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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.
| 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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