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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-2002
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 | Pau Gasol | PF | 115 |
| 2 | Gilbert Arenas | PG | 142 |
| 3 | Tony Parker | PG | 162 |
| 4 | Zach Randolph | PF | 214 |
| 5 | Joe Johnson | SG | 223 |
| 6 | Gerald Wallace | SF | 331 |
| 7 | Andrei Kirilenko | SF | 395 |
| 8 | Jason Richardson | SG | 427 |
| 9 | Tyson Chandler | C | 449 |
| 10 | Troy Murphy | PF | 566 |
| 11 | Richard Jefferson | SF | 574 |
| 12 | Shane Battier | SF | 834 |
| 13 | Samuel Dalembert | C | 915 |
| 14 | Earl Watson | PG | 1004 |
| 15 | Eddy Curry | C | 1118 |
| 16 | Carlos Arroyo | PG | 1200 |
| 17 | Brendan Haywood | C | 1257 |
| 18 | Jamaal Tinsley | PG | 1498 |
| 19 | Zeljko Rebraca | C | 1644 |
| 20 | Predrag Drobnjak | C | 1692 |
| 21 | Giorgos Printezis | PF | 1800 |
| 22 | Trenton Hassell | SF | 1879 |
| 23 | Bobby Simmons | SG | 1885 |
| 24 | Kwame Brown | PF | 1915 |
| 25 | Primoz Brezec | C | 2018 |
| 26 | Speedy Claxton | PG | 2049 |
| 27 | Maurice Evans | SG | 2050 |
| 28 | Chris Andersen | PF | 2078 |
| 29 | Jason Collins | C | 2154 |
| 30 | Krunoslav Simon | SG | 2179 |
| 31 | Will Solomon | PG | 2264 |
| 32 | Robertas Javtokas | C | 2290 |
| 33 | Ademola Okulaja | PF | 2310 |
| 34 | Charlie Bell | SG | 2363 |
| 35 | Eddie Griffin | PF | 2491 |
| 36 | Terence Morris | SF | 2770 |
| 37 | Etan Thomas | PF | 2784 |
| 38 | Jonas Maciulis | SF | 3032 |
| 39 | Jarron Collins | PF | 3099 |
| 40 | Terrell Lyday | SG | 3199 |
| 41 | Stratos Perperoglou | SF | 3216 |
| 42 | Demond Mallet | PG | 3316 |
| 43 | Steven Hunter | C | 3376 |
| 44 | DeSagana Diop | C | 3394 |
| 45 | Loukas Mavrokefalidis | PF | 3395 |
| 46 | Malik Allen | PF | 3425 |
| 47 | Miloud Doubal | PG | 3451 |
| 48 | Oscar Torres | SG | 3508 |
| 49 | Moured Boughedir | SF | 3529 |
| 50 | Fred House | SG | 3826 |
| 51 | Brian Scalabrine | PF | 3903 |
| 52 | Loren Woods | C | 4023 |
| 53 | Kaspars Kambala | PF | 4025 |
| 54 | Kostas Kaimakoglou | PF | 4045 |
| 55 | Amine Benramdane | SG | 4064 |
| 56 | Carlos Morais | SG | 4112 |
| 57 | Ansu Sesay | SF | 4137 |
| 58 | Tierre Brown | PG | 4179 |
| 59 | Walter Herrmann | SF | 4206 |
| 60 | Marko Banic | C | 4248 |
| 61 | Michael Wright | PF | 4277 |
| 62 | Eddie Gill | PG | 4292 |
| 63 | Renaldas Seibutis | SG | 4427 |
| 64 | Ali Turki | SF | 4483 |
| 65 | Vanderlei Mazzuchini | SF | 4484 |
| 66 | Elie Mechantaf | SG | 4565 |
| 67 | Victor Sada | PG | 4604 |
| 68 | Craig Bradshaw | PF | 4683 |
| 69 | Zoran Erceg | PF | 4708 |
| 70 | Kenny Gregory | SG | 4820 |
| 71 | Milenko Tepic | SG | 4821 |
| 72 | Andre Hutson | PF | 4844 |
| 73 | Uros Tripkovic | SG | 4890 |
| 74 | Damone Brown | PF | 4999 |
| 75 | Kedrick Brown | SF | 5261 |
| 76 | Damian Martin | PG | 5270 |
| 77 | Luka Bogdanovic | SF | 5330 |
| 78 | Ernest Brown | C | 5387 |
| 79 | Isaac Fontaine | SG | 5410 |
| 80 | Michael Bradley | PF | 5483 |
| 81 | Lucas Walker | SF | 5667 |
| 82 | Lonnie Harrell | SF | 5918 |
| 83 | Ricardo Greer | SF | 6002 |
| 84 | Domen Lorbek | SG | 6103 |
| 85 | Rodney White | SF | 6117 |
| 86 | Tyrone Ellis | SG | 6201 |
| 87 | Ratko Varda | C | 6427 |
| 88 | Adam Hrycaniuk | C | 6636 |
| 89 | Brent Wright | PF | 6835 |
| 90 | Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje | C | 6866 |
| 91 | Mike King | SG | 7012 |
| 92 | Greg Stempin | SF | 7125 |
| 93 | Darrell Johns | C | 7136 |
| 94 | Vuk Radivojevic | PG | 7241 |
| 95 | Marcelinho Huertas | PG | 7263 |
| 96 | Leon Smith | C | 7520 |
| 97 | Tadas Klimavicius | PF | 7617 |
| 98 | Sean Lampley | SF | 7676 |
| 99 | Alain Koffi | PF | 7801 |
| 100 | Tang Hamilton | SF | 7865 |
| 101 | Bryan Lucas | SF | 7969 |
| 102 | Darren Fenn | C | 8032 |
| 103 | Kenny Satterfield | PG | 8114 |
| 104 | Heiko Schaffartzik | PG | 8115 |
| 105 | Dean Oliver | PG | 8175 |
| 106 | Joseph Forte | SG | 8319 |
| 107 | Ivan Radenovic | PF | 8326 |
| 108 | Kirk Haston | SF | 8386 |
| 109 | Marc Salyers | SF | 8412 |
| 110 | Rasko Katic | C | 8516 |
| 111 | Tai Crutchfield | SF | 8535 |
| 112 | Isiah Victor | PF | 8594 |
| 113 | Jamison Brewer | PG | 8596 |
| 114 | Tony Stanley | SG | 8634 |
| 115 | Steponas Babrauskas | SG | 8716 |
| 116 | Josh Asselin | PF | 8763 |
| 117 | Brandon Armstrong | SG | 8946 |
| 118 | James Miller | PG | 8976 |
| 119 | Simonas Serapinas | SF | 9199 |
| 120 | Michael Johnson | PG | 9361 |
| 121 | Reggie Jessie | SG | 9374 |
| 122 | Strahinja Milosevic | SF | 9437 |
| 123 | Rhys Carter | PG | 9562 |
| 124 | Jeryl Sasser | SG | 9611 |
| 125 | George Evans | PF | 9623 |
| 126 | Marvin Gay | PF | 9742 |
| 127 | Srdan Subotic | PG | 9778 |
| 128 | Eugene Edgerson | SF | 9779 |
| 129 | Kyle Hill | PG | 9785 |
| 130 | Txemi Urtasun | SG | 9788 |
| 131 | Rahim Lockhart | PF | 10056 |
| 132 | Kimani Ffriend | C | 10197 |
| 133 | Kelley McClure | PG | 10235 |
| 134 | Pape Philippe Amagou | PG | 10246 |
| 135 | Steven Markovic | PG | 10262 |
| 136 | Alton Ford | PF | 10298 |
| 137 | Eric Chenowith | C | 10350 |
| 138 | Lee Scruggs | C | 10412 |
| 139 | Versile Shaw | SF | 10672 |
| 140 | Casey Calvary | PF | 10675 |
| 141 | Tony Harris (1979) | PG | 10680 |
| 142 | Livan Pyfrom | C | 10682 |
| 143 | Geoff Owens | PF | 10695 |
| 144 | Victor Thomas | SF | 10712 |
| 145 | Lamont Turner | SG | 10733 |
| 146 | Rob Griffin | SF | 10792 |
| 147 | Jim Moran | SF | 10836 |
| 148 | Dimitrios Mavroeidis | C | 10924 |
| 149 | Donald Hand | PG | 11005 |
| 150 | Greg Stevenson | SF | 11023 |
| 151 | David Gautier | PF | 11113 |
| 152 | Karim Shabazz | C | 11171 |
| 153 | Simeon Haley | C | 11210 |
| 154 | Carson Cunningham | PG | 11228 |
| 155 | James Harvey | SG | 11428 |
| 156 | Rashad Phillips | PG | 11442 |
| 157 | Tory Walker | PF | 11501 |
| 158 | Troy Ostler | PF | 11505 |
| 159 | Jeff Greer | SG | 11525 |
| 160 | Vadim Panin | SF | 11548 |
| 161 | Saul Smith | PG | 11626 |
| 162 | Ousmane Cisse | PF | 11630 |
| 163 | Antonio Grant | SF | 11784 |
| 164 | Marlowe Currie | SF | 11786 |
| 165 | Greg Clausen | C | 11789 |
| 166 | Martin Rancik | PF | 11837 |
| 167 | Brian Wardle | SG | 11851 |
| 168 | Isaac Spencer | SF | 11881 |
| 169 | William Clay | PG | 11906 |
| 170 | Sean Daugherty | C | 12118 |
| 171 | Jeff Boese | SF | 12244 |
| 172 | Ramiz Suljanovic | PF | 12284 |
| 173 | Gintaras Kadziulis | SG | 12315 |
| 174 | Nathan Crosswell | PG | 12362 |
| 175 | Alexey Zhukanenko | C | 12372 |
| 176 | Joe Crispin | PG | 12380 |
| 177 | Mike Mardesich | C | 12440 |
| 178 | Erron Maxey | SF | 12550 |
| 179 | Ike Harmon | SF | 12581 |
| 180 | John Mueller | C | 12596 |
| 181 | Nate Blessen | SG | 12599 |
| 182 | Juanjo Triguero | C | 12602 |
| 183 | XiaoMing Lu | PG | 12699 |
| 184 | Tony Martin (PF) | PF | 12721 |
| 185 | Michailis Anisimovas | C | 12745 |
| 186 | Clyde Ellis | PF | 12814 |
| 187 | Armando Costa | PG | 12834 |
| 188 | Matan Naor | SG | 12904 |
| 189 | Sah-u-Ra Brown | C | 12940 |
| 190 | Maurice Jeffers | SG | 12986 |
| 191 | Neil Yanke | C | 13032 |
| 192 | Calvin Bowman | PF | 13136 |
| 193 | Steffon Bradford | PF | 13137 |
| 194 | Toshiro Germany | PF | 13139 |
| 195 | Rafael Vidaurreta | PF | 13140 |
| 196 | Jure Balazic | PF | 13190 |
| 197 | Titus Ivory | SG | 13192 |
| 198 | Lamont Roland | SG | 13261 |
| 199 | Albert Mouring | SG | 13296 |
| 200 | Aleksandar Ivanovic | SF | 13327 |
| 201 | Jody Lumpkin | C | 13328 |
| 202 | Rodney Gidney | SF | 13329 |
| 203 | Norm Richardson | SG | 13357 |
| 204 | Kris Hunter | C | 13431 |
| 205 | Roy Boone | SG | 13440 |
| 206 | Andy Rice | PF | 13496 |
| 207 | Jason Heide | C | 13553 |
| 208 | C.J. Black | PF | 13602 |
| 209 | Alvin Jones | C | 13686 |
| 210 | Vernon Jennings | SG | 13794 |
| 211 | Zach Marbury | PG | 13844 |
| 212 | Monty Mack | SG | 13867 |
| 213 | Damon Thornton | PF | 13927 |
| 214 | Tarvis Williams | SF | 13928 |
| 215 | Kevin Melson | PF | 13966 |
| 216 | Edmund Saunders | PF | 14031 |
| 217 | Gyasi Cline-Heard | PF | 14039 |
| 218 | Derrick Hines | PG | 14090 |
| 219 | Scott Knapp | SG | 14091 |
| 220 | Raimonds Vaikulis | SG | 14112 |
| 221 | Shamel Jones | PF | 14124 |
| 222 | Ben Adams | PG | 14183 |
| 223 | Kenyada Dent | SG | 14289 |
| 224 | Johnny Phillips | PF | 14298 |
| 225 | Sylvester McIntosh | SG | 14299 |
| 226 | Nemanja Aleksandrov | PF | 14325 |
| 227 | Marco Cusin | C | 14326 |
| 228 | Darren Kelly | SG | 14337 |
| 229 | Frank Barr | C | 14362 |
| 230 | Travis Young | PG | 14365 |
| 231 | Vassilis Xanthopoulos | PG | 14381 |
| 232 | Niels Meijer | PF | 14443 |
| 233 | Johnny White | PG | 14444 |
| 234 | Bryan Bracey | SF | 14490 |
| 235 | Demetrius Porter | PG | 14558 |
| 236 | Alfonso Alzamora | C | 14608 |
| 237 | Terrance Martin | PG | 14710 |
| 238 | Skipper Youngblood | PF | 14744 |
| 239 | Robb Dryden | C | 14756 |
| 240 | Kaloyan Ivanov | PF | 14803 |
| 241 | Dmitry Flis | PF | 14819 |
| 242 | Russell Archambault | PG | 14820 |
| 243 | Greedy Daniels | PG | 14842 |
| 244 | Goran Ikonic | SG | 14864 |
| 245 | William Soliman | C | 14914 |
| 246 | Sherman Carstensen | SF | 14971 |
| 247 | Mladjen Sljivancanin | SF | 14991 |
| 248 | Fedor Dmitriev | SF | 14995 |
| 249 | David Shelton | SF | 15026 |
| 250 | LaVall Jordan | PG | 15027 |
| 251 | Marvin Wells | SF | 15079 |
| 252 | Brian Woodland | PG | 15178 |
| 253 | Napoleon Petteway | SF | 15264 |
| 254 | Sergio McClain | SG | 15304 |
| 255 | Tony Key | C | 15305 |
| 256 | Darrel Waters | SG | 15374 |
| 257 | Marcus Hill | SG | 15520 |
| 258 | Alton Mason | PG | 15527 |
| 259 | Charalambis Markopoulos | PG | 15553 |
| 260 | DeMarcus Minor | SG | 15618 |
| 261 | Balazs Simon | PG | 15662 |
| 262 | Darnell Williams | PF | 15676 |
| 263 | Peter Hutter | SG | 15677 |
| 264 | Ron Kelley | C | 15678 |
| 265 | Nenad Pistoljevic | SG | 15700 |
| 266 | Itzhak Cohen | SG | 15715 |
| 267 | Donte Hill | PG | 15726 |
| 268 | Elton Mashack | SF | 15747 |
| 269 | Vince Whitt | SG | 15748 |
| 270 | Corey Brown | SG | 15792 |
| 271 | Phil Grant | SF | 15836 |
| 272 | Joe Troy Smith | SG | 15864 |
| 273 | Nolan Johnson | SG | 15959 |
| 274 | Bernard Rock | PG | 15975 |
| 275 | Clifton Terry | SF | 16027 |
| 276 | Ryan Leier | PG | 16028 |
| 277 | Olivier Bardet | SF | 16080 |
| 278 | Ivan Zigeranovic | C | 16150 |
| 279 | Baris Ozcan | SG | 16168 |
| 280 | Charlie Harris | SG | 16218 |
| 281 | Valerio Amoroso | SF | 16219 |
| 282 | Feliks Kojadinovic | SG | 16250 |
| 283 | SirValiant Brown | PG | 16252 |
| 284 | Starlin Stevens | PG | 16268 |
| 285 | Walter Craft | C | 16310 |
| 286 | Stephen Brun | SF | 16336 |
| 287 | Terry Black | SG | 16341 |
| 288 | Ajmal Basit | PF | 16359 |
| 289 | Toshay Harvey | PG | 16388 |
| 290 | Fikret Can Akin | PG | 16396 |
| 291 | Travis Robinson | PG | 16411 |
| 292 | Spiros Kekelis | PG | 16458 |
| 293 | Kyle Keyes | PG | 16494 |
| 294 | Joe Brown | SF | 16535 |
| 295 | Karim Smith | PF | 16536 |
| 296 | Aivaras Kiausas | SF | 16555 |
| 297 | Greg Hendricks | PG | 16575 |
| 298 | Ramel Lloyd | SG | 16576 |
| 299 | Charles Hathaway | C | 16652 |
| 300 | Ben Walker | PG | 16695 |
| 301 | Moshe Mizrahi | SF | 16725 |
| 302 | Barry Bradford | PG | 16778 |
| 303 | Fess Hawkins | C | 16779 |
| 304 | Rineo Vlijter | C | 16780 |
| 305 | Sasa Zagorac | PF | 16801 |
| 306 | Gareth Bragg | C | 16824 |
| 307 | Kenny Inge | PF | 16881 |
| 308 | Matt Baniak | PF | 16932 |
| 309 | Jan Mocnik | PG | 16946 |
| 310 | Slobodan Popovic | SG | 16978 |
| 311 | Fedor Likholitov | C | 16982 |
| 312 | Zarko Rakocevic | PF | 16984 |
| 313 | Rudy Williams | C | 16986 |
| 314 | Akselis Vairogs | SG | 17009 |
| 315 | Anthony Taylor (1979) | PG | 17013 |
| 316 | Gerrit Major | PG | 17094 |
| 317 | Anton Ageev | PG | 17141 |
| 318 | Soner Senturk | PG | 17203 |
| 319 | Yuichiro Morishita | PG | 17300 |
| 320 | Cookie Belcher | SG | 17319 |
| 321 | Sandi Cebular | SG | 17358 |
| 322 | Alessandro Cittadini | PF | 17374 |
| 323 | Pat Deveney | PF | 17452 |
| 324 | Martin Ides | C | 17514 |
| 325 | Ryan Sears | PG | 17515 |
| 326 | Marko Car | SG | 17560 |
| 327 | Rolandas Alijevas | SG | 17561 |
| 328 | Peter Van Paassen | C | 17628 |
| 329 | Johnny Parker | PF | 17720 |
| 330 | Malcolm Battles | PF | 17721 |
| 331 | Thomas Van de Vondel | SG | 17754 |
| 332 | Peter Huber-Saffer | C | 17793 |
| 333 | Ian Chadwick | SG | 17819 |
| 334 | Javon Cheatham | PG | 17867 |
| 335 | Damien McSwine | SG | 17898 |
| 336 | Derrick Davenport | PF | 17934 |
| 337 | Omar Quintero | PG | 17995 |
| 338 | Richard Rosario | SG | 17996 |
| 339 | Phillip Zwiener | SF | 18051 |
| 340 | Rajon Cathcart | PG | 18087 |
| 341 | Tajudeen Soyoye | C | 18116 |
| 342 | Gerald Jones | PG | 18173 |
| 343 | Valentin Pastal | SF | 18181 |
| 344 | Detric Golden | PG | 18272 |
| 345 | Tate Decker | PF | 18300 |
| 346 | Ivica Skalabrin | PG | 18363 |
| 347 | David Fisher | PF | 18381 |
| 348 | Beau Archibald | SF | 18465 |
| 349 | Tim Wells | SF | 18495 |
| 350 | Sinisa Stemberger | SG | 18534 |
| 351 | Artem Kuzyakin | SG | 18663 |
| 352 | Frank McQueen | SG | 18739 |
| 353 | Nedim Yucel | PF | 18740 |
| 354 | Vladimir Dyachok | PF | 18751 |
| 355 | Kinte Smith | SG | 18765 |
| 356 | Marques Maybin | SG | 18791 |
| 357 | Simone Berti | SG | 18797 |
| 358 | Kelan Williams | PG | 18815 |
| 359 | Vytenis Jasikevicius | PG | 18816 |
| 360 | Viktor Kobzystyi | SF | 18850 |
| 361 | John Lazosky | PF | 18866 |
| 362 | Francis Perujo | SG | 18896 |
| 363 | Terrell Owens | SG | 18897 |
| 364 | Donald Johnson | PG | 18923 |
| 365 | Rob Sawicki | C | 19010 |
| 366 | Scott Johnson | C | 19041 |
| 367 | Qiang Bian | SG | 19104 |
| 368 | Ernest Holmes | SG | 19130 |
| 369 | L. Dee Murdock | PF | 19131 |
| 370 | Ian Foster | PG | 19158 |
| 371 | Igor Ivaskovic | SG | 19191 |
| 372 | Vukasin Aleksic | PG | 19236 |
| 373 | Dimitris Kalaitzidis | SF | 19242 |
| 374 | Jon Cortaberria | SF | 19306 |
| 375 | Evaldas Dainys | PG | 19332 |
| 376 | Bob Menama | SF | 19407 |
| 377 | Gregory Miller | SG | 19493 |
| 378 | Raul Mena | PG | 19624 |
| 379 | Tommy Thorwarth | SF | 19637 |
| 380 | Stanley Thomas | SF | 19803 |
| 381 | Panagiotis Mantzanas | SF | 19844 |
| 382 | Giannis Mitropoulos | SF | 19870 |
| 383 | Alexei Savkov | SG | 19880 |
| 384 | Eduardo Hernandez | C | 19925 |
| 385 | Zvonimir Kovacevic | SF | 19993 |
| 386 | Roman Montanez | SG | 20054 |
| 387 | Arnaud Kerckhof | PG | 20075 |
| 388 | Davor Tomic | PG | 20103 |
| 389 | Polat Kocaoglu | PF | 20203 |
| 390 | Christoforos Stefanidis | PG | 20273 |
| 391 | Lesly Bengaber | SF | 20292 |
| 392 | Sergey Krasnikov | SF | 20303 |
| 393 | Paolo Barlera | C | 20348 |
| 394 | Sam Haginas | C | 20362 |
| 395 | Sam Rotsaert | SF | 20413 |
| 396 | Shaun Fein | SG | 20590 |
| 397 | Marin Vrsaljko | SF | 20619 |
| 398 | Kresimir Jelavic | SF | 20717 |
| 399 | Juan Lopez | SF | 20722 |
| 400 | Vladimir Radmanovic | PF | 20723 |
| 401 | Allen Griffin | PG | 20726 |
| 402 | Luka Lazukic | PF | 20736 |
| 403 | Carlo Ferri | SF | 20753 |
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