It’s perhaps the most controversial question in sports: Who are the best NBA player of all time? There are a million different ways to answer it, but in this post, we’re going to break down the greatest NBA players of all time according to Win Shares, an advanced stat that measure a player’s performance based on team wins and the player’s statline. We’ll also include ABA years and stats for this. 

The 2021-22 season featured a number of astonishing individual performances, with a lot of NBA superstars operating at the peak of their powers. While Stephen Curry led the Warriors to another NBA championship and the Boston Celtics built a juggernaut around their stifling defense, one of the big stories of the regular season was how many players put up exceptional stat lines. Picking the top NBA players of 2021 is a challenge, so we’re using Box Plus/Minus to find out who were the top five by statistics.

As the conductor of the offense, the point guard is arguably the most important position on the floor. In the hands of an expert point guard, a team of average players can become good and a team of good players can become great. In this post, we’re going to break down the best point guards of all time, using statistics. Specifically, we’ll be looking at the leaders in Win Shares, a stat that tries to capture everything a player does on the floor. So here are the top point guards of all time, in alphabetical order, according to Win Shares.