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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1986
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 | Karl Malone | PF | 16 |
| 2 | Patrick Ewing | C | 41 |
| 3 | Chris Mullin | SF | 123 |
| 4 | Joe Dumars | SG | 195 |
| 5 | Detlef Schrempf | PF | 247 |
| 6 | Terry Porter | PG | 268 |
| 7 | Xavier McDaniel | SF | 349 |
| 8 | Michael Adams | PG | 351 |
| 9 | Charles Oakley | PF | 387 |
| 10 | Benoit Benjamin | C | 530 |
| 11 | Wayman Tisdale | PF | 551 |
| 12 | A.C. Green | PF | 597 |
| 13 | Gerald Wilkins | SG | 724 |
| 14 | Spud Webb | PG | 750 |
| 15 | Tyrone Corbin | SG | 859 |
| 16 | Sam Mitchell | SF | 1040 |
| 17 | Terry Catledge | PF | 1159 |
| 18 | Blair Rasmussen | C | 1236 |
| 19 | Ed Pinckney | PF | 1359 |
| 20 | Arijan Komazec | SG | 1450 |
| 21 | Manute Bol | C | 1684 |
| 22 | John Battle | PG | 1757 |
| 23 | Jon Koncak | C | 1759 |
| 24 | Joe Kleine | C | 1773 |
| 25 | Jerry Reynolds | SF | 1846 |
| 26 | Sam Vincent | PG | 1847 |
| 27 | Wendell Alexis | PF | 1870 |
| 28 | Augusto Binelli | C | 2114 |
| 29 | Bill Wennington | C | 2166 |
| 30 | Evgeny Kisurin | PF | 2286 |
| 31 | Jose Antunez | PG | 2450 |
| 32 | David Dias | PF | 2579 |
| 33 | Claudio Coldebella | PG | 2813 |
| 34 | Emad Mahmoud | C | 3709 |
| 35 | Steve Harris | SG | 3746 |
| 36 | Bob Thornton | PF | 3774 |
| 37 | Miguel Lutonda | C | 3875 |
| 38 | Juan Antonio Morales | C | 3974 |
| 39 | Mike Smrek | PF | 4071 |
| 40 | Uwe Blab | C | 4203 |
| 41 | Georgi Glouchkov | PF | 4259 |
| 42 | Dirk Minniefield | PG | 4350 |
| 43 | Flavio Carera | C | 4369 |
| 44 | Ivica Maric | PG | 4743 |
| 45 | Sedric Toney | PG | 4805 |
| 46 | Claude Gregory | PF | 4900 |
| 47 | Fred Cofield | PG | 5101 |
| 48 | Derrick Rowland | SG | 5134 |
| 49 | Orhun Ene | PG | 5195 |
| 50 | Bill Martin | SF | 5196 |
| 51 | Jerome Henderson | C | 5244 |
| 52 | Kostas Patavoukas | SG | 5286 |
| 53 | Perry Moss | PG | 5388 |
| 54 | Oliver Popovic | SF | 5419 |
| 55 | Ben McDonald | SF | 5521 |
| 56 | Daniel Herman | SG | 5726 |
| 57 | Darius Lukminas | SG | 5780 |
| 58 | Chris McNealy | PF | 6118 |
| 59 | Derrick Gervin | SF | 6155 |
| 60 | Roger Huggins | PF | 6179 |
| 61 | Michael Phelps | SG | 6243 |
| 62 | Carey Scurry | SF | 6783 |
| 63 | Anicet-Richard Lavodrama | PF | 6796 |
| 64 | Tan Kim Chin | SG | 6987 |
| 65 | Andrei Kornev | PF | 7016 |
| 66 | Andrei Maltsev | PF | 7087 |
| 67 | Okee Te Velde | SG | 7100 |
| 68 | Leonardo Perez | SG | 7161 |
| 69 | Brian Martin | SF | 7205 |
| 70 | Bojan Lapov | C | 7251 |
| 71 | Ronnie Smith | C | 7278 |
| 72 | Halil Apaydin | SG | 7325 |
| 73 | Nick Vanos | C | 7332 |
| 74 | Dan Escott | SG | 7412 |
| 75 | Lutz Wadehn | SF | 7480 |
| 76 | Pete Williams | PF | 7482 |
| 77 | Hans Heijdeman | SF | 7585 |
| 78 | Georgios Bosganas | SF | 7678 |
| 79 | Esteban Camisassa | SG | 7835 |
| 80 | Keith Lee | PF | 7871 |
| 81 | George Montgomery | PF | 7931 |
| 82 | Carl Henry | SG | 7974 |
| 83 | Spas Natov | PF | 7981 |
| 84 | Vince Hamilton | SG | 7992 |
| 85 | Cornelis Van Rootselaar | SG | 8119 |
| 86 | Larry Bird Cortis | SF | 8238 |
| 87 | Nir Matalon | SF | 8277 |
| 88 | Miguel Angel Reyes | PF | 8406 |
| 89 | James Deines | PF | 8428 |
| 90 | Granger Hall | PF | 8526 |
| 91 | Eric John | SG | 8585 |
| 92 | Dwayne McClain | SF | 8598 |
| 93 | George Almones | SG | 8649 |
| 94 | Stan Hill | C | 8729 |
| 95 | Howard Lassoff | PG | 8783 |
| 96 | Daniel Haquet | PF | 8998 |
| 97 | Tommy Davis | SG | 9072 |
| 98 | Alfredrick Hughes | SF | 9092 |
| 99 | Francisco Zapata | C | 9155 |
| 100 | Ray Hall | SG | 9184 |
| 101 | Rauno Pehka | PG | 9203 |
| 102 | Mike Brittain | C | 9244 |
| 103 | Michail Misunov | PF | 9246 |
| 104 | Primoz Bacar | PF | 9278 |
| 105 | Rolf Franke | SF | 9380 |
| 106 | Mike Schlegel | C | 9627 |
| 107 | Neboisa Razic | PF | 9871 |
| 108 | Riccardo Esposito | PF | 9930 |
| 109 | Mathias Sahlstrom | PF | 10160 |
| 110 | Alvaro Tito | SG | 10219 |
| 111 | Jeff Cross | PF | 10253 |
| 112 | Emill Hagens | SF | 10276 |
| 113 | Yvon Joseph | C | 10381 |
| 114 | Santigo Aldama | C | 10462 |
| 115 | Neil Stephens | PF | 10544 |
| 116 | Lorenzo Charles | SF | 10643 |
| 117 | Xavier Crespo | SF | 10714 |
| 118 | Kenny Green | SF | 10758 |
| 119 | John Rademakers | PG | 10863 |
| 120 | Voise Winters | SF | 10880 |
| 121 | Angelo Gilardi | C | 10946 |
| 122 | Tommy Collier | PF | 10976 |
| 123 | Wesley Correa | SG | 11035 |
| 124 | David Cooke | PF | 11191 |
| 125 | Alex Stivrins | SF | 11267 |
| 126 | Grzegorz Skiba | PG | 11302 |
| 127 | Stavros Elliniadis | PG | 11407 |
| 128 | Vladimir Vidacic | PF | 11508 |
| 129 | Dariusz Parzenski | C | 11656 |
| 130 | Giedrius Peciulionis | SG | 11668 |
| 131 | Harold Keeling | SG | 11795 |
| 132 | Ruchan Tamsoz | SG | 11927 |
| 133 | Rolando Lamb | PG | 11983 |
| 134 | Enrique Ruiz | PG | 12036 |
| 135 | Kai Nurnberger | PG | 12053 |
| 136 | Christakis Stylianides | PG | 12084 |
| 137 | Michael Tate | C | 12125 |
| 138 | Aleksandar Trifunovic | SG | 12204 |
| 139 | Mario Bennes | SF | 12327 |
| 140 | Willie Simmons | C | 12389 |
| 141 | Ken H. Johnson | PF | 12419 |
| 142 | Igor Gojanovic | SF | 12436 |
| 143 | Kenny Patterson | PG | 12528 |
| 144 | Luster Goodwin | SG | 12553 |
| 145 | Alpay Oztas | C | 12704 |
| 146 | Aubrey Sherrod | SG | 12751 |
| 147 | Jaroslaw Krysiewicz | SG | 12784 |
| 148 | Eric Laird | SG | 12855 |
| 149 | Ioannis Sarpis | PG | 13220 |
| 150 | Darius Dimavicius | PF | 13268 |
| 151 | Richard Adams | PF | 13269 |
| 152 | Stark Langs | C | 13270 |
| 153 | Tomica Zirojevic | C | 13271 |
| 154 | Greg Stokes | PF | 13311 |
| 155 | Regan Truesdale | SF | 13349 |
| 156 | Keith Gray | PG | 13425 |
| 157 | Fabrice Courcier | PG | 13444 |
| 158 | Tim Ruff | C | 13445 |
| 159 | Claudio Pol Bodetto | C | 13464 |
| 160 | Charles Balentine | SF | 13503 |
| 161 | Alton Lee Gipson | C | 13593 |
| 162 | Dragan Nikolic | C | 13612 |
| 163 | Javier Gonzalez | PF | 13803 |
| 164 | Carl Wright | SG | 13824 |
| 165 | Ivan Filippov | C | 13825 |
| 166 | Gary Maloncon | PF | 13990 |
| 167 | Calvin Duncan | SG | 14010 |
| 168 | Eduard Valtchev | PG | 14064 |
| 169 | Eugene McDowell | PF | 14084 |
| 170 | Tracy Mitchell | SG | 14085 |
| 171 | Chris Chougaz | SF | 14099 |
| 172 | Istvan Ersek | SF | 14110 |
| 173 | Victor Coleman | SG | 14523 |
| 174 | Vaidas Jurgilas | SF | 14625 |
| 175 | Eyal Hai | C | 14643 |
| 176 | Jure Stavrov | SG | 14719 |
| 177 | Vince Washington | SG | 14838 |
| 178 | Kenny Perry | C | 14870 |
| 179 | Abdur-Rahiim Al-Matiin | PF | 14978 |
| 180 | Angelos Siristatidis | PG | 15041 |
| 181 | Aaron Brandon | SF | 15111 |
| 182 | Ronald Cage | PG | 15136 |
| 183 | Tamas Bencze | SG | 15137 |
| 184 | Ken Roper | C | 15195 |
| 185 | Howard Levy | C | 15225 |
| 186 | Kostas Zervas | SG | 15315 |
| 187 | Brian Wilson | PF | 15371 |
| 188 | Lawrence Held | SF | 15411 |
| 189 | David Allen | SG | 15547 |
| 190 | Earl Walker | PF | 15565 |
| 191 | Aurimas Palsis | SG | 15595 |
| 192 | Chris Burke | C | 15609 |
| 193 | Shawn Campbell | C | 15688 |
| 194 | Tree Green | SF | 15758 |
| 195 | Mike Terpstra | PF | 15848 |
| 196 | Clayton Olivier | C | 15910 |
| 197 | Andrei Malcev | PF | 15940 |
| 198 | Duane Thornton | SF | 16041 |
| 199 | Cliff Webber | PF | 16096 |
| 200 | Chris Hughes | SG | 16144 |
| 201 | Joe Atkinson | SF | 16323 |
| 202 | Jay Burson | PG | 16332 |
| 203 | Alberto Pietrini | C | 16426 |
| 204 | James Harwell | PF | 16427 |
| 205 | Roger Duhaney | SF | 16428 |
| 206 | Daryl Lloyd | SF | 16504 |
| 207 | Dmitri Donskov | SG | 16586 |
| 208 | Warren Wallace | PG | 16587 |
| 209 | Recep Sen | PG | 16665 |
| 210 | Steve Ballard | C | 16666 |
| 211 | Zlatko Papic | SF | 16667 |
| 212 | John Bailey | PF | 16788 |
| 213 | Michael Kennedy | PF | 16811 |
| 214 | Kent Lockhart | SG | 16834 |
| 215 | Blake Wortham | C | 16871 |
| 216 | Raymond Doss | SF | 16872 |
| 217 | Richard Mudd | PF | 16923 |
| 218 | Eugene Cheadle | PG | 16943 |
| 219 | Mark Farmer | C | 16944 |
| 220 | Bryce McPhee | SG | 17007 |
| 221 | Alvin Frederick | SF | 17088 |
| 222 | Roy Smith | PF | 17099 |
| 223 | Albert Butts | C | 17120 |
| 224 | Chris Hardin | C | 17121 |
| 225 | Arvydas Tamkevicius | SF | 17149 |
| 226 | Charles Rayne | SF | 17257 |
| 227 | Freddie Bryant | C | 17330 |
| 228 | Craig Dixon | SF | 17367 |
| 229 | Joe Williams | SF | 17375 |
| 230 | Pat Magley | PF | 17584 |
| 231 | Rick Anderson | SF | 17647 |
| 232 | Ron Stokes | PG | 18474 |
| 233 | Tony Hargraves | SG | 19048 |
| 234 | Ed Catchings | SF | 19674 |
| 235 | Earl Warren | PG | 20453 |
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