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The Top Ranked Hockey Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1996
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 | Daniel Alfredsson | RW | 127 |
| 2 | Patrik Elias | LW | 238 |
| 3 | Miroslav Satan | LW | 342 |
| 4 | Jere Lehtinen | RW | 418 |
| 5 | Ed Jovanovski | D | 422 |
| 6 | Bryan McCabe | D | 530 |
| 7 | Jose Theodore | G | 558 |
| 8 | Shane Doan | RW | 568 |
| 9 | Todd Bertuzzi | RW | 570 |
| 10 | Saku Koivu | C | 643 |
| 11 | Petr Sykora | RW | 715 |
| 12 | Sami Kapanen | RW | 768 |
| 13 | Steve Sullivan | RW | 825 |
| 14 | Martin Biron | G | 829 |
| 15 | Jeff O'Neill | RW | 1006 |
| 16 | Andrew Brunette | LW | 1031 |
| 17 | Daymond Langkow | C | 1083 |
| 18 | Marcus Ragnarsson | D | 1370 |
| 19 | Steve Shields | G | 1454 |
| 20 | Anders Eriksson | D | 1517 |
| 21 | Richard Zednik | RW | 1561 |
| 22 | Greg de Vries | D | 1585 |
| 23 | Steve Staios | D | 1608 |
| 24 | Ville Peltonen | LW | 1689 |
| 25 | Darcy Tucker | RW | 1712 |
| 26 | Kyle McLaren | D | 1740 |
| 27 | Radek Dvorak | RW | 1742 |
| 28 | Niklas Sundstrom | RW | 1761 |
| 29 | Mathieu Dandenault | D | 1832 |
| 30 | Corey Schwab | G | 1980 |
| 31 | Rhett Warrener | D | 2144 |
| 32 | Cale Hulse | D | 2158 |
| 33 | Vladimir Tsyplakov | LW | 2266 |
| 34 | Jay McKee | D | 2298 |
| 35 | Brendan Witt | D | 2344 |
| 36 | Jamie Pushor | D | 2415 |
| 37 | Robbie Tallas | G | 2583 |
| 38 | Aki Berg | D | 2602 |
| 39 | Bob Boughner | D | 2645 |
| 40 | Todd Simpson | D | 2711 |
| 41 | Jamie Heward | D | 2940 |
| 42 | Ethan Moreau | LW | 2955 |
| 43 | Vitali Yachmenev | LW | 2998 |
| 44 | Stephane Yelle | C | 3361 |
| 45 | Eric Fichaud | G | 3398 |
| 46 | Chad Kilger | LW | 3545 |
| 47 | Mathias Seger | D | 3609 |
| 48 | Nolan Baumgartner | D | 3843 |
| 49 | Vaclav Varada | RW | 3847 |
| 50 | Jason Strudwick | D | 3913 |
| 51 | Patrick Traverse | D | 4051 |
| 52 | Ian Moran | D | 4053 |
| 53 | Andreas Johansson | C | 4236 |
| 54 | Jim Campbell | RW | 4285 |
| 55 | Denis Pederson | C | 4301 |
| 56 | Kevin Hodson | G | 4328 |
| 57 | Deron Quint | D | 4386 |
| 58 | Jamie Rivers | D | 4461 |
| 59 | Scott Nichol | C | 4506 |
| 60 | Bruce Racine | G | 4577 |
| 61 | Stefan Ustorf | C | 4622 |
| 62 | Dmitry Kalinin | D | 4669 |
| 63 | Tomaz Razingar | LW | 4680 |
| 64 | Scott Bailey | G | 4709 |
| 65 | Barry Richter | D | 4903 |
| 66 | Tsutsumi Otomo | LW | 4947 |
| 67 | Andriy Sryubko | D | 4982 |
| 68 | Dan Bylsma | RW | 5072 |
| 69 | Aaron Gavey | C | 5109 |
| 70 | Andre Roy | RW | 5114 |
| 71 | Mike Wilson | D | 5130 |
| 72 | Landon Wilson | RW | 5156 |
| 73 | Matthias Trattnig | D | 5247 |
| 74 | Scott Langkow | G | 5391 |
| 75 | Drew Bannister | D | 5397 |
| 76 | Peter Ferraro | LW | 5489 |
| 77 | Thomas Ziegler | C | 5550 |
| 78 | Steve Poapst | D | 5636 |
| 79 | Sebastien Bordeleau | C | 5637 |
| 80 | Pavel Torgaev | LW | 5638 |
| 81 | Marty Murray | C | 5752 |
| 82 | Alex Hicks | LW | 5758 |
| 83 | Marko Kiprusoff | D | 6049 |
| 84 | Jan Vopat | D | 6266 |
| 85 | Bryan Muir | D | 6348 |
| 86 | Dave Roche | LW | 6390 |
| 87 | Leif Rohlin | D | 6406 |
| 88 | Ricard Persson | D | 6423 |
| 89 | Josef Marha | C | 6427 |
| 90 | Fyodor Polishchuk | C | 6556 |
| 91 | Jason Doig | D | 6588 |
| 92 | Joe Dziedzic | LW | 6614 |
| 93 | Jeff Toms | C | 6632 |
| 94 | Ladislav Kohn | RW | 6688 |
| 95 | Viktor Kostyuchonok | D | 6706 |
| 96 | Daniel Kreutzer | RW | 6802 |
| 97 | Steve Martins | C | 6816 |
| 98 | Alexander Ryadinsky | D | 6842 |
| 99 | Jean-Francois Jomphe | C | 6849 |
| 100 | Arvids Rekis | D | 6908 |
| 101 | Patrick Cote | LW | 6975 |
| 102 | David Nemirovsky | RW | 6985 |
| 103 | Chris Wells | C | 7019 |
| 104 | Trent McCleary | RW | 7022 |
| 105 | Armin Helfer | D | 7048 |
| 106 | Andre Lakos | D | 7075 |
| 107 | Julien Vauclair | D | 7102 |
| 108 | Lonny Bohonos | RW | 7183 |
| 109 | Jeremy Stevenson | LW | 7210 |
| 110 | Jan Caloun | RW | 7245 |
| 111 | Steve Washburn | C | 7269 |
| 112 | Petr Fical | RW | 7276 |
| 113 | Brett Hauer | D | 7305 |
| 114 | Brandon Convery | C | 7319 |
| 115 | Robert Lukas | D | 7424 |
| 116 | Scott Fraser | C | 7437 |
| 117 | Sergei Zadelenov | C | 7523 |
| 118 | Antti Tormanen | RW | 7642 |
| 119 | Andre Signoretti | D | 7646 |
| 120 | Brad Smyth | RW | 7750 |
| 121 | Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 7840 |
| 122 | Agris Saviels | D | 7846 |
| 123 | Christer Olsson | D | 7893 |
| 124 | Roman Vopat | C | 7894 |
| 125 | Barry Potomski | LW | 8096 |
| 126 | Chris Ferraro | C | 8167 |
| 127 | Sascha Goc | D | 8194 |
| 128 | Antti-Jussi Niemi | D | 8217 |
| 129 | Kevin Sawyer | LW | 8267 |
| 130 | Barrie Moore | LW | 8277 |
| 131 | Clayton Beddoes | C | 8331 |
| 132 | Alexei Yegorov | RW | 8492 |
| 133 | Brian Loney | RW | 8592 |
| 134 | Ken Gernander | RW | 8600 |
| 135 | Mark Kolesar | LW | 8672 |
| 136 | Phil Von Stefenelli | D | 8838 |
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