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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1996
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 | Kevin Garnett | PF | 19 |
| 2 | Michael Finley | SG | 246 |
| 3 | Jerry Stackhouse | SG | 251 |
| 4 | Rasheed Wallace | PF | 287 |
| 5 | Antonio McDyess | PF | 343 |
| 6 | Damon Stoudamire | PG | 358 |
| 7 | Joe Smith | PF | 619 |
| 8 | Theo Ratliff | C | 693 |
| 9 | Darrell Armstrong | PG | 697 |
| 10 | Eric Snow | PG | 715 |
| 11 | Kurt Thomas | PF | 775 |
| 12 | Brent Barry | SG | 886 |
| 13 | Corliss Williamson | PF | 908 |
| 14 | Bobby Sura | SG | 1105 |
| 15 | Voshon Lenard | SG | 1151 |
| 16 | Travis Best | PG | 1230 |
| 17 | Bryant Reeves | C | 1249 |
| 18 | Alan Henderson | PF | 1355 |
| 19 | Eric Williams | SF | 1406 |
| 20 | Tyus Edney | PG | 1458 |
| 21 | Greg Ostertag | C | 1479 |
| 22 | Jaka Lakovic | PG | 1637 |
| 23 | Gary Trent | PF | 1658 |
| 24 | Ramunas Siskauskas | SG | 1729 |
| 25 | Antonis Fotsis | PF | 1741 |
| 26 | Daniel Santiago | C | 1832 |
| 27 | Andrew DeClercq | PF | 2002 |
| 28 | Jason Caffey | PF | 2172 |
| 29 | Fred Hoiberg | SG | 2261 |
| 30 | Darjus Lavrinovic | C | 2270 |
| 31 | Ksistof Lavrinovic | PF | 2287 |
| 32 | Lazaros Papadopoulos | C | 2546 |
| 33 | Stefano Rusconi | PF | 2560 |
| 34 | Cherokee Parks | PF | 2603 |
| 35 | Melvin Booker | PG | 2636 |
| 36 | Anthony Goldwire | PG | 2778 |
| 37 | Rashard Griffith | C | 2807 |
| 38 | Dimos Dikoudis | PF | 2987 |
| 39 | Dusan Kecman | SF | 3007 |
| 40 | Maikeru Takahashi | PF | 3157 |
| 41 | Don Reid | PF | 3180 |
| 42 | Kaya Peker | C | 3232 |
| 43 | Massimo Bulleri | PG | 3255 |
| 44 | Marcelinho Machado | SG | 3296 |
| 45 | John Amaechi | C | 3493 |
| 46 | Sang-Min Lee | SG | 3530 |
| 47 | Cory Alexander | PG | 3539 |
| 48 | Lamont Jones | PG | 3690 |
| 49 | Jurica Golemac | PF | 3898 |
| 50 | Mark Davis | SF | 3962 |
| 51 | Davor Kus | PG | 4044 |
| 52 | Jason Sasser | SF | 4133 |
| 53 | Terrence Rencher | PG | 4150 |
| 54 | Frankie King | PG | 4197 |
| 55 | Roger Grimau | SG | 4255 |
| 56 | Eduardo Mingas | PF | 4394 |
| 57 | Jimmy King | SG | 4416 |
| 58 | Chris Carr | SG | 4495 |
| 59 | Vincenzo Esposito | PG | 4548 |
| 60 | Andre Riddick | C | 4559 |
| 61 | Mindaugas Lukauskis | SG | 4588 |
| 62 | Ashraf Amaya | PF | 4643 |
| 63 | Erik Meek | PF | 4649 |
| 64 | Aleksandar Nadfeji | PF | 4757 |
| 65 | Donny Marshall | SF | 4802 |
| 66 | Michael Hicks | PG | 4908 |
| 67 | Goran Nikolic | PF | 5418 |
| 68 | Jasmin Hukic | SF | 5445 |
| 69 | Vladimir Boisa | PF | 5534 |
| 70 | Artie Griffin | SG | 5569 |
| 71 | Corey Beck | PG | 5644 |
| 72 | Lawrence Moten | SG | 5681 |
| 73 | Glen Whisby | C | 5760 |
| 74 | Tomislav Ruzic | C | 5866 |
| 75 | Martin Lewis | SF | 5913 |
| 76 | Lubos Barton | SF | 6092 |
| 77 | Tyron McCoy | SG | 6104 |
| 78 | Ed O'Bannon | SF | 6160 |
| 79 | Shawn Respert | SG | 6161 |
| 80 | John Strickland | PF | 6165 |
| 81 | David Vaughn III | PF | 6180 |
| 82 | Donatas Zavackas | PF | 6406 |
| 83 | Mario Bennett | SF | 6487 |
| 84 | Petr Samoylenko | PG | 6568 |
| 85 | Loren Meyer | C | 6643 |
| 86 | Dan Cross | PG | 6683 |
| 87 | John Coker | C | 6737 |
| 88 | Sherell Ford | SF | 6771 |
| 89 | Cuonzo Martin | SG | 6880 |
| 90 | Marques Bragg | PF | 6950 |
| 91 | Cypheus Bunton | SF | 6964 |
| 92 | Maciej Zielinski | SG | 6965 |
| 93 | Shelly Clark | PF | 6983 |
| 94 | Thomas Hamilton | C | 7092 |
| 95 | Rich Manning | PF | 7126 |
| 96 | Paul Burke | PG | 7184 |
| 97 | Mike Lloyd | PG | 7244 |
| 98 | Ruben Wolkowyski | PF | 7261 |
| 99 | Jerome Allen | SG | 7408 |
| 100 | Lou Roe | SF | 7446 |
| 101 | Dragisa Drobnjak | PF | 7456 |
| 102 | Johnny Tyson | C | 7574 |
| 103 | Terrel Castle | PG | 7677 |
| 104 | Teemu Rannikko | PG | 7810 |
| 105 | Vassilis Kikilias | SF | 7861 |
| 106 | George Zidek | C | 7932 |
| 107 | Chris Clay | SG | 7998 |
| 108 | Smiljan Pavic | C | 8116 |
| 109 | Nikola Radulovic | PF | 8142 |
| 110 | Robert Churchwell | SG | 8336 |
| 111 | Ido Kozikaro | C | 8383 |
| 112 | Ray Jackson | SG | 8391 |
| 113 | Kip Stone | SG | 8397 |
| 114 | Pascal Roller | PG | 8469 |
| 115 | Semsettin Bas | SF | 8475 |
| 116 | Yohance Nicholas | PF | 8660 |
| 117 | Monty Buckley | SG | 8718 |
| 118 | Harold Mrazek | SG | 8754 |
| 119 | Robert Garrett | SG | 8779 |
| 120 | Delmonte Madison | SG | 8841 |
| 121 | Reggie J. Jackson | PF | 8881 |
| 122 | Donnie Boyce | SG | 8904 |
| 123 | Branko Milisavljevic | PG | 9010 |
| 124 | H Waldman | PG | 9013 |
| 125 | Louis Rowe | SF | 9025 |
| 126 | Marco Mordente | PG | 9081 |
| 127 | Tolga Tekinalp | PF | 9134 |
| 128 | Chad McClendon | SF | 9197 |
| 129 | Marcus Grant | SF | 9206 |
| 130 | Robert Williams (1973) | SF | 9212 |
| 131 | Ivan Corrales | PG | 9353 |
| 132 | James Forrest | PF | 9420 |
| 133 | Constantin Popa | C | 9500 |
| 134 | Christos Harissis | PG | 9543 |
| 135 | Randolph Childress | PG | 9551 |
| 136 | Nikos Kouvelas | PF | 9719 |
| 137 | Aymeric Jeanneau | PG | 9865 |
| 138 | Junior Burrough | PF | 9867 |
| 139 | Jeffrey Potter | PF | 9870 |
| 140 | Jeff Massey | PG | 9943 |
| 141 | David Bialski | C | 10057 |
| 142 | Marco Carraretto | SG | 10142 |
| 143 | Marko Maravic | PF | 10195 |
| 144 | Sacha Giffa | PF | 10320 |
| 145 | Jamal Kendrick | SF | 10363 |
| 146 | Dwayne Whitfield | PF | 10565 |
| 147 | Tracey Ware | SF | 10618 |
| 148 | Logan Vander Velden | SF | 10674 |
| 149 | Doug Muse | C | 10713 |
| 150 | Pernell Perry | SG | 10791 |
| 151 | Joseph Gomis | PG | 10809 |
| 152 | Roel Moors | PG | 10812 |
| 153 | Jesse Salters | SF | 10813 |
| 154 | Travis Banks | SF | 10929 |
| 155 | Tom Kleinschmidt | SF | 10944 |
| 156 | Larry Sykes | PF | 10956 |
| 157 | Isaac Burton | SG | 10963 |
| 158 | Corey Williams (1972) | SG | 11019 |
| 159 | Boris Jaman | PF | 11050 |
| 160 | Raimonds Miglieniks | PG | 11118 |
| 161 | Uri Cohen-Mintz | PF | 11126 |
| 162 | Marko Bulic | SF | 11157 |
| 163 | Andrea Camata | C | 11168 |
| 164 | Vladimir Anzulovic | PG | 11184 |
| 165 | Clarence Caeser | SF | 11206 |
| 166 | Nikos Argyropoulos | PG | 11232 |
| 167 | Arnas Kazlauskas | PF | 11236 |
| 168 | Alvin Heggs | SF | 11253 |
| 169 | Pero Dujmovic | SF | 11392 |
| 170 | Rastko Cvetkovic | C | 11403 |
| 171 | Roy Jones Jr. | PG | 11522 |
| 172 | Ochiel Swaby | SF | 11526 |
| 173 | Townsend Orr | PG | 11527 |
| 174 | Giancarlo Marcaccini | SG | 11587 |
| 175 | Dror Hagag | PG | 11590 |
| 176 | Jim Potter | PF | 11599 |
| 177 | Phil Handy | SG | 11643 |
| 178 | Charles Claxton | C | 11665 |
| 179 | Stevan Nadjfeji | PF | 11707 |
| 180 | Hernan Jasen | SF | 11738 |
| 181 | Anthony Pelle | C | 11820 |
| 182 | Ivan Droumev | SF | 11971 |
| 183 | Zoran Kukic | C | 12002 |
| 184 | Robert Maras | C | 12048 |
| 185 | Roney Eford | SF | 12055 |
| 186 | Todd Sigel | PG | 12066 |
| 187 | John Wassenberger | SF | 12096 |
| 188 | Troy Brown | SF | 12152 |
| 189 | Rob Feaster | SF | 12190 |
| 190 | Nenad Djoric | PG | 12197 |
| 191 | Ryan Jamison | C | 12228 |
| 192 | Mike Jones (ODU) | SG | 12304 |
| 193 | Robert Bennett | SF | 12308 |
| 194 | Mario Stojic | SF | 12316 |
| 195 | Bernard Blunt | SG | 12371 |
| 196 | Roscoe Patterson | SF | 12379 |
| 197 | Carlos Andrade | SF | 12384 |
| 198 | Ruslan Baidakov | SF | 12423 |
| 199 | Artur Brito | SF | 12452 |
| 200 | Nestoras Komatos | PF | 12478 |
| 201 | Amilcar Lopes | SF | 12503 |
| 202 | Lou Burks | PG | 12536 |
| 203 | Kwesi Coleman | SG | 12559 |
| 204 | Fred Garner | SF | 12607 |
| 205 | Juan Moltedo | SF | 12666 |
| 206 | Donald Williams | PG | 12707 |
| 207 | Daryl Parker | SF | 12736 |
| 208 | Darryl Johnson | PG | 12740 |
| 209 | Calvin Rayford | PG | 12750 |
| 210 | Eric Coates | SF | 12853 |
| 211 | Erik Coleman | C | 12892 |
| 212 | George Banks | SF | 12914 |
| 213 | Clint McDaniel | SG | 12949 |
| 214 | Mike Moore | PF | 12973 |
| 215 | Stipe Modric | PF | 12992 |
| 216 | Jurica Zuza | C | 13059 |
| 217 | Roger Crawford | SG | 13083 |
| 218 | Art Crowder | PF | 13123 |
| 219 | Nuno Perdigao | SG | 13152 |
| 220 | Robert Boykins | SG | 13300 |
| 221 | Todd Johnson | SF | 13305 |
| 222 | Lorenzo Orr | PF | 13382 |
| 223 | Luckisi Turner | SF | 13392 |
| 224 | David Berbois | PG | 13498 |
| 225 | Joseph McNaull | C | 13524 |
| 226 | Kareem Townes | SG | 13528 |
| 227 | John O'Connell | SG | 13579 |
| 228 | Rayfield Ragland | SF | 13585 |
| 229 | Jason Dixon | C | 13588 |
| 230 | Sergio Luyk | PF | 13607 |
| 231 | Nantambu Willingham | C | 13705 |
| 232 | Maurizio Giadini | SG | 13728 |
| 233 | Roderick Anderson | PG | 13734 |
| 234 | Vernon Crump | SF | 13741 |
| 235 | Clyde Jordan | SF | 13742 |
| 236 | Dave Williams (1973) | C | 13766 |
| 237 | Chuck Roberts | PF | 13795 |
| 238 | Howard Nathan | PG | 13857 |
| 239 | Eric Talley | SG | 13901 |
| 240 | Erwin Claggett | PG | 13929 |
| 241 | Mike Morris | SF | 13943 |
| 242 | Marcus Timmons | SF | 13959 |
| 243 | Paul O'Liney | PG | 14017 |
| 244 | Cedric Lewis | C | 14077 |
| 245 | Andy Kilbride | SG | 14093 |
| 246 | Alvin Mobley | PF | 14123 |
| 247 | Sean-Stephen Brusek | C | 14254 |
| 248 | Arthur Agee | PG | 14301 |
| 249 | Marc Carter | PF | 14367 |
| 250 | Dimitris Karaplis | PF | 14377 |
| 251 | Joe Hooks | C | 14403 |
| 252 | Burak Sezgin | PF | 14436 |
| 253 | John Quinn | SG | 14458 |
| 254 | Antoine Gillespie | SG | 14488 |
| 255 | Eugene Witherspoon | PF | 14561 |
| 256 | Scotty Thurman | SG | 14562 |
| 257 | Antonio Watson | C | 14600 |
| 258 | Rich McIver | C | 14607 |
| 259 | Jamal Faulkner | PF | 14660 |
| 260 | Giorgos Pavlidis | PF | 14747 |
| 261 | Jeff Webster | SF | 14759 |
| 262 | Terrance O'Kelley | SF | 14847 |
| 263 | Cedric Weatherspoon | PF | 14866 |
| 264 | Matthaios Sofogiannis | PG | 14867 |
| 265 | Scott Drapeau | PF | 14886 |
| 266 | Marc Harris | PG | 14920 |
| 267 | Ted Allen | C | 14948 |
| 268 | Ken Conley | PF | 14956 |
| 269 | Igor Budimski | C | 14972 |
| 270 | Derrick Cross | PG | 15032 |
| 271 | Sherrod Russell | PG | 15033 |
| 272 | Thomas Wyatt | SF | 15129 |
| 273 | Andre Pitts | PG | 15181 |
| 274 | Pete Wyatt | SG | 15182 |
| 275 | Sebastiano Grasso | SG | 15183 |
| 276 | Huseyin Demiral | C | 15265 |
| 277 | Thor Olesen | PG | 15266 |
| 278 | Derett Boyd | PF | 15308 |
| 279 | Josep Pacreu | SF | 15355 |
| 280 | Rob Long | C | 15356 |
| 281 | Dwayne Champion | SF | 15401 |
| 282 | Oscar Yebra | SF | 15402 |
| 283 | Pertha Robinson | PG | 15427 |
| 284 | Randy Rutherford | SG | 15480 |
| 285 | Stan Pierce | PG | 15506 |
| 286 | Brian Fair | SG | 15556 |
| 287 | Tomasz Cielebak | PF | 15567 |
| 288 | Darius Hall | C | 15602 |
| 289 | Kenny Sykes | PG | 15696 |
| 290 | Lorenzo Pearson | PF | 15697 |
| 291 | Howard Porter Jr. | PF | 15728 |
| 292 | Roberto Cazzaniga | C | 15774 |
| 293 | LaZelle Durden | SG | 15808 |
| 294 | Jaime Peterson | PF | 15839 |
| 295 | Chris Davis (1973) | PG | 15955 |
| 296 | Dan Callahan | C | 16102 |
| 297 | Joel Koplik | SF | 16134 |
| 298 | Rakis Karagiannis | PG | 16135 |
| 299 | Drazan Tomic | SF | 16162 |
| 300 | Abdel Moussa | C | 16182 |
| 301 | Tommaso Plateo | PG | 16224 |
| 302 | Willie Fisher | PF | 16347 |
| 303 | Elmer Martin | C | 16363 |
| 304 | Robert Skibniewski | PG | 16445 |
| 305 | Chris Westlake | SG | 16465 |
| 306 | Mats Olsson | PF | 16499 |
| 307 | Eric Burks | PG | 16541 |
| 308 | Kenny Young | SG | 16621 |
| 309 | Petey Sessoms | SF | 16658 |
| 310 | Alex Dillard | PG | 16702 |
| 311 | Erez Zaichik | SG | 16746 |
| 312 | Michael Martin | PF | 16747 |
| 313 | Michael Evans | SG | 16754 |
| 314 | Aundre Branch | SG | 16784 |
| 315 | Andy Bostick | SF | 16793 |
| 316 | Miguel Miranda | PF | 16802 |
| 317 | Kirby Fortenberry | PF | 16829 |
| 318 | Kaan Memisoglu | PG | 16938 |
| 319 | Dwight Stewart | PF | 16976 |
| 320 | Jeremy Luther | SG | 17001 |
| 321 | Ron Wilson | PF | 17011 |
| 322 | Andrej Plotnikov | SF | 17083 |
| 323 | Martin Cattalini | SF | 17166 |
| 324 | Pieter Van Hoecke | SG | 17184 |
| 325 | David Eubanks | PG | 17250 |
| 326 | Gandhi Jordan | SG | 17363 |
| 327 | Roger Smith | C | 17364 |
| 328 | John Rillie | SG | 17424 |
| 329 | Costa Malone | C | 17457 |
| 330 | Davide Lamma | PG | 17528 |
| 331 | Deon Hames | PG | 17742 |
| 332 | Stacey Williams | C | 17772 |
| 333 | Niklas Lutcke | SF | 17777 |
| 334 | Jonathan Allard | PF | 17823 |
| 335 | Julius Michalik | PF | 17824 |
| 336 | Dwayne Williams | SG | 17847 |
| 337 | Isaac Camon | SG | 17848 |
| 338 | Joe Temple | SG | 17925 |
| 339 | Brian Harmon | PG | 18013 |
| 340 | Tremaine Wingfield | SF | 18039 |
| 341 | Alexey Pegushin | SG | 18043 |
| 342 | Vincent Embry | PF | 18064 |
| 343 | Alex Falcon | PF | 18148 |
| 344 | Lucious Jackson | SG | 18201 |
| 345 | Eric Moore | PG | 18305 |
| 346 | Tyrone Paul | SF | 18330 |
| 347 | Jonathan Haynes | SG | 18386 |
| 348 | Jabaar Jones | C | 18556 |
| 349 | Carl Simpson | PF | 18620 |
| 350 | Canaan Chatman | PF | 18715 |
| 351 | Warren Johnson | SG | 18746 |
| 352 | Alvin Williamson | PG | 18819 |
| 353 | Troy Smith | PF | 18868 |
| 354 | Bill Lavery | SG | 18925 |
| 355 | Corey Reader | C | 19045 |
| 356 | Andrey Sheyko | SF | 19057 |
| 357 | Patrick Faydherbe | PG | 19162 |
| 358 | Stefan Ciosici | C | 19348 |
| 359 | Costas Bechlivanis | PG | 19403 |
| 360 | Gerald Duncan | SG | 19905 |
| 361 | Jan Rohdewald | SG | 19934 |
| 362 | Krunoslav Rados | C | 20426 |
| 363 | Nii Nelson-Richards | SG | 20610 |
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