Who is the best shooting guard in NBA history? With the upcoming NBA All-Star Game airing next week, some people may be asking themselves the very same question. What is a shooting guard? The main objective of the shooting guard (SG) is to put points up on the scoreboard. In addition to scoring points, some NBA teams ask their shooting guard to bring up the ball (dribble the ball) as well. Sometimes, these shooting guards are known as combo guards. Most shooting guards are good long-range shooters. They tend to average 35–40 percent from the three-point range.Some of the NBA shooting guards on this list of the 50 best shooting guards in NBA history have put up more points in a single season than other shooting guards will hope to score in their whole career.The 50 greatest shooting guards in NBA history are all here in this list. Agree with it? Feel someone is left off? Let us know in the comment bow below.

50 greatest shooting guards

1. Michael Jordan

Washington Wizards, Chicago Bulls

2. Kobe Bryant

Los Angeles Lakers

3. Dwyane Wade

Chicago Bulls

3. Allen Iverson

Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets

4. Clyde Drexler

Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets

5. Ray Allen

Boston Celtics, Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks

6. Jerry West

Los Angeles Lakers

7. Reggie Miller

Indiana Pacers

8. Tracy McGrady

Houston Rockets, Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors

9. Vince Carter

Brooklyn Nets, Toronto Raptors

10. Pete Maravich

Utah Jazz, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics

11. George Gervin

Chicago Bulls

12. Oscar Robertson

Cincinnati Royals, Milwaukee Bucks

13. James Harden

Shooting guard

14. Joe dumars

Detroit Pistons

15. Dominique Wilkins

Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Orlando Magic

16. Earl Monroe

Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks

17. Mitch Richmond

Washington Wizards, Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Lakers

18. Penny Hardaway

Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic, Miami Heat

19. Rick Barry

New York Nets, Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors

20. John Havlicek

Boston Celtics

21. Sam Jones

Boston Celtics

22. Chris Mullin

Indiana Pacers, Golden State Warriors

23. Dražen Petrović

Portland Trail Blazers, Brooklyn Nets

24. Gail Goodrich

Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, New Orleans Jazz

25. Walt Frazier

Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Knicks

26. David Thompson

Seattle Supersonics, Denver Nuggets

27. Sidney Moncrief

Atlanta Hawks, Milwaukee Bucks

28. Jamal Crawford

New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls

29. Andre Iguodala

Philadelphia 76ers

30. Glen Rice

Houston Rockets, Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers

31. Jeff Hornacek

Phoenix Suns, Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers

32. Richard Hamilton

Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons

33. Joe Johnson

Phoenix Suns, Atlanta Hawks

34. Dell Curry

Utah Jazz, Charlotte Hornets, Toronto Raptors

35. Byron Scott

Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Lakers, Vancouver Grizzlies

36. John Starks

Utah Jazz, Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks

37. Kyle Korver

Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers

38. Jerry Stackhouse

Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards, Philadelphia 76ers

39. Michael Cooper

Los Angeles Lakers

40. Latrell Sprewell

Minnesota Timberwolves, Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks

41. Brandon Roy

Portland Trail Blazers

42. Ron Harper

Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Clippers

43. Bill Sharman

Washington Capitols, Boston Celtics

44. Jason Richardson

Charlotte Bobcats, Golden State Warriors

45. Hal Greer

Philadelphia 76ers, Syracuse Nationals

46. Eddie Jones

Dallas Mavericks, Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers

47. Danny Ainge

Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings, Portland Trail Blazers

48. Allan Houston

Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks

49. Jason Terry

Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks

50. Michael Finley

Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns

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