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The Top Ranked Hockey Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-2002
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 | Ilya Kovalchuk | LW | 54 |
| 2 | Dany Heatley | LW | 131 |
| 3 | Pavel Datsyuk | C | 182 |
| 4 | Ilya Bryzgalov | G | 797 |
| 5 | Radim Vrbata | RW | 1025 |
| 6 | Brian Gionta | RW | 1177 |
| 7 | Kristian Huselius | LW | 1291 |
| 8 | Vesa Toskala | G | 1416 |
| 9 | Erik Cole | LW | 1418 |
| 10 | Martin Erat | RW | 1510 |
| 11 | Alex Auld | G | 1654 |
| 12 | Ty Conklin | G | 1735 |
| 13 | Stephen Weiss | C | 1784 |
| 14 | Barret Jackman | D | 1888 |
| 15 | Niklas Hagman | LW | 1942 |
| 16 | Nick Schultz | D | 2074 |
| 17 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 2186 |
| 18 | Ales Kotalik | RW | 2228 |
| 19 | Jussi Markkanen | G | 2328 |
| 20 | Scott Clemmensen | G | 2599 |
| 21 | Raffi Torres | LW | 2704 |
| 22 | Tyler Arnason | C | 2754 |
| 23 | Steve Montador | D | 2773 |
| 24 | Lauris Darzins | LW | 3022 |
| 25 | Niko Kapanen | C | 3164 |
| 26 | Daniel Tjarnqvist | D | 3222 |
| 27 | Dick Tarnstrom | D | 3401 |
| 28 | Sean Avery | C | 3555 |
| 29 | Chris Neil | RW | 3622 |
| 30 | Frank Hordler | D | 3772 |
| 31 | Radek Martinek | D | 3793 |
| 32 | Martin Prusek | G | 3835 |
| 33 | Adam Hall | RW | 3944 |
| 34 | Branko Radivojevic | RW | 3954 |
| 35 | Dan Blackburn | G | 3981 |
| 36 | Mike Weaver | D | 4055 |
| 37 | Tom Kostopoulos | RW | 4130 |
| 38 | Pasi Nurminen | G | 4144 |
| 39 | Derek MacKenzie | C | 4232 |
| 40 | Jaroslav Bednar | RW | 4293 |
| 41 | Jimmie Ericsson | LW | 4303 |
| 42 | Reinhard Divis | G | 4307 |
| 43 | Jiri Dopita | C | 4451 |
| 44 | Yannic Seidenberg | LW | 4530 |
| 45 | Patrick Reimer | RW | 4594 |
| 46 | Lukas Krajicek | D | 4755 |
| 47 | Petr Koukal | RW | 4799 |
| 48 | Marcel Hossa | LW | 4832 |
| 49 | Blair Betts | C | 4980 |
| 50 | Mika Pyorala | C | 4991 |
| 51 | Mathias Lange | G | 5048 |
| 52 | Sebastien Charpentier | G | 5054 |
| 53 | Konstantin Zakharov | RW | 5289 |
| 54 | Andy Hilbert | C | 5658 |
| 55 | Brian Sutherby | C | 5740 |
| 56 | Sergei Shirokov | RW | 5840 |
| 57 | Marcel Rodman | RW | 5982 |
| 58 | Jeff Jillson | D | 5988 |
| 59 | Duvie Westcott | D | 6030 |
| 60 | Marcus Kink | LW | 6041 |
| 61 | Mark Rycroft | RW | 6263 |
| 62 | John Erskine | D | 6687 |
| 63 | Martin Cibak | C | 6708 |
| 64 | Michel Miklik | LW | 6721 |
| 65 | Morten Ask | C | 6825 |
| 66 | Jesse Boulerice | RW | 7180 |
| 67 | Staffan Kronwall | D | 7219 |
| 68 | Stephen Peat | RW | 7242 |
| 69 | Ondrej Nemec | D | 7261 |
| 70 | Nikita Alexeev | RW | 7324 |
| 71 | Francis Lessard | RW | 7336 |
| 72 | Jimmie Olvestad | LW | 7402 |
| 73 | Florian Busch | LW | 7432 |
| 74 | Manuel Latusa | RW | 7490 |
| 75 | Krys Kolanos | C | 7513 |
| 76 | Justin Papineau | C | 7618 |
| 77 | Jukka Hentunen | RW | 7812 |
| 78 | Josh Langfeld | RW | 7851 |
| 79 | Ivan Huml | LW | 8010 |
| 80 | Karel Pilar | D | 8018 |
| 81 | Derrick Walser | D | 8030 |
| 82 | Pavel Brendl | RW | 8044 |
| 83 | Mark Hartigan | C | 8056 |
| 84 | Andrei Taratukhin | C | 8104 |
| 85 | Christian Berglund | LW | 8138 |
| 86 | Mario Altmann | D | 8152 |
| 87 | Steve Moore | C | 8163 |
| 88 | Jaroslav Svoboda | LW | 8178 |
| 89 | Josef Boumedienne | D | 8225 |
| 90 | Vaclav Nedorost | C | 8240 |
| 91 | Eric Meloche | RW | 8265 |
| 92 | Vladimir Denisov | D | 8291 |
| 93 | Matthias Iberer | RW | 8325 |
| 94 | Nicola Fontanive | C | 8327 |
| 95 | Jani Rita | LW | 8440 |
| 96 | Hannes Hyvonen | RW | 8553 |
| 97 | Riku Hahl | C | 8679 |
| 98 | Andreas Salomonsson | RW | 8738 |
| 99 | Bruno St. Jacques | D | 8773 |
| 100 | Brad Norton | D | 8799 |
| 101 | Eric Beaudoin | LW | 8826 |
| 102 | Dan Focht | D | 8849 |
| 103 | Guillaume Lefebvre | LW | 8863 |
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