Ranking the 10 Best Players to Never Win an NBA Title

#4 John Stockton

John Stockton (Image courtesy: saltcityhoops.com)

Career Averages: 13.1 Points, 10.5 Assists, 2.2 Steals

Honors: 10x All-Star, 11x All NBA selections, 5x NBA All-Defensive selections

John Stockton is one of the greatest point guards of all time. He holds the all-time records for most assists and steals in NBA history (it's not even close). Stockton was the perfect PG, a superb passer and a very good shooter and defender. He led the league in assists a record 9 times and holds the record for assists per game in a season with 14.5 in 1990. Stockton used the heck out of the pick and roll for much of his career with the help of his MVP teammate Karl Malone.

Stockton finally reached the NBA finals with the Jazz in 1997, his 13th season. He had one of the greatest playoff moments in the Conference Finals that year as he scored the final 9 points including a buzzer-beating 3 pointer to lead them to the Finals. But they ran into Michael Jordan and lost in 6 games. He'd reach the Finals again the following season only to lose to Jordan and the Bulls again in 6 games. The lack of a title always tends to hurt Stockton in arguments regarding the best PG of all time, but it's likely that those Jazz teams could have won at least one title if they faced anyone else but the Bulls.