Top 5 shooters ever

[hauntedcomputer]

Any list that doesn't have West top 3 is a joke.

[Kobe187]

1. Steph Curry
2. Ray Allen
3. Reggie Miller
4. Larry Bird
5. Klay Thompson
6. Kevin Durant
7. Steve Nash
8. Jerry West
9. Dame Lillard
10. James Harden/Dirk Nowitzki/Peja Stokovich/Kyle Korver

[Warriors Analyst]

Here is the eFG% and TS% of each player listed in the thread so far... plus Jokic, Harden, Barry, Reddick, CP3.

I've listed them by descending order of TS%... since I think TS% is a better measure than eFG% to determine who was a better pure shooter. eFG% adjusts to include that a 3PT FG is worth 1 more point but that doesn't mean the player converted more shots from attempts. I've used eFG% as a tie-breaker when TS% is the same.

Top 5:
1. Steph Curry (eFG 58.4, TS 62.7)
2. Nikola Jokic (eFG 57.3, TS 61.5)
3. Kevin Durant (eFG 54.6, TS 61.5)
4. Reggie Miller (eFG 54.4, TS 61.4)
5. James Harden (eFG 52.8, TS 61.1)

Honorable mentions:
Brent Barry (eFG 57.0, TS 60.7)
Steve Nash (eFG 55.6, TS 60.5)
Kyle Korver (eFG 57.4, TS 60.2)
JJ Reddick (eFG 55.5, TS 60.2)
Steve Kerr (eFG 56.4, TS 59.3)
Drazen Petrovic (eFG 54.4, TS 58.9)
Chris Paul (eFG 52.2, TS 58.3)
Dame Lillard (eFG 51.9, TS 58.3)
Ray Allen (eFG 53.0, TS 58.0)
Peja Stojakovic (eFG 53.7, TS 57.7)
Dirk Novitzki (eFG 51.2, TS 57.7)
Klay Thompson (eFG 55.1, TS 57.5)
Hubert Davis (eFG 53.7, TS 56.6)
Larry Bird (eFG 51.4, TS 56.4)
Michael Redd (eFG 50.3, TS 55.8)

PS: Timmy-lovers who like putting him over Kobe in Top-10 lists should note that Brent Barry has the 6th best TS% of all shooters, even higher than Nash, Dirk, Klay, Allen, etc. Yet even with Robinson + Manu + Parker + Barry, etc, etc... Timmy still couldn't repeat, lol.

I don't think TS% is a great stat for this discussion because of the heavy weight given to FT's.

[NZB2323]

Top 5 3-point shooters:

Curry
Klay
Dame
Ray Allen
Reggie Miller

Dame takes way tougher shots than Kyle Korver.