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The Top Ranked Point Guards of the 1980s
Notes: This list is based on pro stats.
What players did in college is not factored into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Magic Johnson | 3 |
| 2 | Isiah Thomas | 5 |
| 3 | Fat Lever | 17 |
| 4 | Gus Williams | 23 |
| 5 | Norm Nixon | 32 |
| 6 | Ray Williams | 39 |
| 7 | Dennis Johnson | 43 |
| 8 | Maurice Cheeks | 44 |
| 9 | Sleepy Floyd | 51 |
| 10 | Tiny Archibald | 61 |
| 11 | Eddie Johnson | 63 |
| 12 | John Stockton | 65 |
| 13 | Rickey Green | 66 |
| 14 | Doc Rivers | 67 |
| 15 | Mark Jackson | 81 |
| 16 | Derek Harper | 86 |
| 17 | Larry Drew | 94 |
| 18 | Vern Fleming | 98 |
| 19 | John Lucas | 99 |
| 20 | Johnny Moore | 107 |
| 21 | Terry Porter | 108 |
| 22 | Mark Price | 116 |
| 23 | Johnny Davis | 119 |
| 24 | John Bagley | 121 |
| 25 | Quinn Buckner | 129 |
| 26 | Phil Ford | 131 |
| 27 | Kelvin Ransey | 133 |
| 28 | Brad Davis | 136 |
| 29 | Allen Leavell | 138 |
| 30 | Jay Humphries | 139 |
| 31 | Gerald Henderson Sr. | 140 |
| 32 | Rory Sparrow | 153 |
| 33 | Darnell Valentine | 164 |
| 34 | Kevin Johnson | 166 |
| 35 | Geoff Huston | 167 |
| 36 | Kyle Macy | 171 |
| 37 | Frank Johnson | 175 |
| 38 | Darwin Cook | 177 |
| 39 | Calvin Murphy | 181 |
| 40 | Juan Antonio Corbalan | 187 |
| 41 | Stanislav Yeryomin | 188 |
| 42 | Lester Conner | 191 |
| 43 | Wes Matthews | 212 |
| 44 | Craig Hodges | 214 |
| 45 | Michael Adams | 218 |
| 46 | Jerry Sichting | 220 |
| 47 | Fred Brown | 222 |
| 48 | Gary Grant | 234 |
| 49 | Billy McKinney | 236 |
| 50 | Kenny Smith | 238 |
| 51 | Mike Bratz | 244 |
| 52 | Sedale Threatt | 260 |
| 53 | Mike Evans | 261 |
| 54 | Steve Colter | 262 |
| 55 | Pierlo Marzorati | 265 |
| 56 | Ennis Whatley | 268 |
| 57 | John Paxson | 269 |
| 58 | Foots Walker | 278 |
| 59 | Johnny Dawkins | 284 |
| 60 | Mike Dunleavy Sr. | 290 |
| 61 | Jon Sundvold | 293 |
| 62 | Brian Taylor | 298 |
| 63 | Rob Williams | 302 |
| 64 | Kevin Porter | 304 |
| 65 | Panagiotis Giannakis | 317 |
| 66 | Ronnie Lester | 331 |
| 67 | Mike Holton | 344 |
| 68 | Charlie Criss | 346 |
| 69 | John Battle | 347 |
| 70 | Eddie Jordan | 350 |
| 71 | Lorenzo Romar | 353 |
| 72 | Tom Henderson | 354 |
| 73 | Muggsy Bogues | 360 |
| 74 | Spud Webb | 368 |
| 75 | Ron Lee | 372 |
| 76 | Sam Vincent | 374 |
| 77 | Pearl Washington | 377 |
| 78 | Danny Young | 382 |
| 79 | Dirk Minniefield | 391 |
| 80 | Winston Garland | 397 |
| 81 | Dave Twardzik | 401 |
| 82 | Franklin Edwards | 404 |
| 83 | Armond Hill | 410 |
| 84 | Rod Strickland | 429 |
| 85 | John Roche | 431 |
| 86 | Rod Foster | 433 |
| 87 | Jim Cleamons | 460 |
| 88 | Carl Nicks | 469 |
| 89 | Jerry Eaves | 486 |
| 90 | Lloyd Walton | 500 |
| 91 | Kenny Higgs | 504 |
| 92 | Lowes Moore | 505 |
| 93 | Jim McElroy | 507 |
| 94 | Scott Skiles | 509 |
| 95 | Henry Bibby | 519 |
| 96 | Bryan Warrick | 522 |
| 97 | Larry Wright | 525 |
| 98 | Walker Russell | 530 |
| 99 | Robert Smith | 535 |
| 100 | Perry Moss | 542 |
| 101 | Ed Sherod | 543 |
| 102 | John Duren | 547 |
| 103 | Willie Smith | 557 |
| 104 | Sidney Lowe | 558 |
| 105 | Gary Garland | 570 |
| 106 | Clinton Wheeler | 573 |
| 107 | Hyun-Jin Kim | 574 |
| 108 | Steve Alford | 583 |
| 109 | Stewart Granger | 589 |
| 110 | Roy Hamilton | 595 |
| 111 | Del Beshore | 596 |
| 112 | Glenn Hagan | 616 |
| 113 | Mohamed Sayed Soliman | 623 |
| 114 | Greg Jones | 630 |
| 115 | Othell Wilson | 631 |
| 116 | Mack Calvin | 633 |
| 117 | Fred Cofield | 634 |
| 118 | Sam Worthen | 641 |
| 119 | Michael Wilson | 647 |
| 120 | Jo Jo White | 652 |
| 121 | McKinley Singleton | 658 |
| 122 | Andre Turner | 668 |
| 123 | Djadji Clement | 669 |
| 124 | Eddie Hughes | 671 |
| 125 | Sedric Toney | 684 |
| 126 | Ricky Wilson | 686 |
| 127 | Al Smith | 689 |
| 128 | Fredericque Goporo | 690 |
| 129 | Steve Burtt | 711 |
| 130 | Valdis Valters | 724 |
| 131 | Guido Mosquera | 742 |
| 132 | Angel Cruz | 750 |
| 133 | Scott Brooks | 754 |
| 134 | Michael Koch | 782 |
| 135 | William Nieto | 783 |
| 136 | Kevin Henderson | 784 |
| 137 | Andre McCarter | 785 |
| 138 | Mark Wade | 807 |
| 139 | John Kuester | 822 |
| 140 | Randy Stephens | 829 |
| 141 | Dwight Anderson | 836 |
| 142 | Duck Williams | 846 |
| 143 | Butch Lee | 853 |
| 144 | Howard Lassoff | 863 |
| 145 | Michael Anderson | 868 |
| 146 | Walt Frazier | 875 |
| 147 | Mickey Dillard | 879 |
| 148 | Nilo Guimaraes | 890 |
| 149 | Dave Britton | 893 |
| 150 | David Rivers | 897 |
| 151 | Tom Sienkiewicz | 912 |
| 152 | Craig Neal | 918 |
| 153 | Morlon Wiley | 923 |
| 154 | Al Green | 929 |
| 155 | Darryl Gladden | 930 |
| 156 | Micheal Williams | 934 |
| 157 | Michael Jackson | 942 |
| 158 | Dennis Nutt | 959 |
| 159 | Steve Kerr | 965 |
| 160 | David Burns | 973 |
| 161 | Carlton Green | 974 |
| 162 | Keith Tyler | 983 |
| 163 | Avery Johnson | 989 |
| 164 | Freeman Blade | 995 |
| 165 | Aleksandar Petrovic | 998 |
| 166 | Jim Les | 1010 |
| 167 | Eric Turner | 1011 |
| 168 | Alvin Dukes | 1016 |
| 169 | Dexter Shouse | 1019 |
| 170 | Eli Pasquale | 1036 |
| 171 | Mark A. Jones | 1043 |
| 172 | Everette Stephens | 1045 |
| 173 | Kevin Smith | 1052 |
| 174 | Cedric Hunter | 1063 |
| 175 | Ralph Jackson | 1069 |
| 176 | Darrell Browder | 1076 |
| 177 | Dominic Pressley | 1079 |
| 178 | Nathaniel Barnett | 1081 |
| 179 | John Rademakers | 1090 |
| 180 | Earl King | 1094 |
| 181 | Dave Johnson | 1101 |
| 182 | Derrick Taylor | 1118 |
| 183 | Richard Morton | 1136 |
| 184 | Keith Smart | 1139 |
| 185 | Billy Donovan | 1147 |
| 186 | Tony E. Jackson | 1163 |
| 187 | Dan Callandrillo | 1174 |
| 188 | Rolando Lamb | 1184 |
| 189 | Myron Jackson | 1186 |
| 190 | Richie Cornwall | 1188 |
| 191 | Anthony Taylor | 1189 |
| 192 | Keith Hilliard | 1197 |
| 193 | B.B. Fontenet | 1199 |
| 194 | Brent Carmichael | 1220 |
| 195 | Billy Allen | 1222 |
| 196 | Billy Foster | 1227 |
| 197 | Nate Blackwell | 1228 |
| 198 | Matt Clark | 1234 |
| 199 | Bobby Joe Douglas | 1249 |
| 200 | Anthony Martin | 1250 |
| 201 | Fred Lee | 1251 |
| 202 | Perry Warbington | 1253 |
| 203 | James Jackson | 1260 |
| 204 | Clyde Bradshaw | 1268 |
| 205 | Curtis Green | 1270 |
| 206 | Michael Tait | 1274 |
| 207 | Bernard Vaughan | 1280 |
| 208 | Gary Johnson (ORU) | 1282 |
| 209 | Bobby Humbles | 1286 |
| 210 | Derrick Mayes | 1288 |
| 211 | Leroy Witherspoon | 1299 |
| 212 | Howard Evans | 1303 |
| 213 | Eddie Joe Chavez | 1311 |
| 214 | Craig Tucker | 1315 |
| 215 | Bill Terry | 1317 |
| 216 | Al Angelos | 1325 |
| 217 | Willie Scott (1960) | 1328 |
| 218 | Mike Linden | 1333 |
| 219 | John Leonard | 1337 |
| 220 | Terry Gould | 1348 |
| 221 | Dave Baxter | 1356 |
| 222 | Dave Colescott | 1365 |
| 223 | John Bishop | 1367 |
| 224 | Eric Newsome | 1370 |
| 225 | Steve Rosenberry | 1372 |
| 226 | Ricky Sutton | 1375 |
| 227 | Bobby Willis | 1385 |
| 228 | Grover Woolard | 1392 |
| 229 | Ed McTague | 1399 |
| 230 | Nigel Lloyd | 1401 |
| 231 | Brent Timm | 1404 |
| 232 | Clyde Austin | 1412 |
| 233 | Tom Wheeler | 1418 |
| 234 | Jerry Johnson | 1419 |
| 235 | Alvin Jackson | 1432 |
| 236 | Ronald Cage | 1442 |
| 237 | Andrew Moten | 1443 |
| 238 | Mike Deane | 1446 |
| 239 | Rick Reed | 1451 |
| 240 | Craig Finberg | 1452 |
| 241 | Keith Morrison | 1461 |
| 242 | Kurtis Townsend | 1462 |
| 243 | Ricky Grace | 1465 |
| 244 | Gary Devlin | 1473 |
| 245 | Alvin Franklin | 1478 |
| 246 | Donnie Marsh | 1503 |
| 247 | Bruce Lee | 1507 |
| 248 | Slick Watts | 1509 |
| 249 | Ernie Cobb | 1514 |
| 250 | Tony Hampton | 1523 |
| 251 | Gordon Thomas | 1527 |
| 252 | Andy Grosvenor | 1531 |
| 253 | Joe DeSantis | 1540 |
| 254 | Sean Couch | 1544 |
| 255 | Anthony Watson | 1551 |
| 256 | James Wilson | 1558 |
| 257 | Jamie Dixon | 1559 |
| 258 | Carlos Briggs | 1571 |
| 259 | Darrin Houston | 1572 |
| 260 | Mel McLaughlin | 1573 |
| 261 | Norwood Barber | 1580 |
| 262 | Pete Davis | 1588 |
| 263 | David DuPree | 1592 |
| 264 | Dion Welton | 1595 |
| 265 | Warren Wallace | 1597 |
| 266 | Dan Panaggio | 1599 |
| 267 | John Spanbauer | 1601 |
| 268 | Donald Mason | 1609 |
| 269 | Terry Coner | 1613 |
| 270 | Angelo Hill | 1614 |
| 271 | Martin Laguerre | 1623 |
| 272 | Chris Blocker | 1630 |
| 273 | Eugene Cheadle | 1635 |
| 274 | Dwan Chandler | 1648 |
| 275 | Carlton Owens | 1651 |
| 276 | Keith Gray | 1655 |
| 277 | Cal Puriefoy | 1675 |
| 278 | Anthony Hicks | 1679 |
| 279 | Ranzino Smith | 1691 |
| 280 | Frank Ross | 1693 |
| 281 | Freddie Banks | 1698 |
| 282 | Bobby Locke | 1709 |
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