MVPs: 0. Finals MVPs: 0. All-NBA 1st Team: 2. 2nd Team: 6. 3rd Team: 3. All Star: 10. MVP: 1.
Defensive POY: 0. All-Defense 1st Team: 0. 2nd Team: 5.
Assists Champ: 9. Steals Champ: 2. eFG% Champ: 1.
Career Averages: 13 PPG/ 3 RPG/ 10 APG/ 2.2 SPG/ .2 BPG/ .546 eFG%/ .826 FT%.
Best Season: 17/ 3/ 14/ 2.7/ .2/ .540/ .819 (1989-90).
Postseason Averages: 13 PPG/ 3 RPG/ 10 APG/ 1.9 SPG/ .3 BPG/ .503 eFG%/ .810 FT%.
Best Postseason: 16/ 4/ 10/ 1.7/ .3/ .563/ .856 (1997).
Championships: 0. Runner-ups: 2 (#2 player on both).
Why he's below Walt Frazier: Stockton was never the best player on his own team, so we don't know how good he really was or if he could have carried a team. He had some good postseason moments but never had a huge performance in a critical game like the point guards above him had.
Why he's above the rest: Like with Karl Malone, there is something to be said about being consistent until the league changes in a way that values your skill set. He holds the point guard record with 10 seasons averaging a double-double. In that span, he led the league in assists 9 times, steals twice, and eFG% once. His 3.72 assists per turnover is higher than any player I have ranked above him. Though he's not known for big postseason performances, he played 19 seasons and made the playoffs in all 19. He also made the biggest shot in Jazz team history--a three pointer at the buzzer to close out the Rockets in the Western Conference Finals and send the Jazz to their first Finals. Assist:turnover ratio, steals per game, and shooting percentages are what I consider the three key point guard stats, and Stockton excelled in all three.
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