Field goal percentage

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NBA FG% by season

Field goal percentage in

NBA, center Shaquille O'Neal had a high career FG% (around .580) because he played near the basket making many high percentage layups and dunks. Guard Allen Iverson
often had a low FG% (around .420) because he took the bulk of his team's shot attempts, even with high difficulty shots.

The NBA career record for field goal percentage is held by DeAndre Jordan at 0.673.[2] Currently, the highest field goal percentage record for a single season is 0.742 by New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson which was set during the abbreviated 2019–20 season.[3] Before Mitchell Robinson, NBA Hall of Fame player Wilt Chamberlain held the record from 1971-1972 to 2019-2020 with a season high field goal percentage of 0.727.[4]

Field goal percentages were substantially lower in the NBA until the mid-to-late 1960s.[5] For this reason, many early NBA stars have low field goal percentages, such as Bob Cousy at .375, and George Mikan, Bob Pettit, and Bill Russell, whose career field goal percentages of .404, .436, and .440, respectively, are much lower than later post players.[6]

Three-point field goal percentage is usually kept as additional statistics. Its abbreviation is 3FG%. A 3FG% of .400 and above is a very good percentage.

See also

  • 50–40–90 club, an exclusive group of players with one criterion being shooting at least 50 percent of field goals
  • List of National Basketball Association top individual field goal percentage seasons

References

  1. ^ "Field Goal Percentage (FG%)". Jr. NBA. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. ^ "NBA & ABA Career Leaders and Records for Field Goal Pct - Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com.
  3. ^ "NBA & ABA Single Season Leaders and Records for Field Goal Pct - Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com.
  4. ^ "NBA & ABA Single Season Leaders and Records for Field Goal Pct - Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com.
  5. ^ "NBA & ABA Year-by-Year Leaders and Records for Field Goal Pct - Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com.
  6. ^ "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees - Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com.


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