NBA Point Guards
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50 free NBA Point Guards trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
The point guard runs the show. He sets the pace, calls the play and decides who shoots, which is why the position has produced some of basketball's biggest personalities: a 6-foot-9 rookie who could play anywhere on the floor, a skinny shooter who changed how the whole sport is played, and a quiet passer from Spokane who set records nobody has come close to since. This quiz covers the position from the set-shot days of the 1950s to the present. There are questions on famous nicknames and signature moves, on draft-night trades and playoff buzzer-beaters, on the smallest men ever to play in the league, and on what the great floor generals did after they retired. Magic Johnson, Stephen Curry and John Stockton all feature, along with dozens of the players who shared the court with them. It is written for fans who can name a starting backcourt from memory and for quiz hosts who need accurate questions with answers. Every question comes with a short explanation, so a wrong guess still leaves you with a story worth repeating.
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Q 01The rock band Pearl Jam first performed under the name of which New Jersey Nets point guard?
Mookie Blaylock
Mookie Blaylock's jersey number then gave the band the title of its debut album, Ten. The group changed its name after signing a record deal.
Q 02Which 5-foot-3 Charlotte Hornets point guard is the shortest player ever to appear in an NBA game?
Muggsy Bogues
Muggsy Bogues still blocked 39 shots in his career, including one from 7-foot Patrick Ewing.
Q 03Rookie point guard Magic Johnson jumped center and scored 42 points to clinch the 1980 NBA Finals against which team?
Philadelphia 76ers
The Philadelphia 76ers watched him add 15 rebounds and 7 assists that night, with league MVP Kareem Abdul-Jabbar back in Los Angeles nursing a sprained ankle.
Q 04Stephen Curry was born in which Ohio city, also the birthplace of his NBA Finals rival LeBron James?
Akron
Akron is where both stars were born, in the same hospital a little over three years apart. Curry grew up mostly in Charlotte, where his father Dell played.
Q 05Which former point guard, then coaching Portland, helped a 13-year-old girl finish the national anthem in 2003?
Maurice Cheeks
Maurice Cheeks rushed over when Natalie Gilbert forgot the words, and the two finished it together as the whole arena sang along.
Q 06Which Hall of Fame Detroit Pistons point guard later served as mayor of Detroit from 2009 to 2014?
Dave Bing
Dave Bing had spent nearly three decades in business first, founding a steel company in 1980 that grew into one of the largest in Michigan.
Q 07Which former New York Knicks point guard won three Chinese league titles and a statue with the Beijing Ducks?
Stephon Marbury
Stephon Marbury also starred in a stage musical based on his own life and later received a Chinese permanent resident card.
Q 08Which Chicago-born player won the NBA's Most Valuable Player award with his hometown Bulls in 2011, aged just 22?
Derrick Rose
Derrick Rose had been drafted first overall by the Bulls in 2008 after a single college season at Memphis, and was Rookie of the Year in 2009.
Q 09Which undrafted Harvard graduate set off a worldwide craze as the New York Knicks' point guard in February 2012?
Jeremy Lin
Jeremy Lin was sleeping on his brother's couch when he joined the starting lineup and led the Knicks on a seven-game winning streak.
Q 10Which player, born in Melbourne, Australia, hit the go-ahead three-pointer in Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals?
Kyrie Irving
Kyrie Irving's shot with 53 seconds left broke an 89–89 tie, and Cleveland won 93–89 after trailing the series 3–1.
Q 11Which player won the 2017 NBA MVP award after averaging a triple-double, with 42 triple-doubles in all?
Russell Westbrook
Russell Westbrook did it for Oklahoma City in the first season after Kevin Durant left, and went on to average a triple-double in four different seasons.
Q 12Which Cincinnati Royals guard was the first NBA player to average a triple-double for a season?
Oscar Robertson
Oscar Robertson also changed the league off the court: an antitrust suit filed in his name reformed free agency and led to higher salaries for all players.
Q 13Which two-time NBA MVP point guard was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and raised in Victoria, British Columbia?
Steve Nash
Q 21Which New York Knicks point guard had 36 points and 19 assists in Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals?
Walt Frazier
Walt Frazier got his nickname, Clyde, as a rookie because he wore a fedora like the one in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde.
Q 22Which Weber State alumnus knocked Oklahoma City out of the 2019 playoffs with a 37-foot three-pointer at the buzzer?
Damian Lillard
Damian Lillard finished that game with 50 points for Portland, and away from the court he records rap albums as Dame D.O.L.L.A.
Q 23Which point guard won NBA titles with both the Boston Celtics in 2008 and the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020?
Rajon Rondo
Rajon Rondo was only the second player to win with both rivals, after Clyde Lovellette, whose Lakers title came when the team played in Minneapolis.
Steve Nash left Canada on a scholarship to Santa Clara University, and later became a co-owner of Major League Soccer's Vancouver Whitecaps.
Q 14Which Detroit Pistons point guard scored 25 points in one quarter of the 1988 NBA Finals on a badly sprained ankle?
Isiah Thomas
Isiah Thomas hobbled through that third quarter in obvious pain, but the Lakers won the game 103–102 and took the series in seven.
Q 15Which Boston Celtics great gives his name to the annual award for the best point guard in men's college basketball?
Bob Cousy
Bob Cousy, nicknamed the Houdini of the Hardwood, led the NBA in assists for eight seasons in a row from 1953 to 1960.
Q 16Which point guard shared the 1995 Rookie of the Year award with Grant Hill and won a 2011 title with Dallas?
Jason Kidd
Jason Kidd was 38 when the Mavericks beat Miami for that title, the only championship of his 19 seasons in the NBA.
Q 17Which French point guard was named NBA Finals MVP in 2007 after San Antonio swept the Cleveland Cavaliers?
Tony Parker
Tony Parker, born in Bruges, Belgium, to an American father, was the first European-born player to win the award.
Q 18Which Seattle SuperSonics point guard, nicknamed the Glove, was named NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 1996?
Gary Payton
Gary Payton's nickname took hold during the 1993 playoffs against Phoenix, and he was the first point guard to win the defensive award.
Q 19Which Golden State Warriors guard formed the sharpshooting duo known as the Splash Brothers alongside Stephen Curry?
Klay Thompson
Klay Thompson was drafted eleventh in 2011, two years after Curry, and the pair spent 13 seasons together before he left for Dallas in 2024.
Q 20John Stockton set the NBA's career assists record largely by feeding which power forward, nicknamed the Mailman?
Karl Malone
Karl Malone and Stockton reached the NBA Finals together in 1997 and 1998, losing both times in six games to Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls.
Q 24Which Orlando Magic point guard starred in 1990s Nike ads beside a wisecracking puppet voiced by Chris Rock?
Penny Hardaway
Penny Hardaway had reached Orlando in a draft-night trade for first pick Chris Webber, and the puppet, his alter ego, was called Lil Penny.
Q 25Which Sacramento Kings point guard, nicknamed White Chocolate, threw an elbow pass at the 2000 Rookie Challenge?
Jason Williams
Jason Williams bounced that no-look pass off his elbow to Raef LaFrentz on a fast break. A Kings media assistant had coined the nickname in his first season.
Q 26Which point guard, drafted second overall by Memphis in 2019, played college basketball at Murray State?
Ja Morant
Ja Morant was unranked by recruiting services, and a Murray State assistant found him by accident at a camp while scouting another player.
Q 27Which Slovenian guard was EuroLeague MVP with Real Madrid at 19 before Dallas traded for him on 2018 draft night?
Luka Dončić
Luka Dončić had debuted for Real Madrid's senior side at 16, the youngest in club history, and was drafted third overall by Atlanta before the swap.
Q 28Which future Atlanta Hawks point guard led NCAA Division I in both points and assists as an Oklahoma freshman?
Trae Young
Trae Young is the only player ever to top both national lists in one season, and his 22 assists in one game tied the Division I record of the time.
Q 29Which Canadian guard won the scoring title, MVP and Finals MVP in 2025 as Oklahoma City took the championship?
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was the first Canadian to lead the NBA in scoring, and only the fourth player to collect all three honors in one season.
Q 30Which Australian point guard missed his whole first NBA season with a foot injury, then won Rookie of the Year in 2018?
Ben Simmons
Ben Simmons had been the first overall pick of the 2016 draft after a single college season at LSU, where his team missed the NCAA tournament.