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What year was John Stockton's peak?
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 1:00 pm
by CodeBreaker
What year was John Stockton's peak?
Re: What year was John Stockton's peak?
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 1:33 pm
by colts18
He peaked in the early 90s. I'd say between 1990-1992. Any of those years are a good argument for his peak. I believe that late 80's/early 90's Stockton was a better player than Malone. By the mid 90s, Malone took over and became the clear guy on the team.
Re: What year was John Stockton's peak?
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 1:46 pm
by 12footrim
89-90 his age 27 season. That was his highest PER, career scoring and assist numbers. His age 28 season was nearly identical and 2nd highest in all those individual categories. Pretty much confirms that was his peak of his powers. back to back like that. Although his entire career was more steady and similar than most players. The guy had a freaking 21 PER at age 40 and his per possession statistics had only dropped off a little from 12 years prior.
Re: What year was John Stockton's peak?
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 1:46 pm
by BenoUdrihFTL
You can argue that Stockton had an unprecedented 10 year peak
From a thread about peak Kidd vs Payton vs Stockton:
BenoUdrihFTL wrote:Stockton with little hesitation for me. I actually think his absurd consistency creates a situation where people devalue the idea of peak John Stockton
Suppose he had a 3 year stretch where he averaged for each season:
- 16 ppg and 13 apg on 62% TS (116 TS+)
- 122 ORTG, 104 DRTG
- 13.6 WS, .221 WS/48
- 8.0 BPM
- 7.5 VORP
It would be like wow what a phenomenal 3 year peak. I mean those numbers eclipse the single season peaks of both Kidd and Payton
And those numbers represent Stockton's average season for a decade
So if you want to say Stockton never peaked much higher than his 10 year prime or that he instead actually had a 10 year peak, however you want to describe it, I'm taking peak Stockton here
Re: What year was John Stockton's peak?
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 1:52 pm
by Colbinii
I would like to say it was between 1988-1995. Hard to put your finger on the exact year as he was consistent through the RS.
Re: What year was John Stockton's peak?
Posted: Mon Jun 6, 2022 4:15 am
by JordansBulls
For him tough to say because his peak and success are different years.
Re: What year was John Stockton's peak?
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2022 4:49 pm
by Bomb81
1990-91.