The NBA has existed for over 70 years and more than 4 700 players have played at least
one game in the league Among these players
we finally consider their career appearances
The ability to score
in critical moments
free throw accuracy era context and
defensive difficulty were used to
select the top 10
shooters in NBA history
Rank 10
Bill Sharman
2K three-point shooting rating
94 points
Bill Sharman was the greatest shooter of the 1950s era
He is also the first in NBA history
Shayman's free-throw shooting percentage was as high as 88%
while the league average during that era was only 71%
even when looking back over the past 50 years
This data also fluctuates around 76%
1959
Shammah's free-throw percentage reached an impressive 93.2%
Dolph Schayes was second with 86.4%
It's because of Shamans
The Celtics have led the league in free throw percentage for seven years
And was far ahead of the second
place Of course Sha Man Ke was not
only good at free throws He could
shoot from anywhere on the court 1954
Shaymin's shooting accuracy is as high as 45%
Compared to the next three guards
The field goal percentages were 40% 38.6% and 38.5%
Another important point
The era in which Shaquille O'Neal played
It was widely considered the most intense era of historical rivalry and the dirtiest playing era
Ninth place
Jordan 2K three-point shooting rating
94 points
If Jordan hadn't achieved the highest level in all
aspects he wouldn't have earned the title of the God
of Basketball From the moment he entered the league
Jordan was already an extremely excellent shooter
Although many point out Jordan's mediocre performance beyond the three-point line or emphasize
that his drives to the basket were more impressive
they may have overlooked two important points
First if your mid-range shot is unstoppable why go to seven meters
for a three-pointer Second if you
can enter the paint as if it's empty
Why again at the 5-meter shooting distance
These two points distinguish Jordan from other players
Jordan makes basketball games
simple yet more entertaining
Not only that Jordan's high number of shots per game rarely involved
poor shooting choices demonstrating
exceptional basketball intelligence
In the remaining 1072 regular
season games Jordan had only 142
games with a field goal
percentage below 40% In other words
Jordan's poor shooting nights
accounted for only 13% while in
comparison he had a 30% shooting
percentage below 40% in NBA history
Only seven players have made 17
000 shots plus 1 700 three-pointers
and among these seven Jordan has
the highest shooting percentage
Production and efficiency are impeccable If we also
consider his ability to take critical shots one can only
say that Jordan's ranking should actually be higher
But if we have to find a weakness in Jordan's shooting
Other than three-pointers his
career free-throw percentage is about
83.5% ranking second to last
among the top 10 all-time shooters
Eighth place Lillard
Lillard once said "Regarding
shooting I only respect
Curry But after Curry I can't find any reason not to rank him second " This
takes into account not only
the number of shots made but also the shooting style
The difficulty of the shot although Lillard's career three-point shooting
percentage is only 37.2% but he takes
8.3 three-pointers per game on average
Almost 6 000 times
according to the law of diminishing marginal returns
a starting player who shoots 8 times per game with a
37% shooting percentage is better than a player who shoots 4 times per game
A player with a 42% accuracy
rate is a better three
-point shooter because they face significantly more
defensive pressure At the same time Lillard's long- range three-point shooting
accuracy is unique in history
The 18-19 season
Damian Lillard's three-point shooting percentage from 30-40 feet
was as high as 39%
More importantly
Lillard's clutch shooting was outstanding
14th game-winning shot against the Rockets
19th game-winning shot against the Thunder
and the 55-point performance in double overtime against the Jazz
If there's still someone who doesn't believe it I suggest watching Lillard's 71-point game performance
If there's a player who is a nightmare
to match up against it's hard to find
a more terrifying player than Nowitzki
Seven feet tall 110 kilograms in weight
The King has the height
of a center and also
possesses speed agility
ball-handling and the
ability to make 6-meter shots Players taller
than him in the paint
cannot stop his outside game
His fast outside game
is hard to stop and his
inside game is even harder to defend Besides
his physical advantage Novitzki's foundation
in the league is his many off-balance shots
But his shooting was amazingly accurate
Every time he shot
His hand position remained the same
And his arm was straight
This also allowed him to achieve financial independence
Or when he lost his balance
He still maintains a steady release his
textbook-like shooting form and high arc
make his shots almost
never touch the rim and
the swish of the net is always there
Career three- point shooting percentage: Nowitzki
reached 50%: 38%:
87%: sixth: Ray
Allen: 2K three -point shooting
rating: 95 points
Rasheed Wallace's shooting ability has
fluctuated on various
media rankings but one
thing is undebatable—that Rasheed Wallace
is considered one of the best of the 2000s
The league's top
scorer had shooting
percentages of 45% 40% and 90%
which were terrifying
numbers at the
time only rivalled
by Nash and Paj
But what sets Ray Allen
apart is that he had
nearly 2500 more two-point shots 1100 more
three-point shots and 500 more free
throws than the other two Looking back in history
Ray Allen's three-point shot attempts and makes are both
ranked second in history and he has never had a season with a three-point shooting percentage below 35 percent while his
free-throw percentage is also among the top seven in history
From 2002 to 2007 Ray Allen averaged
7.4 three-point attempts per game
accounting for over 40% of his shots and
what's more Ray Allen had a big heart
The game-winning three-pointer in
the 2013 Finals
Game 6 directly saved
LeBron's career
Fifth place Durant 2K three-point
shooting rating 95 points
If it comes to selecting the top scorer of the
2010s the competition for second place might
be even more intense than for first and Durant unquestionably has strong competitive power
Since entering the league in 2007 Durant has experienced the shift in offensive focus from
inside to outside but Durant has not only
retained his traditional mid-range shooting skills
He has further refined his three-point shooting
If we only look at his shooting ability
Durant has the fastest release in the league
Unrestricted mid-range jump shots from the second floor
And three-point range long-range shooting
Refer to the shooting distribution map from the 2010s
Durant's shooting distribution is very even
Covering all corners of the court
The deeper and larger the red the higher
the accuracy and shot frequency compared
to the league average The gray represents
below average Over the entire decade
Durant's shooting attempts lead the league
Choosing the easiest way to score
Just like Durant's nickname
Easy Money Sniper
The sniper who shoots at will
In the
2022-23 season Durant's three
-point shooting percentage reached an astonishing
55% with 40 and 92
making him the only one in history
After Bill Sharman in the 1950s Jerry West became the top
shooter of the 1960s with a career
field goal percentage of 47.4%
Although West is
only 1.90 meters tall
but thanks to his extraordinary arm
span extreme speed tough playing style
and pursuit of perfection on the ball
What set West apart from other taller
and stronger talented players was that he averaged about 24 shots per game
but managed to score 27 points per game
The reason for his
incredible efficiency is
that West rarely forces
shots in unfavorable
situations A game with a hot hand West scored 44
points making 16 of 17 shots
He recorded a perfect 12 points 12 rebounds 12 assists and 10 blocks
which were not counted
in statistics at that time completing the
greatest five-double performance in history
West's projection ability ranks among
the greatest in history mainly due
to his nickname "Clutch Player " which
refers to his most famous clutch shot
It was in the 1976 Finals against the Knicks that
he made a 20-meter buzzer-
beater two-pointer in 2013
Seventy-five-year-old West was giving
instructions at a basketball camp
He was explaining to the students while continuously making 13 shots
Third place
Reggie Miller
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2K rating not included
During the peak of the scene
players at the same position as him
Few can be considered his equal in chess
but among them is
certainly a name - that
of Reggie Miller
Miller is a pure shooter
and when it comes to three-point shooting
He is absolutely no worse than anyone else
18-year professional career
Miller made a total of 2 560 three-pointers
ranking fourth in history
In an era when three-pointers were considered
trickery and luck Miller relied on a precise
outside shot to lead the Pacers to the Eastern
Conference Finals and a seven-game showdown
It is undeniably the strongest shooter of the 90s
Miller shoots three-pointers
Welcome to the game
The more severe the defensive pressure
The more he wants to shoot over their heads
The core is full of a combative nature
Miller's shot was not only accurate
but also incorporated a touch of arrogance
making the game-winning shot in front of the lamp
The 8.9-second 8-point "Miller Time" has
entered fans' memories as a historical
classic Unlike many excellent three-point
shooters Miller's difference lies in
He is the unquestionable core symbol of the team
There was once a famous
saying that there would never
be a second bridge single However the truth is that the
probability of another Bod is lower than that of
another bridge single Although
Bod is 2.06 meters tall
Moves slowly
Has no jumping ability
Ball handling is also average
But in basketball a sport that highly values talent
No one will be like Bod
How he managed to
dominate despite such
low physical gifts is because of Bod's
outstanding shooting ability Bod has a
free shooting style
he doesn't jump high
But the ball is fast and steady
Then push the basketball from behind the head
Arms stretched out wide
Like the wings of a large bird
Starting in 1987
Bode became the first member of the 180 Club He won
the three-point contest for three consecutive years
In 1992 the stars of the Miami
Heat played a freestyle basketball
shooting contest for fun but they didn't include Bird Anyway
Bod was unquestionably the best scorer of
the 80s After retiring Bod became a coach for the Pacers coaching two legendary shooters the
"Left Hand of God" Mullins and Reggie Miller
Sometimes they play basketball games
and even though Bod is retired for several years
he still often wins
Riley once said
if you have to take the last shot to save the game
I would choose Michael Jordan but if
I had to take a shot to save my life
I would choose Larry Bird
Who is the best shooter in the NBA
today The answer is obvious - it's
Stephen Curry not
only the best over
the past decade but also in history
The shooting speed in the backcourt is rare in history
The range is long
It can maintain a high accuracy rate in almost every three-point area
During the 2010s decade
The three-pointers made in
the 2025 season ranked first
in the league 458 more than the second-ranked Harden
After introducing comprehensive player data
tracking in the 13-14 season the difficulty of
a shot and the distance to the defender are calculated using a mathematical model
The player's expected three-point true shooting percentage can be
obtained The model's expected field goal percentage for Curry is 49.6%
He actually shot a 64% true
shooting percentage from beyond the arc making even
mathematical models blush before 2015
No one in history has made more than 300 three-pointers in a single
season -- including Bird Miller and
Ray Allen -- not even Curry himself
However in the 15-16 season he made
402 three-pointers delivering the
greatest shooting performance in history
and becoming the first player ever
Members of the 180 club who average more than 30 points per game
Up until now
More than 80% of the three-pointers in the league
have been made with assists from teammates
But the data in the locker room is only 62% which means Curry's
ability to take and make three-
point shots on his own is stronger
than anyone else's There is a saying that describes Curry very
accurately: "You know you're going to take a three-pointer "
But it's impossible to prevent it
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