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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1977
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 | Alex English | SF | 40 |
| 2 | Adrian Dantley | SF | 66 |
| 3 | Robert Parish | C | 168 |
| 4 | Larry Kenon | PF | 190 |
| 5 | Dennis Johnson | PG | 207 |
| 6 | Dan Roundfield | PF | 216 |
| 7 | Maurice Lucas | PF | 239 |
| 8 | Swen Nater | C | 377 |
| 9 | Caldwell Jones | C | 425 |
| 10 | John Lucas | PG | 441 |
| 11 | Mack Calvin | PG | 454 |
| 12 | Lonnie Shelton | PF | 544 |
| 13 | Johnny Davis | PG | 673 |
| 14 | Quinn Buckner | PG | 675 |
| 15 | Juan Antonio San Epifanio | SF | 708 |
| 16 | Miki Berkovich | SG | 837 |
| 17 | Panagiotis Giannakis | PG | 843 |
| 18 | Bob Wilkerson | SG | 895 |
| 19 | Mirza Delibasic | SG | 1011 |
| 20 | Marvin Webster | C | 1294 |
| 21 | Sonny Parker | SF | 1389 |
| 22 | Mitch Kupchak | PF | 1409 |
| 23 | Leon Douglas | C | 1463 |
| 24 | Armond Hill | PG | 1465 |
| 25 | Ron Lee | PG | 1541 |
| 26 | Wally Walker | SF | 1600 |
| 27 | Mike Dunleavy Sr. | PG | 1656 |
| 28 | Richard Washington | PF | 1706 |
| 29 | Scott May | SF | 1783 |
| 30 | Larry Wright | PG | 2038 |
| 31 | Lloyd Walton | PG | 2475 |
| 32 | Earl Tatum | SG | 2517 |
| 33 | Scott Lloyd | C | 2526 |
| 34 | Terry Furlow | SG | 2810 |
| 35 | Tom Abernethy | PF | 2899 |
| 36 | Philip Szanyiel | PF | 2916 |
| 37 | Mike Flynn | SG | 3009 |
| 38 | Willie Smith | PG | 3538 |
| 39 | Ron Davis | SG | 3627 |
| 40 | Ira Terrell | PF | 4592 |
| 41 | Herve Dubuisson | SF | 4656 |
| 42 | Andre McCarter | PG | 4699 |
| 43 | Andro Knego | C | 5111 |
| 44 | Hector Campana | SG | 5365 |
| 45 | Robin Jones | PF | 5502 |
| 46 | Tom Barker | C | 6209 |
| 47 | Mohamed Sayed Soliman | PG | 6647 |
| 48 | Lars Hansen | C | 6733 |
| 49 | Phil Hicks | SF | 6973 |
| 50 | Joe Pace | C | 7116 |
| 51 | Norm Cook | SF | 7373 |
| 52 | Butch Feher | SG | 7415 |
| 53 | Andy Walker | SF | 7647 |
| 54 | Mo Howard | SG | 7837 |
| 55 | Ario Costa | C | 7989 |
| 56 | Predrag Benacek | PF | 8004 |
| 57 | Dariusz Zelig | SF | 8066 |
| 58 | Marshall Rogers | PG | 8241 |
| 59 | Wayman Britt | SG | 8491 |
| 60 | Nilo Guimaraes | PG | 9038 |
| 61 | Nikos Stavropoulos | SG | 9097 |
| 62 | Earl King | PG | 9298 |
| 63 | Jerry Fort | SG | 9552 |
| 64 | Veljko Petranovic | PF | 9660 |
| 65 | Cornelius Cash | PF | 9667 |
| 66 | George Berry | SF | 10082 |
| 67 | Phil Sellers | SG | 10108 |
| 68 | Jeff Tyson | SG | 10264 |
| 69 | Jose Luis Llorente | PG | 10358 |
| 70 | Domenico Zampolini | SF | 10514 |
| 71 | Chuckie Williams | SG | 10707 |
| 72 | Roy Jones | SF | 10717 |
| 73 | Norton Barnhill | SG | 10854 |
| 74 | Charlie Wise | PG | 10984 |
| 75 | Rick Bullock | PF | 10985 |
| 76 | Mike Davis (1954) | PF | 11017 |
| 77 | Hugo Cabrera | PF | 11047 |
| 78 | Craig Prosser | SF | 11142 |
| 79 | L.C. Mason | C | 11216 |
| 80 | Giovanni Grattoni | SF | 11410 |
| 81 | John Thomas (1955) | PF | 11466 |
| 82 | Lew McKinney | SG | 11610 |
| 83 | Zeljko Poljak | PF | 11670 |
| 84 | Jerry Latimore | PG | 11759 |
| 85 | Jerzy Binkowski | PF | 11866 |
| 86 | Ron Bouldin | SF | 11867 |
| 87 | Mike Buescher | C | 11882 |
| 88 | Monroe McTaw | SF | 11883 |
| 89 | Keith Starr | SG | 12150 |
| 90 | Ernie Douse | SG | 12205 |
| 91 | Marion Hilliard | PF | 12305 |
| 92 | Don Chafin | PG | 12405 |
| 93 | Elisha McSweeney | SF | 12499 |
| 94 | Carlo DeTommaso | SF | 12571 |
| 95 | Mel Werts | C | 12652 |
| 96 | Mike Meadows | PG | 12662 |
| 97 | Daryl Peterson | PF | 12725 |
| 98 | Leroy Shaw | PF | 12793 |
| 99 | Chris Sease | SF | 13105 |
| 100 | Archie Talley | PG | 13159 |
| 101 | Fred McRae | SF | 13339 |
| 102 | Bernard Tomlin | PG | 13452 |
| 103 | Gary Brewster | PF | 13618 |
| 104 | Bob Rozyczko | SF | 13668 |
| 105 | Jimmy Connors (1955) | C | 13718 |
| 106 | Bill Lynn | PF | 13830 |
| 107 | Merlin Wilson | C | 13831 |
| 108 | Doug Bloxom | SG | 14204 |
| 109 | Art Baker | PF | 14264 |
| 110 | John Bowie | PG | 14309 |
| 111 | Bob Rhodes | PG | 14349 |
| 112 | Liveris Andritsos | PF | 14350 |
| 113 | Tom Motley | SF | 14840 |
| 114 | Curt Gilstrap | PF | 15044 |
| 115 | Connie White | SG | 15360 |
| 116 | Mike Dabney | SG | 15901 |
| 117 | Robert Paige | C | 16911 |
| 118 | William Hodge | PF | 19599 |
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