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The Top Ranked Soccer Players by Rookie Year-1998
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 | Ronaldinho | MF | 46 |
| 2 | Iker Casillas | GK | 61 |
| 3 | Didier Drogba | FW | 65 |
| 4 | Steven Gerrard | MF | 96 |
| 5 | Miroslav Klose | FW | 97 |
| 6 | Tim Cahill | FW | 215 |
| 7 | John Terry | DF | 250 |
| 8 | Joe Cole | MF | 396 |
| 9 | Jung-Hwan Ahn | MF | 417 |
| 10 | Djibril Cisse | FW | 504 |
| 11 | Yasuhito Endo | MF | 686 |
| 12 | El Hadji Diouf | MF | 776 |
| 13 | Luis Fabiano | FW | 789 |
| 14 | Tomas Rosicky | MF | 798 |
| 15 | Javier Saviola | FW | 822 |
| 16 | Aruna Dindane | FW | 928 |
| 17 | John O'Brien | MF | 1040 |
| 18 | Nikola Zigic | FW | 1041 |
| 19 | Peter Crouch | FW | 1042 |
| 20 | Joseph Yobo | DF | 1232 |
| 21 | Julio Cesar Caceres | DF | 1233 |
| 22 | Shinji Ono | MF | 1234 |
| 23 | Mahamadou Diarra | MF | 1320 |
| 24 | Giourkas Seitaridis | DF | 1356 |
| 25 | Milan Baros | FW | 1357 |
| 26 | Paul Robinson (1979) | GK | 1460 |
| 27 | Cristian Mora | GK | 1541 |
| 28 | Henri Camara | FW | 1542 |
| 29 | Andriy Rusol | DF | 1753 |
| 30 | Antolin Alcaraz | DF | 1754 |
| 31 | Clint Mathis | FW | 1755 |
| 32 | Julius Aghahowa | FW | 1756 |
| 33 | Sinha Naelson | MF | 1757 |
| 34 | Yakubu Ayegbeni | FW | 1758 |
| 35 | Andrea Barzagli | DF | 2409 |
| 36 | Daniel Van Buyten | DF | 2410 |
| 37 | Diego Gavilan | MF | 2411 |
| 38 | Dong-Gook Lee | FW | 2412 |
| 39 | Hans Sarpei | DF | 2413 |
| 40 | Javad Nekounam | MF | 2414 |
| 41 | Joris Mathijsen | DF | 2415 |
| 42 | Josh Wolff | FW | 2416 |
| 43 | Koji Nakata | DF | 2417 |
| 44 | Mabrouk Zaid | GK | 2418 |
| 45 | MacBeth Sibaya | MF | 2419 |
| 46 | Matthew Amoah | FW | 2420 |
| 47 | Mitsuo Ogasawara | MF | 2421 |
| 48 | Omar Al-Ghamdi | MF | 2422 |
| 49 | Patrice Evra | DF | 2423 |
| 50 | Sebastian Kehl | MF | 2424 |
| 51 | Sergei Ignashevich | DF | 2425 |
| 52 | Theofanis Gekas | FW | 2426 |
| 53 | Wayne Bridge | DF | 2427 |
| 54 | Dimitar Berbatov | FW | 3030 |
| 55 | Younis Mahmoud | FW | 3031 |
| 56 | Abdoulaye Meite | DF | 4719 |
| 57 | Abdullah Al-Jumaan | FW | 4720 |
| 58 | Adekambi Olufade | FW | 4721 |
| 59 | Adolfo Bautista | MF | 4722 |
| 60 | Akira Kaji | DF | 4723 |
| 61 | Aleksandar Radosavljevic | MF | 4724 |
| 62 | Andrej Komac | MF | 4725 |
| 63 | Anthony Reveillere | DF | 4726 |
| 64 | Artur Boruc | GK | 4727 |
| 65 | Ben Olsen | MF | 4728 |
| 66 | Ben Sigmund | DF | 4729 |
| 67 | Benjamin Huggel | MF | 4730 |
| 68 | Bennett Mnguni | MF | 4731 |
| 69 | Blaise Kouassi | DF | 4732 |
| 70 | Blas Perez | FW | 4733 |
| 71 | Brent Sancho | DF | 4734 |
| 72 | Chidi Odiah | DF | 4735 |
| 73 | Claudio Morel | DF | 4736 |
| 74 | Clinton Morrison | FW | 4737 |
| 75 | Collin Samuel | MF | 4738 |
| 76 | Dae-Il Jang | DF | 4739 |
| 77 | Daniel Gygax | MF | 4740 |
| 78 | Danijel Ljuboja | FW | 4741 |
| 79 | Danijel Pranjic | MF | 4742 |
| 80 | Danny Fonseca | MF | 4743 |
| 81 | Dante Lopez | FW | 4744 |
| 82 | Darius Vassell | FW | 4745 |
| 83 | Dele Aiyenugba | GK | 4746 |
| 84 | Emir Mkademi | MF | 4747 |
| 85 | Emir Spahic | DF | 4748 |
| 86 | Eric Akoto | DF | 4749 |
| 87 | Eric Ejiofor | DF | 4750 |
| 88 | Fabricio Coloccini | DF | 4751 |
| 89 | Ferydoon Zandi | MF | 4752 |
| 90 | Fouzi Al-Shehri | DF | 4753 |
| 91 | Gael Givet | DF | 4754 |
| 92 | Gao Yao | MF | 4755 |
| 93 | Gareth Barry | MF | 4756 |
| 94 | Gerard Gnanhouan | GK | 4757 |
| 95 | Gonzalo Sorondo | DF | 4758 |
| 96 | Gustavo Varela | MF | 4759 |
| 97 | Hitoshi Sogahata | GK | 4760 |
| 98 | Hugo Campagnaro | DF | 4761 |
| 99 | Jan Kromkamp | DF | 4762 |
| 100 | Jan Polak | MF | 4763 |
| 101 | Jaroslav Plasil | MF | 4764 |
| 102 | Jimmy Conrad | DF | 4765 |
| 103 | Jonathan Santana | MF | 4766 |
| 104 | Kali Goncalves | DF | 4767 |
| 105 | Kalidou Cissokho | GK | 4768 |
| 106 | Kurt Bernard | FW | 4769 |
| 107 | Lamine Diatta | DF | 4770 |
| 108 | Li Tie | MF | 4771 |
| 109 | Li Weifeng | DF | 4772 |
| 110 | Lucho Gonzalez | MF | 4773 |
| 111 | Mario Eggimann | DF | 4774 |
| 112 | Mario Mendez (1979) | DF | 4775 |
| 113 | Martin Petras | DF | 4776 |
| 114 | Milan Dudic | DF | 4777 |
| 115 | Miloy Joaquim | MF | 4778 |
| 116 | Mohammed Al-Khojali | GK | 4779 |
| 117 | Moharram Navidkia | MF | 4780 |
| 118 | Mohsin Al-Harthi | DF | 4781 |
| 119 | Moustapha Salifou | MF | 4782 |
| 120 | Nadir Belhadj | DF | 4783 |
| 121 | Naohiro Takahara | FW | 4784 |
| 122 | Nenad Dordevic | DF | 4785 |
| 123 | Oleksiy Byelik | FW | 4786 |
| 124 | Pape Thiaw | FW | 4787 |
| 125 | Pascal Chimbonda | DF | 4788 |
| 126 | Patrick Mtiliga | DF | 4789 |
| 127 | Pedro Mendes | MF | 4790 |
| 128 | Per Kroldrup | DF | 4791 |
| 129 | Peter Lovenkrands | FW | 4792 |
| 130 | Radoslav Zabavnik | DF | 4793 |
| 131 | Reza Enayati | FW | 4794 |
| 132 | Rickie Lambert | FW | 4795 |
| 133 | Roman Weidenfeller | GK | 4796 |
| 134 | Rui Marques | DF | 4797 |
| 135 | Ruslan Pimenov | FW | 4798 |
| 136 | Ruslan Rotan | MF | 4799 |
| 137 | Salvador Cabanas | FW | 4800 |
| 138 | Sang-Hun Lee | DF | 4801 |
| 139 | Serhiy Nazarenko | MF | 4802 |
| 140 | Sofiane Melliti | MF | 4803 |
| 141 | Sotirios Kyrgiakos | DF | 4804 |
| 142 | Steve Gohouri | DF | 4805 |
| 143 | Steven Reid | MF | 4806 |
| 144 | Wardy Alfaro | GK | 4807 |
| 145 | Yang Pu | DF | 4808 |
| 146 | Yuki Abe | MF | 4809 |
| 147 | Zdeno Strba | MF | 4810 |
| 148 | Zhao Junzhe | MF | 4811 |
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