Today I am analyzing one of the key positions in basketball, the shooting guard position. I will rank all of the best three-point shooters in the NBA at the shooting guard position. Most of the time, shooting guards are meant to be three point shooters, but unfortunately, a lot aren't. This post will analyze those shooting guards who can shoot three-point shots.
Here are all of the shooting guards who shoot .380 or better from behind the arc:
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| Vince Carter and J.J. Redick are among 18 shooting guards who hit 38% of their three-pointers |
Danny Green, San Antonio
Kevin Martin, Oklahoma City
Roger Mason, New Orleans
O.J. Mayo, Dallas
Thabo Sefolosha, Oklahoma City
Ray Allen, Miami
Randy Foye, Utah
Ben Gordon, Charlotte
Vince Carter, Dallas
Gordon Hayward, Utah
Wesley Matthews, Portland
Anthony Morrow, Dallas
Klay Thompson, Golden State
Paul George, Indiana
J.J. Redick, Milwaukee
Jamal Crawford, LA Clippers
Leandro Barbosa, Washington
Joe Johnson, Brooklyn
We have a decent group here. Eighteen shooting guards shoot .380 from behind the NBA's three-point line. To analyze this even more, though, let's look at the form of some of these players' shots.
Ray Allen
Kevin Martin
Randy Foye
J.J. Redick
Now, lets narrow this list down to the top ten shooters at the shooting guard position. Here they are:
1. Danny Green
2. Kevin Martin
3. Roger Mason
4. O.J. Mayo
5. Thabo Sefolosha
6. Ray Allen
7. Randy Foye
8. Ben Gordon
9. Vince Carter
10. Gordon Hayward
Here, we have two Thunder players, two Mavericks players, and two Jazz players. Only two players on this list (Ray Allen and Ben Gordon) currently play in the Eastern Conference. To analyze this even more, let's re-rank these players to see who has hit the most three pointers this season.
1. Danny Green, 140
2. Randy Foye, 133
3. Kevin Martin, 132
4. O.J. Mayo, 120
5. Vince Carter, 119
6. Ray Allen, 101
7. Ben Gordon, 85
8. Thabo Sefolosha, 82
9. Gordon Hayward, 64
10. Roger Mason, 56
As you can see, San Antonio guard Danny Green stayed at the top of the list. Let's narrow this down more by cutting off everyone who hasn't made at least 100 threes. These 6 are left:
Danny Green
Kevin Martin
O.J. Mayo
Ray Allen
Randy Foye
Vince Carter
So the question is: which one of these shooting guards is purest? Is it someone young, like Danny Green, or is it a veteran, like Ray Allen? The only fair way to rank them is to add together the number of threes they have made with their percentages. So here are the final rankings, with each score:
Winner: Danny Green: 582
2nd: Kevin Martin: 561
3rd: O.J. Mayo: 540
4th: Randy Foye: 534
5th: Vince Carter: 529
6th: Ray Allen: 511
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