(last updated on October 6, 2025)

Shooting guards hold a pivotal role in the NBA, balancing their scoring ability with defensive skills. Often tasked with guarding the opponent’s top perimeter player, they must also contribute significantly to their team’s offensive output. Their ability to sink long-range shots, drive to the basket, and create scoring opportunities is crucial. A skilled shooting guard can be the difference-maker in tight games, making them indispensable to their teams’ success. So today let’s have a look at the best shooting guards of all time.

(last updated on October 6, 2025)

Ask basketball fans of a certain age their opinion on the best era in NBA history and you will be bound to hear some praise for the 1990s. They’ll tell you the game was more physical, it was the last decade dominated by traditional bigs, and that some of the greatest NBA players of the 90s were also some of the greatest players of all time.  

Let’s take a deeper look at that last point. Every era has their stars, from Bird and Magic in the 80s to Lebron and Steph in the 2010s. While generations of fans will always debate which eras, teams, and players were the best, one thing hoop heads of all ages should agree on is that the 90s were an important and exciting time in NBA history that produced some of the league’s most loved—and loathed—stars.