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