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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1950
Notes: This is a list of the greatest basketball players to start their pro career in the year listed.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Dolph Schayes | PF | 24 |
| 2 | Ed Macauley | C | 47 |
| 3 | Vern Mikkelsen | PF | 87 |
| 4 | Frankie Brian | SG | 158 |
| 5 | Jack Coleman | PF | 183 |
| 6 | Slater Martin | PG | 188 |
| 7 | Dick McGuire | PG | 199 |
| 8 | Al Cervi | SG | 245 |
| 9 | Don Otten | C | 340 |
| 10 | Leo Barnhorst | SF | 384 |
| 11 | Bob Brannum | PF | 410 |
| 12 | Fred Schaus | SF | 430 |
| 13 | George Ratkovicz | C | 432 |
| 14 | Bob Harrison | SG | 452 |
| 15 | Bill Gabor | SG | 457 |
| 16 | Dike Eddleman | SF | 478 |
| 17 | Paul Walther | SG | 484 |
| 18 | Bob Carpenter | PF | 486 |
| 19 | Howie Schultz | C | 524 |
| 20 | Alex Hannum | PF | 541 |
| 21 | Bill Closs | PF | 579 |
| 22 | Gene Englund | PF | 586 |
| 23 | Vince Boryla | SF | 647 |
| 24 | Dick Mehen | PF | 659 |
| 25 | Mike Todorovich | PF | 713 |
| 26 | Stan Patrick | SF | 743 |
| 27 | Clint Wager | C | 745 |
| 28 | Charley Shipp | SG | 771 |
| 29 | Alex Groza | C | 780 |
| 30 | Ralph Johnson | PG | 799 |
| 31 | Bob Harris | PF | 853 |
| 32 | Max Morris | PF | 870 |
| 33 | Harry Boykoff | C | 872 |
| 34 | Milo Komenich | PF | 876 |
| 35 | Ernie Vandeweghe | SF | 913 |
| 36 | Pep Saul | SG | 931 |
| 37 | Chips Sobek | SG | 963 |
| 38 | Don Boven | SF | 979 |
| 39 | Billy Hassett | PG | 1001 |
| 40 | John Hargis | SG | 1014 |
| 41 | Jack Kerris | PF | 1019 |
| 42 | Dale Hamilton | SG | 1025 |
| 43 | Bobby Cook | SG | 1096 |
| 44 | Leo Kubiak | PG | 1152 |
| 45 | Jack Burmaster | SG | 1217 |
| 46 | Floyd Volker | PF | 1228 |
| 47 | Frank Kudelka | SG | 1237 |
| 48 | Wah Wah Jones | PF | 1260 |
| 49 | Vern Gardner | PF | 1367 |
| 50 | Ralph Beard | PG | 1390 |
| 51 | Nelson Bobb | PG | 1431 |
| 52 | Ed Peterson | C | 1459 |
| 53 | Johnny Macknowsky | SG | 1475 |
| 54 | Murray Wier | PG | 1480 |
| 55 | Joe Holland | SF | 1528 |
| 56 | Johnny Payak | SG | 1529 |
| 57 | Glen Selbo | SG | 1554 |
| 58 | Frank Gates | SG | 1576 |
| 59 | Don Ray | PF | 1665 |
| 60 | Walt Lautenbach | SG | 1681 |
| 61 | Ron Livingstone | C | 1711 |
| 62 | Duane Klueh | SG | 1712 |
| 63 | Ed Leede | SF | 1733 |
| 64 | Red Owens | SG | 1828 |
| 65 | Red Perkins | SG | 1881 |
| 66 | Wayne See | SG | 1903 |
| 67 | John Oldham | SG | 1930 |
| 68 | Danny Wagner | PG | 2025 |
| 69 | Cliff Barker | SG | 2135 |
| 70 | Ray Corley | SG | 2274 |
| 71 | Marshall Hawkins | PF | 2276 |
| 72 | Mal McMullen | PF | 2316 |
| 73 | Tony Lavelli | SF | 2323 |
| 74 | Gene Berce | SG | 2355 |
| 75 | Joe Dolhon | SG | 2360 |
| 76 | Jack Cotton | PF | 2397 |
| 77 | Ed Bartels | PF | 3004 |
| 78 | Mac Otten | PF | 3327 |
| 79 | Bud Grant | SF | 3403 |
| 80 | Mike O'Neill | SF | 3454 |
| 81 | Al Guokas | SF | 3460 |
| 82 | Joe Bradley | SG | 3611 |
| 83 | Leroy Chollet | SF | 3702 |
| 84 | Carl Shaeffer | SF | 4032 |
| 85 | Al Miksis | C | 4247 |
| 86 | Bob Isaacs | SF | 4307 |
| 87 | Jack Phelan | PF | 4308 |
| 88 | Bill Herman | SG | 4665 |
| 89 | Don Grate | SF | 4747 |
| 90 | Charlie Parsley | SG | 4813 |
| 91 | Jack Ramsay | PG | 5061 |
| 92 | Tony Kazokas | PG | 5243 |
| 93 | Bob Royer | PG | 5300 |
| 94 | Harry Donovan | SG | 5557 |
| 95 | Bob Evans | SG | 5578 |
| 96 | Bobby Kelly | C | 5700 |
| 97 | Matt Mazza | PF | 5773 |
| 98 | Johnny Orr | SF | 5816 |
| 99 | Howie Janotta | SF | 6021 |
| 100 | Gene Ollrich | PG | 6372 |
| 101 | Hooks Dillon | SF | 6459 |
| 102 | Hank Dudek | PF | 6482 |
| 103 | Joe Mullaney | SG | 6602 |
| 104 | Alvaro Salvadores | SG | 6649 |
| 105 | Fortunato Munoz | SF | 6706 |
| 106 | Alfredo Arroyave | SF | 6753 |
| 107 | John Pritchard | C | 6850 |
| 108 | Tibor Zsiros | PF | 6871 |
| 109 | Jiri Baumruk | SF | 6901 |
| 110 | Earl Dodd | PF | 6940 |
| 111 | Wally Hatkevich | PF | 6962 |
| 112 | Andy O'Donnell | SG | 7020 |
| 113 | Borislav Curcic | C | 7048 |
| 114 | Jerry Nagel | SG | 7049 |
| 115 | Robert Hahn | C | 7108 |
| 116 | Paul Gordon | SF | 7234 |
| 117 | Bob Wood | PG | 7361 |
| 118 | Hugo Del Vecchio | SG | 7425 |
| 119 | Jim Nolan | C | 7426 |
| 120 | Jack Parkinson | SG | 7596 |
| 121 | Bart Adams | C | 7629 |
| 122 | Normie Glick | PF | 7720 |
| 123 | Murray Mitchell | C | 7844 |
| 124 | Dick Adair | SG | 7877 |
| 125 | Benny McNeil | SF | 8009 |
| 126 | Marty Zippel | SG | 8046 |
| 127 | Marv Schatzman | PF | 8235 |
| 128 | Chuck Harmon | PF | 8246 |
| 129 | Sonny Hinds | SG | 8635 |
| 130 | Jerry Bailey | SG | 8913 |
| 131 | Ed Lerner | SG | 8940 |
| 132 | Jack Crossin | PG | 8955 |
| 133 | Sonny Jameson | SF | 8983 |
| 134 | Tom Tolan | PG | 9082 |
| 135 | Frank Keath | SF | 9297 |
| 136 | Kelly Brofman | PG | 9633 |
| 137 | Bill Cantwell | SF | 10186 |
| 138 | Aubrey Cole | PG | 10283 |
| 139 | Tom Leverte | C | 10284 |
| 140 | Wally Sebrowski | PF | 10332 |
| 141 | Dick Hammock | SG | 10389 |
| 142 | Jim Pemrick | PG | 10769 |
| 143 | Joe Greenberg | SF | 10858 |
| 144 | Gil Swartz | SF | 10867 |
| 145 | Joey Griggs | SF | 11355 |
| 146 | John Gozenovich | PF | 11492 |
| 147 | Levere Disque | SF | 11972 |
| 148 | John Hooper | C | 12043 |
| 149 | Syl Bozinski | C | 12046 |
| 150 | Jack Murphy | PF | 12300 |
| 151 | Ralph Heinz | C | 12518 |
| 152 | Ken Haggerty | SF | 12640 |
| 153 | Hops Guldin | SG | 12788 |
| 154 | Jack Hartman | PG | 13146 |
| 155 | Norm Rosen | PG | 13167 |
| 156 | Elmer Kreiser | C | 13342 |
| 157 | Ossie Kriebel | SF | 13411 |
| 158 | Larry Killick | PG | 13461 |
| 159 | Maynie Haithcock | PG | 13512 |
| 160 | Augie Col | SF | 13676 |
| 161 | Burt Silverman | SG | 13841 |
| 162 | Web Hamme | PG | 13940 |
| 163 | Bill Maher | PG | 14155 |
| 164 | Elmer Davis | PG | 14353 |
| 165 | Frank Lupe | SG | 14471 |
| 166 | John Lose | PG | 14526 |
| 167 | Sam Dellinger | PG | 14571 |
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