How to sort pandas dataframe by custom order on string index

Question

I have the following data frame:

import pandas as pd

# Create DataFrame
df = pd.DataFrame(
{\'id\':[2967, 5335, 13950, 6141, 6169],\\
 \'Player\': [\'Cedric         


        

Answer 1

Just reindex

df.reindex(reorderlist)
Out[89]: 
                 Age   G   Tm  Year     id
Player                                    
Maurice Baker     25   7  VAN  2004   5335
Adrian Caldwell   31  81  DAL  1997   6169
Ratko Varda       22  60  TOT  2001  13950
Ryan Bowen        34  52  OKC  2009   6141
Cedric Hunter     27   6  CHH  1991   2967