Is Nikola Jokic the best passer in NBA history?

Forget hall of famers, look at how many All-Stars Jokic has played with in his career and who they are. That’s what’s amazing.

It’s a total of 6 and they arent/werent very good

Deandre Jordan
Roy Hibbert - for 6 games
Jameer Nelson
Devin Harris
Paul Millsap
Over the hill Boogie Cousins

Stats say stocky I think

Jokic is an unbelievable passer…

Maybe the best passing big man but hard to say who is the best passer ever.

It's hard to quantify best passer of all time. But I firmly believe Jokic is solidified in that conversation as one of the greatest of all time. He has such amazing court awareness, and he knows where all of his teammates are at any part of the game. He may as well have eyes in the back of his head.

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Before u say Magic Johnson…Magic played with 3-4 hall of famers on the same court

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It was Magic regardless of who he played with. He had 3 other hall of famers on the same roster from 82-85, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy, and Jamaal Wilkes. That is it as far as I can tell.

Missed a few guys

I'll submit another big. Arvydas Sabonis was a phenomenal passer.

Aren’t you forgetting about the best to ever do everything even probably at age 48……LEBRON

Hard to say. With every team shooting so many 3pt shots, and teams not having big men in the lane, the court is more wide open than ever. It's much easier for cutters to go to the rim with no classic centers currently playing in the NBA.

As great a rim defender as Victor Wembanyama is, His league leading 254 blocks this past season ties him for 54th place. That means players had more blocks in a season 53 different times. .Theo Ratliff's 307 blocks in 2003 is the only season since 2000 in the top 20, at number 20. Marcus Camby's 285 blocks in 2007 is 30th on the list. Ben Wallaces 278 in 2001 is number 37. Hassan Whiteside's 269 in 2015 is tied for number 44, and is the most recent before Wembanyama's season. Ratliff mad the list again at 49th with 262.

The top shot blockers from the 2000's and 2010's, plus Wemby::



The top shot blockers from the 1980's and 1990's:





We are trying to compare numbers for players playing different games. Points were hard to come by and so were assists. Who can say guys that played in the 1980's and 1990's wouldn't have had higher assist numbers in today's game. I have to question whether some of today's scorers and assist leaders would have the same numbers in the 1980's and 1990's.

NBA Single Season Leaders and Records for Blocks