First-year Players in BAA/NBA
season # rookies cumulative # teams comments
46-47 161 161 11 Teams - BOS,CHS,CLR,DTF,NYK,PHW,PIT,PRO,SLB,TRH,WSC
47-48 39 200 8 added BLB; dropped CLR,DTF,PIT,TRH
48-49 95 295 12 added FTW,INJ,MPL,ROC
49-50 120 415 17 added AND,DNV,INO,SHE,SYR,TRI,WAT; dropped INJ,PRO
50-51 30 445 11 dropped AND,CHS,DNV,SHE,SLB,WAT; WSC folded mid-season
51-52 29 474 10 TRI became MLH
52-53 34 508 10 no changes
53-54 35 543 9 dropped INO
54-55 35 578 9 BLB folded mid-season
55-56 29 607 8 MLH became STL
56-57 26 633 8 no changes
57-58 21 654 8 ROC became CIN; FTW became DET
58-59 25 679 8 no changes
59-60 19 698 8 no changes
60-61 20 718 8 MPL became LAL
61-62 36 754 9 added CHP
62-63 36 790 9 PHW became SFW
63-64 23 813 9 SYR became PHI; CHP became BAL
64-65 25 838 9 no changes
65-66 23 861 9 no changes
66-67 32 893 10 added CHI
67-68 45 938 12 added SDR, SEA
68-69 43 981 14 added MIL, PHX; STL became ATL
69-70 37 1,018 14 no changes
70-71 66 1,084 17 added BUF,CLE,POR
71-72 53 1,137 17 SDR became HOU; SFW became GST
72-73 49 1,186 17 CIN became KCO
73-74 44 1,230 17 BAL became CAP
74-75 54 1,284 18 added NOR; CAP became WAS
75-76 54 1,338 18 KCO became KCK
76-77 83 1,421 22 added DEN,IND,NYN,SAN
77-78 57 1,478 22 NYN became NJN
78-79 53 1,531 22 BUF became SDC
79-80 53 1,584 22 NOR became UTA
80-81 77 1,661 23 added DAL
81-82 66 1,727 23 no changes
82-83 62 1,789 23 no changes
83-84 55 1,844 23 no changes
84-85 60 1,904 23 SDC became LAC
85-86 62 1,966 23 KCK became SAC
86-87 63 2,029 23 no changes
87-88 59 2,088 23 no changes
88-89 77 2,165 25 added CHA, MIA
89-90 80 2,245 27 added MIN, ORL
90-91 73 2,318 27 no changes
91-92 62 2,380 27 no changes
92-93 66 2,446 27 no changes
93-94 72 2,518 27 no changes
94-95 60 2,578 27 no changes
95-96 74 2,652 29 added TOR, VAN
96-97 69 2,721 29 no changes
97-98 66 2,787 29 no changes
98-99 68 2,855 29 no changes
99-00 60 2,915 29 no changes
00-01 68 2,983 29 no changes
01-02 69 3,052 29 VAN became MEM
02-03 64 3,116 29 CHA became NOH
03-04 67 3,183 29 no changes
04-05 70 3,253 30 added CHB
05-06 85 3,338 30 NOH became NOK
06-07 80 3,418 30 no changes
07-08 64 3,482 30 no changes
08-09 62 3,544 30 SEA became OKC
09-10 58 3,602 30 no changes
10-11 67 3,669 30 no changes
11-12 81 3,750 30 no changes
Totals 3,750