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The Top Ranked Hockey Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1982
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 | Al MacInnis | D | 58 |
| 2 | Dale Hawerchuk | C | 59 |
| 3 | Bernie Nicholls | C | 150 |
| 4 | Ron Francis | C | 154 |
| 5 | Joe Mullen | RW | 168 |
| 6 | John Vanbiesbrouck | G | 195 |
| 7 | Grant Fuhr | G | 239 |
| 8 | Reijo Ruotsalainen | D | 531 |
| 9 | Tony Tanti | RW | 565 |
| 10 | Clint Malarchuk | G | 739 |
| 11 | Tomas Jonsson | D | 804 |
| 12 | Bob Carpenter | C | 859 |
| 13 | Greg Stefan | G | 891 |
| 14 | Troy Murray | C | 947 |
| 15 | Thomas Steen | C | 1115 |
| 16 | Mike Krushelnyski | LW | 1188 |
| 17 | Tom Fergus | C | 1242 |
| 18 | Joe Cirella | D | 1262 |
| 19 | Marian Stastny | RW | 1290 |
| 20 | Jacques Cloutier | G | 1295 |
| 21 | Walt Poddubny | LW | 1358 |
| 22 | Mark Hunter | RW | 1363 |
| 23 | Mark Osborne | LW | 1468 |
| 24 | Garth Butcher | D | 1505 |
| 25 | Ilkka Sinisalo | RW | 1579 |
| 26 | Jim Benning | D | 1662 |
| 27 | Miroslav Frycer | RW | 1669 |
| 28 | Ivan Hlinka | C | 1687 |
| 29 | Tim Watters | D | 1817 |
| 30 | Craig Muni | D | 1851 |
| 31 | Craig Laughlin | RW | 1869 |
| 32 | Doug Shedden | C | 1891 |
| 33 | Mark Pavelich | C | 1895 |
| 34 | Scott Arniel | LW | 1958 |
| 35 | Greg Gilbert | LW | 2009 |
| 36 | Dave Barr | RW | 2049 |
| 37 | Gaetan Duchesne | LW | 2080 |
| 38 | Bob McGill | D | 2161 |
| 39 | Steve Bozek | LW | 2201 |
| 40 | Dave Hannan | C | 2235 |
| 41 | Paul MacDermid | RW | 2238 |
| 42 | Doug Smith | C | 2333 |
| 43 | Gilbert Delorme | D | 2436 |
| 44 | Kari Eloranta | D | 2493 |
| 45 | Marc Habscheid | RW | 2546 |
| 46 | Claude Loiselle | C | 2558 |
| 47 | Jim Nill | RW | 2639 |
| 48 | Kevin McClelland | RW | 2642 |
| 49 | Randy Hillier | D | 2723 |
| 50 | Jiri Bubla | D | 2766 |
| 51 | Konstantin Mihailov | G | 2780 |
| 52 | Tim Hunter | RW | 2856 |
| 53 | Sean McKenna | RW | 3012 |
| 54 | Peter Almasy | RW | 3060 |
| 55 | Hannu Virta | D | 3095 |
| 56 | Lou Franceschetti | RW | 3181 |
| 57 | Eddy Beers | LW | 3310 |
| 58 | Petr Rosol | RW | 3315 |
| 59 | Ed Lebler | C | 3327 |
| 60 | Steve Ludzik | C | 3334 |
| 61 | Lindsay Carson | C | 3359 |
| 62 | Mark Reeds | RW | 3372 |
| 63 | Basil McRae | LW | 3387 |
| 64 | Ken Yaremchuk | C | 3419 |
| 65 | Paul Boutilier | D | 3431 |
| 66 | Moe Lemay | LW | 3444 |
| 67 | Bengt Lundholm | LW | 3488 |
| 68 | Timo Blomqvist | D | 3515 |
| 69 | Perry Anderson | LW | 3612 |
| 70 | Lars Molin | LW | 3700 |
| 71 | Tapio Levo | D | 3754 |
| 72 | Warren Skorodenski | G | 3786 |
| 73 | Mikko Leinonen | C | 3795 |
| 74 | Dave Richter | D | 3817 |
| 75 | Igor Boldin | C | 3961 |
| 76 | Charlie Bourgeois | D | 4005 |
| 77 | Anders Hakansson | LW | 4050 |
| 78 | Jim Pavese | D | 4058 |
| 79 | Ken Berry | LW | 4088 |
| 80 | Mike Blake | G | 4115 |
| 81 | Warren Young | C | 4122 |
| 82 | Andrejs Maticins | D | 4134 |
| 83 | Mike Moffat | G | 4164 |
| 84 | Randy Boyd | D | 4235 |
| 85 | Alexander Chernykh | C | 4322 |
| 86 | Valeri Shiryayev | D | 4335 |
| 87 | Bruce Crowder | RW | 4374 |
| 88 | Esa Keskinen | C | 4406 |
| 89 | Craig Levie | D | 4505 |
| 90 | Vern Mott | G | 4529 |
| 91 | Lars Bergseng | C | 4549 |
| 92 | Michael Hjalm | LW | 4566 |
| 93 | Rik Wilson | D | 4620 |
| 94 | Aleksandr Smirnov | D | 4685 |
| 95 | Mark Taylor | C | 4781 |
| 96 | Chris Valentine | C | 4782 |
| 97 | John Vecchiarelli | RW | 4988 |
| 98 | Lars Karlsson | C | 5046 |
| 99 | Igor Matushkin | D | 5086 |
| 100 | Janusz Adamiec | C | 5088 |
| 101 | Andrey Lomakin | LW | 5092 |
| 102 | Aleksandrs Belavskis | RW | 5186 |
| 103 | Anders Eldebrink | D | 5188 |
| 104 | Andreas Niederberger | D | 5189 |
| 105 | Jukka Porvari | RW | 5214 |
| 106 | Dave Cameron | C | 5238 |
| 107 | Jeff Larmer | LW | 5409 |
| 108 | Neil Belland | D | 5420 |
| 109 | Ron Fischer | D | 5465 |
| 110 | Jerome Dupont | D | 5519 |
| 111 | Matthew Kabayama | C | 5544 |
| 112 | Arne Billkvam | RW | 5561 |
| 113 | Daryl Evans | LW | 5593 |
| 114 | Dave Feamster | D | 5615 |
| 115 | Alain Lemieux | C | 5639 |
| 116 | Marc Crawford | LW | 5679 |
| 117 | Erik Hamalainen | D | 5719 |
| 118 | Normand Leveille | LW | 5872 |
| 119 | Steve Gatzos | RW | 6076 |
| 120 | Jari Lindroos | C | 6184 |
| 121 | Patrice Brasey | D | 6214 |
| 122 | Pat Graham | LW | 6319 |
| 123 | Norm Aubin | C | 6362 |
| 124 | Carl Mokosak | LW | 6386 |
| 125 | Peter Ottosson | LW | 6519 |
| 126 | Rich Chernomaz | RW | 6525 |
| 127 | Jim McGeough | C | 6573 |
| 128 | Dan Bourbonnais | LW | 6593 |
| 129 | Ted Nolan | C | 6778 |
| 130 | Glenn Merkosky | C | 6811 |
| 131 | Mark Botell | D | 6896 |
| 132 | Fred Boimistruck | D | 6905 |
| 133 | Urs Burkart | D | 6943 |
| 134 | Mike Shea | D | 6959 |
| 135 | Warren Holmes | C | 7090 |
| 136 | Kai Suikkanen | RW | 7149 |
| 137 | Andy Schliebener | D | 7228 |
| 138 | Ron Meighan | D | 7327 |
| 139 | Sergey Shendelyov | D | 7372 |
| 140 | Joe McDonnell | D | 7426 |
| 141 | Scott Gruhl | LW | 7427 |
| 142 | Mike Backman | RW | 7442 |
| 143 | Dave Michayluk | LW | 7457 |
| 144 | Alain Vigneault | D | 7461 |
| 145 | Perry Ganchar | RW | 7492 |
| 146 | Gary Yaremchuk | C | 7494 |
| 147 | Bruce Eakin | C | 7496 |
| 148 | Bill Kitchen | D | 7639 |
| 149 | Fred Perlini | C | 7660 |
| 150 | Karl Heinzle | D | 7671 |
| 151 | Roland Stoltz | RW | 7718 |
| 152 | Dan Fridgen | LW | 7730 |
| 153 | Sergey Abramov | G | 7766 |
| 154 | Todd Bidner | LW | 7790 |
| 155 | Andy Ton | RW | 7956 |
| 156 | Steve Smith (1963) | D | 7985 |
| 157 | Mark Morrison | C | 8000 |
| 158 | Todd Strueby | LW | 8026 |
| 159 | Ernie Godden | C | 8065 |
| 160 | Daniel Poulin | D | 8079 |
| 161 | Paul Miller | C | 8087 |
| 162 | Randy MacGregor | RW | 8103 |
| 163 | Jeff Brownschidle | D | 8157 |
| 164 | Paul Higgins | RW | 8260 |
| 165 | Mike Siltala | RW | 8270 |
| 166 | Michel Bolduc | D | 8289 |
| 167 | Val James | LW | 8353 |
| 168 | Gerry McDonald | D | 8407 |
| 169 | Gord Williams | RW | 8578 |
| 170 | Christer Kellgren | RW | 8607 |
| 171 | Tony Camazzola | D | 8730 |
| 172 | Peter Gustavsson | LW | 8733 |
| 173 | Christian Tanguay | RW | 8807 |
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