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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 | 51 |
| 2 | Dany Heatley | LW | 123 |
| 3 | Pavel Datsyuk | C | 202 |
| 4 | Ilya Bryzgalov | G | 745 |
| 5 | Radim Vrbata | RW | 944 |
| 6 | Kristian Huselius | LW | 1174 |
| 7 | Brian Gionta | RW | 1184 |
| 8 | Vesa Toskala | G | 1289 |
| 9 | Erik Cole | LW | 1348 |
| 10 | Martin Erat | RW | 1369 |
| 11 | Alex Auld | G | 1495 |
| 12 | Ty Conklin | G | 1563 |
| 13 | Stephen Weiss | C | 1620 |
| 14 | Barret Jackman | D | 1723 |
| 15 | Nick Schultz | D | 1884 |
| 16 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 1993 |
| 17 | Ales Kotalik | RW | 2031 |
| 18 | Jussi Markkanen | G | 2120 |
| 19 | Scott Clemmensen | G | 2382 |
| 20 | Niklas Hagman | LW | 2387 |
| 21 | Raffi Torres | LW | 2526 |
| 22 | Tyler Arnason | C | 2560 |
| 23 | Steve Montador | D | 2578 |
| 24 | Pasi Nurminen | G | 2658 |
| 25 | Dick Tarnstrom | D | 3040 |
| 26 | Sean Avery | C | 3135 |
| 27 | Chris Neil | RW | 3176 |
| 28 | Radek Martinek | D | 3273 |
| 29 | Martin Prusek | G | 3292 |
| 30 | Adam Hall | RW | 3363 |
| 31 | Dan Blackburn | G | 3399 |
| 32 | Mike Weaver | D | 3452 |
| 33 | Tom Kostopoulos | RW | 3498 |
| 34 | Daniel Tjarnqvist | D | 3535 |
| 35 | Derek MacKenzie | C | 3556 |
| 36 | Niko Kapanen | C | 3859 |
| 37 | Branko Radivojevic | RW | 3863 |
| 38 | Reinhard Divis | G | 3883 |
| 39 | Lukas Krajicek | D | 3901 |
| 40 | Blair Betts | C | 3955 |
| 41 | Sebastien Charpentier | G | 3992 |
| 42 | Andy Hilbert | C | 4308 |
| 43 | Brian Sutherby | C | 4351 |
| 44 | Jeff Jillson | D | 4472 |
| 45 | Duvie Westcott | D | 4489 |
| 46 | Mark Rycroft | RW | 4607 |
| 47 | Marcel Hossa | LW | 4804 |
| 48 | Jaroslav Bednar | RW | 4832 |
| 49 | John Erskine | D | 4853 |
| 50 | Martin Cibak | C | 5004 |
| 51 | Jesse Boulerice | RW | 5159 |
| 52 | Stephen Peat | RW | 5206 |
| 53 | Nikita Alexeev | RW | 5261 |
| 54 | Francis Lessard | RW | 5273 |
| 55 | Jimmie Olvestad | LW | 5315 |
| 56 | Krys Kolanos | C | 5400 |
| 57 | Justin Papineau | C | 5463 |
| 58 | Jiri Dopita | C | 5603 |
| 59 | Josh Langfeld | RW | 5613 |
| 60 | Ivan Huml | LW | 5708 |
| 61 | Karel Pilar | D | 5714 |
| 62 | Derrick Walser | D | 5722 |
| 63 | Pavel Brendl | RW | 5733 |
| 64 | Mark Hartigan | C | 5739 |
| 65 | Christian Berglund | LW | 5795 |
| 66 | Steve Moore | C | 5810 |
| 67 | Jaroslav Svoboda | LW | 5817 |
| 68 | Josef Boumedienne | D | 5846 |
| 69 | Vaclav Nedorost | C | 5860 |
| 70 | Eric Meloche | RW | 5880 |
| 71 | Jani Rita | LW | 5995 |
| 72 | Hannes Hyvonen | RW | 6088 |
| 73 | Riku Hahl | C | 6181 |
| 74 | Andreas Salomonsson | RW | 6237 |
| 75 | Jukka Hentunen | RW | 6258 |
| 76 | Bruno St. Jacques | D | 6269 |
| 77 | Brad Norton | D | 6293 |
| 78 | Eric Beaudoin | LW | 6323 |
| 79 | Dan Focht | D | 6348 |
| 80 | Guillaume Lefebvre | LW | 6365 |
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