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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-2017
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 | Joel Embiid | C | 83 |
| 2 | Domantas Sabonis | PF | 111 |
| 3 | Pascal Siakam | PF | 203 |
| 4 | Jaylen Brown | SF | 233 |
| 5 | Fred VanVleet | PG | 438 |
| 6 | Dejounte Murray | SG | 439 |
| 7 | Jamal Murray | PG | 514 |
| 8 | Buddy Hield | SG | 666 |
| 9 | Ivica Zubac | C | 808 |
| 10 | Brandon Ingram | PF | 918 |
| 11 | Dario Saric | PF | 1049 |
| 12 | Malcolm Brogdon | PG | 1086 |
| 13 | Caris LeVert | SG | 1122 |
| 14 | Tomas Satoransky | PG | 1160 |
| 15 | Jakob Poeltl | C | 1413 |
| 16 | Dorian Finney-Smith | PF | 1428 |
| 17 | Malik Beasley | SG | 1548 |
| 18 | Willy Hernangomez | C | 1682 |
| 19 | Thomas Walkup | SG | 1797 |
| 20 | Davis Bertans | PF | 1878 |
| 21 | Taurean Prince | SF | 1899 |
| 22 | Malcolm Delaney | PG | 2062 |
| 23 | Mindaugas Kuzminskas | SF | 2227 |
| 24 | Maodo Lo | PG | 2269 |
| 25 | Wade Baldwin | PG | 2327 |
| 26 | Derrick Jones | SF | 2374 |
| 27 | Georges Niang | PF | 2452 |
| 28 | Shavon Shields | SG | 2530 |
| 29 | Juancho Hernangomez | PF | 2574 |
| 30 | Mike Tobey | C | 2599 |
| 31 | Kevin Punter | SG | 2631 |
| 32 | Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot | SF | 2767 |
| 33 | Kris Dunn | PG | 2785 |
| 34 | Bryn Forbes | SG | 2795 |
| 35 | Jordan Loyd | PG | 2870 |
| 36 | Marquese Chriss | PF | 3115 |
| 37 | Alex Abrines | SG | 3315 |
| 38 | Yogi Ferrell | PG | 3391 |
| 39 | Denzel Valentine | SF | 4062 |
| 40 | Anthony Gill | PF | 4153 |
| 41 | Rodney McGruder | SG | 4198 |
| 42 | Gary Payton II | PG | 4199 |
| 43 | Yago dos Santos | PG | 4223 |
| 44 | Kyle Wiltjer | PF | 4448 |
| 45 | Jalen Reynolds | C | 4499 |
| 46 | Jonathan Gibson | PG | 4537 |
| 47 | Quinn Cook | PG | 4539 |
| 48 | Danuel House | SF | 4542 |
| 49 | Majok Deng | PF | 4550 |
| 50 | Thon Maker | C | 4557 |
| 51 | David Nwaba | SF | 4569 |
| 52 | Damian Jones | C | 4575 |
| 53 | Joel Bolomboy | PF | 4681 |
| 54 | Alex Poythress | PF | 4739 |
| 55 | Tyler Ulis | PG | 4898 |
| 56 | Henry Ellenson | PF | 4923 |
| 57 | Okaro White | PF | 4985 |
| 58 | Childe Dundao | PG | 4989 |
| 59 | Codi Miller-McIntyre | SG | 5108 |
| 60 | DeAndre' Bembry | SF | 5169 |
| 61 | Cheick Diallo | C | 5231 |
| 62 | Andrew Harrison | PG | 5241 |
| 63 | John Brown (1992) | SF | 5259 |
| 64 | Gabe York | PG | 5262 |
| 65 | Paul Zipser | SF | 5269 |
| 66 | Reuben Te Rangi | SF | 5317 |
| 67 | Skal Labissiere | PF | 5328 |
| 68 | Marcus Georges-Hunt | SG | 5409 |
| 69 | Anthony Drmic | SF | 5497 |
| 70 | Jarrod Uthoff | PF | 5500 |
| 71 | Josh Adams | PG | 5601 |
| 72 | Kay Felder | PG | 5638 |
| 73 | Tonye Jekiri | C | 5672 |
| 74 | Caleb Agada | PG | 5752 |
| 75 | Kaleb Tarczewski | C | 5796 |
| 76 | Dyshawn Pierre | SF | 5798 |
| 77 | Pierre Jackson | PG | 5812 |
| 78 | Chasson Randle | PG | 5870 |
| 79 | Andrew Andrews | PG | 6077 |
| 80 | Zach Auguste | C | 6197 |
| 81 | Chinanu Onuaku | C | 6277 |
| 82 | Tomer Ginat | PF | 6304 |
| 83 | Jake Layman | SF | 6322 |
| 84 | Dragan Bender | PF | 6369 |
| 85 | Patricio Garino | SG | 6470 |
| 86 | Obi Emegano | SG | 6491 |
| 87 | Rasheed Sulaimon | SG | 6494 |
| 88 | Shuai Yuan | PG | 6537 |
| 89 | Patrick McCaw | SG | 6583 |
| 90 | Semaj Christon | PG | 6615 |
| 91 | Isaiah Whitehead | PG | 6633 |
| 92 | Quanxi Wu | C | 6638 |
| 93 | Maurice Ndour | PF | 6687 |
| 94 | Cat Barber | PG | 6780 |
| 95 | Beau Beech | PF | 6789 |
| 96 | Didi Louzada | SF | 6817 |
| 97 | Wang Zhelin | C | 6952 |
| 98 | Ben Bentil | PF | 7186 |
| 99 | Shawn Long | PF | 7400 |
| 100 | Hanchen Luo | PG | 7622 |
| 101 | Angus Glover | SG | 7696 |
| 102 | Isaiah Taylor | PG | 7748 |
| 103 | Devin Williams | PF | 7803 |
| 104 | Joel Parra | SF | 7910 |
| 105 | Craig Moller | SF | 7915 |
| 106 | Wayne Selden | SG | 8059 |
| 107 | Troy Williams | SF | 8216 |
| 108 | Deyonta Davis | C | 8226 |
| 109 | Christopher Ortiz | SF | 8524 |
| 110 | Landry Nnoko | C | 8703 |
| 111 | Zhijiang Xing | PF | 8775 |
| 112 | Huaibo Dai | PF | 8780 |
| 113 | Matt Kenyon | SF | 8963 |
| 114 | Octavius Ellis | PF | 9422 |
| 115 | Khalifa Diop | C | 9600 |
| 116 | Olek Balcerowski | C | 9802 |
| 117 | DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell | SG | 9924 |
| 118 | Jarred Bairstow | PF | 10027 |
| 119 | Anthony Fisher | PG | 10087 |
| 120 | Vit Krejci | PG | 10153 |
| 121 | Brandon Taylor | PG | 10164 |
| 122 | Demetrius Jackson | PG | 10192 |
| 123 | Karim Zeinoun | SG | 10376 |
| 124 | Rade Zagorac | SF | 10418 |
| 125 | Geoffrey Grosselle | C | 10429 |
| 126 | Craig Sword | PG | 10458 |
| 127 | Ron Baker | SG | 10526 |
| 128 | Ercan Osmani | PF | 10533 |
| 129 | Jameel McKay | PF | 10711 |
| 130 | Abdoulaye N'doye | PG | 10762 |
| 131 | Marvelle Harris | SG | 10817 |
| 132 | Gelvis Solano | PG | 10852 |
| 133 | Eric Jacobsen | PF | 10977 |
| 134 | Sheldon Mac | SG | 11030 |
| 135 | Dennis Clifford | C | 11114 |
| 136 | Shang Gao | SF | 11176 |
| 137 | Ike Nwamu | SG | 11188 |
| 138 | Zhai Yi | SF | 11207 |
| 139 | Michael Carrera | SF | 11334 |
| 140 | Paris Bass | SF | 11336 |
| 141 | Malachi Richardson | SG | 11396 |
| 142 | Perry Ellis | PF | 11536 |
| 143 | Luke Jamieson | SF | 11543 |
| 144 | Christopher Smith | PG | 11659 |
| 145 | Retin Obasohan | PG | 11828 |
| 146 | Sami Bzai | PG | 11857 |
| 147 | Cody Demps | PG | 11891 |
| 148 | Wael Arakji | SG | 11913 |
| 149 | Alex Hamilton | SG | 11954 |
| 150 | Carlos Alocen | PG | 11963 |
| 151 | Dovis Bickauskis | PG | 11970 |
| 152 | Jamel Morris | SG | 12153 |
| 153 | Carl Wheatle | SF | 12223 |
| 154 | Armani Moore | SG | 12262 |
| 155 | Nikola Jovanovic | PF | 12274 |
| 156 | Marshall Plumlee | C | 12374 |
| 157 | Caiyu Tang | SF | 12435 |
| 158 | Yusuf Sanon | PG | 12470 |
| 159 | Stephen Zimmerman | C | 12541 |
| 160 | Robert Bolick | PG | 12562 |
| 161 | Peter Hooley | SG | 12583 |
| 162 | Mingyang Sun | C | 12761 |
| 163 | Aaron Best | SG | 12762 |
| 164 | Gerry Blakes | SG | 12825 |
| 165 | Kenneti Mendes | PF | 12915 |
| 166 | Perrin Buford | SG | 12948 |
| 167 | Bodian Massa | PF | 12970 |
| 168 | Danko Brankovic | C | 13009 |
| 169 | Daniel Ochefu | C | 13021 |
| 170 | Yigitcan Saybir | PF | 13077 |
| 171 | David Walker | SG | 13145 |
| 172 | Erkan Yilmaz | SG | 13232 |
| 173 | James Trustum | SF | 13287 |
| 174 | Gavin Ware | PF | 13323 |
| 175 | Greg Page | SG | 13463 |
| 176 | Elgin Cook | SF | 13470 |
| 177 | James Kelly | PF | 13491 |
| 178 | Tomasz Gielo | PF | 13492 |
| 179 | Isaiah Miles | SF | 13748 |
| 180 | Stacy Davis | SF | 13870 |
| 181 | Dakarai Tucker | SG | 14067 |
| 182 | Max Darling | PF | 14109 |
| 183 | Brice Johnson | PF | 14129 |
| 184 | Stefan Jankovic | PF | 14133 |
| 185 | Joe Thomasson | SG | 14159 |
| 186 | Terry Tarpey | SF | 14272 |
| 187 | Bine Prepelic | PF | 14286 |
| 188 | Isaiah Cousins | PG | 14327 |
| 189 | Tianyi Liu | SG | 14386 |
| 190 | Madol Chol | SF | 14391 |
| 191 | Justin Sears | SF | 14506 |
| 192 | Tom Fullarton | SG | 14527 |
| 193 | Alexandre Chassang | PF | 14587 |
| 194 | Terry Whisnant | PG | 14592 |
| 195 | Adam Thoseby | SF | 14653 |
| 196 | Derone Raukawa | PG | 14841 |
| 197 | Boris Dallo | SG | 14889 |
| 198 | Trahson Burrell | SF | 14895 |
| 199 | Tim Quarterman | SG | 14949 |
| 200 | Duda Sanadze | SG | 14960 |
| 201 | Maximilian Ugrai | SF | 15017 |
| 202 | Shevon Thompson | C | 15062 |
| 203 | Michael Gbinije | SG | 15064 |
| 204 | Kameron Taylor | SF | 15072 |
| 205 | Jean-Marc Pansa | C | 15110 |
| 206 | Quinton Chievous | SG | 15121 |
| 207 | Angel Rodriguez | PG | 15158 |
| 208 | Keith Hornsby | SG | 15240 |
| 209 | Jovan Kljajic | SG | 15329 |
| 210 | Kai Jiang | PG | 15330 |
| 211 | Nicolas Bretzel | C | 15337 |
| 212 | Diamond Stone | C | 15342 |
| 213 | Emmanuel Malou | SF | 15384 |
| 214 | James Woodard | SG | 15385 |
| 215 | He Zhongda | PF | 15433 |
| 216 | Luuk Wittiveen | SG | 15438 |
| 217 | Tyler Harris | PF | 15439 |
| 218 | Andrea Pecchia | SG | 15486 |
| 219 | Mike Karena | C | 15487 |
| 220 | Adam Woodbury | C | 15601 |
| 221 | Jackson Hussey | SG | 15621 |
| 222 | Luca Conti | SF | 15778 |
| 223 | Darcy Harding | SF | 15829 |
| 224 | Eddy Edigin | SF | 15908 |
| 225 | Dalibor Ilic | PF | 15960 |
| 226 | Venky Jois | PF | 16001 |
| 227 | Egidijus Mockevicius | PF | 16046 |
| 228 | Jaylen Bond | PF | 16124 |
| 229 | Marcus Posley | PG | 16213 |
| 230 | Gani Erdi Gulaslan | SF | 16302 |
| 231 | Osaro Jurgen Rich | SG | 16333 |
| 232 | David Albright Okeke | PF | 16403 |
| 233 | Jaysean Paige | PG | 16441 |
| 234 | A.J. Hammons | C | 16524 |
| 235 | Stefan Moody | PG | 16600 |
| 236 | Nathan Boothe | C | 16609 |
| 237 | Michael Bryson | SG | 16674 |
| 238 | Melwin Pantzar | PG | 16688 |
| 239 | Antonios Koniaris | SG | 16713 |
| 240 | Tao Xu | C | 16760 |
| 241 | Hoon Heo | SG | 16767 |
| 242 | Chris Horton | PF | 16891 |
| 243 | Efe Tirpanci | PF | 16892 |
| 244 | Xijie Shen | C | 16893 |
| 245 | Christoph Philipps | SF | 16983 |
| 246 | Jingjia He | SF | 17048 |
| 247 | Manos Chatzidakis | C | 17096 |
| 248 | Chris Obekpa | PF | 17308 |
| 249 | Roosevelt Jones | SG | 17492 |
| 250 | Benedikt Turudic | PF | 17571 |
| 251 | Josh Hagins | PG | 17589 |
| 252 | Javier Lopez | PG | 17601 |
| 253 | Kasey Shepherd | SG | 17602 |
| 254 | Yue Wang | C | 17658 |
| 255 | Arthur Edwards | SG | 17661 |
| 256 | Shengwei Wan | SF | 17730 |
| 257 | Wes Washpun | PG | 17757 |
| 258 | Or Cornelius | SF | 17864 |
| 259 | Trey Lewis | PG | 17880 |
| 260 | Trey Freeman | PG | 18188 |
| 261 | Georgy Zhbanov | SG | 18211 |
| 262 | DeMarcus Holland | SG | 18257 |
| 263 | Tanner McGrew | PF | 18263 |
| 264 | Shuto Ando | SG | 18373 |
| 265 | Trey Davis | PG | 18393 |
| 266 | Shonn Miller | SF | 18501 |
| 267 | Strahinja Gavrilovic | PF | 18602 |
| 268 | Momar Ndoye | SG | 18605 |
| 269 | Robert Carter | PF | 18606 |
| 270 | Nat Diallo | PF | 18630 |
| 271 | Zhang Yuan | PG | 18637 |
| 272 | Boubacar Moungoro | SF | 18655 |
| 273 | Henri Kantonen | SG | 18673 |
| 274 | Mingzhi Xu | PG | 18696 |
| 275 | Chris Tang | PG | 18723 |
| 276 | Ren Pengpeng | PG | 18727 |
| 277 | Giorgi Turdziladze | PF | 18731 |
| 278 | Trevor Cooney | SG | 18772 |
| 279 | Javan Felix | PG | 18779 |
| 280 | Luo Hanchen | PG | 18807 |
| 281 | Bolin Han | SF | 18849 |
| 282 | Zengjie Wang | SF | 18933 |
| 283 | Oskars Hlebovickis | SG | 18982 |
| 284 | Yudai Nishida | SF | 18983 |
| 285 | Kellen Dunham | SG | 19019 |
| 286 | Andrei Desyatnikov | C | 19087 |
| 287 | Tevfik Akdamar | SF | 19095 |
| 288 | Zhenan Liu | PG | 19118 |
| 289 | Felipe dos Anjos | C | 19122 |
| 290 | Hao Dai | SF | 19137 |
| 291 | Anthony Perez | PF | 19198 |
| 292 | Nick Zeisloft | SG | 19219 |
| 293 | Borja Mendia | SF | 19222 |
| 294 | Milic Starovlah | PF | 19244 |
| 295 | Mark Khoury | PF | 19277 |
| 296 | Devin Thomas | PF | 19313 |
| 297 | Marius Stoll | SG | 19425 |
| 298 | Julien Lewis | SG | 19429 |
| 299 | Roby Rogiers | C | 19450 |
| 300 | Devon Baulkman | SG | 19497 |
| 301 | Alexey Borges | PG | 19501 |
| 302 | Arnau Parrado | C | 19520 |
| 303 | Bryson Fonville | PG | 19538 |
| 304 | Yan Xu | SF | 19569 |
| 305 | Danil Karvanen | SF | 19607 |
| 306 | Quincy Ford | SF | 19683 |
| 307 | Grzegorz Kaminski | SF | 19692 |
| 308 | Emil Savic | SG | 19697 |
| 309 | Andrea Amato | PG | 19761 |
| 310 | Josh Ward-Hibbert | SG | 19762 |
| 311 | Shaquille Thomas | SF | 19795 |
| 312 | Julian Jacobs | SG | 19859 |
| 313 | Che Hao | PF | 19863 |
| 314 | Chenghao Xi | SF | 19864 |
| 315 | Zhoushun Xu | PG | 19902 |
| 316 | Liang Cheng | SG | 19915 |
| 317 | Serkan Aydin | SG | 19916 |
| 318 | Jaleel Cousins | C | 19929 |
| 319 | Marin Mornar | SF | 19942 |
| 320 | Gracin Bakumanya | C | 19959 |
| 321 | Yu Haoxi | C | 19970 |
| 322 | Jaylen Bland | PG | 19980 |
| 323 | Aleksander Balcerowski | C | 19985 |
| 324 | Ilia Usoltcev | SF | 20020 |
| 325 | Winston Shepard | SF | 20047 |
| 326 | Mark Ogden | PF | 20095 |
| 327 | Bogdan Bojic | SF | 20152 |
| 328 | Josh Adeyeye | SG | 20165 |
| 329 | Liu Yunan | PF | 20216 |
| 330 | Frederic Loubaki | PG | 20255 |
| 331 | Dusan Tanaskovic | C | 20317 |
| 332 | Jeff Newberry | PG | 20440 |
| 333 | Shane Richards | SF | 20459 |
| 334 | Zhang Han | C | 20460 |
| 335 | Joey Miller | PG | 20491 |
| 336 | Brannen Greene | SF | 20508 |
| 337 | Tommy Williams | SF | 20535 |
| 338 | Ash Yacoubou | SG | 20564 |
| 339 | Skylar Spencer | PF | 20583 |
| 340 | Prince Ibeh | C | 20603 |
| 341 | Vashil Fernandez | PF | 20661 |
| 342 | Prince Williams | SG | 20670 |
| 343 | Brandon Austin | SG | 20709 |
| 344 | J.J. Panoske | PF | 20728 |
| 345 | Coreontae DeBerry | C | 20737 |
| 346 | Stedmon Lemon | SF | 20787 |
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