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The Top Ranked Soccer Players by Rookie Year-1978
Notes: This is a list of the greatest soccer players to start their pro career during the year listed.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Gary Lineker | FW | 37 |
| 2 | Andreas Brehme | DF | 185 |
| 3 | Pierre Littbarski | MF | 211 |
| 4 | Bernd Schuster | MF | 226 |
| 5 | Ian Rush | FW | 227 |
| 6 | Glenn Hysen | DF | 323 |
| 7 | Walter Zenga | GK | 345 |
| 8 | Anatoliy Demyanenko | DF | 367 |
| 9 | Packie Bonner | GK | 386 |
| 10 | Mark Hateley | FW | 457 |
| 11 | Luis Fernandez | MF | 489 |
| 12 | Chris Waddle | FW | 514 |
| 13 | Thomas Ravelli | GK | 562 |
| 14 | Careca | FW | 593 |
| 15 | Viktor Chanov | GK | 707 |
| 16 | Franky Van Der Elst | MF | 731 |
| 17 | Rabah Madjer | FW | 1111 |
| 18 | Sergey Rodionov | FW | 1112 |
| 19 | Alex McLeish | DF | 1276 |
| 20 | Gabor Poloskei | FW | 1561 |
| 21 | Roberto Cabanas | FW | 1562 |
| 22 | Tomislav Ivkovic | GK | 1563 |
| 23 | Alain Couriol | FW | 1891 |
| 24 | Jean-Marc Ferreri | MF | 1892 |
| 25 | Juan Carlos Letelier | FW | 1893 |
| 26 | Jung-Moo Huh | MF | 1894 |
| 27 | Ramon Diaz | FW | 1895 |
| 28 | Roger Flores | DF | 1896 |
| 29 | Uwe Bein | MF | 1897 |
| 30 | Eike Immel | GK | 2713 |
| 31 | Jacek Kazimierski | GK | 2714 |
| 32 | Abdelhamid Sadmi | DF | 6138 |
| 33 | Acacio Cordeiro | GK | 6139 |
| 34 | Adri van Tiggelen | DF | 6140 |
| 35 | Ali Hussein Shihab | MF | 6141 |
| 36 | Alvin Martin | DF | 6142 |
| 37 | Andrea Carnevale | FW | 6143 |
| 38 | Antal Roth | DF | 6144 |
| 39 | Armando Manzo | DF | 6145 |
| 40 | Arnoldo Iguaran | FW | 6146 |
| 41 | Ayan Sadakov | MF | 6147 |
| 42 | Barry Pickering | GK | 6148 |
| 43 | Branko Segota | FW | 6149 |
| 44 | Byung-Deuk Cho | GK | 6150 |
| 45 | Carlos Caballero | MF | 6151 |
| 46 | Celso Guity | FW | 6152 |
| 47 | Celso Otero | GK | 6153 |
| 48 | Dave Beasant | GK | 6154 |
| 49 | David Buezo | MF | 6155 |
| 50 | Elzo Coelho | MF | 6156 |
| 51 | Erwin Koeman | MF | 6157 |
| 52 | Flemming Christensen | FW | 6158 |
| 53 | Francisco Javier Toledo | MF | 6159 |
| 54 | Francisco Jose Carrasco | MF | 6160 |
| 55 | German Chavarria | MF | 6161 |
| 56 | Gilmar Rinaldi | GK | 6162 |
| 57 | Glen Adam | DF | 6163 |
| 58 | Graeme Sharp | FW | 6164 |
| 59 | Hocine Yahi | MF | 6165 |
| 60 | Holger Hieronymus | DF | 6166 |
| 61 | Hugo Rodriguez | FW | 6167 |
| 62 | Ive Jerolimov | DF | 6168 |
| 63 | Johann Dihanich | MF | 6169 |
| 64 | Jose Luis Cuciuffo | DF | 6170 |
| 65 | Jose Maria Rivas | FW | 6171 |
| 66 | Jozef Chovanec | MF | 6172 |
| 67 | Jozsef Kardos | DF | 6173 |
| 68 | Juan Cruz Murillo | MF | 6174 |
| 69 | Kwang-Rae Cho | MF | 6175 |
| 70 | Laszlo Dajka | MF | 6176 |
| 71 | Leandro de Souza | DF | 6177 |
| 72 | Luigi De Agostini | DF | 6178 |
| 73 | Luis Reyna | MF | 6179 |
| 74 | Mark Caughey | FW | 6180 |
| 75 | Mats Gren | DF | 6181 |
| 76 | Mauricio Alfaro | MF | 6182 |
| 77 | Mauro Tassotti | DF | 6183 |
| 78 | Mohamed Kaci-Said | MF | 6184 |
| 79 | Mohamed Timoumi | MF | 6185 |
| 80 | Nassir Al-Ghanem | MF | 6186 |
| 81 | Natiq Hashim | MF | 6187 |
| 82 | Olaf Heredia | GK | 6188 |
| 83 | Oscar Arizaga | MF | 6189 |
| 84 | Plamen Nikolov | GK | 6190 |
| 85 | Ricki Herbert | DF | 6191 |
| 86 | Robert Fernandez | MF | 6192 |
| 87 | Sebastiano Nela | DF | 6193 |
| 88 | Sergei Fokin | DF | 6194 |
| 89 | Stephan Engels | MF | 6195 |
| 90 | Stuart Pearce | DF | 6196 |
| 91 | Thomas Allofs | FW | 6197 |
| 92 | Zvonko Zivkovic | FW | 6198 |
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