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The Top Ranked Hockey Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-2008
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 | Patrick Kane | RW | 62 |
| 2 | Tuukka Rask | G | 129 |
| 3 | Jonathan Quick | G | 179 |
| 4 | Claude Giroux | RW | 218 |
| 5 | Carey Price | G | 249 |
| 6 | Jonathan Toews | C | 306 |
| 7 | Nicklas Backstrom | C | 326 |
| 8 | Brian Elliott | G | 519 |
| 9 | Jonas Hiller | G | 696 |
| 10 | Alex Goligoski | D | 777 |
| 11 | Bobby Ryan | LW | 795 |
| 12 | David Perron | LW | 886 |
| 13 | Matt Niskanen | D | 1058 |
| 14 | Toby Enstrom | D | 1117 |
| 15 | Ondrej Pavelec | G | 1142 |
| 16 | Thomas Greiss | G | 1154 |
| 17 | Erik Johnson | D | 1162 |
| 18 | Kyle Okposo | RW | 1321 |
| 19 | Milan Lucic | LW | 1342 |
| 20 | Jonathan Bernier | G | 1349 |
| 21 | Matt Moulson | LW | 1395 |
| 22 | Anton Stralman | D | 1473 |
| 23 | Bryan Little | RW | 1532 |
| 24 | Kris Russell | D | 1619 |
| 25 | Johnny Boychuk | D | 1659 |
| 26 | Derick Brassard | C | 1666 |
| 27 | Marc Staal | D | 1686 |
| 28 | Nick Foligno | LW | 1717 |
| 29 | Kyle Turris | C | 1789 |
| 30 | Curtis McElhinney | G | 1849 |
| 31 | Niklas Hjalmarsson | D | 1877 |
| 32 | Sam Gagner | C | 1885 |
| 33 | Kris Versteeg | RW | 2017 |
| 34 | Jonathan Ericsson | D | 2180 |
| 35 | Teddy Purcell | RW | 2236 |
| 36 | Devin Setoguchi | RW | 2408 |
| 37 | Andrew Cogliano | C | 2441 |
| 38 | Mason Raymond | LW | 2449 |
| 39 | Martin Hanzal | C | 2589 |
| 40 | Maxim Noreau | D | 2707 |
| 41 | Brian Boyle | C | 2791 |
| 42 | Sami Lepisto | D | 2853 |
| 43 | Justin Abdelkader | LW | 2910 |
| 44 | Harri Sateri | G | 2930 |
| 45 | Jannik Hansen | LW | 2979 |
| 46 | Sergei Kostitsyn | LW | 3050 |
| 47 | Daniel Winnik | C | 3134 |
| 48 | Lars Johansson | G | 3194 |
| 49 | Erik Ersberg | G | 3366 |
| 50 | Steve Bernier | RW | 3452 |
| 51 | Darren Helm | C | 3493 |
| 52 | Cal Clutterbuck | RW | 3501 |
| 53 | Vladimir Sobotka | C | 3589 |
| 54 | Jiri Tlusty | C | 3639 |
| 55 | Tyler Kennedy | C | 3694 |
| 56 | David Jones | RW | 3708 |
| 57 | Shawn Matthias | C | 3730 |
| 58 | Felix Schutz | C | 3744 |
| 59 | Matt Hunwick | D | 3874 |
| 60 | Steve Downie | RW | 3956 |
| 61 | Peter Mueller | C | 3976 |
| 62 | Torrey Mitchell | C | 4011 |
| 63 | Cody McLeod | LW | 4102 |
| 64 | Drew Miller | LW | 4287 |
| 65 | Simon Moser | LW | 4370 |
| 66 | Kyle Chipchura | C | 4683 |
| 67 | Ryan O'Byrne | D | 4737 |
| 68 | Tanner Glass | LW | 4756 |
| 69 | Thomas Hundertpfund | LW | 4846 |
| 70 | Mike Weber | D | 4856 |
| 71 | Niclas Bergfors | RW | 4897 |
| 72 | Ryan Carter | LW | 4905 |
| 73 | Jared Boll | RW | 5011 |
| 74 | James Sheppard | C | 5118 |
| 75 | Jack Hillen | D | 5268 |
| 76 | Theo Peckham | D | 5324 |
| 77 | Andrew Ebbett | C | 5402 |
| 78 | B.J. Crombeen | RW | 5403 |
| 79 | Frederik Storm | LW | 5469 |
| 80 | Tobias Stephan | G | 5491 |
| 81 | Jack Skille | RW | 5509 |
| 82 | Sergei Andronov | RW | 5549 |
| 83 | Jakub Nakladal | D | 5584 |
| 84 | Matt D'Agostini | RW | 5600 |
| 85 | Jarno Koskiranta | RW | 5654 |
| 86 | Miha Verlic | C | 5704 |
| 87 | Mike Lundin | D | 5838 |
| 88 | Patrick Geering | D | 5864 |
| 89 | Vitalijs Pavlovs | RW | 5867 |
| 90 | Marcel Noebels | C | 5969 |
| 91 | David Wolf | LW | 6140 |
| 92 | Reto Suri | LW | 6166 |
| 93 | Jesse Winchester | C | 6239 |
| 94 | Atte Ohtamaa | D | 6305 |
| 95 | Marc-Andre Gragnani | D | 6400 |
| 96 | Tomas Zaborsky | LW | 6470 |
| 97 | Jaroslav Hlinka | C | 6480 |
| 98 | Morten Poulsen | LW | 6490 |
| 99 | Magnus Johansson | D | 6906 |
| 100 | Tomas Zohorna | RW | 6912 |
| 101 | Mark Fistric | D | 6956 |
| 102 | Gerrit Fauser | C | 7009 |
| 103 | Fredrik Pettersson | RW | 7028 |
| 104 | Andrew Murray | C | 7040 |
| 105 | Dick Axelsson | LW | 7234 |
| 106 | T.J. Hensick | C | 7288 |
| 107 | Stefan Ulmer | D | 7315 |
| 108 | Sakari Salminen | RW | 7385 |
| 109 | Koba Jass | LW | 7405 |
| 110 | Ryan Gunderson | D | 7436 |
| 111 | Antti Pihlstrom | LW | 7452 |
| 112 | Stefan Espeland | D | 7472 |
| 113 | Jake Dowell | C | 7550 |
| 114 | Aaron Voros | C | 7575 |
| 115 | Dominik Bittner | D | 7691 |
| 116 | Ken Ograjensek | LW | 7694 |
| 117 | Tom Sestito | LW | 7773 |
| 118 | Liam Reddox | LW | 8035 |
| 119 | Ville Koistinen | D | 8142 |
| 120 | Brian Lee | D | 8146 |
| 121 | Cory Murphy | D | 8197 |
| 122 | Darryl Boyce | C | 8221 |
| 123 | Craig Weller | RW | 8360 |
| 124 | Colin Stuart | LW | 8370 |
| 125 | Sinan Akdag | D | 8467 |
| 126 | Marco Nowak | D | 8559 |
| 127 | Mattias Ritola | RW | 8583 |
| 128 | Robbie Earl | LW | 8666 |
| 129 | Mike Iggulden | RW | 8702 |
| 130 | Jason Jaffray | LW | 8704 |
| 131 | Lukas Kaspar | RW | 8720 |
| 132 | Steve Wagner | D | 8774 |
| 133 | Jordan Hendry | D | 8779 |
| 134 | Chris Minard | C | 8800 |
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