10. Chuck Person, 1986-1992
Pacers shooting: 19 ppg, FG: 48.1%, 3P: 35.0%, FT: 73.9%
The Rifleman spent six seasons with the Indiana Pacers, he led the team in scoring his first three years before becoming Indiana’s second-leading scorer over the next three seasons.
All things considered, Chuck Person accounted for 18 percent of the per game scoring on a team that averaged 108.5 points per game. For four seasons, he paired with Reggie Miller to form the type of long-range tandem that would’ve set the league ablaze in 2019, but was just good enough to make the first round of the playoffs in the early 1990s.
At the time that Indiana traded Person to Minnesota, Person was sixth on the Pacers’ all-time scoring list after averaging 1,500 points per season. He accumulated such a staggering total that he’s still 11th all-time. In Indiana Person was a star, with the fun nickname and the quick trigger jump shot to match.
After he left Indiana, his impact and statistics quickly plummeted until he was riding the bench with Seattle in 2000. More recently he got in some serious trouble with the FBI for taking bribes while an assistant coach at Auburn, his alma mater. But before the trouble and before an eight year stretch as a journeyman, Person was a blast rifling home deep jumpers for the Indiana Pacers.