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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1983
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 | Dominique Wilkins | SF | 54 |
| 2 | Terry Cummings | PF | 141 |
| 3 | Fat Lever | PG | 151 |
| 4 | James Worthy | PF | 198 |
| 5 | Sleepy Floyd | PG | 334 |
| 6 | Mark Eaton | C | 339 |
| 7 | Paul Pressey | SG | 405 |
| 8 | Ricky Pierce | SG | 583 |
| 9 | LaSalle Thompson | C | 787 |
| 10 | John Bagley | PG | 809 |
| 11 | Quintin Dailey | SG | 1102 |
| 12 | Cliff Levingston | PF | 1168 |
| 13 | Rod Higgins | SF | 1173 |
| 14 | Terry Teagle | SF | 1177 |
| 15 | Lester Conner | PG | 1240 |
| 16 | Craig Hodges | PG | 1341 |
| 17 | Trent Tucker | SG | 1363 |
| 18 | Clark Kellogg | PF | 1414 |
| 19 | Sergei Bazarevich | PG | 1622 |
| 20 | Derek Smith | SG | 1653 |
| 21 | Mike Sanders | SF | 1821 |
| 22 | Angelo Victoriano | C | 1861 |
| 23 | Marc Iavaroni | PF | 2023 |
| 24 | Rafael Jofresa | PG | 2534 |
| 25 | Theofanis Christodoulou | SF | 2549 |
| 26 | Michael Koch | PG | 2616 |
| 27 | Rob Williams | PG | 2626 |
| 28 | Scott Hastings | PF | 2661 |
| 29 | Jose Antonio Montero | PG | 2720 |
| 30 | Ed Nealy | PF | 2880 |
| 31 | Richard Anderson | PF | 3016 |
| 32 | Bill Garnett | C | 3167 |
| 33 | Rory White | PF | 3221 |
| 34 | David Thirdkill | SF | 3436 |
| 35 | Mark McNamara | C | 3488 |
| 36 | Brook Steppe | SG | 3498 |
| 37 | Walker Russell | PG | 3701 |
| 38 | Bryan Warrick | PG | 3763 |
| 39 | Yoo-Taek Kim | PF | 3876 |
| 40 | Corny Thompson | PF | 3941 |
| 41 | Luiz Felipe | SF | 3958 |
| 42 | Russ Schoene | PF | 3973 |
| 43 | Juan Antonio Orenga | C | 4002 |
| 44 | Chuck Nevitt | C | 4099 |
| 45 | Chris Engler | C | 4243 |
| 46 | J.J. Anderson | SF | 4319 |
| 47 | Charles Pittman | PF | 4345 |
| 48 | Brad Leaf | SG | 4388 |
| 49 | Zhang Yongjun | SG | 4438 |
| 50 | Jose Biriukov | SF | 4498 |
| 51 | Audie Norris | C | 4519 |
| 52 | Moti Daniel | SF | 4632 |
| 53 | Jerry Eaves | PG | 5113 |
| 54 | Ray Borner | C | 5158 |
| 55 | Slavko Kotnik | C | 5184 |
| 56 | Wang Fei | SG | 5318 |
| 57 | Phil Smyth | PG | 5485 |
| 58 | Willie Redden | C | 5571 |
| 59 | Boot Bond | SG | 5636 |
| 60 | Aivar Kuusmaa | SG | 5706 |
| 61 | Linton Townes | SF | 5825 |
| 62 | Goran Sobin | C | 5862 |
| 63 | Joe Kopicki | PF | 5864 |
| 64 | Franjo Arapovic | C | 6010 |
| 65 | Piero Montecchi | SG | 6106 |
| 66 | Brad Branson | C | 6187 |
| 67 | Evgeni Murzin | SG | 6604 |
| 68 | Salvador Diez | SG | 6857 |
| 69 | Keith Edmonson | SG | 6968 |
| 70 | Steve Rocha | PF | 7134 |
| 71 | Jose Slaughter | SG | 7138 |
| 72 | Valery Demory | PG | 7338 |
| 73 | Bruce Flowers | PF | 7528 |
| 74 | Dave Batton | C | 7793 |
| 75 | Hesham Khalil | PF | 7891 |
| 76 | John Ebeling | C | 8120 |
| 77 | Massimo Minto | SF | 8166 |
| 78 | Rickey Williams | SG | 8232 |
| 79 | Andrus Nagel | SG | 8239 |
| 80 | Eddie Phillips | SF | 8290 |
| 81 | Ralph McPherson | PF | 8316 |
| 82 | Taner Korucu | SG | 8576 |
| 83 | Dwight Anderson | PG | 8605 |
| 84 | Hutch Jones | SF | 8708 |
| 85 | Lauro Bon | SF | 8785 |
| 86 | Oliver Robinson | SG | 8916 |
| 87 | Mike Davis | PF | 9000 |
| 88 | Jeff Taylor | SG | 9356 |
| 89 | Drazenko Blazevic | C | 9357 |
| 90 | Ferenc Zsebe | SF | 9424 |
| 91 | Darko Pahlic | PG | 9508 |
| 92 | Franck Butter | C | 9531 |
| 93 | Ivars Zankovskis | SF | 9573 |
| 94 | Tony Martin | C | 9739 |
| 95 | Lemone Lampley | C | 9811 |
| 96 | Enrique Villalobos | SF | 9851 |
| 97 | John Greig | SF | 9873 |
| 98 | Steve Burks | SG | 10121 |
| 99 | Darren Tillis | C | 10210 |
| 100 | Husnu Cakirgil | SF | 10221 |
| 101 | Horace Wyatt | PF | 10279 |
| 102 | Eli Pasquale | PG | 10383 |
| 103 | Albert Irving | SF | 10465 |
| 104 | Kevin Smith | PG | 10497 |
| 105 | Kenny Stancell | PF | 10515 |
| 106 | Jim Johnstone | C | 10571 |
| 107 | Ingo Wolf | C | 10591 |
| 108 | Dave Magley | SF | 10684 |
| 109 | Chris Giles | SF | 10823 |
| 110 | Andre Gaddy | PF | 10864 |
| 111 | Arunas Visockas | SF | 10932 |
| 112 | Terry White | C | 10933 |
| 113 | Jaroslav Kovar | PF | 10982 |
| 114 | Mike Hackett | C | 11014 |
| 115 | James Terry | C | 11048 |
| 116 | Penny Elliott | PF | 11129 |
| 117 | Guy Morgan | SG | 11169 |
| 118 | Ivars Liepa | C | 11328 |
| 119 | Robert Gergov | C | 11349 |
| 120 | Steve Trumbo | PF | 11478 |
| 121 | Bernhard Runkel | SF | 11491 |
| 122 | Carlos Dicenta | PG | 11542 |
| 123 | Jo Jo Hunter | SG | 11758 |
| 124 | Vince Taylor | SG | 11775 |
| 125 | Dan Callandrillo | PG | 11863 |
| 126 | Carlos Montes | SG | 12117 |
| 127 | Keith Hilliard | PG | 12138 |
| 128 | Neno Asceric | SF | 12839 |
| 129 | Anthony Martin | PG | 12922 |
| 130 | Phil Seymore | SG | 13100 |
| 131 | Ken Luck | SG | 13183 |
| 132 | Gary Johnson (ORU) | PG | 13336 |
| 133 | Miguel Juane | SF | 13337 |
| 134 | Bob Davis (1960) | SF | 13530 |
| 135 | James Ratiff | PF | 13564 |
| 136 | Argiris Papapetrou | C | 13614 |
| 137 | Bobby Potts | SF | 13715 |
| 138 | Craig Tucker | PG | 13716 |
| 139 | Olivier Garry | SG | 13827 |
| 140 | Michael Burns | SF | 13883 |
| 141 | John Leonard | PG | 13993 |
| 142 | Riley Clarida | SF | 14044 |
| 143 | Ricky Frazier | SF | 14101 |
| 144 | Sigitas Birutis | C | 14199 |
| 145 | Jim Panaggio | SG | 14261 |
| 146 | Dino Gregory | PF | 14329 |
| 147 | Skip Dillard | SG | 14464 |
| 148 | Norm Anchrum | C | 14472 |
| 149 | Scott Parzych | SF | 14567 |
| 150 | Dean McFadden | SG | 14626 |
| 151 | Zack Jones | SG | 14806 |
| 152 | Jim Galla | PF | 15042 |
| 153 | Don Seals | SF | 15058 |
| 154 | Allen Rayhorn | C | 15086 |
| 155 | Alvin Jackson | PG | 15087 |
| 156 | Joe Calavita | C | 15088 |
| 157 | Micah Blunt | C | 15116 |
| 158 | Dave Richardson | C | 15138 |
| 159 | Alford Turner | SG | 15226 |
| 160 | Reggie Hannah | C | 15227 |
| 161 | Monty Knight | SG | 15412 |
| 162 | Alexander Gusev | SG | 15456 |
| 163 | Raphael Dirden | SG | 15548 |
| 164 | Calvin Oldham | PF | 15597 |
| 165 | Gordan Filipovics | C | 15723 |
| 166 | Jerry Beck | PF | 15850 |
| 167 | Phil Dailey | PF | 15943 |
| 168 | Leo Cunningham | C | 16145 |
| 169 | Darius Clemons | SG | 16232 |
| 170 | Mike Kanieski | C | 16372 |
| 171 | Paul Bryant | SG | 16431 |
| 172 | Claudio Capone | SG | 16506 |
| 173 | Dan Terwillinger | PF | 16588 |
| 174 | Dion Welton | PG | 16589 |
| 175 | John Spanbauer | PG | 16628 |
| 176 | Merle Scott | SG | 16670 |
| 177 | Donald Mason | PG | 16707 |
| 178 | Pete Conway | SG | 16875 |
| 179 | Stu Van Horn | SG | 16910 |
| 180 | Dwan Chandler | PG | 17089 |
| 181 | Erol Pehlivan | PG | 17191 |
| 182 | Hakon Austefjord | SF | 17397 |
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