Kings: 10 Greatest Players in Franchise History, Ranked

The Kings organization has been around for quite a long time. They began as the Rochester Royals back in 1945 when the NBA was still in its fledgling stages and called the NBL. The franchise then relocated to Cincinnati in 1957 and stayed there for 15 seasons until 1972 rolled around. The Royals relocated once again to Kansas City and were renamed the Kings. They existed in Kansas City up until 1985, when the franchise moved one more time, this time to Sacramento, where it remains to this day.

Over the long history of the Sacramento Kings franchise, it hasn't accomplished a whole lot in terms of titles. The Kings have won just two titles in franchise history, in the years 1946 and 1951, and they won their first title when the NBA was still called the NBL.

Despite the Kings' unspectacular accomplishments as a franchise, they have been fortunate enough to have some of the best players ever to play in the NBA on their rosters over the years, such as Oscar Robertson, Chris Webber, and Mitch Richmond, just to name a few.

With all of that being said, let's rank the top 10 greatest players ever to don a Kings jersey in the history of the franchise.

10. Kevin Martin

One of the best three-point shooters ever to wear a Kings jersey, Martin spent the first six seasons of his NBA career with Sacramento from 2004-05 to 2009-10. He averaged 17.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 1.0 steals per game while shooting 38.6% from behind the three-point arc across 331 total regular season games played with the franchise (245 starts). Martin's best statistical season with the Kings came in 2008-09 when he averaged a career-high 24.6 points and shot 41.5% from deep on 5.4 attempts per game, an impressive combination of usage rate and accuracy. Puzzlingly, though, Martin didn't make the All-Star team that year or any of his years with the Kings.

9. Mike Bibby

Bibby was a member of the Kings franchise for half of his 14-year playing career in the NBA. Bibby provided borderline elite scoring and playmaking during his stint with Sacramento, as he averaged 15.4 points and 5.4 assists per contest across 476 regular season games with the franchise. The floor general was also an underrated defender at the point guard position, considering he averaged 1.2 steals per game as a King during the regular season. And he was an invaluable piece of that 2002 Kings team that reached Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers — he scored 22.7 points and dished out 4.4 assists per game during that seven-game series.