Statistically, The 10 Best NBA Players Never to Have Been Named an All-Star

Remarkably, a large majority of them are guys who have played this century.  You will note that a LOT of them are guys who are power forward/center types who get a lot of rebounds and shoot a high percentage.

1              Cedric Maxwell PF - Cornbread played 11 seasons (1978-88) and had a PER of 16.4 and a Win Shares Per48 of .159, resulting in 78.5 Win Shares for his team. 

1978       1988                       16.4        .159        78.5

2              Don Nelson SF

1963       1976                       16.1        .165        74.6

 

3              Brent Barry  SG

1996       2009                       15.7        .143        70.5

 

4              Tyson Chandler C

2002       2013                       15.9        .154        66.7

 

5              Nene Hilario C

2003       2013                       17.5        .150        52.6

 

6              Kevin Martin SG

2005       2013                       18.7        .150        47.8

 

7              Paul Millsap PF

2007       2013                       18.6        .155        41.9

 

8              Chuck Share - no idea

1952       1959                       18.0        .159        40.9

 

9              Jerome Williams  SF/PF

1997       2005                       15.9        .143        37.9

 

10           Anderson Varejao PF

2005       2013                       15.4        .152        36.8

 

11           Chris Andersen PF

2002       2012                       16.5        .145        25.9