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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1984
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 | Clyde Drexler | SG | 55 |
| 2 | Ralph Sampson | C | 129 |
| 3 | Vlade Divac | C | 218 |
| 4 | Derek Harper | PG | 369 |
| 5 | Jeff Malone | SG | 389 |
| 6 | Dale Ellis | SG | 462 |
| 7 | Doc Rivers | PG | 470 |
| 8 | Rodney McCray | SF | 496 |
| 9 | Byron Scott | SG | 609 |
| 10 | Thurl Bailey | PF | 684 |
| 11 | Darrell Walker | SG | 753 |
| 12 | Sedale Threatt | PG | 889 |
| 13 | Roy Hinson | PF | 909 |
| 14 | Craig Ehlo | SG | 938 |
| 15 | Steve Stipanovich | C | 952 |
| 16 | Jure Zdovc | PG | 1175 |
| 17 | Aleksandar Djordjevic | PG | 1181 |
| 18 | Sidney Green | PF | 1283 |
| 19 | Mark West | C | 1290 |
| 20 | Randy Breuer | C | 1397 |
| 21 | Zarko Paspalj | SF | 1403 |
| 22 | John Paxson | PG | 1425 |
| 23 | Fred Roberts | PF | 1544 |
| 24 | Jon Sundvold | PG | 1722 |
| 25 | Randy Wittman | SG | 1740 |
| 26 | Mitchell Wiggins | SG | 1743 |
| 27 | Riccardo Pittis | SF | 1884 |
| 28 | Bob Hansen | SG | 1919 |
| 29 | Ennis Whatley | PG | 1968 |
| 30 | Darren Daye | SF | 1987 |
| 31 | Charles Jones | PF | 1989 |
| 32 | Greg Kite | C | 2285 |
| 33 | Vladimir Kuznecov | SG | 2727 |
| 34 | Fanis Christodoulou | PF | 2914 |
| 35 | Jim Thomas | SG | 3291 |
| 36 | Pace Mannion | SF | 3399 |
| 37 | William Varner | SF | 3483 |
| 38 | Kevin Williams | SG | 3534 |
| 39 | Davide Pessina | C | 3684 |
| 40 | Sidney Lowe | PG | 4136 |
| 41 | Mike Gibson | PF | 4297 |
| 42 | Howard Carter | SG | 4425 |
| 43 | Granville Waiters | C | 4560 |
| 44 | Gerald Kazanowski | C | 5097 |
| 45 | Paul Thompson | SG | 5175 |
| 46 | Andrejs Bondarenko | C | 5423 |
| 47 | Rod Foster | PG | 5467 |
| 48 | Dragan Ristanovic | SG | 5492 |
| 49 | Carlos Clark | SG | 5733 |
| 50 | Massimo Iacopini | SF | 5790 |
| 51 | Zdravko Radulovic | SG | 6146 |
| 52 | Stewart Granger | PG | 6232 |
| 53 | Ivo Nakic | SF | 6242 |
| 54 | Israel Andrade | C | 6248 |
| 55 | Frank Burnell | SG | 6269 |
| 56 | Rafael Vecina | C | 6289 |
| 57 | Ronny Bayer | PG | 6419 |
| 58 | Leo Rautins | SF | 6527 |
| 59 | Dan Gay | PF | 6552 |
| 60 | Scooter McCray | SF | 6597 |
| 61 | Greg Jones | PG | 6682 |
| 62 | Michael Wilson | PG | 6860 |
| 63 | Larry Micheaux | PF | 7006 |
| 64 | Carl Miller | PF | 7162 |
| 65 | Andrei Spiridonov | SF | 7331 |
| 66 | Lee Stringfellow | C | 7354 |
| 67 | Liu Jianli | SF | 7413 |
| 68 | Wang Libin | C | 7527 |
| 69 | Maurizio Ragazzi | SG | 7701 |
| 70 | Ricardo Cooper | C | 7777 |
| 71 | John Hatch | SF | 7853 |
| 72 | Wayne Carroll | SF | 7875 |
| 73 | Jordanco Davitkov | SG | 8062 |
| 74 | Miroslaw Kabala | PG | 8168 |
| 75 | Alain Attalah | SG | 8429 |
| 76 | Gerson Victalino | PF | 8453 |
| 77 | Winfred King | C | 8487 |
| 78 | Luis Pierri | C | 8731 |
| 79 | Walter Pagani | SG | 8732 |
| 80 | Greg Hines | PF | 8767 |
| 81 | Orlando Phillips | PF | 8781 |
| 82 | Ofer Fleisher | C | 8939 |
| 83 | Javier Garcia | SF | 8942 |
| 84 | Vassilis Lipiridis | PF | 8954 |
| 85 | Billy Goodwin | SG | 9012 |
| 86 | Wallace Bryant | C | 9032 |
| 87 | Shimon Amsalem | PF | 9214 |
| 88 | Alessandro Boni | PF | 9313 |
| 89 | Roberto Dalla Vecchia | PF | 9423 |
| 90 | Tom Piotrowski | C | 9693 |
| 91 | Christos Tsekos | C | 9862 |
| 92 | Mark Smith | SF | 9872 |
| 93 | Brant Weidner | PF | 9945 |
| 94 | Dane Suttle | SG | 9988 |
| 95 | John Pinone | SF | 9992 |
| 96 | Ken Austin | SF | 10000 |
| 97 | Ron Crevier | C | 10043 |
| 98 | Doug Arnold | PF | 10060 |
| 99 | Mariusz Sobacki | PF | 10061 |
| 100 | Stojan Ivkovic | C | 10062 |
| 101 | Mark Petteway | SF | 10119 |
| 102 | Norris Bell | SF | 10120 |
| 103 | Mark Fillmore | SF | 10169 |
| 104 | Darrell Lockhart | C | 10220 |
| 105 | Sam Mosley | SF | 10372 |
| 106 | Pedro Rodriguez | C | 10402 |
| 107 | Bob Miller | PF | 10411 |
| 108 | Mark A. Jones | PG | 10427 |
| 109 | Bruce Kuczenski | PF | 10508 |
| 110 | John Garris | PF | 10512 |
| 111 | Georgios Makaras | SF | 10626 |
| 112 | Terry Fair | PF | 10637 |
| 113 | Darrell Browder | PG | 10756 |
| 114 | Dan Ruland | C | 10797 |
| 115 | Larry Anderson | SG | 10810 |
| 116 | Jay Shakir | SG | 10822 |
| 117 | Ami Nawi | PG | 10904 |
| 118 | Craig Robinson | PF | 11226 |
| 119 | Michael Knorr | SG | 11241 |
| 120 | Leon Wilson | SG | 11369 |
| 121 | Leroy Combs | SF | 11387 |
| 122 | Levent Topsakal | PG | 11490 |
| 123 | Russell Cross | C | 11493 |
| 124 | Donato Avenia | SF | 12126 |
| 125 | Les Craft | C | 12143 |
| 126 | John Wiley | C | 12360 |
| 127 | Billy Allen | PG | 12523 |
| 128 | Matt Clark | PG | 12632 |
| 129 | Josko Vukicevic | PF | 12838 |
| 130 | Samir Zuza | SG | 12921 |
| 131 | Silvano Bustos | C | 13205 |
| 132 | Kelvin Smith | SF | 13309 |
| 133 | Tom Bethea | SG | 13320 |
| 134 | Tim Dunham | SG | 13380 |
| 135 | Carl Mitchell (So MS) | C | 13398 |
| 136 | Chip Engelland | SG | 13437 |
| 137 | Mika Luukkanen | SG | 13446 |
| 138 | Anders Marcus | C | 13613 |
| 139 | Pete DeBisschop | C | 13782 |
| 140 | Willie Scott (1960) | PG | 13826 |
| 141 | Brent Carmichael | PG | 13949 |
| 142 | Ray Smith | SF | 13992 |
| 143 | Paul Williams | SF | 14043 |
| 144 | Walt Stone | PF | 14100 |
| 145 | Charles Nance | SF | 14158 |
| 146 | Josef Jelinek | SF | 14345 |
| 147 | Brian Christensen | C | 14496 |
| 148 | Angelos Papadimitriou | SG | 14720 |
| 149 | Nigel Lloyd | PG | 14721 |
| 150 | Terrell Schlundt | PF | 14787 |
| 151 | Giampaolo Zamberlan | SF | 14804 |
| 152 | Ken Lee | C | 15187 |
| 153 | Peter Polster | C | 15188 |
| 154 | John Copeland | C | 15272 |
| 155 | Mike Davis (1960) | SG | 15338 |
| 156 | Valeri Konotopov | PG | 15455 |
| 157 | Valentin Voutev | SF | 15596 |
| 158 | Steve Harriel | SF | 15642 |
| 159 | Mike Rice | PF | 15690 |
| 160 | Ron Webb | PF | 15722 |
| 161 | Plamen Petrov | SG | 15805 |
| 162 | Dror Cohen | PF | 15828 |
| 163 | Ken Lyons | SF | 15897 |
| 164 | Eugenio Capone | PF | 15942 |
| 165 | Tom Heywood | C | 15989 |
| 166 | Bill Zolga | SF | 16189 |
| 167 | Jaroslaw Dubicki | SF | 16190 |
| 168 | Tony Washam | SG | 16191 |
| 169 | Tim Shelby | SG | 16231 |
| 170 | Mel McLaughlin | PG | 16371 |
| 171 | Alexandr Kouzin | PF | 16430 |
| 172 | Bryan Kellybrew | SG | 16505 |
| 173 | Stanley Lawrence | C | 16549 |
| 174 | Omer Buyukaycan | PF | 16557 |
| 175 | Derek Sailors | C | 16752 |
| 176 | Martin Laguerre | PG | 16836 |
| 177 | Donald Carroll | SF | 16874 |
| 178 | Gary Furniss | PF | 16909 |
| 179 | Earl Hayes | SF | 17151 |
| 180 | Maurice Adams | SG | 17331 |
| 181 | Clarence Tillman | SF | 17415 |
| 182 | Anthony Hicks | PG | 17460 |
| 183 | Cliff Pruitt | PF | 17523 |
| 184 | Paul Atkins | SF | 17876 |
| 185 | Paul Phifer | PF | 17906 |
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