|
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.
Ranking Explanation
|
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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