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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1998
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 | Tracy McGrady | SF | 31 |
| 2 | Tim Duncan | PF | 33 |
| 3 | Chauncey Billups | PG | 196 |
| 4 | Zydrunas Ilgauskas | C | 391 |
| 5 | Stephen Jackson | SF | 501 |
| 6 | Keith Van Horn | SF | 513 |
| 7 | Brevin Knight | PG | 866 |
| 8 | Tim Thomas | SF | 867 |
| 9 | Derek Anderson | SG | 894 |
| 10 | Maurice Taylor | PF | 987 |
| 11 | Antonio Daniels | SG | 1154 |
| 12 | Ron Mercer | SG | 1202 |
| 13 | Anthony Parker | SG | 1211 |
| 14 | Bobby Jackson | PG | 1297 |
| 15 | Fabricio Oberto | C | 1353 |
| 16 | Mark Blount | C | 1415 |
| 17 | Tony Battie | C | 1436 |
| 18 | Alvin Williams | PG | 1582 |
| 19 | Anthony Johnson | PG | 1592 |
| 20 | J.R. Holden | PG | 1596 |
| 21 | Gordan Giricek | SG | 1610 |
| 22 | Danny Fortson | PF | 1659 |
| 23 | Troy Hudson | PG | 1672 |
| 24 | Kelvin Cato | C | 1683 |
| 25 | Austin Croshere | PF | 1864 |
| 26 | Adonal Foyle | C | 2031 |
| 27 | Marko Popovic | PG | 2187 |
| 28 | Marko Milic | SG | 2194 |
| 29 | Jacque Vaughn | PG | 2210 |
| 30 | Kevin Ollie | PG | 2562 |
| 31 | Scot Pollard | C | 2610 |
| 32 | Charles C. Smith | SG | 2850 |
| 33 | Jang-Hoon Seo | C | 3239 |
| 34 | Joo-Yup Hyun | SF | 3240 |
| 35 | Kerem Gonlum | PF | 3356 |
| 36 | Tariq Abdul-Wahad | SG | 3412 |
| 37 | Lawrence Funderburke | PF | 3449 |
| 38 | Li Nan | SF | 3465 |
| 39 | Rick Brunson | PG | 3572 |
| 40 | Roderick Blakney | PG | 3704 |
| 41 | Chris Anstey | C | 3733 |
| 42 | Pat Burke | C | 3816 |
| 43 | Chris Crawford | PF | 3863 |
| 44 | Michael Stewart | C | 3933 |
| 45 | Kingsley Ogwudire | SG | 3956 |
| 46 | Chui | C | 4033 |
| 47 | Tunji Awojobi | PF | 4077 |
| 48 | Efthimi Rentzias | C | 4121 |
| 49 | Berni Rodriguez | SG | 4139 |
| 50 | Jamie Arnold | PF | 4242 |
| 51 | Benjamin Eze | C | 4354 |
| 52 | Carlos Cabezas | PG | 4421 |
| 53 | Rusty LaRue | PG | 4477 |
| 54 | Obinna Ekezie | C | 4482 |
| 55 | Mark Pope | PF | 4676 |
| 56 | Tony Farmer | PF | 4680 |
| 57 | Patrick Femerling | C | 4745 |
| 58 | Chris Garner | PG | 4776 |
| 59 | Jemeil Rich | PG | 4794 |
| 60 | Brandon Williams | SF | 4843 |
| 61 | Mindaugas Timinskas | SF | 4856 |
| 62 | Reggie Freeman | SG | 5008 |
| 63 | Haris Mujezinovic | PF | 5020 |
| 64 | Kiwane Garris | SG | 5056 |
| 65 | Courtney James | PF | 5057 |
| 66 | Michael McDonald | C | 5079 |
| 67 | Art Long | SF | 5083 |
| 68 | John Thomas | PF | 5350 |
| 69 | Richard Lugo | C | 5542 |
| 70 | Jerald Honeycutt | PF | 5613 |
| 71 | Greg Newton | PF | 5620 |
| 72 | Manolis Papamakarios | PG | 5716 |
| 73 | Kwan Johnson | SG | 5749 |
| 74 | Keith Closs | C | 5781 |
| 75 | Vule Avdalovic | PG | 5824 |
| 76 | Jermaine Walker | SF | 5907 |
| 77 | Blagota Sekulic | PF | 6007 |
| 78 | Michael Andersen | C | 6028 |
| 79 | Ruben Garces | PF | 6098 |
| 80 | Etdrick Bohannon | SF | 6227 |
| 81 | Sergei Lishouk | C | 6281 |
| 82 | Stais Boseman | SG | 6307 |
| 83 | Dmitry Domani | SF | 6323 |
| 84 | German Gabriel | PF | 6426 |
| 85 | Rosell Ellis | SF | 6450 |
| 86 | Jason Lawson | C | 6607 |
| 87 | John Taylor | SG | 6628 |
| 88 | Willie Murdaugh | PG | 6666 |
| 89 | Jeff Myers | PG | 6729 |
| 90 | James Collins | SG | 6741 |
| 91 | Dennis Edwards | SG | 6742 |
| 92 | Muntrelle Dobbins | PF | 6839 |
| 93 | Mirko Onar | C | 6893 |
| 94 | Terquin Mott | PF | 6920 |
| 95 | Chianti Roberts | SF | 7013 |
| 96 | Jeremy Hyatt | SG | 7340 |
| 97 | Victor Page | SG | 7397 |
| 98 | Jordi Trias | PF | 7620 |
| 99 | James Head | PF | 7628 |
| 100 | Eddie Elisma | PF | 7689 |
| 101 | Kristaps Valters | PG | 7699 |
| 102 | Kebu Stewart | PF | 7936 |
| 103 | Shea Seals | SG | 8165 |
| 104 | Kirk King | SF | 8410 |
| 105 | William Cunningham | C | 8417 |
| 106 | Todd Lindeman | C | 8473 |
| 107 | Yves Dupont | C | 8482 |
| 108 | Marton Bader | PF | 8593 |
| 109 | Ace Custis | SF | 8710 |
| 110 | Walsh Jordan | PG | 8778 |
| 111 | Eric Washington | PG | 8829 |
| 112 | Steffen Hamann | PG | 8833 |
| 113 | Andre Woolridge | PG | 8876 |
| 114 | Jeff Nordgaard | PF | 8950 |
| 115 | Derek Grimm | SF | 9060 |
| 116 | Tyrone Hopkins | SF | 9065 |
| 117 | DeJuan Wheat | PG | 9076 |
| 118 | Rodrick Rhodes | SG | 9093 |
| 119 | Randy Duck | PG | 9187 |
| 120 | Federico Kammerichs | PF | 9211 |
| 121 | Curtis McCants | PG | 9250 |
| 122 | Johnny Taylor | SF | 9304 |
| 123 | Miljan Pavkovic | PG | 9308 |
| 124 | Charles O'Bannon | SG | 9310 |
| 125 | Patrick Lee | SG | 9446 |
| 126 | Otis Hill | C | 9502 |
| 127 | Ed Gray | SG | 9561 |
| 128 | Willem Laure | SF | 9622 |
| 129 | Terrell Myers | PG | 9626 |
| 130 | Drew Barry | SG | 9648 |
| 131 | Mehmet Kahyaoglu | PG | 9679 |
| 132 | Ed Stokes | C | 9681 |
| 133 | Ray Weathers | SG | 9718 |
| 134 | H.L. Coleman | SF | 9986 |
| 135 | James Cotton | SG | 10137 |
| 136 | Andrell Hoard | SG | 10317 |
| 137 | Paul Rogers | C | 10327 |
| 138 | Amit Tamir | PF | 10408 |
| 139 | Seldon Jefferson | SG | 10446 |
| 140 | Dontae' Jones | SF | 10475 |
| 141 | Igor Milicic | SG | 10498 |
| 142 | John Brown (1974) | C | 10529 |
| 143 | Dilglay Damio | PF | 10569 |
| 144 | Yoav Saffar | PF | 10613 |
| 145 | Keith Booth | SF | 10635 |
| 146 | Danya Abrams | PF | 10742 |
| 147 | Lorenzo Coleman | C | 10748 |
| 148 | Corey Albano | PF | 10787 |
| 149 | Rahsaan Smith | C | 10815 |
| 150 | Mike Coleman | SF | 10820 |
| 151 | Charles Macon | SF | 10835 |
| 152 | Lazaros Agadakos | PF | 11007 |
| 153 | Reggie Hanson | SF | 11089 |
| 154 | Afik Nissim | PG | 11181 |
| 155 | Rolandas Jarutis | PG | 11225 |
| 156 | Jermall Morgan | PF | 11322 |
| 157 | Chris Spoja | SF | 11363 |
| 158 | Vassilis Soulis | C | 11447 |
| 159 | Javier Salgado | PG | 11479 |
| 160 | Larry Johnson (1973) | PG | 11544 |
| 161 | Paccelis Morlende | PG | 11546 |
| 162 | Alexander Koul | C | 11547 |
| 163 | Jarrod West | PG | 11588 |
| 164 | Ricardo Peral | PF | 11632 |
| 165 | Jeff Capel | PG | 11779 |
| 166 | Pete Lisicky | SG | 11799 |
| 167 | Vlado Ilievski | PG | 11803 |
| 168 | Primoz Kobale | SG | 11818 |
| 169 | Shawn Bankhead | SF | 11879 |
| 170 | Jay Larranaga | SG | 11893 |
| 171 | Samo Udrih | SG | 11964 |
| 172 | Stacy Harris | SG | 12008 |
| 173 | Erez Katz | PG | 12017 |
| 174 | Keith Veney | PG | 12031 |
| 175 | Ivan Mimica | SG | 12080 |
| 176 | Carl Pickett | SF | 12098 |
| 177 | Vincent Masingue | PF | 12133 |
| 178 | Bubba Wells | SG | 12193 |
| 179 | Sheldon Quarles | C | 12198 |
| 180 | Ike Nwankwo | C | 12310 |
| 181 | Harold Deane | PG | 12311 |
| 182 | Wouter De Wilde | PF | 12450 |
| 183 | Marko Scekic | PF | 12474 |
| 184 | Malik Dixon | PG | 12475 |
| 185 | Jervaughn Scales | PF | 12490 |
| 186 | Samuele Podesta | PF | 12491 |
| 187 | Sherman Hamilton | PG | 12608 |
| 188 | Tes Whitlock | PG | 12660 |
| 189 | Devin Davis | PF | 12714 |
| 190 | Giedrius Gustas | PG | 12760 |
| 191 | Herbert Baert | PF | 12801 |
| 192 | Stephen Hoare | SF | 12835 |
| 193 | God Shammgod | PG | 12854 |
| 194 | Giannis Gagaloudis | PG | 12867 |
| 195 | Jamie Booker | SG | 12879 |
| 196 | Antoine Hyman | C | 12956 |
| 197 | Bekir Yarangume | SF | 13001 |
| 198 | Patrick Savoy | PF | 13173 |
| 199 | Gordon Malone | C | 13189 |
| 200 | Mack Tuck | SF | 13234 |
| 201 | Johnny McCrimmon | C | 13298 |
| 202 | Riste Stefanov | SG | 13351 |
| 203 | Larry Davis | SG | 13362 |
| 204 | Jurgen Malbeck | C | 13368 |
| 205 | Quincy Alexander | PF | 13416 |
| 206 | Steven Hansell | SG | 13426 |
| 207 | Piotr Szczotka | SF | 13538 |
| 208 | Jason Winningham | PF | 13544 |
| 209 | Baris Gormez | C | 13555 |
| 210 | Robin Grey | SG | 13556 |
| 211 | Jasmin Perkovic | PF | 13576 |
| 212 | Danny Strong | SF | 13587 |
| 213 | Kenny Pratt | SF | 13606 |
| 214 | Narcisse Ewodo | PF | 13807 |
| 215 | Panagiotis Trisokkas | PF | 13821 |
| 216 | Darnell McColloch | SF | 13848 |
| 217 | Reggie Welch | SF | 13903 |
| 218 | Leon Derricks | PF | 13951 |
| 219 | Gerald Jordan | C | 14058 |
| 220 | Jared Prickett | PF | 14092 |
| 221 | Bryan Balser | SG | 14141 |
| 222 | Joe Wyatt | PG | 14192 |
| 223 | Chad Allen | C | 14252 |
| 224 | Guven Esmer | SG | 14253 |
| 225 | Jon Garavaglia | PF | 14280 |
| 226 | Akeli Jackson | PF | 14338 |
| 227 | Nikos Barlos | SF | 14369 |
| 228 | Merl Code | PG | 14379 |
| 229 | Al Pinkins | SF | 14389 |
| 230 | Bayonne Taty | PF | 14420 |
| 231 | Stephen Moss-Kelly | SF | 14456 |
| 232 | Oriol Junyent | C | 14494 |
| 233 | Lorenzo Hall | C | 14495 |
| 234 | Mark Sanford | SF | 14501 |
| 235 | Serge Zwikker | C | 14516 |
| 236 | Edward Smith | PG | 14542 |
| 237 | Christopher Mims | C | 14618 |
| 238 | Michael Born | PG | 14633 |
| 239 | David Lesmond | SF | 14776 |
| 240 | John McCord | SF | 14798 |
| 241 | Mike Powell | SG | 14824 |
| 242 | Jeronimo Bucero | SF | 14917 |
| 243 | Mark Neal | PF | 14918 |
| 244 | Yannick Gagneur | SF | 14955 |
| 245 | Darryl Hardy | PF | 15009 |
| 246 | Alexander Kuehl | C | 15050 |
| 247 | Jerran Cobb | SG | 15128 |
| 248 | Luc Arthur Vebobe | PF | 15334 |
| 249 | Yizhaq Ohanon | C | 15336 |
| 250 | David Victor | PF | 15352 |
| 251 | Marcus Thomas | SG | 15353 |
| 252 | Sherick Simpson | SG | 15400 |
| 253 | Luka Vucinic | C | 15417 |
| 254 | Apostolos Koutroulias | C | 15502 |
| 255 | Bevan Thomas | PF | 15503 |
| 256 | Kimani Jones-Young | SF | 15504 |
| 257 | Rah-Shun Roberts | SF | 15517 |
| 258 | Pat Grabner | C | 15531 |
| 259 | Keenan Jourdon | PF | 15542 |
| 260 | Ty Randolph | PG | 15591 |
| 261 | Maarten Goethaert | SG | 15680 |
| 262 | Ivan Stefanovic | SF | 15695 |
| 263 | Dominick Young | PG | 15751 |
| 264 | Brett Larrick | SG | 15773 |
| 265 | Elijah Allen | PG | 15795 |
| 266 | Gokhan Sunter | SG | 15796 |
| 267 | Karim Souchu | SG | 15856 |
| 268 | Admore White | PG | 15887 |
| 269 | Anthony Pieper | SG | 15888 |
| 270 | Jason Sutherland | PG | 15889 |
| 271 | Damon Flint | SG | 15931 |
| 272 | Harel Gadot | PG | 15932 |
| 273 | Anthony Epps | PG | 16059 |
| 274 | Nihat Ekim | PF | 16084 |
| 275 | Jos Frederiks | SG | 16101 |
| 276 | Fabio Zanelli | SG | 16118 |
| 277 | Scott Schoen | PG | 16133 |
| 278 | Jason Maile | SG | 16165 |
| 279 | Willie Byrd | SG | 16194 |
| 280 | Doug Brandt | C | 16203 |
| 281 | Gerald Eaker | C | 16272 |
| 282 | Jasper Van Teeseling | C | 16273 |
| 283 | Charles Poe | SF | 16313 |
| 284 | George Byrd | C | 16416 |
| 285 | Emmanouil Papamakarios | SG | 16462 |
| 286 | Charles Lott | PF | 16497 |
| 287 | Antti-Jussi Sipila | PG | 16577 |
| 288 | Jaja Richards | C | 16597 |
| 289 | Novell Thomas | PG | 16620 |
| 290 | Damond Edwards | SG | 16638 |
| 291 | Vincent Rainey | SF | 16681 |
| 292 | Panagiotis Nanis | SG | 16744 |
| 293 | Chris Haslam | C | 16782 |
| 294 | Keith Davis | PG | 16783 |
| 295 | Jermaine Harden | PF | 16965 |
| 296 | Lou Moore | SF | 16966 |
| 297 | Craig Wilson | SG | 17021 |
| 298 | Alonzo Goldston | C | 17181 |
| 299 | Giacomo Bonelli | PG | 17182 |
| 300 | Troy Wade | SF | 17216 |
| 301 | Eyinmisan Nikagbatse | PG | 17224 |
| 302 | Bill Peters | PF | 17248 |
| 303 | Goran Cakic | PF | 17259 |
| 304 | Tom Marowelli | SF | 17283 |
| 305 | Souley Drame | SF | 17436 |
| 306 | Lee Wilson | C | 17484 |
| 307 | Brian Edwards | SG | 17546 |
| 308 | Ronnie Coleman | SG | 17643 |
| 309 | Clifton Clark | SG | 17679 |
| 310 | Marco Sassella | SG | 17723 |
| 311 | Richard Stafford | SG | 17755 |
| 312 | Wim Van De Keere | SF | 17845 |
| 313 | Jason Murdock | SG | 17870 |
| 314 | Milos Minic | PG | 17888 |
| 315 | Mustapha Hoff | PF | 17924 |
| 316 | Tony Lovan | SF | 17949 |
| 317 | Jacy Holloway | PG | 17972 |
| 318 | Marko Piplovic | PF | 17977 |
| 319 | Arnaldo De Sousa | SF | 17999 |
| 320 | Virgil Carutasu | PF | 18000 |
| 321 | Micah Ross | SG | 18038 |
| 322 | Charles Minlend | SF | 18121 |
| 323 | Craig Buchanan | SG | 18176 |
| 324 | Markku Larkio | SF | 18231 |
| 325 | Ralph Bucci | SG | 18251 |
| 326 | Yorrick Williams | SG | 18275 |
| 327 | Marcos Baltanas | SG | 18303 |
| 328 | Otis Winston | SF | 18304 |
| 329 | Tye Fields | C | 18329 |
| 330 | Martin Lattibeaudiere | PG | 18384 |
| 331 | Randall Crutcher | SF | 18440 |
| 332 | Sean Black | SF | 18441 |
| 333 | Charles Smith (1975) | SG | 18470 |
| 334 | Kyle Milling | PF | 18527 |
| 335 | Panagiotis Kafkis | SG | 18566 |
| 336 | Derrick Vogel | SG | 18589 |
| 337 | Seth Sundberg | C | 18618 |
| 338 | Brandon Titus | SG | 18648 |
| 339 | Kostas Charissis | C | 18683 |
| 340 | Cedric Peoples | PF | 18712 |
| 341 | Malcolm Sims | SG | 18713 |
| 342 | Chuck Guittar | PF | 18745 |
| 343 | James Johns | SG | 18769 |
| 344 | Ryan Pepper | PG | 18839 |
| 345 | Saulius Kazevicius | PG | 18840 |
| 346 | Thalamus McGhee | C | 18841 |
| 347 | Maurice Ingram | C | 18867 |
| 348 | Rashan Johnson | SG | 18993 |
| 349 | Sean Estwick | SG | 19015 |
| 350 | J.J. Lucas | C | 19080 |
| 351 | Amere May | PF | 19161 |
| 352 | Wally Abdur-Rahim | SF | 19183 |
| 353 | Terry Smith-Harris | SG | 19212 |
| 354 | Charles Newborn | C | 19259 |
| 355 | Mark Johnson | SF | 19295 |
| 356 | Yann Mollinari | PG | 19296 |
| 357 | Eric Cheers | SF | 19598 |
| 358 | Harm Woerkom | SG | 19752 |
| 359 | Juris Umbrasko | SF | 20706 |
| 360 | Artur Puskas | SG | 20798 |
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