least amount of fga per game for an nba player to average 16 points per game in their 3rd season

Cedric Maxwell attempted the fewest field goals per game by a player with 16.0+ points per game in his 3rd season, with 9.4 per game in 1979-80.

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least amount of fga per game for an NBA player to average 16 or higher points per game in their 3rd season

	NAME	FGA	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	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	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	9.4	16.9	1979-80	BOS	80	34.3	8.8	2.5	1.0	0.8	5.7	60.9	0.0	0.0		5.5	6.9	78.7	67.9	3.6	5.3	2.9	2,744	1,350	704	199	76	61	230	266
2	James Harden J. Harden	10.1	16.8	2011-12	OKC	62	31.4	4.1	3.7	1.0	0.2	5.0	49.1	1.8	4.7	39.0	5.0	6.0	84.6	66.0	0.5	3.6	2.2	1,946	1,044	252	229	62	15	137	150	+367
3	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	10.5	16.0	2004-05	SAS	74	29.6	4.4	3.9	1.6	0.4	5.0	47.1	1.3	3.5	37.6	4.8	6.0	80.3	60.9	1.0	3.4	2.3	2,193	1,186	329	288	119	27	172	190	+675
4	Dwight Howard D. Howard	10.6	17.6	2006-07	ORL	82	36.9	12.3	1.9	0.9	1.9	6.4	60.3	0.0	0.0	50.0	4.8	8.1	58.6	61.9	3.5	8.8	3.9	3,023	1,443	1,008	158	70	156	317	245	+94
5	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	11.4	16.4	2019-20	PHI	57	35.4	7.8	8.0	2.1	0.6	6.6	58.0	0.0	0.1	28.6	3.2	5.2	62.1	60.2	2.0	5.8	3.5	2,017	937	444	455	119	33	200	186	+62
6	Christian Laettner C. Laettner	11.4	16.3	1994-95	MIN	81	34.2	7.6	2.9	1.2	1.1	5.6	48.9	0.2	0.5	32.5	5.0	6.2	81.8	58.0	2.0	5.5	2.8	2,770	1,322	613	234	101	87	225	302
7	Paul Pressey P. Pressey	11.6	16.1	1984-85	MIL	80	36.0	5.4	6.8	1.6	0.7	6.0	51.7	0.1	0.3	35.0	4.0	5.2	75.8	57.7	1.9	3.5	3.1	2,876	1,284	429	543	129	56	247	258
8	Carl Landry C. Landry	11.6	16.8	2009-10	TOT	80	30.9	5.9	0.8	0.7	0.8	6.2	53.6	0.0	0.0	33.3	4.3	5.3	80.6	60.0	2.4	3.5	1.7	2,469	1,343	468	66	55	63	136	234	-99
9	Jonathan Kuminga J. Kuminga	11.6	16.1	2023-24	GSW	74	26.3	4.8	2.2	0.7	0.5	6.2	52.9	0.7	2.2	32.1	3.0	4.0	74.6	59.8	1.2	3.6	1.6	1,949	1,188	355	163	55	36	122	169	+125
10	James Silas J. Silas	11.7	16.0	1978-79	SAS	79	27.5	2.3	3.5	1.0	0.3	5.9	50.5				4.2	5.1	83.1	57.6	0.4	1.9	2.5	2,171	1,266	183	273	76	20	199	215
11	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	11.8	16.9	2018-19	TOR	80	31.9	6.9	3.1	0.9	0.7	6.5	54.9	1.0	2.7	36.9	3.0	3.8	78.5	62.8	1.6	5.3	1.9	2,548	1,354	549	248	73	52	154	241	+593
12	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	11.8	16.1	2024-25	IND	72	29.8	5.3	1.9	0.7	0.3	5.4	45.8	1.4	4.0	34.0	3.8	4.6	83.1	57.9	1.2	4.1	1.9	2,149	1,156	383	136	47	24	135	162	+94
13	Calvin Natt C. Natt	11.9	17.7	1981-82	POR	75	34.7	8.2	2.0	0.8	0.5	6.9	57.6	0.0	0.1	25.0	3.9	5.2	75.0	62.2	2.6	5.6	1.9	2,599	1,326	613	150	62	36	140	175
14	Andrei Kirilenko A. Kirilenko	11.9	16.5	2003-04	UTA	78	37.1	8.1	3.1	1.9	2.8	5.3	44.3	0.9	2.6	33.8	5.0	6.4	79.0	55.9	2.9	5.2	2.8	2,895	1,284	629	244	150	215	215	174	+85
15	Nikola Pekovic N. Pekovic	12.0	16.3	2012-13	MIN	62	31.6	8.8	0.9	0.7	0.8	6.2	52.0	0.0	0.0		3.9	5.2	74.4	57.2	3.7	5.1	1.6	1,959	1,011	545	53	43	50	101	143	-22
16	Yao Ming Y. Ming	12.2	18.3	2004-05	HOU	80	30.6	8.4	0.8	0.4	2.0	6.7	55.2	0.0	0.0		4.9	6.2	78.3	61.4	2.6	5.8	2.5	2,447	1,465	669	61	34	160	196	298	+133
17	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	12.2	17.3	1978-79	LAL	60	29.6	5.7	2.3	1.1	0.2	6.2	51.0				4.9	5.7	85.4	58.9	2.2	3.5	2.6	1,775	1,040	342	138	63	12	155	162
18	Armen Gilliam A. Gilliam	12.4	16.7	1989-90	TOT	76	31.9	7.9	1.3	0.9	0.7	6.4	51.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.5	72.3	56.5	2.8	5.1	2.4	2,426	1,271	599	99	69	51	183	212
19	Kevin Willis K. Willis	12.4	16.1	1986-87	ATL	81	32.4	10.5	0.8	0.8	0.8	6.6	53.6	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.8	4.0	70.9	57.0	4.0	6.5	2.1	2,626	1,304	849	62	65	61	173	313
20	Nenad Krstic N. Krstic	12.4	16.4	2006-07	NJN	26	32.6	6.8	1.8	0.4	0.9	6.5	52.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	4.7	71.1	56.6	2.0	4.8	2.0	848	426	176	46	10	24	52	88	+2
21	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	12.5	16.0	2023-24	ATL	56	33.7	8.7	3.6	1.2	0.8	6.4	51.1	1.3	3.6	35.5	1.9	2.6	72.8	58.4	1.3	7.4	1.8	1,889	896	488	203	67	47	101	133	-76
22	Ty Lawson T. Lawson	12.6	16.4	2011-12	DEN	61	34.8	3.7	6.6	1.3	0.1	6.1	48.8	1.2	3.3	36.5	2.9	3.5	82.4	57.9	0.9	2.8	2.4	2,124	999	227	401	82	6	149	94	+140
23	Elton Brand E. Brand	12.6	18.2	2001-02	LAC	80	37.8	11.6	2.4	1.0	2.0	6.7	52.7	0.0	0.0		4.9	6.6	74.2	58.6	5.0	6.6	2.2	3,020	1,453	925	191	80	163	173	254	+4
24	Wayman Tisdale W. Tisdale	12.6	16.1	1987-88	IND	79	30.1	6.2	1.3	0.7	0.4	6.5	51.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.0	78.3	55.8	2.1	4.1	1.8	2,378	1,268	491	103	54	34	145	274
25	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	12.7	16.9	2015-16	MIL	80	35.3	7.7	4.3	1.2	1.4	6.4	50.6	0.4	1.4	25.7	3.7	5.1	72.4	56.6	1.4	6.2	2.6	2,823	1,350	612	345	94	113	208	258	-169