Top 30 NBA Power Forwards

Tim Duncan is the best power forward in the game and one of the best ever to play. Able to play both forward and center, he can dominate whoever he plays on both sides of the floor. Not only that, he steps up his game in the playoffs with 24.8 PPG, 13.8 RPG and 2.4 BPG. He might be boring to watch, but you can't argue with 4 championships. 3 more positions left to cover.

Player (Current Team/Former Team) PPG, RPG, APG, SPG, BPG

* = Best in Category

(R) = Rookie

Steals 1+ Shown

Blocks 1.5+ Shown

Blocks and Steals Shown if both are 1+

1. Tim Duncan (SAS) 19.3, 11.3*, 2.8, 2 BPG

2. Amare Stoudemire (PHX) 25.2*, 9.1, 1.5, 2.1 BPG*, 59% FG*

3. Kevin Garnett (BOS) 18.8, 9.4, 3.4, 1.2, 1.4

4. Dirk Nowitzki (DAL) 23.6, 8.6, 3.5

5. Carlos Boozer (UTA) 21.1, 10.4, 2.2, 1.2 SPG

6. Antawn Jamison (WAS) 21.4, 10.2, 1.5, 1.3 SPG

7. Chris Bosh (TOR) 22.3, 8.7, 2.6, 1 BPG

8. David West (NOH) 20.6, 8.9, 2.3, 1.3

9. Josh Smith (ATL) 17.2, 8.2, 3.4, 1.5, 2.8

10. Lamar Odom (LAL) 14.2, 10.6, 3.5, 1 SPG

11. Rashard Lewis (ORL) 19, 8.4, 4.4*, 1.6 SPG*

12. Zach Randolph (NYK) 17.6, 10.3, 2

13. Danny Granger (IND) 19.6, 6.1, 2.1, 1.2, 1

14. Emeka Okafor (CHA) 13.8, 10.7, 0.9, 1.7 BPG

15. LaMarcus Aldridge (POR) 17.8, 7.6, 1.6, 1.2 BPG

16. Udonis Haslem (MIA) 12, 9, 1.4

17. Drew Gooden (CHI/CLE) 12, 8.6, 1.2

18. Chris Wilcox (SEA) 13.4, 7, 1.2

19. Kenyon Martin (DEN) 12.4, 6.5, 1.3, 1 SPG

20. Al Harrington (GSW) 13.6, 5.4, 1.6

21. Tim Thomas (LAC) 12.4, 5.1, 2.7

22. Ryan Gomes (MIN) 12.6, 5.8, 1.8

23. Charlie Villanueva (MIL) 11.7, 6.1, 1

24. (R) Luis Scola (HOU) 10.3, 6.4, 1.3

25. Hakim Warrick (MEM) 11.4, 4.7, 0.7

26. Ben Wallace (CLE/CHI) 4.8, 8.4, 1.5, 1.2, 1.6

27. Joe Smith (CLE/CHI) 10.2, 5.1, 0.9

28. Josh Boone (NJN) 8.2, 7.3, 0.8

29. Mikki Moore (SAC) 8.5, 6, 1

30. (R) Yi Jianlian (MIL) 8.2, 5.6, 0.8

Just Missed Out

Brandon Bass (DAL) , Jason Maxiell (DET), Antonio McDyess (DET), Carl Landry (HOU)

Some of these players don't just play the PF, but they can play SF too. Josh Smith, Rashard Lewis, Danny Granger, Ryan Gomes, they played SF until the occasion called up. Smith played PF a lot and is matched up with KG in the playoffs. Lewis and Hedo Turkoglu are interchangable with it comes to the 3 and 4 spots. Granger has even started as a shooting guard and Gomes went big when Al Jefferson started as a center. It just shows you how interchangable the NBA is now.

Tim Duncan dunks past Amare Stoudemire....
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15 Comments On: "Top 30 NBA Power Forwards"

 
I agree with most of this ranking but Randolph in 12º? I think he is worse than that. :D

He's good, but he just destructive wherever he goes and ruins a team's chemistry. He'll go 20-10 one night and make talk trash to his teammates the same night. The only thing good about him are his stats.

Scola and Landry da best, ya digg

Your lists are pretty good, but IDK, I would also like to see you measure clutch performance and how they affect their team. I feel like the order would still say mostly the same, but KG might be No. 2 under these conditions while a player like Dirk would drop down.

I dont know how Al Jefferson isn't top 10 on this list.

On second thought, Jefferson did move to center when he joined the TWolves.

Or even on the list for that matter.

Great list. I'm glad Timmy's first!

how is BIG AL not on this list???

sure he played at center...thats cause twolves had no centers. Jefferson was out of position.

Amare played at center until Shaq came. But he is on the list?

Duncan is a center now aswell, lets not forget. Same with Emeka Okafor.

I would have put Okafor as cener, because Wallace played PF before getting that grade 3 concussion, that was a scary moment. After that he said he didn't want to play PF, so they moved him back to SF, Richardson to SG, Felton to PG and Mohammed to start at center.

I would have put Okafor as cener, because Wallace played PF before getting that grade 3 concussion, that was a scary moment. After that he said he didn't want to play PF, so they moved him back to SF, Richardson to SG, Felton to PG and Mohammed to start at center.

What?! Double post? There's a first time for everything.

Rasheed is definitely a PF and he definitely belongs at the top of this list, at the very least top 3. The only PF that can post you up, hit the outside trey and everything in between. He's not soft on D like Nowitzki.

and danny granger is a SG or SF not a PF at all

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