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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-2000
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 | Baron Davis | PG | 131 |
| 2 | Elton Brand | PF | 170 |
| 3 | Shawn Marion | SF | 173 |
| 4 | Steve Francis | PG | 182 |
| 5 | Andre Miller | PG | 319 |
| 6 | Lamar Odom | PF | 323 |
| 7 | Richard Hamilton | SG | 328 |
| 8 | Metta World Peace | SF | 360 |
| 9 | Jason Terry | SG | 401 |
| 10 | Corey Maggette | SF | 488 |
| 11 | Wally Szczerbiak | SF | 653 |
| 12 | Rafer Alston | PG | 820 |
| 13 | Kenny Thomas | PF | 824 |
| 14 | Chucky Atkins | PG | 965 |
| 15 | James Posey | SF | 1073 |
| 16 | Jeff Foster | PF | 1320 |
| 17 | Igor Rakocevic | SG | 1490 |
| 18 | Trajan Langdon | SG | 1725 |
| 19 | Pablo Prigioni | PG | 1794 |
| 20 | Jumaine Jones | PF | 1796 |
| 21 | Theodoros Papaloukas | PG | 1838 |
| 22 | Anthony Carter | PG | 1916 |
| 23 | Louis Bullock | SG | 1990 |
| 24 | Nikos Zisis | PG | 2077 |
| 25 | Marcus Goree | PF | 2079 |
| 26 | Milt Palacio | PG | 2250 |
| 27 | Wang Zhizhi | C | 2351 |
| 28 | Devean George | SG | 2352 |
| 29 | Vonteego Cummings | PG | 2567 |
| 30 | Terrell McIntyre | PG | 2611 |
| 31 | Marcus Fizer | PF | 2635 |
| 32 | Sofoklis Schortsanitis | C | 2642 |
| 33 | Greg Buckner | PG | 2699 |
| 34 | Sergei Monia | SF | 2832 |
| 35 | Wang Shipeng | SG | 3011 |
| 36 | Axel Hervelle | PF | 3103 |
| 37 | Adrian Griffin | SG | 3118 |
| 38 | Todd MacCulloch | C | 3226 |
| 39 | Scott Padgett | PF | 3280 |
| 40 | Larry Ayuso | SG | 3431 |
| 41 | Ryan Bowen | SF | 3505 |
| 42 | Michael Ruffin | PF | 3560 |
| 43 | Rodney Buford | SG | 3579 |
| 44 | Simas Jasaitis | SF | 3770 |
| 45 | Quincy Lewis | SG | 3795 |
| 46 | Calvin Booth | C | 3923 |
| 47 | William Avery | PG | 3968 |
| 48 | Jonathan Bender | SF | 3980 |
| 49 | Eddie Robinson | SG | 4010 |
| 50 | Dion Glover | SG | 4237 |
| 51 | Ira Bowman | SG | 4766 |
| 52 | Marko Marinovic | PG | 4768 |
| 53 | Manuchar Markoishvili | SF | 4806 |
| 54 | Mika Vukona | PF | 4852 |
| 55 | Costas Vassiliadis | SG | 4881 |
| 56 | Jermaine Jackson | SG | 4971 |
| 57 | Predrag Suput | SF | 5039 |
| 58 | Derrick Dial | SG | 5099 |
| 59 | Stefano Mancinelli | SF | 5140 |
| 60 | Daniel Kickert | PF | 5200 |
| 61 | Marshall Phillips | SF | 5495 |
| 62 | Kareem Reid | PG | 5535 |
| 63 | Derek Hood | PF | 5788 |
| 64 | Lin Chih-Chieh | SG | 5929 |
| 65 | Petr Benda | C | 5948 |
| 66 | K'Zell Wesson | PF | 5978 |
| 67 | Galen Young | SF | 6013 |
| 68 | Evan Eschmeyer | C | 6121 |
| 69 | Gabe Muoneke | PF | 6156 |
| 70 | A.J. Bramlett | C | 6244 |
| 71 | Antonio Smith | PF | 6363 |
| 72 | Nebojsa Joksimovic | SG | 6366 |
| 73 | Josko Poljak | C | 6396 |
| 74 | Sergey Bykov | PG | 6444 |
| 75 | Saso Ozbolt | PG | 6476 |
| 76 | Bryant Smith | SF | 6569 |
| 77 | Lonnie Cooper | SG | 6572 |
| 78 | Sedric Webber | SF | 6630 |
| 79 | Jamel Thomas | SF | 6678 |
| 80 | Ivan Zoroski | PG | 6685 |
| 81 | Eduardo Hernandez Sonseca | C | 6735 |
| 82 | Mahdi Kamrani | PG | 6916 |
| 83 | Laron Profit | SG | 6982 |
| 84 | Roberto Bergersen | SF | 7069 |
| 85 | DeMarco Johnson | PF | 7128 |
| 86 | Jason Miskiri | PG | 7152 |
| 87 | Shawn Daniels | PF | 7199 |
| 88 | Clint Harrison | SG | 7341 |
| 89 | Marin Rozic | SF | 7445 |
| 90 | Cal Bowdler | SF | 7510 |
| 91 | Rico Hill | SF | 7561 |
| 92 | Matt Burston | C | 7687 |
| 93 | Rasheed Brokenborough | SG | 7773 |
| 94 | Brian Lynch | SG | 7996 |
| 95 | John Thomas III | PG | 8099 |
| 96 | Cevher Ozer | PF | 8266 |
| 97 | Albert White | SF | 8271 |
| 98 | Hrvoje Peric | PF | 8284 |
| 99 | Aleksandar Capin | PG | 8588 |
| 100 | Arthur Lee | PG | 8609 |
| 101 | Tim James | SF | 8706 |
| 102 | Bryant Notree | SG | 8720 |
| 103 | Fred Williams | PF | 9019 |
| 104 | Jurica Ruzic | SF | 9080 |
| 105 | Drago Pasalic | PF | 9145 |
| 106 | Damir Rancic | SG | 9185 |
| 107 | Yannick Bokolo | PG | 9209 |
| 108 | B.J. McKie | PG | 9370 |
| 109 | Shawnta Rogers | PG | 9438 |
| 110 | Wayne Turner | PG | 9486 |
| 111 | Tom Wideman | PF | 9533 |
| 112 | Dedric Willoughby | PG | 9690 |
| 113 | Jeff Aubry | C | 9799 |
| 114 | Kristjan Kangur | SF | 9866 |
| 115 | Lari Ketner | PF | 9910 |
| 116 | Chris Herren | PG | 9938 |
| 117 | Eric Campbell | PF | 10037 |
| 118 | Leroy Watkins | PF | 10039 |
| 119 | Aleksandar Radojevic | C | 10052 |
| 120 | Kristaps Purnis | PG | 10085 |
| 121 | Brad Traina | SG | 10263 |
| 122 | Shipeng Wang | SG | 10269 |
| 123 | Miha Zupan | PF | 10292 |
| 124 | Harold Jamison | PF | 10299 |
| 125 | Pedro Robles | SG | 10316 |
| 126 | Corey Williams (1977) | PG | 10443 |
| 127 | Tim Gill | PG | 10473 |
| 128 | Sharif Fajardo | PF | 10477 |
| 129 | Luca Garri | C | 10524 |
| 130 | Elvir Ovcina | C | 10564 |
| 131 | Carl Em. Thomas | SF | 10627 |
| 132 | Ricky Moore | PG | 10689 |
| 133 | Pedro Llompart | PG | 10754 |
| 134 | Engin Atsur | PG | 10757 |
| 135 | Tim Young | C | 10819 |
| 136 | Qingpeng Zhang | PG | 10849 |
| 137 | John Celestand | PG | 10875 |
| 138 | Radoslaw Hyzy | PF | 10892 |
| 139 | Ryan Robertson | SG | 10967 |
| 140 | Kavossy Franklin | PG | 10996 |
| 141 | Alvin Young | SG | 11020 |
| 142 | Carl Boyd | SG | 11158 |
| 143 | Liam Rush | SF | 11255 |
| 144 | Aaron Grabau | SG | 11280 |
| 145 | Giuseppe Poeta | PG | 11318 |
| 146 | Franklin Paul | SG | 11323 |
| 147 | Alex Sanders | PF | 11362 |
| 148 | Venson Hamilton | C | 11437 |
| 149 | Kostas Vasileiadis | SG | 11456 |
| 150 | Dragan Dojcin | PF | 11621 |
| 151 | Tim Kennedy | SG | 11662 |
| 152 | Dan Earl | PG | 11785 |
| 153 | Harold Arceneaux | SF | 11850 |
| 154 | Brett Eppehimer | PG | 11859 |
| 155 | Hrvoje Henjak | C | 11938 |
| 156 | Brian Taylor (1976) | PG | 11999 |
| 157 | Lenny Brown | PG | 12028 |
| 158 | Jason McCutcheon | SF | 12227 |
| 159 | Tyrone Washington | PF | 12343 |
| 160 | Marcus Wilson | SG | 12397 |
| 161 | Rodney Odom | C | 12422 |
| 162 | Gil Mossinson | PF | 12485 |
| 163 | Jon Stefansson | SG | 12530 |
| 164 | Goran Jeretin | PG | 12544 |
| 165 | Ajani Williams | PF | 12609 |
| 166 | Ladislav Sokolovsky | SF | 12715 |
| 167 | Curtis Haywood | SG | 12716 |
| 168 | Jason Williams (1979) | SF | 12742 |
| 169 | Jelani Gardner | SG | 12775 |
| 170 | Ninoslav Marjanovic | PF | 12799 |
| 171 | Keith Carter | SG | 12809 |
| 172 | Ivan Koljevic | PG | 12819 |
| 173 | Shawn Igo | C | 12823 |
| 174 | Greg Stolt | SF | 12860 |
| 175 | Casey Frank | PF | 13007 |
| 176 | Antonio Reynolds-Dean | PF | 13012 |
| 177 | Lelan McDougal | SG | 13034 |
| 178 | Miroslav Raicevic | PF | 13085 |
| 179 | Will Farley | SG | 13250 |
| 180 | Peter Sauer | SF | 13307 |
| 181 | Michael Lewis | PG | 13308 |
| 182 | Antwain Smith | SF | 13372 |
| 183 | Savvas Iliadis | PG | 13421 |
| 184 | Kenajn Dzons | C | 13481 |
| 185 | Sheik Pearson | SG | 13529 |
| 186 | Rashard Lee | SG | 13604 |
| 187 | Chris Hollender | SF | 13633 |
| 188 | Steve Smith (PF) | PF | 13659 |
| 189 | John Rosendahl | PF | 13692 |
| 190 | Anthony White | PF | 13712 |
| 191 | Lennox McCoy | PG | 13729 |
| 192 | Aaron Owens | SG | 13773 |
| 193 | Klemensas Patiejunas | PG | 13774 |
| 194 | Willie Mitchell | SF | 13810 |
| 195 | Tyrone Grant | SF | 13854 |
| 196 | Sam Okey | SG | 13956 |
| 197 | Moran Roth | PG | 14032 |
| 198 | Donte Mathis | SG | 14122 |
| 199 | Jason Smith (1977) | SF | 14131 |
| 200 | Tiran Walker | PG | 14140 |
| 201 | Martins Skirmants | C | 14172 |
| 202 | Clarence Tyson | SF | 14251 |
| 203 | Karras Moore | SG | 14357 |
| 204 | Marvin Willoughby | PF | 14366 |
| 205 | Malick Badiane | PF | 14438 |
| 206 | Prodromos Nikolaidis | SF | 14455 |
| 207 | Adrian Peterson | SG | 14502 |
| 208 | Tyrone Barksdale | PG | 14515 |
| 209 | David Arigbabu | PF | 14559 |
| 210 | Stipo Papic | PF | 14578 |
| 211 | Keil Zepernick | C | 14583 |
| 212 | Jeremy Eaton | C | 14599 |
| 213 | Taymon Domzalski | C | 14682 |
| 214 | Monty L. Wilson | SG | 14684 |
| 215 | Rafal Bigus | C | 14693 |
| 216 | Donald Watts | SG | 14745 |
| 217 | Duane Posey | PF | 14774 |
| 218 | Ioannis Kritikos | SF | 14810 |
| 219 | Wiktor Grudzinski | C | 14823 |
| 220 | Erez Marckovich | C | 14853 |
| 221 | Lamont Boozer | C | 14916 |
| 222 | Pero Vasiljevic | PF | 14940 |
| 223 | Jason Hartman | SF | 15029 |
| 224 | Manny Dies | PF | 15030 |
| 225 | Monroe Pippins | PG | 15127 |
| 226 | Kris Clack | SG | 15159 |
| 227 | Dirk Madrich | PF | 15160 |
| 228 | Andrius Mazutis | PG | 15179 |
| 229 | Chauncey Jones | PG | 15180 |
| 230 | Toni Dijan | SF | 15200 |
| 231 | Guillem Rubio | PF | 15201 |
| 232 | Avishai Gordon | SG | 15244 |
| 233 | Marco Rossetti | SF | 15324 |
| 234 | Pedro Fernandez | PF | 15326 |
| 235 | Brian Gomes | SF | 15398 |
| 236 | Chris Junge | C | 15399 |
| 237 | Phil Hickey | C | 15472 |
| 238 | Ryan Moss | SF | 15499 |
| 239 | Vedran Morovic | PG | 15559 |
| 240 | Hector Garcia | SG | 15606 |
| 241 | Eric Schraeder | PF | 15629 |
| 242 | Piet De Bel | C | 15699 |
| 243 | Chad Wilkerson | SG | 15703 |
| 244 | Dameon Sanson | PG | 15749 |
| 245 | Adam Spanich | SF | 15810 |
| 246 | Antric Klaiber | C | 15863 |
| 247 | Tilo Klette | PF | 15865 |
| 248 | Doug Swenson | C | 15961 |
| 249 | Aristides Koronides | PG | 15978 |
| 250 | Balsa Radunovic | PF | 15997 |
| 251 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jr. | SF | 16006 |
| 252 | Cedric McGinnis | PF | 16015 |
| 253 | Damon Frierson | SG | 16030 |
| 254 | Jarrod Lovette | C | 16031 |
| 255 | Raheem Waller | PF | 16050 |
| 256 | Dionte Harvey | SG | 16058 |
| 257 | Tom Poser | SF | 16082 |
| 258 | Mirko Kovac | SF | 16105 |
| 259 | John Green | PF | 16131 |
| 260 | Troy Rolle | PG | 16132 |
| 261 | Matthias Weber | SF | 16159 |
| 262 | Sergiy Gorbenko | SF | 16242 |
| 263 | Khashif Hameed | PF | 16269 |
| 264 | Miles Tarver | PF | 16270 |
| 265 | Sean Mason | PG | 16271 |
| 266 | M.C. Mazique | PF | 16295 |
| 267 | Terryl Woolery | SG | 16312 |
| 268 | Gabor Mates | SG | 16361 |
| 269 | Zoran Viskovic | C | 16362 |
| 270 | Tony Christie | SF | 16414 |
| 271 | Greg Colbert | SF | 16459 |
| 272 | Jason Skaer | PF | 16460 |
| 273 | Cameron Murray | PG | 16495 |
| 274 | Sime Spralja | PF | 16512 |
| 275 | Eric Redeaux | SF | 16537 |
| 276 | Roy Eyal | SG | 16538 |
| 277 | William Davis | PG | 16566 |
| 278 | Eric DeYoung | C | 16619 |
| 279 | Milutin Aleksic | SF | 16643 |
| 280 | Thyria Penn | C | 16655 |
| 281 | Oded Shaashoua | PG | 16696 |
| 282 | Torrey Harris | PF | 16697 |
| 283 | Povilas Cukinas | C | 16719 |
| 284 | Krzysztof Roszyk | SF | 16809 |
| 285 | Mohamed Niang | C | 16825 |
| 286 | Terry Sellers | C | 16844 |
| 287 | Arturas Masiulis | C | 16912 |
| 288 | Rico Harris | C | 16933 |
| 289 | Shannon Williams | PF | 16934 |
| 290 | Pat Bradley | PG | 16963 |
| 291 | Richie Parker | SG | 16973 |
| 292 | Justice Sueing | SF | 16999 |
| 293 | Monte Hardge | C | 17015 |
| 294 | Mike Gill | SF | 17036 |
| 295 | Howard Brown | SF | 17055 |
| 296 | Detrick White | PG | 17078 |
| 297 | Maximiliano Stanic | PG | 17079 |
| 298 | Rob Johnson | SG | 17080 |
| 299 | Marko Verginella | PF | 17090 |
| 300 | Roland Miller | SG | 17112 |
| 301 | Bjorn Gieseck | C | 17280 |
| 302 | Thomas Dodd | C | 17281 |
| 303 | Kenny Gamble | SF | 17323 |
| 304 | Predrag Materic | SG | 17333 |
| 305 | Virgel Cobbin | SG | 17361 |
| 306 | Kris Sergeant | SG | 17381 |
| 307 | Jorge Sing | SG | 17394 |
| 308 | Tyrone Davis | SG | 17395 |
| 309 | Jamal Wilson | SG | 17423 |
| 310 | Casey O'Keefe | PF | 17456 |
| 311 | Fred Warrick | SF | 17482 |
| 312 | Antoni Wyche | SG | 17500 |
| 313 | A.J. Whaley | SF | 17518 |
| 314 | Roberto Nunez | SG | 17526 |
| 315 | Nerijus Karlikanovas | PF | 17544 |
| 316 | Hector Romero | PF | 17611 |
| 317 | Randell Scott | SG | 17612 |
| 318 | Alvin Robinson | PF | 17629 |
| 319 | Savvas Kamperidis | PG | 17641 |
| 320 | Greg Harris | SG | 17740 |
| 321 | Prince Fowler | PG | 17741 |
| 322 | Lamar Butler-Parker | SG | 17756 |
| 323 | Aaron Bates | SG | 17768 |
| 324 | Shannon Henry | SG | 17796 |
| 325 | Remon Van De Hare | C | 17830 |
| 326 | Dewy Fergusson | PG | 17842 |
| 327 | Brandon Wharton | SG | 17899 |
| 328 | Mongundu Menama | PF | 17900 |
| 329 | Gabor Toth | SF | 17998 |
| 330 | Uri Kokia | C | 18008 |
| 331 | Pete Philo | SG | 18037 |
| 332 | Phoenix Thomas | PF | 18090 |
| 333 | Deron Johnson | PF | 18118 |
| 334 | Kenyatta Thompson | PF | 18146 |
| 335 | Sean Riley | C | 18175 |
| 336 | Keweemada King | SG | 18222 |
| 337 | Jason Klein | SF | 18283 |
| 338 | Justin Dalessio | SG | 18301 |
| 339 | Peca Arsic | PF | 18302 |
| 340 | Greg Brown | PG | 18355 |
| 341 | Lou Murray | PF | 18356 |
| 342 | Will Carlton | PF | 18383 |
| 343 | Bobby Joe Hatton | PG | 18410 |
| 344 | Jeff McBroom | SG | 18411 |
| 345 | Gregory Crucifix | SG | 18467 |
| 346 | Franko Kastropil | C | 18480 |
| 347 | Giannis Georgalis | SF | 18504 |
| 348 | Rasheed Sparks | SG | 18524 |
| 349 | Deniz Gokay | C | 18601 |
| 350 | Christian Felix | SG | 18616 |
| 351 | Chatney Howard | SG | 18742 |
| 352 | Yiannis Kakiouzis | PF | 18743 |
| 353 | Slobodan Agoc | C | 18768 |
| 354 | Tiron Ridges | PG | 18837 |
| 355 | Acosta Kittles | PG | 19042 |
| 356 | Robert Garcia | C | 19078 |
| 357 | Stanislav Makshantsev | PF | 19079 |
| 358 | Gregor Linke | PF | 19106 |
| 359 | Lonnie Benjamin | C | 19107 |
| 360 | Dimitrije Matic | PF | 19164 |
| 361 | Brian Montonati | PF | 19210 |
| 362 | Thanassis Efthimiou | C | 19294 |
| 363 | Benny Moore | SG | 19401 |
| 364 | Giorgos Apostolidis | SF | 19535 |
| 365 | Jevgenijs Kosuskins | SF | 19733 |
| 366 | Nikolai Alexeev | C | 19769 |
| 367 | Felipe Gomes | PG | 19783 |
| 368 | Markos Kolokas | PF | 19824 |
| 369 | Stephane Dondon | SF | 19994 |
| 370 | Aleh Kojenets | PF | 20027 |
| 371 | Branko Cuic | SF | 20145 |
| 372 | Ranko Stevovic | PG | 20271 |
| 373 | Joachim Ekanga Ehawa | PG | 20596 |
| 374 | Oleg Saltovets | SF | 20785 |
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