Ok

I think Kobe is a top 2 midrange scorer but thats just my opinion.

I think kobe should be at least top 5

kobe should be higher

Kobe should be 1

You’re right, he shouldn’t even be here

go watch other sports. basketball is too hard for you to understand.@@Superman30970

@@Superman30970 Dumb list. Kobe has BY FAR the most made unassisted mid range shots in nba history. ESPN has a video on it. Dirk is not even close. Kobe is definitely 1 and MJ 2. They only used 2 seasons of MJ which is unfair.

​@@GJG_3You don't know ball KD is clearly no. 1 and the most efficient between all of them. Kobe not even top 3.

Yeah paul over kobe. Shiii

Exactly one of the best mid range shooters ever

Same.I thought he only play defense

The 100th like is mine :)

KG had a strange game. He made a lot of difficult fadeaway shots because of his style of play with so many fakes in the post. He also guarded anyone, 1-5 so that made his defensive play very versatile. He did shoot a lot of midrange shots and shot it well.

I remember KG's last three seasons in Minnesota before he went to Boston he was Unstoppable it seemed like his jump shot was automatically going in every time he shot.

I would leave him off this list too

lol he's good but he's not even an all-star. Far away from top 10.

I haven’t finished watching yet but I’m also waiting for Rip Hamilton

Some more honorable mentions would be nice all in all

yes, if you put Kawhi who barely barely plays higher than Kobe and Derozan then Shaun should be number 10

Love Rip Hamilton. The pistons underutilized him imo.

@@linkonedgell894 You might think that from his stats but honestly he started and did his job perfectly. That’s what those Larry Brown Pistons era teams were all about. It wasn’t about anyone trying to keep their 25, 5 and 5 stats rolling every night. It was about winning through cutthroat defense and utilizing the bench players to where they’re just as important to our success as the starters. I truly believe there will never be another NBA champion team as unique as our 2004 squad

@@DetroitDrew313 absolutely adore that team, just felt like a lot of possessions were rin through Sheed in the post, when it prolly would've been better to create a play for Rip.

Bro your just being bias cause your FROM Detroit!!🤬🤬 jkjk broski...Rip was a beast..

RIP Hamilton was actually a slasher in Wizards. He is a great spot up mid-range shooter but unlike anyone on the list that can create their own. Rip's strength was moving without the ball for him to be open.

Is it really, I mean he’s the most inconsistent one on the list

@@zackkkk121Derozan??

@@AcousticOlli Derozan is a more consistent mid range shooter than Kobe??? Playoffs don’t count???? Yall some haters fr. You can’t think rationally too busy hating😂😂😂

@@zackkkk121 Just be chatting, Melo and Derozan are less consistent.

@@AcousticOlli 😭😭😭nobody’s mid range percentages are that high😂😂where you getting your stats from? I’m just being objective and you over here trying to put Derozan over him😂😂😂

facts

Curry. Just cus he don’t shoot the Midg much don’t mean he deadly. I’m being so serious I don’t think he missed a midrange yet

@@BrayanSaverino not up there with the ones I mentioned. They have all the mid range shots in their bag

@@tommyosborne5522 Nice list. Connie Hawkins jerry west melo twyman Kobe MJ t Mac n kd off the top are some of the best ones I’ve seen

I agree except Melo definitely in there too.

Iverson's stepover on Tye Lue is right up there alongside it for me. Shawn Kemp's double finger point at Alton Lister is right up there also. The Jordan finger wave on Mutombo was also stupidly iconic. But yeah, Jordan over Ehlo is still the peak of them all.

crazy mid range attempts, almost x2 for most in the list.

@@metalsadman that is insane... And the fact he was hitting at about 50% is almost unreal

@@Daveyboy_GolfRsagging off defense and illegal defense does that to you

@@MakaveliDior The D that Jordan dealt with was Muay Thai style elbows, knees, while being yanked down to the ground... Things that would never fly in today's game. Whether it was '80s pistons, or '90s Knicks/pacers. He got it worse than anyone and then gave it back better than anyone ever.

@@Daveyboy_GolfR show me one regular nba 80s and 90s game where that happened.

One of the most slept on players ever. He was the mid range Klay Thompson.

Underrated af🔥🔥🔥

I like it.. i personally would swap 2 and 3 no doubt.. Jordan and durant are pretty close

Perfect.

lol

Reggie freakin Miller

Durant is a better shooter, and he's taller ; the defenders don't wish anything (and they don't even need to be afraid) they just know. MJ is incredible, I love him, and he's number two, what is undoubtedly great.

@@ropiboKD is great and amazing, but I still put Jordan 1st in midrange. Jordan fade away and midrange jump shot was hanging in the air longer and higher off the ground.

@@stevelo2057 Against who, Kawhi ? In our context, Jordan, who is a better player than what is told, would be a point guard and would pass to KD if necessary (and would shoot threes !). You would pass to Jordan, ok, and then you would upset him for making the wrong choice. In the 90's context, KD couldn't exist.

@@ropibo Jordan is always great even before his first 3peat, only LeBron’s fans tell you differently. 1997 wasn’t Jordan best year, but “In the the 1996-97 season, the first season that midrange (10ft to 3pt line) shots started being tracked, Jordan was 588-1202 (49%) from the mid-range.”

@@stevelo2057 Who cares about (any) fans ? They're fans, they're happy for that. Yes Jordan was absolutely great, I agree and I wrote it.

Luckiest*

But he travelled, no one seems to talk about it. In today's nba it's easy to create space when you can do that.

Kawaii 🤣🤣

@@AverageGuy28THANKYOU finally someone else mentioned it

I’ll never forgive him for crushing our dreams😂😂😂

Bro was the OG Luka Doncic

hes actually overrated now

@@user-nv1gm2zj7y bro what?

He's a legend in whatever country he came from and is remembered for being good and died before anything happened beyond that and he's not idolized at all except by people where he's from

Lmao nice joke. If anything hes overrated which btw is still really low 😂

If that’s a factor there’s no way to not have Kobe top 5 mid range and he admitted it was the toughest defensive era in the early 2000s. 1. MJ 2. KD. 3. Dirk 4. Kobe 5. Chris Paul.

make your own video 😢 lol

That's because he's the best ever. I laugh when people compare other Scorers to MJ. Laugh, and then I leave. Nobody is close to this guy.

Link or channel name?

@@jordanlover23 KZfaq cant send link QQ But you can find it on Google

@@jordanlover23 Thinking Basketball

U literally brought up nothing that proved he was near a top 10 mid range scorer. Stop it

@@justinholland6132. Most of his points were midrange. And, he arguably has the quickest shoot release in NBA history.

​@@davonbenson4361lmao why won't most of his shots be midrange There was no 3 point line

​@@justinholland6132He averaged same ppg as Lebron without 3 point line as short guy, so most of his point came from mid range rather than driving to the paint.

Check your stated fact again .. He won Finals MVP, losing to the NY Knicks

He hit the middy vs Georgetown for the national championship, he always had a midrange game

yep he difinitely have although his fade away came later in his career.

Percentage means nothing with Jordan.When you factor in whole defenses were locked in in him he’s number 1 by miles

@@Ninjersey1 I agree with you, but people also look at the numbers, so we can't completely dismiss it. But if we look at the numbers more, the difference in volume is so overwhelming that Jordan's midrange made numbers are almost as many as other player`s attempt's, so if we take that into account to consider, he's the overwhelming No. 1.

I heard that too on a Thinking Basketball video

now, count free throw attemps...

@@arielgarcia2642 not sure what you are trying to imply but jordan was not even in top 10 in fta - 13th in the league and you don't need to count, it is measured for decades

think about it, dirk is tall af compare to cp3

​CP is much smaller than Dirk and is worse at shooting threes...

@@keitharolin yeah meaning his middy is harder to guard

@@utkarshkaniyar6210 yeah but it also means that if cp3 can drain those middys being that short af against tall guys his already so much more tough then dirk because dirk has that height advantage

nah KG was automatic in minnesota

In terms of pure shooting, prime Garnett was higher volume from midrange. Bird also had more offensive responsibilities than scoring, rebounding, and screen-setting which was what Garnett was on the Timberwolves.

Isn't Bird more well known for his three point shooting though? Lol

Chris Paul over Larry Bird is fucking CRAZY asf 🤣 🤣

@@jubjubhenry5612 Hell no middy is all CP3 3, 3 ball would be Bird.

dirk is 7 foot and shot 47%. cp3 is 6 foot and shoots 48%. if u seriously think a guy that shoots over defenders with ease is a better mid range shooter than a guy that works for each mid range bucket then ur tripping

💯 and RIP

Respect but I want air Jordan

Mj over everybody else in crunch time! Everyone holding their breath when mj shoots the middy and he never disapoints in crunch time!

I've seen KD fold too many times in the clutch. MJ makes those middys when it matters the most, and he can get it off better through physicality than stick n bones KD. We all know that when KD gets bumped around, his shot becomes fragile.

Is this nigga kidding? Bruh Jordan made 13 game winning buzzer beater shots in 13 years compared to 0 in 15

​@@QuestionEverything562I've seen MJ miss those same shots in the "clutch".

Kobe was not efficient tho

@@peterhans-ny6huHe was effecient for his era. Stop with this nonsense.

​@@Mysterion907no he wasn't and mainly because of shot selection.

⁠@@keithjoseph128Yea he was. Kobe shot exactly 45% when the league average was around 40%. Plus, he played in a more difficult and defensive era and most of his shots were contested, not to mention the fact that until Pau came, Kobe was stuck with a bum roster that was not playoff worthy. So if you’re the best player on the team with Kwame Brown on your team you’re gonna have to take the most shots.

@@keithjoseph128Kobe also improved his shot selection and IQ in 2008 and 2009 since he had players around him that could actually help him win.

Yeah but 14 attempts vs 7 beat slightly better percentage

Yea but you also have to include volume . Cp3 has a higher % than KD from mid range

Kobe is far from underrated. If anything, he is somewhat overrated.

@@tbjb009 He was better than LeBrick

You must be insane. Kobe is not the mid-range shooter that MJ, KD, Bird, or Dirk were. Bird is the one that is on this list that is criminally low.

@@QuestionEverything562 if MJ is 1 then kobe is fs top 3. Kobe is arguably a better mid range then MJ, kobe's signature was the fadeaway midrange just like MJ"s and was just as good. His pull up mid range was crazy, and for being double teamed for most of his career and still considered a lock top 5 mid range shooter off all time, he deserves top 3 bro

@@JawstR None of the numbers support your argument. Kobe is top 5ish for me, he isn't top 3. MJ, Bird, KD, and Dirk were all more proficient and smarter with their mid range selection. Kobe was a great mid range shooter, but he literally copied every signature MJ move and shot the same type of shots, but at a lower efficiency. We also have to factor in that Kobe's mid-range jumper was not great in his first seven years. It was not in it's complete form until the 2005-06 season. Kobe was a very average shooter his first 4 seasons, then became good the next 3 seasons. Bird and Dirk were complete shooters from the beginning, and MJ's jumper was much better than Kobe's in their first 7 years. Kobe's poor shot selection is why he drops down on this list. Do I think he could shoot middy shot for middy shot with MJ? Sure, like in practice, but MJ created better shots for himself when it was game time with better physical abilities than Kobe did. That's the difference.

⁠​⁠@@QuestionEverything562Half of Kobe’s signature moves MJ never did.

@@Mysterion907 Name some of those signatire Kobe moves.... please enlighten me.... Because Kobe was a complete copycat of everyone else, and never an originator on any of his offensive moves. He even copied Dirk's one foot flamingo fadeaway jumper.

Kd>bird

Daaaamn. I forget about Livingston. That man was DEADLY from midrange🔥🔥🔥🔥

Word life i hate recency bias

Kobe, I don’t see Larry having a better middy than KD, MJ and Kobe

​@@d3adyoutubeaccountYou must not have watched Larry. He's known as a 3pt shooter, but he shot less 3s per game than Giannis most seasons. Where do you think he was shooting from? 🤔

??? you clearly never watched then because thats what he shot most and he was a better shooter than mj so obviously better than kobe... it just shows your age I think... durant is literally the only one on this list that you could make the argument as a better mid range...

@@MistaWordz I didn’t watch Bird, I don’t see him having a better middy, I saw MJ, Kobe, KD, etc. Why would I rank Bird if I never saw him?

@@brianholleran6340 Kobe had 10011 attempts from around the mid range in his career (charity stripe is the closest way to measure mid range without factoring in era) while making 8378 of them. Bird had 4471 attempts and hit 3960 of them. Bird was more efficient but that’s because Kobe shot more than double and also made more than double. At the end of the day it’s literally just a 3% difference. Kobe shot double the amount and made double the amount while only being 3% down, that easily puts Kobe over Larry. I’m not even going to get started on Mike because I’d have to go on for hours.

That’s what I’m saying he should be at 3 or 2

Top 1 for midrange

You have to understand. Kobe fans live in their own bubble where he’s top 3 all time or even GOAT for the most delusional ones whereas non Kobe cult member basketball fans just look at his game and rank him where they think he should be. To the cult that’s disrespectful, hate etc but that’s because they’re in a cult. Always whining about Kobe disrespect. Isn’t it enough he has a big ass cult that worships him? Damn.

@@Ues2DC You emotional ? lol

@@thebronzebomber1985 Nah the Kobe Stans always 😭 over him being “disrespected” are emotional though lol

Well said

they did mention Houston

Houston was mentioned

his efficiency and ball hog 😂

You have to understand. Kobe fans live in their own bubble where he’s top 3 all time or even GOAT for the most delusional ones whereas non Kobe cult member basketball fans just look at his game and rank him where they think he should be. To the cult that’s disrespectful, hate etc but that’s because they’re in a cult. Always whining about Kobe disrespect. Isn’t it enough he has a big ass cult that worships him? Damn.

Bro I scrolled till I saw this comment. Literally bro. Ray was a problem.

Please think about that.... does he actually belong on this list when he didn't even take 5 mid range shots a game??? Come on, what a joke comment.

He is. Kobe fanboys are so anoying

Kobe at 6, Chris Paul too high at 3😂😂🤦🏾‍♂️this is a big disappointment lil bro

@@justnahayo8490 kobe meatrider 💀

​@@justnahayo8490CP3 has WAYYYYY better midrange numbers than Kobe dude

@@lankyhanky9772 Cp0 is way too selective, should be lower on this list

actually it does

I understand what you're trying to say but the biggest differences are Griffey was considered the best player in the league for multiple years he was a great defensive player and baseball is more of a team game so it doesn't matter how great you are you can only control so much i.e Mike Trout so not winning a ring in baseball is looked at completely different.

@@thepoy9404 in the world of apples and oranges, the Melo apple kinda looks like the Griffey orange

Blasphemy Griffey was the best player in the MLB voted the best player of the 1990s and his peak is all time great not just Top 10 in the NBA for a few seasons like Melo

They have some similarities but, I literally just watched a video of Michael Jordan asking for Ken Griffey’s autograph in ‘94…Griffey was on that level in the early 90s and not for no reason

Chris paul at 9!!! What😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

yeah melo's shot is boring, i choose kg's shot over him

mj will never be toppled as #1 lol, his attempts is almost x2 for most in this list at high efficiency.

Very good list. However, KD has played on super stacked teams his entire career. Easier to be efficient when defenses can't focus on just stopping you. MJ, Dirk and Kawhi are all above KD as mid range shooters, IMO. Dantley might be too, but I was too young to watch him play.

The only time Kawhi didn't play with Stars was in Toronto. How can u say young okc was stacked, kd was carrying that team. If u say that Mj bulls was stacked too

So was Michael Jordan.

@@GODMC87 not as much as Kobe was. Not close

And I'm sure Dirk made them at much greater efficiency while playing with less help.

Dirk was WAY MORE EFFICIENT , THAT MATTERS MORE THAB ANYTHING.

@@AJF4150 volume > efficiency all day. Coming from a Curry fan.

Melo gotta be above KG

​@@iamdxb6714honey nut Cheerios 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

ewing too he loved jumpers

Well I think that’s obvious he would be on a list like this💀

Dumbest comment in the section. Wtf does championships have to do with being a great midrange shooter 😂😂. Has ring culture really fried brains this hard