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As Jimmy Alapag says farewell to the world of basketball specifically the PBA, the league lost another great point guard. This made me thinks who are the other Best Points Guard during his prime?

The ranking is based on their achievements , impact in the league and their tenure in the league.

Special mention that not made into the list:

1. Mike Cortez
2. Paolo Mendoza
3. Paul Lee (occasionally Shooting Guard)
4. Sol Mercado
5. Jvee Casio
6. Denok Miranda
7. Jimwell Torion
8. Johnny Abarrientos
9. Wynne Arboleda
10. Paul Artadi

#10 Noy Castillo

Career history
1998–1999 Shell Velocity
2000–2008 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants

Career highlights and awards

• 2x PBA All-Star (1999, 2006)
• PBA Most Improved Player (2001)
• PBA Mythical Second team (2001)

#9 Alex Cabagnot

Career history
2005–2007 Sta. Lucia Realtors
2007–2009 Coca-Cola Tigers
2009–2010 Burger King Whoppers
2010–2014 San Miguel Beermen/Petron Blaze Boosters
2014 GlobalPort Batang Pier
2014-present San Miguel Beermen

Career highlights and awards

• 2007 PBA Obstacle Challenge Co-Champion (with Dennis Miranda)
• PBA All-Star (2012)
• Career highlights and awards
• Mythical Second Team 2012-2013
• Most Assists 2006-2007
• 2007 PBA Obstacle Challenge Co-Champion (with Dennis Miranda)
• PBA All-Star (2012)

#8 Ryan Reyes

Career history
2007–2010 Sta. Lucia Realtors
2010–present Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters

Career highlights and awards

• PBA All-Rookie Team (2008)
• 4x PBA All-Defensive Team (2008, 2010-2012)
• PBA Rookie of the Year (2008)
• PBA Sportmsmanship Award (2009)
• 3x PBA All-Star (2008-10)

#7 Roger Yap

Career history
Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs/B-Meg Llamados (2001-2002); (2005-2012)
FedEx Express (2003-2004)
Shell Turbo Chargers (2004-2005)
San Miguel Beermen (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)

#6 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

• 1x PBA Mythical First Team (2013-14)
• 2x PBA All-Star (2012 and 2014)
• 4x PBA Champion. (2012 Commissioner's, 2013 Governor's, 2013-14 Philippine Cup, 2014 Commissioner's)
• 1x PBA Finals MVP (2013–14 Philippine Cup)
• 1x PBA Obstacle Challenge Champion (2014)

#5 LA Tenorio

Career history
2006–2008 Magnolia Beverage Masters/San Miguel Beermen
2008–2012 Alaska Aces
2012–present Barangay Ginebra San Miguel

Career highlights and awards

• PBA All-Rookie team (2007)
• PBA Most Improved Player (2010)
• PBA Mythical first team (2010)
• PBA Fiesta Conference Co-Finals Most Valuable Player (w/ Cyrus Baguio)
• 3x PBA All-Star (2009, 2011, 2012)
• Most Minutes Played (2010)
• 2012 William Jones Cup Finals MVP
• PBA Commissioner's Cup Best Player of the Conference Award (2013)

#4 Jayson Castro

Career history
2008–present Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters

Career highlights and awards

• 2014 PBA Scoring Champion
• 2x PBA Mr. Quality Minutes Player (2008-09, 2010-11)
• PBA 2x Finals MVP( Philippine Cup '11)(Commissioner's '11)
• 2x PBA Mythical First Team (2013)(2014)
• 2x PBA Mythical Second Team (2011)(2012)
• PBA Most Improved Player (2011)
• 2x PBA Best Player of the Conference Award (Philippine cup '13)(Commissioner's Cup '14)
• FIBA Asia Championship All-Star Selection (2013)

#3 Olsen Racela

Career history

1993–1996 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
1997–2011 San Miguel Beermen

Career highlights and awards

• PBA Mr. Quality Minutes (1993)
• 3x PBA Mythical Second Team (1998, 1999, 2005)
• 2x PBA Mythical First Team (2000–2001)
• 5x PBA All-Star
• 21st member of 2000-Assist Club

#2 Jayjay Helterbrand

Career information
2000-present Barangay Ginebra Kings

Career highlights and awards

• 4× PBA Champion (2004, 2004-05, 2006-07, 2008)
• 7x PBA All-Star (2004-10)
• PBA Most Valuable Player (2009)
• 2x PBA Mythical First Team (2008, 2009)
• 2x PBA Fiesta Conference Best Player of the Conference (2008, 2009)
• PBA All-Star Game Co-Most Valuable Player (2007, w/ Willie Miller)
• PBA Shooting Stars Co-Champion (2007, w/ Dominic Uy & Panding Nince)
• PBA Philippine Cup Finals Most Valuable Player (2007)
• Brunei Sultan Cup Most Valuable Player (2005)
• PBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (2005)
• PBA Comeback Player of the Year (2005)
• PBA Mr. Quality Minutes (2003)
• 69th Member of the PBA 5000 Career points Club

#1 Jimmy Alapag

Career history
2003-2015 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters

Career highlights and awards

• PBA All Filipino Cup Champion (2003)
• PBA Commissioner's Cup champion (2011)
• 4x PBA Philippine Cup Champion (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013)
• PBA Commissioner's Cup Co-Finals MVP (w/Jayson Castro) (2011)
• PBA Most Valuable Player (2011)
• PBA Commissioner's Cup Best Player of the Conference (2011)
• PBA Rookie of The Year (2003)
• PBA 3-Point Shootout Champion (2003)
• 9x PBA All-Star (2003-2011)
• PBA All-Star Co-Most Valuable Player (w/Asi Taulava) (2004)
• 3x PBA Mythical First Team (2003, 2005, 2011)
• PBA All-Defensive First Team (2003)
• Most Assists (2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011)
• POW Order of Merit (2009)

2014 is over and a lot of big moments  happened in the league. One of those big moment is the San Mig Coffee first ever grandslam in their franchise history and the league 3rd grandslam after 18yrs . There are also some players who also came big time and dominates the season, here are the players who made a big impact with a BANG in 2014.

#10 Greg Slaughter

He's the 1st draft pick and expectations is really high specially he's playing with a crowd favorite team, Ginebra. Slaughter did not disappoint his team and the Ginebra fans, he finished the 2014 with a Rookie of the Year and the Mythical Second team despite competing with Ian Sangalang who's with a raging San Mig Coffee for the Grandslam.

#9 Paul Lee

The Angas ng Tondo is still in good fight after a big comeback from an injury. With his team, they competes the San Mig Coffee in two Finals but fail to win any of the two because the SMC is too much to handle for their GrandSlam. Paul Lee finished his 2014 with a 2nd Mythical Team honor but the award that can not count is his leadership for ROS the reason they had 2 Finals appearance in 2014.

#8 PJ Simon

The 2013–14 PBA season was probably the best season for Simon.. Hi great performance off the bench, playing in a new career high 66 games and playing at an average of 28.4 minutes per game and scoring 13.5 points per game, he was a vital part of San Mig's Grand Slam season. Simon provided a great help in clutch game, specially his explosive shooting off the bench. Simon finished his 2014 with a 2nd Mythical Team award and a Mr Quality Minutes (PBA version of 6th Man of the Year).

#7 Mark Barroca

Barroca finally his effort payed off after waiting for a big break in his career. Barroca played like an ironman playing with 34 minutes 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.  Barroca finished his 2014 with a 1st Mythical Team award and All-Defensive team including a Heroic Final MVP in Philippine Cup.

#6 Asi Taulava

Taulava led Air21 to the quarterfinals of the 2014 Commissioner's Cup where they met the San Miguel Beermen. In a surprising upset, Air21 made their first semifinals appearance in franchise history, after beating the second-seeded Beermen with the knockout game ending in two overtimes. However, they were beaten by the eventual champions San Mig Super Coffee Mixers in their semifinals series that extended to a Game 5.He  also led his team to the quarterfinals of the 2014 Governors' Cup, where they were ousted by Rain or Shine. Taulava with his strong performances during the season also made him one of the candidates for the MVP award,  At the season's end, Taulava was given the Comeback Player of the Year award with 1st Mythical Team award.

#5 Marc Pingris

Pingris helped his team to grab the franchise first Grandslam with his Defensive expertise. With a famous hashtag #PUSO, Pingris determined to face any obstacle whoever he needs to guard with. Pingris helped not only in defense but in some crucial time he helped his team in offense in the time he needed the most. Pingris finished his 2014 with an honor of 2nd Mythical Team , All Defensive Team and Defensive Player of the Year.

#4 Ranidel De Ocampo

RDO finally blossom into a great player that he should be and 2014 probably his best career. Ranidel is one of the big instrument to get in their Governors Cup though they fail to defeat the raging SMC in the Finals he still won the Best Player of the Conference . RDO continues his good contributions in the whole 2014, his probably one of the effective big-man in the league, till he finished his 2014 with a 1st Mythical award.

#3 James Yap

  Probably James Yap is under the radar in 2014 because of he had no big awards in hand in the last season. Despite of being an under achievement, his big contribution on helping the SMC to get their Grandslam with his explosive clutch shots will be considred as his big achievement. He won the Finals MVP in 2 Finals , the Commisioner and  the Governors Cup. He did not contribute that much in statistic but his leadership and his heart of a champion made the SMC achieved their Grandlslam, he'll not be called as the James the Big-Game for nothing  . Yap finishes his 2014 with Commissioner and Governors Cup Finals MVP.

#2 Jayson Castro

The Blur continues his dominance till 2014 season despite the injury he had off and on. Castro dominates his rivals with his massive offensive skillset specially his formidable The Blur drive. However his dominance in offense, still not enough to stop the SMC winning Finals campaign in Governors Cup Finals. Castro finished his 2014 with a Best Player of the Conference in Commissioner Cup Finals, 1st Mythical Award and a 2014 Scoring Champion .

#1 JunMar Fajardo

2014 is probably the Year of the Kraken... after a low start performance in 2012,  Fajardo finally get a big impact to start his 2014, wherein he dominates under the paint, averaging double-figures all throughout the 2013-14 PBA Philippine Cup conference. Fajardo had a tremendous effort to carry his team in all the conferences, even in some occasion he got injured on and off, he still able to have a big comeback to compensate. Though in all his team campaign in the 3 conferences came out short and they always fail in quarterfinals , the Kraken gigantic effort like a monster badly beaten and still raging and fighting, is remarkably to be considered as the MVP of the season. Fajardo finished 1st Mythical Team , All Defensive Team and with a rare Most Improved Player and a 2014 Season MVP.

• 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 drafted in  1994 All-Filipino Conference, along with 2 other rookies Vince Hizon and Peter Naron. He's been part of the  1994 Asian Game in Hiroshima, Japan as an alternative because the San Miguel stars were plague with injuries.
     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

• 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

• 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)

• 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

• 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.






















Career history

• 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

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