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The Top Ranked Hockey Players of All-Time by Rookie Year-1981
Notes: This is a list of the greatest hockey players to start their pro career in the year listed.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Paul Coffey | D | 17 |
| 2 | Jari Kurri | RW | 41 |
| 3 | Peter Stastny | C | 43 |
| 4 | Denis Savard | C | 69 |
| 5 | Larry Murphy | D | 151 |
| 6 | Glenn Anderson | RW | 155 |
| 7 | Dino Ciccarelli | RW | 189 |
| 8 | Tim Kerr | C | 198 |
| 9 | Andy Moog | G | 229 |
| 10 | Steve Larmer | RW | 246 |
| 11 | Don Beaupre | G | 351 |
| 12 | Guy Carbonneau | C | 360 |
| 13 | Barry Pederson | C | 409 |
| 14 | Dave Babych | D | 412 |
| 15 | Neal Broten | C | 445 |
| 16 | Paul MacLean | RW | 527 |
| 17 | Mike Bullard | C | 563 |
| 18 | Rick Wamsley | G | 668 |
| 19 | Anton Stastny | LW | 673 |
| 20 | Brent Sutter | C | 810 |
| 21 | Roland Melanson | G | 818 |
| 22 | Dale Hunter | C | 850 |
| 23 | Doug Crossman | D | 944 |
| 24 | Scott Hartnell | LW | 979 |
| 25 | Charlie Huddy | D | 1017 |
| 26 | Moe Mantha | D | 1171 |
| 27 | Steve Kasper | C | 1189 |
| 28 | Jim Fox | RW | 1207 |
| 29 | Al Jensen | G | 1278 |
| 30 | Steve Weeks | G | 1301 |
| 31 | Keith Crowder | RW | 1361 |
| 32 | Aaron Broten | LW | 1404 |
| 33 | Rick Lanz | D | 1452 |
| 34 | Jorgen Pettersson | LW | 1530 |
| 35 | Doug Smail | LW | 1553 |
| 36 | Steve Konroyd | D | 1664 |
| 37 | Alan Haworth | C | 1710 |
| 38 | Jim Peplinski | RW | 1713 |
| 39 | Randy Cunneyworth | LW | 1796 |
| 40 | Darren Veitch | D | 1801 |
| 41 | Tom Laidlaw | D | 1886 |
| 42 | Ron Flockhart | C | 1913 |
| 43 | Gilles Hamel | LW | 2025 |
| 44 | Normand Rochefort | D | 2280 |
| 45 | Stew Gavin | LW | 2311 |
| 46 | Lee Norwood | D | 2389 |
| 47 | Doug Wickenheiser | C | 2402 |
| 48 | Chris Kotsopoulos | D | 2447 |
| 49 | Greg Terrion | LW | 2448 |
| 50 | John Barrett | D | 2567 |
| 51 | Kevin LaVallee | LW | 2586 |
| 52 | Mike Allison | LW | 2788 |
| 53 | Paul Gagne | LW | 2790 |
| 54 | Dave Parro | G | 2839 |
| 55 | Dave Pichette | D | 2894 |
| 56 | Thomas Eriksson | D | 2936 |
| 57 | Yury Khmylyov | LW | 2992 |
| 58 | Larry Melnyk | D | 3001 |
| 59 | Jean-Francois Sauve | C | 3017 |
| 60 | Bill Gardner | C | 3044 |
| 61 | Torrie Robertson | LW | 3202 |
| 62 | John Devaney | C | 3211 |
| 63 | Mike Blaisdell | RW | 3399 |
| 64 | Pekka Tuomisto | RW | 3549 |
| 65 | Rick Heinz | G | 3570 |
| 66 | Bruno Rogger | D | 3629 |
| 67 | Billy Carroll | C | 3809 |
| 68 | Don Spring | D | 4002 |
| 69 | Christophe Ville | C | 4069 |
| 70 | Karl Friesen | G | 4091 |
| 71 | Larry Lozinski | G | 4208 |
| 72 | Jim Burton | D | 4302 |
| 73 | Marc Chorney | D | 4320 |
| 74 | Brian Stankiewicz | G | 4392 |
| 75 | Steve Patrick | RW | 4436 |
| 76 | Denis Cyr | RW | 4531 |
| 77 | Emilio Iovio | C | 4580 |
| 78 | Dave Hindmarch | RW | 4659 |
| 79 | Don Nachbaur | C | 4787 |
| 80 | Joe Paterson | LW | 4812 |
| 81 | Tom Roulston | C | 4872 |
| 82 | Brad Palmer | LW | 4922 |
| 83 | Tim Tookey | C | 4951 |
| 84 | Bill Baker | D | 4969 |
| 85 | Orjan Lovdal | C | 5050 |
| 86 | Antonin Stavjana | D | 5110 |
| 87 | Dan Wood | RW | 5124 |
| 88 | Mojmir Bozik | D | 5171 |
| 89 | Pierre Aubry | LW | 5275 |
| 90 | Cveto Pretnar | G | 5284 |
| 91 | Mats Kihlstrom | D | 5386 |
| 92 | Antoine Richer | LW | 5395 |
| 93 | Dan Bonar | C | 5410 |
| 94 | Mickey Volcan | D | 5445 |
| 95 | Helmut de Raaf | G | 5453 |
| 96 | Jukka Tammi | G | 5454 |
| 97 | Mike Moller | RW | 5455 |
| 98 | Marek Cholewa | D | 5474 |
| 99 | Ken Solheim | LW | 5640 |
| 100 | Jon-Magne Karlstad | D | 5667 |
| 101 | Eduard Uvira | D | 5688 |
| 102 | Murray Eaves | C | 5805 |
| 103 | Kevin Maxwell | C | 5905 |
| 104 | Josef Heiss | G | 5917 |
| 105 | Roman Wager | LW | 6026 |
| 106 | Murray Brumwell | D | 6092 |
| 107 | Jody Gage | RW | 6240 |
| 108 | Howard Walker | D | 6522 |
| 109 | Philipp Neuenschwander | LW | 6537 |
| 110 | Peter Znenahlik | C | 6606 |
| 111 | Fred Arthur | D | 6610 |
| 112 | Christopher Bartolone | C | 6620 |
| 113 | Anders Steen | C | 6644 |
| 114 | Michel Valliere | G | 6682 |
| 115 | Michel Galarneau | C | 6792 |
| 116 | Lance Nethery | C | 6806 |
| 117 | Andrzej Hanisz | G | 6885 |
| 118 | Tor Helge Eikeland | D | 6901 |
| 119 | Peter Wallin | RW | 6928 |
| 120 | Michel Leblanc | D | 6957 |
| 121 | Jim McTaggart | D | 7037 |
| 122 | Ron Friest | LW | 7058 |
| 123 | Ed Cooper | LW | 7097 |
| 124 | Florent Robidoux | LW | 7103 |
| 125 | Dave Morrison | RW | 7174 |
| 126 | Tony Feltrin | D | 7206 |
| 127 | Greg Meredith | RW | 7264 |
| 128 | Krzysztof Bujar | RW | 7294 |
| 129 | Gaston Therrien | D | 7398 |
| 130 | Dan McCarthy | C | 7446 |
| 131 | Mark Plantery | D | 7479 |
| 132 | Reid Bailey | D | 7526 |
| 133 | Archie Henderson | RW | 7564 |
| 134 | Jack Hughes (1957) | D | 7568 |
| 135 | Axel Kammerer | LW | 7580 |
| 136 | Gary Burns | LW | 7583 |
| 137 | Jean-Christophe Lerondeau | D | 7693 |
| 138 | Engelbert Linder | D | 7711 |
| 139 | Gary Dillon | C | 7867 |
| 140 | Les Auge | D | 7943 |
| 141 | Bobby Crawford | RW | 7949 |
| 142 | Bennett Wolf | D | 8017 |
| 143 | Mike Schmidt | D | 8069 |
| 144 | Brian Young | D | 8076 |
| 145 | Sandy Beadle | LW | 8121 |
| 146 | Roy Sommer | LW | 8193 |
| 147 | Jay Johnston | D | 8256 |
| 148 | Jeff Bandura | D | 8343 |
| 149 | Dwayne Lowdermilk | D | 8350 |
| 150 | Roger Melin | LW | 8412 |
| 151 | Joe Ward | C | 8458 |
| 152 | Yvan Joly | RW | 8485 |
| 153 | Kevin Kemp | D | 8487 |
| 154 | Tony Curtale | D | 8524 |
| 155 | Bill Whelton | D | 8561 |
| 156 | Igor Dorokhin | C | 8641 |
| 157 | Dave Chartier | C | 8654 |
| 158 | Dave Orleski | LW | 8662 |
| 159 | Don Waddell | D | 8682 |
| 160 | Tommy Skaarberg | G | 8771 |
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