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The Top Ranked Hockey Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1989
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 | Joe Sakic | C | 28 |
| 2 | Ed Belfour | G | 49 |
| 3 | Mark Recchi | RW | 79 |
| 4 | Jeremy Roenick | C | 141 |
| 5 | Theo Fleury | RW | 175 |
| 6 | Eric Desjardins | D | 399 |
| 7 | Teppo Numminen | D | 442 |
| 8 | Trevor Linden | RW | 603 |
| 9 | John Cullen | C | 630 |
| 10 | Jeff Hackett | G | 748 |
| 11 | Jyrki Lumme | D | 770 |
| 12 | Tim Cheveldae | G | 823 |
| 13 | Bob Essensa | G | 889 |
| 14 | Tony Granato | RW | 1002 |
| 15 | Gord Murphy | D | 1050 |
| 16 | Eric Weinrich | D | 1208 |
| 17 | Mark Fitzpatrick | G | 1257 |
| 18 | Rick Tabaracci | G | 1264 |
| 19 | Darren Turcotte | C | 1340 |
| 20 | Stephane Quintal | D | 1408 |
| 21 | Martin Gelinas | LW | 1432 |
| 22 | Don Sweeney | D | 1469 |
| 23 | Darcy Wakaluk | G | 1478 |
| 24 | Curtis Leschyshyn | D | 1677 |
| 25 | Kevin Miller | C | 1708 |
| 26 | Adam Burt | D | 1732 |
| 27 | Darrin Shannon | LW | 1791 |
| 28 | Bryan Marchment | D | 1819 |
| 29 | Darryl Shannon | D | 1829 |
| 30 | Paul Ysebaert | C | 1866 |
| 31 | Randy McKay | RW | 2061 |
| 32 | Mike Keane | RW | 2092 |
| 33 | Jimmy Waite | G | 2117 |
| 34 | Igor Liba | LW | 2170 |
| 35 | Kay Whitmore | D | 2176 |
| 36 | David Volek | LW | 2223 |
| 37 | Bruno Zarrillo | LW | 2282 |
| 38 | Paul Ranheim | LW | 2286 |
| 39 | Stephan Lebeau | C | 2434 |
| 40 | Brent Gilchrist | LW | 2471 |
| 41 | John Druce | RW | 2585 |
| 42 | Riika Nieminen-Valila | LW | 2683 |
| 43 | Jody Hull | RW | 2734 |
| 44 | Tom Fitzgerald | RW | 2837 |
| 45 | Daniel Marois | RW | 2922 |
| 46 | Jarmo Myllys | G | 3032 |
| 47 | Rich Pilon | D | 3152 |
| 48 | Terry Yake | C | 3219 |
| 49 | Kevin Todd | C | 3265 |
| 50 | Rob DiMaio | RW | 3284 |
| 51 | Benoit Brunet | LW | 3333 |
| 52 | Bill Berg | LW | 3463 |
| 53 | Dusan Pasek | C | 3546 |
| 54 | Patrick Sutter | D | 3685 |
| 55 | Mike Hudson | C | 3697 |
| 56 | Bruno Campese | G | 3706 |
| 57 | Patrik Augusta | LW | 3722 |
| 58 | Tom Draper | G | 3751 |
| 59 | Miloslav Horava | D | 3757 |
| 60 | Jay More | D | 3878 |
| 61 | Stu Grimson | LW | 3879 |
| 62 | Janne Ojanen | C | 3955 |
| 63 | Rob Zettler | D | 3977 |
| 64 | Leonids Tambijevs | LW | 4061 |
| 65 | Stephane Barin | RW | 4096 |
| 66 | Glen Featherstone | D | 4170 |
| 67 | Scott Pearson | LW | 4171 |
| 68 | Christian Perthaler | RW | 4172 |
| 69 | Iiro Jarvi | RW | 4255 |
| 70 | Brent Hughes (1966) | LW | 4321 |
| 71 | Warren Rychel | LW | 4482 |
| 72 | Andrey Skabelka | RW | 4609 |
| 73 | Grant Jennings | D | 4662 |
| 74 | David Delfino | G | 4668 |
| 75 | Franck Saunier | C | 4701 |
| 76 | Darin Kimble | RW | 4780 |
| 77 | Shawn Cronin | D | 4869 |
| 78 | Dominic Lavoie | D | 4921 |
| 79 | Oleg Antonenko | RW | 5028 |
| 80 | Wolfgang Kromp | LW | 5070 |
| 81 | Vladimir Antipin | D | 5158 |
| 82 | Ken Hodge Jr. | C | 5228 |
| 83 | Hubie McDonough | C | 5252 |
| 84 | Vladimir Kopat | D | 5302 |
| 85 | Jamie Huscroft | D | 5358 |
| 86 | Maurizio Mansi | RW | 5398 |
| 87 | Steve Tuttle | RW | 5425 |
| 88 | Yuri Gunko | D | 5442 |
| 89 | Petri Varis | LW | 5567 |
| 90 | Igor Varitsky | LW | 5582 |
| 91 | Donald Dufresne | D | 5677 |
| 92 | Francois Leroux | D | 5791 |
| 93 | Tom Tilley | D | 5824 |
| 94 | Igor Nikitin | D | 5833 |
| 95 | Don Barber | LW | 5874 |
| 96 | Keijo Sailynoja | RW | 5968 |
| 97 | Vasyl Bobrovnikov | LW | 5976 |
| 98 | Jon Morris | C | 6080 |
| 99 | Oleg Davydov | D | 6108 |
| 100 | Chris Felix | D | 6130 |
| 101 | Rob Cimetta | LW | 6151 |
| 102 | Peter Laviolette | D | 6364 |
| 103 | Leo Gudas | D | 6381 |
| 104 | Francois Gravel | G | 6436 |
| 105 | Dean Chynoweth | D | 6483 |
| 106 | Vezio Sacratini | C | 6584 |
| 107 | Mark Vermette | RW | 6713 |
| 108 | Chad Biafore | D | 6887 |
| 109 | Jan-Roar Fagerli | D | 6920 |
| 110 | Jari Torkki | LW | 6946 |
| 111 | Svein Enok Norstebo | D | 7059 |
| 112 | Vyacheslav Timchenko | D | 7063 |
| 113 | Guy Larose | C | 7201 |
| 114 | Bruno Saunier | D | 7266 |
| 115 | Sergei Priakin | RW | 7297 |
| 116 | Link Gaetz | D | 7328 |
| 117 | Mario Schaden | RW | 7346 |
| 118 | Jay Mazur | C | 7358 |
| 119 | Jan Varholik | D | 7380 |
| 120 | Viktors Ignatjevs | D | 7413 |
| 121 | Sylvain Couturier | C | 7438 |
| 122 | Mario Doyon | D | 7507 |
| 123 | Jeff Bloemberg | D | 7543 |
| 124 | Ken Sabourin | D | 7592 |
| 125 | Dean Kolstad | D | 7616 |
| 126 | Kevin Kaminski | C | 7721 |
| 127 | Igor Ivanov | D | 7736 |
| 128 | Torsten Kienass | D | 7839 |
| 129 | Corey Foster | D | 7844 |
| 130 | Brad Miller | D | 7878 |
| 131 | Miroslav Mosnar | D | 7921 |
| 132 | Rick Lessard | D | 8029 |
| 133 | Jim Vesey | C | 8060 |
| 134 | Pascal Margerit | RW | 8111 |
| 135 | Dallas Gaume | C | 8202 |
| 136 | John Mokosak | D | 8248 |
| 137 | Tim Armstrong | C | 8374 |
| 138 | Markku Kyllonen | RW | 8418 |
| 139 | Ronnie Sundin | D | 8436 |
| 140 | Christian Kunast | G | 8494 |
| 141 | Matt Hervey | D | 8517 |
| 142 | Tony Joseph | RW | 8522 |
| 143 | Jeff Harding | RW | 8543 |
| 144 | Edgar Salis | D | 8557 |
| 145 | Ray Podloski | C | 8614 |
| 146 | Mike McHugh | LW | 8673 |
| 147 | Markus Brunner | C | 8756 |
| 148 | Michael Ware | RW | 8758 |
| 149 | Patrick Pilloni | C | 8864 |
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