John Stockton is one of the greatest basketball players of all time. His renowned career with the Utah Jazz earned him a reputation as one of the greatest point guards and passers of all time.
He is the NBA’s leader in steals and assists.
“There absolutely, positively, will never ever be another John Stockton — ever,” Karl Malone, one of Stockton’s teammates, once told NBA History.
He set the record with 3,265 steals throughout his career.
Stockton went to Gonzaga University from 1980 to 1984. Gonzaga has had plenty of its athletes go on to the NBA, such as Jalen Suggs and Domantas Sabonis. But Stockton is far and away the greatest legend to ever come out of Gonzaga.
“Some play a position exquisitely, just as it was designed. That would be John Stockton at point guard,” NBA History wrote about him.
But despite his accolades and legendary status, Stockton has been banned from Gonzaga home games for refusing to comply with the university’s mask mandate.