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The Top Ranked Hockey Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1979
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 | Wayne Gretzky | C | 1 |
| 2 | Michel Goulet | LW | 56 |
| 3 | Mark Messier | C | 67 |
| 4 | Mike Gartner | RW | 190 |
| 5 | Pete Peeters | G | 211 |
| 6 | Rod Langway | D | 278 |
| 7 | Reggie Lemelin | G | 322 |
| 8 | Rick Vaive | RW | 339 |
| 9 | Bobby Smith | C | 378 |
| 10 | Craig Hartsburg | D | 468 |
| 11 | Rob Ramage | D | 469 |
| 12 | John Tonelli | LW | 541 |
| 13 | Pat Riggin | G | 607 |
| 14 | Greg Millen | G | 632 |
| 15 | Steve Payne | LW | 720 |
| 16 | Thomas Gradin | C | 723 |
| 17 | Al Secord | LW | 744 |
| 18 | Stan Smyl | RW | 822 |
| 19 | Behn Wilson | D | 848 |
| 20 | Ryan Walter | C | 873 |
| 21 | Willie Huber | D | 885 |
| 22 | Don Maloney | LW | 923 |
| 23 | Tony McKegney | LW | 1090 |
| 24 | Mario Lessard | G | 1129 |
| 25 | Curt Fraser | LW | 1463 |
| 26 | Wayne Babych | RW | 1482 |
| 27 | Bill Derlago | C | 1518 |
| 28 | Dieter Hegen | LW | 1584 |
| 29 | Lars Lindgren | D | 1700 |
| 30 | Brad Marsh | D | 1704 |
| 31 | Joel Quenneville | D | 1707 |
| 32 | Mike Zuke | C | 1930 |
| 33 | Tim Higgins | RW | 2015 |
| 34 | Steve Tambellini | C | 2027 |
| 35 | Larry Playfair | D | 2066 |
| 36 | Tim Bothwell | D | 2108 |
| 37 | Vyacheslav Bykov | C | 2329 |
| 38 | Dave Lumley | RW | 2419 |
| 39 | Timo Jutila | D | 2579 |
| 40 | Dan Labraaten | LW | 2605 |
| 41 | Merlin Malinowski | C | 2606 |
| 42 | Brent Peterson | C | 2634 |
| 43 | Glen Cochrane | D | 2913 |
| 44 | Mike Eaves | C | 2918 |
| 45 | Sergey Mylnikov | G | 2935 |
| 46 | Otakar Janecky | C | 3036 |
| 47 | Phil Verchota | LW | 3104 |
| 48 | Hector Marini | RW | 3663 |
| 49 | Sergei Yashin | LW | 3687 |
| 50 | Tom Gorence | RW | 3691 |
| 51 | Andre Dore | D | 3764 |
| 52 | Fausto Mazzoleni | D | 3828 |
| 53 | Rocky Saganiuk | RW | 3870 |
| 54 | Roy Roedger | C | 3899 |
| 55 | Greg Carroll | C | 3959 |
| 56 | Rolf Edberg | C | 3973 |
| 57 | Rollie Boutin | G | 4116 |
| 58 | Sergei Svetlov | RW | 4191 |
| 59 | Georg Holzmann | LW | 4229 |
| 60 | Brad Smith | RW | 4338 |
| 61 | Mike Gillis | LW | 4360 |
| 62 | Gary Rissling | LW | 4564 |
| 63 | Gunter Koren | RW | 4584 |
| 64 | Hannu Kamppuri | G | 4643 |
| 65 | Leif Svensson | D | 4656 |
| 66 | Paul Mulvey | LW | 4688 |
| 67 | Igor Stelnov | D | 4734 |
| 68 | Martin Pavlu | LW | 4915 |
| 69 | Mal Davis | LW | 5025 |
| 70 | John Harrington | LW | 5167 |
| 71 | Eric Strobel | RW | 5192 |
| 72 | Manfred Wolf | RW | 5273 |
| 73 | Harold Kreis | RW | 5287 |
| 74 | Lars Ivarsson | D | 5486 |
| 75 | John Taft | D | 5575 |
| 76 | Andrzej Ujwary | D | 5620 |
| 77 | Doug Lecuyer | LW | 5622 |
| 78 | Andreas Ritsch | D | 5699 |
| 79 | Konrad Dorn | D | 5735 |
| 80 | Glenn Hicks | LW | 5880 |
| 81 | Byron Shutt | LW | 5944 |
| 82 | Martin Platzer | D | 6024 |
| 83 | Don Laurence | C | 6038 |
| 84 | Charlie Luksa | D | 6053 |
| 85 | Andrzej Kadziolka | D | 6093 |
| 86 | Dick Lamby | D | 6131 |
| 87 | Paul Evans (1954) | C | 6154 |
| 88 | Stephane Botteri | D | 6265 |
| 89 | Richard David | LW | 6404 |
| 90 | Yves Preston | LW | 6413 |
| 91 | Tom Songin | RW | 6428 |
| 92 | Bill Bennett | LW | 6429 |
| 93 | Jim Warner | RW | 6486 |
| 94 | Dave Morrow | C | 6511 |
| 95 | Mike Dwyer | LW | 6572 |
| 96 | Kevin Nugent | RW | 6600 |
| 97 | Mike McDougal | RW | 6612 |
| 98 | Greg Tebbutt | D | 6707 |
| 99 | Wes George | LW | 6723 |
| 100 | Andreas Beutler | D | 6734 |
| 101 | Michel Lachance | D | 6773 |
| 102 | Gerry Leroux | LW | 6892 |
| 103 | Dean Turner | D | 6931 |
| 104 | Kelly Davis | RW | 6939 |
| 105 | Graeme Nicolson | D | 6951 |
| 106 | Ion Berdila | D | 6986 |
| 107 | Erik Pedersen | D | 7008 |
| 108 | Lorry Gloeckner | D | 7012 |
| 109 | Danny Lucas | RW | 7020 |
| 110 | Rob Suter | D | 7057 |
| 111 | Gord McTavish | C | 7107 |
| 112 | Lars Zetterstrom | D | 7150 |
| 113 | Rob Tudor | RW | 7191 |
| 114 | Dan Clark | D | 7192 |
| 115 | Paul Messier | C | 7226 |
| 116 | Mike Meeker | RW | 7284 |
| 117 | Brent Tremblay | D | 7304 |
| 118 | Pawel Lukaszka | G | 7348 |
| 119 | Kevin Krook | D | 7374 |
| 120 | Lex Hudson | D | 7406 |
| 121 | Andrzej Swistak | C | 7444 |
| 122 | Manfred Schuster | D | 7469 |
| 123 | Neil Labatte | C | 7480 |
| 124 | Mike Hordy | D | 7484 |
| 125 | Bjorn Skaare | C | 7486 |
| 126 | Chuck Huizinga | D | 7601 |
| 127 | Gert Kompajn | D | 7605 |
| 128 | John Gibson (D) | D | 7655 |
| 129 | Roy Johansen | C | 7698 |
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