The Top 15 Players at

Each Position in 2008—09

Ranked in terms of Wins Produced

WP48 = Wins Produced per 48 minutes

Data taken from Basketball-Reference.com

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All-NBA First Team

All-NBA Second Team

All-NBA Third Team

Point Guard

Rank

Overall

Rank

Point Guards

Team

Games

Games

Started

Minutes

Wins

Produced

WP48

1

1

Chris Paul

New Orleans

78

78

3,002

29.4

0.470

2

5

Jason Kidd

Dallas

81

81

2,886

21.0

0.349

3

6

Rajon Rondo

Boston

80

80

2,642

18.3

0.332

4

20

Jose Calderon

Toronto

68

68

2,333

12.4

0.255

5

22

Andre Miller

Philadelphia

82

82

2,976

12.2

0.197

6

23

Steve Nash

Phoenix

74

74

2,484

12.0

0.232

7

24

Deron Williams

Utah

68

68

2,505

11.9

0.228

8

25

Chauncey Billups

Denver-Detroit

79

79

2,789

11.2

0.192

9

38

Tony Parker

San Antonio

72

71

2,456

9.5

0.186

10

41

Ramon Sessions

Milwaukee

79

39

2,173

9.2

0.203

11

43

Devin Harris

New Jersey

69

69

2,494

9.0

0.173

12

45

Mike Bibby

Atlanta

79

79

2,740

8.9

0.155

13

49

Maurice Williams

Cleveland

81

81

2,834

8.2

0.138

14

52

Mike Conley

Memphis

82

61

2,508

8.0

0.154

15

66

Jameer Nelson

Orlando

42

42

1,309

7.0

0.256

Shooting Guard

Rank

Overall

Rank

Shooting Guards

Team

Games

Games

Started

Minutes

Wins

Produced

WP48

1

4

Dwyane Wade

Miami

79

79

3,048

21.0

0.331

2

12

Brandon Roy

Portland

78

78

2,903

14.5

0.240

3

14

Kobe Bryant

LA Lakers

82

82

2,960

13.9

0.226

4

17

Mike Miller

Minnesota

73

47

2,356

13.2

0.270

5

55

Manu Ginobili

San Antonio

44

7

1,181

7.8

0.316

6

56

Ronnie Brewer

Utah

81

80

2,605

7.7

0.142

7

57

Joe Johnson

Atlanta

79

79

3,124

7.7

0.118

8

60

Dominic McGuire

Washington

79

57

2,072

7.5

0.174

9

68

J.R. Smith

Denver

81

18

2,245

6.8

0.146

10

71

Jason Richardson

Charlotte-Phoenix

72

71

2,410

6.7

0.133

11

72

Nate Robinson

New York

74

11

2,209

6.6

0.144

12

76

Delonte West

Cleveland

64

64

2,152

6.4

0.144

13

79

Rudy Fernandez

Portland

78

4

1,993

6.1

0.148

14

80

Shane Battier

Houston

60

59

2,031

6.1

0.145

15

90

Anthony Parker

Toronto

80

71

2,637

5.4

0.097

Small Forward

Rank

Overall

Rank

Small Forwards

Team

Games

Games

Started

Minutes

Wins

Produced

WP48

1

2

LeBron James

Cleveland

81

81

3,054

27.1

0.426

2

11

Gerald Wallace

Charlotte

71

71

2,669

15.7

0.283

3

19

Andre Iguodala

Philadelphia

82

82

3,269

13.1

0.192

4

27

Kevin Durant

Oklahoma

74

74

2,885

10.5

0.175

5

29

Paul Pierce

Boston

81

81

3,035

10.2

0.161

6

33

Shawn Marion

Miami-Toronto

69

68

2,470

10.0

0.193

7

35

Ray Allen

Boston

79

79

2,876

9.8

0.163

8

40

Vince Carter

New Jersey

80

80

2,946

9.3

0.152

9

48

Jamario Moon

Miami-Toronto

80

60

2,068

8.4

0.194

10

53

Trevor Ariza

LA Lakers

82

20

1,998

8.0

0.192

11

58

Caron Butler

Washington

67

67

2,585

7.7

0.142

12

61

Grant Hill

Phoenix

82

68

2,445

7.5

0.147

13

64

Tayshaun Prince

Detroit

82

82

3,057

7.3

0.114

14

70

Hedo Turkoglu

Orlando

77

77

2,815

6.7

0.115

15

83

Carmelo Anthony

Denver

66

66

2,277

5.9

0.125

Power Forward

Rank

Overall

Rank

Power Forwards

Team

Games

Games

Started

Minutes

Wins

Produced

WP48

1

7

Troy Murphy

Indiana

73

73

2,482

17.0

0.330

2

30

Kevin Garnett

Boston

57

57

1,772

10.2

0.275

3

34

Luis Scola

Houston

82

82

2,488

9.8

0.190

4

39

Antonio McDyess

Detroit

62

30

1,866

9.5

0.243

5

42

Paul Millsap

Utah

76

38

2,290

9.0

0.189

6

46

Lamar Odom

LA Lakers

78

32

2,316

8.7

0.181

7

51

Dirk Nowitzki

Dallas

81

81

3,050

8.1

0.127

8

54

Antawn Jamison

Washington

81

81

3,096

7.9

0.122

9

87

Nick Collison

Oklahoma

71

40

1,831

5.4

0.142

10

91

Kurt Thomas

San Antonio

79

10

1,404

5.3

0.183

11

104

Udonis Haslem

Miami

75

75

2,560

4.9

0.091

12

107

Matt Bonner

San Antonio

81

67

1,928

4.8

0.119

13

110

Zach Randolph

New York-LA Clippers

50

45

1,757

4.5

0.123

14

112

David West

New Orleans

76

76

2,982

4.4

0.071

15

113

Andrei Kirilenko

Utah

67

10

1,831

4.3

0.113

Center

Rank

Overall

 Rank

Centers

Team

Games

Games

Started

Minutes

Wins

Produced

WP48

1

3

Dwight Howard

Orlando

79

79

2,821

24.6

0.418

2

8

Pau Gasol

LA Lakers

81

81

2,999

16.8

0.269

3

9

David Lee

New York

81

74

2,824

16.4

0.280

4

10

Tim Duncan

San Antonio

75

75

2,522

16.0

0.304

5

13

Marcus Camby

LA Clippers

62

55

1,925

13.9

0.348

6

15

Yao Ming

Houston

77

77

2,589

13.3

0.247

7

16

Joel Przybilla

Portland

82

43

1,952

13.3

0.328

8

18

Emeka Okafor

Charlotte

82

81

2,691

13.1

0.234

9

21

Andris Biedrins

Golden State

62

58

1,863

12.3

0.316

10

26

Chris Bosh

Toronto

77

77

2,928

10.9

0.179

11

28

Al Horford

Atlanta

67

67

2,242

10.3

0.221

12

31

Joakim Noah

Chicago

80

55

1,938

10.0

0.247

13

32

Kevin Love

Minnesota

81

37

2,048

10.0

0.234

14

36

Shaquille O'Neal

Phoenix

75

75

2,252

9.7

0.207

15

37

Nene Hilario

Denver

77

76

2,510

9.7

0.185