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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1972
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 | Julius Erving | SF | 38 |
| 2 | Artis Gilmore | C | 58 |
| 3 | George McGinnis | PF | 62 |
| 4 | Sidney Wicks | PF | 113 |
| 5 | Randy Smith | SG | 201 |
| 6 | Phil Chenier | SG | 277 |
| 7 | Drazen Dalipagic | SF | 317 |
| 8 | Fred Brown | PG | 393 |
| 9 | Mike Newlin | SG | 420 |
| 10 | Elmore Smith | C | 461 |
| 11 | Dave Robisch | C | 529 |
| 12 | Curtis Rowe | PF | 561 |
| 13 | Austin Carr | SG | 573 |
| 14 | Clifford Ray | C | 614 |
| 15 | Tom Owens | C | 632 |
| 16 | Darnell Hillman | PF | 752 |
| 17 | Nate Williams | SF | 794 |
| 18 | Jim Cleamons | PG | 813 |
| 19 | Mike Gale | SG | 846 |
| 20 | Larry Steele | SG | 921 |
| 21 | John Mengelt | SG | 971 |
| 22 | Ted McClain | SG | 988 |
| 23 | Randy Denton | C | 1051 |
| 24 | Johnny Neumann | SG | 1069 |
| 25 | John Roche | PG | 1192 |
| 26 | Howard Porter | PF | 1207 |
| 27 | Al Smith | PG | 1405 |
| 28 | Dave Wohl | PG | 1426 |
| 29 | Willie Norwood | SF | 1434 |
| 30 | Dean Meminger | PG | 1464 |
| 31 | George Trapp | PF | 1537 |
| 32 | Marv Roberts | PF | 1647 |
| 33 | Cliff Meely | PF | 1667 |
| 34 | Steve Patterson | C | 1719 |
| 35 | Goo Kennedy | PF | 1748 |
| 36 | Jim McDaniels | C | 1842 |
| 37 | Dick Gibbs | SF | 2020 |
| 38 | Jimmy O'Brien | PG | 2157 |
| 39 | Mickey Davis | SF | 2239 |
| 40 | Mo Layton | PG | 2247 |
| 41 | Zdenek Kos | PF | 2402 |
| 42 | Stan Love | PF | 2416 |
| 43 | Willie Long | PF | 2477 |
| 44 | Collis Jones | PF | 2505 |
| 45 | Willie Sojourner | C | 2649 |
| 46 | Charlie Davis | SG | 2860 |
| 47 | Efe Aydan | C | 2919 |
| 48 | Fred Hilton | SG | 3089 |
| 49 | Kenny McIntosh | SF | 3134 |
| 50 | Ken Durrett | SF | 3756 |
| 51 | Rich Rinaldi | SG | 4420 |
| 52 | Jeff Halliburton | SG | 4491 |
| 53 | Jim Morgan | PG | 4669 |
| 54 | Perry Crosswhite | C | 5428 |
| 55 | Isaiah Wilson | SG | 5508 |
| 56 | Jim Marsh | SF | 5673 |
| 57 | Jake Jones | SG | 5909 |
| 58 | Ruben Rodriguez | SF | 6023 |
| 59 | Pierre Russell | SG | 6150 |
| 60 | William Smith | C | 6212 |
| 61 | Hector Blondet | SG | 6264 |
| 62 | Charlie Yelverton | SG | 6398 |
| 63 | Norbert Thimm | C | 6402 |
| 64 | Pete LaMantia | SG | 6429 |
| 65 | Odis Allison | SF | 6457 |
| 66 | Charlie Wallace | SF | 6515 |
| 67 | Loyd King | SG | 6642 |
| 68 | Gustav Hraska | SG | 6785 |
| 69 | Vic Bartolome | C | 6801 |
| 70 | Charlie Lowery | PG | 6939 |
| 71 | Jackie Ridgle | SG | 6995 |
| 72 | Jackie Dinkins | SF | 7104 |
| 73 | Walt Szczerbiak | SF | 7139 |
| 74 | Barry Nelson | C | 7220 |
| 75 | Sid Catlett | SF | 7419 |
| 76 | Bubba Gary | SG | 7496 |
| 77 | Ray Tomlinson | SF | 7534 |
| 78 | Gil McGregor | PF | 7563 |
| 79 | Adilson Nascimento | SG | 7797 |
| 80 | Jose Maria Margall | SF | 8084 |
| 81 | Mike Grosso | C | 8434 |
| 82 | Jiri Pospisil | SG | 8493 |
| 83 | Chip Johnson | SF | 8539 |
| 84 | Vincent White | SF | 8579 |
| 85 | Torbjorn Taxen | SG | 8617 |
| 86 | Tom Payne | C | 8658 |
| 87 | Clarence Glover | PF | 8758 |
| 88 | Barry Yates | PF | 8762 |
| 89 | Gene Phillips | SG | 9056 |
| 90 | Milun Marovic | PF | 9164 |
| 91 | Ramon Fernandez | SF | 9329 |
| 92 | Richard Fisher | PF | 9756 |
| 93 | Cyril Baptiste | C | 9925 |
| 94 | Elnardo Webster | SF | 10038 |
| 95 | Bobby Fields | SG | 10102 |
| 96 | Willie Allen | PF | 10866 |
| 97 | Ron Dorsey | SF | 10894 |
| 98 | Joe Hammond (1948) | SG | 10896 |
| 99 | Gene Mumford | SG | 11036 |
| 100 | Dana Pagett | PG | 11197 |
| 101 | Ben Johnson | SF | 11341 |
| 102 | Jerry Dover | PG | 11744 |
| 103 | Tony Vaz | SF | 11763 |
| 104 | John Richardson | SF | 11931 |
| 105 | John Novey | SG | 12014 |
| 106 | Tony Ebner | SF | 12292 |
| 107 | Jarrett Durham | SF | 12408 |
| 108 | Ron Sanford | PF | 12509 |
| 109 | David Payne | PG | 12573 |
| 110 | Rudy Peele | SG | 12726 |
| 111 | Steve Niles | C | 13453 |
| 112 | Garry Nelson | C | 13566 |
| 113 | Bob Conners | PF | 13672 |
| 114 | Cordell Wise | SG | 13835 |
| 115 | Tom Chapin | SF | 13887 |
| 116 | Bill Mainor | PG | 13935 |
| 117 | Allan Dalton | SG | 16234 |
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