Nash Retires with Best Free-Throw Percentage in NBA History

With the announcement of his retirement over the weekend, guard Steve Nash will finish his career as the NBA's all-time leader in free-throw percentage, per ESPN Stats & Info.

The 41-year-old future Hall of Famer converted at a 90.43 percent clip from the charity stripe over the course of his 18-year career, edging out Mark Price (90.39 percent) for the top spot on the all-time list.

Nash led the league in free-throw percentage in 2005-06 and 2009-10, with the first of those seasons marking the second of his back-to-back MVP campaigns.

While the MVP awards remain a topic of occasional debate to this day, there's no question that Nash will be enshrined in the Hall of Fame, despite never playing in the NBA Finals.

He was one of the greatest shooters in league history, retiring in ninth place on the all-time list for three-point percentage (42.78) to complement his top spot on the free-throw percentage list.

Nash also ranks third on the all-time assists list with 10,335, and he is the only play to record four separate seasons with a field-goal percentage of 50 or better, three-point percentage of 40 or better and free-throw percentage of 90 or better, per NBA.com/stats.

While the shooting percentages and gaudy assist totals will get most of the attention, Nash's most impressive statistic is the fact that his team led the NBA in offensive efficiency (points per 100 possessions) in each season from 2001-02 to 2009-10, per ESPN Stats & Info.

That's about as unbreakable a record as you will ever see in the modern game, and Nash managed to do it with two different franchises, playing for both the Dallas Mavericks (2001-02 to 2003-04) and Phoenix Suns (2004-05 to 2009-10) over that span.

All stats courtesy of Basketball-Reference.com unless specifically noted otherwise.