average field goal percentage by position in 2017

Point guards had a field-goal percentage of 43.4 in 2016-17.

POSITIONFG%SEASONGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGA3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1
Point Guard
43.4
2016-17
5,251
23.6
11.1
2.8
4.2
0.9
0.2
4.0
9.1
1.1
3.1
35.9
2.1
2.5
82.6
54.4
0.5
2.4
1.8
123,896
58,377
14,850
22,195
4,610
1,042
9,256
9,134
+479
2
Shooting Guard
43.0
2016-17
5,434
23.3
10.1
2.7
1.9
0.7
0.3
3.6
8.4
1.3
3.6
36.7
1.5
1.9
81.0
54.5
0.5
2.3
1.2
126,450
54,813
14,862
10,534
4,002
1,365
6,289
8,972
-691
3
Small Forward
45.0
2016-17
5,188
23.9
10.1
3.8
1.8
0.8
0.4
3.7
8.2
1.1
3.0
35.5
1.7
2.2
78.6
55.4
0.7
3.1
1.1
124,198
52,477
19,952
9,106
4,260
2,075
5,766
9,358
+179
4
Power Forward
46.3
2016-17
5,397
21.3
8.7
4.8
1.3
0.6
0.5
3.3
7.2
0.7
2.1
34.6
1.3
1.8
74.6
54.5
1.2
3.6
1.0
114,726
47,048
25,952
7,257
3,240
2,776
5,570
10,452
-448
5
Center
52.7
2016-17
4,868
21.6
9.7
6.5
1.3
0.6
0.9
3.8
7.3
0.3
0.8
34.8
1.7
2.5
68.8
57.8
1.9
4.5
1.2
105,138
47,038
31,430
6,567
2,838
4,412
6,016
11,034
+481

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EasternWLPCTGB
1
9
2
.818
2
8
2
.800
0.5
3
6
3
.667
2.0
4
7
4
.636
2.0
5
5
4
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3.0
6
5
4
.556
3.0
7
5
5
.500
3.5
8
4
6
.400
4.5
9
4
6
.400
4.5
10
3
7
.300
5.5
11
3
7
.300
5.5
12
2
7
.222
6.0
13
2
8
.200
6.5
14
1
8
.111
7.0
15
1
9
.100
7.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
9
2
.818
2
8
2
.800
0.5
3
8
2
.800
0.5
4
8
3
.727
1.0
5
7
3
.700
1.5
6
7
3
.700
1.5
7
6
3
.667
2.0
8
6
3
.667
2.0
9
5
3
.625
2.5
10
6
4
.600
2.5
11
4
6
.400
4.5
12
3
5
.375
4.5
13
2
7
.222
6.0
14
1
9
.100
7.5
15
1
9
.100
7.5

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