Top 5 Passers In NBA History
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- Опубліковано 18 чер 2024
- The greatest passers of all time, in no particular order.
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This game is all about buckets - Bill Russell famously said in an Uncle Drew commercial. But before a bucket, there usually comes the pass. With sincere apologies to Oscar Robertson who we never saw play, to Mark Jackson who had over 10 000 assists in his career, and to Chris Paul who still is a Point God. Here are our picks for top five passers in NBA history, in no particular order
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Who do you think the GOAT passer is?
Magic Johnson
LeBron
Me
Bron
Caruso
Honorable mention: Rajon Rondo
what about jason williams
@@imnotverysmart2864 jason williams was flashy. But he was ineffective af. When magic traded him for bibby they became scary good.
only in his early career
He's a good passer but not one of the greatest ever. During his time in the Celtics he collected a lot of meaningless, ultraconservative assists which didn't really make too much of an impact in the game. Especially if you compare him to guys like Magic, Nash, Lebron and Kidd. I'm not too crazy about Stockton passing ability either. He was a very good passer but the I think the quantity of assists overshadows his passing quality, which was pretty conservative as well.
I’d actually swap lebron out for rondo. Rondo’s definitely one of the top 5. He might be the best tbh.
90% that’s rare now
Ikr
Since Shaq?
I'm a pass first Point Guard
It's just they never give us a chance to shine.. all agencies and teams look for pkayers who can dunk like crazy or score in general and they forget about facilitators and it's just sad to see
Yep, almost everybody in basketball just wants to take the spotlight for themselves. I don't look up to ball hoggers.
Poor Jason Williams, everybody forgot about him
how could they not put jason in this.. wtf
@@gothicwod well they did just the kidd version I guess
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he's the goat
Best passer effectively gets the ball too players in the best spots Jason was a great passer but more flashy. He got benched at times for his high turnover especially while younger highlights and setting up easy points are two different things
John Stockton looks more like British Alternative-Rock Band lead singer than a NBA Basketball player.
But still, 15K assists, 3K steals, only miss 22 games in his entire 19 years career, that's record that never be broken.
@@chriswolf1089 uh lbj needs a other 1k steels and 6k more assists I don't see it happening
@@SaberFate Lebron fans think he'll end up with 50k points 20 k assists 20k rebounds 10k steals 10k blocks
@@chriswolf1089 Lebron is not catching him in any category. No one is. Stocktons records will never be broken.
very underrated player
@@hennylo68 Thank you for talking some sense. LBJ needs 5,782 more assists to tie Stockton. That's well over half the amount her currently has. That's cute of LBJ worshipers think he's going to do that.
"He's not MJ He's LJ"
Both are different but both are greats
No he's LBJ
NOPE BOTH ARE ONLY GREAT IN SUPERTEAMS.
I PITY U
@@wiltchamberlaingodofnba2072 superteams are just teams and bron has only been on one
@@Bluebirdfalling the nickname should belong to the more accomplished 😭
@@epictubegamer nah he's salty that he was having nightmares about the hof celtics teams that whooped their asses in the 60's lmao
Thanks for giving Stockton credit where credit is due. Drives me crazy when he doesn't get the respect he deserves.
Its because he wasn't flashy. He is probably the best pure pg to ever play. I only liked kidd better. Payton and Chris Paul also.
@@jasonhendricks8587 Flashy is relative. I'd say 15,806 assists and 3,265 steals is pretty damn flashy. He's the true point guard GOAT.
Absolutely no one will catch Stockton’s all time assists and steals numbers. He doesn’t get the respect cause he played in a small market, he was stoic, partly cause he’s white, he didn’t do commercials, and the sports media just didn’t like him much. But he was a great guy. I’d much rather have him as a teammate than some selfish flashy player.
John Stockton was a "computer"...
Great description!
People forget how good a passer Larry Bird was
Anyway, he had 6,5 assists per game, there are many other players who have more
@@hristijandimitrovski8664 That sounds like you never saw him play, he was a legendary passer definitely top 10 as far as all-time passers go.
@@luke7277 i watched him, he is amazing passer, but maybe not in top 5
Hristijan Dimitrovski Bird is not only top 5 or10, he's second behind Magic, regardless of rebounding totals. Another great passer was Maravich.
@@madguitrst I don't think so, for me Larry isn't close with Magic when you talk about assists and yeah, for me Jason Kidd is better passer than Bird.
Fun fact:
Jason Kidd, Lebron James and Magic Johnson are top 3 on total triple-double in the postseason
꧁༒ теnpеnnу ༒꧂ no, They are all top 5, Magic #3, LeBron #5, Kidd #4. Westbrook is #2, Robertson is #1 with 181 Triple Doubles
@@keres9580 key word "postseason"
Mapuia Fanai oh I was thinking about regular season
@6 languages and 4 degrees well Jordan made the east seem easy too
@6 languages and 4 degreesI don’t know what you are saying with these rigged games
you should at least give an honorable mention to jason williams
Uh no😂😂😂😂😂😂 just cause you can pass with your elbow Dosent mean you have the court vision and basketball IQ of these goat passers
@@brennanmccarthy3969 yes he was famous for his elbow pass but you cannot deny dude was nasty with the kings especially on the break with Chris Webber and peja
@@brennanmccarthy3969 honestly this nigga was a wizard with the ball not efficient tho so I see where ur coming from
@@brennanmccarthy3969 Jwill have high IQ and great court vision. You do know he is a championship PG.
@Joshua Kim you must be born yesterday.
That Jason kidd stat so underappreciated..man couldn't shoot for like 10 yrs..learned how to shoot and is 3rd on the all time 3's made list..that is incredible
Another great video!
Emphasizing quality over quantity, Larry Legend may have been the greatest passer I ever saw other than Magic.
Has to have the most assists from a prone position
@@ljlawver "leads the league in assists while lying on the floor "
I love everything about this list.
Steve Nash looked and, in a lot of ways, still looks totally like a Red Hot Chili Pepper.
I see it
When flea and John Frusciante make a combination
How did i just notice this HAHA
I've always seen this! He looks like the vocalist! Glad I'm not the only one!
Great list! Can't argue with it.
I know they mention magic, so that era is already covered, but Larry bird deserves to be on this list aswell
Make it a top 10 bruhh there so many godly passers in nba
Chris Paul
Jason Williams
Rajon Rondo
Even Kevin Love with his full court passing ability
They are so many of them, Btw Nice Vids
Imagine having lebron but not larry bird,jason williams,wilt chamberlain (you can look at his passing highlights),pete maravich,rondo,bob cousy, and many more
@@justainternetwonderer1273 what do mean 'imagine having LeBron' , LeBron is the greatest passer besides Magic to ever play the game . Jason Williams ? Youre one of the kids who knows nothing about the NBA but watches these UA-cam videos and pretends he knows everything . He was just flashy and creative , his turnover rate was through the roof . The other are good but they got nothing on LeBron , the only guy who could be swapped is Steve Nash that too not necessarily
@@arush7519 greatest passer? You're kidding right
@@arush7519 if you wanna talk about turnovers. Lebron is 2nd all time.
@@arush7519 if you gonna say "iT'S bEcAuSe lEbRoN pLaYeD lOnGeR" stfu. Stockton played 200 more games. Jason kidd played around 100 more.
great vid
You guys should do best commentary calls, like blocked by James or something like that. Btw love the videos they are so good
All great passers, no doubt, and all deserve the honor, but.... Larry Bird belongs up here. Half of the gorgeous passes you see today are copies of what Larry did 30+ years ago.
Where’s Pistol Pete?
Nvr rlly saw him
Good question. I was thinking the same thing. He was "magic" before Magic Johnson became famous.
Bro your channel is so underrated
True
I like your list..👍👍👍
It’s completely insane to see lebron on every list y’all put out
Cp3 better passer than lebron
That man's just that good. He totally belongs on this list.
@@josephhanicak7922 over CP3 and Rondo hell no
@@dhollins He has probably the best court vision in NBA history, and essentially all of his passes are perfectly executed. Quality over quantity.
@@josephhanicak7922 stop the cap. best court vision? that why he lead in all time in turnover cuz he has the best vision and ALL his passes are perfect gtfoh LOL
Can you make a Top 10 best passers in NBA history? I'm curious who you would put in the other five spots!
Thank you nash is so underrated
Maravich and Bird
Where’s cp3
No Larry Bird on the list?
He gave him a honerable mention
This video is fire
Where’s Pistol Pete???
4:11 That's not Magic.
Honorable mention
rajon rondo ( i think so )
Larry bird
Pistol pete
Jason williams
Isiah Thomas?
Magic Man Smiling, Making no look passes Clowning !!!!!! BIG up Magic!!!!!
Larry Bird.
It's a top 5
@@ic5662 He knows it's a top 5. Larry Bird is a top 5 passer. Only Magic was better during the 80's and it wasn't even by much. Magic, Lebron, and Bird all had/have the same passing skills as players like Nash or Kidd but their height allowed them to make passes that shorter players couldn't.
@@williamkoscielniak820 fair enough
I miss Steve Nash lol
Lol
Where is Pete Maravich? He should share #1 place in every list along with Magic. Why is this so called "basketball android" so criminally underrated? He was an once in a lifetime player and he was pretty much perfect!
Agree. Glaring omission…as well as Jason Williams.
They didnt put Oscar Robertson on here either, or Bird (if they had, we would have heard a few unathletic white guy and looks like ....... (something derogatory) comments)
Or CP3
NBA was loaded with talented players between 1980 to 2010. .
The best the game ever produced.
2010s: LeBron, Steph, KD, Kyrie...
Do a video about the top 10 defenders
Yeah
Yeah
YEAH
Mine would go
Hakeem
Dwight
DRob
Eaton
Wallace
Rodman
Duncan
Garnett
Russell
Mutombo
Bill Russell is better at defense than them.
At this point Jokic might deserve to be here… the passes he’s been doing at the Center position are incredible.
Nah, he tops the list already. Only reason these guys are above him is because they did it for longer
@@cyruswang9354Bro has never heard of Magic 💀💀
Magic and Birds court vision and passing were second to none. Bird was a small forward so he doesnt have the numbers but only Magic was better than him. The rest on your list are still excellent and good picks.
Was gonna say. It gets forgotten because he was no Magic, but Bird was also a gifted passer; similar passing vision as LeBron.
Ummm John Stockton says hi.
7:03 shows Garry Payton for 1 second, and he's trash talking with his posture 😂😂😂
I agree with everything on this list
No Larry Bird on the list?
I would put Bird over LBJ.
@@adamzullo3624 I too.
Pete Maravich deserves to be on this list
No, he's beyond silly lists.
Definitely
Ricky Rubio, isiah thomas at Boston, underrated passers
Where's Manu?
magic johnson GOAT passer in nba history
How exactly? Since Stockton played in the league
0:30 Collar Accountant 🤣
If your going to mention Magic as a great passer, Larry has to be in the same conversation cause he can pass as well as Magic
No disrespect but you’re wrong
@@tntcrewEJ how am I wrong? Larry Bird is one of the few players to throw a no look pass and he's able to pass the ball simply by tapping it off his hands. He's not known for passing cause that's not his role but he can. Not to mention he's incredibly court and peripheral vision.
@@tntcrewEJ I swear to god NBA fanboys can't just take shit
@@fullofexcuses no look passes don’t make you good. Lamelo isn’t better than jokic because he head fakes😂😂
5:37
Meistro of the Pick and Roll? No question.
Novelty in the league? NOT EVEN CLOSE, it was a common play for DECADES by the time John entered the league.
“Playoff at the very least”
2018 Lakers: 👀
he was injured
2019 lakrs: 👀
@@adel6019 hell, before he got injured, they were 4th in the west while the unholy warriors were still around. You can just tell that this dude didn't watch full games back then.
Great
Nice cook ever delicious food good bless all
Where's my man jason william?
Can you make a video on how good was John Stockton
Love that story about Stockton, accompanied by his own suburban dad home video, where the Dream Teams bus is stopped in Barcelona. Crowded by fans. They can’t get to the stadium. Stockton goes, “well I’ll be seeing you boys.” Proceeds to get off the bus and walk nonchalantly through the crowds. No one noticing him at all. Much less hounding him for autographs. He stops a random women wearing a Dream Team shirt with his video camera going and his kids in tow. “Who’s your favorite player?” He asks. Pointing at her shirt. His kid goes, “that’s my daddy.” Pointing at Stockton on her shirt. “Oh,” the woman says, “Are you on the team?” She politely asks. Clearly thinking they put towel boys on the Dream Team shirt for some reason. Lol.
Okay. thats just disrespect man. These stories sound so impossible every time I hear them.
The guy who started fancy passing was Bob Cousy. He was about 6'1 but had long arms and huge hands. He was key in the championships of the first half of Bill Russell's career with the Boston Celtics. Top ten ever because of influence and winning.
Lenny Wilkens, Guy Rodgers, Norm Van Lier and Tiny Archibald all deserve a mention as well.
He says Magic isn't a good shooter and then we see him also brick a shot so badly that it hit the backboard from mid- range. Still, a lot of respect for Magic. Obviously the greatest passer of all time.
Whenever Magic wanted to score he scored. Usually with power moves down low. One time Magic scored on a last second hook shot to win a championship. While being double teamed. Against the Celtics of course.
He is 6ft 9 and was a good hook shooter.
Magic became a better shooter as his career went on. And he was always a scorer. If he didn't want to pass, he could easily have averaged 5 points more than he did. But that's not the best way to run an offense. Magic was a few years younger than Bird too, so his MVP's came later in decade.
you gotta give props to the guys who catch some of these passes.
You gotta be really aware of the passer and have good hands to catch some of the passes here😅
Top 10
If i hear assists i think of Magic Johnson, Steve Nash, John Stockton, Scot Skiles and Jason Kidd.
Scott Skiles?
@@parkernichol7260 my man has the most assist in one game, 30 and has solid career as great true point guard
Jason Williams is the Goat passer.
Top 5 passers in my opinion Magic, Nash, Stockton, Kidd and Rondo.
A lot of names left off this list, Oscar, Cousy, Bird, Tiny...ahhhh kids.
Pete Maravich
Hey buddies, whoever your picks are it's worthy watching some top passes by Jason Williams - wanna call him, who I've been dumb enough to miss out till today, GOAT of back-hand passes. Big thanks to every one mentioning him here.
You forgot the original great point guard Bob Cousy.
What you describe these other players as he is. Great courtvision, knowing where his team mates want the passes and had all his team mates ready for all of his crafty passes.
Lebron not as great at passing as Magic, Stockton, Cousy, Nash and Kidd. Also Larry Bird.
His chemistry with his teammates is not quite as good.
Cousy invented showmanship and entertaining the crowd in real games (as opposed to Globetrotters style barnstorming)
How you gonna put the all time leader number two im weak😂😂
He said in the list was in no particular order at the beginning of the damn video.
Honorable mention Jason Williams
Before watching this I already know Bron gotta be in here
Tim Duncan should’ve been in there, he was one of the sharpest passers of all time especially for a big man
I love timmy, but he wasnt a stand out passer like magic, stockton, kidd or bron
He's a good passer but not top 5
i mean no if we counting big man, then jokic is there, he is already the best passing big man in history and will 100% go down as top 3 passers
@@AkiFrm63 Nope, Wilt is a better passer rn, he lead the league in assists. Only center to do so.
@@Navvye but his passes were always sharp he just didn’t do tricks and other cool things like the others because he was mr fundamental
An all time passing list without The Pistol proves to Me how much you Know about Basketball.
magic
Fun fact, a photographic memory has never been proven to exist, so saying "Lebron has a photographical memory" is just coffee talk
as someone with the alleged “photographic memory”, i feel like anyone who says it’s not proven or is in disbelief of the legitimacy, is just jealous they’re average or has such poor memory that they cant fathom being able to look at something briefly and remember most-every detail clearly and correctly.
My field of study requires having tremendous memory, so trust me, that's not the case
Isaiah Thomas being left out is a shame
I Like this
Why dosent this Chanel have 2 mil followers
CP3???
Larry Bird??
My list:
Magic
Nash
LeBron
Bird
Jokic/Kidd
What about John Stockton Bumass all time leader in Steels and assists. Two records which will never be broken
What about John Stockton Bumass all time leader in Steels and assists. Two records which will never be broken
@@santanvel1935 I don't really care about all-time volume. Especially when he didn't really want the defense with a scoring threat like Curry or Magic. He basically made a career out of dumping the ball down the Karl Malone so he could isolate within a stagnant offense.
@@samhartje723 classic LeBoobs fan
When because of Volume LeBron is all time points leader you call him the Goat and when Stockton is the by far the all time assists leader you start caring about Volume
@@samhartje723 Jokic is trash. Bro stats lie IAM sorry. Now a days with Softer play more 3 pointers and no handchecking and less defence if you statistical look at Jokic's 2020-21 MVP season and Shaq's 1999-2000 season. They look almost identical. Actually Jokic looks even better. But Knowone in there right mind would Say that 2021 Jokic was better than 1999-00 big diesal. SHAQ probably put up the best Season ever and was 1 vote shy of unanimous MVP. Plus I don't even thick Jokic is the best player this year Steph was way better
Shouldve been cp3 instead of bron. Not saying bron isnt a great passer but because we talkin about passing skill alone, cp3s assist turnover ratio is one of the best of all time and easily the best pure point guard of this generation
Where’s bird
2:18 "lebron is a hybrid between magic and jordan" bruhh hybrid between magic and karl malone u mean??
"Jordan's athleticism"*
Rondo, jwill, cp3 and pistol pete
Man..... Mark Jackson is so UNDERRATED!!!!
Lebron for not being a point guard has great talent
Bruh because he make 10 assists per game this year?
His passes are not very Grazy like Jokic which is the only which have Grazy pass iq and Doncic becoming the next one
@@germanischerkrieger6018 it's not about how flashy the pass they make, it's about how good it is.
@@HeroCoD2023 but Lebron a great passer you know that right also you don’t need to have flashy passes for me if you make the right pass And you keep doing to your a great passer and you can show of your flashy so you need. Want I mine Lebron has been a flashy passer but he makes the right pass which important or more important then a flashy pass you know man I’m a Lebron fan too you love Lebron we all do
Top 10 all time passing.
1-Magic
2-Stockton
3-Kidd
4-Nash
5-Jackson
6-Robertson
7-Cp3
8-James
9-Williams
10-Thomas
With nothing but respect to the legendary, John Stockton, you have to take them off this list and put on white chocolate Jason Williams, dude was ridiculous, he probably got left off the list because he wasn’t a superstar, never even an all star, but we’re talking the greatest passers, and it’s really hard to argue that anybody else was better
I agree
jordan is the best all around player ever that is why he is the goat
Man, how does Lebron got in, but chris paul and the Big O didn’t, outrageus
Lebron has a higher IQ duhhh
Rennard Mullins hahahahahha very funny, he is a good passer, so rajon rondo, but he is not a top 5
Luka Lay Donini wtf he’s one of the best passers of all time Cp3 and Rondo are amazing but there just right out of the conversation but they don’t facilitate the floor and capable of drawing enough attention at the same time for those passes to be made while always finding them as soon as there given space
Trevon Montes man, LBJ isn‘t one of rhe top 5, he is a scorer and rebounder, yes he‘s leading the league in assists this season, but only this season, he‘s a 7 assists per game in his carrer, and is a good passer, you can say that Lebron is a Top 10 all time passing, BUT TOP 5?????? This is so outrageus for guys like Mark Jackson, the big O, jason williams(wasnt consistent but a hell of a passer), cp3,etc. If he focused on passing in his career, he might be a top 5 but, that isn‘t the case. Top 10 all time passing.
1-Magic
2-Stockton
3-Kidd
4-Nash
5-Jackson
6-Robertson
7-Cp3
8-James
9-Williams
10-Thomas
Luka Lay Donini dude if your going off of things like assist per game then you would put people like Russell Westbrook and James Harden above a lot of amazing passers who didn’t average a ton of assists but I feel you on that but also know these are mostly people who are guards that you put high in that list and lebron used to mostly play SF and PF on his previous teams prier to the lakers so more assist would naturally come to these amazing passers who play guard positions you feel me?
I just named my top five on my channel. We agree on three. I have a few old school guys. You are more contemporary.
Rondo, Nash, Isaiah Thomas, chris Paul, Tony Parker, pistol Pete, Derek fisher.
What abt Jason Williams?
John Stockton, the best point guard to not have a ring.
Steve Nash, 2x MVP, 0 rings.
Dude, how can you put Steve Nash, LeBron James, and Jason Kidd on this list but not Pistol Pete Maravich. Mind blowing.
agreed, but there probably isn't enough good footage out there of him. one of my favorites all time, but you have to remember he retired like 40 years ago. This list seems rather modern, especially with lebron being forced onto it when you have other great pure passing guards like Rubio, Rondo, etc. out there.
Pistol only averaged around 5 a game and was more known for his unique ways of scoring rather than his passing
@@iMarzie wrong
@@colewhitely5690 not wrong. He was a crafty passer that invented some new and flashy ways to distribute, but for his overall legacy he’s known as a dominate scorer. I mean he has the all time NCAA record for points per game and he was doing all that without an3 point line. And don’t take this the wrong way, imma huge Pistol Pete guy and think he’s been forgotten about.
let's not forget, Jason Kidd was getting triple doubles DAILY in an era where triple doubles were rare and not common at all.
I was born in 81 so I can’t go much further back than the modern era. But in my time it’s in some order:
Magic
Rondo
Nash
Stockton
Kidd.
Rondo doesn’t get talked about enough because he’s never been a “superstar”. But he might actually be the best all time. People that know basketball always bring up rondo in these conversations. He’s one of the smartest players period.
I’ve watched ball since 1979, when Bird and Magic started. I’ve seen some great passers since then and I don’t go by total cumulative assists, I prefer Per Game assists. LeBron averages 7.2 assists which is #24 on per game list; he shouldn’t be on top 5 list. In my opinion the top 5 assist leaders are (no order): Magic, Stockton, Nash, Oscar, Kidd. Honorable mention: Chris Paul. Rajon Rondo was a very good assist guy but he was a 7.92 assist per game. #16 on the list. I might put him in the top 12.
My favorite non-PG passer was Bird. He did those no-look touch passes. He could do all sorts of beautiful assists that’ll blow you away.
Jason Williams over Lebron
Facts
Putting everyone in this list besides of magic and not putting j will is the most disrespectful thing this UA-cam account has made fr, this shit biased smh
No LeBron is better😡
@@mmmplayer3633 not at passing tho
MMM Player im a lakers fan for many years but there are so many great passers in the nba that's better than lebron like j will,rod strickland,rondo,cp3(although he has been mentioned in this video)and many more
Where ma boi Jason William at?