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The Top Ranked Hockey Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1959
Notes: This is a list of the greatest hockey players to start their pro career in the year listed.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Stan Mikita | C | 14 |
| 2 | John McKenzie | RW | 289 |
| 3 | Bruce Gamble | G | 497 |
| 4 | Ab McDonald | LW | 587 |
| 5 | Eddie Shack | LW | 984 |
| 6 | Earl Ingarfield | C | 989 |
| 7 | Charlie Burns | C | 1333 |
| 8 | Len Lunde | C | 2181 |
| 9 | Matti Keinonen | C | 2582 |
| 10 | Anatoli Firsov | LW | 2661 |
| 11 | John Hanna | D | 2969 |
| 12 | Hakan Wickberg | C | 3098 |
| 13 | Howie Glover | RW | 3408 |
| 14 | Vladimir Dzurilla | G | 3696 |
| 15 | Bobby Cleary | C | 3854 |
| 16 | Jiri Holecek | G | 3986 |
| 17 | Geza Szabo | C | 4056 |
| 18 | Les Colwill | RW | 4241 |
| 19 | Dezideriu Varga | D | 4251 |
| 20 | Larry Leach | C | 4273 |
| 21 | Svein Haagensen | RW | 4358 |
| 22 | Alberto Da Rin | C | 4508 |
| 23 | Henric Hedlund | D | 4546 |
| 24 | Ion Ferenz | C | 4614 |
| 25 | Folke Bengtsson | C | 4672 |
| 26 | Jaroslav Walter | C | 4703 |
| 27 | Andrzej Fonfara | C | 4862 |
| 28 | Bob McVey | D | 4909 |
| 29 | Anton Biro | RW | 5012 |
| 30 | Bernard Deschamps | G | 5039 |
| 31 | Leonhard Waitl | D | 5204 |
| 32 | Otto Schneitberger | D | 5311 |
| 33 | Per Skjerwen Olsen | RW | 5387 |
| 34 | Siegfried Schubert | C | 5399 |
| 35 | Jouni Seistamo | RW | 5498 |
| 36 | Bob Owen | D | 5510 |
| 37 | Jim Westby | D | 5513 |
| 38 | Stig-Goran Johansson | RW | 5516 |
| 39 | Kimihisa Kudo | RW | 5724 |
| 40 | Anatoly Ionov | RW | 5741 |
| 41 | Rolf Diethelm | RW | 6230 |
| 42 | Nicolae Andrei | LW | 6311 |
| 43 | Sune Wretling | RW | 6399 |
| 44 | Viktor Zsitva | C | 6653 |
| 45 | Klaus Hirche | G | 6681 |
| 46 | Jiro Ogawa | D | 7238 |
| 47 | Enrico Benedetti | RW | 7270 |
| 48 | Helmut Zanghellini | C | 7310 |
| 49 | Giulio Verocai | D | 7734 |
| 50 | Lajos Koutny | D | 7918 |
| 51 | Oskar Jenny | C | 8071 |
| 52 | Joel Gauvin | D | 8464 |
| Rnk | Athlete | POS | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Stan Mikita | C | 14 |
| 2 | John McKenzie | RW | 289 |
| 3 | Bruce Gamble | G | 497 |
| 4 | Ab McDonald | LW | 587 |
| 5 | Eddie Shack | LW | 984 |
| 6 | Earl Ingarfield | C | 989 |
| 7 | Charlie Burns | C | 1333 |
| 8 | Len Lunde | C | 2181 |
| 9 | Matti Keinonen | C | 2582 |
| 10 | Anatoli Firsov | LW | 2661 |
| 11 | John Hanna | D | 2969 |
| 12 | Hakan Wickberg | C | 3098 |
| 13 | Howie Glover | RW | 3408 |
| 14 | Vladimir Dzurilla | G | 3696 |
| 15 | Bobby Cleary | C | 3854 |
| 16 | Jiri Holecek | G | 3986 |
| 17 | Geza Szabo | C | 4056 |
| 18 | Les Colwill | RW | 4241 |
| 19 | Dezideriu Varga | D | 4251 |
| 20 | Larry Leach | C | 4273 |
| 21 | Svein Haagensen | RW | 4358 |
| 22 | Alberto Da Rin | C | 4508 |
| 23 | Henric Hedlund | D | 4546 |
| 24 | Ion Ferenz | C | 4614 |
| 25 | Folke Bengtsson | C | 4672 |
| 26 | Jaroslav Walter | C | 4703 |
| 27 | Andrzej Fonfara | C | 4862 |
| 28 | Bob McVey | D | 4909 |
| 29 | Anton Biro | RW | 5012 |
| 30 | Bernard Deschamps | G | 5039 |
| 31 | Leonhard Waitl | D | 5204 |
| 32 | Otto Schneitberger | D | 5311 |
| 33 | Per Skjerwen Olsen | RW | 5387 |
| 34 | Siegfried Schubert | C | 5399 |
| 35 | Jouni Seistamo | RW | 5498 |
| 36 | Bob Owen | D | 5510 |
| 37 | Jim Westby | D | 5513 |
| 38 | Stig-Goran Johansson | RW | 5516 |
| 39 | Kimihisa Kudo | RW | 5724 |
| 40 | Anatoly Ionov | RW | 5741 |
| 41 | Rolf Diethelm | RW | 6230 |
| 42 | Nicolae Andrei | LW | 6311 |
| 43 | Sune Wretling | RW | 6399 |
| 44 | Viktor Zsitva | C | 6653 |
| 45 | Klaus Hirche | G | 6681 |
| 46 | Jiro Ogawa | D | 7238 |
| 47 | Enrico Benedetti | RW | 7270 |
| 48 | Helmut Zanghellini | C | 7310 |
| 49 | Giulio Verocai | D | 7734 |
| 50 | Lajos Koutny | D | 7918 |
| 51 | Oskar Jenny | C | 8071 |
| 52 | Joel Gauvin | D | 8464 |
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