highest fg percent by a rookie in nba history

Brandon Clarke has the highest field-goal percentage by a rookie, at 61.9 percent in 2019-20.

Interpreted as:

highest fg percent with a minimum of 300 field-goals made per 82 team games by a rookie in NBA history

	NAME	FG%	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Brandon Clarke B. Clarke	61.9	2019-20	MEM	58	22.4	12.1	5.9	1.4	0.6	0.8	5.1	8.2	0.4	1.1	35.9	1.5	1.9	75.9	66.4	1.6	4.4	0.9	1,300	700	345	81	32	48	55	100	-20
2	Steve Johnson S. Johnson	61.3	1981-82	KCK	78	22.3	12.8	5.9	1.2	0.5	1.1	5.1	8.3	0.0	0.0		2.7	4.2	64.2	63.5	1.9	3.9	2.5	1,741	1,002	459	91	39	89	197	372
3	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	60.0	1984-85	KCK	82	23.4	12.8	6.8	1.4	0.4	0.5	5.0	8.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	4.5	62.0	62.0	2.3	4.5	2.3	1,918	1,052	556	111	34	37	187	256
4	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	58.5	2018-19	PHX	71	30.7	16.3	10.3	1.8	0.9	0.9	7.2	12.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	2.7	74.6	60.8	3.1	7.1	1.8	2,183	1,159	729	125	61	67	126	209	-383
5	Buck Williams B. Williams	58.2	1981-82	NJN	82	34.5	15.5	12.3	1.3	1.0	1.0	6.3	10.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.7	62.4	60.3	4.2	8.0	2.9	2,825	1,268	1,005	107	84	84	235	285
6	James Worthy J. Worthy	57.9	1982-83	LAL	77	25.6	13.4	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	5.8	10.0	0.0	0.1	25.0	1.8	2.9	62.4	59.4	2.0	3.1	2.3	1,970	1,033	399	132	91	64	178	221
7	John Collins J. Collins	57.6	2017-18	ATL	74	24.0	10.5	7.3	1.3	0.6	1.1	4.2	7.4	0.2	0.6	34.0	1.8	2.5	71.5	62.0	2.4	4.9	1.4	1,776	777	541	98	47	80	105	215	-217
8	Mitch Kupchak M. Kupchak	57.2	1976-77	WAS	82	18.5	10.4	6.0	0.8	0.3	0.4	4.2	7.3				2.1	3.0	69.1	60.5	2.2	3.8		1,513	852	494	62	22	34		204
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	56.2	1992-93	ORL	81	37.9	23.4	13.9	1.9	0.7	3.5	9.0	16.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	8.9	59.2	58.4	4.2	9.6	3.8	3,071	1,893	1,122	152	60	286	307	321
10	John Shumate J. Shumate	56.1	1975-76	TOT	75	26.3	11.7	7.4	1.7	1.1	0.5	4.4	7.9				2.8	4.3	65.0	59.6	1.9	5.5		1,976	876	554	127	82	34		159
11	Jeff Ruland J. Ruland	56.1	1981-82	WAS	82	27.0	14.4	9.3	1.6	0.5	0.7	5.1	9.1	0.0	0.0	33.3	4.2	5.5	75.2	62.3	3.1	6.2	2.9	2,214	1,183	762	134	44	58	237	319
12	Chris Webber C. Webber	55.2	1993-94	GSW	76	32.1	17.5	9.1	3.6	1.2	2.2	7.5	13.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.5	4.7	53.2	55.9	4.0	5.1	2.7	2,438	1,333	694	272	93	164	206	247
13	Greg Monroe G. Monroe	55.1	2010-11	DET	80	27.8	9.4	7.5	1.3	1.2	0.6	3.8	6.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.9	62.2	57.5	3.1	4.4	1.0	2,222	751	601	105	93	45	81	196	-136
14	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	54.9	1997-98	SAS	82	39.1	21.1	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	8.6	15.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	5.9	66.2	57.7	3.3	8.6	3.4	3,204	1,731	977	224	55	206	279	254	+429
15	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	54.7	1979-80	NYK	82	38.4	21.7	8.9	2.0	0.6	1.2	8.1	14.8	0.0	0.0		5.5	6.9	79.7	60.8	2.4	6.5	2.7	3,150	1,781	726	165	48	101	222	279
16	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	54.5	1984-85	PHI	82	28.6	14.0	8.6	1.9	1.2	1.0	5.2	9.5	0.0	0.1	16.7	3.6	4.9	73.3	59.9	3.2	5.3	2.5	2,347	1,148	703	155	95	80	209	301
17	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	54.5	2017-18	PHI	81	33.7	15.8	8.1	8.2	1.7	0.9	6.7	12.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	4.2	56.0	55.7	1.8	6.3	3.4	2,732	1,279	659	661	140	70	278	211	+387
18	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	54.5	1995-96	POR	73	23.8	14.5	8.1	1.8	0.9	1.1	5.4	9.9	0.5	1.4	37.5	3.2	4.2	75.7	61.7	2.0	6.0	2.1	1,735	1,058	588	130	64	78	154	211
19	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	54.2	2015-16	MIN	82	32.0	18.3	10.5	2.0	0.7	1.7	7.6	14.1	0.4	1.1	34.1	2.7	3.4	81.1	59.0	2.8	7.7	2.2	2,627	1,503	858	161	58	138	183	245	-131
20	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	53.8	1984-85	HOU	82	35.5	20.6	11.9	1.4	1.2	2.7	8.3	15.3	0.0	0.0		4.1	6.7	61.3	56.4	5.4	6.5	2.9	2,914	1,692	974	111	99	220	234	344
21	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	53.8	1986-87	CLE	80	33.7	15.7	8.1	3.8	0.6	0.8	6.1	11.3	0.0	0.0		3.5	5.0	69.6	57.9	1.9	6.2	3.1	2,695	1,253	647	304	49	63	248	248
22	Carlos Boozer C. Boozer	53.6	2002-03	CLE	81	25.3	10.0	7.5	1.3	0.7	0.6	4.1	7.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.4	77.1	57.7	2.5	5.0	1.3	2,049	810	609	106	59	50	103	224	-497
23	Eric Montross E. Montross	53.4	1994-95	BOS	78	29.7	10.0	7.3	0.5	0.4	0.8	3.9	7.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	3.4	63.5	56.5	2.5	4.7	1.4	2,315	781	566	36	29	61	112	299
24	Kevin McHale K. McHale	53.3	1980-81	BOS	82	20.1	10.0	4.4	0.7	0.3	1.8	4.3	8.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.9	67.9	55.6	1.9	2.5	1.3	1,645	818	359	55	27	151	110	260
25	Andrew Bogut A. Bogut	53.3	2005-06	MIL	82	28.6	9.4	7.0	2.3	0.6	0.8	3.9	7.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.4	62.9	55.5	2.3	4.7	1.5	2,348	768	573	192	49	68	125	259	+77