highest field goal percentage guard rookie ever

Ben Simmons has the best field-goal percentage by a rookie guard in a season, at 54.5 percent in 2017-18.

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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	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
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	53.0	1979-80	LAL	77	36.3	18.0	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5	6.5	12.3	0.1	0.4	22.6	4.9	6.0	81.0	60.2	2.2	5.6	4.0	2,795	1,387	596	563	187	41	305	218
3	Jalen Williams J. Williams	52.1	2022-23	OKC	75	30.3	14.1	4.5	3.3	1.4	0.5	5.5	10.6	1.0	2.7	35.6	2.1	2.5	81.2	60.1	1.1	3.4	1.6	2,275	1,056	337	248	103	35	123	191	-53
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	51.5	1984-85	CHI	82	38.3	28.2	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	10.2	19.8	0.1	0.6	17.3	7.7	9.1	84.5	59.2	2.0	4.5	3.5	3,144	2,313	534	481	196	69	291	285
5	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	51.3	1981-82	DAL	82	24.1	13.3	3.1	1.3	0.6	0.4	5.4	10.4	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.6	3.4	76.8	55.9	1.2	1.9	1.4	1,979	1,091	254	105	46	30	113	122
6	Dylan Harper D. Harper	50.5	2025-26	SAS	69	22.6	11.8	3.4	3.9	0.8	0.3	4.8	9.5	0.9	2.6	34.3	1.3	1.7	75.6	57.4	0.8	2.6	1.4	1,558	813	234	266	54	24	99	139	+303
7	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	50.3	1979-80	HOU	77	27.6	10.9	2.4	5.4	1.6	0.4	4.3	8.5	0.0	0.2	15.8	2.3	2.9	81.4	56.0	0.7	1.6	2.7	2,123	843	184	417	127	28	205	197
8	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	49.7	1977-78	LAL	81	34.3	13.7	3.0	6.8	1.7	0.1	6.1	12.3				1.4	2.0	71.4	51.8	0.5	2.4	3.1	2,779	1,107	239	553	138	7	251	259
9	Andrew Toney A. Toney	49.5	1980-81	PHI	75	23.6	12.9	1.9	3.6	0.8	0.1	5.3	10.7	0.1	0.4	31.0	2.1	3.0	71.2	53.5	0.4	1.5	2.9	1,768	968	143	273	59	10	219	234
10	Ron Brewer R. Brewer	49.4	1978-79	POR	81	30.3	13.3	2.8	2.0	1.3	1.0	5.4	10.8				2.6	3.2	82.0	54.4	1.1	1.7	1.9	2,454	1,078	229	165	102	79	153	181
11	Wes Matthews W. Matthews	49.4	1980-81	TOT	79	28.7	12.4	1.8	5.2	1.4	0.2	4.9	9.9	0.1	0.3	23.8	2.6	3.2	80.2	54.9	0.6	1.2	3.3	2,266	977	139	411	107	17	261	242
12	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	49.4	1989-90	ORL	81	22.0	11.5	3.9	1.5	0.9	0.4	4.6	9.3	0.0	0.2	5.9	2.3	3.3	70.5	53.6	1.3	2.6	1.7	1,785	931	316	124	69	34	138	140
13	Sherman Douglas S. Douglas	49.4	1989-90	MIA	81	30.5	14.3	2.5	7.6	1.8	0.1	5.7	11.6	0.1	0.4	16.1	2.8	4.0	68.7	53.4	0.9	1.7	3.0	2,470	1,155	206	619	145	10	246	187
14	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	49.2	1977-78	KCK	73	25.7	15.8	2.4	2.4	1.0	0.2	6.4	13.1				3.0	4.2	69.7	53.0	1.0	1.4	2.0	1,878	1,156	175	174	74	12	145	179
15	Freeman Williams F. Williams	49.0	1978-79	SDC	72	16.6	10.4	1.4	1.2	0.6	0.0	4.7	9.5				1.1	1.4	77.6	51.4	0.7	0.7	1.4	1,195	746	98	83	42	2	99	88
16	Stacey Augmon S. Augmon	48.9	1991-92	ATL	82	30.5	13.3	5.1	2.5	1.5	0.3	5.4	11.0	0.0	0.1	16.7	2.6	3.9	66.6	52.6	2.3	2.8	2.2	2,505	1,094	420	201	124	27	181	161
17	Reggie Miller R. Miller	48.8	1987-88	IND	82	22.4	10.0	2.3	1.6	0.6	0.2	3.7	7.6	0.7	2.1	35.5	1.8	2.3	80.1	58.0	1.2	1.2	1.2	1,840	822	190	132	53	19	101	157
18	Byron Scott B. Scott	48.4	1983-84	LAL	74	22.1	10.6	2.2	2.4	1.1	0.3	4.5	9.3	0.1	0.5	23.5	1.5	1.9	80.6	52.5	0.7	1.5	1.6	1,637	788	164	177	81	19	116	174
19	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	48.4	1977-78	ATL	79	23.7	10.5	1.9	3.0	1.3	0.1	4.2	8.7				2.1	2.5	81.6	53.5	0.6	1.3	2.1	1,875	828	153	235	100	4	168	232
20	Reggie Theus R. Theus	48.0	1978-79	CHI	82	33.6	16.3	2.8	5.2	1.1	0.2	6.5	13.6				3.2	4.2	76.1	52.6	1.1	1.7	3.7	2,753	1,338	228	429	93	18	303	270
21	Ja Morant J. Morant	47.7	2019-20	MEM	67	31.0	17.8	3.9	7.3	0.9	0.3	6.7	14.0	0.9	2.7	33.5	3.6	4.6	77.6	55.6	0.8	3.1	3.3	2,074	1,193	259	488	58	18	220	110	-17
22	Kenny Smith K. Smith	47.7	1987-88	SAC	61	35.6	13.8	2.3	7.1	1.5	0.1	5.4	11.4	0.2	0.6	30.8	2.7	3.3	81.9	53.7	0.7	1.6	3.0	2,170	841	138	434	92	8	184	140
23	John Lucas J. Lucas	47.7	1976-77	HOU	82	30.9	11.1	2.7	5.6	1.5	0.2	4.7	9.9				1.6	2.1	78.9	51.2	0.7	2.0		2,531	911	219	463	125	19		174
24	Darren Collison D. Collison	47.7	2009-10	NOH	76	27.8	12.4	2.5	5.7	1.0	0.1	4.9	10.4	0.6	1.5	40.0	1.9	2.3	85.1	54.6	0.5	2.0	2.7	2,109	946	192	432	78	4	202	92	-175
25	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	47.6	2018-19	LAC	82	26.5	10.8	2.8	3.3	1.2	0.5	4.2	8.7	0.6	1.7	36.7	1.9	2.4	80.0	55.4	0.7	2.1	1.7	2,174	889	232	270	96	45	141	175	-109

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.3

Maxey

RPG

8.4

Drummond

APG

6.6

Maxey

Team Rankings

ORTG

115.4

17th

DRTG

115.5

16th

NETRTG

-0.2

18th

3P%

34.9

23rd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MIL	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Sun 10/25	DET	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Wed 10/28	PHI	@	IND	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 0

144

Final

114

76ers

0 - 4

Sun 10 May 2026

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