Top 10 NBA Point Gurds Of all time

#10 Bob Cousy

Nobody has more NBA titles on this list than Cousy, who won it six times during his illustrious career with the Celtics. He also was the league’s MVP in 1957, and was named an All-Star 13 straight times. Playing on those stacked Boston teams that also featured Bill Russell, Sam Jones, Tom Heinsohn and Bill Sharman helped make the game even easier for Cousy. But, that doesn’t subtract from all that he accomplished.

#9 Russell Westbrook

Westbrook’s spectacular 2016-17 season catapulted him into the top 10 of this list. He set the record for most triple-doubles in a season with 42 of them and became the first player since Oscar Robertson to average a triple-double for an entire season. Westbrook is arguably the most explosive and agile point guard in NBA history, delivering jaw-dropping plays on a nightly basis. He will play in his seventh All-Star Game this season, already earning the MVP award of the midseason classic twice before. He has a league MVP under his belt (2017), and helped the Thunder advance to the NBA Finals in 2012.

#8 Steve Nash

What really separates Nash from most of the other point guards on this list is that he was both an elite 3-point shooter and passer. He shot better than 40 percent from beyond the arc in 14 of his 18 NBA seasons, and he led the league in assists five times during a seven-year span. Nash also gets the edge over a few guys ranked behind him on this list because he was a two-time league MVP and was part of the 50-40-90 club a remarkable four times.

#7 Jerry West

Basketball fans from older generations are probably reading this ranking and thinking to themselves, how in the world is West not higher than No. 6 on this list? I’ve heard some people who watched West in person back in the day say they’ve never seen anyone more gifted in the history of the game. West certainly deserves to be in the discussion for a higher ranking considering he was an All-Star in all 14 of his NBA seasons, averaged better than 30 points four times and during the 1965 playoffs averaged 40.6 points per game.

#6 Jason Kidd

Outside of Magic Johnson and maybe LeBron James, nobody controlled the tempo of a game better than Kidd, who was a triple-double machine and had an incredibly high basketball IQ. He was special in the open floor and seemed to always make wise decisions. Kidd led the league in assists in five out of six seasons during the pinnacle of his career, and he guided the Nets to back-to-back NBA Finals in the early 2000s. He won a title with the Mavs in 2011 and was named an All-Star 10 times throughout his career. He is second all-time in assists behind John Stockton.

#5 Isiah Thomas

Thomas was arguably the game’s most prolific player in the late 80s and early 90s. He reached his peak when Magic Johnson and Larry Bird were slowing down and before Michael Jordan fully blossomed. That’s not meant to be a knock on Thomas, who was an All-Star in his first 12 seasons in the league and was one of the craftiest, toughest and most dynamic players in NBA history. He was the leader of two championship teams, and delivered one of the most inspiring performances in the Finals in 1988 when he played through a badly sprained ankle in Game 6 and scored 25 of his 43 points in the third quarter.

#4 Stephen Curry

Curry is arguably the greatest 3-point shooter in NBA history. He’s about to move into seventh place on the all-time 3-pointers made list, and barring any unforeseen setbacks in his career will break the record currently held by Ray Allen. Curry already has two NBA titles and two league MVPs under his belt, and he will make his fifth straight All-Star Game appearance this season. He’s also one of only seven players to shoot at least 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from 3-point range and 90 percent from the free throw line in a season.

#3 Oscar Robertson

Robertson is arguably the greatest all-around player in NBA history. He repeatedly stuffed the stat sheet – Robertson averaged a triple-double in his second year in the NBA and flirted with doing the same in four of his first five seasons – and he was a stifling defender. Robertson won an NBA title in 1971, earned the league’s MVP award in 1964 and was named to 12 NBA All-Star Games, three in which he claimed the game’s MVP trophy.

#2 John Stockton

Stockton is the NBA’s all-time assists and steals leader, so it’s understandable if some think he should be placed higher on this list. Not winning a title or capturing a league MVP probably hurts his ranking a tad, but that doesn’t take away from just how special he was throughout his storied professional career. Stockton led the NBA in assists nine straight times from 1988-1996, and played all 82 regular season games in 16 of his 19 seasons. He was co-MVP with teammate Karl Malone in the 1993 All-Star Game, and played in back-to-back NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998.

#1 Magic Johnson

Johnson won five NBA championships and captured three regular season and three Finals MVPs. He also was a 12-time NBA All-Star, including in 1992 when he won the game’s MVP award just a few months after his startling retirement announcement. Johnson’s unique blend of size, vision, instincts, charm and leadership was unrivaled during his generation. Many feel Johnson’s Game 6 performance during the 1980 NBA Finals when he posted 42 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists as a rookie while playing center in place of the injured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the single greatest performance in league history.