{"id":215011,"date":"2026-07-24T14:54:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=215011"},"modified":"2026-07-24T14:56:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:56:32","slug":"americans-made-a-list-of-the-best-shooters-of-all-time-jokic-in-26th-place-and-ahead-of-him-is-one-serb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/americans-made-a-list-of-the-best-shooters-of-all-time-jokic-in-26th-place-and-ahead-of-him-is-one-serb\/","title":{"rendered":"AMERICANS MADE A LIST OF THE BEST SHOOTERS OF ALL TIME: Joki\u0107 in 26th place, and ahead of him is one Serb!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Steph Curry is the best shooter in the history of basketball and there is no doubt about that. However, how to rank the rest behind him, that is where the trouble begins, and the eminent “Bleacher Report” waded into that task, making a list of the 99 best shooters of all time.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two Serbian basketball players found themselves on that list \u2013 Predrag Stojakovi\u0107 and Nikola Joki\u0107. The legendary Sacramento Kings ace, who won his only championship ring in his late playing years in a Dallas Mavericks jersey, took the 11th position on the list, while the best basketball player of today is in 26th place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below you can see what the full list of the best shooters in NBA history looks like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Steph Curry<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Reggie Miller<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Ray Allen<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Kevin Durant<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Klay Thompson<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Larry Bird<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Steve Nash<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Dirk Nowitzki<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Damian Lillard<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Kyle Korver<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Peja Stojakovi\u0107<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. Kyrie Irving<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. Steve Kerr<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. Mark Price<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. JJ Redick<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. Glen Rice<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. Dra\u017een Petrovi\u0107<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. Chris Mullin<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. Jerry West<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. James Harden<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. Kawhi Leonard<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. Chris Paul<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. Jeff Hornacek<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  24. Allan Houston<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  25. Michael Jordan<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  26. Nikola Joki\u0107<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  27. Kobe Bryant<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  28. Luka Don\u010di\u0107<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  29. Rick Barry<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  30. Pete Maravich<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  31. Paul George<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  32. Dale Ellis<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  33. Karl-Anthony Towns<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  34. Seth Curry<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  35. Carmelo Anthony<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  36. LeBron James<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  37. Khris Middleton<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  38. Mike Miller<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  39. Buddy Hield<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  40. Brent Barry<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  41. Donovan Mitchell<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  42. Duncan Robinson<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  43. Joe Johnson<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  44. Michael Redd<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  45. Mitch Richmond<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  46. CJ McCollum<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  47. Hersey Hawkins<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  48. Jalen Brunson<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  49. Tim Legler<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  50. Dell Curry<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  51. Paul Pierce<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  52. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  53. Kiki VanDeWeghe<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  54. Jayson Tatum<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  55. Devin Booker<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  56. Luke Kennard<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  57. Jamal Murray<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  58. Tyrese Haliburton<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  59. Jason Terry<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  60. Kevin Love<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  61. Trae Young<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  62. Sam Jones<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  63. Richard Hamilton<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  64. Joe Harris<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  65. Rashard Lewis<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  66. Wally Szczerbiak<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  67. Brandon Roy<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  68. Lou Hudson<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  69. Steve Smith<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  70. Jason Kapono<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  71. Michael Porter Jr.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  72. Danny Green<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  73. Craig Hodges<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  74. Bojan Bogdanovi\u0107<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  75. Dennis Scott<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  76. Kevin Martin<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  77. Lauri Markkanen<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  78. Wesley Person<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  79. Hubert Davis<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  80. Chuck Person<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  81. Vince Carter<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  82. Grayson Allen<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  83. Joe Dumars<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  84. Robert Horry<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  85. Joe Ingles<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  86. World B. Free<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  87. Zach LaVine<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  88. Dan Majerle<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  89. Bill Sharman<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  90. Jamal Crawford<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  91. Manu Gin\u00f3bili<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  92. Ricky Pierce<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  93. Dana Barros<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  94. Tyler Herro<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  95. Chauncey Billups<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  96. Detlef Schrempf<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  97. Austin Reaves<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  98. Terry Porter<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  99. Desmond Bane<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    What did “Bleacher Report” write about Stojakovi\u0107?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Less than a decade after Petrovi\u0107’s death, Croatia gave us another laser-accurate shooter from distance \u2013 Pe\u0111a Stojakovi\u0107. This time, he was 208 centimeters tall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Thanks to his height and unique, slightly angled release motion, which ended with a very high release point above his head, Pe\u0111a was another shooter who was nearly impossible to guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    He was a nightmare when moving without the ball as well. Pe\u0111a could receive the ball from all directions and immediately shoot with lethal precision. The time from catch to release was almost imperceptible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Stojakovi\u0107’s shot was so dangerous that in the 2003\/2004 season, along with an average of 6.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists, he finished fourth in the MVP voting, and nobody thought that was unusual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    His impact, and especially the significance of his main skill, was that important for winning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What did “Bleacher Report” write about Joki\u0107?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Nikola Joki\u0107 is not a pure three-point shooter, although throughout his career he has been above average from that distance, but the numbers show that he is one of the best shooters of all time from mid-range and the floater zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Starting from the 1996\/1997 season, since when this statistic has been tracked, Joki\u0107 has made 3,164 shots from a distance between 90 centimeters and 4.9 meters from the rim. That ranks him eighth in that period, but that is not what is most impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Among the remaining 99 players in the top 100, the average shooting percentage from that zone is 43.5 percent. Joki\u0107’s is 56.8 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    That is a huge difference, but it will probably not surprise those who have often watched the Denver Nuggets over the years. Whenever Joki\u0107 enters his signature floater from the paint or pulls the ball behind his head for a Larry Bird-like mid-range release, you almost expect the ball to softly pass through the net in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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