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The Top Ranked Shooting Guards of the 1940s
Notes: This list is based on pro stats.
What players did in college is not factored into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Al Cervi | 2 |
| 2 | Bob McDermott | 7 |
| 3 | Max Zaslofsky | 9 |
| 4 | John Logan | 14 |
| 5 | Chick Reiser | 15 |
| 6 | Bruce Hale | 24 |
| 7 | Don Carlson | 31 |
| 8 | Carl Braun | 33 |
| 9 | Frankie Brian | 39 |
| 10 | Jim Seminoff | 43 |
| 11 | Chips Sobek | 44 |
| 12 | Herm Schaefer | 45 |
| 13 | Mel Riebe | 46 |
| 14 | Curly Armstrong | 47 |
| 15 | Rollie Seltz | 55 |
| 16 | Belus Smawley | 60 |
| 17 | Bob Tough | 65 |
| 18 | Dick O'Keefe | 66 |
| 19 | John Hargis | 67 |
| 20 | Gene Vance | 69 |
| 21 | Charley Shipp | 74 |
| 22 | Dick Triptow | 76 |
| 23 | Howie Shannon | 80 |
| 24 | Ray Lumpp | 82 |
| 25 | Ernest Andres | 86 |
| 26 | William Hapac | 87 |
| 27 | Earl Shannon | 88 |
| 28 | Andy Phillip | 89 |
| 29 | Pop Gates | 90 |
| 30 | Paul Cloyd | 92 |
| 31 | Don Putman | 94 |
| 32 | Paul Seymour | 97 |
| 33 | Dale Hamilton | 100 |
| 34 | Edward Riska | 103 |
| 35 | Sonny Hertzberg | 104 |
| 36 | Paul Hoffman | 111 |
| 37 | Stan Stutz | 116 |
| 38 | Glen Selbo | 128 |
| 39 | Stephen Sharkey | 129 |
| 40 | Wilbert Kautz | 134 |
| 41 | Robert Bolyard | 139 |
| 42 | Bobby Cook | 140 |
| 43 | Robert Dietz | 141 |
| 44 | Bobby Wanzer | 145 |
| 45 | Jack Garfinkel | 147 |
| 46 | Butch Van Breda Kolff | 149 |
| 47 | Ralph Hamilton | 150 |
| 48 | Johnny Macknowsky | 153 |
| 49 | Stan Noszka | 155 |
| 50 | Walt Lautenbach | 157 |
| 51 | Frank Gates | 162 |
| 52 | Jerry Fleishman | 171 |
| 53 | Walt Kirk | 173 |
| 54 | George Nelmark | 176 |
| 55 | Jack Burmaster | 177 |
| 56 | Thomas Wukovits | 179 |
| 57 | Robert Sullivan | 181 |
| 58 | Fran Curran | 184 |
| 59 | Bill Gabor | 185 |
| 60 | Gene Berce | 189 |
| 61 | Press Maravich | 190 |
| 62 | Whitey Von Nieda | 191 |
| 63 | Mel Thurston | 194 |
| 64 | Wyndol Gray | 195 |
| 65 | Matt Zunic | 196 |
| 66 | Bill McDonald | 197 |
| 67 | Robert Neu | 198 |
| 68 | Kenneth Suesens | 199 |
| 69 | Nat Hickey | 201 |
| 70 | Charles Joachim | 202 |
| 71 | Stanley Szukala | 206 |
| 72 | Richie Niemiera | 211 |
| 73 | Cecil Hankins | 212 |
| 74 | Fred Campbell | 215 |
| 75 | Don E. Smith | 222 |
| 76 | Jerome Steiner | 223 |
| 77 | Dee Gibson | 225 |
| 78 | Johnny Jorgensen | 226 |
| 79 | Ben Stephens | 227 |
| 80 | Johnny Simmons | 237 |
| 81 | Harold Brown | 243 |
| 82 | Harold Hutcheson | 247 |
| 83 | Robert Kitterman | 254 |
| 84 | Fred Rehm | 256 |
| 85 | Merlin Gilbertson | 258 |
| 86 | Ralph Kaplowitz | 260 |
| 87 | Chink Crossin | 261 |
| 88 | Fritz Nagy | 268 |
| 89 | Sid Tanenbaum | 269 |
| 90 | Herm Fuetsch | 274 |
| 91 | Aubrey Davis | 284 |
| 92 | Leonard Alterman | 289 |
| 93 | Paul Juntunen | 292 |
| 94 | Howie Rader | 296 |
| 95 | Herman Witasek | 301 |
| 96 | George Hogan | 304 |
| 97 | Jack Ozburn | 306 |
| 98 | Otto Kolar | 307 |
| 99 | Tex Ritter | 312 |
| 100 | Gene Anderson | 314 |
| 101 | Howard Vocke | 315 |
| 102 | Joe Urso | 323 |
| 103 | Frank Garcia | 340 |
| 104 | Leo Katkaveck | 344 |
| 105 | Ken Menke | 355 |
| 106 | Mel McGaha | 359 |
| 107 | Warner Engdahl | 360 |
| 108 | Charles Chuckovits | 361 |
| 109 | Keith Carey | 364 |
| 110 | Ossie Schectman | 371 |
| 111 | Carl Meinhold | 377 |
| 112 | Bob O'Shaughnessy | 378 |
| 113 | Casmir Wnorowski | 379 |
| 114 | Wilton Putnam | 380 |
| 115 | Dale Morey | 383 |
| 116 | Whitey Kachan | 386 |
| 117 | Red Wallace | 387 |
| 118 | Marty Passaglia | 388 |
| 119 | Bob Mulvihill | 390 |
| 120 | Red Mihalik | 391 |
| 121 | Art Stolkey | 398 |
| 122 | Kenneth Exel | 403 |
| 123 | Erwin Prasse | 404 |
| 124 | Cass Ostrowski | 405 |
| 125 | George Pearcy | 414 |
| 126 | Bob Sims | 417 |
| 127 | Roosevelt Hudson | 429 |
| 128 | Dermie O'Connell | 432 |
| 129 | Edward Scheiwe | 434 |
| 130 | Howard Hoffman | 436 |
| 131 | Edward Moeller | 440 |
| 132 | Henry Pearcy | 441 |
| 133 | Robert Regh | 448 |
| 134 | Fred Crum | 459 |
| 135 | Vaughn Waddell | 461 |
| 136 | Bernard Opper | 462 |
| 137 | Woody Grimshaw | 465 |
| 138 | Jerry Kelly | 466 |
| 139 | Dick Shrider | 467 |
| 140 | William Durkee | 479 |
| 141 | John Bosak | 482 |
| 142 | Victor Krafft | 483 |
| 143 | Leroy Mueller | 485 |
| 144 | Homer Fuller | 488 |
| 145 | George Haines | 496 |
| 146 | Jack Watkins | 498 |
| 147 | Jim Brown | 499 |
| 148 | Vito Kubilus | 500 |
| 149 | Maurice Ziegenhorn | 501 |
| 150 | Garland O'Shields | 503 |
| 151 | Frank Linskey | 504 |
| 152 | Bob Kramer | 505 |
| 153 | John Wright | 508 |
| 154 | Dick Murphy | 510 |
| 155 | David Wareham | 511 |
| 156 | Glynn Downey | 512 |
| 157 | Oren Nichols | 513 |
| 158 | Elmer Johnson | 519 |
| 159 | Chuck Hawley | 520 |
| 160 | Frank Sabo | 526 |
| 161 | Eric Plahn | 530 |
| 162 | Leonard Rader | 536 |
| 163 | Ken Keller | 540 |
| 164 | William Schroeder | 550 |
| 165 | Ed Glancy | 553 |
| 166 | Pat Hintz | 558 |
| 167 | D.C. Wilcutt | 560 |
| 168 | Nikola Lalich | 563 |
| 169 | Andy Tonkovich | 567 |
| 170 | Harold Dahl | 570 |
| 171 | Harry Roos | 571 |
| 172 | Jim Currie | 572 |
| 173 | Robert Skarda | 575 |
| 174 | Frank Baird | 576 |
| 175 | Bill Thompson | 578 |
| 176 | Tom Callahan | 581 |
| 177 | Ray Ramsey | 582 |
| 178 | Bill Behr | 592 |
| 179 | Jack Forestieri | 602 |
| 180 | Tommy O'Brien | 604 |
| 181 | Robert Dro | 605 |
| 182 | Bill Lloyd | 606 |
| 183 | Al Price | 621 |
| 184 | John Posewitz | 624 |
| 185 | Casey Jones | 633 |
| 186 | Allie Esposito | 638 |
| 187 | Tom Kelly | 639 |
| 188 | Leon Gauchat | 640 |
| 189 | Paul Maki | 647 |
| 190 | Herbie Gershon | 650 |
| 191 | William Ash | 664 |
| 192 | Moe Frankel | 672 |
| 193 | Lonnie Eggleston | 679 |
| 194 | Willie Phillips | 681 |
| 195 | Sam Kaplan | 689 |
| 196 | Don Eliason | 690 |
| 197 | Jim Cominsky | 693 |
| 198 | Al Alvarez | 702 |
| 199 | Jim Spruill | 704 |
| 200 | Mac Kinsbrunner | 706 |
| 201 | Edwin Sachs | 708 |
| 202 | Mortimer Hill | 709 |
| 203 | Paul Chadick | 711 |
| 204 | Art Hyatt | 715 |
| 205 | Norm Baker | 718 |
| 206 | George Slott | 721 |
| 207 | Herb Krautblatt | 723 |
| 208 | John O'Brien | 727 |
| 209 | Don Harvey | 728 |
| 210 | Bill McCahan | 737 |
| 211 | Bill Durkin | 738 |
| 212 | Bud Moodler | 739 |
| 213 | Lou Simon | 742 |
| 214 | Kenneth Gunning | 746 |
| 215 | George Pastushok | 748 |
| 216 | Frank Vukosic | 752 |
| 217 | Robert Shaddock | 754 |
| 218 | Beryl Drummond | 756 |
| 219 | Kenneth Griffith | 758 |
| 220 | Arnold Suddith | 768 |
| 221 | George Swanson | 773 |
| 222 | Glen Edwards | 774 |
| 223 | Theodore Falda | 777 |
| 224 | Phil Rabin | 778 |
| 225 | Bill Goebel | 788 |
| 226 | Carl Anderson | 797 |
| 227 | James Hilgemann | 801 |
| 228 | Peter Hecomovich | 806 |
| 229 | Jackie Peters | 807 |
| 230 | Dan Kraus | 812 |
| 231 | John Isaacs | 816 |
| 232 | John Hazen | 818 |
| 233 | Ed Mullen | 820 |
| 234 | Ted Strain | 821 |
| 235 | Ray Hayes | 823 |
| 236 | Louis Jagnow | 838 |
| 237 | Harold Swanson | 842 |
| 238 | Saul Cohen | 850 |
| 239 | George Babich | 860 |
| 240 | Al Schneider | 864 |
| 241 | Johnny Mroczkowski | 865 |
| 242 | Frank Frascella | 870 |
| 243 | Sid Rabin | 871 |
| 244 | Paul Campbell | 872 |
| 245 | Lou Spindell | 882 |
| 246 | Dick Gray | 884 |
| 247 | Johnny Rusinko | 885 |
| 248 | Jules Kasner | 886 |
| 249 | Brownie Carroll | 887 |
| 250 | Cy Kaselman | 891 |
| 251 | Ted Delson | 897 |
| 252 | Norm Butz | 907 |
| 253 | Jimmy Weston | 916 |
| 254 | Johnny Mascavage | 917 |
| 255 | Verl Heap | 919 |
| 256 | Ed Conaty | 934 |
| 257 | Hal Judenfriend | 943 |
| 258 | Irv Rizzi | 944 |
| 259 | Lenny Lesser | 946 |
| 260 | Willie Flynn | 947 |
| 261 | Ace Tramantan | 958 |
| 262 | Dick Nochimson | 959 |
| 263 | Mike Jarmon | 960 |
| 264 | John Russell | 962 |
| 265 | Dan Murphy | 973 |
| 266 | Johnny Hopper | 976 |
| 267 | Harold Reis | 978 |
| 268 | Lou Lefkowitz | 979 |
| 269 | Scotty Hamilton | 981 |
| 270 | Bob Knight | 983 |
| 271 | Wes Myers | 989 |
| 272 | Jack Goepfert | 993 |
| 273 | Dave Laub | 999 |
| 274 | Al Rossi | 1008 |
| 275 | Ed Masterson | 1011 |
| 276 | Abe Novak | 1012 |
| 277 | Milt Schulman | 1013 |
| 278 | Rip Gerson | 1018 |
| 279 | Jackie Cusick | 1021 |
| 280 | Cy Schneidman | 1025 |
| 281 | Carroll Shore | 1030 |
| 282 | Jack McGaffney | 1031 |
| 283 | Rocco English | 1037 |
| 284 | Frank Washington | 1039 |
| 285 | Woozy Smith | 1040 |
| 286 | Morris Pressman | 1044 |
| 287 | Jim Cascia | 1048 |
| 288 | Zack Clayton | 1050 |
| 289 | George Dracha | 1062 |
| 290 | Ron Leonard | 1065 |
| 291 | Oscar Grossman | 1068 |
| 292 | Sammy Van Hook | 1069 |
| 293 | George Sibby | 1077 |
| 294 | Eddie Deitch | 1084 |
| 295 | Zeke Fazekas | 1088 |
| 296 | Gene Resnick | 1090 |
| 297 | Wade Ackley | 1096 |
| 298 | Tom Sweeney | 1098 |
| 299 | Wilie Stellar | 1099 |
| 300 | Al Young | 1111 |
| 301 | Charlie Lacina | 1112 |
| 302 | Mex Siani | 1128 |
| 303 | Al Palatella | 1131 |
| 304 | Al Vogel | 1132 |
| 305 | John Makin | 1142 |
| 306 | Don Schuerholz | 1147 |
| 307 | Max Scharf | 1151 |
| 308 | Ed Logan | 1155 |
| 309 | Ollie Byers | 1156 |
| 310 | Jack Collins | 1158 |
| 311 | Pete Savio | 1162 |
| 312 | Ralph Dolgoff | 1165 |
| 313 | Stan Kauffman | 1166 |
| 314 | Eddie Ondrasik | 1167 |
| 315 | Herb Currie | 1170 |
| 316 | Kermit Smith | 1174 |
| 317 | Al Alberts | 1176 |
| 318 | Johnny Dracha | 1179 |
| 319 | Joe Harrington | 1183 |
| 320 | Vince Smith | 1191 |
| 321 | Les Lehman | 1204 |
| 322 | Dave Hornstine | 1207 |
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