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The Top Ranked Hockey Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1972
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 | Guy Lafleur | RW | 12 |
| 2 | Marcel Dionne | C | 15 |
| 3 | Rick Martin | LW | 161 |
| 4 | Billy Smith | G | 171 |
| 5 | Rick Kehoe | RW | 437 |
| 6 | Wayne Stephenson | G | 457 |
| 7 | Craig Ramsay | LW | 466 |
| 8 | Jocelyn Guevremont | D | 523 |
| 9 | Terry O'Reilly | RW | 760 |
| 10 | Mike Murphy | RW | 788 |
| 11 | Dennis Kearns | D | 902 |
| 12 | Dave Burrows | D | 955 |
| 13 | Bill Clement | C | 1258 |
| 14 | Bob Stewart | D | 1609 |
| 15 | Bobby Lalonde | C | 1616 |
| 16 | John Gould | RW | 1639 |
| 17 | Pierre Plante | RW | 1668 |
| 18 | Don Saleski | RW | 1776 |
| 19 | Andy Brown | G | 1800 |
| 20 | Darryl Maggs | D | 1830 |
| 21 | Chuck Arnason | RW | 1841 |
| 22 | Tom Williams | LW | 1850 |
| 23 | Rey Comeau | C | 1880 |
| 24 | Gary Kurt | G | 1884 |
| 25 | Gerry O'Flaherty | LW | 1993 |
| 26 | Gene Carr | C | 2021 |
| 27 | J.P. Bordeleau | RW | 2033 |
| 28 | Dave Schultz | LW | 2035 |
| 29 | Michel Parizeau | C | 2087 |
| 30 | Pierre Jarry | LW | 2137 |
| 31 | Stan Gilbertson | LW | 2197 |
| 32 | Craig Patrick | RW | 2212 |
| 33 | Frank Hughes | LW | 2224 |
| 34 | Henry Boucha | C | 2385 |
| 35 | Floyd Thomson | LW | 2470 |
| 36 | Bob Paradise | D | 2472 |
| 37 | Ed Dyck | G | 2560 |
| 38 | Udo Kiessling | D | 2562 |
| 39 | Gregg Boddy | D | 2693 |
| 40 | Jim McLeod | G | 2717 |
| 41 | Peter McDuffe | G | 2731 |
| 42 | Vincent Lukac | LW | 2849 |
| 43 | Matti Rautiainen | LW | 2886 |
| 44 | Germain Gagnon | LW | 2903 |
| 45 | Ken Baird | D | 2941 |
| 46 | Joe Noris | C | 3020 |
| 47 | Rich Lemieux | C | 3124 |
| 48 | Del Hall | LW | 3174 |
| 49 | Corky de Graauw | C | 3404 |
| 50 | Jack de Heer | LW | 3511 |
| 51 | Martin Hinterstocker | C | 3581 |
| 52 | Norm Gratton | LW | 3588 |
| 53 | Stu Irving | LW | 3750 |
| 54 | Lyle Carter | G | 3780 |
| 55 | Milcho Nenov | RW | 3783 |
| 56 | Janez Puterle | C | 3831 |
| 57 | Henryk Pytel | LW | 3921 |
| 58 | Pete Laframboise | LW | 3943 |
| 59 | Vladimir Golikov | C | 3966 |
| 60 | Hideo Sakurai | C | 4030 |
| 61 | Bobby Taylor | G | 4034 |
| 62 | Ignaz Berndaner | D | 4108 |
| 63 | Hakan Eriksson | C | 4269 |
| 64 | Larry Wright | C | 4408 |
| 65 | Brian Lavender | LW | 4423 |
| 66 | Ivan Atanasov | LW | 4517 |
| 67 | Bill Mikkelson | D | 4621 |
| 68 | Ron Jones | D | 4728 |
| 69 | Larry van Wieren | LW | 4745 |
| 70 | Alexander Sadjina | RW | 4761 |
| 71 | Franz Reindl | LW | 4930 |
| 72 | Tore Falch Nilsen | C | 4964 |
| 73 | Rune Molberg | D | 5022 |
| 74 | Gord Brooks | RW | 5043 |
| 75 | Horst-Peter Kretschmer | D | 5217 |
| 76 | Morten Johansen | C | 5262 |
| 77 | Charles Henzen | D | 5511 |
| 78 | Gary Gambucci | C | 5595 |
| 79 | Al Simmons | D | 5711 |
| 80 | George Justinian | D | 5783 |
| 81 | Brian McKenzie | LW | 5803 |
| 82 | Takashi Tsuburai | D | 5842 |
| 83 | Marek Marcinczak | D | 5862 |
| 84 | Drago Savic | D | 6094 |
| 85 | Brian Carlin | LW | 6117 |
| 86 | Stefan Seme | C | 6188 |
| 87 | Jim Jones | D | 6272 |
| 88 | Gunter Oberhuber | D | 6287 |
| 89 | Charles Brown | D | 6307 |
| 90 | Uli Hofmann | D | 6384 |
| 91 | Vladimir Myshkin | G | 6450 |
| 92 | Rene Drolet | RW | 6500 |
| 93 | Olli Saarinen | D | 6518 |
| 94 | Nils Nilsen | D | 6740 |
| 95 | Reinhold Bauer | C | 6741 |
| 96 | Yoshiaki Kyoya | C | 6770 |
| 97 | Mikio Matsuda | RW | 6922 |
| 98 | Ferenc Vozar | C | 6952 |
| 99 | Jori Mattli | LW | 7293 |
| 100 | Vidar Johansen | LW | 7740 |
| 101 | Franciszek Kukla | G | 8639 |
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