The 5 Greatest Passers in NBA History 

Average?? They're both HoFers

The category here is "greatest passers," but the people who made the video seem to think erroneously that one needs assist records to be in the top 5. Assists and passing artistry may be related, but they're NOT the same thing. If they're looking for the greatest passers, Larry Bird and Pete Maravich both must be in the top 5.

McHale average player? Gotta be joking

Putting Westbrook over Bird is a joke. Westbrook spent much of his career passing just to pad his stats and shoot for triple doubles. Bird on the other hand passed to win championships. He had eyes in the back of his head.

Nobody was a far greater passer than Oscar. Did you ever see him play live. I did. In his prime which was before 1966 he was virtually the best at everything. Cousy was the 1st great modern passer & 3X the passer Westbrook ever was. In fact, in this century for sheer passing Ginobili was the best.

​@@nobodyaskedbut thanks nobody. Oscar was easily the first GREAT scorer/passer. Yes great at both.

Few agree with you Pete! Can we all agree that he was the most fun player to watch?

Sure - everything is per one's view so everybody is right

Agree. Nailed it.

Yes, the '86 Celtics were a season-long passing clinic, led by Bird and Walton.

Best all around player period

On the break, perhaps. In the half-court, I would say effective, but not truly special.

Westbrooks usage rate wasnt any higher than any other point guard.The man could just flat out pass the basketball.His outside shot was iffy at times.His decision making wasn't always the best,but nah the man could pass the ball.

@@ralphgreenwood2469 that's just not true. Only one point guard has a higher career usage rate than Westbrook, Westbrook has the single highest usage rate for a season in NBA history and 2 of the 5 highest. He also is a ridiculous turnover machine which counts against him.

@@DeadSezSo My point was that Westbrook is a great passer.That cannot be denied or down played as you are trying to do.Just googling stats is not how u define a player.If that is the case Wilt Chamberlain is the greatest player in NBA history( I am willing to bet you don't agree with that) and Kobe isn't great because he missed more shots than anyone else.If Westbrook has a higher usage rate(I am not even sure what usage rate means)than Oscar Robertson,Kevin Porter,John Stockton even Larry Bird who touched the ball every time down the court.Sometimes Two or three times per possession.Its only by percentage points.Give me a list of the top usage guys and if your point is well taken I will certainly acknowledge it

It's just a hobby. I'm not a professional video editor

Sad

Cousy invented point guard. Period.

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Bill Russell wuld b number 1 all time tho

@@brianwilliams6167 rings are rings

Yup

Read the pinned comment, and the myriad other comments on Pete.

Thanks JJ

Don't share an opinion you'll get booed out of the comments!

We lobbied for this guy but the writer had the final say! Think we should dedicate a whole vid to JW.

Harsh but your opinion counts too.