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The Top Ranked Hockey Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1981
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 | Paul Coffey | D | 15 |
| 2 | Jari Kurri | RW | 38 |
| 3 | Peter Stastny | C | 39 |
| 4 | Denis Savard | C | 66 |
| 5 | Larry Murphy | D | 139 |
| 6 | Glenn Anderson | RW | 146 |
| 7 | Dino Ciccarelli | RW | 176 |
| 8 | Tim Kerr | C | 187 |
| 9 | Andy Moog | G | 220 |
| 10 | Steve Larmer | RW | 234 |
| 11 | Don Beaupre | G | 337 |
| 12 | Guy Carbonneau | C | 347 |
| 13 | Barry Pederson | C | 393 |
| 14 | Dave Babych | D | 395 |
| 15 | Neal Broten | C | 421 |
| 16 | Paul MacLean | RW | 488 |
| 17 | Mike Bullard | C | 524 |
| 18 | Rick Wamsley | G | 620 |
| 19 | Anton Stastny | LW | 649 |
| 20 | Brent Sutter | C | 757 |
| 21 | Roland Melanson | G | 764 |
| 22 | Dale Hunter | C | 795 |
| 23 | Doug Crossman | D | 879 |
| 24 | Scott Hartnell | LW | 909 |
| 25 | Charlie Huddy | D | 936 |
| 26 | Steve Kasper | C | 1090 |
| 27 | Jim Fox | RW | 1100 |
| 28 | Moe Mantha | D | 1128 |
| 29 | Al Jensen | G | 1160 |
| 30 | Steve Weeks | G | 1181 |
| 31 | Keith Crowder | RW | 1239 |
| 32 | Aaron Broten | LW | 1280 |
| 33 | Rick Lanz | D | 1317 |
| 34 | Jorgen Pettersson | LW | 1389 |
| 35 | Doug Smail | LW | 1406 |
| 36 | Steve Konroyd | D | 1504 |
| 37 | Alan Haworth | C | 1541 |
| 38 | Jim Peplinski | RW | 1544 |
| 39 | Randy Cunneyworth | LW | 1630 |
| 40 | Darren Veitch | D | 1635 |
| 41 | Tom Laidlaw | D | 1721 |
| 42 | Ron Flockhart | C | 1747 |
| 43 | Gilles Hamel | LW | 1843 |
| 44 | Normand Rochefort | D | 2075 |
| 45 | Stew Gavin | LW | 2102 |
| 46 | Lee Norwood | D | 2197 |
| 47 | Doug Wickenheiser | C | 2211 |
| 48 | Chris Kotsopoulos | D | 2246 |
| 49 | Greg Terrion | LW | 2247 |
| 50 | John Barrett | D | 2358 |
| 51 | Kevin LaVallee | LW | 2374 |
| 52 | Mike Allison | LW | 2587 |
| 53 | Paul Gagne | LW | 2589 |
| 54 | Dave Parro | G | 2632 |
| 55 | Dave Pichette | D | 2664 |
| 56 | Larry Melnyk | D | 2743 |
| 57 | Jean-Francois Sauve | C | 2759 |
| 58 | Bill Gardner | C | 2774 |
| 59 | Torrie Robertson | LW | 2892 |
| 60 | Mike Blaisdell | RW | 3037 |
| 61 | Rick Heinz | G | 3143 |
| 62 | Billy Carroll | C | 3283 |
| 63 | Thomas Eriksson | D | 3419 |
| 64 | Larry Lozinski | G | 3542 |
| 65 | Don Spring | D | 3609 |
| 66 | Marc Chorney | D | 3611 |
| 67 | Steve Patrick | RW | 3682 |
| 68 | Denis Cyr | RW | 3722 |
| 69 | Don Nachbaur | C | 3856 |
| 70 | Joe Paterson | LW | 3860 |
| 71 | Tom Roulston | C | 3898 |
| 72 | Brad Palmer | LW | 3922 |
| 73 | Tim Tookey | C | 3938 |
| 74 | Pierre Aubry | LW | 4124 |
| 75 | Dan Bonar | C | 4190 |
| 76 | Mickey Volcan | D | 4206 |
| 77 | Mike Moller | RW | 4213 |
| 78 | Ken Solheim | LW | 4298 |
| 79 | Bill Baker | D | 4333 |
| 80 | Murray Eaves | C | 4374 |
| 81 | Dave Hindmarch | RW | 4421 |
| 82 | Murray Brumwell | D | 4521 |
| 83 | Jody Gage | RW | 4597 |
| 84 | Howard Walker | D | 4767 |
| 85 | Fred Arthur | D | 4814 |
| 86 | Anders Steen | C | 4836 |
| 87 | Michel Galarneau | C | 4927 |
| 88 | Kevin Maxwell | C | 4929 |
| 89 | Lance Nethery | C | 4937 |
| 90 | Peter Wallin | RW | 5005 |
| 91 | Jim McTaggart | D | 5076 |
| 92 | Ron Friest | LW | 5088 |
| 93 | Ed Cooper | LW | 5110 |
| 94 | Florent Robidoux | LW | 5116 |
| 95 | Dave Morrison | RW | 5154 |
| 96 | Tony Feltrin | D | 5180 |
| 97 | Greg Meredith | RW | 5222 |
| 98 | Gaston Therrien | D | 5313 |
| 99 | Dan McCarthy | C | 5347 |
| 100 | Mark Plantery | D | 5371 |
| 101 | Reid Bailey | D | 5407 |
| 102 | Jack Hughes (1957) | D | 5432 |
| 103 | Archie Henderson | RW | 5434 |
| 104 | Gary Burns | LW | 5446 |
| 105 | Gary Dillon | C | 5618 |
| 106 | Les Auge | D | 5662 |
| 107 | Bobby Crawford | RW | 5664 |
| 108 | Bennett Wolf | D | 5715 |
| 109 | Brian Young | D | 5748 |
| 110 | Sandy Beadle | LW | 5779 |
| 111 | Roy Sommer | LW | 5827 |
| 112 | Jay Johnston | D | 5866 |
| 113 | Jeff Bandura | D | 5919 |
| 114 | Dwayne Lowdermilk | D | 5924 |
| 115 | Roger Melin | LW | 5968 |
| 116 | Joe Ward | C | 6012 |
| 117 | Yvan Joly | RW | 6034 |
| 118 | Kevin Kemp | D | 6037 |
| 119 | Tony Curtale | D | 6063 |
| 120 | Bill Whelton | D | 6093 |
| 121 | Dave Chartier | C | 6161 |
| 122 | Dave Orleski | LW | 6167 |
| 123 | Don Waddell | D | 6183 |
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