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The Top Ranked Hockey Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-2006
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 | Alex Ovechkin | LW | 5 |
| 2 | Sidney Crosby | C | 20 |
| 3 | Henrik Lundqvist | G | 92 |
| 4 | Shea Weber | D | 133 |
| 5 | Dustin Byfuglien | D | 140 |
| 6 | Duncan Keith | D | 165 |
| 7 | Pekka Rinne | G | 210 |
| 8 | Mark Giordano | D | 234 |
| 9 | Corey Perry | RW | 268 |
| 10 | Ryan Getzlaf | C | 287 |
| 11 | Mike Green | D | 301 |
| 12 | Zach Parise | LW | 329 |
| 13 | Corey Crawford | G | 336 |
| 14 | Mark Streit | D | 341 |
| 15 | Thomas Vanek | LW | 355 |
| 16 | Jeff Carter | C | 374 |
| 17 | Dion Phaneuf | D | 382 |
| 18 | Ryan Suter | D | 423 |
| 19 | Jimmy Howard | G | 514 |
| 20 | Dennis Wideman | D | 539 |
| 21 | Mike Richards | C | 639 |
| 22 | Brent Seabrook | D | 654 |
| 23 | Cam Ward | G | 675 |
| 24 | Mikko Koivu | C | 1023 |
| 25 | Peter Budaj | G | 1077 |
| 26 | Matt Carle | D | 1113 |
| 27 | Andrew Ladd | LW | 1147 |
| 28 | Jussi Jokinen | C | 1243 |
| 29 | Alex Steen | C | 1304 |
| 30 | Kevin Bieksa | D | 1310 |
| 31 | James Wisniewski | D | 1507 |
| 32 | Andrej Meszaros | D | 1511 |
| 33 | Johan Franzen | LW | 1516 |
| 34 | Alexandre Burrows | LW | 1653 |
| 35 | Braydon Coburn | D | 1709 |
| 36 | Valtteri Filppula | C | 1722 |
| 37 | Keith Ballard | D | 1760 |
| 38 | Kyle Quincey | D | 1805 |
| 39 | R.J. Umberger | C | 1810 |
| 40 | Kevin Klein | D | 1813 |
| 41 | Lee Stempniak | RW | 1816 |
| 42 | Ian White | D | 1861 |
| 43 | Tomas Fleischmann | LW | 1938 |
| 44 | Dustin Penner | LW | 1988 |
| 45 | Wojtek Wolski | LW | 2089 |
| 46 | Rene Bourque | RW | 2196 |
| 47 | Ryan Whitney | D | 2265 |
| 48 | Josh Gorges | D | 2299 |
| 49 | Mark Stuart | D | 2443 |
| 50 | Josh Harding | G | 2445 |
| 51 | Ryane Clowe | LW | 2478 |
| 52 | Marcel Goc | C | 2863 |
| 53 | Tomas Kopecky | C | 2869 |
| 54 | Matt Greene | D | 2963 |
| 55 | Kyle Brodziak | C | 3004 |
| 56 | Chris Campoli | D | 3045 |
| 57 | Greg Zanon | D | 3151 |
| 58 | Milan Jurcina | D | 3309 |
| 59 | Douglas Murray | D | 3346 |
| 60 | Eric Fehr | RW | 3388 |
| 61 | Patrick Hager | LW | 3469 |
| 62 | Daniel Paille | LW | 3499 |
| 63 | Jay McClement | C | 3503 |
| 64 | Patrick Eaves | RW | 3531 |
| 65 | Maxime Talbot | C | 3554 |
| 66 | Frank Mauer | LW | 3559 |
| 67 | Jay Harrison | D | 3605 |
| 68 | Christoph Schubert | D | 3624 |
| 69 | Maxim Lapierre | C | 3631 |
| 70 | Colby Armstrong | RW | 3672 |
| 71 | Paul Ranger | D | 3739 |
| 72 | Jim Slater | C | 3761 |
| 73 | Brad Richardson | C | 3796 |
| 74 | Patrik Zackrisson | C | 3837 |
| 75 | Dmitry Meleshko | RW | 3855 |
| 76 | Brett Lebda | D | 3895 |
| 77 | Hannu Toivonen | G | 3932 |
| 78 | Martin Ruzicka | C | 3938 |
| 79 | Yann Danis | G | 3942 |
| 80 | Veli-Matti Savinainen | RW | 4084 |
| 81 | Petr Prucha | RW | 4199 |
| 82 | Chad LaRose | RW | 4217 |
| 83 | Eric Nystrom | LW | 4227 |
| 84 | Gilbert Brule | C | 4230 |
| 85 | Chris Thorburn | RW | 4290 |
| 86 | Jason Bacashihua | G | 4347 |
| 87 | Marcel Hascak | RW | 4348 |
| 88 | Tommy Kristiansen | LW | 4401 |
| 89 | Erik Christensen | C | 4497 |
| 90 | Bruno Gervais | D | 4559 |
| 91 | Andrew Alberts | D | 4608 |
| 92 | Rok Ticar | C | 4708 |
| 93 | Rostislav Olesz | LW | 4718 |
| 94 | Patrik Hersley | D | 4724 |
| 95 | Mike Morrison | G | 4748 |
| 96 | Gasper Kroselj | G | 4789 |
| 97 | Cam Barker | D | 4923 |
| 98 | Michel Ouellet | RW | 5010 |
| 99 | David Steckel | C | 5068 |
| 100 | David LeNeveu | G | 5093 |
| 101 | Michael Garnett | G | 5198 |
| 102 | Sabahudin Kovacevic | D | 5199 |
| 103 | Sacha Treille | LW | 5323 |
| 104 | Kristaps Sotnieks | D | 5345 |
| 105 | Ben Eager | LW | 5364 |
| 106 | Brad Winchester | LW | 5606 |
| 107 | Robert Nilsson | C | 5685 |
| 108 | Marcel Muller | LW | 5726 |
| 109 | Alexander Bonsaksen | D | 5765 |
| 110 | Bogdan Kiselevich | D | 5795 |
| 111 | Vadim Shipachov | C | 5818 |
| 112 | Jeff Woywitka | D | 5911 |
| 113 | George Parros | RW | 6100 |
| 114 | Anthony Stewart | RW | 6152 |
| 115 | Raitis Ivanans | LW | 6164 |
| 116 | Ole-Kristian Tollefsen | D | 6174 |
| 117 | Zenon Konopka | C | 6349 |
| 118 | Nathan Paetsch | D | 6393 |
| 119 | Branislav Konrad | G | 6433 |
| 120 | Jiri Novotny | C | 6460 |
| 121 | Alexandre Picard | D | 6493 |
| 122 | Jeff Tambellini | LW | 6495 |
| 123 | Evgeny Artyukhin | RW | 6597 |
| 124 | Jaroslav Balastik | RW | 6702 |
| 125 | Alexander Perezhogin | LW | 6725 |
| 126 | Keith Aucoin | C | 6726 |
| 127 | Ryan Potulny | C | 6798 |
| 128 | Ryan Craig | C | 6801 |
| 129 | Joakim Lindstrom | C | 6840 |
| 130 | Kevin Dallman | D | 6878 |
| 131 | Alexander Salak | G | 6884 |
| 132 | Ben Guite | RW | 6936 |
| 133 | Petteri Nokelainen | C | 6948 |
| 134 | Nick Tarnasky | LW | 6966 |
| 135 | Ki-Sung Kim | LW | 6987 |
| 136 | Brandon Bochenski | RW | 6999 |
| 137 | Marc Pouliot | C | 7016 |
| 138 | Luca Cunti | LW | 7055 |
| 139 | Matt Carkner | D | 7070 |
| 140 | Ryan Hollweg | C | 7152 |
| 141 | Jesper Jensen | C | 7213 |
| 142 | Ole Kristian Tollefsen | D | 7216 |
| 143 | Noah Welch | D | 7275 |
| 144 | Derek Boogaard | LW | 7518 |
| 145 | Niklas Roest | LW | 7593 |
| 146 | Ziga Pavlin | D | 7728 |
| 147 | Rick Rypien | C | 7731 |
| 148 | Brian McGrattan | RW | 7811 |
| 149 | Bill Thomas | RW | 7823 |
| 150 | Grant Stevenson | C | 7973 |
| 151 | Robin Dahlstrom | RW | 8047 |
| 152 | Joel Perrault | C | 8094 |
| 153 | Jonas Ahnelov | D | 8109 |
| 154 | Mark Cullen | C | 8189 |
| 155 | Morten Madsen | LW | 8307 |
| 156 | Jean-Francois Jacques | LW | 8312 |
| 157 | Daniel Oberkofler | C | 8341 |
| 158 | Mike Glumac | RW | 8345 |
| 159 | Stefan Ruzicka | RW | 8346 |
| 160 | Jeremy Williams | RW | 8395 |
| 161 | Yan Stastny | C | 8443 |
| 162 | Jakub Klepis | C | 8538 |
| 163 | Geoff Platt | C | 8552 |
| 164 | Roberts Bukarts | RW | 8584 |
| 165 | Henrik Solberg | D | 8617 |
| 166 | Steve Regier | LW | 8650 |
| 167 | Martin St. Pierre | C | 8689 |
| 168 | Matt Foy | RW | 8698 |
| 169 | Steven Goertzen | RW | 8700 |
| 170 | Andy Wozniewski | D | 8714 |
| 171 | Cam Janssen | RW | 8742 |
| 172 | Mathieu Roy | D | 8757 |
| 173 | Jeff Giuliano | LW | 8761 |
| 174 | Jeff Hoggan | RW | 8766 |
| 175 | Niklas Nordgren | LW | 8789 |
| 176 | Matt Jones | D | 8810 |
| 177 | Brendan Bell | D | 8815 |
| 178 | Josh Gratton | LW | 8823 |
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