Michael Jordan attempted the most field goals per game in 1997-98, with 23.1 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest fgas per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by player 1998

	NAME	FGA	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	23.1	1997-98	CHI	82	38.8	28.7	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	10.7	46.5	0.4	1.5	23.8	6.9	8.8	78.4	53.3	1.6	4.2	2.3	3,181	2,357	475	283	141	45	185	151	+598
2	Antoine Walker A. Walker	20.8	1997-98	BOS	82	39.9	22.4	10.2	3.3	1.7	0.7	8.8	42.3	1.1	3.6	31.2	3.7	5.8	64.5	48.1	3.3	6.9	3.6	3,268	1,840	836	273	142	60	292	262	-267
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	19.1	1997-98	LAL	60	36.3	28.3	11.4	2.4	0.7	2.4	11.2	58.4	0.0	0.0		6.0	11.4	52.7	58.7	3.5	7.9	2.9	2,175	1,699	681	142	39	144	175	193	+649
4	Chris Webber C. Webber	18.9	1997-98	WAS	71	39.6	21.9	9.5	3.8	1.6	1.7	9.1	48.2	0.9	2.9	31.7	2.8	4.7	58.9	52.3	2.5	7.0	2.6	2,809	1,555	674	273	111	124	185	269	+45
5	Michael Finley M. Finley	18.4	1997-98	DAL	82	41.4	21.5	5.3	4.9	1.6	0.4	8.2	44.9	1.1	3.0	35.7	4.0	5.1	78.4	52.2	1.8	3.5	2.7	3,394	1,763	438	405	132	30	219	163	-410
6	Karl Malone K. Malone	18.2	1997-98	UTA	81	37.4	27.0	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	9.6	53.0	0.0	0.1	33.3	7.8	10.2	76.1	59.7	2.3	8.0	3.0	3,030	2,190	834	316	96	70	247	237	+584
7	Isaiah Rider I. Rider	17.6	1997-98	POR	74	37.6	19.7	4.7	3.1	0.7	0.3	7.4	42.3	1.8	5.7	32.1	3.0	3.6	82.8	51.4	1.3	3.3	2.5	2,786	1,458	346	231	55	19	187	188	+92
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	17.6	1997-98	PHI	80	39.4	22.0	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.3	8.1	46.1	0.9	2.9	29.8	4.9	6.7	72.9	53.5	1.1	2.6	3.1	3,150	1,758	296	494	176	25	244	200	-92
9	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	17.4	1997-98	SAC	70	36.7	23.2	3.3	4.0	1.3	0.2	7.8	44.5	1.9	4.8	38.9	5.8	6.7	86.4	56.9	0.7	2.6	2.6	2,569	1,623	229	279	88	15	181	154	-132
10	Glen Rice G. Rice	16.9	1997-98	CHA	82	40.2	22.3	4.3	2.2	0.9	0.3	7.7	45.7	1.6	3.7	43.3	5.2	6.1	84.9	56.8	1.1	3.2	2.2	3,295	1,826	353	182	77	22	182	200	+169
11	Keith Van Horn K. Van Horn	16.9	1997-98	NJN	62	37.5	19.7	6.6	1.7	1.0	0.4	7.2	42.6	1.1	3.6	30.8	4.2	4.9	84.6	51.6	2.3	4.3	2.6	2,325	1,219	408	106	64	25	164	216	+145
12	Grant Hill G. Hill	16.8	1997-98	DET	81	40.7	21.1	7.7	6.8	1.8	0.7	7.6	45.2	0.0	0.3	14.3	5.9	8.0	74.0	52.0	1.1	6.5	3.5	3,294	1,712	623	551	143	53	285	196	+214
13	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	16.4	1997-98	VAN	82	36.0	22.3	7.1	2.6	1.1	0.9	8.0	48.5	0.3	0.6	41.2	6.1	7.8	78.4	56.2	2.8	4.3	3.1	2,950	1,829	581	213	89	76	257	201	-433
14	Ray Allen R. Allen	16.0	1997-98	MIL	82	40.1	19.5	4.9	4.3	1.4	0.1	6.9	42.8	1.6	4.5	36.4	4.2	4.8	87.5	53.9	1.5	3.4	3.2	3,287	1,602	405	356	111	12	263	244	-71
15	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	16.0	1997-98	MIA	81	37.4	18.9	3.7	8.3	1.7	0.2	6.9	43.1	1.9	5.5	35.1	3.2	4.1	78.1	53.0	0.6	3.1	2.8	3,031	1,528	299	672	136	16	224	200	+454
16	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	15.8	1997-98	MIN	82	39.3	18.5	9.6	4.2	1.7	1.8	7.7	49.1	0.0	0.2	18.8	3.0	4.0	73.8	52.7	2.7	6.9	2.3	3,222	1,518	786	348	139	150	192	224	+152
17	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	15.7	1997-98	SAS	82	39.1	21.1	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	8.6	54.9	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
18	Gary Payton G. Payton	15.6	1997-98	SEA	82	38.4	19.2	4.6	8.3	2.3	0.2	7.1	45.3	1.6	4.8	33.8	3.4	4.6	74.4	54.4	0.9	3.6	2.8	3,145	1,571	376	679	185	18	229	195	+622
19	Allan Houston A. Houston	15.6	1997-98	NYK	82	34.7	18.4	3.3	2.6	0.8	0.3	7.0	44.7	1.0	2.6	38.5	3.5	4.1	85.1	53.0	0.5	2.8	2.4	2,848	1,509	274	212	63	24	200	207	+131
20	Juwan Howard J. Howard	15.5	1997-98	WAS	64	40.0	18.5	7.0	3.3	1.3	0.4	7.2	46.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.6	72.1	51.5	2.5	4.5	2.9	2,559	1,184	449	208	82	23	185	225	-47
21	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	15.4	1997-98	NJN	75	34.7	19.6	3.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	6.8	44.1	0.2	1.1	18.8	5.8	6.8	86.0	53.3	1.0	2.1	3.6	2,606	1,471	228	603	121	20	269	262	+133
22	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	15.4	1997-98	TOT	71	40.0	17.3	4.2	8.2	1.6	0.1	6.3	41.1	1.3	4.3	29.9	3.4	4.0	82.9	50.3	1.2	3.0	3.1	2,839	1,225	298	580	113	7	223	150	-252
23	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	15.1	1997-98	HOU	70	35.3	18.4	4.9	5.5	1.8	0.6	6.5	42.7	1.5	4.8	31.7	4.0	4.9	80.1	53.1	1.5	3.4	2.7	2,473	1,287	346	382	126	42	189	193	+69
24	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	15.1	1997-98	MIN	82	38.0	17.7	2.8	8.6	1.3	0.1	6.3	41.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	4.0	5.5	73.1	50.5	0.7	2.1	3.1	3,112	1,450	230	704	104	7	256	222	+23
25	Steve Smith S. Smith	15.1	1997-98	ATL	73	39.1	20.1	4.2	4.0	1.0	0.4	6.7	44.4	1.3	3.8	35.1	5.3	6.2	85.5	56.3	1.8	2.4	2.4	2,857	1,464	309	292	75	29	176	219	+202