highest field goal percentage in a 45 point game ever

Jerry West has the highest field-goal percentage in a game with 45+ points, at 94.1 percent against the Baltimore Bullets on January 25, 1967.

Interpreted as:
highest field goal percentage by a player in a 45 or more point regular-season game ever
NAME FG% PTS DATE TM OPP MIN REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Jerry West
J. West
94.1
45
1/25/1967
LAL LAL
vs
BAL BAL
47
8
8
16
17
13
15
86.7
95.3
5
2 Mike Woodson
M. Woodson
91.7
48
2/20/1983
KCK KCK
vs
HOU HOU
32
3
2
1
1
22
24
1
1
100.0
3
6
50.0
90.1
0
2
3 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
87.0
53
12/20/1967
PHI PHI
@
SEA SEA
45
38
6
20
23
13
26
50.0
76.9
2
4 Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
85.7
47
4/2/2021
MIL MIL
@
POR POR
33
12
2
1
3
18
21
0
3
0.0
11
13
84.6
87.9
1
11
4
2
+17
5 Jamal Murray
J. Murray
84.0
50
2/19/2021
DEN DEN
@
CLE CLE
38
6
2
2
0
21
25
8
10
80.0
0
0
100.0
0
6
1
4
+24
6 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
84.0
53
10/23/1965
PHI PHI
vs
DET DET
45
21
2
21
25
11
15
73.3
83.9
1
7 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
82.9
66
2/9/1969
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
48
27
4
29
35
8
18
44.4
76.9
1
8 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
82.8
52
11/16/1988
CHI CHI
@
PHI PHI
43
9
1
4
2
24
29
0
1
0.0
4
4
100.0
84.5
3
6
4
2
9 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
82.8
53
3/18/1968
PHI PHI
vs
LAL LAL
48
32
14
24
29
5
10
50.0
79.3
0
10 Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
82.6
54
1/31/2020
BKN BKN
vs
CHI CHI
32
5
5
1
0
19
23
7
9
77.8
9
10
90.0
98.5
0
5
4
3
+20
11 Kiki VanDeWeghe
K. VanDeWeghe
82.6
47
10/27/1984
POR POR
@
KCK KCK
38
4
1
0
1
19
23
0
0
9
9
100.0
87.2
1
3
2
1
12 Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
81.8
46
1/16/1982
UTA UTA
vs
CLE CLE
40
5
0
2
0
18
22
0
0
10
12
83.3
84.3
0
5
4
5
13 Gilbert Arenas
G. Arenas
81.3
46
2/25/2006
WAS WAS
vs
NYK NYK
30
1
2
4
0
13
16
7
10
70.0
13
14
92.9
103.8
0
1
1
2
+20
14 Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
81.0
50
2/15/2022
MIL MIL
vs
IND IND
36
14
4
0
0
17
21
2
3
66.7
14
18
77.8
86.4
4
10
3
3
+7
15 Amar'e Stoudemire
A. Stoudemire
81.0
49
11/5/2008
PHX PHX
@
IND IND
44
11
6
5
2
17
21
0
2
0.0
15
15
100.0
88.8
1
10
4
3
+11
16 Dana Barros
D. Barros
80.8
50
3/14/1995
PHI PHI
vs
HOU HOU
42
6
8
2
0
21
26
6
8
75.0
2
2
100.0
93.0
2
4
4
2
17 Karl Malone
K. Malone
80.8
61
1/27/1990
UTA UTA
vs
MIL MIL
33
18
2
3
0
21
26
0
0
19
23
82.6
84.4
9
9
2
2
18 Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
80.0
52
4/4/2023
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
39
13
6
0
2
20
25
0
1
0.0
12
13
92.3
84.6
2
11
3
3
+17
19 Devin Booker
D. Booker
80.0
51
11/30/2022
PHX PHX
vs
CHI CHI
31
4
6
1
0
20
25
6
7
85.7
5
6
83.3
92.3
0
4
2
3
+23
20 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
80.0
45
2/27/2009
PHX PHX
vs
TOR TOR
35
11
2
3
1
20
25
0
0
5
8
62.5
78.9
3
8
3
4
+17
21 Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
80.0
51
1/7/1981
UTA UTA
@
DEN DEN
45
5
7
2
0
20
25
0
0
11
11
100.0
85.5
2
3
3
1
22 Bernard King
B. King
80.0
50
1/3/1981
GSW GSW
vs
PHI PHI
43
8
4
3
2
20
25
0
0
10
11
90.9
83.8
5
3
3
3
23 Otis Birdsong
O. Birdsong
80.0
49
1/29/1980
KCK KCK
@
DEN DEN
40
4
3
3
1
20
25
0
0
9
15
60.0
77.5
1
3
2
3
24 Kevin Durant
K. Durant
79.2
45
11/28/2022
BKN BKN
vs
ORL ORL
39
7
5
2
2
19
24
3
5
60.0
4
4
100.0
87.3
1
6
6
4
+11
25 Blake Griffin
B. Griffin
79.2
47
1/17/2011
LAC LAC
vs
IND IND
37
14
3
0
1
19
24
0
0
9
11
81.8
81.5
3
11
4
3
+17
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal percentage going back to the 1982-83 season.

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