highest field goal percentage for a rookie small forward

Walter Berry has the highest field-goal percentage by a rookie small forward in a season, at 53.1 percent in 1986-87.

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300+ field goals per 82 team games

	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	Walter Berry W. Berry	53.1	1986-87	TOT	63	25.2	15.9	4.9	1.7	0.6	0.6	6.5	12.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.6	64.9	56.1	2.2	2.7	2.4	1,586	1,001	309	105	38	40	153	196
2	Walter Davis W. Davis	52.6	1977-78	PHX	81	32.0	24.2	6.0	3.4	1.4	0.2	9.7	18.4				4.8	5.8	83.0	57.7	2.0	4.0	3.5	2,590	1,959	484	273	113	20	283	242
3	Richard Dumas R. Dumas	52.4	1992-93	PHX	48	27.5	15.8	4.6	1.3	1.8	0.8	6.3	12.0	0.0	0.1	33.3	3.2	4.5	70.7	56.4	2.1	2.6	1.9	1,320	757	223	60	85	39	92	127
4	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	52.3	1982-83	SDC	70	36.2	23.7	10.6	2.5	1.8	0.9	9.8	18.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2	5.9	70.9	55.7	4.3	6.3	2.9	2,531	1,660	744	177	129	62	204	294
5	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	52.2	1977-78	MIL	80	34.6	19.5	10.6	2.4	1.2	1.3	7.9	15.1				3.8	5.1	73.6	56.3	3.7	6.9	2.2	2,765	1,557	847	190	92	103	175	221
6	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	52.0	1976-77	BUF	77	36.6	20.3	7.6	1.9	1.2	0.2	7.1	13.6				6.2	7.6	81.8	60.1	3.3	4.4		2,816	1,564	587	144	91	15		215
7	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	51.3	1978-79	CLE	80	19.7	10.7	4.1	0.8	0.6	0.4	4.5	8.8				1.6	2.2	73.6	54.5	1.6	2.5	1.3	1,576	855	329	60	51	29	102	215
8	Terry Dischinger T. Dischinger	51.2	1962-63	CHI	57	40.2	25.5	8.0	3.1			9.2	18.0				7.1	9.2	77.0	57.8				2,294	1,452	458	175				188
9	Wally Szczerbiak W. Szczerbiak	51.1	1999-00	MIN	73	29.7	11.6	3.7	2.8	0.8	0.3	4.7	9.2	0.4	1.1	35.9	1.8	2.2	82.6	57.1	1.2	2.5	1.1	2,171	845	272	201	58	23	83	175	+195
10	Jae'Sean Tate J. Tate	50.6	2020-21	HOU	70	29.2	11.3	5.3	2.5	1.2	0.5	4.5	8.9	0.9	2.8	30.8	1.5	2.1	69.4	57.6	1.9	3.5	1.4	2,043	794	374	178	85	36	98	222	-189
11	Rodney McCray R. McCray	49.9	1983-84	HOU	79	26.3	10.8	5.7	2.2	0.7	0.7	4.2	8.5	0.0	0.1	25.0	2.3	3.2	73.1	54.6	2.2	3.5	1.5	2,081	853	450	176	53	54	120	205
12	Willie Anderson W. Anderson	49.8	1988-89	SAS	81	33.8	18.6	5.1	4.6	1.9	0.8	7.9	15.9	0.0	0.3	19.0	2.8	3.6	77.5	53.4	1.9	3.3	3.2	2,738	1,508	417	372	150	62	261	295
13	Ollie Johnson O. Johnson	49.7	1972-73	POR	78	27.4	9.9	5.3	2.6			3.9	7.9				2.0	2.6	75.7	54.3				2,138	772	417	200				166
14	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	49.6	1981-82	DET	82	37.5	21.6	5.4	3.3	1.1	0.2	7.8	15.6	0.1	0.3	22.7	6.0	7.6	79.7	57.0	2.7	2.7	3.4	3,077	1,772	443	270	89	16	280	241
15	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	49.3	1982-83	ATL	82	32.9	17.5	5.8	1.6	1.0	0.8	7.3	14.9	0.0	0.1	18.2	2.8	4.1	68.2	52.4	2.8	3.1	2.2	2,697	1,434	478	129	84	63	180	210
16	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	49.2	2021-22	TOR	74	35.4	15.3	7.5	3.5	1.1	0.7	6.2	12.6	0.8	2.6	30.1	2.1	2.9	73.5	55.2	2.6	4.9	1.8	2,617	1,134	557	256	80	55	136	192	+66
17	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	49.1	1995-96	MIN	80	28.7	10.4	6.3	1.8	1.1	1.6	4.5	9.2	0.1	0.4	28.6	1.3	1.9	70.5	52.2	2.2	4.1	1.4	2,293	835	501	145	86	131	110	189
18	Louis Orr L. Orr	49.1	1980-81	IND	82	21.8	10.5	4.4	1.6	0.7	0.3	4.2	8.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	2.5	80.7	53.8	2.1	2.3	1.5	1,787	859	361	132	55	25	123	153
19	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	49.0	1985-86	SEA	82	33.0	17.1	8.0	2.4	1.2	0.5	7.0	14.3	0.0	0.1	20.0	3.0	4.4	68.7	52.5	3.7	4.2	3.0	2,706	1,404	655	193	101	37	248	305
20	Jaime Jaquez Jr. J. Jaquez Jr.	48.9	2023-24	MIA	75	28.2	11.9	3.8	2.6	1.0	0.3	4.5	9.3	0.9	2.7	32.2	1.9	2.3	81.1	57.4	1.1	2.7	1.5	2,113	889	285	195	77	20	110	167	+108
21	Juwan Howard J. Howard	48.9	1994-95	WAS	65	36.1	17.0	8.4	2.5	0.8	0.2	7.0	14.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.0	4.5	66.4	52.1	2.8	5.6	2.6	2,348	1,104	545	165	52	15	166	236
22	Mike O'Koren M. O'Koren	48.6	1980-81	NJN	79	31.3	11.0	6.1	3.2	1.1	0.3	4.6	9.5	0.1	0.2	27.8	1.7	2.7	63.7	51.5	2.3	3.8	1.8	2,473	870	478	252	86	27	146	243
23	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	48.5	1969-70	MIL	81	30.4	13.2	7.7	3.6			5.4	11.0				2.5	3.3	75.4	52.8				2,461	1,067	625	292				279
24	Wesley Person W. Person	48.4	1994-95	PHX	78	23.1	10.4	2.6	1.3	0.6	0.3	4.0	8.2	1.5	3.4	43.6	1.0	1.3	79.2	59.6	0.9	1.7	1.0	1,800	814	201	105	48	24	79	149
25	Randy Smith R. Smith	48.2	1971-72	BUF	76	27.6	13.4	4.8	2.5			5.7	11.8				2.1	3.3	62.2	50.7				2,094	1,022	368	189				202

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0