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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1979
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 | Micheal Ray Richardson | SG | 127 |
| 2 | Reggie Theus | SG | 172 |
| 3 | Maurice Cheeks | PG | 242 |
| 4 | Mike Mitchell | SF | 318 |
| 5 | Michael Cooper | SG | 332 |
| 6 | Mychal Thompson | C | 356 |
| 7 | Purvis Short | SF | 407 |
| 8 | John Long | SG | 687 |
| 9 | Terry Tyler | SF | 767 |
| 10 | Dave Corzine | C | 781 |
| 11 | Phil Ford | PG | 880 |
| 12 | Wayne Cooper | C | 885 |
| 13 | Ron Brewer | SG | 1321 |
| 14 | George L. Johnson | PF | 1424 |
| 15 | Clemon Johnson | C | 1438 |
| 16 | Jerome Whitehead | C | 1545 |
| 17 | Billy McKinney | PG | 1564 |
| 18 | Walter Magnifico | PF | 1609 |
| 19 | Rickey Robey | C | 1655 |
| 20 | Richard Dacoury | SF | 1673 |
| 21 | Fernando Martin | C | 1918 |
| 22 | Freeman Williams | SG | 1983 |
| 23 | Roger Phegley | SG | 2403 |
| 24 | James Hardy | PF | 3461 |
| 25 | Jeff Judkins | SG | 3685 |
| 26 | Joel Kramer | PF | 3777 |
| 27 | Marty Byrnes | SF | 3907 |
| 28 | Kenny Higgs | PG | 4053 |
| 29 | Geoff Crompton | C | 4075 |
| 30 | Winford Boynes | SG | 4085 |
| 31 | Jack Givens | SF | 4626 |
| 32 | Butch Lee | PG | 4635 |
| 33 | Keith Herron | SG | 4789 |
| 34 | Raymond Townsend | SG | 5348 |
| 35 | Stan Pietkiewicz | SG | 5405 |
| 36 | Ian Davies | SF | 5421 |
| 37 | Harry Davis | SF | 5530 |
| 38 | Del Beshore | PG | 5558 |
| 39 | Steve Malovic | PF | 5758 |
| 40 | Bob Elliott | C | 5811 |
| 41 | Marlon Redmond | SG | 5878 |
| 42 | Chong-Hui Lee | SG | 5900 |
| 43 | Rick Wilson | SG | 5967 |
| 44 | Frankie Sanders | SF | 6009 |
| 45 | Sylvester Cuyler | SF | 6113 |
| 46 | Andre Wakefield | SG | 6507 |
| 47 | Jackie Robinson | SF | 6793 |
| 48 | Ron Carter | SG | 6827 |
| 49 | Tommie Green | PG | 6845 |
| 50 | Tony Simms | SG | 6984 |
| 51 | John Rudd | SF | 6990 |
| 52 | Wayne Radford | PG | 7044 |
| 53 | Kim Anderson | SF | 7946 |
| 54 | Otis Howard | PF | 8064 |
| 55 | Greg Bunch | SF | 8489 |
| 56 | Walter Jordan | SF | 8541 |
| 57 | Ray Epps | SF | 8551 |
| 58 | Tiit Sokk | PG | 8657 |
| 59 | John Olive | SF | 8704 |
| 60 | Essie Hollis | SF | 8959 |
| 61 | Bankaly Kaba | SF | 9037 |
| 62 | James Lee | SF | 9135 |
| 63 | Martin Riley | PG | 9162 |
| 64 | Christos Christodoulou | SF | 9202 |
| 65 | Georges Vestris | C | 9376 |
| 66 | Vlado Vladicvski | PG | 9382 |
| 67 | Jerry Radocha | SF | 9409 |
| 68 | Vladimirs Spolitis | PF | 9494 |
| 69 | Guy Arnold | SF | 9596 |
| 70 | Ivan Sunara | PF | 9694 |
| 71 | Erv Giddings | SF | 9843 |
| 72 | Hendrik Pieterse | C | 9946 |
| 73 | Jim Zoet | C | 10001 |
| 74 | Margus Metsak | PF | 10002 |
| 75 | Aleksandar Petrovic | PG | 10065 |
| 76 | Charles Thompson | PF | 10173 |
| 77 | Ron Anthony | SF | 10362 |
| 78 | Gianpiero Savio | SF | 10365 |
| 79 | Erez Hazan | SF | 10461 |
| 80 | Tom Blue | SF | 10656 |
| 81 | Lew Massey | SF | 10700 |
| 82 | Sean Powell | PG | 10716 |
| 83 | Mario Primorac | PF | 10824 |
| 84 | Aleksandr Karavajev | C | 11096 |
| 85 | Larry Williams (6'10") | PF | 11105 |
| 86 | Mike Pyatt | SF | 11196 |
| 87 | Dennis Boyd | PG | 11234 |
| 88 | Steven Spiegel | PF | 11669 |
| 89 | Rickey Lee | SF | 11902 |
| 90 | Randy Duffin | SG | 11986 |
| 91 | Jos Kuipers | C | 12088 |
| 92 | Joel Thompson | PF | 12102 |
| 93 | Charles Mitchell | C | 12167 |
| 94 | Lubomir Amiorkov | C | 12234 |
| 95 | Doron Shefa | SG | 12387 |
| 96 | Mike Schultz | C | 12403 |
| 97 | Tony Rufus | C | 12590 |
| 98 | Harold Driver | SF | 12703 |
| 99 | Billy Lewis | SF | 12884 |
| 100 | Bruce Campbell | PF | 12885 |
| 101 | Steve Rosenberry | PG | 12950 |
| 102 | Larry Harris | SF | 13038 |
| 103 | David Thompson (1956) | PF | 13306 |
| 104 | Bobby Humbles | PG | 13400 |
| 105 | Marvin Johnson | SG | 13401 |
| 106 | Dana Skinner | SF | 13449 |
| 107 | Stan Wright | SF | 13483 |
| 108 | Mike Russell | SF | 13617 |
| 109 | Eddie Joe Chavez | PG | 13665 |
| 110 | Mike Deane | PG | 13845 |
| 111 | Willie Smylie | C | 13861 |
| 112 | Mike Linden | PG | 13932 |
| 113 | Kim Fisher | SG | 13960 |
| 114 | Chinche Lafuente | PG | 13961 |
| 115 | Dave Winey | PF | 14150 |
| 116 | Robert O'Dell | SF | 14151 |
| 117 | Dave Baxter | PG | 14201 |
| 118 | Willie Moore | PG | 14202 |
| 119 | Eric Evans | C | 14225 |
| 120 | Bobby Livingston | SF | 14308 |
| 121 | Ike Cahoe | SG | 14524 |
| 122 | Alex Eldridge | PG | 14671 |
| 123 | Marvin Delph | SG | 14672 |
| 124 | Galen Baker | SG | 14832 |
| 125 | Mike Panaggio | PG | 14833 |
| 126 | Robert Neal | SF | 14872 |
| 127 | Frank Gugliotta | SF | 14927 |
| 128 | Wayne Walls | PF | 14980 |
| 129 | Sergei Grishaev | C | 15140 |
| 130 | Jesus Llano | SF | 15236 |
| 131 | Robert Rigsby | SG | 15275 |
| 132 | Clarence Ruffen | PF | 15316 |
| 133 | Bob Monroe | SG | 15459 |
| 134 | Lucious Foster | C | 15551 |
| 135 | Gerald Sims | SG | 15643 |
| 136 | Paul Stappenbeck | PF | 15644 |
| 137 | John Thirdkill | SG | 15691 |
| 138 | Jeff Briscoe | SG | 15760 |
| 139 | Clyde Soulee | PF | 15946 |
| 140 | Danny Fields | PF | 16042 |
| 141 | Gordon Turner | SG | 16098 |
| 142 | Jeff Cohen | PF | 16148 |
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