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The Top Ranked Hockey Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1973
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 | Larry Robinson | D | 108 |
| 2 | Steve Shutt | LW | 170 |
| 3 | Bill Barber | LW | 208 |
| 4 | Dan Bouchard | G | 241 |
| 5 | Steve Vickers | LW | 516 |
| 6 | Tom Bladon | D | 564 |
| 7 | Phil Russell | D | 599 |
| 8 | Richard Brodeur | G | 649 |
| 9 | Jimmy Watson | D | 657 |
| 10 | Don Lever | LW | 728 |
| 11 | Wayne Thomas | G | 733 |
| 12 | Denis Herron | G | 796 |
| 13 | Billy Harris (1952) | RW | 857 |
| 14 | Gregg Sheppard | C | 860 |
| 15 | Ron Low | G | 901 |
| 16 | Jim Schoenfeld | D | 996 |
| 17 | Yvon Lambert | LW | 1020 |
| 18 | Bob Nystrom | RW | 1024 |
| 19 | Wayne Merrick | C | 1401 |
| 20 | Robbie Ftorek | C | 1438 |
| 21 | Orest Kindrachuk | C | 1531 |
| 22 | Stan Weir | C | 1573 |
| 23 | George Ferguson | C | 1576 |
| 24 | Mike Curran | G | 1598 |
| 25 | Barry Long | D | 1623 |
| 26 | Rick Dudley | LW | 1636 |
| 27 | Rich LeDuc | C | 1681 |
| 28 | Chris Oddleifson | C | 1752 |
| 29 | Jacques Richard | LW | 1763 |
| 30 | Ron Plumb | D | 1787 |
| 31 | Tim Sheehy | RW | 1833 |
| 32 | Garry Howatt | LW | 1902 |
| 33 | Thommie Bergman | D | 2034 |
| 34 | Jack Lynch | D | 2050 |
| 35 | Jean Hamel | D | 2075 |
| 36 | Neil Komadoski | D | 2105 |
| 37 | Lorne Henning | C | 2123 |
| 38 | Don Kozak | RW | 2127 |
| 39 | Jerry Butler | RW | 2156 |
| 40 | Vic Venasky | C | 2205 |
| 41 | Dave Gardner | C | 2274 |
| 42 | Murray Wilson | LW | 2295 |
| 43 | Mike Antonovich | C | 2304 |
| 44 | Bill Hogaboam | C | 2331 |
| 45 | Gord McRae | G | 2409 |
| 46 | Larry Carriere | D | 2416 |
| 47 | Dave Hudson | C | 2431 |
| 48 | Ross Brooks | G | 2518 |
| 49 | Don Tannahill | LW | 2520 |
| 50 | Ron Lalonde | C | 2548 |
| 51 | Larry Lund | C | 2614 |
| 52 | Terry Murray | D | 2630 |
| 53 | Wieslaw Jobczyk | RW | 2692 |
| 54 | Hugh Harris | LW | 2694 |
| 55 | Steve Durbano | D | 2748 |
| 56 | Bruce Landon | G | 2756 |
| 57 | Gene Peacosh | LW | 2769 |
| 58 | Bob Johnson | G | 2812 |
| 59 | Serge Aubry | G | 2832 |
| 60 | Russ Gillow | G | 2889 |
| 61 | Alexander Skvortsov | LW | 2928 |
| 62 | Michel Belhumeur | G | 2951 |
| 63 | Bob Whidden | G | 2983 |
| 64 | Gavin Kirk | C | 3009 |
| 65 | Dave Kryskow | LW | 3013 |
| 66 | Viktor Zhluktov | C | 3167 |
| 67 | Randy Rota | C | 3184 |
| 68 | Jakob Kolliker | D | 3191 |
| 69 | Larry Sacharuk | D | 3199 |
| 70 | Helmuts Balderis | RW | 3313 |
| 71 | Bobby Guindon | LW | 3318 |
| 72 | Jim McElmury | D | 3337 |
| 73 | Pete Donnelly | G | 3381 |
| 74 | Morris Mott | RW | 3426 |
| 75 | Takeshi Iwamoto | G | 3438 |
| 76 | Dick Sentes | RW | 3479 |
| 77 | Rocky Farr | G | 3484 |
| 78 | Lyle Moffat | LW | 3524 |
| 79 | John Adams (G) | G | 3539 |
| 80 | Rusty Patenaude | RW | 3550 |
| 81 | Bryan Lefley | D | 3591 |
| 82 | John Grisdale | D | 3604 |
| 83 | John French | LW | 3644 |
| 84 | Ted McAneeley | D | 3735 |
| 85 | Mats Waltin | D | 3748 |
| 86 | Dave Fortier | D | 3876 |
| 87 | Kevin Ahearn | LW | 3896 |
| 88 | Danny Gruen | LW | 3903 |
| 89 | Brian Ogilvie | C | 3926 |
| 90 | Ted Lenssen | G | 3995 |
| 91 | Elod Antal | D | 4173 |
| 92 | Doug Rombough | C | 4181 |
| 93 | Larry Mavety | D | 4198 |
| 94 | Boris Aleksandrov | RW | 4203 |
| 95 | Frank Sanders | D | 4228 |
| 96 | Ron Climie | LW | 4258 |
| 97 | Bruce Bullock | G | 4264 |
| 98 | Minoru Misawa | G | 4277 |
| 99 | Sergey Babinov | D | 4334 |
| 100 | Don Burgess | LW | 4384 |
| 101 | Tom Simpson | RW | 4385 |
| 102 | Ian Wilkie | G | 4465 |
| 103 | Mike Lampman | LW | 4477 |
| 104 | Ron Busniuk | RW | 4479 |
| 105 | Bob Sicinski | C | 4486 |
| 106 | Kurt Harand | LW | 4548 |
| 107 | Brian Gibbons (1947) | D | 4569 |
| 108 | Ray Clearwater | D | 4570 |
| 109 | Brent Meeke | D | 4627 |
| 110 | Tomaz Lepsa | C | 4710 |
| 111 | Brian Bradley (1944) | LW | 4754 |
| 112 | Antero Kivela | G | 4785 |
| 113 | Marjan Zbontar | G | 4797 |
| 114 | Rick Cunningham | D | 4823 |
| 115 | Andre Gaudette | C | 4825 |
| 116 | John Wright | C | 4837 |
| 117 | Jim Wiley | C | 4874 |
| 118 | Vasily Pervukhin | D | 4949 |
| 119 | Rick Morris | LW | 4970 |
| 120 | Pierre Roy | D | 4974 |
| 121 | Mike Amodeo | D | 5064 |
| 122 | Peter Scharf | D | 5100 |
| 123 | Pierre Guite | LW | 5128 |
| 124 | Jerry Byers | LW | 5135 |
| 125 | Fred O'Donnell | RW | 5145 |
| 126 | Dick Proceviat | D | 5147 |
| 127 | Ivan Scap | D | 5150 |
| 128 | Bryan McSheffrey | RW | 5202 |
| 129 | Keith Christiansen | C | 5203 |
| 130 | Doug Ross | RW | 5285 |
| 131 | Sigmund Suttner | G | 5299 |
| 132 | Steve Sutherland | LW | 5300 |
| 133 | Larry Bolonchuk | D | 5314 |
| 134 | Steve Cuddie | D | 5327 |
| 135 | Sandor Gal | D | 5360 |
| 136 | Hannu Koskinen | C | 5436 |
| 137 | Jan Popiel | LW | 5446 |
| 138 | Olivier Anken | G | 5547 |
| 139 | Guy Dufour | RW | 5565 |
| 140 | Freeman Asmundson | D | 5641 |
| 141 | Phil Hoene | LW | 5662 |
| 142 | Ross Perkins | C | 5729 |
| 143 | Bogdan Jakopic | D | 5742 |
| 144 | Neil Nicholson | D | 5751 |
| 145 | Bob Barber | D | 5829 |
| 146 | Steve King | C | 5841 |
| 147 | Randy Legge | D | 5853 |
| 148 | Bill Klatt | RW | 5855 |
| 149 | Janez Petac | C | 5924 |
| 150 | Connie Madigan | D | 5946 |
| 151 | Steve Carlyle | D | 5962 |
| 152 | Walt Ledingham | LW | 5963 |
| 153 | Morris Stefaniw | C | 5971 |
| 154 | Lasse Litma | D | 6001 |
| 155 | Michael Rudman | G | 6003 |
| 156 | Ron Smith | D | 6005 |
| 157 | Joe Lundrigan | D | 6014 |
| 158 | Bob Leduc | C | 6050 |
| 159 | Bob Ash | D | 6055 |
| 160 | John Migneault | LW | 6105 |
| 161 | Jim Cardiff | D | 6133 |
| 162 | Barry Wilcox | RW | 6156 |
| 163 | Tom Gilmore | RW | 6169 |
| 164 | Len Lilyholm | LW | 6173 |
| 165 | Don Grierson | RW | 6196 |
| 166 | Len Fontaine | RW | 6288 |
| 167 | Terry Holbrook | RW | 6297 |
| 168 | Moe L'Abbe | RW | 6310 |
| 169 | Dick Paradise | D | 6318 |
| 170 | Brian Morenz | RW | 6340 |
| 171 | Harald Luckner | LW | 6354 |
| 172 | Bill Horton | D | 6377 |
| 173 | Randy Osburn | LW | 6389 |
| 174 | Jorn Goldstein | G | 6439 |
| 175 | Pete Vipond | LW | 6457 |
| 176 | Rychard Campeau | D | 6469 |
| 177 | Yves Bergeron | RW | 6474 |
| 178 | Bob Richer | C | 6479 |
| 179 | Richard Grenier | C | 6507 |
| 180 | Don Herriman | LW | 6542 |
| 181 | Bruce McIntosh | D | 6544 |
| 182 | Dave Pulkkinen | LW | 6555 |
| 183 | Tom Serviss | C | 6562 |
| 184 | Jack Gibson | LW | 6569 |
| 185 | Ron Homenuke | RW | 6583 |
| 186 | Rick Newell | D | 6617 |
| 187 | Jan Neliba | D | 6623 |
| 188 | Ron Walters | C | 6651 |
| 189 | Bob Dupuis | G | 6674 |
| 190 | Alton White | RW | 6697 |
| 191 | Ric Jordan | D | 6746 |
| 192 | Tom Earl | RW | 6748 |
| 193 | Kerry Ketter | D | 6750 |
| 194 | Bill Prentice | D | 6756 |
| 195 | Michel Archambault | LW | 6757 |
| 196 | Ron F. Anderson | D | 6767 |
| 197 | John Cunniff | LW | 6772 |
| 198 | Bernie MacNeil | LW | 6781 |
| 199 | Jerry Zrymiak | D | 6800 |
| 200 | Bill Young | LW | 6821 |
| 201 | Hermann Hinterstocker | RW | 6847 |
| 202 | Ken Stephanson | D | 6858 |
| 203 | Wally Olds | D | 6868 |
| 204 | Hal Willis | D | 6893 |
| 205 | Steve Warr | D | 6941 |
| 206 | Jean Payette | C | 6974 |
| 207 | Craig Falkman | RW | 7025 |
| 208 | Ken Desjardine | D | 7039 |
| 209 | Dick McGlynn | D | 7042 |
| 210 | Dale Smedsmo | LW | 7049 |
| 211 | Dan Lodboa | LW | 7077 |
| 212 | Dunc Rousseau | LW | 7118 |
| 213 | Jean-Guy Gratton | RW | 7123 |
| 214 | Jacques Blain | D | 7130 |
| 215 | Andrzej Janczy | D | 7176 |
| 216 | Bob McAneeley | C | 7199 |
| 217 | Murray Myers | RW | 7212 |
| 218 | Bob Brown | D | 7222 |
| 219 | Jim McMasters | D | 7237 |
| 220 | Roger Cote | D | 7265 |
| 221 | Mike Hyndman | RW | 7313 |
| 222 | Rich Pumple | C | 7349 |
| 223 | Milt Black | RW | 7371 |
| 224 | Cleland Mortson | C | 7429 |
| 225 | Mike Boland (1949) | RW | 7495 |
| 226 | John Danby | C | 7547 |
| 227 | Brian de Bruijn | C | 7582 |
| 228 | Bob Winograd | D | 7599 |
| 229 | Craig Reichmuth | LW | 7602 |
| 230 | Leo Koopmans | RW | 7628 |
| 231 | Michel Boudreau | D | 7630 |
| 232 | Ray Larose | D | 7641 |
| 233 | Frank van Soldt | C | 7692 |
| 234 | Knut Fjeldsgaard | LW | 7715 |
| 235 | Cal Swenson | C | 7745 |
| 236 | Jim Benzelock | RW | 7759 |
| 237 | Ted Scharf | RW | 7772 |
| 238 | Rejean Giroux | RW | 7788 |
| 239 | Terry Ryan | C | 7789 |
| 240 | Ralph Hopiavouri | D | 7805 |
| 241 | Camille Lapierre | D | 7829 |
| 242 | Michel Plante | C | 7853 |
| 243 | Michel Rouleau | C | 7908 |
| 244 | Peter Slater | C | 7992 |
| 245 | Frank Golembrosky | RW | 7998 |
| 246 | John Shmyr | D | 8012 |
| 247 | Michel Harvey | C | 8130 |
| 248 | Norm Descoteaux | D | 8154 |
| 249 | Chris Meloff | D | 8185 |
| 250 | Denis Meloche | C | 8186 |
| 251 | Bernie Blanchette | RW | 8201 |
| 252 | Dennis Kassian | LW | 8282 |
| 253 | Derek Harker | D | 8302 |
| 254 | Blaine Rydman | D | 8358 |
| 255 | Brian Glenwright | LW | 8390 |
| 256 | Guy Smith | RW | 8417 |
| 257 | Sam Gellard | LW | 8453 |
| 258 | Jamie Kennedy | RW | 8463 |
| 259 | Darrel Knibbs | C | 8478 |
| 260 | John Bennett | LW | 8501 |
| 261 | Brian Cadle | LW | 8515 |
| 262 | Nick Polano | D | 8531 |
| 263 | John Donnelly | D | 8568 |
| 264 | Jean-Yves Cartier | D | 8579 |
| 265 | Paul Larose | RW | 8646 |
| 266 | Pierre Henry | LW | 8661 |
| 267 | Claude Chartre | C | 8668 |
| 268 | Jarda Krupicka | RW | 8684 |
| 269 | John Fisher | C | 8706 |
| 270 | Ron Riley | LW | 8726 |
| 271 | Mike McNamara | LW | 8745 |
| 272 | Alan Globensky | D | 8792 |
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