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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1957
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 | Bill Russell | C | 5 |
| 2 | Cliff Hagan | SF | 70 |
| 3 | Richie Guerin | SG | 74 |
| 4 | Tom Heinsohn | PF | 114 |
| 5 | Willie Naulls | PF | 124 |
| 6 | Phil Jordon | C | 447 |
| 7 | Si Green | SG | 469 |
| 8 | Slick Leonard | PG | 471 |
| 9 | Al Bianchi | SG | 505 |
| 10 | Dave Piontek | PF | 595 |
| 11 | Johnny McCarthy | SG | 663 |
| 12 | Ron Sobie | SG | 832 |
| 13 | Bob Hopkins | C | 960 |
| 14 | Jim Paxson Sr. | SF | 1443 |
| 15 | Bob Burrow | C | 1811 |
| 16 | Teofilo Cruz | C | 1857 |
| 17 | Bill Thieben | PF | 1883 |
| 18 | Lou Tsioropoulos | SF | 1962 |
| 19 | Joe Holup | SF | 2195 |
| 20 | Jim Ray | SG | 2230 |
| 21 | Tani Cohen-Mintz | C | 2309 |
| 22 | Pat Dunn | SG | 2487 |
| 23 | Hal Lear | SG | 2506 |
| 24 | Gary Bergen | C | 2686 |
| 25 | Norm Stewart | PF | 2716 |
| 26 | Forest Able | SG | 2895 |
| 27 | Gabriele Vianello | SF | 2952 |
| 28 | Sandro Riminucci | SF | 2953 |
| 29 | Trajko Rajkovic | C | 2954 |
| 30 | Bob Armstrong | C | 3188 |
| 31 | Viktor Zubkov | C | 3319 |
| 32 | Ron Shavlik | PF | 3803 |
| 33 | Julius McCoy | SG | 4083 |
| 34 | Gennadi Volnov | PF | 4084 |
| 35 | Tom Hemans | PF | 4106 |
| 36 | Wally Choice | SG | 4818 |
| 37 | Carlos Quintanar | PF | 4937 |
| 38 | Juan Vicens | PG | 5451 |
| 39 | Luis Grajeda | PG | 6375 |
| 40 | Goose Powell | SF | 6538 |
| 41 | Narciso Bernardo | PG | 7223 |
| 42 | Alfonso Martinez | SF | 7297 |
| 43 | Bob Baity | SG | 7405 |
| 44 | Mosquito Massoni | PG | 7784 |
| 45 | Jean-Claude Lefebvre | C | 7840 |
| 46 | Rafael Heredia | SF | 7898 |
| 47 | Jose Luis Cortes | PG | 8069 |
| 48 | Bevo Francis | C | 8118 |
| 49 | Joe Sturgis | SG | 8533 |
| 50 | Sonny Lloyd | SF | 8534 |
| 51 | Andy Maddox | SF | 10619 |
| 52 | Chick Whiteman | PF | 11306 |
| 53 | Fran O'Malley | SF | 11561 |
| 54 | Lou Dickman | SF | 11644 |
| 55 | John Barber | PF | 11704 |
| 56 | Ernie Peters | PG | 11750 |
| 57 | Hal Reinfeld | SF | 12296 |
| 58 | Jack Sherry | C | 12354 |
| 59 | Fred Cohen | C | 12729 |
| 60 | Dorsey Wilkins | SF | 12888 |
| 61 | George Mehaffey | PF | 13166 |
| 62 | Mickey Winograd | SG | 13624 |
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