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The Top Ranked Basketball Players by Rookie Year-2005
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 | Dwight Howard | C | 57 |
| 2 | Josh Smith | SF | 267 |
| 3 | Al Jefferson | C | 284 |
| 4 | Andre Iguodala | SG | 294 |
| 5 | Luol Deng | SF | 374 |
| 6 | Devin Harris | PG | 490 |
| 7 | Jameer Nelson | PG | 546 |
| 8 | Tony Allen | SG | 625 |
| 9 | Emeka Okafor | C | 629 |
| 10 | Ben Gordon | SG | 679 |
| 11 | Trevor Ariza | SF | 688 |
| 12 | J.R. Smith | SG | 769 |
| 13 | Kevin Martin | SG | 828 |
| 14 | Beno Udrih | PG | 998 |
| 15 | Andres Nocioni | PF | 1030 |
| 16 | Chris Duhon | PG | 1300 |
| 17 | Nenad Krstic | C | 1322 |
| 18 | Anderson Varejao | C | 1326 |
| 19 | Kris Humphries | PF | 1343 |
| 20 | Nick Collison | C | 1454 |
| 21 | Dorell Wright | SF | 1507 |
| 22 | Viktor Khryapa | SF | 1578 |
| 23 | Delonte West | PG | 1606 |
| 24 | Romain Sato | SG | 1614 |
| 25 | Andris Biedrins | C | 1707 |
| 26 | Josh Childress | SG | 1715 |
| 27 | Ibo Kutluay | SG | 1758 |
| 28 | Shaun Livingston | SG | 1771 |
| 29 | Sebastian Telfair | PG | 1951 |
| 30 | Matt Bonner | PF | 2123 |
| 31 | Damien Wilkins | SF | 2231 |
| 32 | Sasha Vujacic | SG | 2315 |
| 33 | Miroslav Raduljica | C | 2404 |
| 34 | David Hawkins | SG | 2660 |
| 35 | Stefan Markovic | PG | 2772 |
| 36 | Fabien Causeur | SG | 3268 |
| 37 | Quinton Ross | SG | 3393 |
| 38 | Charles Gaines | PF | 3432 |
| 39 | Rasheim Wright | SG | 3450 |
| 40 | Nihad Dedovic | SG | 3659 |
| 41 | Royal Ivey | SG | 3751 |
| 42 | Mario Kasun | C | 3874 |
| 43 | Joaquim Gomes | PF | 3934 |
| 44 | Pau Ribas | SG | 3999 |
| 45 | Sam Van Rossom | PG | 4022 |
| 46 | Peter John Ramos | C | 4171 |
| 47 | Giorgi Shermadini | C | 4509 |
| 48 | Maurice Baker | PG | 4671 |
| 49 | Adam Gibson | PG | 4677 |
| 50 | D.J. Mbenga | C | 4692 |
| 51 | Evangelos Koronios | PG | 4796 |
| 52 | Billy Thomas | SF | 4860 |
| 53 | Andre Barrett | PG | 4867 |
| 54 | Donta Smith | SG | 4964 |
| 55 | Nemanja Gordic | PG | 4976 |
| 56 | Stanko Barac | C | 5287 |
| 57 | Andrija Stipanovic | C | 5288 |
| 58 | Ricky Minard | SG | 5321 |
| 59 | Kirk Snyder | SF | 5381 |
| 60 | Andre Emmett | SF | 5590 |
| 61 | Horace Jenkins | PG | 5723 |
| 62 | Pape Sow | C | 5729 |
| 63 | Luke R. Jackson | SF | 5782 |
| 64 | Tom Jervis | C | 5806 |
| 65 | Tim Bowers | PG | 5902 |
| 66 | Rashad Wright | PG | 6027 |
| 67 | Rickey Paulding | SG | 6053 |
| 68 | Xiaoxu Li | PF | 6079 |
| 69 | Anthony Petrie | PF | 6254 |
| 70 | Pietro Aradori | SG | 6261 |
| 71 | David Harrison | C | 6428 |
| 72 | Corsley Edwards | C | 6481 |
| 73 | Bernard Robinson | SG | 6594 |
| 74 | Erik Daniels | SF | 6821 |
| 75 | Justin Reed | PF | 6824 |
| 76 | Tremmell Darden | SF | 6876 |
| 77 | Jackie Butler | C | 6980 |
| 78 | Evgeny Voronov | SG | 7033 |
| 79 | Andrew Wisniewski | PG | 7512 |
| 80 | Pavel Pumprla | SG | 7560 |
| 81 | Larry Davidson | C | 7630 |
| 82 | James Thomas | PF | 7668 |
| 83 | Robin Benzing | SF | 7767 |
| 84 | Rafael Araujo | C | 7806 |
| 85 | Vojdan Stojanovski | SG | 7824 |
| 86 | Antonio Burks | PG | 7882 |
| 87 | Suad Sehovic | SF | 7966 |
| 88 | Tony Bobbitt | PG | 8051 |
| 89 | Adam Chubb | C | 8161 |
| 90 | Lionel Chalmers | PG | 8392 |
| 91 | Marques Green | PG | 8455 |
| 92 | Zhang Kai | PF | 8701 |
| 93 | Robert Swift | PG | 8711 |
| 94 | Terrance Thomas | SF | 8831 |
| 95 | Maleye N'Doye | PF | 8906 |
| 96 | Siim Sander Vene | SF | 8948 |
| 97 | Andres Rodriguez | PG | 8961 |
| 98 | Awvee Storey | SF | 9319 |
| 99 | Darryl Gladden | PG | 9429 |
| 100 | Blake Stepp | PG | 9445 |
| 101 | Morris Finley | PG | 9485 |
| 102 | Julius Johnson | SG | 9556 |
| 103 | Brandin Knight | PG | 9617 |
| 104 | Alhaji Mohammed | SG | 9724 |
| 105 | Joe Dabbert | C | 9781 |
| 106 | John Edwards | C | 9801 |
| 107 | Adam Hess | SF | 9842 |
| 108 | J.K. Edwards | PF | 9869 |
| 109 | Jared Reiner | C | 9900 |
| 110 | Jermaine Williams | C | 9906 |
| 111 | David Gruber | SF | 9912 |
| 112 | Geno Carlisle | SG | 10035 |
| 113 | Lei Wang | SF | 10099 |
| 114 | Scott Merritt | PF | 10150 |
| 115 | Jitim Young | SG | 10166 |
| 116 | Seth Doliboa | PF | 10189 |
| 117 | Michael Joiner | PF | 10260 |
| 118 | Matt Freije | PF | 10307 |
| 119 | Nate Burton | SG | 10318 |
| 120 | Eddy Barlow | PG | 10351 |
| 121 | Tomas Bellas | PG | 10420 |
| 122 | Ian Boylan | SF | 10430 |
| 123 | Odell Bradley | PF | 10476 |
| 124 | Seth Scott | PF | 10481 |
| 125 | Jimmy Baxter | SG | 10522 |
| 126 | Marcus Douthit | C | 10523 |
| 127 | Roderick Riley | C | 10527 |
| 128 | Cory Violette | PF | 10540 |
| 129 | Sidney Holmes | SF | 10686 |
| 130 | Carl Mitchell | PF | 10691 |
| 131 | Michel Morandais | SF | 10736 |
| 132 | Mike Benton | C | 10763 |
| 133 | Yuta Tabuse | PG | 10785 |
| 134 | Deividas Gailius | SF | 10804 |
| 135 | Myron Allen | PG | 10970 |
| 136 | Mourad El Mabrouk | SG | 11087 |
| 137 | Jeff Schiffner | SG | 11136 |
| 138 | Marcus Moore | SG | 11137 |
| 139 | Seung-Jin Ha | C | 11159 |
| 140 | Pavel Podkolzin | C | 11179 |
| 141 | Cliff Hawkins | PG | 11211 |
| 142 | Evgeny Baburin | SG | 11258 |
| 143 | Darius Rice | PF | 11291 |
| 144 | Kevin Johnson (1980) | SF | 11367 |
| 145 | Luis Flores | PG | 11462 |
| 146 | Anthony Terrell | SF | 11540 |
| 147 | Antoine Pettway | PG | 11555 |
| 148 | Corey Minnifield | SF | 11573 |
| 149 | Dwayne Broyles | SF | 11629 |
| 150 | Jason Miller | PF | 11683 |
| 151 | Miah Davis | PG | 11735 |
| 152 | Kenyon Gamble | C | 11815 |
| 153 | Dylan Page | SF | 11890 |
| 154 | Chris Booker | PF | 11897 |
| 155 | Chris Garnett | C | 11910 |
| 156 | Aerick Sanders | PF | 11915 |
| 157 | Henk Norel | PF | 11961 |
| 158 | Justin Miller | PF | 11981 |
| 159 | Sherman Gay | SF | 11982 |
| 160 | Ernest Scott | SF | 12018 |
| 161 | Randall Orr | PF | 12139 |
| 162 | Tony Dobbins | SG | 12144 |
| 163 | Aaron Cel | PF | 12209 |
| 164 | Darnell Miller | SG | 12220 |
| 165 | Michael Watson | PG | 12277 |
| 166 | Issac Jefferson | SG | 12341 |
| 167 | Taliek Brown | PG | 12381 |
| 168 | Maurice Spillers | SF | 12429 |
| 169 | Zygimantas Janavicius | PG | 12492 |
| 170 | T.J. Cummings | PF | 12527 |
| 171 | Chris Brooks | SG | 12539 |
| 172 | Leroy Hurd | PF | 12624 |
| 173 | George Leach | C | 12653 |
| 174 | Greg Davis | PG | 12720 |
| 175 | Tim Ellis | SG | 12810 |
| 176 | Chris Sandy | PG | 12832 |
| 177 | Sean Finn | PF | 12876 |
| 178 | Nick VanderLaan | C | 12905 |
| 179 | Lamont McIntosh | PG | 12912 |
| 180 | Cuthbert Victor | PF | 13022 |
| 181 | Romeo Augustine | SF | 13091 |
| 182 | Kevin Sweetwyne | PG | 13186 |
| 183 | Torrian Jones | SG | 13187 |
| 184 | Adam Parada | C | 13197 |
| 185 | Tim Washington | PF | 13259 |
| 186 | Lincoln Glass | PG | 13314 |
| 187 | Derrick Bird | SG | 13326 |
| 188 | Philipp Schwethelm | SF | 13478 |
| 189 | Harvey Thomas | SF | 13480 |
| 190 | Darius Mattear | SF | 13526 |
| 191 | Jovan Harris | PG | 13534 |
| 192 | Antwain Barbour | SG | 13540 |
| 193 | Adas Juskevicius | SG | 13689 |
| 194 | Chris Shumate | SG | 13727 |
| 195 | Ziqui Liu | SF | 13762 |
| 196 | James Peters | PF | 13800 |
| 197 | Antoine Landry | PG | 13819 |
| 198 | Josh Fisher | PG | 13911 |
| 199 | Michael Bauer | PF | 13957 |
| 200 | Maurice Bailey | PG | 14028 |
| 201 | Antwan Jones | SF | 14138 |
| 202 | Garry Hill-Thomas | SG | 14222 |
| 203 | Miljan Rakic | SG | 14238 |
| 204 | Eric Walton | SF | 14241 |
| 205 | Michael Haynes | SG | 14249 |
| 206 | Benas Veikalas | SG | 14281 |
| 207 | C.J. Massingale | PG | 14294 |
| 208 | Nick Horvath | PF | 14295 |
| 209 | Terrence Hill | SG | 14296 |
| 210 | Jarrad Prue | PF | 14335 |
| 211 | Zach Moss | SG | 14399 |
| 212 | Derrick Washington | PG | 14476 |
| 213 | Dagan Yivzori | SG | 14480 |
| 214 | Xavier Rey | C | 14499 |
| 215 | Rich Melzer | PF | 14597 |
| 216 | John Flippen | C | 14616 |
| 217 | David Palmer | SF | 14687 |
| 218 | Tyron Evans | SF | 14708 |
| 219 | Tim Pickett | SF | 14755 |
| 220 | Ke Mo | PF | 14791 |
| 221 | Jeff Graves | PF | 14805 |
| 222 | Erkan Veyseloglu | SF | 14881 |
| 223 | Javier Mendiburu | SG | 14970 |
| 224 | Mike Helms | PG | 15024 |
| 225 | Gabriel Hughes | C | 15054 |
| 226 | Mario Fernandez | SG | 15055 |
| 227 | Bryant Matthews | SF | 15105 |
| 228 | James Reaves | PF | 15124 |
| 229 | Rich Baker | PG | 15125 |
| 230 | Courtney Fields | SF | 15151 |
| 231 | Jeff Brandt | SG | 15174 |
| 232 | Josh Mueller | PG | 15175 |
| 233 | Nick Neumann | C | 15176 |
| 234 | Wesley Wilson | C | 15177 |
| 235 | Stefano Gentile | PG | 15298 |
| 236 | A.J. Diggs | PG | 15302 |
| 237 | Nick Branting | SG | 15303 |
| 238 | Gabe Inglis | SF | 15350 |
| 239 | Bo Wang | PF | 15369 |
| 240 | Rashaad Powell | SF | 15395 |
| 241 | Gintaras Leonavicius | SG | 15479 |
| 242 | Damarcus Hence | SG | 15587 |
| 243 | Sung-Yoon Bang | SG | 15661 |
| 244 | Tyree Jones | PG | 15675 |
| 245 | Konrad Wysocki | SF | 15694 |
| 246 | Sean Sonderleiter | PF | 15733 |
| 247 | Dennis Mims | PF | 15741 |
| 248 | Andre Joseph | PG | 15861 |
| 249 | R.T. Guinn | C | 15870 |
| 250 | Tim Frost | PF | 15882 |
| 251 | Bryant Northern | PG | 15926 |
| 252 | Robert Owens | SF | 15927 |
| 253 | James Wright | PG | 15962 |
| 254 | Julius Page | PG | 15974 |
| 255 | Yong-Gang Zhao | SF | 16002 |
| 256 | Velimir Radinovic | C | 16009 |
| 257 | Enique Clemons | PG | 16025 |
| 258 | Guy Muya | SF | 16048 |
| 259 | Kenny Taylor | PG | 16072 |
| 260 | Marcus Jefferson | SF | 16078 |
| 261 | Quentin Mitchell | SG | 16079 |
| 262 | Jeremy McNeil | PF | 16100 |
| 263 | Niels Marnegrave | SG | 16109 |
| 264 | Stefan Sinovec | SG | 16115 |
| 265 | Pierric Poupet | SG | 16119 |
| 266 | David Young | SF | 16247 |
| 267 | Demond Cowins | SF | 16264 |
| 268 | Luke Whitehead | SF | 16286 |
| 269 | William Samuels | SG | 16386 |
| 270 | Ryan Pitts | PF | 16410 |
| 271 | Kaspars Cipruss | C | 16435 |
| 272 | Delonte Holland | SG | 16444 |
| 273 | Raoul Heinen | SG | 16457 |
| 274 | Anthony Walton | SF | 16491 |
| 275 | Brandon Bender | PF | 16492 |
| 276 | Travon Bryant | PF | 16525 |
| 277 | Jamaal Miller | PG | 16534 |
| 278 | Kazuyuki Nakagawa | PG | 16573 |
| 279 | Anthony Greenup | SF | 16614 |
| 280 | David Sykes | SG | 16615 |
| 281 | Dimitrios Charitopoulos | PF | 16630 |
| 282 | Christian Drejer | SF | 16675 |
| 283 | Toree Morris | C | 16680 |
| 284 | Denver Tenbroek | SG | 16690 |
| 285 | Orhan Haciyeva | PF | 16691 |
| 286 | Mutlu Akpinar | SF | 16717 |
| 287 | Andrew Drevo | PF | 16721 |
| 288 | Bing Hou | SF | 16739 |
| 289 | Djordje Micic (1983) | SG | 16740 |
| 290 | Lee Church | PG | 16741 |
| 291 | Willie Shaw | SF | 16776 |
| 292 | Rashi Johnson | PG | 16819 |
| 293 | Peter Lorant | PF | 16888 |
| 294 | Jason Parker | PG | 16924 |
| 295 | Obadiah Toppin | SF | 16994 |
| 296 | Vasily Zavoruev | SG | 17028 |
| 297 | Elishay Kadir | PF | 17029 |
| 298 | Marcus Smith | PG | 17074 |
| 299 | Lauriston Beech | C | 17111 |
| 300 | Konstantin Nesterov | PF | 17130 |
| 301 | Nigel Dixon | C | 17168 |
| 302 | Aaron Haynes | SF | 17177 |
| 303 | Reggie Butler | SG | 17200 |
| 304 | Abdel Kader Sylla | C | 17211 |
| 305 | Sammy Barona | SF | 17212 |
| 306 | Ivan Todorovic | C | 17301 |
| 307 | Pankracije Barac | SF | 17341 |
| 308 | Herve Lamizana | PF | 17343 |
| 309 | Manuel Narvaez | C | 17357 |
| 310 | Paulo Prestes | C | 17370 |
| 311 | Nenad Misanovic | C | 17376 |
| 312 | Abe Keita | C | 17388 |
| 313 | Kevin Robinson | C | 17389 |
| 314 | Federico Lestini | PF | 17449 |
| 315 | Uka Agbai | PF | 17450 |
| 316 | Karlo Vragovic | PG | 17479 |
| 317 | Milos Markovic | SF | 17499 |
| 318 | Brian Woodward | SG | 17511 |
| 319 | Matt Turner | PG | 17512 |
| 320 | Damian Fray | PF | 17540 |
| 321 | Gabe Kennedy | PF | 17579 |
| 322 | Apollon Tsochlas | SG | 17620 |
| 323 | Zoran Vrkic | SF | 17637 |
| 324 | Lorenzo Davis | PF | 17674 |
| 325 | Sun Ming Ming | C | 17692 |
| 326 | Rob Lewin | SF | 17712 |
| 327 | Curtis Henry | PF | 17792 |
| 328 | Marko Sutalo | SG | 17861 |
| 329 | Greg Gibson | SF | 17865 |
| 330 | Willie Wallace | PF | 17897 |
| 331 | Aaron Harper | SF | 17920 |
| 332 | Austen Rowland | PG | 17921 |
| 333 | Juan Jasen | SG | 17947 |
| 334 | Jerry Dupree | SF | 17993 |
| 335 | Ricky Clemons | PG | 18059 |
| 336 | Ramon Espuna | C | 18085 |
| 337 | Lukasz Majewski | SF | 18112 |
| 338 | Marty Levinson | PG | 18113 |
| 339 | Michael Kuebler | SG | 18114 |
| 340 | Grigory Shukhovtsov | PF | 18151 |
| 341 | Mibindo Dongo | PF | 18195 |
| 342 | Uros Lucic | PF | 18213 |
| 343 | Joe Principe | C | 18271 |
| 344 | Axel Weigand | C | 18298 |
| 345 | Marc Fernandez | SF | 18327 |
| 346 | Tomas Gaidamavicius | SG | 18408 |
| 347 | David Ugrekhelidze | PF | 18492 |
| 348 | John Martin | C | 18493 |
| 349 | Dave Holmes | SF | 18518 |
| 350 | Marcin Stefanski | SF | 18519 |
| 351 | Olivier Gouez | C | 18520 |
| 352 | Marko Brkic | SF | 18561 |
| 353 | Kyle Cuffe | PF | 18564 |
| 354 | Hai Bei Huang | PF | 18571 |
| 355 | Anan Zhao | SG | 18710 |
| 356 | Uros Nikolic | PF | 18725 |
| 357 | Umit Sonkol | PF | 18737 |
| 358 | Nick Jacobson | SG | 18764 |
| 359 | Ivan Krolo | C | 18790 |
| 360 | Thomas Mobley | SF | 18835 |
| 361 | Damien Green | PG | 18863 |
| 362 | Todor Pandov | PF | 18864 |
| 363 | Nikos Orfanos | SG | 18918 |
| 364 | Jeremy Ormskerk | SG | 18930 |
| 365 | Marko Djurkovic | PF | 18931 |
| 366 | Alexis Kyritsis | SF | 18952 |
| 367 | Phil Martin (1980) | PF | 18989 |
| 368 | Giannis Athanasoulas | SF | 18996 |
| 369 | Nathan Johnson | PG | 19008 |
| 370 | Levent Bilgin | C | 19038 |
| 371 | Fabio Lovatti | SG | 19063 |
| 372 | Gediminas Navickas | PG | 19074 |
| 373 | Bojan Pelkic | PF | 19126 |
| 374 | Rogier Jansen | SG | 19127 |
| 375 | Todd Okeson | PG | 19128 |
| 376 | Olivier Ilunga | PG | 19154 |
| 377 | Josep Mestres | PF | 19206 |
| 378 | Phillip Ramelli | C | 19234 |
| 379 | Martin Buesa | PF | 19252 |
| 380 | Oleksandr Nerush | PG | 19253 |
| 381 | Riccardo Cortese | SF | 19254 |
| 382 | Tommy Gunn | PG | 19255 |
| 383 | Julien Blanchot | SF | 19291 |
| 384 | Gabriel Szalay | C | 19308 |
| 385 | Derrick Stevens | PG | 19374 |
| 386 | Daniel Munoz | PG | 19400 |
| 387 | Boris Jersin | PG | 19416 |
| 388 | Giovanni Tomassini | SG | 19417 |
| 389 | Jernej Mihalic | SG | 19418 |
| 390 | Valerio Circosta | SG | 19419 |
| 391 | Evan Burns | SF | 19462 |
| 392 | Tejay Anderson | SF | 19488 |
| 393 | Stefano Mercante | PG | 19597 |
| 394 | Roye Berkowitz | SG | 19620 |
| 395 | Gregor Arbet | SG | 19672 |
| 396 | Anwar Ferguson | C | 19715 |
| 397 | Donald Oatis | PF | 19731 |
| 398 | Maris Laksa | SF | 19732 |
| 399 | Caio Torres | PF | 19767 |
| 400 | Bryan DeFares | PG | 19839 |
| 401 | Hugo Sterk | SG | 19853 |
| 402 | Flavio Stuckemann | PG | 19976 |
| 403 | Philippe Braud | SG | 20061 |
| 404 | Rob Thomson | C | 20074 |
| 405 | Antoine Eito | PG | 20107 |
| 406 | Monwell Randle | PF | 20157 |
| 407 | William Gradit | SF | 20158 |
| 408 | Tom Timmermans | C | 20186 |
| 409 | Marc Blanch | SF | 20200 |
| 410 | Christian Ilongo | SG | 20310 |
| 411 | Nikola Lepojievic | SG | 20311 |
| 412 | Fotios Lampropoulos | PF | 20322 |
| 413 | Polat Kaya | SF | 20332 |
| 414 | Sergey Karaulov | C | 20380 |
| 415 | Dimitris Verginis | PG | 20455 |
| 416 | Jimmie Hunt | PG | 20568 |
| 417 | Ramond Marshall | PG | 20609 |
| 418 | Jef Van der jonckheyd | SF | 20617 |
| 419 | Robert Tomaszek | PF | 20665 |
| 420 | Francesco Basei | SF | 20673 |
| 421 | Leo Niklas Niebuhr | PF | 20687 |
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