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The Top Ranked Soccer Players by Rookie Year-1996
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 | Michael Owen | FW | 83 |
| 2 | Deco | MF | 119 |
| 3 | Carles Puyol | DF | 198 |
| 4 | Rafael Marquez | DF | 224 |
| 5 | Florent Malouda | MF | 351 |
| 6 | Woon-Jae Lee | GK | 413 |
| 7 | Ivica Olic | FW | 430 |
| 8 | Stipe Pletikosa | GK | 431 |
| 9 | Juan Roman Riquelme | MF | 454 |
| 10 | Pablo Aimar | MF | 505 |
| 11 | Harry Kewell | MF | 551 |
| 12 | Justo Villar | GK | 606 |
| 13 | Vincenzo Iaquinta | FW | 653 |
| 14 | Papa Bouba Diop | DF | 790 |
| 15 | Jamie Carragher | DF | 859 |
| 16 | Gabriel Heinze | DF | 1046 |
| 17 | Eddie Pope | DF | 1238 |
| 18 | Yildiray Basturk | MF | 1361 |
| 19 | Bonaventure Kalou | MF | 1764 |
| 20 | Damien Duff | MF | 1765 |
| 21 | Driss Benzekri | GK | 1766 |
| 22 | Emre Belozoglu | MF | 1767 |
| 23 | Esteban Cambiasso | MF | 1768 |
| 24 | Juan Silveira | DF | 1769 |
| 25 | Liedson da Silva | FW | 1770 |
| 26 | Maksym Kalynychenko | MF | 1771 |
| 27 | Matthew Upson | DF | 1772 |
| 28 | Richard Morales | FW | 1773 |
| 29 | Robert Koren | MF | 1774 |
| 30 | Salif Diao | MF | 1775 |
| 31 | Sasa Ilic | MF | 1776 |
| 32 | Teboho Mokoena | MF | 1777 |
| 33 | Ali Karimi | MF | 2443 |
| 34 | Atsushi Yanagisawa | FW | 2444 |
| 35 | Brett Emerton | MF | 2445 |
| 36 | Delron Buckley | MF | 2446 |
| 37 | Eddie Lewis | MF | 2447 |
| 38 | Frankie Hejduk | DF | 2448 |
| 39 | Gerald Asamoah | FW | 2449 |
| 40 | Giorgos Karagounis | MF | 2450 |
| 41 | Jason Culina | MF | 2451 |
| 42 | Joseph-Desire Job | FW | 2452 |
| 43 | Kostas Katsouranis | MF | 2453 |
| 44 | Marco Caneira | DF | 2454 |
| 45 | Mickael Landreau | GK | 2455 |
| 46 | Mikael Silvestre | DF | 2456 |
| 47 | Min-Sung Lee | DF | 2457 |
| 48 | Mohammed Noor | MF | 2458 |
| 49 | Olof Mellberg | DF | 2459 |
| 50 | Pierre Wome | DF | 2460 |
| 51 | Scott Chipperfield | MF | 2461 |
| 52 | Stephane Grichting | DF | 2462 |
| 53 | Walter Samuel | DF | 2463 |
| 54 | Adrian Mutu | MF | 3034 |
| 55 | Cristian Chivu | DF | 3035 |
| 56 | Mista | FW | 3036 |
| 57 | Albert Luque | MF | 4887 |
| 58 | Andrew O'Brien | DF | 4888 |
| 59 | Ante Covic | GK | 4889 |
| 60 | Brian Maisonneuve | MF | 4890 |
| 61 | Calvin Marlin | GK | 4891 |
| 62 | Carlos Edwards | MF | 4892 |
| 63 | Cherif Toure Mamam | MF | 4893 |
| 64 | Christos Patsatzoglou | DF | 4894 |
| 65 | Daniel Jensen | MF | 4895 |
| 66 | Delio Toledo | DF | 4896 |
| 67 | Dmitri Sennikov | DF | 4897 |
| 68 | Dong-Myung Seo | GK | 4898 |
| 69 | Edgar Alvarez | MF | 4899 |
| 70 | Espen Baardsen | GK | 4900 |
| 71 | Fernando Meira | DF | 4901 |
| 72 | Francileudo Santos | FW | 4902 |
| 73 | Gaetan Englebert | MF | 4903 |
| 74 | Goran Sankovic | DF | 4904 |
| 75 | Grzegorz Rasiak | FW | 4905 |
| 76 | Gustavo Morinigo | MF | 4906 |
| 77 | Ian Goodison | DF | 4907 |
| 78 | Ian Harte | DF | 4908 |
| 79 | Igor Semshov | MF | 4909 |
| 80 | Ivan Bosnjak | FW | 4910 |
| 81 | Jamba Pereira | DF | 4911 |
| 82 | Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink | FW | 4912 |
| 83 | Jason Scotland | FW | 4913 |
| 84 | Johan Rodriguez | MF | 4914 |
| 85 | Jong-Soo Ko | MF | 4915 |
| 86 | Jorge Nunez | DF | 4916 |
| 87 | Juan Silveira | DF | 4917 |
| 88 | Kamil Kosowski | MF | 4918 |
| 89 | Kazuyuki Toda | MF | 4919 |
| 90 | Kieron Dyer | MF | 4920 |
| 91 | Lars Jacobsen | DF | 4921 |
| 92 | Leandro Cufre | DF | 4922 |
| 93 | Luis Boa Morte | MF | 4923 |
| 94 | MacDonald Mukansi | FW | 4924 |
| 95 | Marek Heinz | FW | 4925 |
| 96 | Mario Regueiro | MF | 4926 |
| 97 | Mariusz Lewandowski | DF | 4927 |
| 98 | Mateja Kezman | FW | 4928 |
| 99 | Nicolas Anelka | FW | 4929 |
| 100 | Nicolas Olivera | FW | 4930 |
| 101 | Nuno Frechaut | DF | 4931 |
| 102 | Onandi Lowe | FW | 4932 |
| 103 | Pablo Garcia (1977) | MF | 4933 |
| 104 | Pape Sarr | MF | 4934 |
| 105 | Patrick Suffo | FW | 4935 |
| 106 | Pontus Farnerud | MF | 4936 |
| 107 | Rasoul Khatibi | FW | 4937 |
| 108 | Richard Dunne | DF | 4938 |
| 109 | Souleymanou Hamidou | GK | 4939 |
| 110 | Stern John | FW | 4940 |
| 111 | Steven Bryce | MF | 4941 |
| 112 | Sylvain N'Diaye | MF | 4942 |
| 113 | Tomas Ujfalusi | DF | 4943 |
| 114 | Tomokazu Myojin | MF | 4944 |
| 115 | Toshihide Saito | DF | 4945 |
| 116 | Vahid Hashemian | FW | 4946 |
| 117 | Wes Brown | DF | 4947 |
| 118 | Yao Aziawonou | MF | 4948 |
| 119 | Zvonimir Vukic | MF | 4949 |
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