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The Top Ranked Hockey Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1978
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 | Mike Bossy | RW | 13 |
| 2 | Doug Wilson | D | 167 |
| 3 | Dave Taylor | RW | 223 |
| 4 | Mike Liut | G | 231 |
| 5 | Murray Bannerman | G | 613 |
| 6 | Barry Beck | D | 641 |
| 7 | Vaclav Nedomansky | RW | 653 |
| 8 | Robert Picard | D | 664 |
| 9 | Ken Linseman | C | 712 |
| 10 | Glen Hanlon | G | 730 |
| 11 | Ron Duguay | C | 736 |
| 12 | Mike O'Connell | D | 756 |
| 13 | John Anderson | RW | 879 |
| 14 | Dale McCourt | C | 920 |
| 15 | Stefan Persson | D | 952 |
| 16 | Kevin McCarthy | D | 1008 |
| 17 | Mario Marois | D | 1018 |
| 18 | Brad Maxwell | D | 1046 |
| 19 | Pierre Mondou | C | 1251 |
| 20 | Ron Grahame | G | 1350 |
| 21 | Lucien DeBlois | C | 1501 |
| 22 | Brian Engblom | D | 1617 |
| 23 | Jack Brownschidle | D | 1650 |
| 24 | Ric Seiling | RW | 1750 |
| 25 | Markus Mattsson | G | 1879 |
| 26 | Richie Dunn | D | 2011 |
| 27 | Pat Hughes | RW | 2055 |
| 28 | Peter Lee | RW | 2101 |
| 29 | Rick St. Croix | C | 2146 |
| 30 | Greg Fox | D | 2174 |
| 31 | Bob Miller | C | 2426 |
| 32 | Dwight Foster | RW | 2462 |
| 33 | Perry Miller | D | 2465 |
| 34 | Paul Woods | LW | 2488 |
| 35 | Kent-Erik Andersson | RW | 2494 |
| 36 | Hakan Sodergren | LW | 2623 |
| 37 | Tony Currie | RW | 2624 |
| 38 | Per-Olov Brasar | LW | 2738 |
| 39 | Jere Gillis | LW | 2765 |
| 40 | Hardy Astrom | G | 2908 |
| 41 | Jim Bedard | G | 2932 |
| 42 | Mike Crombeen | RW | 2942 |
| 43 | Jim Corsi | G | 3002 |
| 44 | Robert Palmer | D | 3157 |
| 45 | Rod Schutt | LW | 3169 |
| 46 | Don Jackson | D | 3290 |
| 47 | Jens Ohling | LW | 3314 |
| 48 | Kris Manery | C | 3343 |
| 49 | Randy Pierce | RW | 3395 |
| 50 | Bill Stewart | D | 3418 |
| 51 | Reg Kerr | LW | 3530 |
| 52 | Ron Wilson (1955) | D | 3571 |
| 53 | Ron Zanussi | RW | 3606 |
| 54 | Mike Eruzione | LW | 3781 |
| 55 | Henryk Gruth | D | 3814 |
| 56 | Trevor Johansen | D | 4004 |
| 57 | Benoit Laporte | LW | 4135 |
| 58 | Mark Lofthouse | RW | 4222 |
| 59 | Mike Kaszycki | C | 4233 |
| 60 | Rolf Ridderwall | G | 4282 |
| 61 | Peter Obresa | C | 4472 |
| 62 | Fredy Luthi | C | 4515 |
| 63 | Mike Polich | C | 4560 |
| 64 | Goran Hogosta | G | 4641 |
| 65 | Peter Schlagenhauf | RW | 4647 |
| 66 | Bob Hoffmeyer | D | 4655 |
| 67 | Erik Kristiansen | RW | 4691 |
| 68 | Steve Alley | LW | 4712 |
| 69 | Harold Phillipoff | LW | 4771 |
| 70 | Rick van Gog | D | 4918 |
| 71 | Jarmo Makitalo | RW | 4929 |
| 72 | Dave Debol | C | 4934 |
| 73 | Gilles Lupien | D | 5034 |
| 74 | Scott Campbell | D | 5258 |
| 75 | Miles Zaharko | D | 5270 |
| 76 | Satoru Misawa | LW | 5297 |
| 77 | Bill Gilligan | C | 5449 |
| 78 | Bob Stephenson | RW | 5476 |
| 79 | John Smrke | LW | 5551 |
| 80 | Dave Hoyda | LW | 5627 |
| 81 | Tadamitsu Fujii | D | 5682 |
| 82 | Jimmy Jones | RW | 5697 |
| 83 | Kevin Primeau | RW | 5761 |
| 84 | Joe Contini | C | 5869 |
| 85 | Vitezslav Duris | D | 6052 |
| 86 | Roland Cloutier | C | 6058 |
| 87 | Kim Davis | C | 6119 |
| 88 | Larry Hopkins | LW | 6176 |
| 89 | Eddy Godin | RW | 6222 |
| 90 | John Baby | D | 6282 |
| 91 | Alex McKendry | LW | 6321 |
| 92 | Guy Dupuis (1957) | C | 6332 |
| 93 | Tom Cassidy | C | 6370 |
| 94 | Rob Plumb | LW | 6401 |
| 95 | Hans Sulzer | D | 6407 |
| 96 | Jean Savard | C | 6426 |
| 97 | Dan Chicoine | RW | 6575 |
| 98 | John Hilworth | D | 6625 |
| 99 | Rick Vasko | D | 6755 |
| 100 | Nelson Burton | LW | 6758 |
| 101 | Pierre Lagace | C | 6814 |
| 102 | Mike Forbes | D | 6819 |
| 103 | Rick Jodzio | LW | 6914 |
| 104 | Steve Short | LW | 6978 |
| 105 | Bela Nagy | RW | 7127 |
| 106 | Alain Belanger | RW | 7145 |
| 107 | Frantisek Cernik | RW | 7178 |
| 108 | Zoltan Nagy | LW | 7244 |
| 109 | Dean Magee | LW | 7248 |
| 110 | Benoit Gosselin | LW | 7254 |
| 111 | Jim Boo | D | 7292 |
| 112 | Darcy Regier | D | 7307 |
| 113 | Jeff Allan | D | 7359 |
| 114 | Cal Sandbeck | D | 7428 |
| 115 | Floyd Lahache | D | 7466 |
| 116 | Jamie Gallimore | RW | 7512 |
| 117 | Wayne Ramsey | D | 7525 |
| 118 | Greg Hickey | LW | 7545 |
| 119 | Mike Keating | LW | 7556 |
| 120 | Bud Stefanski | C | 7600 |
| 121 | Craig Topolnisky | D | 7625 |
| 122 | Sid Veysey | C | 7654 |
| 123 | Jim Cunningham | LW | 7661 |
| 124 | Harrie van Heumen | C | 7667 |
| 125 | John McCahill | D | 7681 |
| 126 | Bill Davis | D | 7686 |
| 127 | Alf Handrahan | RW | 7706 |
| 128 | Willie Trognitz | LW | 7741 |
| 129 | Markus Leuenberger | LW | 7881 |
| 130 | John de Bruyn | G | 7917 |
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