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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1978
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 | Jack Sikma | C | 116 |
| 2 | Bernard King | SF | 121 |
| 3 | Marques Johnson | SF | 145 |
| 4 | Walter Davis | SG | 176 |
| 5 | Norm Nixon | PG | 210 |
| 6 | Otis Birdsong | SG | 272 |
| 7 | Ray Williams | PG | 373 |
| 8 | Eddie Johnson | PG | 378 |
| 9 | Rickey Green | PG | 468 |
| 10 | Cedric Maxwell | SF | 547 |
| 11 | Greg Ballard | PF | 569 |
| 12 | James Edwards | C | 582 |
| 13 | Robert Reid | SF | 626 |
| 14 | Tree Rollins | C | 770 |
| 15 | Brad Davis | PG | 856 |
| 16 | T.R. Dunn | SG | 884 |
| 17 | Kenny Carr | PF | 916 |
| 18 | Kent Benson | C | 1020 |
| 19 | Ben Poquette | PF | 1180 |
| 20 | Doron Jamchi | SG | 1259 |
| 21 | Ernie Grunfeld | SG | 1394 |
| 22 | Mike Bratz | PG | 1478 |
| 23 | Eddie Jordan | PG | 1602 |
| 24 | Alvin Scott | SF | 1747 |
| 25 | Charlie Criss | PG | 1805 |
| 26 | Mark Landsberger | PF | 1876 |
| 27 | Mike Glenn | SG | 1966 |
| 28 | Andres Jimenez | PF | 1969 |
| 29 | Toby Knight | SF | 1978 |
| 30 | Glen Gondrezick | SF | 2014 |
| 31 | Ratko Radovanovic | C | 2229 |
| 32 | Tom LaGarde | C | 2389 |
| 33 | Lorenzo Carraro | PG | 2913 |
| 34 | Anthony Roberts | SF | 2971 |
| 35 | Robert Smith | PG | 3033 |
| 36 | Dusan Hauptman | SG | 3179 |
| 37 | Joe Hassett | SG | 3228 |
| 38 | Jacky Dorsey | SF | 3893 |
| 39 | Hyun-Jin Kim | PG | 4030 |
| 40 | Bayard Forrest | C | 4535 |
| 41 | Wilson Washington | PF | 4790 |
| 42 | Chicho Sibilio | SF | 5308 |
| 43 | John Kuester | PG | 5323 |
| 44 | Bo Ellis | PF | 5491 |
| 45 | Yaguang Li | SG | 5822 |
| 46 | Alonzo Bradley | SF | 5840 |
| 47 | Tony Robertson | SG | 5923 |
| 48 | Steve Sheppard | SF | 5958 |
| 49 | Tate Armstrong | SG | 6019 |
| 50 | Michael Plowden | PF | 6088 |
| 51 | Andris Blicavs | SG | 6175 |
| 52 | Bob Carrington | SG | 6325 |
| 53 | Wesley Cox | SF | 6376 |
| 54 | Sam Smith (1955) | SG | 6655 |
| 55 | Glenn Mosley | PF | 6656 |
| 56 | Wei Ping Chang | SG | 6696 |
| 57 | Bum-Yung Choi | PF | 6798 |
| 58 | Ivan Mieses | PG | 6938 |
| 59 | Chubby Cox | SG | 7034 |
| 60 | Soo-Kyo Park | SG | 7163 |
| 61 | Ramon Cruz | SG | 7216 |
| 62 | Emir Mutapcic | SF | 7414 |
| 63 | Zoran Radovic | PG | 7530 |
| 64 | Greg Griffin | SF | 7588 |
| 65 | Valdemaras Chomicius | SG | 7711 |
| 66 | Lavon Byrd-Curtis | SF | 7764 |
| 67 | Tseng Wuchi | SG | 7779 |
| 68 | Angel Cruz | PG | 7836 |
| 69 | Lamine Diop | PF | 7894 |
| 70 | Phil Walker | SG | 7933 |
| 71 | Mark Crow | SF | 7947 |
| 72 | Angel Santiago | SF | 8003 |
| 73 | Ricky Marsh | SG | 8042 |
| 74 | Tieng Chu Mu | SG | 8065 |
| 75 | Scott Sims | PG | 8121 |
| 76 | Darko Mirt | SG | 8291 |
| 77 | Francisco Prats | PG | 8292 |
| 78 | Eddie Owens | SF | 8356 |
| 79 | Rich Laurel | SG | 8357 |
| 80 | Larry Johnson (1954) | SG | 8432 |
| 81 | Dong-Kwong Kim | SG | 8490 |
| 82 | Jose Quinones | PG | 8552 |
| 83 | Phil Bond | SG | 8553 |
| 84 | Bruce King | C | 8608 |
| 85 | Eugene Parker | SG | 8615 |
| 86 | Brad Hoffman | SG | 8667 |
| 87 | Carlton Green | PG | 8696 |
| 88 | Vinicio Munoz | PF | 8788 |
| 89 | Steve Watson | PG | 8849 |
| 90 | Tom Scheffler | C | 8918 |
| 91 | Song-Ung Park | SG | 8982 |
| 92 | Winston Royal | PG | 9103 |
| 93 | Bernardo Carpio | PF | 9279 |
| 94 | Joseph Lopez | SG | 9328 |
| 95 | Gilson De Jesus | SF | 9450 |
| 96 | Matjas Tovornik | PF | 9451 |
| 97 | Al Fleming | SF | 9566 |
| 98 | Ernest Wansley | C | 9574 |
| 99 | Anargiros Kambouris | PF | 9618 |
| 100 | Jong-Hoo Koo | PG | 9630 |
| 101 | Fernando Arcega | PF | 9661 |
| 102 | Pete McCracken | SF | 9695 |
| 103 | Bernard Vaughan | PG | 9741 |
| 104 | Evaristo Perez | PF | 9755 |
| 105 | Jerry Garvin | PF | 10003 |
| 106 | Roberto Premier | SG | 10045 |
| 107 | Bob Cooper | PF | 10066 |
| 108 | Larry Moffett | SF | 10158 |
| 109 | Ron Smith | PG | 10329 |
| 110 | Reggie Speights | PF | 10384 |
| 111 | Glen Williams | SG | 10593 |
| 112 | Wayne Smith | SG | 10646 |
| 113 | Ken Rood | SG | 11097 |
| 114 | Ricky Love | PF | 11098 |
| 115 | Dragisa Saric | SF | 11190 |
| 116 | Calvin Brown | SG | 11243 |
| 117 | Carl Winfree | PG | 11511 |
| 118 | Willie Washington | SG | 11512 |
| 119 | O'Neal Tarrant | PG | 11691 |
| 120 | Grover Woodward | C | 11798 |
| 121 | Dave Reavis | SF | 12047 |
| 122 | Russell Chapman | SF | 12404 |
| 123 | Dmitri Sukharev | PF | 12506 |
| 124 | Jack Hill | C | 12689 |
| 125 | Charles Gugliotta | SF | 12724 |
| 126 | Herman Harris | SF | 13104 |
| 127 | Pat McKinley | SF | 13216 |
| 128 | Arnold Dugger | SG | 13252 |
| 129 | Richard Cotten | PF | 13338 |
| 130 | Pat Flanigan | SG | 13386 |
| 131 | Bob Brooks | SF | 13450 |
| 132 | Jim Town | PF | 13451 |
| 133 | Bill Paterno | SF | 13666 |
| 134 | Bill Wurm | PF | 13667 |
| 135 | Allen Thompson | PG | 14046 |
| 136 | Johnny Taylor (1956) | SG | 14203 |
| 137 | Jay Cheesman | SF | 14279 |
| 138 | Jim Baron | PG | 14348 |
| 139 | Georgios Skropolithas | PG | 14468 |
| 140 | James Morris | SF | 14525 |
| 141 | Curvan Lewis | PF | 14628 |
| 142 | Jerome Gladney | PF | 14981 |
| 143 | Cecil Rellford | PF | 15043 |
| 144 | Calvin Bowser | PF | 15141 |
| 145 | Damien Pastres | SF | 15189 |
| 146 | Dick Voith | C | 15230 |
| 147 | Rocky Smith | SG | 15317 |
| 148 | Jim McCloud | SF | 15359 |
| 149 | Joe Finn | C | 15513 |
| 150 | Art Allen | SG | 15692 |
| 151 | Wayne Golden | SG | 15693 |
| 152 | Mike Spencer | SF | 15807 |
| 153 | Tony Williams | PG | 15852 |
| 154 | James Cornelious | SG | 15991 |
| 155 | Ron Bostick | C | 15992 |
| 156 | Larry Bates | SF | 16043 |
| 157 | Andy Oliveira | SG | 16149 |
| 158 | Bill Eyler | PG | 16192 |
| 159 | Pete Petropoulos | PF | 16284 |
| 160 | Al Clocker | PG | 16328 |
| 161 | Jay Barnhart | SF | 16374 |
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