10 Best Post Up Point Guards in NBA History

Today we are counting down the best post up PGs in NBA history. Being able to post up as a point guard gave these players a big advantage over their defenders, as many point guards are not skilled enough when it comes to defending the post. Who is the best post up PG in your opinion? Let us know in the comment section bellow.
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[@alexo5190]

I'm so impressed by Andre Miller. I've never seen a point guard be so unathletic but still be effective. I swear I don't get why people don't understand that posting up is an essential skill. The closer you're to the basket, the more efficient you'll be. That's true analytics

[@yunan9610]

It's a good skill to have but it stagnates the offense and left your teammates out of touch, if you center your game around it. Modern game is all about spacing so most point guards prefer to practice something like isolation stepback three from the perimeter, and off ball they just stay behind the three point line waiting for spot up three. Which could be more efficient the better shooter you are. It's not like they can't do postups though. Guys like Kyrie, Booker, Jamal Murray and of course, CP would do it if they have the opportunity. Russ do more of it as well because his long range jumper isn't exactly great.

[@aarontracy5160]

Dude is athletic. Just played intentionally below the rim and went almost 2 decades in the nba

[@seagull2175]

“Unathletic” he would occasionally posterize other players

[@Philthethril]

It’s official; Scar is the best defender on BIL by a long shot. Best offense against that for me personally is attacking the lead foot of the defender with a vicious sweep from the triple threat position. If I’m gassed from having to deal with that defensive menace however, I’d try to post him up like Luka 😂

[@micdagreat1]

No Penny Hardaway!!You tripping!

[@BasketballFundamentals]

Agreed should have put Penny on this list

[@markofilipovic6831]

I loved watching Andre Miller in the post.

[@mare21ns]

Andre was a beast in the post.

[@keshawnwarmack5313]

He wasn't even big

[@_Maxten]

Idk if i consider CP a post scorer, he just a mid range scorer so he likes doing that melo fadeaway stuff

[@gabrielpujol4709]

Chris Paul post up like a practice jump shot

[@zeaferjones1404]

I didn't realize how much I liked my point guards to post up until this video. Gary Payton, Chauncy Billups and Sam Cassell are my favorite point guards and I think they are all extremely underrated. First off Gary Payton, he was a superstar when I first watched the NBA but its like the historians have reduced him to a defensive pest. Then Chauncy Billups who I consider the most underrated point guard of all time. Then Sam Cassell the most underrated shooter of all time.

[@andyryooable]

Nice list

[@JerryFilipovic]

Guards dont post up anymore.

[@Cameron_Caron]

This was a very good list and a good video. You pretty much got all the best posting PG's all time in there. The only one you're missing is Penny. I would've taken out CP3 and put Penny in there. Penny and Magic were the most dominant posting PG's of all time. Magic scored most his points in the post.

[@BasketballFundamentals]

Thanks. The only reason I didn't put Penny on the list is because he was listed as SG and SF during some of his later seasons

[@robsmith6650]

90% the 90s and early 2000s PGs had a post up game. Now you don’t see it. I think only CP3 & Russ use the post

[@yunan9610]

Jamal Murray does it often, Kyrie as well. It's not like most PG now can't do postups, the flow of modern offense is just more about run and gun with spacing and threes, rather than using up half of shot clock to get in position to do post up. Point guards are usually the furthest from the basket. There's just not much of the opportunity to do it.

[@mare21ns]

The Glove had a smooth post game.

[@BasketballFundamentals]

Yes he did!

[@twincities4336]

Penny should be #1 on this list no matter how many seasons he played the PG position... The only reason he stopped playing PG was because of his injuries. Good work though, cool vid 😎 👍🏽

[@noneyabeeysnass8283]

PENNY was great, but hayle naw he wasn’t a better post player than Magic! Magic was easily the goat PG in many ways including the post 😂

[@sirbradfordofhousejones]

@@noneyabeeysnass8283beat me to it. Magic could do just about everything. Spin, hook, dunk, left, right, finger roll, face-up, you name it. And if you doubled him it was basically two points to whomever was free because he was tall and had great vision. Absolute nightmare to defend against.

[@dlove032002]

Rod Strickland is missing!

[@gabrielpujol4709]

Sad can't fit them all in

[@krob8823]

Tony Parker?

[@BasketballFundamentals]

Yea should have included Tony here. I still regret putting CP3 on there, even his clips are not great lol

[@zeaferjones1404]

@@BasketballFundamentals You did great. My favorite point guards are Gary Payton, Chauncy Billups and Sam Cassell. It's sad how much disrespect Gary Payton gets these days because I can barely find him on a top 10 list and I actually consider him number 2 behind Magic. Chauncy is the most underrated though because I don't think I've ever seen him on any list. Also, Sam Cassell is sort of a midrange Steph Curry.

[@joydutoy864]

Do you consider a face up as post play? serious question

[@BasketballFundamentals]

This probably a question regarding those CP3 clips... My bad, rushed the video a bit and I couldnt find good post ups by CP lol And yes a face up can be a post up sometimes.

[@joydutoy864]

@@BasketballFundamentals ok thx. I personally think its a Part of it because often you get into the face up trough gettin the ball in the Post. Do you also have a Video about all time best Post Players?✌🏽

[@BasketballFundamentals]

@@joydutoy864 We are actually working on a Top 10 Post Up players video. So guys like Hakeem, McHale etc. Consider subscribing to our channel, to follow the latest videos :)

[@feisalabbasi9265]

Timmy could.of been a great pg but the best PF fits him well

[@joshuaseyoum8574]

Can you do best post up player of all time next pls

[@BasketballFundamentals]

Yes, we are planning do to that list too! Thanks for the suggestion :)

[@onlyfacts3178]

C.PAUL??? LOL

[@ericzuo7241]

I don’t recall CP3’s post game a lot. But just per this video, CP is good at using his strength to get into post position, but his post up seems to be heavily focused on face up to make those mid ranges, which are his logo moves. But one may argue face up is something being less discussed when you are really talking about post up masters. You don’t see that many face up in Duncan, Jordan, Hakeem, Kobe, Mchale, Bird’s post up highlights, and GP, Cassell, and Andre miller’s

[@TheIcemanthomas]

Goat

[@SLM3111]

Mark Jackson was killing teams in the playoffs with his postplay so #10 is certainly too low. Having guys hitting long face up jumpers ahead of him as examples of post play 🤔

[@SLM3111]

You also missed the Hardaways, Tim and Penny which are easily better post up players compared to half the players on this list.

[@BasketballFundamentals]

Totally agree with you, I regret putting Mark Jackson that low. That is what happens when you try to rush a video lol

[@SLM3111]

@@BasketballFundamentals Sorry had to get that in, was a huge jackson fan back in the day. Him and Andre Miller so it was nice to see you had pretty good clips of them posting up.

[@zeaferjones1404]

I'm a Pacer's fan and Mark Jackson was a beast in the post. In fact, there were times when he was the Pacers best post up player depending on what Smits was doing. I still can't rank him above Chauncy Billups though or even Jason Kidd who I don't think was as skilled at the post as Mark but he was taller so it came easier to him.

[@zeaferjones1404]

@@BasketballFundamentals I'm glad you had him on the list. You have to be paying attention to Pacer games closely to notice his post up skills because Reggie and Smits are sort of the main show.

[@gabrielpujol4709]

Big boddddyyyyy point guards

[@sacramentokingswillrise7525]

I'm going to assume before watching this Video Most of these Players are Explosive, Athletic, Have Quickness or All 3 of these

[@perfectblue8443]

Steve Smith and Penny Hardway deserve to be in the Top 10

[@Gumbomomma]

No penny??

[@BasketballFundamentals]

Now that you say it, I cant believe we didnt put Penny on there... Rushed the video a bit :)

[@Gumbomomma]

Basketball Fundamentals it’s good bro still a fire vid

[@yonsimontesdeocacedano9157]

Adrián Dantley

[@BasketballFundamentals]

He was more of a small forward than a point guard.

[@1xxicecatxx1]

you dont put livingston over cp3 .... you just don't, i don't care about the chips in terms of talent and utter scoring capabilities cp3 more complete

[@zeaferjones1404]

Livingston can post up though and was a key in the Warriors championships because going from defending Curry outside to Livingston in the post would throw off a lot of teams. I wouldn't put him above Billups who I think is the greatest post up point guard of all time. Gary Payton is an absolute beast but he had so many skills that I don't think he relied on the post as much as Chauncy so I'd switch them in pure post up game.

[@keshawnwarmack5313]

Kris's Middleton wow!!!!

[@adamrimar2579]

I think penny hardaway should be on here

[@BasketballFundamentals]

I was going to have him on the list, but he played PG only during his first 4 seasons in the league. The rest of his career he played SG and SF. That is the only reason why he didnt make the cut, because Penny was an amazing post player.

[@BreadVanVleet]

Kyrie Irving?

[@BasketballFundamentals]

Should have put him as an honorable mention at least...