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The Top Ranked Shooting 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 | Michael Jordan | 2 |
| 2 | George Gervin | 10 |
| 3 | Clyde Drexler | 14 |
| 4 | Micheal Ray Richardson | 15 |
| 5 | World B. Free | 22 |
| 6 | Reggie Theus | 24 |
| 7 | Sidney Moncrief | 36 |
| 8 | Alvin Robertson | 37 |
| 9 | Otis Birdsong | 42 |
| 10 | Walter Davis | 45 |
| 11 | Dale Ellis | 50 |
| 12 | Rolando Blackman | 52 |
| 13 | Andrew Toney | 71 |
| 14 | Jeff Malone | 72 |
| 15 | Paul Pressey | 75 |
| 16 | Jim Paxson Jr. | 76 |
| 17 | Michael Cooper | 77 |
| 18 | Darrell Griffith | 79 |
| 19 | Paul Westphal | 82 |
| 20 | Danny Ainge | 83 |
| 21 | David Thompson | 96 |
| 22 | Byron Scott | 102 |
| 23 | John Long | 110 |
| 24 | Mike Woodson | 120 |
| 25 | Joe Dumars | 124 |
| 26 | Vinnie Johnson | 132 |
| 27 | Gerald Wilkins | 143 |
| 28 | Quintin Dailey | 148 |
| 29 | Drazen Petrovic | 150 |
| 30 | Darrell Walker | 152 |
| 31 | Ricky Sobers | 155 |
| 32 | Billy Knight | 157 |
| 33 | Nate McMillan | 158 |
| 34 | Lewis Lloyd | 159 |
| 35 | T.R. Dunn | 161 |
| 36 | Mitch Richmond | 162 |
| 37 | Willie Anderson | 174 |
| 38 | Bill Hanzlik | 176 |
| 39 | Mike Newlin | 178 |
| 40 | James Silas | 185 |
| 41 | Ron Harper | 189 |
| 42 | Don Buse | 192 |
| 43 | Randy Smith | 194 |
| 44 | Ricky Pierce | 196 |
| 45 | Bob Wilkerson | 199 |
| 46 | Al Wood | 200 |
| 47 | Ron Brewer | 201 |
| 48 | Kevin Grevey | 204 |
| 49 | Brian Winters | 209 |
| 50 | Jeff Hornacek | 217 |
| 51 | Dudley Bradley | 227 |
| 52 | Nikos Galis | 233 |
| 53 | Phil Smith | 240 |
| 54 | Trent Tucker | 241 |
| 55 | Randy Wittman | 249 |
| 56 | Lionel Hollins | 251 |
| 57 | Derek Smith | 256 |
| 58 | Kevin Edwards | 263 |
| 59 | Miki Berkovich | 264 |
| 60 | Clint Richardson | 272 |
| 61 | Mike McGee | 276 |
| 62 | Terry Furlow | 279 |
| 63 | Ernie Grunfeld | 280 |
| 64 | Reggie Miller | 296 |
| 65 | Freeman Williams | 300 |
| 66 | Hersey Hawkins | 301 |
| 67 | Rex Chapman | 307 |
| 68 | Sarunas Marciulionis | 308 |
| 69 | Roger Phegley | 313 |
| 70 | Bob Hansen | 322 |
| 71 | Mitchell Wiggins | 323 |
| 72 | Mirza Delibasic | 325 |
| 73 | Arpad Losonczy | 326 |
| 74 | Chris Ford | 333 |
| 75 | Jim Spanarkel | 338 |
| 76 | Brian Shaw | 343 |
| 77 | Elston Turner | 345 |
| 78 | Dennis Hopson | 361 |
| 79 | Eric Money | 366 |
| 80 | Mike Gale | 370 |
| 81 | Tyrone Corbin | 378 |
| 82 | Mike Glenn | 379 |
| 83 | Vernon Maxwell | 381 |
| 84 | Reggie Lewis | 383 |
| 85 | Billy Ray Bates | 385 |
| 86 | Otis Smith | 388 |
| 87 | Leon Wood | 393 |
| 88 | Charlie Scott | 395 |
| 89 | Craig Ehlo | 400 |
| 90 | Johnny High | 405 |
| 91 | Ron Boone | 407 |
| 92 | Dragan Kicanovic | 412 |
| 93 | Jim Thomas | 427 |
| 94 | David Wingate | 436 |
| 95 | Doron Jamchi | 441 |
| 96 | Oscar Schmidt | 443 |
| 97 | Joe Hassett | 446 |
| 98 | Dell Curry | 450 |
| 99 | Lancaster Gordon | 451 |
| 100 | Wayne Brabender | 452 |
| 101 | Brook Steppe | 454 |
| 102 | Ricky Berry | 455 |
| 103 | Kevin Williams | 463 |
| 104 | Ledell Eackles | 472 |
| 105 | Jay Triano | 475 |
| 106 | John Williamson | 477 |
| 107 | Kevin McKenna | 482 |
| 108 | Keith Herron | 483 |
| 109 | Austin Carr | 484 |
| 110 | Jeff Judkins | 490 |
| 111 | Terry Duerod | 492 |
| 112 | Steve Harris | 494 |
| 113 | Tom Garrick | 506 |
| 114 | Terence Stansbury | 508 |
| 115 | Paul Thompson | 512 |
| 116 | Winford Boynes | 514 |
| 117 | Ollie Mack | 528 |
| 118 | Vinny Del Negro | 529 |
| 119 | Rick Carlisle | 537 |
| 120 | John Douglas | 544 |
| 121 | Ron Davis | 545 |
| 122 | Yaguang Li | 559 |
| 123 | Andrew Gaze | 560 |
| 124 | Chong-Hui Lee | 566 |
| 125 | Reggie Carter | 571 |
| 126 | Carlos Terry | 572 |
| 127 | Clay Johnson | 579 |
| 128 | Carlos Clark | 581 |
| 129 | Michael Phelps | 585 |
| 130 | Kenny Natt | 586 |
| 131 | Brad Holland | 598 |
| 132 | Doug Collins | 606 |
| 133 | Tracy Jackson | 607 |
| 134 | Tico Brown | 608 |
| 135 | Raymond Townsend | 615 |
| 136 | Pete Myers | 618 |
| 137 | Zhang Yongjun | 622 |
| 138 | Dan Majerle | 628 |
| 139 | Grant Gondrezick | 632 |
| 140 | Pete Maravich | 635 |
| 141 | Jose Slaughter | 637 |
| 142 | Die Drisa | 639 |
| 143 | Anthony Jones | 642 |
| 144 | Derrick Rowland | 643 |
| 145 | Rimas Kurtinaitis | 646 |
| 146 | John Schweitz | 648 |
| 147 | Hawkeye Whitney | 649 |
| 148 | Phil Chenier | 651 |
| 149 | Keith Edmonson | 653 |
| 150 | Tan Kim Chin | 656 |
| 151 | Earl Monroe | 660 |
| 152 | Gustav Hraska | 661 |
| 153 | Sergei Belov | 663 |
| 154 | Stan Pietkiewicz | 670 |
| 155 | Leonardo Perez | 674 |
| 156 | Wiley Peck | 677 |
| 157 | Jim Brogan | 681 |
| 158 | Boot Bond | 683 |
| 159 | Sam Smith (1955) | 691 |
| 160 | Dan Escott | 696 |
| 161 | Eugeniusz Kijewski | 697 |
| 162 | Marlon Redmond | 699 |
| 163 | John Mengelt | 700 |
| 164 | Ralph Lewis | 702 |
| 165 | Don Chaney | 706 |
| 166 | Norman Black | 713 |
| 167 | Howard Carter | 716 |
| 168 | Alan Hardy | 717 |
| 169 | Lewis Jackson (1962) | 719 |
| 170 | Larry Steele | 722 |
| 171 | Willie White | 729 |
| 172 | Valdemaras Chomicius | 735 |
| 173 | Carlos Peinado | 737 |
| 174 | Milton Setrini | 743 |
| 175 | Joe Dawson | 748 |
| 176 | Esteban Camisassa | 751 |
| 177 | Ray Blume | 757 |
| 178 | Ruperto Herrera | 758 |
| 179 | Carl Henry | 763 |
| 180 | Conner Henry | 764 |
| 181 | Rudy White | 765 |
| 182 | Karl Tilleman | 767 |
| 183 | Ernesto Malcolm | 769 |
| 184 | Anthony Bowie | 774 |
| 185 | Earl Tatum | 775 |
| 186 | Gus Bailey | 780 |
| 187 | Milt Wagner | 786 |
| 188 | Chubby Cox | 787 |
| 189 | Rickey Williams | 788 |
| 190 | Juanma Lopez-Iturriaga | 791 |
| 191 | Mark Radford | 795 |
| 192 | Jim Farmer | 797 |
| 193 | Alain Attalah | 809 |
| 194 | Kelvin Upshaw | 816 |
| 195 | Ralph Simpson | 823 |
| 196 | Rick Wilson | 825 |
| 197 | Rob Rose | 826 |
| 198 | Ron Carter | 830 |
| 199 | Larry Fogle | 835 |
| 200 | Bob Carrington | 837 |
| 201 | Torbjorn Taxen | 839 |
| 202 | Bobby E. Wilson | 841 |
| 203 | George Almones | 844 |
| 204 | Bubba Wilson | 849 |
| 205 | Walter Pagani | 859 |
| 206 | Boban Petrovic | 861 |
| 207 | Oliver Robinson | 873 |
| 208 | Andre Wakefield | 877 |
| 209 | Greg Deane | 878 |
| 210 | Sun Fengwu | 881 |
| 211 | Billy Goodwin | 883 |
| 212 | Duane Washington | 884 |
| 213 | Tommy Davis | 892 |
| 214 | Tony Fuller | 896 |
| 215 | Manuel Sousa | 898 |
| 216 | Terry Crosby | 900 |
| 217 | Tom Sluby | 901 |
| 218 | Dane Suttle | 908 |
| 219 | Al Skinner | 909 |
| 220 | Ray Hall | 913 |
| 221 | Tony White | 914 |
| 222 | Billy Reid | 917 |
| 223 | Tony Price | 924 |
| 224 | Jeff Taylor | 925 |
| 225 | John Smith (G) | 927 |
| 226 | Bart Kofoed | 932 |
| 227 | Wayne Kreklow | 939 |
| 228 | Hector Campana | 940 |
| 229 | John McCullough | 945 |
| 230 | Art Collins | 946 |
| 231 | Tom Sewell | 948 |
| 232 | Greg Jackson | 953 |
| 233 | Larry Anderson | 958 |
| 234 | John Starks | 962 |
| 235 | Daren Queenan | 969 |
| 236 | Vince Hamilton | 971 |
| 237 | Perry Young | 981 |
| 238 | Kevin Figaro | 986 |
| 239 | Jamie Waller | 987 |
| 240 | Roger Burkman | 988 |
| 241 | Butch Graves | 990 |
| 242 | Steve Burks | 1008 |
| 243 | Alvaro Tito | 1017 |
| 244 | Dave Henderson | 1024 |
| 245 | Ron Baxter | 1031 |
| 246 | Bruce Douglas | 1034 |
| 247 | Carlton McKinney | 1035 |
| 248 | Clinton Smith | 1039 |
| 249 | Wang Fei | 1051 |
| 250 | Chad Kinch | 1057 |
| 251 | Dwayne Polee | 1065 |
| 252 | Connie Norman | 1073 |
| 253 | U.S. Reed | 1074 |
| 254 | Anibal Moreira | 1077 |
| 255 | Corey Gaines | 1084 |
| 256 | Jay Shakir | 1087 |
| 257 | Vincent Askew | 1099 |
| 258 | Stan Eckwood | 1105 |
| 259 | Wesley Correa | 1108 |
| 260 | Bobby Parks | 1109 |
| 261 | Keith Smith | 1110 |
| 262 | Henry Turner | 1111 |
| 263 | Guy Morgan | 1114 |
| 264 | Kevin Stacom | 1115 |
| 265 | Don Newman | 1128 |
| 266 | Phil Brown | 1129 |
| 267 | Lamar Harris | 1132 |
| 268 | Leon Wilson | 1135 |
| 269 | Dale Blaney | 1137 |
| 270 | Tony Simms | 1141 |
| 271 | Calvin Thompson | 1148 |
| 272 | Chip Engelland | 1152 |
| 273 | Tim Legler | 1157 |
| 274 | Jo Jo Hunter | 1161 |
| 275 | Vince Taylor | 1162 |
| 276 | Keith McCord | 1164 |
| 277 | Harold Keeling | 1166 |
| 278 | Frank Burnell | 1172 |
| 279 | Gary Carter | 1187 |
| 280 | Dwight Moody | 1191 |
| 281 | Fly Williams | 1192 |
| 282 | Phil Walker | 1200 |
| 283 | Steve Craig | 1201 |
| 284 | Kevin Cluess | 1208 |
| 285 | Montel Hatcher | 1209 |
| 286 | Mack Daughtry | 1212 |
| 287 | Lloyd Daniels | 1218 |
| 288 | Luster Goodwin | 1224 |
| 289 | Paul McCracken | 1238 |
| 290 | Aubrey Sherrod | 1239 |
| 291 | Harry Heineken | 1241 |
| 292 | Tracy Moore | 1242 |
| 293 | Eric Laird | 1245 |
| 294 | Lester Rowe | 1246 |
| 295 | Marc Glass | 1248 |
| 296 | Phil Seymore | 1261 |
| 297 | Ron Kellogg | 1264 |
| 298 | Ken Luck | 1266 |
| 299 | Stan Lamb | 1269 |
| 300 | Tom Bethea | 1279 |
| 301 | Delray Brooks | 1281 |
| 302 | Tim Dunham | 1285 |
| 303 | David Ancrum | 1301 |
| 304 | John Gerdy | 1306 |
| 305 | Al Leslie | 1307 |
| 306 | Lorenzo Sutton | 1316 |
| 307 | Tony Turner | 1323 |
| 308 | Randy Johnson | 1327 |
| 309 | Patric Fairs | 1332 |
| 310 | Wayne Smith | 1334 |
| 311 | Jeff Tyson | 1336 |
| 312 | Rob Spear | 1338 |
| 313 | Chauncey Robinson | 1346 |
| 314 | Jo Jo Walters | 1352 |
| 315 | Ed Odom | 1357 |
| 316 | Jim Panaggio | 1361 |
| 317 | Pat Westbrooks | 1362 |
| 318 | Skip Dillard | 1377 |
| 319 | Victor Coleman | 1382 |
| 320 | Kenny Siler | 1383 |
| 321 | Tim McCalister | 1388 |
| 322 | Dean McFadden | 1391 |
| 323 | Marvin Delph | 1395 |
| 324 | Reggie Wells | 1396 |
| 325 | Tony Murphy | 1397 |
| 326 | Will Scott | 1398 |
| 327 | Jim Perryman | 1400 |
| 328 | Robert Jenkins | 1402 |
| 329 | Chuckie Williams | 1405 |
| 330 | Zack Jones | 1411 |
| 331 | Galen Baker | 1413 |
| 332 | Vince Washington | 1415 |
| 333 | Rob King | 1436 |
| 334 | Nick Urzetta | 1441 |
| 335 | Bobby Lloyd (1964) | 1444 |
| 336 | Alford Turner | 1448 |
| 337 | Greg Williams | 1453 |
| 338 | Dwight Holiday | 1456 |
| 339 | Greg Hillman | 1457 |
| 340 | Rocky Smith | 1458 |
| 341 | Monty Knight | 1464 |
| 342 | Ron McFarland | 1466 |
| 343 | Tracy Mitchell | 1468 |
| 344 | John Nolan | 1469 |
| 345 | Marcus Gaither | 1471 |
| 346 | Terry Faggins | 1477 |
| 347 | Dave Everett (G) | 1479 |
| 348 | David Allen | 1480 |
| 349 | Raphael Dirden | 1482 |
| 350 | Phil Abney | 1487 |
| 351 | Gerald Sims | 1490 |
| 352 | Mike Davis (1960) | 1492 |
| 353 | John Thirdkill | 1498 |
| 354 | Wayne Golden | 1502 |
| 355 | Greg Monroe (1966) | 1512 |
| 356 | Kim Fisher | 1513 |
| 357 | Joedy Gardner | 1516 |
| 358 | Dan Frascella | 1519 |
| 359 | Gary Gatewood | 1521 |
| 360 | Chris Galloway | 1526 |
| 361 | Jim McCaffrey | 1533 |
| 362 | Ben Davis (1965) | 1543 |
| 363 | Chris Hughes | 1546 |
| 364 | Jeff Moe | 1548 |
| 365 | Sammy Jackson | 1550 |
| 366 | Jay Bagley | 1553 |
| 367 | Tony Washam | 1555 |
| 368 | Aaron Curry | 1556 |
| 369 | Darius Clemons | 1557 |
| 370 | Tim Shelby | 1561 |
| 371 | Ed Brown | 1566 |
| 372 | James Blackmon Sr. | 1567 |
| 373 | Rod Drake | 1570 |
| 374 | Ron Jones | 1576 |
| 375 | Paul Bryant | 1581 |
| 376 | Bryan Kellybrew | 1586 |
| 377 | Casey Fisher | 1603 |
| 378 | Merle Scott | 1606 |
| 379 | Mike Graefe | 1618 |
| 380 | Anthony Rogers | 1619 |
| 381 | Kent Lockhart | 1621 |
| 382 | Pete Conway | 1628 |
| 383 | Stu Van Horn | 1634 |
| 384 | Bruce Dalrymple | 1639 |
| 385 | Bryce McPhee | 1640 |
| 386 | Keith Starr | 1641 |
| 387 | Reggie Perkins | 1643 |
| 388 | Michael Knight | 1644 |
| 389 | Troy Lewis | 1646 |
| 390 | Joseph Hutt | 1649 |
| 391 | Doug Smith (G) | 1659 |
| 392 | Maurice Adams | 1668 |
| 393 | Mike Carter | 1682 |
| 394 | Joe Hurst | 1686 |
| 395 | Byron Larkin | 1697 |
| 396 | Kevin Strickland | 1702 |
| 397 | Chris Frick | 1704 |
| 398 | James Berkley | 1705 |
| 399 | Emmett Taylor | 1706 |
| 400 | Scott Goold | 1707 |
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