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The Top Ranked Soccer Players by Rookie Year-1988
Notes: This is a list of the greatest soccer players to start their pro career during the year listed.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Gabriel Batistuta | FW | 42 |
| 2 | Henrik Larsson | FW | 180 |
| 3 | Luis Enrique | MF | 190 |
| 4 | Alan Shearer | FW | 237 |
| 5 | Jens Lehmann | GK | 274 |
| 6 | Ronald de Boer | MF | 349 |
| 7 | Frank de Boer | DF | 527 |
| 8 | Emmanuel Petit | MF | 538 |
| 9 | David James | GK | 639 |
| 10 | Earnie Stewart | FW | 694 |
| 11 | Eric Wynalda | FW | 695 |
| 12 | Jorge Campos | GK | 696 |
| 13 | Mutiu Adepoju | MF | 697 |
| 14 | Santiago Canizares | GK | 698 |
| 15 | Rustu Recber | GK | 810 |
| 16 | Pep Guardiola | MF | 829 |
| 17 | Vitor Baia | GK | 830 |
| 18 | Adolfo Valencia | FW | 935 |
| 19 | Phillip Cocu | MF | 936 |
| 20 | Christophe Dugarry | FW | 1079 |
| 21 | Dan Eggen | DF | 1080 |
| 22 | Jose Cardozo | FW | 1081 |
| 23 | Luigi Di Biagio | MF | 1082 |
| 24 | Mario Stanic | MF | 1083 |
| 25 | Oscar Cordoba | GK | 1084 |
| 26 | Saeed Al-Owairan | FW | 1085 |
| 27 | Ali Boumnijel | GK | 1259 |
| 28 | Claudio Suarez | DF | 1260 |
| 29 | Jose Chamot | DF | 1261 |
| 30 | Tab Ramos | MF | 1262 |
| 31 | Sonny Anderson | FW | 1323 |
| 32 | Carlos Roa | GK | 1486 |
| 33 | Bruce Murray | FW | 1834 |
| 34 | Daniel Fonseca | FW | 1835 |
| 35 | Dmitri Radchenko | FW | 1836 |
| 36 | Gaston Taument | MF | 1837 |
| 37 | Hwangbo Kwan | MF | 1838 |
| 38 | Joao Ricardo | GK | 1839 |
| 39 | Jose Luis Sierra | MF | 1840 |
| 40 | Marc Rieper | DF | 1841 |
| 41 | Marco Bode | MF | 1842 |
| 42 | Thomas Linke | DF | 1843 |
| 43 | Zdravko Zdravkov | GK | 1844 |
| 44 | Alain Boghossian | MF | 2587 |
| 45 | Constantin Galca | MF | 2588 |
| 46 | David Regis | DF | 2589 |
| 47 | Demetrio Albertini | MF | 2590 |
| 48 | Fahad Al-Mehallel | FW | 2591 |
| 49 | Faustino Asprilla | FW | 2592 |
| 50 | Frank Leboeuf | DF | 2593 |
| 51 | Gareth Southgate | DF | 2594 |
| 52 | Hans Vonk | GK | 2595 |
| 53 | Joao Pinto | FW | 2596 |
| 54 | Rachid Azzouzi | MF | 2597 |
| 55 | Ramon Ramirez | MF | 2598 |
| 56 | Rene Henriksen | DF | 2599 |
| 57 | Stephen Tataw | DF | 2600 |
| 58 | Tibor Selymes | DF | 2601 |
| 59 | Zvonimir Soldo | DF | 2602 |
| 60 | Theodoros Zagorakis | MF | 3044 |
| 61 | Alejandro Mancuso | MF | 5476 |
| 62 | Ales Ceh | MF | 5477 |
| 63 | Amara Traore | FW | 5478 |
| 64 | Andrej Panadic | DF | 5479 |
| 65 | Ardian Kozniku | FW | 5480 |
| 66 | Arnold Wetl | MF | 5481 |
| 67 | Brian Steen Nielsen | MF | 5482 |
| 68 | Dae-Shik Choi | MF | 5483 |
| 69 | Dzoni Novak | MF | 5484 |
| 70 | Enrico Chiesa | FW | 5485 |
| 71 | Estanislao Struway | MF | 5486 |
| 72 | Fernando Couto | DF | 5487 |
| 73 | Fitzroy Simpson | MF | 5488 |
| 74 | Geovanis Cassiani | DF | 5489 |
| 75 | Gordan Vidovic | DF | 5490 |
| 76 | Hamzah Idris | FW | 5491 |
| 77 | Hussain Ghuloum | MF | 5492 |
| 78 | Ilian Iliev | MF | 5493 |
| 79 | Ivan Valenciano | FW | 5494 |
| 80 | James Bannatyne | GK | 5495 |
| 81 | Javier Margas | DF | 5496 |
| 82 | Joaquin del Olmo | MF | 5497 |
| 83 | Jorg Heinrich | DF | 5498 |
| 84 | Jorge Rodriguez (1968) | MF | 5499 |
| 85 | Juan Carlos Burbano | MF | 5500 |
| 86 | Juan Carlos Chavez | MF | 5501 |
| 87 | Juan de Dios Ramirez | DF | 5502 |
| 88 | Jules Onana | DF | 5503 |
| 89 | Kenny Cunningham | DF | 5504 |
| 90 | Khodadad Azizi | FW | 5505 |
| 91 | Krunoslav Jurcic | MF | 5506 |
| 92 | Leonardo Astrada | MF | 5507 |
| 93 | Ljubinko Drulovic | MF | 5508 |
| 94 | Luis Cristaldo | DF | 5509 |
| 95 | Luis Oliveira | FW | 5510 |
| 96 | Magnus Kihlstedt | GK | 5511 |
| 97 | Magnus Svensson | MF | 5512 |
| 98 | Marc Hottiger | DF | 5513 |
| 99 | Marcelo Vega | MF | 5514 |
| 100 | Marcus Gayle | FW | 5515 |
| 101 | Marian Ivan | FW | 5516 |
| 102 | Martin Wagner | MF | 5517 |
| 103 | Matt Elliott | DF | 5518 |
| 104 | Mauricio Ramos | MF | 5519 |
| 105 | Michel Pensee | DF | 5520 |
| 106 | Miguel Calero | GK | 5521 |
| 107 | Miguel Ramirez | DF | 5522 |
| 108 | Miguel Rimba | DF | 5523 |
| 109 | Miroslav Stevic | MF | 5524 |
| 110 | Mohammad Khakpour | DF | 5525 |
| 111 | Neil Sullivan | GK | 5526 |
| 112 | Nisa Saveljic | DF | 5527 |
| 113 | Nobuyuki Kojima | GK | 5528 |
| 114 | Ou Chuliang | GK | 5529 |
| 115 | Paul Loga | MF | 5530 |
| 116 | Paulo Bento | MF | 5531 |
| 117 | Pawel Sibik | MF | 5532 |
| 118 | Per Frandsen | MF | 5533 |
| 119 | Peter Vermes | DF | 5534 |
| 120 | Piotr Swierczewski | MF | 5535 |
| 121 | Roberto Di Matteo | MF | 5536 |
| 122 | Rodrigo Barrera | FW | 5537 |
| 123 | Said Chiba | MF | 5538 |
| 124 | Sandro Cois | MF | 5539 |
| 125 | Sergio Berti | MF | 5540 |
| 126 | Slaven Bilic | DF | 5541 |
| 127 | Thanasis Kolitsidakis | DF | 5542 |
| 128 | Tomasz Rzasa | DF | 5543 |
| 129 | Tomasz Waldoch | DF | 5544 |
| 130 | Ulrich van Gobbel | DF | 5545 |
| 131 | Velko Yotov | FW | 5546 |
| 132 | Viola | FW | 5547 |
| 133 | Warren Barrett | GK | 5548 |
| 134 | Winston Bogarde | DF | 5549 |
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