Field goal percentage

In basketball, a FG% of .500 (50%) or above is considered a good percentage, although this criterion does not apply equally to all positions.

The NBA career record for field goal percentage is held by DeAndre Jordan at 0.673.

[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.