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The Top Ranked Hockey Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1980
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 | Ray Bourque | D | 47 |
| 2 | Kent Nilsson | C | 257 |
| 3 | Brian Propp | LW | 305 |
| 4 | Paul Reinhart | D | 334 |
| 5 | John Ogrodnick | LW | 366 |
| 6 | Kevin Lowe | D | 401 |
| 7 | Sergei Makarov | RW | 494 |
| 8 | Mike Rogers | C | 593 |
| 9 | Morris Lukowich | LW | 703 |
| 10 | Dave Christian | RW | 776 |
| 11 | Mark Johnson | C | 791 |
| 12 | Mike Ramsey | D | 803 |
| 13 | Risto Siltanen | D | 832 |
| 14 | Mike Foligno | RW | 840 |
| 15 | Michel Dion | G | 922 |
| 16 | Bengt-Ake Gustafsson | RW | 972 |
| 17 | John Garrett | G | 998 |
| 18 | Brad McCrimmon | D | 1021 |
| 19 | Brent Ashton | LW | 1055 |
| 20 | Gordie Roberts | D | 1106 |
| 21 | Richard Sevigny | G | 1167 |
| 22 | Keith Acton | C | 1213 |
| 23 | Eddie Mio | G | 1228 |
| 24 | Mark Hardy | D | 1232 |
| 25 | Doug Keans | G | 1325 |
| 26 | Blair MacDonald | RW | 1392 |
| 27 | Tom McCarthy | LW | 1403 |
| 28 | Keith Brown | D | 1420 |
| 29 | Laurie Boschman | C | 1441 |
| 30 | Willy Lindstrom | RW | 1534 |
| 31 | Bobby Gould | RW | 1564 |
| 32 | Paul Baxter | D | 1569 |
| 33 | Pekka Rautakallio | D | 1575 |
| 34 | Jay Wells | D | 1597 |
| 35 | Craig MacTavish | C | 1610 |
| 36 | Rich Preston | RW | 1627 |
| 37 | Perry Turnbull | C | 1641 |
| 38 | Curt Giles | D | 1672 |
| 39 | Dave Langevin | D | 1715 |
| 40 | Ray Neufeld | RW | 1720 |
| 41 | Rick Meagher | C | 1953 |
| 42 | Garry Lariviere | D | 1970 |
| 43 | Jim Korn | D | 1977 |
| 44 | Gaston Gingras | D | 2012 |
| 45 | Doug Sulliman | RW | 2053 |
| 46 | Lindy Ruff | D | 2067 |
| 47 | Jamie Hislop | RW | 2086 |
| 48 | Ken Morrow | D | 2094 |
| 49 | Duane Sutter | RW | 2116 |
| 50 | Marty Howe | D | 2126 |
| 51 | Peter Sullivan | C | 2130 |
| 52 | Dave Hunter | LW | 2132 |
| 53 | Jim Craig | G | 2192 |
| 54 | Ron Wilson | C | 2214 |
| 55 | Al Hangsleben | D | 2221 |
| 56 | Ron Chipperfield | C | 2269 |
| 57 | Alain Cote | LW | 2340 |
| 58 | Pierre Lacroix | D | 2394 |
| 59 | Darryl Sutter | LW | 2423 |
| 60 | Marco Baron | G | 2454 |
| 61 | Andrey Khomutov | RW | 2505 |
| 62 | Peter Marsh | RW | 2514 |
| 63 | Warren Miller | RW | 2580 |
| 64 | Lars-Erik Sjoberg | D | 2612 |
| 65 | Andrei Khomutov | RW | 2662 |
| 66 | Chris Nilan | RW | 2768 |
| 67 | John Stewart | C | 2807 |
| 68 | Anders Kallur | RW | 2810 |
| 69 | Dave Semenko | LW | 2855 |
| 70 | Jorg Eberle | RW | 2950 |
| 71 | Craig Norwich | D | 2976 |
| 72 | Barry Melrose | D | 3048 |
| 73 | Steve Christoff | C | 3076 |
| 74 | Wally Weir | D | 3092 |
| 75 | John Paul Kelly | LW | 3121 |
| 76 | Jordy Douglas | LW | 3154 |
| 77 | Jim Marthinsen | G | 3192 |
| 78 | Joe Micheletti | D | 3197 |
| 79 | Pete Skriko | LW | 3228 |
| 80 | Stephen Foyn | LW | 3243 |
| 81 | Gaetano Orlando | C | 3250 |
| 82 | Steve Baker | G | 3259 |
| 83 | Dave Silk | RW | 3286 |
| 84 | Rob McClanahan | C | 3320 |
| 85 | Gary Lupul | C | 3429 |
| 86 | Ed Hospodar | D | 3455 |
| 87 | Vincent Tremblay | G | 3486 |
| 88 | Rick Paterson | C | 3494 |
| 89 | Pat Conacher | LW | 3504 |
| 90 | Rob Holland | G | 3514 |
| 91 | Bob Fitchner | C | 3527 |
| 92 | Dan D'Alvise | C | 3557 |
| 93 | Lindsay Middlebrook | G | 3619 |
| 94 | Renato Tosio | G | 3724 |
| 95 | Louis Sleigher | RW | 3833 |
| 96 | Bob Crawford | RW | 3850 |
| 97 | Glen Currie | C | 3857 |
| 98 | Ray Allison | RW | 3910 |
| 99 | Norm Dupont | LW | 3923 |
| 100 | Mark Kirton | C | 3975 |
| 101 | Kim Clackson | D | 4070 |
| 102 | Blake Wesley | D | 4086 |
| 103 | Jiri Crha | G | 4110 |
| 104 | Curt Brackenbury | RW | 4205 |
| 105 | Petter Thoresen | RW | 4367 |
| 106 | Mike Busniuk | D | 4379 |
| 107 | Terry Johnson | D | 4380 |
| 108 | Mark Wells | C | 4398 |
| 109 | Wes Jarvis | C | 4422 |
| 110 | Greg Hotham | D | 4428 |
| 111 | Ron Davidson | C | 4768 |
| 112 | Paul MacKinnon | D | 4779 |
| 113 | Dean Hopkins | RW | 4852 |
| 114 | Jimmy Mann | RW | 4855 |
| 115 | Jeff Brubaker | LW | 4859 |
| 116 | Ilya Byakin | D | 4864 |
| 117 | Stelio Zupancich | LW | 4892 |
| 118 | Tim Trimper | LW | 5006 |
| 119 | Trond Abrahamsen | D | 5023 |
| 120 | Yvon Vautour | RW | 5036 |
| 121 | Greg Theberge | D | 5089 |
| 122 | Arto Ruotanen | D | 5115 |
| 123 | Mark Renaud | D | 5235 |
| 124 | Doug Berry | C | 5338 |
| 125 | Benoit Doucet | C | 5367 |
| 126 | Danny Geoffrion | RW | 5392 |
| 127 | Ulrich Hiemer | D | 5466 |
| 128 | Robert Szopinski | D | 5490 |
| 129 | Frantisek Prochazka | D | 5539 |
| 130 | Antero Lehtonen | LW | 5607 |
| 131 | Gabriel Samolej | G | 5617 |
| 132 | Paul Pageau | G | 5775 |
| 133 | Bernie Hutz | D | 5794 |
| 134 | Pietro Cunti | C | 5814 |
| 135 | Oystein Jarlsbo | D | 5875 |
| 136 | Bob Mongrain | C | 5878 |
| 137 | Rudolf Suchanek | D | 5953 |
| 138 | Gerry Minor | C | 5985 |
| 139 | Paul Marshall | LW | 6010 |
| 140 | Bernie Johnston | C | 6037 |
| 141 | Silvio Szybisti | RW | 6066 |
| 142 | Gil Montandon | C | 6071 |
| 143 | Sigurd Thinn | C | 6110 |
| 144 | Vaughn Karpan | LW | 6191 |
| 145 | Yevgeny Roshchin | RW | 6293 |
| 146 | Rune Gulliksen | C | 6446 |
| 147 | Thore Walberg | G | 6448 |
| 148 | Rostislav Vlach | C | 6468 |
| 149 | Joe Grant | D | 6646 |
| 150 | Stu Smith | D | 6733 |
| 151 | Tom Searle | D | 6777 |
| 152 | John Markell | LW | 6883 |
| 153 | Tim Coulis | LW | 6993 |
| 154 | Gary Morrison | RW | 7029 |
| 155 | Errol Rausse | LW | 7148 |
| 156 | Don Howse | LW | 7172 |
| 157 | Doug Morrison | RW | 7196 |
| 158 | Ross Cory | D | 7209 |
| 159 | Bob Attwell | RW | 7389 |
| 160 | Jukka Virtanen | D | 7404 |
| 161 | Don Gillen | RW | 7441 |
| 162 | Kari Makkonen | LW | 7448 |
| 163 | Earl Ingarfield Jr. | C | 7567 |
| 164 | Gord Wappel | D | 7591 |
| 165 | Marius Voigt | C | 7629 |
| 166 | Mario Giallonardo | D | 7675 |
| 167 | Brian Hill | RW | 7733 |
| 168 | Mikio Hosoi | C | 7778 |
| 169 | Ray Markham | C | 7782 |
| 170 | Pat Daley | LW | 7792 |
| 171 | John Bethel | LW | 7825 |
| 172 | Rejean Cloutier | D | 7940 |
| 173 | Dave Watson | LW | 7950 |
| 174 | Jim Dobson | RW | 7951 |
| 175 | Bernie Saunders | LW | 7972 |
| 176 | Peter Sturgeon | LW | 8117 |
| 177 | Steve Peters | C | 8228 |
| 178 | Garth MacGuigan | C | 8292 |
| 179 | Gerry Rioux | RW | 8371 |
| 180 | Claude Noel | C | 8375 |
| 181 | Maynard Schurman | LW | 8385 |
| 182 | Jon Fontas | C | 8408 |
| 183 | Don MacIver | D | 8414 |
| 184 | Rick Hodgson | D | 8428 |
| 185 | Harvie Pocza | LW | 8456 |
| 186 | Ron Areshenkoff | C | 8473 |
| 187 | Randy Johnston | D | 8503 |
| 188 | Mike Toal | C | 8540 |
| 189 | Ron Carter | RW | 8680 |
| 190 | Steve Hazlett | LW | 8703 |
| 191 | Glenn Tomalty | LW | 8751 |
| 192 | Robbie Laird | LW | 8762 |
| 193 | Moe Robinson | D | 8782 |
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