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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.
Ranking Explanation
|
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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