Here are the list of the Purefoods greatest players as of 1988-2014. The franchise is already old and there already a lot of 'has-been' to be named of. The TOP-10 are ranked from their achievements, impact and the years they tenured with the franchise. Players like Jojo Lastimosa and Dindo Pumaren did not make it to the list because there are more deserving to be in the list.
#10 Roger Yap
Career history
Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs/B-Meg Llamados (2001-2002); (2005-2012)
Career highlights and awards
- 2005-06 PBA Mythical First Team
- 2009-10 PBA Mythical Second Team
- 2009-10 PBA All-Defensive Team
- 4-Time PBA All-Star (2005-07, 2010)
He was drafted by Purefoods in 2001 as the ninth pick overall. He is also a former PBL MVP. He is known as a power point guard who can grab rebounds and has a great touch from the perimeter.
He is best known for his playing years as the starting point guard with Purefoods, now known as San Mig Coffee.
He is best known for his playing years as the starting point guard with Purefoods, now known as San Mig Coffee.
#9 Mark Barroca
Career history
2011–present B-Meg Llamados / San Mig Coffee Mixers / San Mig Super Coffee Mixers / Purefoods Star Hotshots
Career highlights and awards
- PBA Mythical First Team (2013-14)
- 2x PBA All-Star (2012 and 2014)
- PBA Finals MVP (2013–14 Philippine Cup)
- PBA Obstacle Challenge Champion (2014)
During his rookie season, he did not spend a lot of time on the floor with guards because of main-guards all leading the Llamados. Averaging just 17 minutes per game, he was learning from the likes of Johnny Abarrientos and Olsen Racela, now serving as Tim Cone's assistant coaches who are both considered among the greatest backcourt generals in the PBA
In his 3rd season in PBA, Barroca played close to 34 minutes of average per game in the 2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup and evolved into a clutch player down the stretch. He led the Mixers to their 11th championship by winning the 2013-14 PBA Philippine Cup, at the expense of Rain or Shine Elasto Painters. Because of his efforts, he was awarded as the PBA Press Corps-Papa John's Pizza Finals MVP.
In his 3rd season in PBA, Barroca played close to 34 minutes of average per game in the 2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup and evolved into a clutch player down the stretch. He led the Mixers to their 11th championship by winning the 2013-14 PBA Philippine Cup, at the expense of Rain or Shine Elasto Painters. Because of his efforts, he was awarded as the PBA Press Corps-Papa John's Pizza Finals MVP.
#8 Glenn Capacio
1988–1995 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
Career highlights and awards
8x All Defensive team (1989-1994,1998)
He's one of the original member of the Franchise along with Alvin, Jerry and Jojo. The young Capacio shown the league he's toughness on defense where he successfully harvested the awards for 7 straight seasons.
#7 PJ Simon
Career history
2004–present Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants/Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs/B-Meg Llamados/B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados/San Mig Coffee Mixers/San Mig Super Coffee Mixers/Purefoods Star Hotshots
Career highlights and awards
PBA Mythical Second Team 2013-14
- PBA All-Star Game MVP (2008)
- 4x PBA All-Star (2008, 2009, 2011, 2014)
- PBA scoring champion (2013-14)
- 2x Most two-point field goals made (2012-13 , 2013-14)
- Member of the PBA 5000 career point club.
Simon Drafted by Sta. Lucia as 43rd overall pick in 2001 PBA Draft, this pick became similar to Manu Ginobili career, to have the lowest pick for a future star. Coming from the PBL , Purefoods offered him a two-year contract as a rookie free agent.
His PBA career did not start hot as he played behind fellow star rookie James Yap. In 2007-08 season proved to be the coming-out party for Simon. While he was still in the giant shadow of his more famous teammates, he created his niche by being the "super sub" for his team. As Purefoods set a franchise-record of 7-0 to start a season, he was the biggest hero in two of those wins.
The 2013–14 PBA season was probably the best season for Simon. Aside of him and the Mixers winning a rare Grand Slam in the 2013-14 season, he was a part of the PBA Second Mythical Team , 2013-14 PBA Mr. Quality Minutes,the most 2-point shots and the most number of total points among other players during the 2013-14 season. He was a vital part of San Mig's Grand Slam season.
#6 Kerby Raymundo
Career history
2002–2012 B-Meg Llamados
Career highlights and awards
- 10x PBA All-Star (2001, 2003–2011)
- PBA Governor's Cup Finals Most Valuable Player (2002)
- PBA Mythical Second Team 2002
- PBA Mythical Second Team 2008
- PBA Mythical First Team 2006
- 63rd Member of PBA 5,000 point club
- 33rd Member of PBA 2,000 defensive rebound club
- 41st Member of PBA 1,000 offensive rebound club
Raymundo officially a Purefoods star after his trade in 2002 . In his first year with the franchise, he led the team to a Governor's Cup championship. Raymundo also received the Finals MVP award under then-interim coach Ryan Gregorio.
He was again instrumental in Purefoods' 2006 PBA Philippine Cup crown, along with James Yap and Marc Pingris.
After Rey Evangelista retired in 2008, Raymundo assumed the role of team captain.
He was sidelined with a knee injury when Purefoods took home the 2009–10 PBA Philippine Cup trophy.
On March 28, 2011, Raymundo became the 63rd player to join the PBA’s 5,000-point club.[1]
On April 2, 2011, Raymundo became the 33rd player in PBA history to collect at least 2,000 defensive rebounds.
On December 3, 2011, Raymundo became the 41st player in PBA history to collect at least 1,000 offensive rebounds.
He was again instrumental in Purefoods' 2006 PBA Philippine Cup crown, along with James Yap and Marc Pingris.
After Rey Evangelista retired in 2008, Raymundo assumed the role of team captain.
He was sidelined with a knee injury when Purefoods took home the 2009–10 PBA Philippine Cup trophy.
On March 28, 2011, Raymundo became the 63rd player to join the PBA’s 5,000-point club.[1]
On April 2, 2011, Raymundo became the 33rd player in PBA history to collect at least 2,000 defensive rebounds.
On December 3, 2011, Raymundo became the 41st player in PBA history to collect at least 1,000 offensive rebounds.
#5 Rey Evangelista
Career history
1994–2009 Purefoods
Career highlights and awards
- 1995 PBA Sportsmanship Award
- 1999 PBA Sportsmanship Award
- 2000 PBA All-Defensive Team
- 2001 PBA Sportsmanship Award
- 2001 PBA All-Defensive Team
- 2002 PBA All-Defensive Team
- 2002 PBA Governor's Cup Best Player of the Conference
- 2002 PBA Mythical Second Team
- PBA All-Star (1994–96)
Rey is a silent a shy type guy but tough and beasting in Defense. He won a bunch of Sportmanship Awards subsequently winning the Defensive titles. In 2002 he had his best career where he won his first ever and one only Best Player conference award in Governors Cup where they won the Championships. He got the 3 major awards in that Season where-list a mark of his best performance in his entire career.
He played with Purefoods in all of his career, after The Captain( Alvin Patrimonio) retired in PBA, he took over the Captain role and then in 2008 he pass it down to Kerby after he retires in 2008.
#4 Marc Pingris
Career history
- 2005–2008 Purefoods Chunkee Giants / Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants
- 2009–present Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants / B-Meg Llamados / San Mig Coffee / San Mig Super Coffee Mixers / Purefoods Star Hotshots
Career highlights and awards
- 8x PBA Champion (2006 Philippine, 2009-10 Philippine, 2012 Commissioner's, 2013 Governors', 2013-14 Philippine, 2014 Commissioner's , 2014 Governor's)
- 2x PBA Finals MVP (2006, 2013)
- PBA Most Improved Player (2006)
- 3x PBA Mythical Second Team (2006, 2013, 2014)
- 7x PBA All-Defensive Team (2006, 2008, 2010–2013, 2013-2014)
- 8x PBA All-Star (2005-2012)
- PBA All-Star Game MVP (2011)
- 42nd Member of PBA 1,000 offensive rebound club
- 3x Defensive Player of the Year (2006, 2013, 2014)
- PBA Grand Slam Champion (2014)
Pingris was selected by the FedEx Express with the 3rd overall pick in the 2004 PBA draft. The draft also featured two of his future teammates, Yap and Artadi from UE.
He was traded to Purefoods after having played a few games with the Express. He was traded along with Egay Billones. In the 2005–06 PBA season, he was awarded with the Finals MVP in the 2006 PBA Philippine Cup as Purefoods defeated Red Bull, 4-2. In Game 2 of the Finals of the 2006 season, he scored 21 points to lead Purefoods to a 93-82 win. In the 2007–08 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, he grabbed a career-high 21 rebounds, leading to his new nickname, The Rebounding Demon.
Before the 2009–10 PBA season began, Pingris and Magnolia teammate Ken Bono were traded to the Burger King Whoppers for superstar Arwind Santos and San Miguel's (formerly Magnolia) 2010 first round pick.[2]
Barely 24 hours after being shipped to Burger King, Pingris was released to the Purefoods TJ Giants after Purefoods agreed to surrender its first and second round picks in 2010 to Burger King.[3]
For all his hardwork and contributions in B-Meg's 2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup championship run, Pingris was aptly nicknamed "Pinoy Sakuragi".
His heroic stand and contributions to the 2014 Grand Slam champions San Mig Super Coffee Mixers gave him the nickname Captain Braveheart.
He was traded to Purefoods after having played a few games with the Express. He was traded along with Egay Billones. In the 2005–06 PBA season, he was awarded with the Finals MVP in the 2006 PBA Philippine Cup as Purefoods defeated Red Bull, 4-2. In Game 2 of the Finals of the 2006 season, he scored 21 points to lead Purefoods to a 93-82 win. In the 2007–08 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, he grabbed a career-high 21 rebounds, leading to his new nickname, The Rebounding Demon.
Before the 2009–10 PBA season began, Pingris and Magnolia teammate Ken Bono were traded to the Burger King Whoppers for superstar Arwind Santos and San Miguel's (formerly Magnolia) 2010 first round pick.[2]
Barely 24 hours after being shipped to Burger King, Pingris was released to the Purefoods TJ Giants after Purefoods agreed to surrender its first and second round picks in 2010 to Burger King.[3]
For all his hardwork and contributions in B-Meg's 2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup championship run, Pingris was aptly nicknamed "Pinoy Sakuragi".
His heroic stand and contributions to the 2014 Grand Slam champions San Mig Super Coffee Mixers gave him the nickname Captain Braveheart.
#3 Jerry Codinera
Career history
1988-1999 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants
Career highlights and awards
- 9-time PBA All-Defensive Team (1989, 1991-98)
- 3-time PBA Mythical First Team (1993-94, 1998)
- 5-time PBA Mythical Second Team (1988-89, 1991-92, 1997)
- 2-time PBA Sportsmanship Award (1994, 1996)
- 1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup Best Player of the Conference
- 1994 PBA Defensive Player of the Year
- 1998 PBA Governor's Cup Best Player of the Conference
- 2000 PBA 25 Greatest Players of All Time
- 2003 PBL 20 Greatest Players of All-Time
- PBA All-Star (1989-1999, 2004)
- #44 retired by Purefoods
Jerry is part of the Purefoods Big Rookies draft with Patrimonio, Lastimosa and Capacio. He's been team up with Alvin Patrimonio for over 12year not until he got traded in 1999 for Andy Seigle.
A perennial member of the All-Defensive Team, he was given the moniker "Defense Minister" for his tireless manning of the post. In fact, the 6-5 Codiñera was also a terror on the offensive end who was blessed with an unerring 18-foot jumpshot not normally found in big men. He came close to winning an MVP award in 1993 but lost to Patrimonio in the tightest race for the prestigious trophy in league history.
He is also a member of the 25 Best Players of all Time of PBA and Philippine men's national basketball team of the 1994 Asian Games.
His #44 jersey was retired along with Rey Evangelista's #7 by the Purefoods franchise on November 9, 2014 before their game against Ginebra at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
#2 James Yap
Career history
2004–present
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants/Purefoods Chunkee Giants/B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados/B-Meg Llamados/San Mig Coffee Mixers/San Mig Super Coffee Mixers/Purefoods Star Hotshots
Career highlights and awards
- 11x PBA All Star
- 2005 PBA All Rookie Team
- 2005 PBA Sportsmanship Award
- 2008 PBA Three point shootout Champion
- 2008 PBAPC POW Order of Merit Award
- 2010 People Asia Magazine Men Who Matter
- 2010 PBA Philippine Cup Best Player of the Conference (BPC)
- 2011 PBA Mythical Second Team
- 2012 PBA All Star Game MVP
- 2x PBL Mythical First Team (2003, 2004)
- 2x PBA Most Minutes Played (2005, 2006)
- 2x PBA Most Valuable Player (2006, 2010)
- 4x PBA Finals MVP
- 2x PSA Player of the Year (pro basketball) (2006, 2010)
- 3x PBA Mythical First Team (2006, 2010, 2012)
- 2x PBA Most Minutes Played (2012, 2013)
- 3x PBA Philippine Cup Champion (2005-2006, 2009-2010 , 2013-2014)
- 2x PBA Commissioner's Cup Champion (2012, 2014)
- 2x PBA Governors' Cup Champion (2013, 2014)
- PBA Philippine Cup Finals MVP (2010)
- 2x PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals MVP (2012, 2014)
- PBA Governors' Cup Cup Finals MVP (2014)
- 6th Member of the PBA 800 three-point club (2012)
- 6th Member of the PBA 900 three-point club (2014)
- PEP Newsmaker Of The Year (2014)
Yap entered the 2004 PBA draft, and was selected as the second overall pick by the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants. The Giants were coming off a disappointing 2003 season, after failing to enter the quarterfinals of the three conferences. During his rookie season, Yap mostly came off the bench. Bothered by an ailing shoulder, Yap had a slow start in the 2004–05 season but later on, he improved as he had numerous games where he scored 20 or more points. However, Purefoods failed to get past the quarterfinal round against the Shell Turbo Chargers. Despite leading all rookies in scoring, Yap eventually lost to Rich Alvarez in the Rookie of the Year award race.
In the 2005–06 season, Yap received more playing time and began to show more of his abilities as a talented young guard. In the 2005–06 Fiesta Conference, Yap was 4th in the statistical race, behind at the end of the semifinals series, while the Giants finished 4–2 at the series conclusion.
In the classification round of the 2006 Philippine Cup, the Chunkee Giants finished with a 12–4 record. James Yap edged out teammate Kerby Raymundo and Red Bull's Enrico Villanueva for the Philippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player, this made him, at 24 years of age, the fifth youngest player, and second sophomore to have won the individual award. He was the statistical leader and garnered more than 7000 combined votes from players, the 4-man committee, and the media, almost 5000 votes ahead of the rest of the candidates. Yap was the first Purefoods player since Alvin Patrimonio to win the MVP award. He was also named to the Mythical First Team alongside teammates Raymundo and Roger Yap, and on-court rivals Enrico Villanueva and Lordy Tugade.
The 2009–10 Philippine Cup, In the Finals, Purefoods swept Alaska, 4–0, to be crowned 2009–2010 PBA Philippine Cup champions. During their series against the Aces in the finals, Yap scored 24, 32, 14, and 18 points respectively. For leading his team to this incredible feat, Yap was named Best Player of the Conference (BPC),as well as Finals MVP. He also won his second MVP award, for the 2009–2010 PBA season , he was lauded for winning the award despite numerous distractions he had to deal with off the court. During his acceptance speech, Yap tearfully dedicated his latest trophy to his son Baby James.
#1 Alvin Patrimonio
1988–2004 Purefoods
Career highlights and awards
- 4x PBA Most Valuable Player (1991, 1993–1994, 1997)
- 10x PBA Mythical First Team (1989–1994, 1996–1998)
- PBA Mythical Second Team (1995)
- PBA Governor's Cup Best Player of the Conference (1997)
- PBA All-Filipino Cup Best Player of the Conference (1996)
- PBA Commissioner's Cup Best Player of the Conference (1994)
- PBA Press Corps Newsmaker of the Year (1993)
- PBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (1991)
- 13x PBA All-Star
- PBA's 25 Greatest Players
- No.16 retired by San Mig Super Coffee Mixers
Patrimonio drafted in the 1988 alongside with multi-awarded players like Jojo Lastimosa, Jerry Codiñera and Glenn Capacio.
He stands at 6'3" and primarily played at the power forward position in the professional league. He also played the center position in his collegiate and amateur days. His style of play was said to be comparable to Karl Malone, characterized by rugged physical play punctuated by finesse maneuvers. His known trademark was the spin move to the low post which he utilized to great effect due to his exceptional pivoting skills.
In 1991, he signed a 5-year 25 million peso offer sheet from cellar-dwelling PBA ballclub Pepsi Hotshots which was matched by his mother ballclub Purefoods TJ Hotdogs. Patrimonio's new contract ushered the era of the multi-millionaire players. He justified this contract by winning the 1991, 1993 and 1994 Most Valuable Player awards of the PBA and leading the team to three conference championships.At the end of the contract, he managed to win his fourth Most Valuable Player award in the 1997 season,thus tying the all-time record.
In 2004, 16 years after playing in the pro league, he announced his retirement to concentrate more on his duties as the current team manager of the Purefoods franchise in the PBA. Arguably one of the best power forwards in the history of the PBA, he was as a prolific scorer ending his career as the league’s third highest point scorer with 15,091, behind all-time greats Ramon Fernandez and Abet Guidaben with 18,996 and 15,775 points respectively; and a great rebounder as well by ending up the fourth all-time in PBA history with more than 6,000 boards.
Patrimonio was inducted to the PBA Hall-Of-Fame in 2011. Together with him that were honored for the class of 2011 were Billy Ray Bates, Freddie Hubalde, Tommy Manotoc, Mariano Yenko, Tito Eduque and Bobong Velez. They were the fourth group of individuals that was honored by the league
OTHER NOTABLE PLAYERS
- Jojo Lastimosa
- Bong Ravena
- Nelson Asaytono
- Dindo Pumaren
- Ronnie Magsanoc
- Bernie Fabiosa
- Ramon Fernandez
- Abet Guidaben
- Freddie Hubalde
this article forgot Noy Castillo!
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