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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-2016
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 | Nikola Jokic | C | 23 |
| 2 | Karl-Anthony Towns | C | 102 |
| 3 | Devin Booker | SG | 140 |
| 4 | D'Angelo Russell | PG | 367 |
| 5 | Terry Rozier | PG | 567 |
| 6 | Myles Turner | C | 633 |
| 7 | Kelly Oubre | SF | 760 |
| 8 | Kristaps Porzingis | PF | 836 |
| 9 | Bobby Portis | C | 936 |
| 10 | T.J. McConnell | PG | 1028 |
| 11 | Norman Powell | SG | 1064 |
| 12 | Josh Richardson | SG | 1169 |
| 13 | Tyus Jones | PG | 1193 |
| 14 | Montrezl Harrell | C | 1267 |
| 15 | Nemanja Bjelica | PF | 1346 |
| 16 | Larry Nance Jr. | PF | 1380 |
| 17 | Royce O'Neale | PF | 1461 |
| 18 | Edy Tavares | C | 1650 |
| 19 | Rondae Hollis-Jefferson | SF | 1736 |
| 20 | Kevon Looney | PF | 1809 |
| 21 | Trey Lyles | PF | 1818 |
| 22 | Christian Wood | C | 1824 |
| 23 | Willie Cauley-Stein | PF | 1837 |
| 24 | Mario Hezonja | SF | 1843 |
| 25 | Delon Wright | PG | 1972 |
| 26 | Pat Connaughton | SG | 2125 |
| 27 | Emmanuel Mudiay | PG | 2201 |
| 28 | Cameron Payne | PG | 2300 |
| 29 | Jerian Grant | SG | 2394 |
| 30 | Johannes Thiemann | C | 2408 |
| 31 | Kevin Pangos | PG | 2536 |
| 32 | Tibor Pleiss | C | 2692 |
| 33 | Frank Kaminsky | PF | 2761 |
| 34 | Nick Kay | PF | 2811 |
| 35 | Justise Winslow | SF | 2853 |
| 36 | Stanley Johnson | SF | 2976 |
| 37 | Salah Mejri | C | 3068 |
| 38 | Jordan Mickey | PF | 3177 |
| 39 | Richaun Holmes | C | 3197 |
| 40 | Rokas Jokubaitis | PG | 3324 |
| 41 | Theo Maledon | PG | 3511 |
| 42 | Boban Marjanovic | C | 3518 |
| 43 | Jahlil Okafor | C | 3677 |
| 44 | Darrun Hilliard | SG | 3811 |
| 45 | Jonathon Simmons | SG | 3945 |
| 46 | Jarell Martin | PF | 3971 |
| 47 | Chris Jones | PG | 4013 |
| 48 | Willie Reed | PF | 4043 |
| 49 | Javonte Green | SG | 4087 |
| 50 | Alessandro Pajola | SG | 4102 |
| 51 | Justin Anderson | SG | 4117 |
| 52 | Nicolas Brussino | SF | 4187 |
| 53 | Sam Dekker | SF | 4399 |
| 54 | Lamar Patterson | SG | 4451 |
| 55 | Joe Young | PG | 4465 |
| 56 | Pierria Henry | PG | 4500 |
| 57 | Alan Williams | PF | 4511 |
| 58 | Will Cummings | PG | 4744 |
| 59 | Jordan McRae | SG | 4797 |
| 60 | Finn Delaney | SF | 4819 |
| 61 | Anthony Brown | SF | 4865 |
| 62 | Fabian Jaimes | SF | 4872 |
| 63 | Sun Minghui | SG | 4880 |
| 64 | Aaron White | PF | 4889 |
| 65 | Thanasis Antetokounmpo | SF | 4926 |
| 66 | Gary Browne | PG | 5051 |
| 67 | Shaquielle McKissic | SF | 5210 |
| 68 | Aaron Harrison | SG | 5228 |
| 69 | Axel Bouteille | SF | 5309 |
| 70 | Juan Toscano-Anderson | SF | 5313 |
| 71 | Yanick Moreira | C | 5316 |
| 72 | John Holland | SF | 5392 |
| 73 | Tyler Harvey | SG | 5427 |
| 74 | R.J. Hunter | SG | 5539 |
| 75 | Axel Toupane | SF | 5602 |
| 76 | Deividas Sirvydis | SG | 5607 |
| 77 | Xiaochuan Di | SF | 5658 |
| 78 | Travis Trice | PG | 5746 |
| 79 | Levi Randolph | SG | 5755 |
| 80 | Xining He | SF | 5797 |
| 81 | Briante Weber | PG | 5867 |
| 82 | Jarell Eddie | SF | 5868 |
| 83 | Hao Fu | PF | 5920 |
| 84 | Isaac Fotu | PF | 6041 |
| 85 | J.J. O'Brien | SF | 6171 |
| 86 | William Howard | SF | 6299 |
| 87 | Damien Inglis | SF | 6382 |
| 88 | Askia Booker | PG | 6383 |
| 89 | William McDowell-White | SG | 6395 |
| 90 | Leonardo Meindl | SF | 6408 |
| 91 | Jasiel Rivero | C | 6414 |
| 92 | Josh Huestis | PF | 6918 |
| 93 | Diego Flaccadori | SG | 6975 |
| 94 | Keifer Sykes | PG | 7019 |
| 95 | Shannon Scott | PG | 7206 |
| 96 | Pengfei Yan | C | 7280 |
| 97 | Xuhang Zhu | PF | 7329 |
| 98 | Coty Clarke | SF | 7486 |
| 99 | Anthony Clemmons | PG | 7500 |
| 100 | Dez Wells | SG | 7679 |
| 101 | Mingxin Ju | SF | 7812 |
| 102 | D.J. Newbill | SG | 7883 |
| 103 | Jordan Sibert | SG | 7913 |
| 104 | Zirui Wang | PG | 7939 |
| 105 | Hongfei Shi | PG | 7987 |
| 106 | Assem Marei | PF | 8100 |
| 107 | Speedy Smith | PG | 8110 |
| 108 | Stanton Kidd | SF | 8234 |
| 109 | Treveon Graham | SG | 8478 |
| 110 | Martynas Echodas | PF | 8719 |
| 111 | Gregor Hrovat | SG | 8825 |
| 112 | Michael Frazier | SG | 8884 |
| 113 | Owen Odigie | SF | 9005 |
| 114 | Guo Ailun | SG | 9020 |
| 115 | J.P. Tokoto | SF | 9029 |
| 116 | Gabrielius Maldunas | PF | 9127 |
| 117 | Jonas Mattisseck | SG | 9271 |
| 118 | Olivier Hanlan | PG | 9378 |
| 119 | Josep Puerto | SG | 9540 |
| 120 | Stephan Hicks | SG | 9546 |
| 121 | Onuralp Bitim | SF | 9564 |
| 122 | Greg Whittington | PF | 9653 |
| 123 | Nnanna Egwu | C | 9676 |
| 124 | Derek Cooke | PF | 9837 |
| 125 | Rashad Vaughn | SG | 9928 |
| 126 | Luis Montero | SG | 9932 |
| 127 | Georgios Kalaitzakis | SF | 9966 |
| 128 | Alex Stepheson | PF | 10028 |
| 129 | Youssou Ndoye | C | 10030 |
| 130 | Simon Birgander | C | 10104 |
| 131 | Berk Ugurlu | PG | 10198 |
| 132 | Ibrahima Fall Faye | C | 10267 |
| 133 | Deng Deng | SF | 10457 |
| 134 | Seth Hinrichs | SG | 10561 |
| 135 | Philip Scrubb | PG | 10579 |
| 136 | Rakeem Christmas | PF | 10610 |
| 137 | Kai Guo | PF | 10612 |
| 138 | Keith Appling | PG | 10638 |
| 139 | Chris McCullough | PF | 10694 |
| 140 | Volodymyr Herun | C | 10778 |
| 141 | Sehmus Hazer | SG | 11002 |
| 142 | Patrick Heckmann | SF | 11076 |
| 143 | Sir'Dominic Pointer | SF | 11108 |
| 144 | Darion Atkins | PF | 11256 |
| 145 | Ruifeng Wang | PF | 11384 |
| 146 | Dexter Kernich-Drew | SG | 11480 |
| 147 | Jordan Parks | PF | 11699 |
| 148 | Brandon Ashley | PF | 11774 |
| 149 | Nikola Jankovic | PF | 12050 |
| 150 | Mikael Hopkins | PF | 12101 |
| 151 | Bugrahan Tuncer | PG | 12187 |
| 152 | Julian Washburn | SF | 12213 |
| 153 | Gabe Olaseni | C | 12259 |
| 154 | Dustin Hogue | SF | 12313 |
| 155 | JiaHan Xu | SG | 12326 |
| 156 | Marcus Thornton (1993) | SG | 12333 |
| 157 | Hang Liu | PF | 12477 |
| 158 | Sajjad Mashayekhi | PG | 12487 |
| 159 | Kenny Chery | PG | 12489 |
| 160 | Jose Materan | SG | 12563 |
| 161 | Daniel Trist | SF | 12591 |
| 162 | Ryan Boatright | PG | 12705 |
| 163 | Cady Lalanne | C | 12747 |
| 164 | Dmytro Skapintsev | C | 12756 |
| 165 | Branden Dawson | PF | 12767 |
| 166 | Ivan Ukhov | SG | 12861 |
| 167 | Guo Yifei | SF | 12898 |
| 168 | Terran Petteway | SF | 12916 |
| 169 | Jeromie Hill | PF | 12935 |
| 170 | Jarvis Threatt | PG | 13177 |
| 171 | Chris Walker | PF | 13188 |
| 172 | Trevor Lacey | SG | 13225 |
| 173 | David Laury | PF | 13247 |
| 174 | Indiana Faithfull | SG | 13360 |
| 175 | T.J. Price | SG | 13471 |
| 176 | Leopold Cavaliere | PF | 13493 |
| 177 | Garrett Jackson | SF | 13532 |
| 178 | Corban Wroe | PG | 13533 |
| 179 | Josh Scott | PF | 13548 |
| 180 | Josep Busquets | SF | 13591 |
| 181 | Philipp Herkenhoff | PF | 13631 |
| 182 | Lukasz Kolenda | SG | 13632 |
| 183 | Jalen Riley | PG | 13655 |
| 184 | Alex Davis | PF | 13679 |
| 185 | Cliff Alexander | PF | 13684 |
| 186 | Igor Hadziomerovic | SG | 13707 |
| 187 | Nelson Weidemann | PG | 13747 |
| 188 | Kadeem Jack | PF | 13799 |
| 189 | Maxime Roos | SF | 13817 |
| 190 | Sergi Martinez | SF | 13850 |
| 191 | Aaron Thomas | SG | 13977 |
| 192 | J.J. Avila | PF | 14014 |
| 193 | Mason Bragg | PG | 14066 |
| 194 | Ben Dixon | PG | 14282 |
| 195 | Robert Upshaw | C | 14440 |
| 196 | Alonzo Burton | SG | 14507 |
| 197 | Ashley Constable | PG | 14536 |
| 198 | Jabril Trawick | SG | 14537 |
| 199 | Denzel Livingston | SG | 14547 |
| 200 | Emmanuel Golong | SG | 14610 |
| 201 | Tekele Cotton | PG | 14649 |
| 202 | Berkan Durmaz | SF | 14690 |
| 203 | Sebastian Herrera | PG | 14732 |
| 204 | Sam Thompson | SF | 14750 |
| 205 | Devonte Upson | PF | 14813 |
| 206 | Tyler Larson | PG | 14848 |
| 207 | Daniel Carlin | C | 14856 |
| 208 | Aleksa Uskokovic | PG | 14904 |
| 209 | Duje Dukan | SF | 14951 |
| 210 | Michael Rostampour | PF | 15018 |
| 211 | Damien Bouquet | SG | 15101 |
| 212 | Bryce Dejean-Jones | SG | 15108 |
| 213 | Tiegbe Bamba | SF | 15168 |
| 214 | James Hunter (1991) | C | 15213 |
| 215 | Alexander Khomenko | SG | 15283 |
| 216 | Ty Greene | PG | 15386 |
| 217 | Andrea Mezzanotte | PF | 15428 |
| 218 | Ben Kearins | PG | 15440 |
| 219 | LaDontae Henton | SF | 15476 |
| 220 | Max DiLeo | PG | 15488 |
| 221 | Joshua Smith | C | 15552 |
| 222 | Helin Teng | SF | 15558 |
| 223 | Andrija Slavkovic | PF | 15573 |
| 224 | Kresimir Nikic | C | 15614 |
| 225 | Mateusz Zebski | PG | 15622 |
| 226 | Jamal Jones | SF | 15657 |
| 227 | Leonardo Candi | PG | 15744 |
| 228 | Corey Hawkins | PG | 15788 |
| 229 | Will Sinclair | C | 15789 |
| 230 | Karam Mashour | SF | 16020 |
| 231 | Kameron Woods | PF | 16045 |
| 232 | Ricardo Carrasco | PG | 16125 |
| 233 | Scottie Thompson | PG | 16170 |
| 234 | Fengbo Liu | SF | 16237 |
| 235 | Charles Jackson | C | 16344 |
| 236 | Michael Qualls | SG | 16381 |
| 237 | Grigory Motovilov | SG | 16385 |
| 238 | Danielius Lavrinovicius | SF | 16552 |
| 239 | Yang Yue | SG | 16599 |
| 240 | Martynas Arlauskas | SF | 16646 |
| 241 | Michael Holyfield | C | 16723 |
| 242 | Michael Cobbins | PF | 16894 |
| 243 | Shawn Dawson | SF | 16895 |
| 244 | Burgaham Tuncer | SG | 16989 |
| 245 | Marek Klassen | PG | 17030 |
| 246 | Ivan Fevrier | PF | 17052 |
| 247 | Darious Moten | SF | 17069 |
| 248 | Omer Al | PG | 17123 |
| 249 | Kevin Capers | PG | 17127 |
| 250 | Zhang Hao | C | 17159 |
| 251 | Zhang Yixing | SG | 17165 |
| 252 | Minghao Zhang | C | 17201 |
| 253 | Rasoul Mozafarivanani | SG | 17236 |
| 254 | Cai Chen | PF | 17294 |
| 255 | Sean Hill | PG | 17299 |
| 256 | Jonathan Holmes | PF | 17303 |
| 257 | Ignacio Rosa | C | 17313 |
| 258 | John Jordan | PG | 17340 |
| 259 | Wesley Saunders | SF | 17382 |
| 260 | Michale Kyser | PF | 17411 |
| 261 | Dziugas Slavinskas | PF | 17445 |
| 262 | Juwan Staten | PG | 17474 |
| 263 | Garrett Nevels | SG | 17559 |
| 264 | Mike Cobbins | PF | 17599 |
| 265 | Yohanner Sifontes | SG | 17603 |
| 266 | Jarvis Summers | SG | 17631 |
| 267 | Terrence Drisdom | SG | 17687 |
| 268 | Adjehi Baru | C | 17693 |
| 269 | Karolis Giedraitis | PG | 17718 |
| 270 | Sang-Jae Kang | C | 17786 |
| 271 | Youssef Aboushousha | SG | 17787 |
| 272 | Ayberk Olmaz | PF | 17799 |
| 273 | Yaosheng Zhang | SF | 17806 |
| 274 | Danilo Tasic | PF | 17813 |
| 275 | Tianyi Yao | SF | 17832 |
| 276 | Angelo Warner | SG | 17942 |
| 277 | Ridvan Oncel | PG | 17952 |
| 278 | Marvin Ogunsipe | PF | 17979 |
| 279 | Vitalijus Kozys | SF | 17988 |
| 280 | Maxie Esho | PF | 18078 |
| 281 | Yuezhuo Gu | SG | 18095 |
| 282 | Stojan Gjuroski | SF | 18163 |
| 283 | Sergei Marikhin | PG | 18243 |
| 284 | Aaron Bowen | SF | 18320 |
| 285 | Amir Williams | C | 18333 |
| 286 | Rayvonte Rice | SG | 18374 |
| 287 | Huang Guobin | SF | 18414 |
| 288 | Todd Mayo | PG | 18486 |
| 289 | Aleksandar Cvetkovic | PG | 18498 |
| 290 | Jay Harris | PG | 18509 |
| 291 | Vukota Pavic | C | 18510 |
| 292 | Jordan Railey | C | 18539 |
| 293 | Joao Fernandes | SF | 18578 |
| 294 | Will Davis II | PF | 18600 |
| 295 | Tadas Vaiciunas | SF | 18607 |
| 296 | Sizhen Sun | C | 18656 |
| 297 | Jon Horford | PF | 18703 |
| 298 | Pu Wang | SF | 18775 |
| 299 | Michal Michalak | SG | 18783 |
| 300 | Guangyang Miao | C | 18800 |
| 301 | Yohan Choupas | SG | 18856 |
| 302 | Wei Zhengxian | SF | 18873 |
| 303 | Shuta Hara | PG | 18958 |
| 304 | Bjorn Rohwer | C | 18980 |
| 305 | Bobby Ray Parks | SG | 18984 |
| 306 | Angel Aparicio | SF | 19003 |
| 307 | Yonatan Rabinowitz | PG | 19067 |
| 308 | Jon Octeus | SG | 19141 |
| 309 | Matej Rojc | SG | 19144 |
| 310 | Stefan Nastic | C | 19145 |
| 311 | Traevon Jackson | PG | 19199 |
| 312 | Le'Bryan Nash | SF | 19245 |
| 313 | Zhang Yupeng | SF | 19278 |
| 314 | Li Xue Lin | SG | 19314 |
| 315 | Remi Barry | SF | 19315 |
| 316 | Ben Altit | C | 19328 |
| 317 | Matt Carlino | SG | 19362 |
| 318 | Jose Ortega | PG | 19431 |
| 319 | Kendall Gray | C | 19476 |
| 320 | Mikh McKinney | PG | 19477 |
| 321 | Erzhati Mi | SG | 19544 |
| 322 | Keanau Post | C | 19545 |
| 323 | Luis Ferrando | PG | 19570 |
| 324 | Khadim Sow | C | 19601 |
| 325 | Jiguang Bi | PG | 19608 |
| 326 | Xavier Ford | SF | 19609 |
| 327 | Bennet Hundt | PG | 19618 |
| 328 | Ralston Turner | SG | 19644 |
| 329 | Jakub Garbacz | SF | 19648 |
| 330 | Milos Milisavljevic | PG | 19649 |
| 331 | Robert Heyer | SG | 19675 |
| 332 | Evgenii Sidorov | PG | 19684 |
| 333 | Nino Johnson | PF | 19770 |
| 334 | Tyrone Johnson | PG | 19814 |
| 335 | Thimotee Bazille | C | 19909 |
| 336 | Reggis Onwukamuche | C | 19911 |
| 337 | Rysheed Jordan | SG | 19960 |
| 338 | Srdan Kocic | SF | 20079 |
| 339 | Anthony Walker | PF | 20089 |
| 340 | Hongbo Liu | PG | 20096 |
| 341 | Jordan Green | SG | 20118 |
| 342 | Karl Cochran | PG | 20124 |
| 343 | Xia Yu Tong | SF | 20139 |
| 344 | Denis Levshin | SF | 20166 |
| 345 | Dwayne Polee Jr. | SF | 20177 |
| 346 | Federico Bonacini | PG | 20181 |
| 347 | Kaiqi Sun | PF | 20195 |
| 348 | Karrington Ward | SF | 20204 |
| 349 | Jamal Branch | PG | 20226 |
| 350 | Justin Martin | SF | 20242 |
| 351 | Xiaolei Zhang | C | 20267 |
| 352 | Devin Brooks | PG | 20276 |
| 353 | Tadija Tadic | PG | 20299 |
| 354 | Xingchen Wang | SF | 20306 |
| 355 | Derrick Marks | SG | 20353 |
| 356 | Wayne Blackshear | SG | 20354 |
| 357 | Brian Williams | SG | 20392 |
| 358 | Negus Webster-Chan | PF | 20402 |
| 359 | JerShon Cobb | SG | 20472 |
| 360 | Jordan Downing | SG | 20475 |
| 361 | James Siakam | SF | 20492 |
| 362 | Aaron Kayser | PF | 20500 |
| 363 | Satnam Singh | C | 20501 |
| 364 | Byron Wesley | SG | 20517 |
| 365 | Mert Konuk | SG | 20543 |
| 366 | Dallin Bachynski | C | 20557 |
| 367 | Jaleel Roberts | C | 20574 |
| 368 | Daniel Alexander | PF | 20578 |
| 369 | Cam Griffin | PG | 20597 |
| 370 | Evan Smotrycz | PF | 20641 |
| 371 | Kevin Hardy | PG | 20651 |
| 372 | Ladarius White | SG | 20652 |
| 373 | Walter Pitchford | PF | 20662 |
| 374 | James Carlton | SF | 20729 |
| 375 | Jalil Abdul-Bassit | SG | 20766 |
| 376 | Aqeel Quinn | SG | 20777 |
| 377 | Asaad Woods | SG | 20778 |
| 378 | Ricardo Pampano | PG | 20779 |
| 379 | Bo Barnes | SG | 20793 |
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