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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1989
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 | Mitch Richmond | SG | 164 |
| 2 | Rod Strickland | PG | 219 |
| 3 | Danny Manning | PF | 324 |
| 4 | Dan Majerle | SG | 390 |
| 5 | Rony Seikaly | C | 413 |
| 6 | Hersey Hawkins | SG | 460 |
| 7 | Rik Smits | C | 466 |
| 8 | John Starks | SG | 610 |
| 9 | Avery Johnson | PG | 655 |
| 10 | Vernon Maxwell | SG | 707 |
| 11 | Grant Long | PF | 711 |
| 12 | Andrew Gaze | SG | 720 |
| 13 | Chris Morris | SF | 782 |
| 14 | Harvey Grant | SF | 858 |
| 15 | Charles Smith | PF | 877 |
| 16 | Micheal Williams | PG | 1008 |
| 17 | Brian Shaw | SG | 1010 |
| 18 | Willie Anderson | SG | 1083 |
| 19 | Vinny Del Negro | SG | 1164 |
| 20 | Rex Chapman | SG | 1189 |
| 21 | Gary Grant | PG | 1371 |
| 22 | Kevin Edwards | SG | 1373 |
| 23 | Zoran Savic | C | 1468 |
| 24 | Andrew Lang | C | 1499 |
| 25 | Will Perdue | C | 1685 |
| 26 | Petar Naumoski | PG | 1781 |
| 27 | Veljko Mrsic | SG | 1850 |
| 28 | Ledell Eackles | SG | 1910 |
| 29 | Juan Espil | SG | 1945 |
| 30 | David Rivers | PG | 1965 |
| 31 | Tim Perry | PF | 2069 |
| 32 | Mark Bryant | PF | 2070 |
| 33 | Anthony Bowie | SG | 2093 |
| 34 | Steve Kerr | PG | 2096 |
| 35 | Duane Ferrell | SF | 2208 |
| 36 | Tom Garrick | SG | 2216 |
| 37 | Branislav Prelevic | SG | 2340 |
| 38 | Ramon Rivas | PF | 2407 |
| 39 | Jeff Grayer | SF | 2434 |
| 40 | Charles Shackleford | PF | 2568 |
| 41 | Laurent Foirest | SF | 2647 |
| 42 | Tom Tolbert | PF | 2768 |
| 43 | Thierry Gadou | PF | 2841 |
| 44 | Alfonso Reyes | C | 3005 |
| 45 | Jerome Lane | PF | 3043 |
| 46 | Cedric Henderson | SF | 3044 |
| 47 | Eric Leckner | C | 3200 |
| 48 | Slaven Rimac | SG | 3317 |
| 49 | Tim Legler | SG | 3444 |
| 50 | Darryl Middelton | PF | 3458 |
| 51 | Sun Jun | SF | 3473 |
| 52 | Jae-Geun Jeong | SF | 3580 |
| 53 | Michael Anderson | PG | 3589 |
| 54 | Vladan Alanovic | PG | 3598 |
| 55 | Josip Vrankovic | SG | 3609 |
| 56 | Jack Haley | C | 3696 |
| 57 | Randolph Keys | SF | 3814 |
| 58 | Corey Gaines | SG | 3829 |
| 59 | Morlon Wiley | PG | 3873 |
| 60 | Marijan Kraljevic | C | 3969 |
| 61 | Henry James | SF | 4104 |
| 62 | Ma Jian | SF | 4157 |
| 63 | Dejan Koturovic | C | 4296 |
| 64 | Alberto Angulo | SG | 4320 |
| 65 | Ismael Santos | PG | 4346 |
| 66 | Mark Bradtke | C | 4366 |
| 67 | Nikolaos Bountouris | PG | 4387 |
| 68 | Tracy Moore | SG | 4428 |
| 69 | Ignacio Rodriguez | PG | 4440 |
| 70 | Tamer Oyguc | C | 4504 |
| 71 | Davide Bonora | PG | 4505 |
| 72 | Alessandro De Pol | PF | 4538 |
| 73 | Ronnie Grandison | SF | 4558 |
| 74 | Ricky Berry | SG | 4566 |
| 75 | Jaka Daneu | PG | 4589 |
| 76 | Anthony Frederick | SF | 4884 |
| 77 | Mileta Lisica | PF | 4934 |
| 78 | Damir Mrsic | SG | 5086 |
| 79 | Dominik Tomczyk | C | 5268 |
| 80 | Jacques Stas | SF | 5361 |
| 81 | Stipe Sarlija | C | 5429 |
| 82 | Murat Evliyaoglu | SG | 5488 |
| 83 | Kelvin Upshaw | SG | 5656 |
| 84 | Athanasios Galakteros | SF | 5830 |
| 85 | Nate Johnston | SF | 5912 |
| 86 | Santiago Abad | PF | 5964 |
| 87 | John Shasky | C | 6012 |
| 88 | Marc M'Bahia | PF | 6032 |
| 89 | Teoman Ozturk | PF | 6045 |
| 90 | Derrick Hamilton | SF | 6056 |
| 91 | Rolando Ferreira | C | 6130 |
| 92 | Craig Neal | PG | 6142 |
| 93 | Jim Rowinski | PF | 6173 |
| 94 | Nikola Loncar | SG | 6177 |
| 95 | Bill Jones | PF | 6260 |
| 96 | Randy Allen | SF | 6488 |
| 97 | Shelton Jones | PF | 6500 |
| 98 | Tony Worrell | SF | 6645 |
| 99 | Laszlo Czigler | C | 6654 |
| 100 | Barry Sumpter | PF | 6669 |
| 101 | Jarvis Basnight | PF | 6675 |
| 102 | Keith Smart | PG | 6838 |
| 103 | Winston Bennett | SF | 6841 |
| 104 | Igor Gratchev | PF | 7369 |
| 105 | Rob Rose | SG | 7378 |
| 106 | Ike Corbin | C | 7526 |
| 107 | Jose Vargas | C | 7640 |
| 108 | Charles Edmonson | PF | 7695 |
| 109 | Jean Methelie | SF | 7856 |
| 110 | Dave Popson | PF | 7887 |
| 111 | Andrej Lukjanec | PF | 7973 |
| 112 | Sylvester Gray | SF | 8103 |
| 113 | Everette Stephens | PG | 8163 |
| 114 | Moritz Kleine-Brockhoff | SG | 8261 |
| 115 | Walter Jeklin | SG | 8481 |
| 116 | Greg Butler | C | 8590 |
| 117 | Derrick Chievous | SF | 8604 |
| 118 | Mike Williams | PF | 8702 |
| 119 | Mark G. Davis | SF | 8837 |
| 120 | Gordan Zadravec | PF | 9153 |
| 121 | Lubomir Minchev | SG | 9195 |
| 122 | Gavrilo Pajovic | PG | 9257 |
| 123 | Pedro Monteiro | SF | 9276 |
| 124 | Remi Rippert | SF | 9408 |
| 125 | Dexter Shouse | PG | 9421 |
| 126 | Gjorgje Vojnovic | SG | 9447 |
| 127 | Richard Morton | PG | 9473 |
| 128 | Tito Horford | C | 9594 |
| 129 | Andrzej Pluta | PG | 9674 |
| 130 | Marco Baldi | C | 9782 |
| 131 | Ingo Freyer | SG | 9797 |
| 132 | Bruno Coqueran | PF | 9838 |
| 133 | Darryl McDonald | PG | 9911 |
| 134 | Todd Mitchell | SF | 9960 |
| 135 | Roman Prawica | SF | 9964 |
| 136 | Tunc Girgin | PF | 9980 |
| 137 | Ferran Lopez | PG | 10033 |
| 138 | Phil Stinnie | PF | 10059 |
| 139 | Laurent Bernard | SG | 10138 |
| 140 | Achilleas Mamatziolas | SG | 10140 |
| 141 | Jens Kujawa | C | 10168 |
| 142 | Terry Faggins | SG | 10187 |
| 143 | Guray Kanan | SF | 10204 |
| 144 | Rodney Blake | C | 10241 |
| 145 | Frederic Guinot | PF | 10251 |
| 146 | Daniel Alvarez | PG | 10302 |
| 147 | Christophe Evano | PF | 10323 |
| 148 | Abbas Sy | SG | 10341 |
| 149 | Keith Gatlin | SG | 10375 |
| 150 | Kevin Florent | SG | 10379 |
| 151 | Jim Usevitch | C | 10484 |
| 152 | Carlos Ruf-Osola | C | 10543 |
| 153 | Denis Zhuravlev | PF | 10573 |
| 154 | Teddy Citadelle | SG | 10589 |
| 155 | Vasil Stoyanov | SG | 10629 |
| 156 | Giacomo Tufano | C | 10701 |
| 157 | Evaldas Priudokas | PF | 10746 |
| 158 | Mike Jones (Auburn) | PF | 10851 |
| 159 | Rob Lock | PF | 10931 |
| 160 | Indrek Rumma | SG | 11016 |
| 161 | Eros Buratti | PG | 11062 |
| 162 | Agris Galvanovskis | SG | 11239 |
| 163 | DeAnthony Langston | C | 11301 |
| 164 | John White | SF | 11425 |
| 165 | Dragan Aleksic | SG | 11520 |
| 166 | Mark Peterson | PF | 11524 |
| 167 | Mike Champion | SF | 11607 |
| 168 | Branislav Vicentic | PF | 11687 |
| 169 | Dimitris Avdalas | SF | 11787 |
| 170 | Jonas Larsson | SG | 11821 |
| 171 | Orlando Graham | PF | 11845 |
| 172 | Gonzalo Garcia | SG | 11861 |
| 173 | Mladan Silobad | C | 11917 |
| 174 | Cornelis Huijbens | SF | 11947 |
| 175 | Fennis Dembo | SF | 12021 |
| 176 | Anthony Taylor | PG | 12069 |
| 177 | Christophe Lion | SG | 12083 |
| 178 | George Papadakos | C | 12288 |
| 179 | Janis Azacis | C | 12347 |
| 180 | Ricky Grace | PG | 12425 |
| 181 | Denis Mujagic | SG | 12456 |
| 182 | Wayne Engelstad | PF | 12549 |
| 183 | Marco Spangaro | SG | 12584 |
| 184 | Erdal Kosan | PG | 12673 |
| 185 | Kenny McClary | PF | 12865 |
| 186 | Daren Queenan | SG | 12997 |
| 187 | Steve Shurina | SF | 13050 |
| 188 | Lorenzo Sutton | SG | 13070 |
| 189 | Marvin Alexander | C | 13074 |
| 190 | Petr Czudek | PG | 13098 |
| 191 | Ben Gillery | C | 13180 |
| 192 | Daniele Biganzoli | PG | 13266 |
| 193 | Delray Brooks | SG | 13334 |
| 194 | Virgil Stuart | PG | 13335 |
| 195 | Igor Mihajlovski | PF | 13396 |
| 196 | Eric Mudd | PF | 13475 |
| 197 | Gary Voce | PF | 13523 |
| 198 | Jerry Johnson | PG | 13525 |
| 199 | Howard Evans | PG | 13562 |
| 200 | Dejan Parezanin | SG | 13638 |
| 201 | Osman Yaycioglu | SF | 13754 |
| 202 | Alessandro Zorzolo | SF | 13779 |
| 203 | Marty Simmons | SF | 13780 |
| 204 | Dominic Pressley | PG | 13814 |
| 205 | Derrick Lewis | SF | 14015 |
| 206 | Pinchas Levy | SF | 14096 |
| 207 | Terry Gould | PG | 14097 |
| 208 | Yuval Ashkenazi | SG | 14119 |
| 209 | Cedric Jenkins | C | 14165 |
| 210 | Jorge Garcia | SF | 14259 |
| 211 | Pat Westbrooks | SG | 14260 |
| 212 | Randal Smith | SF | 14344 |
| 213 | Mario Maloca | PF | 14407 |
| 214 | Stefano Pezzin | SG | 14445 |
| 215 | Roman Safronov | C | 14462 |
| 216 | Fernando Labella | PG | 14492 |
| 217 | David Sala | PG | 14521 |
| 218 | Martins Bondars | SF | 14624 |
| 219 | Will Scott | SG | 14664 |
| 220 | Al Lorenzen | PF | 14680 |
| 221 | Jose Miguel Hernandez | PF | 14717 |
| 222 | Emil Bojadjinski | C | 14764 |
| 223 | Sasa Radunovic | C | 14829 |
| 224 | Recep Ertas | PF | 14892 |
| 225 | Damari Riddick | PF | 14946 |
| 226 | Eric Newsome | PG | 15002 |
| 227 | Marvin Branch | C | 15039 |
| 228 | Oren Amiel | PG | 15048 |
| 229 | Sasa Savic | C | 15083 |
| 230 | Andriy Yurtayev | C | 15134 |
| 231 | Reggie Kirk | PF | 15185 |
| 232 | Greg Hillman | SG | 15313 |
| 233 | Hicri Guneri | C | 15328 |
| 234 | Branko Rajevac | C | 15408 |
| 235 | Rafael Vega | C | 15419 |
| 236 | Martynas Purlys | SG | 15453 |
| 237 | Lafester Rhodes | PF | 15464 |
| 238 | Richard Madison | SF | 15484 |
| 239 | Jaroslaw Darnikowski | SF | 15686 |
| 240 | Sergei Lavrov | SF | 15755 |
| 241 | Lucien Boldewijn | C | 15845 |
| 242 | Lashun McDaniel | PG | 15871 |
| 243 | Toni Dechev | SG | 15894 |
| 244 | Andrzej Czerwinski | PG | 15938 |
| 245 | Giulio Rossi | C | 16092 |
| 246 | Mike Yoest | SF | 16117 |
| 247 | Jeff Moe | SG | 16140 |
| 248 | Zsolt Rajko | SG | 16141 |
| 249 | Tom Domako | SF | 16186 |
| 250 | Benny Carbert | SG | 16321 |
| 251 | Eric Brown | SF | 16472 |
| 252 | Lincoln Foote | SF | 16473 |
| 253 | Tony Yard | SF | 16583 |
| 254 | Vitaliy Cherniy | PG | 16584 |
| 255 | Casey Fisher | SG | 16663 |
| 256 | Charles Murphy (1966) | PF | 16786 |
| 257 | Carl Curry | PF | 16868 |
| 258 | Chris Blocker | PG | 16906 |
| 259 | Yehu Orland | SG | 16907 |
| 260 | Reggie Perkins | SG | 17005 |
| 261 | Carlton Owens | PG | 17118 |
| 262 | Mark Plansky | SF | 17189 |
| 263 | Vladislav Kondratov | PF | 17220 |
| 264 | Philippe Urie | PG | 17254 |
| 265 | John Edwards (F) | PF | 17287 |
| 266 | Troy Lewis | SG | 17379 |
| 267 | William Calvin | SF | 17425 |
| 268 | Ranzino Smith | PG | 17550 |
| 269 | Byron Larkin | SG | 17615 |
| 270 | Tom Curry | C | 17646 |
| 271 | Kevin Strickland | SG | 17701 |
| 272 | Andy Grosvenor | PG | 17753 |
| 273 | Tom Thompson | SF | 17797 |
| 274 | Perry McDonald | SG | 17889 |
| 275 | Ben Wilson | SF | 18177 |
| 276 | Darryl Joe | PG | 18278 |
| 277 | Richard Barry | SG | 18473 |
| 278 | Dwight Boyd | SG | 18869 |
| 279 | Chris Sandle | SF | 18926 |
| 280 | Kevin Van Veldhuizen | C | 18950 |
| 281 | Darryl Martin | PF | 19112 |
| 282 | Don Royster | SF | 19238 |
| 283 | Herb Blunt | C | 19327 |
| 284 | Lynn Hardy | PG | 19468 |
| 285 | Glynn Blackwell | SG | 19717 |
| 286 | Brad Winslow | SG | 19785 |
| 287 | Roy Brow | C | 19920 |
| 288 | Michael Sims | PG | 19995 |
| 289 | Robert Mukes | C | 19996 |
| 290 | Charles Byrd | PG | 20371 |
| 291 | Joe Turner | PF | 20445 |
| 292 | Andy Gardiner | SF | 20551 |
| 293 | Levy Middlebrooks | PF | 20638 |
| 294 | Volkan Aydin | SG | 20755 |
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