jerry west best field goal percentage in a playoff game

Jerry West had his highest field-goal percentage in a playoff game in Game 5 of the 1961 Division Semifinals versus the Pistons, at 78.6 percent.

NAMEFG%DATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGA3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Jerry West
J. West
78.6
3/19/1961
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
25
12
11
14
3
4
75.0
79.3
3
2Jerry West
J. West
70.0
4/11/1968
LAL LAL
@
SFW SFW
45
40
6
8
14
20
12
14
85.7
76.5
2
3Jerry West
J. West
66.7
4/7/1963
LAL LAL
vs
STL STL
35
30
10
8
10
15
10
13
76.9
72.4
4
4Jerry West
J. West
66.7
4/6/1963
LAL LAL
@
STL STL
42
33
6
2
12
18
9
13
69.2
69.6
3
5Jerry West
J. West
65.0
3/25/1968
LAL LAL
vs
CHI CHI
41
35
4
8
13
20
9
12
75.0
69.2
4
6Jerry West
J. West
65.0
3/28/1964
LAL LAL
vs
STL STL
39
39
6
4
13
20
13
15
86.7
73.3
5
7Jerry West
J. West
64.3
4/5/1968
LAL LAL
vs
SFW SFW
27
6
3
9
14
9
13
69.2
68.5
4
8Jerry West
J. West
63.2
4/17/1970
LAL LAL
vs
ATL ATL
40
35
3
13
12
19
11
12
91.7
72.1
6
9Jerry West
J. West
63.2
4/16/1962
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
46
34
6
5
12
19
10
12
83.3
70.0
3
10Jerry West
J. West
61.9
3/29/1970
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
48
33
2
11
13
21
7
10
70.0
65.0
2
11Jerry West
J. West
61.9
4/28/1968
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
44
38
10
5
13
21
12
15
80.0
68.8
3
12Jerry West
J. West
61.9
4/20/1966
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
46
34
5
5
13
21
8
8
100.0
69.3
3
13Jerry West
J. West
61.5
3/29/1961
LAL LAL
vs
STL STL
40
24
9
8
13
8
11
72.7
67.3
3
14Jerry West
J. West
61.3
4/22/1966
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
47
45
4
10
19
31
7
10
70.0
63.6
2
15Jerry West
J. West
61.1
3/27/1968
LAL LAL
@
CHI CHI
39
32
8
3
11
18
10
16
62.5
63.9
3
16Jerry West
J. West
61.1
4/9/1963
LAL LAL
@
STL STL
44
28
9
4
11
18
6
7
85.7
66.4
4
17Jerry West
J. West
60.0
4/5/1969
LAL LAL
@
SFW SFW
32
29
5
8
9
15
11
12
91.7
71.5
3
18Jerry West
J. West
60.0
4/3/1962
LAL LAL
@
DET DET
38
6
9
15
20
23
87.0
75.6
2
19Jerry West
J. West
58.8
4/14/1970
LAL LAL
@
ATL ATL
46
23
6
2
10
17
3
3
100.0
62.8
4
20Jerry West
J. West
58.3
4/30/1968
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
41
35
4
6
14
24
7
8
87.5
63.6
4
21Jerry West
J. West
57.9
4/10/1962
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
41
36
4
2
11
19
14
16
87.5
69.1
5
22Jerry West
J. West
57.7
4/21/1963
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
43
32
7
6
15
26
2
3
66.7
58.6
2
23Jerry West
J. West
57.7
3/29/1962
LAL LAL
@
DET DET
41
10
15
26
11
14
78.6
63.7
0
24Jerry West
J. West
57.1
5/3/1973
LAL LAL
vs
NYK NYK
40
32
5
5
12
21
8
11
72.7
61.9
4
25Jerry West
J. West
57.1
4/2/1972
LAL LAL
@
CHI CHI
41
31
8
9
12
21
7
7
100.0
64.4
4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal percentage going back to the 1963 playoffs.

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