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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1962
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 | Walt Bellamy | C | 49 |
| 2 | Dave DeBusschere | SF | 136 |
| 3 | Ray Scott | PF | 181 |
| 4 | Tom Meschery | PF | 306 |
| 5 | Adrian Smith | SG | 408 |
| 6 | Johnny Egan | PG | 577 |
| 7 | Paul Neumann | PG | 594 |
| 8 | Donnie Butcher | SG | 850 |
| 9 | Walter Simon | SF | 851 |
| 10 | Lee Shaffer | SF | 868 |
| 11 | Gary Phillips | PG | 924 |
| 12 | Modestas Paulauskas | SF | 973 |
| 13 | Jiri Zidek | C | 1470 |
| 14 | Bevo Nordmann | C | 1542 |
| 15 | Jeffrey Cohen | PF | 1840 |
| 16 | Jack F. Turner | SG | 1862 |
| 17 | James Francis | C | 1867 |
| 18 | Walter Mangham | PF | 1926 |
| 19 | Ron Horn | PF | 1935 |
| 20 | Jack Adams | PF | 1981 |
| 21 | David Mills | PF | 1998 |
| 22 | George Pruitt | SF | 2010 |
| 23 | Eugene Brown | SG | 2011 |
| 24 | Rolland Todd | SG | 2026 |
| 25 | Grady McCollum | PF | 2027 |
| 26 | Bob Wiesenhahn | SF | 2045 |
| 27 | Bruce Spraggins | SF | 2100 |
| 28 | Cleveland Buckner | PF | 2108 |
| 29 | Govoner Vaughn | SF | 2132 |
| 30 | Al Butler | PG | 2136 |
| 31 | Henry Curtis | PF | 2142 |
| 32 | Herbert Lee | SG | 2143 |
| 33 | Whitey Martin | SG | 2144 |
| 34 | Bob Wilkinson | PG | 2146 |
| 35 | Joe Buckhalter | PF | 2167 |
| 36 | Franklin Burgess | SG | 2169 |
| 37 | Dave Zeller | PG | 2217 |
| 38 | Jack Fitzpatrick | PF | 2271 |
| 39 | David Romanoff | C | 2280 |
| 40 | Bryce Vann | C | 2283 |
| 41 | Ronald Zagar | PG | 2296 |
| 42 | John Berberich | C | 2371 |
| 43 | Dale Wise | PF | 2553 |
| 44 | Mel Davis (1937) | PF | 2645 |
| 45 | Howie Carl | PG | 2685 |
| 46 | John Wessels | C | 2894 |
| 47 | Alin Savu | C | 2939 |
| 48 | Arpad Losonczy | SG | 2940 |
| 49 | Boleslaw Kwiatkowski | PG | 2941 |
| 50 | Jim McCoy | PG | 2975 |
| 51 | Frank Radovich | PF | 3052 |
| 52 | Joe Gardere | PG | 3075 |
| 53 | Herschell Turner | PG | 3088 |
| 54 | Bob Clarke | PF | 3203 |
| 55 | Chuck Osborne | PF | 3241 |
| 56 | Doug Kistler | PF | 3299 |
| 57 | Richard Brott | C | 3300 |
| 58 | Dick Eichhorst | SG | 3330 |
| 59 | George Bon Salle | PF | 3362 |
| 60 | Fred Sawyer | C | 3475 |
| 61 | Bob Sims | SG | 3565 |
| 62 | Leroy Wright | PF | 3578 |
| 63 | Quitman Sullins | C | 3582 |
| 64 | Lowery Kirk | PF | 3618 |
| 65 | John Sullivan | SF | 3649 |
| 66 | Cleo Hill | SG | 3670 |
| 67 | Bob Blue | PG | 3682 |
| 68 | Lawrence Beck | SF | 3711 |
| 69 | Larry Comley | SG | 3724 |
| 70 | George Price | PF | 3736 |
| 71 | Charles Henke | C | 3785 |
| 72 | Rossie Johnson | SF | 3821 |
| 73 | Bob Keller | PF | 3843 |
| 74 | Max Perry | PG | 3914 |
| 75 | Ed Burton | PF | 3930 |
| 76 | Marvin Bolyard | PG | 3952 |
| 77 | Ted Luckenbill | PF | 4024 |
| 78 | William McClintock | PF | 4034 |
| 79 | Carroll Williams | PG | 4066 |
| 80 | Alan Seiden | PG | 4152 |
| 81 | Anthony Wilcox | C | 4191 |
| 82 | Wayne Yates | C | 4204 |
| 83 | David Denton | PG | 4227 |
| 84 | Al Tolen | PG | 4262 |
| 85 | York Larese | SG | 4281 |
| 86 | James Daniels | PG | 4306 |
| 87 | Hal Theus | SF | 4373 |
| 88 | Joseph Scott | SF | 4408 |
| 89 | Jack Allain | C | 4441 |
| 90 | Walt Manghan | SF | 4466 |
| 91 | Lee Patrone | PG | 4486 |
| 92 | George Blaney | PG | 4655 |
| 93 | George Finley | C | 4685 |
| 94 | Jim Powell | SF | 4717 |
| 95 | Horace Walker | SF | 4788 |
| 96 | Allan Young | PG | 4824 |
| 97 | Richard Herrscher | SF | 4873 |
| 98 | Frank Keitt | SG | 4924 |
| 99 | James Guydon | SG | 4954 |
| 100 | Raleigh Owens | C | 5031 |
| 101 | Samuel Barnard | PF | 5069 |
| 102 | Bob Pawlak | PG | 5177 |
| 103 | Tom Stith | SF | 5201 |
| 104 | Ken Peterson | C | 5222 |
| 105 | Max Jameson | SF | 5251 |
| 106 | Jim Huggard | PG | 6087 |
| 107 | Ed Willis | SG | 6102 |
| 108 | Jon Cincebox | PF | 6890 |
| 109 | Ed Washington | C | 6921 |
| 110 | Jaime Mariano | SF | 7296 |
| 111 | Bill Kennedy | PG | 7569 |
| 112 | Joshitaka Egawa | SG | 7593 |
| 113 | Carlos Vazquez | C | 7716 |
| 114 | Tomas Sangio | SF | 7717 |
| 115 | Will Johns | SG | 7867 |
| 116 | Frank Burks | SF | 7922 |
| 117 | Carlo Recalcati | PG | 8125 |
| 118 | Ron Garner | C | 10767 |
| 119 | Bill Crosby | PG | 10991 |
| 120 | Buddy Houck | SF | 11518 |
| 121 | Jackie Jackson | PF | 11762 |
| 122 | Dave Riddick | PF | 11934 |
| 123 | Herman Taylor | SG | 12090 |
| 124 | Al Barden | C | 12173 |
| 125 | Sonny Thomas | SG | 12409 |
| 126 | Bernial Wilson | PF | 12462 |
| 127 | Bob Slobodnik | PF | 12537 |
| 128 | Gary Silo | SF | 12843 |
| 129 | Bobby Knight | PG | 12848 |
| 130 | Jack Gallagher | C | 12927 |
| 131 | Walter Ward | SF | 13211 |
| 132 | Clint Roberts | SG | 13406 |
| 133 | Herman Adams | SF | 13508 |
| 134 | Fred Barakat | PG | 13674 |
| 135 | Dick Kniffin | SG | 13722 |
| 136 | Joe Howell | PG | 13891 |
| 137 | Ollie Smith | SF | 13998 |
| 138 | Dave Bookholdt | SF | 14051 |
| 139 | Don Heller | C | 14052 |
| 140 | Gary Marozis | PG | 14154 |
| 141 | Bill Norton | SF | 14210 |
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