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The Top Ranked Soccer Players by Rookie Year-1981
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 | Marco van Basten | FW | 9 |
| 2 | Jurgen Klinsmann | FW | 28 |
| 3 | Michael Laudrup | MF | 40 |
| 4 | Peter Schmeichel | GK | 114 |
| 5 | Dragan Stojkovic | MF | 156 |
| 6 | Julio Salinas | FW | 219 |
| 7 | Paul McGrath | DF | 245 |
| 8 | Michel | MF | 254 |
| 9 | David Seaman | GK | 292 |
| 10 | Carlos Valderrama | MF | 385 |
| 11 | Oleh Kuznetsov | DF | 512 |
| 12 | Borislav Mihaylov | GK | 642 |
| 13 | Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko | MF | 740 |
| 14 | Roberto Mancini | FW | 760 |
| 15 | Rune Bratseth | DF | 761 |
| 16 | Paul McStay | MF | 868 |
| 17 | Oleh Protasov | FW | 1102 |
| 18 | Rashidi Yekini | FW | 1103 |
| 19 | Sergei Aleinikov | MF | 1104 |
| 20 | In-Young Choi | GK | 1187 |
| 21 | Otto Konrad | GK | 1385 |
| 22 | Bernardo Redin | MF | 1557 |
| 23 | Ahmed Radhi | FW | 1870 |
| 24 | Aleksandr Uvarov | GK | 1871 |
| 25 | Andrei Zygmantovich | DF | 1872 |
| 26 | Giuseppe Giannini | MF | 1873 |
| 27 | Ivan Hasek | MF | 1874 |
| 28 | Juan Cayasso | MF | 1875 |
| 29 | Lubos Kubik | MF | 1876 |
| 30 | Pavel Yakovenko | MF | 1877 |
| 31 | Anders Limpar | MF | 2674 |
| 32 | Andy Goram | GK | 2675 |
| 33 | Dorinel Munteanu | MF | 2676 |
| 34 | Gabriel Gomez (1959) | MF | 2677 |
| 35 | Gilbert Bodart | GK | 2678 |
| 36 | Gordon Durie | FW | 2679 |
| 37 | Jan Heintze | DF | 2680 |
| 38 | John Sheridan | MF | 2681 |
| 39 | Jose Basualdo | MF | 2682 |
| 40 | Juan Carlos Ablanedo | GK | 2683 |
| 41 | Louis-Paul M'Fede | MF | 2684 |
| 42 | Luis Fernando Herrera | DF | 2685 |
| 43 | Nelson Gutierrez | DF | 2686 |
| 44 | Roland Nilsson | DF | 2687 |
| 45 | Sergio Batista | MF | 2688 |
| 46 | Thomas Dooley | MF | 2689 |
| 47 | Vital Borkelmans | DF | 2690 |
| 48 | Bruno Martini | GK | 3059 |
| 49 | Oleg Protassov | FW | 3060 |
| 50 | Pavlo Yakovenko | MF | 3061 |
| 51 | Sokol Kushta | FW | 3062 |
| 52 | Tony Yeboah | FW | 3063 |
| 53 | Abdulqadir Hassan | GK | 5951 |
| 54 | Adrian Chavez | GK | 5952 |
| 55 | Alaa Maihoub | MF | 5953 |
| 56 | Aleksandar Markov | DF | 5954 |
| 57 | Bernard Lama | GK | 5955 |
| 58 | Bernie Slaven | FW | 5956 |
| 59 | Berry van Aerle | DF | 5957 |
| 60 | Boncho Genchev | MF | 5958 |
| 61 | Claudio Borghi | MF | 5959 |
| 62 | Craig Levein | DF | 5960 |
| 63 | Dariusz Kubicki | DF | 5961 |
| 64 | David Norman | MF | 5962 |
| 65 | Dorin Mateut | MF | 5963 |
| 66 | Eddie McGoldrick | MF | 5964 |
| 67 | Efrain Gutierrez | DF | 5965 |
| 68 | Fahad Abdulrahman | MF | 5966 |
| 69 | Fernando Bandeirinha | DF | 5967 |
| 70 | Franz Wohlfahrt | GK | 5968 |
| 71 | Gary M. Stevens | DF | 5969 |
| 72 | Gary McAllister | MF | 5970 |
| 73 | Goran Sorloth | FW | 5971 |
| 74 | Greg Ion | MF | 5972 |
| 75 | Hassan Mohamed | MF | 5973 |
| 76 | Iosif Rotariu | MF | 5974 |
| 77 | Ismail Mohammed Sharif | MF | 5975 |
| 78 | Ivo Knoflicek | FW | 5976 |
| 79 | Jan Molby | MF | 5977 |
| 80 | Jan Urban | FW | 5978 |
| 81 | Javier Hernandez (1961) | MF | 5979 |
| 82 | John van 't Schip | MF | 5980 |
| 83 | Jose Ricardo Perez | DF | 5981 |
| 84 | Josip Weber | FW | 5982 |
| 85 | Kyriakos Karataidis | DF | 5983 |
| 86 | Luis Caballero | DF | 5984 |
| 87 | Manfred Linzmaier | MF | 5985 |
| 88 | Marc Van Der Linden | FW | 5986 |
| 89 | Mats Magnusson | FW | 5987 |
| 90 | Mauricio Montero | DF | 5988 |
| 91 | Mogens Krogh | GK | 5989 |
| 92 | Nikos Tsiantakis | MF | 5990 |
| 93 | Oscar Eyobo | FW | 5991 |
| 94 | Petar Aleksandrov | FW | 5992 |
| 95 | Petar Hubchev | DF | 5993 |
| 96 | Riccardo Ferri | DF | 5994 |
| 97 | Roberto Mussi | DF | 5995 |
| 98 | Ruud Hesp | GK | 5996 |
| 99 | Savvas Kofidis | MF | 5997 |
| 100 | Srecko Katanec | MF | 5998 |
| 101 | Steve Penney | MF | 5999 |
| 102 | Stratos Apostolakis | DF | 6000 |
| 103 | Tarek Soliman | MF | 6001 |
| 104 | Tommy Coyne | FW | 6002 |
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