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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1985
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 | Michael Jordan | SG | 2 |
| 2 | Hakeem Olajuwon | C | 14 |
| 3 | Charles Barkley | PF | 28 |
| 4 | John Stockton | PG | 75 |
| 5 | Alvin Robertson | SG | 215 |
| 6 | Kevin Willis | PF | 300 |
| 7 | Otis Thorpe | PF | 313 |
| 8 | Jerome Kersey | SF | 528 |
| 9 | Sam Perkins | PF | 543 |
| 10 | Vern Fleming | PG | 564 |
| 11 | Jay Humphries | PG | 628 |
| 12 | Frank Brickowski | PF | 801 |
| 13 | Michael Cage | PF | 822 |
| 14 | Sam Bowie | C | 934 |
| 15 | Antoine Carr | PF | 1027 |
| 16 | Tony Campbell | SF | 1112 |
| 17 | Ron Anderson | SF | 1194 |
| 18 | Tim McCormick | C | 1652 |
| 19 | Steve Colter | PG | 1660 |
| 20 | Jim Petersen | PF | 1717 |
| 21 | Henning Harnisch | SF | 1856 |
| 22 | Jeff Turner | PF | 1961 |
| 23 | Danny Young | PG | 2047 |
| 24 | Mel Turpin | C | 2234 |
| 25 | Mike Holton | PG | 2381 |
| 26 | Hakki Erdenay | SG | 2594 |
| 27 | Michael Young | SF | 2691 |
| 28 | Tony Brown | SF | 2750 |
| 29 | Leon Wood | SG | 2879 |
| 30 | Ken Bannister | PF | 3143 |
| 31 | Valeri Tikhonenko | PF | 3238 |
| 32 | Stuart Gray | C | 3323 |
| 33 | Heo Jae | SF | 3463 |
| 34 | Wu Qinglong | SG | 3710 |
| 35 | Eddie Lee Wilkins | PF | 3840 |
| 36 | Velimir Perasovic | SG | 3860 |
| 37 | Bernard Thompson | SF | 4012 |
| 38 | Steve Burtt | PG | 4059 |
| 39 | Charles A. Jones | C | 4619 |
| 40 | Guy Goodes | PG | 4946 |
| 41 | Riccardo Morandotti | C | 4984 |
| 42 | Rick Carlisle | SG | 5131 |
| 43 | Terence Stansbury | SG | 5135 |
| 44 | Kenny Fields | SF | 5281 |
| 45 | Zarko Durisic | C | 5415 |
| 46 | Manuel Sousa | SG | 5439 |
| 47 | Lancaster Gordon | SG | 5622 |
| 48 | Alberto Vianini | C | 5652 |
| 49 | Peter Thibeaux | SF | 5653 |
| 50 | Ozell Jones | C | 5654 |
| 51 | Jadran Popovic | C | 5717 |
| 52 | Dirk Snyders | SG | 5718 |
| 53 | Chuck Aleksinas | C | 5854 |
| 54 | John Schweitz | SG | 6115 |
| 55 | Jay Murphy | SF | 6252 |
| 56 | Mikel Smith-Gibbs | SG | 6413 |
| 57 | Greg Wiltjer | C | 6517 |
| 58 | Gary Plummer | PF | 6599 |
| 59 | Othell Wilson | PG | 6725 |
| 60 | Mark Simpson | PF | 7288 |
| 61 | Lewis Jackson (1962) | SG | 7314 |
| 62 | Roman Olszewski | PF | 7505 |
| 63 | Hakan Yorukoglu | SG | 7586 |
| 64 | Stephan Baeck | SF | 7637 |
| 65 | Willie White | SG | 7682 |
| 66 | Ron Spivey | SF | 7825 |
| 67 | David Pope | SF | 7828 |
| 68 | Karl Tilleman | SG | 8001 |
| 69 | Victor Fleming | SF | 8264 |
| 70 | Guy Williams | PF | 8407 |
| 71 | Sandro Brusamarello | PG | 8486 |
| 72 | Rick Lamb | PF | 8654 |
| 73 | Oleg Meleshchenko | SG | 8726 |
| 74 | Charlie Sitton | SF | 8730 |
| 75 | Wayne Sappleton | PF | 8784 |
| 76 | Dale Wilkinson | PF | 8822 |
| 77 | Slavisa Koprivica | PF | 8880 |
| 78 | Jewell Crawford | SF | 9022 |
| 79 | Tom Sluby | SG | 9101 |
| 80 | Igor Pinchuk | C | 9158 |
| 81 | Devin Durrant | SF | 9321 |
| 82 | Gunther Behnke | C | 9359 |
| 83 | Amos Frishman | PG | 9448 |
| 84 | Kenton Edelin | SF | 9449 |
| 85 | Dimitris Papadopoulos | SF | 9607 |
| 86 | Oleg Ruban | PF | 9609 |
| 87 | Tony Costner | C | 9615 |
| 88 | Earl Jones | C | 9783 |
| 89 | Jean Evert | SF | 9810 |
| 90 | Vasil Sevo | SG | 9944 |
| 91 | Lance Berwald | C | 9976 |
| 92 | Evangelos Angelou | PG | 9984 |
| 93 | Butch Graves | SG | 9999 |
| 94 | Enrique Fernandez | SG | 10025 |
| 95 | Andrea Blasi | PG | 10040 |
| 96 | Gert Kullamae | SG | 10106 |
| 97 | Henadiy Perehud | SG | 10118 |
| 98 | Eric Turner | PG | 10163 |
| 99 | Earl Harrison | SF | 10277 |
| 100 | Vincent Naulleau | PG | 10278 |
| 101 | Richard Doyle | C | 10382 |
| 102 | Andrea Gianolla | SG | 10560 |
| 103 | Ralph Jackson | PG | 10636 |
| 104 | Laverne Evans | SF | 10654 |
| 105 | Pekka Markkanen | C | 10655 |
| 106 | Cedric Miller | C | 10690 |
| 107 | Franco Facchinetti | SG | 10699 |
| 108 | Chen Lipin | PG | 10942 |
| 109 | Ronnie Williams | PF | 11217 |
| 110 | Cecil Rucker | C | 11303 |
| 111 | Lamar Harris | SG | 11333 |
| 112 | Nihat Mala | SF | 11390 |
| 113 | Butch Hays | PG | 11408 |
| 114 | Samir Aydin | C | 11409 |
| 115 | Chris Harrison | PF | 11426 |
| 116 | Aivar Toomiste | SG | 11465 |
| 117 | Brett Applegate | PF | 11545 |
| 118 | Jerzy Kolodziejcak | PF | 11608 |
| 119 | Bill Nelson | C | 11684 |
| 120 | Janis Laksa | C | 11701 |
| 121 | Kevin Springman | PF | 11807 |
| 122 | Cory Blackwell | SF | 11848 |
| 123 | Kirk Richards | C | 11862 |
| 124 | Paul Brozovich | C | 11875 |
| 125 | Drazen Anzulovic | PG | 11928 |
| 126 | Bobby Parks | SG | 12067 |
| 127 | Jim Grandholm | PF | 12104 |
| 128 | Erikas Bublys | C | 12165 |
| 129 | Yalcin Kucukozkan | SF | 12166 |
| 130 | Roman Carbajo | PF | 12289 |
| 131 | Andrea Siviero | SG | 12349 |
| 132 | Graylin Warner | SF | 12437 |
| 133 | Nikos Kasouridis | SG | 12585 |
| 134 | Dan Federman | C | 12630 |
| 135 | Daryl Braeden | PF | 12631 |
| 136 | Wiley Brown | PF | 12668 |
| 137 | Darrell Gadsden | PF | 12671 |
| 138 | Alvin Dukes | PG | 12701 |
| 139 | Gustavo Tolotti | C | 12738 |
| 140 | Igor Lukacic | C | 12883 |
| 141 | Marc Glass | SG | 12893 |
| 142 | Bobby Joe Douglas | PG | 12900 |
| 143 | Fred Lee | PG | 12920 |
| 144 | Tom Sewell | SG | 13178 |
| 145 | Curtis Green | PG | 13227 |
| 146 | Enrico Milesi | PF | 13882 |
| 147 | Luca Ansaloni | SG | 13902 |
| 148 | Wierd Goedee | SG | 13991 |
| 149 | Tim Garrett | PF | 14167 |
| 150 | Igor Vatazhok | SF | 14305 |
| 151 | Jozo Prskalo | C | 14408 |
| 152 | Derrick Polk | C | 14541 |
| 153 | Terrance Allen | PG | 14566 |
| 154 | Leroy Witherspoon | PG | 14580 |
| 155 | Herman Veal | SF | 14594 |
| 156 | Raul De Sousa | C | 14666 |
| 157 | Dion Brown | SF | 14785 |
| 158 | Inaki Rodriguez | PF | 14786 |
| 159 | Jeff Jenkins | PF | 14795 |
| 160 | Roosevelt Chapman | SF | 14830 |
| 161 | George Singleton | PF | 14979 |
| 162 | Atalay Gemen | PG | 15084 |
| 163 | Darrell Space | SF | 15085 |
| 164 | Song Tao | C | 15367 |
| 165 | Marcus Gaither | SG | 15463 |
| 166 | Robert Armstrong | C | 15510 |
| 167 | John Horrocks | C | 15641 |
| 168 | Bruce Vanley | C | 15689 |
| 169 | Joedy Gardner | SG | 15849 |
| 170 | Gary Gatewood | SG | 15896 |
| 171 | Mike Cunningham | SF | 15941 |
| 172 | Mark Dorris | SF | 15988 |
| 173 | James Wilson | PG | 16230 |
| 174 | Tim Dillon | PF | 16235 |
| 175 | Benny Anders | SF | 16324 |
| 176 | Dave Williams (1960) | C | 16325 |
| 177 | Rod Drake | SG | 16326 |
| 178 | Brett Crawford | SF | 16429 |
| 179 | Howard Holt | SF | 16474 |
| 180 | Francisco Martin | PF | 16548 |
| 181 | Eddie Geiger | C | 16668 |
| 182 | Fotis Katsikaris | PG | 16669 |
| 183 | Anthony Rogers | SG | 16835 |
| 184 | David Klapetek | PF | 16873 |
| 185 | Ricky Tunstall | C | 16908 |
| 186 | Theran Bullock | SF | 16945 |
| 187 | Paul Anderson | SF | 17008 |
| 188 | Michael Knight | SG | 17045 |
| 189 | Ed Donohoe | PF | 17122 |
| 190 | Nate Rollins | PF | 17150 |
| 191 | Tony Bolds | PF | 17221 |
| 192 | Albert Wojciak | PG | 17258 |
| 193 | Tony Wilson | PF | 17288 |
| 194 | Gary Springer | PF | 17368 |
| 195 | Phil Blevins | SF | 17396 |
| 196 | Cal Puriefoy | PG | 17427 |
| 197 | Mike Carter | SG | 17487 |
| 198 | Brian Burke | SF | 17522 |
| 199 | Keith Jackson | C | 17553 |
| 200 | Mark Van Valkenburg | SF | 17554 |
| 201 | Ernie Floyd | C | 17585 |
| 202 | Mike Whitmarsh | SF | 17586 |
| 203 | Tonin Llorente | PG | 17713 |
| 204 | Mark Halsel | SF | 19263 |
| 205 | Anthony Teachey | PF | 19404 |
| 206 | Ricky Hall | PG | 19936 |
| 207 | Daryl Odom | SG | 20631 |
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