. Davis SG 2001
32 Bernie Williams SG 2111
33 Kamil Brabenec SF 2134
34 Skeeter Swift SG 2177
35 Johnny Baum SF 2252
36 Stanislav Yeryomin PG 2302
37 Bob Portman SF 2423
38 Mike Barrett SG 2638
39 Larry Cannon SG 2782
40 Bob Christian C 2901
41 Manuel Flores SG 2920
42 Willie McCarter SG 2970
43 Simmie Hill SF 3013
44 Alejandro Urgelles SF 4119
45 Gianni Bertolotti PF 4303
46 Al Cueto C 4379
47 Alzan Zarmuhamedov PF 4431
48 Wally Anderzunas SF 4529
49 Bud Ogden SF 4636
50 Luther Green PF 4737
51 Bobby Washington PG 4767
52 Mike Lynn SF 5028
53 Dave Hamilton SF 5053
54 Bob Arnzen SF 5266
55 Calvin Fowler SG 5397
56 George Tinsley SF 5512
57 Bill Bunting PF 5831
58 Bob Greacen SF 6086
59 Justus Thigpen Sr. SG 6387
60 Dave Scholz PF 6674
61 Erv Staggs SF 6701
62 Tom Hagan SG 6854
63 Ronald Taylor C 7029
64 Bob Molinski SF 7106
65 Brian Heaney SG 7156
66 Victor Hernandez SF 7291
67 Ron Thorsen PG 7650
68 Shoji Yuki SF 7651
69 Greg Wittman PF 8060
70 Grady O'Malley SF 8117
71 Billy Evans PG 8295
72 Mohamad Kamal C 8360
73 George Reynolds SG 8403
74 Sherif Kheir PG 8436
75 El Sayed Mubarak SG 8494
76 Tomas Herrera PF 8555
77 Adel Sharaf SF 8671
78 Larry Bergh PF 8771
79 Eugeniusz Durejko PF 8791
80 Floyd Theard PG 8920
81 Pierre Martin Sagna SG 9216
82 Bob Woollard C 9281
83 Jerry Rook SF 9384
84 Lynn Shackelford SF 9511
85 Gordon Smith PG 9730
86 Ike King SF 10745
87 Butch Booker C 10760
88 Joe Cromer SF 10969
89 Jim Reed PF 11198
90 Paul Loveday PF 11352
91 Willie Scott SF 11513
92 Len Carmichael PG 11560
93 Leo Osgood PG 11585
94 Floyd Kerr PG 11674
95 Wilber Kirkland SF 11745
96 Stan Wlodarczyk SF 11932
97 Ed Szczesny C 11951
98 John Phillips PG 12119
99 Samuel Little PG 12170
100 Fred Lind PF 12293
101 Jack Gillespie SF 12294
102 Dave Brownbill SG 12309
103 Dick Grubar SG 12510
104 John Jones SG 12511
105 Willie Brown SG 12676
106 Cal Martin SG 12691
107 Hal Jeter SG 12727
108 Carey Bailey SF 12768
109 Dave Whelan PG 12815
110 Jerry McKee SG 12842
111 Ron Rippetoe SF 12926
112 Gene Williams PF 13040
113 Willie Taylor PF 13041
114 Charlie McAllister C 13210
115 Walt Harlicka PG 13567
116 Tom Lick C 13836
117 Willie Griffin SG 13936
118 Bill Sweek SG 14103
119 Barry White PF 14629
120 Charles Bonaparte PG 14725
121 Jacques Wilson PG 14789
122 Bill Bowes C 14834

 


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