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The Top Ranked Hockey Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1974
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 | Denis Potvin | D | 35 |
| 2 | Lanny McDonald | RW | 103 |
| 3 | Borje Salming | D | 146 |
| 4 | Glenn Resch | G | 185 |
| 5 | Mark Howe | D | 226 |
| 6 | Bob Gainey | LW | 315 |
| 7 | Peter McNab | C | 343 |
| 8 | Ian Turnbull | D | 346 |
| 9 | Tom Lysiak | C | 431 |
| 10 | Bob Dailey | D | 546 |
| 11 | Blaine Stoughton | RW | 674 |
| 12 | Eric Vail | LW | 689 |
| 13 | Al MacAdam | RW | 701 |
| 14 | John Davidson | G | 717 |
| 15 | Dennis Ververgaert | RW | 826 |
| 16 | Michel Larocque | G | 981 |
| 17 | John Van Boxmeer | D | 1039 |
| 18 | Darcy Rota | LW | 1170 |
| 19 | Gary Inness | G | 1259 |
| 20 | Gary Bromley | G | 1287 |
| 21 | Mike Veisor | G | 1405 |
| 22 | Andre Savard | C | 1434 |
| 23 | Bill Hajt | D | 1457 |
| 24 | Dave Lewis | D | 1464 |
| 25 | Inge Hammarstrom | LW | 1480 |
| 26 | Larry Patey | C | 1550 |
| 27 | Blake Dunlop | C | 1562 |
| 28 | Ed Kea | D | 1657 |
| 29 | Bob Kelly (1950) | LW | 1661 |
| 30 | Al Sims | D | 1714 |
| 31 | Andre St. Laurent | C | 1881 |
| 32 | Kevin Morrison | D | 1883 |
| 33 | Paulin Bordeleau | RW | 1948 |
| 34 | Bill McKenzie | G | 2112 |
| 35 | Dave Forbes | LW | 2545 |
| 36 | Nelson Pyatt | C | 2557 |
| 37 | Larry Giroux | D | 2625 |
| 38 | Bert Wilson | LW | 2636 |
| 39 | Hartland Monahan | RW | 2658 |
| 40 | John Wensink | LW | 2816 |
| 41 | Len Frig | D | 2817 |
| 42 | Glenn Goldup | RW | 2923 |
| 43 | Wayne Bianchin | LW | 2945 |
| 44 | Doug Grant | G | 2948 |
| 45 | Jean Lemieux | D | 2968 |
| 46 | Bob Gassoff | D | 3113 |
| 47 | Bob Neely | LW | 3133 |
| 48 | Blair Stewart | C | 3160 |
| 49 | Reg Thomas | LW | 3237 |
| 50 | Dave Dunn | D | 3291 |
| 51 | Al McLeod | D | 3374 |
| 52 | Rick Wilson | D | 3526 |
| 53 | Herbert Pock | C | 3594 |
| 54 | Willem Klooster | C | 3727 |
| 55 | Dick Decloe | RW | 3743 |
| 56 | Marcus Kuhl | RW | 3834 |
| 57 | Ron Huston | C | 3849 |
| 58 | Michel Deguise | G | 3940 |
| 59 | Peter Marrin | C | 4026 |
| 60 | Serge Beaudoin | D | 4064 |
| 61 | Dwight Bialowas | D | 4101 |
| 62 | Lynn Powis | C | 4146 |
| 63 | Bob Champoux | G | 4158 |
| 64 | Zinetula Bilyaletdinov | D | 4194 |
| 65 | Bob Murray (1948) | D | 4220 |
| 66 | Dave Hrechkosy | LW | 4221 |
| 67 | Hank Nowak | LW | 4294 |
| 68 | Rudolf Konig | LW | 4432 |
| 69 | Rich Coutu | G | 4595 |
| 70 | Gary Holt | LW | 4730 |
| 71 | Ray Adduono | C | 4875 |
| 72 | Stanislaw Klocek | C | 4994 |
| 73 | Thom Eklund | RW | 5065 |
| 74 | Butch Williams | RW | 5105 |
| 75 | Alain Beaule | D | 5137 |
| 76 | Mike Korney | RW | 5153 |
| 77 | Rob Walton | C | 5230 |
| 78 | Don Martineau | RW | 5272 |
| 79 | Chris Ahrens | D | 5316 |
| 80 | Jim Sherrit | C | 5355 |
| 81 | Bob Gryp | LW | 5376 |
| 82 | Wayne King | C | 5377 |
| 83 | Ted Snell | RW | 5393 |
| 84 | Bob McManama | C | 5480 |
| 85 | Doug Gibson | C | 5497 |
| 86 | Nelson Debenedet | LW | 5500 |
| 87 | Sadaki Honma | LW | 5502 |
| 88 | Russ Walker | RW | 5524 |
| 89 | Bruce Greig | LW | 5666 |
| 90 | Lyubomir Lyubomirov | D | 5678 |
| 91 | Frank Rochon | LW | 5708 |
| 92 | Tom Mellor | D | 5709 |
| 93 | Jan Eriksson | RW | 5746 |
| 94 | Ted Hargreaves | LW | 5799 |
| 95 | Alain Langlais | LW | 5821 |
| 96 | Jukka Koskilahti | C | 5861 |
| 97 | Lou Nistico | LW | 5868 |
| 98 | Rod Norrish | LW | 5896 |
| 99 | Rob Palmer | C | 5978 |
| 100 | Glenn Patrick | D | 6017 |
| 101 | Warren Anderson | D | 6032 |
| 102 | Gary Coalter | RW | 6048 |
| 103 | Bob Collyard | C | 6081 |
| 104 | Barry Cummins | D | 6139 |
| 105 | Gene Sobchuk | LW | 6160 |
| 106 | Paul Shakes | D | 6175 |
| 107 | Bernie Lukowich | RW | 6178 |
| 108 | Gheorghe Hutan | G | 6223 |
| 109 | Rick Chinnick | RW | 6283 |
| 110 | Dave Hynes | LW | 6341 |
| 111 | Kirk Bowman | LW | 6360 |
| 112 | Murray Heatley | LW | 6409 |
| 113 | Koji Wakasa | D | 6454 |
| 114 | Murray Wing | D | 6456 |
| 115 | John Rogers | RW | 6459 |
| 116 | Lyle Bradley | C | 6461 |
| 117 | Paul O'Neil | C | 6548 |
| 118 | Constantin Nistor | RW | 6554 |
| 119 | Brian Coates | LW | 6645 |
| 120 | Connie Forey | LW | 6661 |
| 121 | Dennis McCord | D | 6675 |
| 122 | Hakon Lundenes | LW | 6719 |
| 123 | Dan Spring | C | 6736 |
| 124 | Steve Stone | RW | 6776 |
| 125 | Dan Gloor | C | 6796 |
| 126 | Larry Gould | LW | 6807 |
| 127 | Vic Teal | RW | 6838 |
| 128 | Gary Donaldson | RW | 6846 |
| 129 | Larry Bignell | D | 6851 |
| 130 | Peter McNamee | D | 6909 |
| 131 | Gord Gallant | LW | 6953 |
| 132 | Ron Garwasiuk | D | 7013 |
| 133 | Jim McCrimmon | D | 7053 |
| 134 | Nicolae Visan | C | 7056 |
| 135 | Kelly Pratt | RW | 7193 |
| 136 | Gote Walitalo | G | 7339 |
| 137 | Jim Adair | C | 7468 |
| 138 | Peter Folco | D | 7557 |
| 139 | Billy Orr | D | 7581 |
| 140 | Dean Boylan | D | 7603 |
| 141 | Norio Ito | D | 7787 |
| 142 | Ron Serafini | D | 7814 |
| 143 | Don Gordon | RW | 8082 |
| 144 | Jack Stanfield | LW | 8118 |
| 145 | Bob Boyd | D | 8262 |
| 146 | Gerrard Gibbons | D | 8392 |
| 147 | Norm Cournoyer | C | 8402 |
| 148 | Robbie Neale | C | 8521 |
| 149 | Brad Buetow | D | 8591 |
| 150 | Jim Schraefel | C | 8871 |
| 151 | Dave Walter | C | 8885 |
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