Which team has the best starting point guard, and which one has the worst? The Sporting News is ranking every team's starter at each position for the 2024-25 NBA season. The bar has never been higher to be a starting point guard in the league. Lead ball-handlers who can create for themselves and others are what drive most NBA offenses.
Seventeen of the top 18 point guards on this list have made at least one All-Star game. The lone exception, Jamal Murray, is widely considered to be one of the best players to never make one. Here are all 30 projected starters at point guard for the 2024-25 season, ranked 1 to 30.
SN's NBA HQ: Live NBA scores | Updated NBA standings | Full NBA schedule NBA point guard rankings 2024-25 1. Luka Doncic, Mavericks This is Doncic's first season atop this list. He may be holding onto the top spot for a while.
Doncic earned his first scoring title last season, averaging 33.9 points per game to go along with his 9.8 assists and 9.
2 rebounds. That helped him earn his fifth consecutive First Team All-NBA selection and finish third in the MVP race. He was unstoppable in leading the Mavericks to a surprise Finals berth before running out of gas against the Celtics.
Doncic's 3-point shot has become deadly — he connected on a career-high 38.2 percent of his looks last year. That, combined with his unstoppable 1-on-1 scoring and unreal passing, makes him one of the toughest covers of all time.
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