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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1997
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 | Kobe Bryant | SG | 10 |
| 2 | Allen Iverson | SG | 25 |
| 3 | Steve Nash | PG | 103 |
| 4 | Stephon Marbury | PG | 109 |
| 5 | Antoine Walker | PF | 137 |
| 6 | Ray Allen | SG | 167 |
| 7 | Shareef Abdur-Rahim | SF | 179 |
| 8 | Ben Wallace | C | 194 |
| 9 | Jermaine O'Neal | PF | 213 |
| 10 | Marcus Camby | C | 394 |
| 11 | Bruce Bowen | SF | 482 |
| 12 | Kerry Kittles | SG | 680 |
| 13 | Erick Dampier | C | 951 |
| 14 | Lorenzen Wright | PF | 970 |
| 15 | Derek Fisher | PG | 977 |
| 16 | Jeff McInnis | PG | 1338 |
| 17 | Jerome Williams | SF | 1375 |
| 18 | Othella Harrington | PF | 1455 |
| 19 | Shandon Anderson | SF | 1512 |
| 20 | Vitaly Potapenko | C | 1557 |
| 21 | Malik Rose | PF | 1597 |
| 22 | Marcus Brown | SG | 1746 |
| 23 | Tony Delk | PG | 1780 |
| 24 | Dean Garrett | C | 1924 |
| 25 | Erick Strickland | PG | 1960 |
| 26 | Arvydas Macijauskas | SG | 2088 |
| 27 | Samaki Walker | PF | 2387 |
| 28 | Walter McCarty | PF | 2444 |
| 29 | Nikos Hatzivrettas | SG | 2463 |
| 30 | John Wallace | SF | 2523 |
| 31 | Rogerio Klafke | SF | 2543 |
| 32 | Moochie Norris | PG | 2544 |
| 33 | Quadre Lollis | PF | 2903 |
| 34 | Travis Knight | C | 3084 |
| 35 | Alex Mumbru | SF | 3119 |
| 36 | Kostas Tsartsaris | PF | 3155 |
| 37 | Martin Muursepp | PF | 3168 |
| 38 | Matt Maloney | PG | 3229 |
| 39 | Rowan Barrett | SG | 3417 |
| 40 | Sergey Chikalkin | SF | 3434 |
| 41 | Kerem Tunceri | PG | 3552 |
| 42 | Bernard Hopkins | PF | 3566 |
| 43 | Darvin Ham | SF | 3674 |
| 44 | Randy Livingston | PG | 3687 |
| 45 | Tal Burstein | SG | 3720 |
| 46 | Emanual Davis | PG | 3731 |
| 47 | Peter Gaurasci | PF | 3819 |
| 48 | Dainius Salenga | SF | 3899 |
| 49 | Michael Hawkins | PG | 4078 |
| 50 | Joseph Blair | PF | 4089 |
| 51 | Michael Meeks | PF | 4462 |
| 52 | Liu Wei | PG | 4527 |
| 53 | Mengke Bateer | C | 4541 |
| 54 | Brent Scott | PF | 4633 |
| 55 | Ognjen Askrabic | PF | 4723 |
| 56 | Ronnie Fields | SG | 4779 |
| 57 | Jamie Feick | C | 4783 |
| 58 | Albert Oliver | PG | 4902 |
| 59 | Shawnelle Scott | C | 4949 |
| 60 | Silas Mills | SF | 5048 |
| 61 | Rony Fahed | PG | 5049 |
| 62 | Jerry McCullough | PG | 5186 |
| 63 | Ben Davis | PF | 5389 |
| 64 | Mark Hendrickson | PF | 5490 |
| 65 | Todd Fuller | C | 5529 |
| 66 | Dejan Milojevic | PF | 5567 |
| 67 | Joe Vogel | C | 5889 |
| 68 | John Jackson | PF | 5922 |
| 69 | Dexter Boney | SG | 6030 |
| 70 | Lazarus Sims | PG | 6078 |
| 71 | Aleksandar Cubrilo | PF | 6082 |
| 72 | Brian Evans | SF | 6109 |
| 73 | Amal McCaskill | C | 6217 |
| 74 | Wei Liu | PG | 6219 |
| 75 | Vasco Evtimov | PF | 6233 |
| 76 | Curt Smith | PG | 6412 |
| 77 | Ruben Nembhard | SG | 6433 |
| 78 | Hurl Beechum | SF | 6463 |
| 79 | Filip Dylewicz | PF | 6471 |
| 80 | Kenan Bajramovic | PF | 6551 |
| 81 | Kostas Charalampidis | PG | 6556 |
| 82 | Tutku Acik | PG | 6566 |
| 83 | Evric Gray | SF | 6584 |
| 84 | Tomas Ress | C | 6595 |
| 85 | Marko Samanic | PF | 6635 |
| 86 | Marcus Norris | PG | 6765 |
| 87 | Priest Lauderdale | C | 6892 |
| 88 | Alessandro Tonolli | PF | 7038 |
| 89 | Brian Green | SG | 7070 |
| 90 | Devin Gray | PF | 7181 |
| 91 | Glenn Sekunda | PF | 7396 |
| 92 | Gonzalo Martinez | SG | 7557 |
| 93 | Dante Calabria | SG | 7562 |
| 94 | Joe Stephens | SF | 7858 |
| 95 | Chris Robinson | SG | 8152 |
| 96 | Chris Ensminger | C | 8179 |
| 97 | Shawn Harvey | SG | 8286 |
| 98 | Nate Reinking | PG | 8327 |
| 99 | Gaylon Nickerson | SG | 8340 |
| 100 | Matt Steigenga | SF | 8514 |
| 101 | Georgios Giannouzakos | SG | 8713 |
| 102 | Giorgos Diamantopoulos | SG | 8882 |
| 103 | Roy Rogers | PF | 8886 |
| 104 | Vidas Ginevicius | PG | 8895 |
| 105 | Mark Young | SG | 8958 |
| 106 | Petar Bozic | PG | 9028 |
| 107 | Artemus McClary | SF | 9031 |
| 108 | Brett Szabo | C | 9067 |
| 109 | David Kruse | PF | 9157 |
| 110 | Piotr Szybilski | C | 9317 |
| 111 | Ryan Hoover | PG | 9354 |
| 112 | Horacio Llamas Grey | C | 9411 |
| 113 | Reggie Geary | PG | 9433 |
| 114 | Monte O'Quinn | PF | 9493 |
| 115 | Jimmy Carruth | PF | 9497 |
| 116 | Muratcan Guler | PG | 9603 |
| 117 | Ivan Grgat | PF | 9624 |
| 118 | Kevin Salvadori | C | 9672 |
| 119 | Chris McGuthrie | PG | 9688 |
| 120 | Kevin Beard | PF | 9731 |
| 121 | Corey Williams (1974) | SF | 9914 |
| 122 | Carlos Strong | PF | 10047 |
| 123 | Steve Hamer | C | 10217 |
| 124 | Jesse Pate | SG | 10254 |
| 125 | Nebojsa Bogavac | SG | 10268 |
| 126 | Chris Allen | PF | 10355 |
| 127 | Nate Erdmann | SG | 10425 |
| 128 | Miladin Mutavdzic | C | 10428 |
| 129 | Sami Lehtoranta | PF | 10431 |
| 130 | Spiros Panteliadis | PG | 10448 |
| 131 | Mladen Sekularac | SF | 10468 |
| 132 | Roy Hairston | SF | 10504 |
| 133 | Alan Tomidy | C | 10525 |
| 134 | Greg Simpson | PG | 10615 |
| 135 | Dzenan Rahimic | PF | 10620 |
| 136 | Vanja Plisnic | PF | 10681 |
| 137 | Rick Hughes | PF | 10752 |
| 138 | Darren McLinton | PG | 10839 |
| 139 | Istvan Nemeth | SG | 10853 |
| 140 | Silvio Gigena | SF | 10890 |
| 141 | Michal Ignerski | PF | 10908 |
| 142 | Katu Davis | PG | 10948 |
| 143 | Paco Vazquez | SG | 11004 |
| 144 | Luis Silva | PF | 11130 |
| 145 | Mikkel Larsen | C | 11227 |
| 146 | Reggie Elliott | SG | 11287 |
| 147 | Andre Parn | SF | 11298 |
| 148 | Nate Driggers | SG | 11378 |
| 149 | Donald Whiteside | PG | 11395 |
| 150 | Ray Owes | PF | 11636 |
| 151 | Dametri Hill | PF | 11664 |
| 152 | Justin Jennings | SG | 11703 |
| 153 | Johnny Rhodes | PG | 11708 |
| 154 | Ron Riley (1973) | SF | 11843 |
| 155 | Guilherme Giovannoni | PF | 11909 |
| 156 | DeRon Rutledge | SF | 12058 |
| 157 | Edward Johnson | C | 12061 |
| 158 | Donzel Rush | C | 12111 |
| 159 | Alexis Falekas | PG | 12145 |
| 160 | Mithat Demirel | PG | 12207 |
| 161 | Peter Patton | PG | 12320 |
| 162 | Oren Aharoni | SG | 12344 |
| 163 | Steven Edwards | SG | 12345 |
| 164 | Vangelis Sklavos | SF | 12418 |
| 165 | Kenya Capers | SF | 12451 |
| 166 | James Scott | SF | 12498 |
| 167 | Dimitri Lauwers | PG | 12529 |
| 168 | Darnell Robinson | C | 12597 |
| 169 | Brian Tolbert | PG | 12601 |
| 170 | Tim Moore | PF | 12615 |
| 171 | Sean Simpson | SF | 12649 |
| 172 | Larry Daniels | C | 12683 |
| 173 | Robert Troha | SG | 12817 |
| 174 | Carl Davis | PG | 12852 |
| 175 | Bernardo Hernandez | PG | 12896 |
| 176 | Darrell Barley | SF | 12972 |
| 177 | Johnelle Slone | SF | 13015 |
| 178 | Alexandr Bashminov | PF | 13060 |
| 179 | Kenyon Murray | SF | 13198 |
| 180 | Porter Roberts | SG | 13219 |
| 181 | Lenny Holly | SG | 13228 |
| 182 | Antonios Asimakopoulos | PF | 13241 |
| 183 | David Crouse | C | 13245 |
| 184 | Steve Rich | PF | 13302 |
| 185 | Demarkus Doss | SF | 13330 |
| 186 | Demond Greene | SG | 13516 |
| 187 | Anthony Allison | SF | 13557 |
| 188 | Ruben Burgos | PF | 13577 |
| 189 | Damon Watlington | PG | 13694 |
| 190 | Russ Millard | PF | 13702 |
| 191 | Roman Rubchenko | PF | 13713 |
| 192 | Marquis Melton | SF | 13743 |
| 193 | Pointer Williams | PG | 13775 |
| 194 | James Walker | SG | 13875 |
| 195 | Malik Evans | PF | 13876 |
| 196 | Ryan Minor | SF | 13877 |
| 197 | Mike Elliott | PG | 13898 |
| 198 | Nikos Papanikolopoulos | SG | 13919 |
| 199 | Jaron Boone | SG | 14041 |
| 200 | Joe McLean | SG | 14042 |
| 201 | Quinn Harwood | C | 14083 |
| 202 | Guido Grunheid | PF | 14116 |
| 203 | Jason Osborne | SF | 14162 |
| 204 | Julian Winfield | SG | 14193 |
| 205 | Vladimir Vuksanovic | PF | 14235 |
| 206 | Sasa Stefanovic | PG | 14323 |
| 207 | Stan Gouard | SG | 14373 |
| 208 | Brian Carpenter | PG | 14402 |
| 209 | Salva Guardia | PF | 14422 |
| 210 | Sean Pearson | SF | 14429 |
| 211 | Jesus Fernandez | C | 14430 |
| 212 | Terrell Bell | PF | 14434 |
| 213 | Salomon Sami | SG | 14457 |
| 214 | Kory Billups | SF | 14475 |
| 215 | J.B. Reafsnyder | C | 14560 |
| 216 | Shamon Antrum | PG | 14584 |
| 217 | Duane Simpkins | PG | 14589 |
| 218 | Nikolay Padius | SG | 14596 |
| 219 | Bryant Bowden | C | 14713 |
| 220 | Julian King | SF | 14731 |
| 221 | Adem Oren | PF | 14738 |
| 222 | Thanasis Kamariotis | SF | 14748 |
| 223 | Chris Kingsbury | SG | 14752 |
| 224 | Michalis Yfantis | SF | 14777 |
| 225 | Daimon Beathea | SF | 14825 |
| 226 | Jarvis Lang | PF | 14899 |
| 227 | Michael Wilson (1972) | SG | 14919 |
| 228 | Dan Kreft | C | 14938 |
| 229 | James Harper | PF | 15194 |
| 230 | Anders Ronndahl | SF | 15219 |
| 231 | Nico Harrison | SF | 15220 |
| 232 | Darren Deschryver | C | 15249 |
| 233 | Onur Aydin | PF | 15278 |
| 234 | Shawn Dirden | SG | 15279 |
| 235 | Kordian Korytek | C | 15297 |
| 236 | Shannon Smith | SG | 15307 |
| 237 | Peter Van Elswyk | C | 15322 |
| 238 | Keith Blankenship | C | 15335 |
| 239 | Donovan Williams | PG | 15354 |
| 240 | Troy Coleman | SG | 15382 |
| 241 | Jeff Foreman | SF | 15446 |
| 242 | Nuno Manarte | PG | 15470 |
| 243 | Rasul Salahuddin | SG | 15483 |
| 244 | Ivan Patterson | SG | 15505 |
| 245 | Damir Milacic | SG | 15514 |
| 246 | Joao Santos | SF | 15543 |
| 247 | Matt Alosa | PG | 15569 |
| 248 | Ben Berlowski | SG | 15571 |
| 249 | Chuckie Robinson | PF | 15631 |
| 250 | Vincent Mattos | SF | 15632 |
| 251 | Derrick Battie | C | 15647 |
| 252 | Jarvis Jackson | SF | 15701 |
| 253 | Brian Myers | PF | 15782 |
| 254 | Ali Ton | PG | 15797 |
| 255 | Brian Brunson | PF | 15933 |
| 256 | Scott Coleman | SG | 15934 |
| 257 | Derrick Pickens | SG | 15958 |
| 258 | Nicolas Gianella | PG | 15966 |
| 259 | Saipele Tuialii | SF | 15979 |
| 260 | Marcus Mann | PF | 16032 |
| 261 | Ponce James | PG | 16033 |
| 262 | Tick Rogers | SG | 16034 |
| 263 | Terry Lancaster | SF | 16085 |
| 264 | Frank Seckar | PG | 16113 |
| 265 | Jukka Hemdahl | SG | 16180 |
| 266 | Kirk Ford | SF | 16181 |
| 267 | Darnell Hahn | SG | 16222 |
| 268 | Michael Kostur | C | 16223 |
| 269 | Terrance Badgett | SF | 16254 |
| 270 | Fabien Rion | PG | 16274 |
| 271 | Marcus Johnson (1975) | PF | 16314 |
| 272 | Jammie Haley | PF | 16417 |
| 273 | Brian Thompson | SF | 16463 |
| 274 | Kerwin Thompson | C | 16464 |
| 275 | David Grim | SF | 16498 |
| 276 | Demetrius Montgomery | PF | 16539 |
| 277 | Tomasz Andrzejewski | PF | 16540 |
| 278 | Dalibor Stupar | SG | 16578 |
| 279 | Quinton Brooks | SF | 16579 |
| 280 | Reggie Townsend | SF | 16701 |
| 281 | Eldad Dayagi | SG | 16710 |
| 282 | Shawn Harlan | PF | 16715 |
| 283 | Perrell Lucas | PG | 16745 |
| 284 | Leven Belberov | SF | 16757 |
| 285 | Sam Haley | C | 16764 |
| 286 | Benny Timmons | SF | 16827 |
| 287 | Dewayne Powell | SG | 16828 |
| 288 | Kwame Evans | SG | 16862 |
| 289 | Ervin Csaplar-Nagy | C | 16935 |
| 290 | Ismael Torres | PF | 16936 |
| 291 | Kent Culuko | SG | 16937 |
| 292 | Urban Vreds | PG | 16967 |
| 293 | Arvydas Cepulis | SF | 17023 |
| 294 | Anquell McCollum | SG | 17039 |
| 295 | Edwin Harmon | C | 17082 |
| 296 | Dariusz Lewandowski | C | 17114 |
| 297 | Cliff Morgan | SG | 17146 |
| 298 | Pop Thornton | SF | 17183 |
| 299 | Craig Stallings | SG | 17249 |
| 300 | Andres Pelussi | SF | 17324 |
| 301 | Kostas Anagnostou | SF | 17325 |
| 302 | Kirk Luckman | C | 17334 |
| 303 | Donta Bright | SF | 17485 |
| 304 | Marco Marangoni | SF | 17486 |
| 305 | Lewis Sims | PF | 17496 |
| 306 | David Sternlight | C | 17547 |
| 307 | Allen Watson | PG | 17562 |
| 308 | Savo Djikanovic | C | 17594 |
| 309 | Miroslav Markovic | SF | 17644 |
| 310 | Lamarcus Golden | PG | 17698 |
| 311 | Dorian Graham | SF | 17704 |
| 312 | Timothy Roberts | SG | 17729 |
| 313 | Anthony Heyward | SF | 17747 |
| 314 | Greg Summer | SF | 17771 |
| 315 | Antonio Tavares | PG | 17822 |
| 316 | Chris Ward | SF | 17827 |
| 317 | Alessandro Davolio | PG | 17846 |
| 318 | Elliot Hatcher | PG | 17871 |
| 319 | Simeon Rice | PF | 17902 |
| 320 | Terrence Brandon | SF | 17903 |
| 321 | Markese Watkins | PF | 17973 |
| 322 | Melvin Martin | PF | 18001 |
| 323 | Greg Washington (1974) | SF | 18147 |
| 324 | Andy Van Voelkenburgh | C | 18199 |
| 325 | Anthony Wiseman | C | 18200 |
| 326 | James Williams | SG | 18223 |
| 327 | Wayne Henry | PF | 18259 |
| 328 | Tyrone Garris | PG | 18276 |
| 329 | Ed Geth | PF | 18309 |
| 330 | Chris Osment | SF | 18358 |
| 331 | Ron Curry | SF | 18385 |
| 332 | Randy Edney | C | 18471 |
| 333 | Tim Krug | SF | 18528 |
| 334 | Darryl Wilson | PG | 18554 |
| 335 | Leon Morgan | SG | 18555 |
| 336 | Jim McGilvery | SF | 18619 |
| 337 | Assaf Dotan | SG | 18624 |
| 338 | Chris Nurse | PF | 18649 |
| 339 | Jamil Greene | PF | 18654 |
| 340 | Chris Sneed | PF | 18684 |
| 341 | Donald Polk | SG | 18685 |
| 342 | Jose Fernandez | PF | 18686 |
| 343 | Ryan Bond | C | 18714 |
| 344 | Lavell Owens | PF | 18842 |
| 345 | Rick Foster | SF | 18843 |
| 346 | Kostas Paschalis | C | 18881 |
| 347 | Shizz Alston Sr. | PG | 18949 |
| 348 | Scott Smith | SF | 18967 |
| 349 | Bernard Heard | SG | 18994 |
| 350 | Kevin Vulin | C | 19016 |
| 351 | Robert Kelly | PG | 19044 |
| 352 | Matt Smith | PG | 19081 |
| 353 | Jason Childers | SF | 19109 |
| 354 | John Vlegianitis | SG | 19133 |
| 355 | Andre Burnside | PF | 19297 |
| 356 | Angel Santana | SF | 19298 |
| 357 | Inanc Koc | SF | 19304 |
| 358 | Danny Delgado | PG | 19375 |
| 359 | Decho Koeshinov | PG | 19616 |
| 360 | Nemanja Jelesijevic | PF | 19950 |
| 361 | Valmo Kriisa | SG | 20088 |
| 362 | Brendan Graves | C | 20668 |
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