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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1976
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 | David Thompson | SG | 119 |
| 2 | World B. Free | SG | 157 |
| 3 | Gus Williams | PG | 159 |
| 4 | Alvan Adams | C | 281 |
| 5 | Lionel Hollins | SG | 487 |
| 6 | Ricky Sobers | SG | 580 |
| 7 | Junior Bridgeman | SF | 703 |
| 8 | Rich Kelley | C | 739 |
| 9 | M.L. Carr | SF | 749 |
| 10 | Darryl Dawkins | C | 754 |
| 11 | Mark Olberding | SF | 783 |
| 12 | Bob Gross | SF | 967 |
| 13 | Kevin Grevey | SG | 993 |
| 14 | Bill Robinzine | PF | 1053 |
| 15 | Joe Meriweather | C | 1098 |
| 16 | Joe Bryant | PF | 1176 |
| 17 | John Shumate | PF | 1327 |
| 18 | Jim McElroy | PG | 1387 |
| 19 | Tom McMillen | PF | 1395 |
| 20 | Wilbur Holland | SG | 1510 |
| 21 | Paul Griffin | PF | 1604 |
| 22 | Don Ford | PF | 1689 |
| 23 | Dave Meyers | PF | 1749 |
| 24 | Tom Boswell | PF | 1750 |
| 25 | Bill Willoughby | PF | 1854 |
| 26 | Bruce Seals | PF | 1927 |
| 27 | Kim Hughes | C | 2007 |
| 28 | John Lambert | C | 2150 |
| 29 | Lou Silver | PF | 2917 |
| 30 | Mel Bennett | PF | 2978 |
| 31 | Vinko Jelovac | C | 2995 |
| 32 | Ticky Burden | SG | 3222 |
| 33 | Charles Jordan | SF | 3361 |
| 34 | Valdis Valters | PG | 3676 |
| 35 | Steve Green | SF | 3789 |
| 36 | Mieczyslaw Mlinarski | SF | 3972 |
| 37 | Eric Fernsten | C | 4073 |
| 38 | Cliff Pondexter | PF | 4148 |
| 39 | Rudy White | SG | 4290 |
| 40 | Monte Towe | PG | 4524 |
| 41 | John Laskowski | SG | 4605 |
| 42 | Bubbles Hawkins | SG | 4773 |
| 43 | Jim Bostic | PF | 4803 |
| 44 | Larry Fogle | SG | 4859 |
| 45 | Alexander Belostenny | C | 4892 |
| 46 | Glenn Hansen | SG | 5011 |
| 47 | Eddie Palubinskas | SG | 5123 |
| 48 | Harry Rogers | PF | 5250 |
| 49 | Henry Ward | SG | 5336 |
| 50 | C.J. Kupec | PF | 5353 |
| 51 | Bob Bigelow | SF | 5412 |
| 52 | Lindsay Hairston | SF | 5514 |
| 53 | Jerry Baskerville | SF | 5522 |
| 54 | Clyde Mayes | PF | 5536 |
| 55 | Jimmy Conner | SG | 5772 |
| 56 | Rudy Hackett | PF | 5832 |
| 57 | George Bucci | SG | 5855 |
| 58 | Phil Brown | SG | 5976 |
| 59 | Allen Murphy | SG | 6357 |
| 60 | Ken Smith | SF | 6371 |
| 61 | Bill Robinson | PG | 6495 |
| 62 | Rick Darnell | C | 6522 |
| 63 | Freeman Blade | PG | 6689 |
| 64 | Frank Oleynick | PG | 6693 |
| 65 | Tom Kropp | PG | 6830 |
| 66 | Henry Dickerson | PG | 6863 |
| 67 | Ken Mayfield | SG | 6885 |
| 68 | Jerome Anderson | SG | 6949 |
| 69 | Kevin Cluess | SG | 6956 |
| 70 | Al Carlson | C | 6991 |
| 71 | Kenneth Gardner | SF | 6992 |
| 72 | Gene Short | SF | 7101 |
| 73 | Jimmie Baker | PF | 7217 |
| 74 | Dwaine Dillard | PF | 7355 |
| 75 | Walter Luckett | SG | 7381 |
| 76 | Terry Thomas | PF | 7416 |
| 77 | Nathaniel Barnett | PG | 7583 |
| 78 | Skip Wise | PG | 7589 |
| 79 | Dennis Van Zant | PF | 8067 |
| 80 | Nobuo Chigusa | SF | 8242 |
| 81 | Leif Yttergren | SF | 8358 |
| 82 | Tim Hall | PF | 8433 |
| 83 | Ken McKenzie | C | 8554 |
| 84 | Mo Rivers | PG | 8699 |
| 85 | Fernando Romay | C | 9016 |
| 86 | Ed Searcy | SF | 9077 |
| 87 | Ron Haigler | PF | 9983 |
| 88 | Vittorio Gallinari | PF | 10280 |
| 89 | Mel Utley | SG | 10469 |
| 90 | Bob Hayes | C | 10718 |
| 91 | Frank DiLeo | SG | 10744 |
| 92 | Charley Johnson | PF | 11018 |
| 93 | Jeff Rush | SF | 11063 |
| 94 | Sergio Donadoni | SF | 11244 |
| 95 | Kevin Washington | PG | 11312 |
| 96 | Tony Barnett | SF | 11454 |
| 97 | Jim Lee | PG | 11559 |
| 98 | Biff Burrell | PG | 11611 |
| 99 | Oscar Jackson | SG | 11671 |
| 100 | Darryl Brown | C | 11868 |
| 101 | Vernon Green | C | 11930 |
| 102 | Pete Davis | PG | 11943 |
| 103 | Lew Hill | SF | 12127 |
| 104 | Rick Santos | SG | 12290 |
| 105 | Rich Henninger | C | 12459 |
| 106 | Borislav Vucevic | SF | 12507 |
| 107 | Iouri Cirkovs | PF | 12508 |
| 108 | Ron Johnson (1949) | C | 12598 |
| 109 | Cyrus Mann | C | 12634 |
| 110 | Clint Chapman (1953) | C | 12675 |
| 111 | Dave Russell (1954) | PF | 12690 |
| 112 | Joe Pride | C | 12923 |
| 113 | John Ramsay | SF | 12939 |
| 114 | Greg Bell | SF | 13008 |
| 115 | Jean-Aime Toupane | SG | 13039 |
| 116 | Bernie Portnoy | SF | 13272 |
| 117 | Eric Gray | SF | 13273 |
| 118 | Hal Lee | PG | 13669 |
| 119 | Pete LaCorte | SF | 13704 |
| 120 | Pietro Generali | PF | 13719 |
| 121 | Howie Harrison | PG | 13784 |
| 122 | Tim Hirten | SG | 13785 |
| 123 | Len Poole | SF | 13832 |
| 124 | John Smothers | SF | 13995 |
| 125 | Rodney Bass | SF | 14102 |
| 126 | Val Willis | PF | 14152 |
| 127 | Dan Gallagher | SG | 14205 |
| 128 | Sam Mumaw | SG | 14310 |
| 129 | Tom Roy | C | 14568 |
| 130 | Shawn Leftwich | PF | 14873 |
| 131 | Brian Hammel | PG | 15460 |
| 132 | Roger Davis | C | 15902 |
| 133 | Bill Endicott | SG | 16099 |
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