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The Top Ranked Hockey Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1976
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 | Bryan Trottier | C | 57 |
| 2 | Dennis Maruk | C | 252 |
| 3 | Bob Murray (1954) | D | 572 |
| 4 | Tim Young | C | 771 |
| 5 | Mark Napier | RW | 1040 |
| 6 | Mel Bridgman | C | 1061 |
| 7 | Doug Soetaert | G | 1140 |
| 8 | Pat Hickey | LW | 1311 |
| 9 | Greg Smith | D | 1328 |
| 10 | Ed Staniowski | G | 1335 |
| 11 | Mike Milbury | D | 1402 |
| 12 | Willi Plett | RW | 1406 |
| 13 | Rick Lapointe | D | 1499 |
| 14 | Pat Boutette | C | 1502 |
| 15 | Pat Price | D | 1503 |
| 16 | Doug Jarvis | C | 1554 |
| 17 | Paul Holmgren | RW | 1652 |
| 18 | Doug Halward | D | 1655 |
| 19 | Ken Houston | RW | 1699 |
| 20 | Steve Jensen | LW | 1808 |
| 21 | Gary Sargent | D | 1856 |
| 22 | Eddie Johnstone | RW | 1878 |
| 23 | Wayne Dillon | C | 2215 |
| 24 | Gary McAdam | LW | 2225 |
| 25 | Bernie Wolfe | G | 2229 |
| 26 | Gord Lane | D | 2243 |
| 27 | Gilles Gratton | G | 2256 |
| 28 | Stan Jonathan | LW | 2285 |
| 29 | Terry Martin | LW | 2297 |
| 30 | Gerd Truntschka | C | 2433 |
| 31 | Rick Blight | RW | 2547 |
| 32 | Paul Harrison | G | 2597 |
| 33 | Ralph Klassen | C | 2609 |
| 34 | Richard Mulhern | D | 2736 |
| 35 | Claude St. Sauveur | C | 2774 |
| 36 | Buzz Schneider | LW | 2845 |
| 37 | Pat Ribble | D | 2879 |
| 38 | Jim Park | G | 3158 |
| 39 | Bob Murdoch (1954) | RW | 3198 |
| 40 | Bill Oleschuk | G | 3225 |
| 41 | Al Cameron | D | 3233 |
| 42 | Jean-Louis Levasseur | G | 3352 |
| 43 | Hideo Urabe | LW | 3369 |
| 44 | Normand Lapointe | G | 3453 |
| 45 | Don Ashby | C | 3665 |
| 46 | Bryan Maxwell | D | 3707 |
| 47 | Jim Warden | G | 3717 |
| 48 | Alexander Kozhevnikov | LW | 3733 |
| 49 | Jiri Lala | RW | 3746 |
| 50 | Bill Nyrop | D | 3766 |
| 51 | Dave Reece | G | 3770 |
| 52 | Bob Girard | LW | 3799 |
| 53 | Markku Hakulinen | C | 4073 |
| 54 | Clay Hebenton | G | 4105 |
| 55 | Dave Inkpen | D | 4137 |
| 56 | Rick Bowness | RW | 4211 |
| 57 | Bruce Boudreau | C | 4297 |
| 58 | Lauri Mononen | RW | 4329 |
| 59 | Lynn Zimmerman | G | 4331 |
| 60 | Cap Raeder | G | 4364 |
| 61 | Dave Logan | D | 4393 |
| 62 | Traian Cazan | LW | 4473 |
| 63 | Ed Humphreys | G | 4512 |
| 64 | Rick Bragnalo | C | 4777 |
| 65 | Bernd Englbrecht | G | 4786 |
| 66 | John Kiely | G | 4793 |
| 67 | Brad Gassoff | LW | 4873 |
| 68 | Oivind Losamoen | C | 4898 |
| 69 | Dave Tataryn | G | 4936 |
| 70 | Rob Harris | C | 4992 |
| 71 | Mario Viens | G | 5047 |
| 72 | Dennis Abgrall | RW | 5094 |
| 73 | Peter Scamurra | D | 5121 |
| 74 | Ivaylo Kalev | D | 5125 |
| 75 | Scott Garland | C | 5244 |
| 76 | Kelly Greenbank | RW | 5359 |
| 77 | John Paddock | RW | 5396 |
| 78 | Peter Raffl | C | 5450 |
| 79 | Danny Bolduc | LW | 5478 |
| 80 | Steve Carlson | C | 5508 |
| 81 | Rick Bourbonnais | RW | 5522 |
| 82 | Adriano Tancon | G | 5531 |
| 83 | Mats Lindh | C | 5553 |
| 84 | Ernst Luthi | D | 5563 |
| 85 | Knut Andresen | LW | 5613 |
| 86 | Jacques Cossette | RW | 5616 |
| 87 | Barry Smith | C | 5683 |
| 88 | Jerry Engele | D | 5712 |
| 89 | Juhani Tamminen | RW | 5756 |
| 90 | Ken Breitenbach | D | 5762 |
| 91 | Jamie Masters | D | 5822 |
| 92 | Nikolay Petrov | D | 5839 |
| 93 | Kurt Walker | D | 5881 |
| 94 | Greg Hubick | D | 5889 |
| 95 | Rick Adduono | C | 6065 |
| 96 | Glen Richardson | LW | 6125 |
| 97 | Jan Janssen | RW | 6145 |
| 98 | Tommy Samuelsson | D | 6150 |
| 99 | Sean Shanahan | C | 6167 |
| 100 | Ted Thorndike | RW | 6168 |
| 101 | Tim Jacobs | D | 6208 |
| 102 | Kent Ruhnke | RW | 6314 |
| 103 | Bob Dobek | C | 6373 |
| 104 | Frank Beaton | LW | 6376 |
| 105 | Greg Holst | C | 6415 |
| 106 | Alex Tidey | RW | 6478 |
| 107 | Ray Maluta | D | 6481 |
| 108 | Kiyoshi Esashika | D | 6487 |
| 109 | Gilles Bilodeau | LW | 6540 |
| 110 | Mike Wong | C | 6591 |
| 111 | Brian Kinsella | C | 6636 |
| 112 | Josef Schlickenrieder | G | 6680 |
| 113 | Don Cairns | LW | 6690 |
| 114 | Jerry Rollins | D | 6783 |
| 115 | Mike Hobin | C | 6788 |
| 116 | Bob Warner | D | 6830 |
| 117 | Jeffrey Hymanson | D | 6850 |
| 118 | Terry McDonald | D | 6867 |
| 119 | Andrzej Iskrzycki | D | 7003 |
| 120 | Cam Botting | RW | 7005 |
| 121 | Don McLean | D | 7067 |
| 122 | Dale Lewis | LW | 7096 |
| 123 | Mitch Babin | C | 7110 |
| 124 | Paul Jensen | D | 7165 |
| 125 | Brian Watts | LW | 7247 |
| 126 | Derek Haas | C | 7291 |
| 127 | Bill Steele | RW | 7333 |
| 128 | Jim Witherspoon | D | 7383 |
| 129 | Ken Mann | RW | 7434 |
| 130 | Paul Heaver | D | 7470 |
| 131 | Dariusz Sikora | C | 7488 |
| 132 | Brian Stapleton | RW | 7497 |
| 133 | Bob Russell | RW | 7510 |
| 134 | Jim Clarke | D | 7915 |
| 135 | Danny Arndt | LW | 7958 |
| 136 | Dave Syvret | D | 8020 |
| 137 | Steve Hull | RW | 8048 |
| 138 | Michel Dubois | D | 8110 |
| 139 | Jean-Luc Phaneuf | RW | 8286 |
| 140 | Francois Ouimet | D | 8303 |
| 141 | Jim Troy | RW | 8470 |
| 142 | Robert Mack | G | 8506 |
| 143 | Peter Morris | LW | 8572 |
| 144 | Mike Sleep | RW | 8709 |
| 145 | Bob D'Alvise | C | 8868 |
| 146 | Pat Donnelly | C | 8872 |
| 147 | Bruce Abbey | D | 8876 |
| 148 | Greg Neeld | D | 8877 |
| 149 | Dan Justin | D | 8880 |
| 150 | Marty Gateman | D | 8881 |
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