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NBA ComparatorThe best Detroit Pistons guards since 1948-49

Isiah Thomas leads with 18,822 points in 979 games for the Detroit Pistons; Joe Dumars had 16,402.

Every guard with 82 or more regular-season games for the Detroit Pistons since 1948-49, ranked by points. The lines are each player's total game by game, the top 8 of each drawn. The franchise's games as the Fort Wayne Pistons count.

points · by game

assists · by game

3-pointers made · by game

80 guards with 82+ gamespoints

#	player	seasons	games	points	assists	3-pointers made
1	Isiah Thomas	1981-82 – 1993-94	979	18,822	9,062	398
2	Joe Dumars	1985-86 – 1998-99	1,018	16,402	4,612	990
3	Dave Bing	1966-67 – 1974-75	675	15,235	—	—
4	Richard Hamilton	2002-03 – 2010-11	631	11,582	2,419	413
5	Vinnie Johnson	1981-82 – 1990-91	798	10,146	2,657^*	63
6	John Long	1978-79 – 1990-91	608	9,019	1,121^*	—
7	Gene Shue	1956-57 – 1961-62	440	8,026	—	—
8	Chauncey Billups	2002-03 – 2013-14	482	7,940	2,984	890
9	Jerry Stackhouse	1997-98 – 2001-02	337	7,451	1,470	401
10	Eddie Miles	1963-64 – 1969-70	496	7,417	—	—
11	Rodney Stuckey	2007-08 – 2013-14	483	6,491	1,888	182
12	Lindsey Hunter	1993-94 – 2007-08	703	6,292	2,038	793
13	Jimmy Walker	1967-68 – 1971-72	388	6,262	—	—
14	Cade Cunningham	2021-22 – 2026-27	273	6,141	2,172	525
15	Don Ohl	1960-61 – 1963-64	307	5,144	—	—
16	Reggie Jackson	2014-15 – 2019-20	299	4,842	1,664	469
17	Eric Money	1974-75 – 1979-80	349	4,123	1,232^*	—
18	Chris Ford	1972-73 – 1978-79	485	4,118	—	—
19	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	2013-14 – 2016-17	314	3,665	495	479
20	Allan Houston	1993-94 – 1995-96	237	3,386	514	384
21	Chuck Noble	1955-56 – 1961-62	412	3,275	—	—
22	Jaden Ivey	2022-23 – 2025-26	214	3,187	854	349
23	Frank Brian	1951-52 – 1955-56	305	3,091	—	—
24	John Mengelt	1972-73 – 1975-76	291	2,987	—	—
25	Howard Komives	1968-69 – 1971-72	296	2,956	—	—
26	Will Bynum	2008-09 – 2013-14	338	2,845	1,148	82
27	Chucky Atkins	2000-01 – 2009-10	305	2,800	954	409
28	Ben Gordon	2009-10 – 2011-12	196	2,424	464	245
29	Kevin Porter	1975-76 – 1978-79	202	2,377	1,904^*	—
30	Andy Phillip	1952-53 – 1955-56	262	2,342	—	—
31	Ish Smith	2016-17 – 2018-19	219	2,153	981	107
32	Brandon Jennings	2013-14 – 2015-16	144	2,030	951	254
33	Willie Jones	1960-61 – 1964-65	274	2,003	—	—
34	Brandon Knight	2011-12 – 2019-20	150	1,950	592	251
35	Michael Curry	1995-96 – 2002-03	432	1,946	519	71
36	Ausar Thompson	2023-24 – 2026-27	196	1,882	487	38
37	Langston Galloway	2017-18 – 2019-20	204	1,709	244	342
38	Killian Hayes	2020-21 – 2023-24	210	1,704	1,090	166
39	Dick McGuire	1957-58 – 1959-60	208	1,695	—	—
40	Luke Kennard	2017-18 – 2019-20	164	1,613	353	260
41	Reggie Bullock Jr.	2015-16 – 2018-19	174	1,495	260	289
42	Hamidou Diallo	2020-21 – 2022-23	134	1,381	152	44
43	Max Zaslofsky	1953-54 – 1955-56	124	1,367	—	—
44	David Johnson	1949-50 – 1952-53	169	1,363	—	—
45	Malik Beasley	2024-25	82	1,336	139	319
46	Jon Barry	2001-02 – 2002-03	162	1,294	480	208
47	Rod Thorn	1964-65 – 1965-66	101	1,194	—	—
48	Alec Burks	2022-23 – 2023-24	94	1,192	182	198
49	Ralph Simpson	1976-77 – 1977-78	109	1,190	261^*	—
50	Cory Joseph	2020-21 – 2022-23	146	1,176	559	149
51	Marcus Sasser	2023-24 – 2025-26	166	1,158	444	192
52	Josh Jackson	2020-21 – 2021-22	101	1,104	192	107
53	Paul Armstrong	1948-49 – 1950-51	153	1,038	—	—
54	Walter Devlin	1955-56 – 1956-57	140	1,021	—	—
55	Donnie Butcher	1963-64 – 1965-66	137	969	—	—
56	Bill Kenville	1956-57 – 1959-60	131	966	—	—
57	Frank Jackson	2020-21 – 2021-22	93	950	91	147
58	Stu Lantz	1972-73 – 1973-74	101	937	—	—
59	Johnny Oldham	1949-50 – 1950-51	126	932	—	—
60	Johnny Egan	1961-62 – 1963-64	126	857	—	—
61	Ron Lee	1979-80 – 1981-82	194	844	837^*	42
62	Bruce Brown	2018-19 – 2019-20	132	836	321	57
63	Leo Klier	1948-49 – 1949-50	113	802	—	—
64	Carlos Delfino	2004-05 – 2006-07	180	791	170	75
65	Svi Mykhailiuk	2018-19 – 2020-21	95	759	167	174
66	Dana Barros	2000-01 – 2001-02	89	671	188	68
67	Arron Afflalo	2007-08 – 2008-09	149	639	96	53
68	Ronald Murray	2006-07 – 2007-08	88	607	251	30
69	Jud Buechler	1998-99 – 2000-01	165	597	129	111
70	Javonte Green	2025-26 – 2026-27	83	588	56	99
71	Rodney McGruder	2020-21 – 2022-23	99	547	92	110
72	John Niemiera	1948-49 – 1949-50	84	538	—	—
73	Charles Vaughn	1965-66 – 1966-67	84	496	—	—
74	Mark Macon	1993-94 – 1998-99	120	486	123	30
75	Saben Lee	2020-21 – 2021-22	85	475	281	22
76	Darrell Walker	1991-92 – 1992-93	83	395	214	0
77	Carlos Arroyo	2004-05 – 2005-06	90	373	283	3
78	Jake Fendley	1951-52 – 1952-53	102	286	—	—
79	Walker Russell	1982-83 – 1987-88	86	225	155	3
80	Darvin Ham	2003-04 – 2004-05	101	142	21	1

* The box score lacks the stat in some of his games here; the total is the games that have it. — The box score lacks the stat in more than a tenth of his games here. The box score has assists in nearly every game from 1975-76 and 3-pointers made in nearly every game from 1979-80; the Method has the rest. A position is the NBA roster's, else ESPN's, one for the whole career.

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